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Minh Hòa Secondary School FORTY- FIVE MINUTES TEST
Class : 8 A Subject : English
Full name :
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I / PRONUNCIATION : ( 1 mark )
1 Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others : ( chọn từ có cách nhấn âm khác với các từ còn lại ).
1. A .valley B. pyramid C. religious D. century
2. A. abroad B. statue C. prison D. building.
2 Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others ( chọn từ có những chữ cái gạch dưới phát âm khác ).
3.A river B. pottery C. plumber D. fetch .
4.A . head B. beach C.weather D.heavy.
II CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER A,B,C OR D : ( 3 marks ).
5. ___________ is often called “The windy city ”.
A. San Francisco B. Chicago C. Hawaii D. Tokyo .
6. While my parents ______________TV , the phone rang
A. watches B. watched C. were watching D. watching.
7. Viet Nam is a ________________ country
A. rice -export B. export- rice C. rice - exporting D. exporting- rice.
8. He asked Long ___________My Son was in Quang Nam province.
A. if B. what C. as D. how
9. Sydney Opera House______________in 1993 .
A. completes B. was completed C. to complete D. is completed .
10. The Great Wall in China is one of the seven _________ of the world.
A. pyramids B. landmarks C. temples D. wonders .
11. This exercise ________________carefully by the students
A. must be done B. did C.must done D. must do .
12. She asked me _________ to Phong Nha cave
A. If I go B. If I went C. whether I go D. whether .
13. Nga showed Nhi where ____________ tickets.
A. get B. to get C. getting D. got.
14.Bao is ______________his homework .
A. always forgetting B. always forget C. always forgot D. forgetting
15. He said that He _____________ a teacher.
A. were B.is C.would D. was .
16. It started ____________ when they left home.
A. rain B. rains C. to rain D. rained
III READING : ( 3 marks )
1/ Read the passage and answer the questions : (1 marks )
Angkor Wat should be really known as a wonder because it is the largest temple in the world. The temple was built around the year 1100 . They wanted to honor a Hindu God, but over the next three centuries it became a Buddhist religious center. The area surrounding the temple, Angkor Thom, used to be the royal capital city.


****Answer the questions:

17/ Is Angkor Wat the largest temple in the world ?
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18 / When was the temple built?
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2 . Complete the passage with the right word : (2 marks ) ( Hoàn thành đoạn văn sau với từ đúng ).

Festival separate contest competitions
took part in traditional bamboo rice - cooking

THE RICE-COOKING FESTIVAL
The rice-cooking (19)________________was held in the communal house yard about one
kilometer a way from a river .
There were three ( 20 )________________: water - fetching,fire-making and (21)_________. The festival took one day.
In the water-fetching contest ,one person from each team had to run to the river
to get the water.
In the fire-making (22)______________, two team members had to make fire in the
(23)__________way. They tried to rub pieces of (24) ___________together to
make the fire.
Six people from each team (25)___________the rice-cooking festival. They had
to (26)___________ the rice from the husk and then cook the rice.
IV. WRITING : ( 3 marks )
1)Rewrite the following sentences,beginning each sentence with the given words (3 marks)
27 ) They will finish their work next week ( turn into passive form )
-> Their work ______________________________ .
28) Nam said “ I will go to Ha Long Bay tomorrow ” ( turn into Reported speech)
-> Nam said that ___________________________.
29) “Do you want to visit Phong Nha cave one day, Nga ? ” Nhi asked.(turn into Indirect question)
-> Nhi asked_______________________________.
30) “ Do many tourists visit Hue every year, Lan ? ’’ Hoa asked ( turn into Indirect question)
-> Hoa asked ______________________________.
31) They built this bridge two years ago
-> This bridge ______________________________.
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