Phan Van Hung high school 2009 Test on English K8 Time: 45 minutes. --------------------- -------------------------------- I/ Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in the same line. (1 mark) 1. A. enough B. sound C. count D. found 2. A. sorry B. bored C. orphan D. cover 3. A. character B. chore C. choose D. children 4. A. demonstrate B. experiment C. emigrate D. excellent II/ Match the questions with the answers: (1 mark) A B 1. Who does Tam live with? 2. Where will they meet? 3. What is Nga going to do this evening? 4. Why mustn’t children play with matches? a. see a movie b. It only takes one match to cause a fire c. his mother and father d. outside the theater III/ Multiple choice: Choose the correct answer for each sentence (3 marks) 1. Hoa…………………………… in Hue last year. a. lives b. lived c. living 2. Ba is not old enough……………………… a car. a. drive b. drives c. to drive 3. Trang had a new book and she has no homework today. She is going to……… a. read b. do homework c. see a movie 4. Ba and Bao ………………… chess tomorrow. a. play b. played c. will play 5. Minh is usually late for school. He ought to ……………… a. go to school late b. get up early c. do a lot of homework 6.It is safe to keep the medicines out of children’s ……………………. a. place b. arm c. reach 7. It only takes one match to ……………….a fire. a. destroy b. cause c. play 8. Lan is not ……………to go to school. a. old enough b. enough c. enough old 9. Her brother ……………… born in Ha Noi in 1992. a. is b. was c. were 10. Every day she ……………… up at six and has breakfast with her parents. a. got b. gets c. will get 11. we ought to study English ……………… a. myself b. themselves c. ourselves 12. Bell experimented with ways of transmitting speech ……………a long distance. a. from b. over c. to IV/ Fill in each blank with one word from the box: (1 mark) dinner outside school know under late vase cupboard Mrs. Vui: I am going to be home (1)____________ tonight. I have to go and visit Grandma after work. Nam : What time will you be home? Mrs. Vui: I will be home after (2)____________. You will have to cook dinner yourself. Nam : All right. Mrs. Vui: There is rice in the (3)____________. But you ought to buy some fish and vegetables. The steamer is (4)____________ the sink. The rice cooker is beside the stove. Nam : OK. Give my love to Grandma. Mrs. Vui: I will. Can you call Aunt Chi, please? V/ Read the passage and answer the questions: (2,5 marks) Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland on March 3, 1847. He later emigrated first to Canada and to the USA in 1870s. In America, he worked with deaf- mutes at Boston University. Soon Bell started experimenting with ways of transmitting speech over along distance. Bell and his assistant, Thomas Watson, conducted many experiments and finally came up with the first telephone in 1876. Traveling all over America, Bell demonstrated his invention at a lot of exhibitions. He died in 1922. Questions: 1/ Where did he emigrate later? ___________________________________________________________________ 2/ When did they invent the first telephone? ___________________________________________________________________ Decide if the statements are True (T) or False (F) 1. .He emigrated to Canada in 1865. 2. .He went to Boston when he was 23. 3. .Graham Bell worked with the deaf in a hospital in Boston. IV ) Read the passage below. Write the telephone message : (1,5 marks ) “ A customer telephoned the Toan Thang Delivery Service on September 12 th just after midday. The customer’s name was Miss Hoa, and she wanted to speak to Mrs. Lan. Mrs. Lan was in a meeting and could not come to the phone. So Mr. Trung took a message. Miss Hoa called about her stationery order. She said Mars Lan could reach her at 067 539767”. Toan Thang Delivery Service Date Time For Taken by Message ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ------------------- THE END -------------------- . experiments and finally came up with the first telephone in 187 6. Traveling all over America, Bell demonstrated his invention at a lot of exhibitions. He died. Graham Bell was born in Scotland on March 3, 184 7. He later emigrated first to Canada and to the USA in 187 0s. In America, he worked with deaf- mutes at