Thieu do secondary school
Full name:…………………………………
Class: 8 .…
English Test
(Time allowed: 45 )’
Mark Comments
Question I: Read the text and decide whether each of the statements is true (T) or
false (F).
Chinese New Year is a special holiday. It starts between January 21
th
and February 19
th
.The New Year celabration ends fifteen days later. Chinese New Year is very old
celabration..
The chinese people believe that it is very important to have a clean house on New
Year’s Day. They clean the house before New Year’s Day and then put away everything
they use to clean. The Chinese people don’t sweep the floor on New Year’s Day. They
think they will sweep away good luck. After New Year’s Day they sweep again.
The Chinese people do not wash their hair on New Year’s Day. They believe they will
wash away good luck. People also like to wear red clothes on New Year’s Day. Red will
bring good luck for the future .
1.Chinese New Year lasts one month . ( T / F )
2.Chinese people don’t sweep the floor on New Year’s Day. ( T / F )
3.Chinese people clean the house before the New Year comes. ( T / F )
4.Chinese people often wash their hair on New Year’s Day. ( T / F )
5.Chinese people wear red clothes on New Year’s Day because red will bring good luck
for the future. ( T / F )
Question II: Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
1.Viet Nam is a country .……
A. rice exporting B. exporting rice C. exports rice D. rice – –
exported

Question IV:Do as directed in the brackets.
1.“I am visiting Hoi An now “ Nhi said ( Turn into reported speech )
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2.“Is Phong Nha Cave in southern Viet Nam ?”John asked Nhi ( Turn into reported
question )
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3.“I don’t know how to do this exercise “ Ba said ( Turn into reported speech )
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4.Clement Clark Moore wrote the poem in 1823 ( Turn into passive sentence )
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5.They make the fire in the traditional way ( Turn into passive sentence )
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