THE 2nd MIDTERM EXAMINATION- GRADE 8
Time allowance: 60'
PART I: LISTENING (2.5 pts)
A. Listen to the passage and choose the correct answers.(1pt).
1. What is the listening text about?
A. Water pollution 
B. Air pollution 
C. Thermal pollution
2. How many sources of water pollution are there?
A. Four
B. Three
C. Two
3. What are two common sources of drinking water?
A. Rivers and ponds
B. Rivers and lakes 
C. Oceans and lakes 
4. What type of effect does water pollution have on our life?
A. A harmful effect 
B. A positive effect
C. Negative effect
5. What products can we use to reduce water pollution?
A. Man-made products B. Green products 
C. Natural products
B. Listen and fill in the gaps with missing words(1.5pt).
1. Online shopping is convenient and easy with ____________.
A. Internet access
B. TV set
C. shippers
2. When you shop online, you can pay in ____________ way(s).
A. one
B. two
C. three
3. When you are not ________ with the product, you can return it but you have to pay for the
shipping.
A. happy
B. busy
C. bored
4. The talk does NOT describe online shopping as _____________.
A. convenient
B. easy
C. interesting
5. The talk is mainly about _____________ of online shopping.
A. the popularity
B. the convenience
C. the advantages and disadvantages
PART II: LANGUAGE (2,5 pts)
A. Pronunciation
Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined. (0,5 pt)
1. A. protect
B. convenient
C. proverty
D. customer
2. A. substance
B. erupt
C. funnel
D. tsunami
Circle the word with a different stress pattern from the others. (0,5 pt)
3. A. general
B. humorous
C. disaster
D. fabulous
4. A. poisonous
B. optional
C. practical
D. volcanic
B. Vocabulary
Choose the best answer (1pt).
1. A strong earthquake caused a lot of ________ to eastern Japan last week.
A. damaged
B. damages
C. damaging
D. damage
2. There are mainly two ________ of water pollution: man-made and natural.
A. causes
B. reasons
C. ways
D. results
3. Shopping at a shopping centre is ________ . It has almost everything you want there.
A. difficult
B. cheap
C. convenient
D. time-consuming
4. A: “Our science project attracted the attraction of many students at school.”
B: “________”
A. That's fantastic.
B. Are you telling the true?
C. Thanks for yours efforts.
D. Are you sure?
C. Grammar (0,5 pt)
5. We saw many beautiful birds while we ____________ in the lake.
A. fished
B. would fish
C. are fishing
D. were fishing

6. They called the forest guard unit ___________ they saw the bush fire.
A. as soon as
B. while
C. until
D. before
PART III: READING (2,5 pts)
A. Read the following text carefully and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. (1,25 pt)
A green house is a building made of glass, where you can grow flowers and vegetables that need a
lot of warmth. Sinlight (1)…………through the glass and warms the greenhouse while the glass
keeps the heat from escaping.
The Earth is surrounded by a blanket of glases that acts just (2) ……….. a greenhouse . Factories,
electronic power plants and cars make a lot of new glasses. These gases are trapping more and
more of the sun's (3) …………. This is called “ the greenhouse effect”.
If the Earth's temperature increases by just a few degrees, it will change the weather all all over
the planet. Some places will become too hot to live in or to grow (4) ……….any more. This will
cause a lot of people to starve.
That is why people must do their best to stop greenhouse effect by (5) ………… fewer energyconsuming products and planting trees.
1. A. becomes
B. shines
C. enters
D. goes
2. A. similar
B. different
C. like
D. as
3. A. heat
B. warmth
C. cold
D. cool
4. A. crops
B. animals
C. species
D. plants
5. A. making
B. maintaining
C. releasing D. using
B. Reading comprehension (2,5 pts)
Read the text carefully then choose the best option. (1,25pt)
The large movement of the earth under the water causes a very large and powerful tsunami. That
tsunami was called the Asian Tsunami in most of the world. It was called the Boxing Day
Tsunami in England, Australia, South Africa and Canada because it happened on the holiday
which they call Boxing Day. The tsunami caused a lot of damage to countries such as the
Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Sri Lanka.
Waves as high as 30 meters killed many people and damaged or destroyed a lot of buildings and
other property. Over 225,000 people died or they were not found after thetsunami. The waves
traveled as far away as South Africa (8,000 kilometers) where as many us 8 people died because
of high water caused by the waves. Because of how much damage was caused and the number of
people the earthquake affected, over $7 billion was donated to help the survivors and rebuild the
areas damaged.
1.
Why was the tsunami called the Boxing Day Tsunami in England?
A. Because it happened when people were boxing.
B. Because it happened when people were collecting boxes.
C. Because it happened on Boxing Day.
D. Because it destroyed a lot of boxes.
2. How high were the waves?
A. thirteen meters B. eighteen meters
C. thirty meters
D. two hundred meters
3.What were some people in South Africa killed by?
A. earthquake
B. high water
C. high wind D.
volcano
4.Which of the following sentences is NOT true?
A.Only in Asia the tsunami was called Asian Tsunami.
B. The tsunami caused a lot of damage to Indonesia.
C. Many people died because of the high waves.
D. A lot of money was raised to help people.
5.What does the word "survivors" in the last sentence mean?

