School: Binh Thanh Secondary
Name: …………………………………..
Class: 8a..
THE FIRST MID-TERM TEST
ENGLISH 8
School year: 2021-2022
Time: 45 minutes


I. Choose the word having the underlined letters pronounced differently (0,5pt)
1. A. school B. room C. floor D. noon
2. A. teacher B. clean C. meat D. head
II. Circle the best answer to complete the sentence: (1.5pt)
1. The children are old enough to look after _________________
A. them B. their C. themself D. themselves
2. Quang and Nam ______________football this afternoon.
A. are going to play B. is going play C. is going to play D. is going to playing
3. There is a bus station ___________the end __________ this road.
A. among/to B. at/of C. behind/of D. on/to
4. Don’t come in. Please wait ____________for your turn.
A. inside B. downstairs C. outside D. upstairs
5. My brother is ____________to drive my motorbike to school.
A. not enough old B. enough not old C. enough old not D. not old enough
6. __________are you going to do this evening? – I’m going to play table tennis.
A. What B. When C. How D. Why
III. Word orphrases in correct order to make sentences (1pt)
1. you/ going/ to/ are/ what/ do/ next weekend/ ?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. free/ he/most/ time/ sports/spend/of/ his/ playing/.
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IV. Rewrite the sentences as directed (1pt)
1. She is beautiful and intelligent. She can become Miss World. (enough + to V1)
……………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. I lived on a farm once, but I don’t any more (used to + V1)
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V. Read the text and do exercises: (2pts)
What do you know about Christopher Columbus? He was a famous sailor and explorer. Columbus was 41 years old when he sailed from southern Spain on August 3, 1492. He went with a crew of 90 men. Thirty-three days later, he landed on Walting Island in the Bahamas.

Columbus wanted to find out what the rest of the world looked like. He also wanted to make money. He would sail to distant islands and trade with the locals there. He would buy their silks, spices and gold. Then he would sell them in Spain.

In Spain, people would pay high prices for them. Columbus got the Queen of Spain to approve his plan. She would pay for his ships and crew. He would keep 10 percent of the value of the goods he brought back. She would take the rest.

*Answer True or False (1pt)
1. Christopher Columbus was a famous sailor and explorer _____________
2. He bought silks, spices and gold in Spain ______________
3. The Queen of Spain didn’t approve his plan ________________
4. He kept 15 percent of the good’s value that he brought back ______________

*Answer the question(1pt)
1. When did Christopher Columbus sail from southern Spain?
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2. How long did it take him and his crew to Walting Island?
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ANSWER KEYS:
LISTENING
Mỗi câu đúng được 0,25đ
1. aunt
2. cousin’s
3. theater
4. 6.30


Mỗi câu đúng được 0,25đ
5. T
6. F
7. F
8. T

 B. LANGUAGE COMPONENTS
III. Mỗi câu đúng được 0,25đ

9. C
10. D


IV. Mỗi câu đúng được 0,25đ
11. C
12. A
13. B
14. C
15. D
16. A


C. READING
V. *Answer True or False (1pt)
Mỗi câu đúng được 0,25đ
17. T
18. F
19. F
20. F


*Answer the question(1pt)
Mỗi câu đúng được 0,5đ
21. Christopher Columbus sailed from Southern Spain on August 3, 1492/ On August 3, 1492.
22. It took him and his crew 33 days to Walting Island/ 33 days
D. WRITING:
VI. Mỗi câu đúng được 0,25đ
23.