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Phan Dinh Giot secondary school
Full name : .....................................
Class : 8A ...
Code : 001
THE 2nd MID-TERM TEST
GRADE 8 ( NEW)
Time allowed: 45 minutes
Mark
PART ONE: LISTENING: Listen to a conversation between Chau and her father. Fill in the table with the information you hear (2pts)
When?
What happened?
7th or 8th century
The first printed (1) appeared in China.
(2) 
The telegraph was invented.
early 20th century
Two new forms of new media appeared: Radio and newsreels.
(3) 
Television became popular.
mid-and- late 1990s
(4) . became a major force in journalism.
PART TWO: PHONETICS: (1pt)
Question I. Find the word which has different sound in the part underlined.(0.5pt)
1. A. television	B. elephant	C. section	D. Swedish
2. A. threaten 	B. seat	C. thread	D. bread
Question 2. Find the word with a different stress pattern from the others in each line. (0.5pt)
1. A. poisonous	B. natural	 C. dramatic	 D. logical
2. A. tornado	B. typhoon	C. earthquake	D. tsunami
PART THREE: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR: (2.5pts)
Question I. Choose the best answer by circling A, B, C or D: (2pts)
1. If you were the president, what  you do to help the environment?
A. will 	B. did 	 C. would	D. do
2.The Maori in New Zealand greet each other by  their noses.
A. touching	B. punching	C. blowing	D. rubbing
3. The village’s drinking water  with poisonous chemicals since the factory came into operation.
A. contaminates	B. is contaminated	C. has contaminated	D. has been contaminated
4. When the policeman came to the scene, the driver of the car  
A. have left	B. had left	C. leaves 	D. was left
5. All people who were without homes in the flood were provided with  accommodation.
A. short 	B. temporary 	C. present	D. instant
6. I believe that our new manager has the  to work well in this business environment.
A. inflexible	B. flexibly C. flexibility D. flexible
7. If the factory  dumping poison into the lake, all the fish and other aquatic animals will die.
A. continues	B. continued 	C. will continue 	D. continue
8. You will recognize Jenny when you see her. She  a red hat.
A. wears	B. is wearing	C. will wear	D. will be wearing
Question II. Give the correct form of the words given to complete the sentences. ( 0.5 pt)
1.NSW is the  of New South Wales, the most populous state in Australia. (abbreviate)
2. Do you know that the telephone, the television, and penicillin are Scottish  ? (invent)
PART FOUR: READING (2.5 pts)
 I. Read the passage and fill in each gap with a suitable word. (1.25 pts)
Telepathy: Mind to Mind Communication
The (1)  “telepathy” has been derived from the words “tele” meaning “distance” and “pathy” meaning “feeling”. So telepathy actually means getting feelings through a distance. Telepathy is the communication (2) . two minds, separated over a distance, without the (3)  of the five known senses. At some point of time or the other, we all have experienced telepathy. Maybe you were thinking of someone you haven’t talked to for months and you suddenly get a call from them. Or (4) .. two people are together, they might say the same thing at the same time. These are spontaneous mind-to-mind (5)  that tend to occur frequently between closely related individuals.
II. Read the passage then answer the questions: ( 1.25 pts)
Visual pollution has a greater effect on people than you may think. I remember when I went to a big city, I was really scared because so much graffiti on the buildings' walls. Then I looked up, and I saw a lot of power lines over my head. Although they were not dangerous, I still felt unsafe since I thought they might fall down. These things prevented me from enjoying the beautiful sights of the city. I also remember the time when I was a student at a university. Once I was so busy with my assignments that I did not tidy my room for two weeks. Looking at the messy room caused me so much stress that I did not want to study. Then I decided to clean the room and put my thing in their proper places. I also bought a small plants and placed it in a corner of the room. These simple actions increased my motivation and helped me to focus on my learning.
1.How did the author feel when she saw the power lines? ..
2.Why did she have that feeling? .
