Phòng Giáo dục và Đào tạo Dầu Tiếng

Họ và tên: …………………………. Môn: Tiếng Anh 8
Lớp: …………………. Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút
(không kể thời gian phát đề)
(Học sinh làm bài thi vào giấy này)

I. Pronunciation (1pt)
Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
1. A. wonder B. promise C. competition D. product
2. A. collect B. contest C. recycle D. connect
Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern:
3. A. festival B. canoe C. teamate D. limestone
4. A. recognize B. surround C. refill D. include
II. Choose the correct answer to complete each of the following sentences (3pts):
1. She arrived early___________ order to get a good seat.
A. on B. in C. out D. at
2. Chicago is often called “The ___________ City”.
A. Windward B. Windy C. Windless D. Wind
3. You are always _____________ in class.
A. talked B. talk C. talks D. talking
4. Did your school hold a ___________ contest last week?
A. flower-arranged C. flower-arranging
B. flower-arrange D. arranging-flower
5. Sydney Opera House in Australia____________in 1973.
A.completed B. is completed C. has completed D. was completed
6. Jane saw her old friend while she _________ the street.
A. crossed B. is crossing C. was crossing D. crossed
7. Would you mind if I_________ here.
A. smoked B. to smoke C. smoking D. smoke
8. __________ means not buying products which are overpackaged.
A. Reduce B. Reuse C. Recycle D. use
9. _________ Lan arrived at school, the school drum was sounding.
A. When B. What C. Where D.While
10. It is difficult __________ all these things.
A. remembered B. remembering C. to remember D. remember
11. The man __________ by the window is my uncle.
A. standing B. stands C. stand D. stood
12. __________ was built between 221 and 204 BC and some people say it can be seen from the moon.
A. The Statue of Liberty C. The Great Wall of China
B. The Eiffel Tower D. The Golden Gate Bridge
III. Reading (3.5 pts)
1. Read the passage carefully and fill in each gap with the correct word from the box (2pts)

water get added rice-cooking run
traditional seperate water-fetching bamboo national

The Rice –cooking Festival
by Festival Councilor Pham Phuong Linh
This report shows how the (1)__________ festival was held.
The festival was held in the communal house yard about one kilometer away from a river. There were three competitions: (2)___________, fire-making and rice-cooking. The festival took one day.
In the water-fetching contest one person from each team had to (3)__________ to the river to get the (4)__________ .
In the fire-making contest two team members had to make a fire in the (5)__________ way. They tried to rub pieces of (6)___________ together to make a fire.
Six people from each team took part in the rice-cooking contest. They had to (7)____________ the rice from the husk and then cook the rice.
After the three contests, all the points were (8)__________ and the Thon Trieu group won the grand prize. The festival was wonderful.
Answer:
1…………….. 2………………….. 3……………... 4…………………
5…………….. 6…………………… 7……………… 8…………………

2. Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions (1,5pts)
An increasing number of people are now going on holiday to Egypt. Last year, for example, about one and a half million tourists visited Egypt. The population of Egypt is about fifty million and the capital is EL Qahira (Cairo), a