English test II – Semester II - Grade 8

eNgLISH TEST II – SEMESTER II - grade 8
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I, PHONETIC: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1, A.yell B. reduce C. fetch D. metal
2, A. upset B. husk C. crutch D. sugar
3, A. canoe B. carol C. fabric D. gallery
4, A. stream B. deaf C. teammate D. peaceful
5, A. come B. love C. carol D. wonder
II, LANGUAGE FOCUS: Choose the best answer and circle it.
1, Do you know how the computer? - A. use B. using C.used D. to use
2, Ngan asked meHa Long Bay was in Northen Viet Nam. 
 A. as B. if C. so D. that
3, Many years ago, Christmas songsfor people in towns and villages.
 A. performed B. were performed C. were performing D. have performed
4, Yesterday afternoon, I was planting trees in my garden when it
 A. rained B. rains C. is raining D. was raining
5, Our new house .. next month.
 A. is building B. is built C. will be built D. has been built
6, How long ago were Christmas songs?
 A.write B. writing C. wrote D. written
7, Yesterday we visited Hoa in hospital.We came in while shea book.
 A. was reading B. is reading C. read D. reads 
8, She asked me:” Do you know Sa Pa?”. This sentence is reported: She asked me if..
 A. I know Sa Pa. B. I knew Sa Pa. C. you knew Sa Pa. D. she knew Sa Pa.
III, READING: Complete the passage. Use the to- infinitive form of the verbs in the box.
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Last year, Sue decided..(1).to Viet Nam and she began..(2)..Vietnamese.It was not easy for her.(3)..Vietnamese accents, it is not the same as her language.When she arrived there, she tried.(4).with Vietnamese people and she wanted.(5).as much as possible but almost people there didn’t understand what she was saying. At last she bought an English-Vietnamese dictionary and when she said any word people couldn’t understand, she opened the dictionary and showed them the meaning in Vietnamese so they all knew what she meant. She hopes.(6).back Viet Nam 2 or 3 years and she can speak Vietnamese much better.
Your answers: (1). (2).. (3)
 (4) (5) (6).
IV, WRITING: Rewrite these sentences about Marry.
 1, I asked Marry:”Are you from Australia?”
 2, She said to me: “I am from America.”
 3, She said: “I have a friend in Viet Nam, his name is Nam.”
 ..
 4, Nam sent me a letter last week. (passive form)
 I..
 5, He asked me to talk about my country. (passive form).
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