NAME:…………………………..

CLASS: 8/
MS. DAO
I. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in each sentence:
(3.0pts)
1. We can cover the _______with a handkerchief.
A. faint B. shock C. finger D. wound
2. Farmers collect household and garden waste to make _______.
A. compost B. pipes C. floor coverings D. glassware
3. My sister is very keen_______ growing roses.
A. for B. in C. on D. off
4. The baby __________for her mother is sitting in an armchair .
A.cry B. crying C. is crying D. was crying
5. My uncle is taking __________to Nha Trang nest week.
A. two-days trip B. two-day trip C. two day trip D. a two-day trip
6. Would you mind if I ______ a photo here?
A. taking B. will take C. took D. take
7. How about ____________ ? Are there any hotels or guest houses?
A. accommodation B. residence C. dormitory D. shelter
8. Student A: “Do you mind if I turn off the CD player?" - Student B: “______.”
A. No, of course not C. That would be nice.
B. Yes, please D. I’d rather you didn’t
9. Tom enjoys sweets _______from milk.
A. is made B. was made C. made D. making

10. You’ll get back your __________when you bring the bottles back for recycling.
A. payment B. envelope C. account D. deposit

11.
A. You should not fish here.
PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH B. These fish can hurt you.
OR FEED THE FISH C.
These fish eat
special food.
D. You should leave the fish alone.
12.
A. This shop sells milk drink.
MILK B. You can order milk from here.
NO LONGER C.
SOLD HERE Milk is not on
sale here
anymore.
D. We have no milk left today.

II. Read the following passage and then choose the best answers. (1.5pt)
Farmers have recycled their (11) _______for thousands of years. (12) _______ make their crops better,
they grow food for their animals and use the dung (13) ________ fertilizing their fields. Household and
garden wastes are also collected to make compost. Compost is a wonderful natural fertilizer. It helps plants
grow.
People throw away (14) _______ of cans every year all over the world. It is a waste of (15) ______
resources. In Oregon, America, a new law was passed a few years ago. Buyers must pay an extra cost
called (16) ______ which is returned to them when the cans are brought back to the shop for recycling.
 13. A. crops B. waste C. grass D. plants
14. A. In order not to B. In order C. In order to D. In order that
15. A. for B. to C. of D. in
16. A hundreds B. thousands C. dozens D. billions
17. A. nature B. natural C. naturally D. naturalize
18. A. price B. money C. reduction D. deposit
IV. Read the following passage and then decide the statements that follow are True or False.
(1pt) (Học sinh phải viết đáp án là TRUE hoặc FALSE, nếu viết T hoặc F sẽ không được tính
đểm)
In the United States and Britain, February 14 th is St Valentine’s Day. Boys and girls send
valentines to their friends. A valentine is a little picture, very often a funny one with a little poem or
some words on it: “I will be yours if you will be mine. All of my life I’ll be your Valentine”.
Students enjoy buying or making valentines for their friends; very often they write on the
valentines “From guess who”, and the person who receives it must guess the name of the sender. In
schools boys and girls make a funny decorated box with a slit on the top where they can “post”
their valentines. Usually each classroom has such box and at the end of the school day they open
the box, take out the valentines and the boy or the girl who gets more valentines than the others will
feel happier.
19. St. Valentine’s Day is celebrated in America and in Britain.
20. The sender doesn’t usually write his or her name on the valentine.
21. School boys and girls can’t send their valentines in a funny decorated box.
22. The boy or girl is happy because he or she doesn’t get more valentines.
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space (0.5pt)
23. According to the passage above, the student that receives a valentine _______.
A. must guess the sender’s name B. know exactly who the sender is
C. doesn’t want to know who the sender is D. easily knows it’s his or her sweetheart
24.After taking out the valentines, a person is happier which means he or she is liked by ______.
A. fewer people B. few people C. no one D. more people.
V . Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence. (1.0pt)
25. The government is facing pressure from _______________ groups. (environment)
26. Spending the weekend in a______________ resort is extremely healthy. ( mountain)
27. The fans shouted _________________ when seeing an unbelievable goal. (excite)
28. There are many ________________ daily from Ho Chi Minh City to Ha Noi. (fly)
29.There are only a few hotels in the city so it’s hard to find _______during high season.
(accommodate)
30._________, dark clouds appeared and it began to rain. (fortunate)

VII. Put the words or phrases in the correct order to make meaningful sentences: (0.5 pt)
31. cool the burns / in order to / You should / tissue damage / minimize / immediately/.//
=>
___________________________________________________________________________
32. to make / can be / pipes / Old car tires / and floor coverings / pipes / recycled / . //
=>
___________________________________________________________________________
VIII. Rewrite the following sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentence printed
before them. (2pts)
33. We will celebrate Christmas at our parents’ house.
=> Christmas __________________________________________________
34. Could I use your computer for a while?
=> Do you mind________________________________________________?
35. The road is very narrow. It joins the two villages.
=> The road____________________________________________________
 36. I like reading the books. The books were written by Charles Dickens.
=> I like reading the books________________________________________