3. What was she busy with? ....
4. What happened when she looked at the messy room? ....
5. What did she do for her room? 
PART FIVE: WRITING (2pts)
I. Rewrite these sentences, so that their meaning stays the same, using the beginning given for each.(1 pt)
1. Barbara isn’t trying to solve her financial problems.
Barbara is making ...
2. The earthquake struck the city and destroyed completely thousands of buildings and houses.
The city ..
3. Scientists have invented new devices to help people live a longer life.
New devices ..
4. I don’t have enough time, so I can’t go on holiday this summer.
If ....
II. Combine each pair of the following sentences into one, using the suggested words or phrases in the brackets. (1 pt )
1. This factory doesn’t treat its waste well. So there is a lot of water pollution.	( If)
à .
2. Have you made any friends? The friends come from English speaking countries?
 (acquaintance)
à .
3. The environment is polluted. Birds leave their habitats and plants die. (make)
à .
4. The food is contaminated. People’s health is poor. (result in)
à .
Enjoy your study
MATRIX
Sections & Skills
Level
Topic
Recognition
Comprehensi-on
Application
T.M
Low High
MCQ
E.Q
MCQ
E.Q
MCQ
E.Q
MCQ
E.Q
Phonetics
1 items
2
items
1
item
1.0
Vocab &Gram
Unit 7-10
2 items
2 items
2 items
1 item
2 items
1 tem
2.5
Reading
Telepathy: Mind to Mind Communication
2 items
2 items
3 items
3
items
2.5
Listening
Visual pollution
2 item
2
items
2
items
2
items
2.0
Writing
- Rewrite 
sentences using : passive voice, the conditional sentence type 2, make efforts, make acquaintance, result in 
- The future continuous and the past perfect tense.
4 items
1
item
2 items 
1 item
2,0
Total level
 11 = 2,75
 9 = 2,25
 11 = 2,75
 9 = 2,25
10,0
ANSWER KEYS:
THE 2nd MID-TERM TEST (001)
GRADE 8 ( NEW)
PART ONE: LISTENING: Listen to a conversation between Chau and her father. Fill in the table with the information you hear (2pts)
When?
What happened?
7th or 8th century
The first printed (1) newspaper appeared in China.
(2) in the late 19th century
The telegraph was invented.
early 20th century
Two new forms of new media appeared: Radio and newsreels
(3) in the 1950s
Television became popular.
mid-and- late 1990s
(4) the Internet became a major force in journalism.
Tape Transcript:
Chau: 	Dad, I’m doing an assignment. Can You help me with the information?
Chau’s father: 	What is the assignment about? 
Chau: 	IT about the important dates of the media. Where and when did the first printed newspaper appear, Dad? 
Chau’s father. 	 It first appeared in the 7th or 8th century AD, in China. 
Chau: 	And when was the telegraph invented?
Chau’s father: Perhaps it was in the late 19th century. Do you know what two forms of news media appeared in the early 20th century?
Chau: 	Radio and newsreels?
Chau’s father:	 Excellent! And when did television become commercially viable, can you guess?
Chau: 	In the 1940s?
Chau’s father: 	No, it was in the 1950s.
Chau: 	When did the Internet become a major force in journalism?
Chau’s Father: 	In the mid- and late 1990s.
Chau: 	Thank you. Dad. Now I can answer all the questions for my assignment.
PART TWO: PHONETICS: (1pt)
Question I. Find the word which has different sound in the part underlined.(0.5pt)
1. A. television	B. elephant	C. section	D. Swedish
2. A. threaten 	B. seat	C. thread	D. bread
Question 2. Find the word with a different stress pattern from the others in each line. (0.5pt)
1. A. poisonous	B. natural	 C. dramatic	 D. logical
2. A. tornado	B. typhoon	C. earthquake	D. tsunami
PART THREE: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR: (2.5pts)
Question I. Choose the best answer by circling A, B, C or D: (2pts)
1. If you were the president, what  you do to help the environment?
A. will 	B. did 	 C. would	D. do
2.The Maori in New Zealand greet each other by  their noses.
