THE 2ND 45-MINUTE WRITTEN ENGLISH TEST

Name:.............................................
Class: 8...

PHONETICS ( 2 pts )
I.Circle the word with a different stress pattern from the others.( 1pt)
1. A. fashion B. robot C. bamboo D. spacious
2. A. heritage B. musician C. performance D. procession
3. A. competition B. historical C.commemorate D. activity
4. A. defeat B. invader C. tradition D. nation
II.Find the word which has different sound in the part underlined.(1pt)
1. A. education B. question C. pollution D. collection
2.A. populated B. loaded C. harvested D. lived
3. A. fields B. flowers C. lemons D. parks
4. A. looked B. cooked C. naked D. booked

B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR ( 4 pts )

I.Choose the best answer. ( 1,5 pts )
1. You_________ miss any of the meetings. They’re always very useful.
A. needn’t B. should C. shouldn’t D. can
2. When having meals with a Britain family, you should never chew with your __________open.
A. hand B. eye C. finger D. mouth
3. My sister has been living in Da Lat for two years; ___________, she has never been to Than Tho Lake.
A. however B. although C. if D. because
4. The Hung King Temple festival ____________in Phu Tho.
A. take B. take places C. takes place D. take place
5. The Xoe dance is a___________ tradition of Thai ethnic people.
A. physical B. spiritual C. material D. practical
6. At Huong pagoda, we offer Buddha a tray of fruit to___________him.
A. worship B. commemorate C. preserve D. pray

II. Give the correct form or tense of the following verbs: ( 1.0 pt)
The Hung King’s sons__________him many special foods. ( offer )
They like the Mid-Autumn festival because they____________many toys. ( give )
Why________ you______________wear uniform? ( have to )
I’d like_________the Viet Nam museum of Ethnology this weekend.(visit)

III. Complete the sentences with the words from the box.(1.5pts)
Cutlery : đũa generations: thế hệ wrap: gói
Worshipping; thờ cúng host: chủ nhà respect: tôn trọng

1 .We should _____ _______our customs and traditions.
2. A lot of countries in the world have the tradition of ____ ________ their ancestors.
3.You shouldn’t ___ ________ a gift in black or white paper.
4.In a lot of countries, the __ __________ usually invites everybody to start eating.
5.In Viet Nam, the __ __________ we mostly use is chopsticks.
6.For____ _______, my family has visited this pagoda

C. READING ( 2 pts )
I. Read the following passage and complete it using the given words in the box. (1.5pts)

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Tet is celebrated on the first day (1) __________ the Lunar New Year. Some weeks before the New Year, the Vietnamese (2) ___________ their houses and paint the wall. New clothes are brought (3) _________ the occasion. One or two days (4) ____________ the festival, people make Chung cake, (5) __________ is the traditional cake. On the New Year’s Eve, the whole family gets together for a dinner. On the New Year morning, all the (6) ___________of the family respect to the elders by beautiful words. In return, they receive lucky money wrapped in red envelopes. Then people go to visit their neighbours, friends and relatives.

II. Read the passage and answer the questions: (0.5p)
1. When do people make Chung cake?
→……………………………………………………………………………….
2. What do they do on the New Year’s Eve?
→……………………………………………………………………………….

D. WRITING ( 2 pts ):
Combine each pair of sentences using the words given in brackets. (2pts)
1. People cheer to encourage the elephants. They are racing. ( while )
→ ………………...........................................................................................................
2. Nick wanted to travel around Viet Nam to take pictures of festivals. He started to save money. (therefore)
→ …………………......................................................................................................
3. You can go to the Giong Festival. You can go