School: Chau Van Liem Junior High S`````chool
Class: 8……
Full name: ………………………………………
The first semester exam
School year : 2011-2012
Time: 45 minutes
Date: Dec……, 2011
Marks




A. PRONUNCIATION : 1m
I. Choose the words with the different underlined part: (0.5m)
1. A. fitness B. festival C. application D. sidewalk
2. A.cruel B. burned C. hurted D. natural
II. Choose the words with the different stress pattern: (0.5m)
1. A. recycle B. register C. participate D. encourage
2. A. fairy B. pioneer C. daughter D. neighborhood
B. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURES : 2ms
Choose the most suitable words or phrases: (2ms)
Tony is in front of the mirror and looks at ……………………
A. him B. her C. himself D. herself
There ………………… four chairs and a table in the living room.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
My mom asked me ………………… lunch .
A. to cook B. cook C. cooked D. cooking
I’m good …………………… Math, but bad at Literature.
A. with B. in C. about D. at
Let me …………………… you!
A. help B. to help C. helped D. helping
I like …………………… very much.
A. swim B. to swim C. swam D. swimming
………………… drugs around the house is not safe.
A. leave B. to leave C. left D. leavings
Vietnamese is difficult ………………….
A. learn B. to learn C. learning D. learned
C. READING : 3ms
I. Match the questions in column A with the answers in column B: (1 m)
A B
Can you help me, please? A. No, thanks.
Who helps you with your homework? B. I do it myself.
May I help you? C. Certainly.
Would you like an orange? D. No. Thank you. I’m fine.
Answers: 1-….. 2-….. 3-….. 4-…..

II. Read the passage and answer the questions below: 2ms
A new shopping mall is opening in our neighborhood. It is very different from the present shopping area. All the shops are under one roof.
Some people in the neighborhood, however, are not happy about the changes. The owners of the small stores on Nguyen Van Tiet Street think the mall will take their business. Some of the goods in the new stores will be the same as the ones in the small shops, but the stores in the mall offer a wider selection of products, some at cheaper prices.

Questions:
1. What is special about the new shopping mall ?

(………………………………………………………………………………………………..

2. What do the small store owners think about the new shopping mall ?

(………………………………………………………………………………………………..

3. What kinds of goods will the stores in the small offer ?

(………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Are some people in the neighborhood happy about this changes ?

(………………………………………………………………………………………………..

D. WRITING: 4ms
I. Use the correct forms of the verbs: (2ms)
Lan (go) ………………….to a junior high school in Hue when she was a child.
Would you mind (listen) ……………….to music?
We ( attend ) ……………………..Chau Van Liem School Since last year.
I (buy) ……………….a new hat last week .
II. Rewrite the following sentences into indirect speech. (2ms)
The police said “ Give me your driving lience !”
( …………………………………………………………………………………………
She said to Peter, “Please play chess with me.”
( …………………………………………………………………………………………
Mrs. Hoa said to her students, “Don’t go to school late.”
( …………………………………………………………………………………………
My mom said to me, “Give him your book, please.”
( …………………………………………………………………………………………
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A. PRONUNCIATION

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B. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURES
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