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ANSWER KEYS - DAO

I. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in each sentence:
(3.0pts)
1. We can cover the _______with a handkerchief.
A. faint B. shock C. finger D. wound
2. Farmers collect household and garden waste to make _______.
A. compost B. pipes C. floor coverings D. glassware
3. My sister is very keen_______ growing roses.
A. for B. in C. on D. off
4. The baby __________for her mother is sitting in an armchair .
A.cry B. crying C. is crying D. was crying
5. My uncle is taking __________to Nha Trang nest week.
A. two-days trip B. two-day trip C. two day trip D. a two-day trip
6. Would you mind if I ______ a photo here?
A. taking B. will take C. took D. take
7. How about ____________? Are there any hotels or guest houses?
A. accommodation B. residence C. dormitory D. shelter
8. Student A: “Do you mind if I turn off the CD player?" - Student B: “______.”
A. No, of course not C. That would be nice.
B. Yes, please D. I’d rather you didn’t
9. Tom enjoys sweets _______from milk.
A. is made B. was made C. made D. making

10. You’ll get back your __________when you bring the bottles back for recycling.
A. payment B. envelope C. account D. deposit

11.
A. You should not fish here.
PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH OR B. These fish can hurt you.
FEED THE FISH C.
These fish eat
special food.
D. You should leave the fish alone.
12.
A. This shop sells milk drink.
MILK B. You can order milk from here.
NO LONGER C. Milk is
SOLD HERE not on sale here
anymore.
D. We have no milk left today.

II. Read the following passage and then choose the best answers. (1.5pt)
Farmers have recycled their (11) _______for thousands of years. (12) _______ make their crops better,
they grow food for their animals and use the dung (13) ________ fertilizing their fields. Household and
garden wastes are also collected to make compost. Compost is a wonderful natural fertilizer. It helps plants
grow.
 People throw away (14) _______ of cans every year all over the world. It is a waste of (15) ______
resources. In Oregon, America, a new law was passed a few years ago. Buyers must pay an extra cost
called (16) ______ which is returned to them when the cans are brought back to the shop for recycling.

13. A. crops B. waste C. grass D. plants

14. A. In order not to B. In order C. In order to D. In order that
15. A. for B. to C. of D. in
16. A hundreds B. thousands C. dozens D. billions
17. A. nature B. natural C. naturally D. naturalize
18. A. price B. money C. reduction D. deposit

IV. Read the following passage and then decide the statements that follow are True or False.
(1pt) (Học sinh phải viết đáp án là TRUE hoặc FALSE, nếu viết T hoặc F sẽ không được tính
đểm)
In the United States and Britain, February 14 th is St Valentine’s Day. Boys and girls send
valentines to their friends. A valentine is a little picture, very often a funny one with a little poem or
some words on it: “I will be yours if you will be mine. All of my life I’ll be your Valentine”.
Students enjoy buying or making valentines for their friends; very often they write on the
valentines “From guess who”, and the person who receives it must guess the name of the sender. In
schools boys and girls make a funny decorated box with a slit on the top where they can “post”
their valentines. Usually each classroom has such box and at the end of the school day they open
the box, take out the valentines and the boy or the girl who gets more valentines than the others will
feel happier.
19. St. Valentine’s Day is celebrated in America and in Britain. TRUE
20. The sender doesn’t usually write his or her name on the valentine. TRUE
21. School boys and girls can’t send their valentines in a funny decorated box. FALSE
22. The boy or girl is happy because he or she doesn’t get more valentines. TRUE
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space (0.5pt)
23. According to the passage above, the student that receives a valentine _______.
A. must guess the sender’s name B. know exactly who the sender is
C. doesn’t want to know who the sender is D. easily knows it’s his or her sweetheart
24.After taking out the valentines, a person is happier which means he or she is liked by ______.
A. fewer people B. few people C. no one D. more people
V . Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence. (1.0pt)
25. The government is facing pressure from _______________ groups. (environmental)
26. Spending the weekend in a______________ resort is extremely healthy. ( mountainous)
27. The fans shouted _________________ when seeing an unbelievable goal. (excitedly)
28. There are many ________________ daily from Ho Chi Minh City to Ha Noi. (fights)
29.There are only a few hotels in the city so it’s hard to find ___________during high
season.(accommodation)
30._________, dark clouds appeared and it began to rain. (Unfortunately)

VII. Put the words or phrases in the correct order to make meaningful sentences: (0.5 pt)
31. cool the burns / in order to / You should / tissue damage / minimize / immediately/.//
=> You should cool the burns immediately in order to minimize tissue damage.
32. to make / can be / pipes / Old car tires / and floor coverings / pipes / recycled / . //
=> Old car tires can be recycled to make pipes and floor coverings.
VIII. Rewrite the following sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentence printed
before them. (2pts)
33. We will celebrate Christmas at our parents’ house.
=> Christmas will be celebrated at our parents’house.
34. Could I use your computer for a while?
=> Do you mind if I use your computer for a while ?
35. The road is very narrow. It joins the two villages.
=> The road joining the two villages is very narrow.
36. I like reading the books. The books were written by Charles Dickens.
=> I like reading the books written by Charles Dickens.

THE END