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THE FIRST MID-SEMESTER TEST

Name:…………………………….

Subject: English 8
Time: 60 mins

PART A: LISTENING(2.0pts)
I. Listen to a boy talking about changes in his village. Tick (✓) T (True) or F (False).(1pt)
T

F

1. Nobody lives in an earthen house now.
2. The village has electricity now.
3. Horses are still the only means of transport in the village.
4. The children used to go a long way to school.
5. More visitors are coming to see them.
II. Listen to the passage and complete the sentences.(1pt)
1. Five-coloured sticky rice is made by ethnic minorities in the northern_________________region.
2. The dish has five colours: red, yellow, green,_________________and white.
3. It is made using_______________roots and leaves.
4. The green colour symbolises____________________.
5. Five-coloured sticky rice is made on special occasions, for festivals and______________________.
PART B: PHONENICS(3.0pts)
I. Choose the word with the different underlined sound.(0.5pt)
1. A. homework

B. judo

C. sound

D. go

2. A. achitect

B. change

C. children

D. watch

II. Choose the best option to complete the sentence by circling A, B, C or D(1.5pts)
1. My grandparents love __________ very much. There are a lot of beautiful flowers and fresh
vegetables in their garden.
A. doing garden

B. doing gardening

C. do gardening

D. to do garden

2. “My favourite leisure activity is people watching.” “_______”
A. That sounds so

B. That's all right.

weird!

C. OK. That's what

D. Sure. It's very

you've chosen.

entertaining.

3. In the Central Highlands, the biggest and tallest house in the village is the
A. communication

B. community

C. communal

house.
D. commune

4. I went on a trip to the countryside and had my first experience__________ farm work.
A. on

B. with

C. for

D. of

5. The Kinh have the largest number of people, ____________for 86% of the population.
A. holding

B. taking

6. My sister dances __________ than me.

C. accounting

D. numbering

A. gooder

B. weller

C. better

D. more good

II. Give the form of verb in brackets(0.5pt)
1. I hate (spend)_____________ all day on (go) ________________fishing.
2. My father sometimes goes

(hunt) in the forests. He'd liketo find some more food

for our family.
III. Complete the sentences with the correct form of word in brackets.(0.5pt)
1. Ethnic people in the mountainous regions live                  than people in the city.(simple)
2. It's so______________to send a letter from my village. The nearest post office is miles away.
(convenience)
PART C: READING (2pts)
I. Fill each blank with a suitable word from the box.(1pt)
products

Feed

community

square

children

adults

I live in a village by the Mekong River. Every day, like most of my friends, I walk to school. It
is three kilometres away. After class, I often help my mother to collect water from the river and
______________the chickens. At the weekend, the villagers often gather at the ______________ hall
where there is a TV. The ___________ watch tv, but more often they talk about their farm work and
exchange news. The children run around, playing games and shouting merrily. Laughter is heard
everywhere. My father sometimes takes me to the market town nearby where he sells our home
______________ like vegetables, fruits, eggs... He then buys me an ice cream and lets me take a ride
on the electric train in the town _____________. I love those trips.
II. Reading the passage and answer the question.(1pt)
Ruou can, also known as tube wine in English, is a unique drink that can be found in the
mountainous regions of Central Vietnam like Tay Nguyen. It's made from rice and other herbs. The
recipe differs in various ethnic minorities groups depending on what is available in their surroundings.
The ingredients are kept in a ceramic jar for a month. Using a thin bamboo straw, people drink ruou
can directly from the jar. This drink is commonly served during a special celebration such as weddings,
New Year festivals…. People often gather around the wine jar and drink together while singing and
dancing. It's considered an honour in many ethnic groups to be offered this kind of rice wine.
1. What's the other name of ruou can according to the writer?
__________________________________________________________________________________
2. What are the ingredients of ruou can?
__________________________________________________________________________________
3. Is the recipe of ruou can in every area is the same.
__________________________________________________________________________________
4. According to the writer, when do mountainous residents drink ruou can?

__________________________________________________________________________________
PART D: WRITING(3.0pts)
I. Reorder the words to make sentences.(0.5pt)
1. Most/ live/ of/ ethnic/ in/ minorities/ the/ the/ areas/ in/ north/ the/ mountainous.
__________________________________________________________________________
2. changed/ in/ has/ a lot/ ten/ over/ Life/ the/ countryside/ past/ the/ years.
__________________________________________________________________________
II. Write the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.(1.5pts)
1. What leisure activity do you like most?
What is___________________________________________________________________
2. She likes to hang out with friends on Saturday evening.
She's interested ____________________________________________________________
3. The movie was boring. I had been thought it was interesting.
The movie was_____________________________________________________________
4. A lot of people take the train from Oxford to London every day.
A lot of people travel________________________________________________________
III. Write questions for the underlined parts.(1pt)
1. The Tay people have the second largest population in Viet Nam
_________________________________________________________________________
2. The cultural heritage of the ethnic peoples in Viet Nam is very rich.
_________________________________________________________________________
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