School: …………………………………….
Name: ………………………………………
Class: ……………………………………….
Date: 15-4-2007
The Second Term Examination
Subject: English Grade: 8
Marks Remarks
A. Listen to the activities in the emergency room of a large hospital carefully. (2mks)
I. Choose True or False statement: (1mk)
1. _______ A doctor is wheeling a patient on a stretcher into the emergency room.
2. _______ The patient’s head is bandaged.
3. _______ A nurse is pushing an empty wheelchair toward the exit.
4. _______ the eye chart consists of 28 letters ranging in the same size.
II. Listen again and choose the best answer: (1mk)
1. In the emergency, a ________ is waiting to treat the patient.
a. nurse b. doctor c. paramedic d. dentist
2. The eye chart is used to check people’s ________.
a. eyes b. health c. eyesight d. teeth
3. A doctor is trying to __________ a crying baby on the scale.
a. weigh b. check c. measure d. put
4. The baby’s ________ is trying to stop him from crying.
a. father b. sister c. aunt d. mother
B. Vocabulary and grammar: (4mks)
I. In three of the four words the first syllable is stressed. In the fourth the second syllable is
stressed. Find the words in which the second syllable is stressed (1mk)
1. a. person b. enough c. picture d. people
2. a. famous b. father c. lucky d. agree
3. a. public b. occasion c. played d. problem
4. a. prefer b. classmate c. Christmas d. neighbor
ii. Rewrite the sentences as directed: (1,5mks)
1. She asked me, “How old are you?”

work. They say that there are too many cars in town centers and you can’t find any where to park!
I. Answer the questions: (1mk)
1. Is traveling by bicycle cheap?
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2. When was the first bicycle made?
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II. Choose True or False: (1mk)
1. _________ At first, everyone could have a bicycle.
2. _________ After that, bicycles were cheap, a lot of people bought one.
3. _________ Nowadays, people like traveling by cars because they are fast.
4. _________ All people don’t like going to work by bicycles.
D. Write the postcard, using the suggestions: (2mks)
The end
Good luck to you
Dear….....,
1. Here we / HCM City,/ a big city / Vietnam.
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2. We / be / here / three days.
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3. The weather / be / hot / but we / have / great vacation.
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. We / stay / New World Hotel.
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5. It / be / great / and the food / be / delicious.
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6. Yesterday / we / go / shop / and / take / lots of photographs.
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7. I / come back / next Wednesday.
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8. I hope / you / well./ See / soon.

2. The first bicycle was made about one hundred and fifty years ago
II. Choose True or False:
1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F
D. WRITE
Dear….....,
1. Here we are in HCM City, a big city of Vietnam.
2. We have been here for three days.
3. The weather is hot, but we have a great vacation.
4. We are staying in New World Hotel.
5. It is great and the food is delicious.
6. Yesterday we went shopping and took lots of photographs.
7. I’ll come back next Wednesday.
8. I hope you are well. See you soon.
Love,
Ann