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


LISTENING
Listen and fill in the blanks. There is an example at the beginning (0) (1pt)
I’m going to see the movie Dream City at 6.45 this evening.
Hoa has to ask her ______________
Hoa is using her _________bike tonight.
They will meet outside the ____________at ___________
II. Listen again and decide these sentences are True (T) or False (f) (1pt)
The farmer sold eggs to buy food and clothes ___________
Some chickens laid gold eggs _____________
He found many gold eggs inside the chicken ___________
The farmer and his wife were foolish and greedy ______________
LANGUAGE COMPONENTS
III. Choose the word having the underlined letters pronounced differently (0,5pt)
9. A. school B. room C. floor D. noon
10. A. teacher B. clean C. meat D. head
IV. Circle the best answer to complete the sentence: (1.5pt)
11. The children are old enough to look after _________________
A. them B. their C. themselves D. themselves
12. Quang and Nam ______________football this afternoon.
A. is going to play B. is going play C. going to play D. is going to playing
13. There is a bus station ___________the end __________ this road.
A. among/to B. at/of C. behind/of D. on/to
14. Don’t come in. Please wait ____________for your turn.
A. inside B. downstairs C. outside D. upstairs
15. 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
16. __________are you going to do this evening? – I’m going to play table tennis.
A. What B. When C. How D. Why

READING
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)
17. Christopher Columbus was a famous sailor and explorer _____________
18. He bought silks, spices and gold in Spain ______________
19. The Queen of Spain didn’t approve his plan ________________
20. He kept 15 percent of the good’s value that he brought back ______________

*Answer the question(1pt)
21. When did Christopher Columbus sail from southern Spain?
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22. How long did it take him and his crew to Walting Island?
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WRITING:
VI. Make questions for the underlined word (0.5pt)
23. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
……………………………………………………………………………………………….
24. The film “Harry Potter” is on at 8.30
……………………………………………………………………………………………….
VII. Put the words or phrases in correct order to make sentences (0.5pt)
25. you/ going/ to/ are/ what/ do/ next weekend/ ?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
26. free/ he/most/ time/ sports/spend/of/ his/ playing/.
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VIII. Rewrite the sentences as directed (1pt)
27. She is beautiful and intelligent. She can become Miss World. (enough + to V1)
……………………………………………………………………………………………….
28. I lived on a farm once, but I don’t any more (used to + V1)
………………………………………………………………………………………………..
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.