A. Houses that aren't destroyed.
B. Offices are being rebuilt
C. People who were dead.
D. People who are left alive.
PART IV: WRITING (2,5 pts)
A. Error Identification (0,5 pt)
1. I listened to the radio, so I didn't hear the fire alarm.
A
B
C
D
2. My father often goes to a dollar store. He says there's nothing worth buying there.
A
B
C
D
B. Sentence transformation (1pt )
1. We were planting trees. Our friends were collecting rubbish.
 While ........................................................................................................................
2. The bell rang. Everyone raced out of the classoom.
 When ........................................................................................................................
3. You should make a shopping list. Then you go shopping.
 Before .......................................................................................................................
4. She doesn't often go to the shopping with her friends at the convenience shop.
 She sometimes ……….............................................................................................
C. Make sentences using suggested words (1 pt)
1. They / have / a discussion / about natural disasters / 9 a.m yesterday.
- ……………………………………………………………………………………….
2. He / water / the flowers / his garden / last Sunday / when / tornado / come.
- ………………………………………………………………………………………..
3. The bus schedule / say / that / there / be / bus / Aeon / 10:05
- ………………………………………………………………………………………..
4. I / learn / a lot / wildlife / after / I / visit / Cuc Phuong National Park / last week.
- ………………………………………………………………………………………….
ANSWER KEY
0,25p for each correct answer.
PART I: LISTENING (2.5pts)
A. Listen to the passage and choose the correct answers.(1pt).
1. What is the listening text about?
A. Water pollution 
B. Air pollution 
C. Thermal pollution
2. How many sources of water pollution are there?
A. Four
B. Three
C. Two
3. What are two common sources of drinking water?
A. Rivers and ponds
B. Rivers and lakes 
C. Oceans and lakes 
4. What type of effect does water pollution have on our life?
A. A harmful effect 
B. A positive effect
C. Negative effect
5. What products can we use to reduce water pollution?
A. Man-made products
B. Green products 
C. Natural products
B. Listen and fill in the gaps with missing words(1.5pt).
1. Online shopping is convenient and easy with ____________.
A. Internet access
B. TV sets
C. equipments
2. When you shop online, you can pay in ____________ way(s).

A. one
B. two
C. three
3. When you are not ________ with the product, you can return it but you have to pay for the
shipping.
A. happy
B. busy
C. bored
4. The talk does NOT describe online shopping as _____________.
A. convenient
B. easy
C. interesting
5. The talk is mainly about _____________ of online shopping.
A. the popularity
B. the convenience
C. the advantages and disadvantages
PART II: LANGUAGE (2,5 pts)
A. Pronunciation
Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined. (0,5 pt)
1. C. proverty
2. D. tsunami
Circle the word with a different stress pattern from the others. (0,5 pt)
3. C. disaster
4. D. volcanic
B. Vocabulary
Choose the best answer (1pt).
1. D. damage
2. A. causes
3. C. convenient
4. A. That's fantastic.
C. Grammar (0,5 pt)
5. D. were fishing
6. A. as soon as
PART III: READING (2,5 pts)
A. Read the following text carefully and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. (1,25 pt)
1. B. shines
2. C. like
3. A. heat
4.A. crops
5.D. using
B. Reading comprehension (2,5 pts)
Read the text carefully then choose the best option. (1,25pt)
1. C

2. C

3. B

4. A

5. D

PART IV: WRITING (2,5 pts)
A. Error Identification (0,5 pt)
1. A - was listening
2. A - never
B. Sentence transformation (1pt )
1. We were planting trees while our friends were collecting rubbish.
2. When the bell rang, everyone raced out of the classoom.
3. Before you go shopping, you should make a shopping list.
4. She sometimes goes to the shopping with her friends at the convenience shop.
C. Make sentences using suggested words (1 pt)
1. They were having a discussion about natural disasters at 9 a.m yesterday.
2. He was watering the flowers in his garden last Sunday when tornado came.
3. The bus schedule says that there is a bus to Aeon at 10:05.
4. I learned a lot about wildlife after I visited Cuc Phuong National Park last week.