A. touching	B. punching	C. blowing	D. rubbing
3. The village’s drinking water  with poisonous chemicals since the factory came into operation.
A. contaminates	B. is contaminated	C. has contaminated	D. has been contaminated
4. When the policeman came to the scene, the driver of the car  
A. have left	B. had left	C. leaves 	D. was left
5. All people who were without homes in the flood were provided with  accommodation.
A. short 	B. temporary 	C. present	D. instant
6. I believe that our new manager has the  to work well in this business environment.
A. inflexible	B. flexibly C. flexibility D. flexible
7. If the factory  dumping poison into the lake, all the fish and other aquatic animals will die.
A. continues	B. continued 	C. will continue 	D. continue
8. You will recognize Jenny when you see her. She  a red hat.
A. wears	B. is wearing	C. will wear	D. will be wearing
Question II. Give the correct form of the words given to complete the sentences. ( 0.5 pt)
1.NSW is the abbreviation of New South Wales, the most populous state in Australia. (abbreviate)
2. Do you know that the telephone, the television, and penicillin are Scottish inventions? (invent)
PART FOUR: READING (2.5 pts)
 I. Read the passage and fill in each gap with a suitable word. (1.25 pts)
Telepathy: Mind to Mind Communication
The (1) word “telepathy” has been derived from the words “tele” meaning “distance” and “pathy” meaning “feeling”. So telepathy actually means getting feelings through a distance. Telepathy is the communication (2) between two minds, separated over a distance, without the (3) use of the five known senses. At some point of time or the other, we all have experienced telepathy. Maybe you were thinking of someone you haven’t talked to for months and you suddenly get a call from them. Or (4) when two people are together, they might say the same thing at the same time. These are spontaneous mind-to-mind (5) communication that tend to occur frequently between closely related individuals.
II. Read the passage then answer the questions: ( 1.25 pts)
Visual pollution has a greater effect on people than you may think. I remember when I went to a big city, I was really scared because so much graffiti on the buildings' walls. Then I looked up, and I saw a lot of power lines over my head. Although they were not dangerous, I still felt unsafe since I thought they might fall down. These things prevented me from enjoying the beautiful sights of the city. I also remember the time when I was a student at a university. Once I was so busy with my assignments that I did not tidy my room for two weeks. Looking at the messy room caused me so much stress that I did not want to study. Then I decided to clean the room and put my thing in their proper places. I also bought a small plants and placed it in a corner of the room. These simple actions increased my motivation and helped me to focus on my learning.
1.How did the author feel when she saw the power lines? 
She felt insecure.
2.Why did she have that feeling? 
Because she thought they might fall down.
3. What was she busy with? 
She was busy with her assignments.
4. What happened when she looked the messy room? 
She had so much stress that she did not want to study.
5. What did she do for her room? 
She cleaned the room and put her things in their proper places. She also bought a small plant and placed it in a corner.
PART FIVE: WRITING (2pts)
I. Rewrite these sentences, so that their meaning stays the same, using the beginning given for each.(1 pt)
1. Barbara isn’t trying to solve her financial problems.
Barbara is making no efforts to solve her financial problems.
2. The earthquake struck the city and destroyed completely thousands of buildings and houses.
The city was struck and thousands of buildings and houses were destroyed completely by the earthquake.
3. Scientists have invented new devices to help people live a longer life.
New devices have been invented by scientists to help people live a longer life.
4. I don’t have enough time, so I can’t go on holiday this summer.
If I had enough time, I could go on holiday this summer.
II. Combine each pair of the following sentences into one, using the suggested words or phrases in the brackets. (1 pt )
1. This factory doesn’t treat its waste well, so there is a lot of water pollution.	( If)
à If this factory treated its waste well, there wouldn’t be a lot of water pollution.
2. Have you made any friends from English speaking countries?.	 ( acquaintance)
à Have you made acquaintance with any friends from English speaking countries?.
3. The environment is polluted. Birds leave their habitats and plants die. (make)
à The polluted environment makes birds leave their habitats and plants die.
4. The food is contaminated. People’s health is poor. (result in)
à The contaminated food results in people’s poor health.