English 8
WRITTEN TEST
Name:………………………………
Date 30/9/2015
-------------------I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
1. A. far
B. glasses
C. have
D. can’t
2. A. these
B. Thursday
C. thousand
D. think
3. A. man
B. hand
C. bag
D. many
4. A. book
B. took
C. goose
D. good
5. A. watches
B. practices
C. misses
D. grapes
II. Complete the sentences, using the comparison form of one of the adjectives given in
the box. You may need to make any necessary changes to the adjectives.
Bad
comfortable crowded
easy
high

5. Every people in the ……………………………is pleased with the current changes.
(NEIGHBOR)
6. The scouts do the .........................................work.
(VOLUNTEER)
IV. Choose the underline word or phrase that is incorrect and correct it.
1. In many ways, I always prefer country life than city life.
A
B
C
D
2. TV is bringing not only informations but also entertainment.
A
B
C
D
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3. The countryside is too quite for me to live and work in.
A
B
C
D
4. We are going to held a summer camp this July.
A
B
C

2. The bill isn’t as expensive as I thought it would be
I thought.............………………………………………………………………………….
3. Computers used to be much more expensive than they are now
Computers are.....
………………………………………………………………………….
4. Not as much coffee is drunk by young people as soda
Young people drink….…………………………………………………………………….
5. I had expected the meal cost more than that.
The meal didn’t.....………...……………………………………………………………….
6. The journey takes four hours be car and five hours by train.
It takes…………......……………………………………………………………………….
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Good luck!
KEYS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
1. C 2. A 3. D
4. C 5. D
II. Multiple choices
1. more reliable
2. easier
3. as high
4. the longest
5. less comfortable


7. different 8. living
9. as
10. much
VI. Writing
1. The cost of living in the countryside is lower than in the city
2. My father has made me the largest, most colorful kite I have ever had.
3. In the countryside, children learn to herd the cattle when they are small.
4. In the city, children play less freely than in the countryside.
5. It usually snows more heavily in the mountain than in the lowlands.
VII. Re -writing

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V. Fill in each space with ONE suitable word to complete the passage below
Vietnam Life in The Countryside
Vietnam is still a highly agrarian society with eighty percent of the population living
in rural villages scattered throughout the lowlands, mountainous areas and the coastal line.
The countryside in the lowlands of Vietnam is filled with bamboo-hedged villages, beautiful
patchworks of green paddies, hard-working farmers in their conical hats, and water
buffaloes.
With the habit of working in teams and being helpful to one another, villagers usually
earn their living from farming, raising livestock and making handicrafts. They live in a small
community with a temple or a communal cultural house where great events, such as festivals
worshipping the village god and traditional games are organized. Villagers in the Southern
usually live in houses lined up along central road and built on stilts to keep above flood