Nam was born in 1990 in DaNang.He moved to this neighborhood last year. Nam and his family lived in a big city before coming here. On the first days, he didn’t like the life in the country because there was not much to do.3 However, after a short time he has changed his mind. He now likes his new neighborhood very muchbecause the air is fresh, the food is delicious and the people are friendly. There are a lot of things hecan do in his free time such as going swimming, going fishing, going boating. He doesn’t want to livein a big city anymore.

1.When did Nam move to this neighborhood ?

2.Did he like the life in the country on the first days?

3.Why does he like his neighborhood now ?

4.What can he do in his free time ?

5.Does he want to live in a big city now ?

IV. Read the passage then answer the questions below.(3 marks) Nam moved to this neighborhood last year. Nam and his family lived in a big city before coming here. On the first days, he didn’t like the life in the country because there was not much to do. However, after a short time he has changed his mind. He now likes his new neighborhood very much because the air is fresh, the food is delicious and the people are friendly. There are a lot of things he can do in his free time such as going swimming, going fishing and going boating. He doesn’t want to live in a big city anymore. 1. When did Nam move to this neighborhood? ............................................................................................................................... 2. Did he like the life in the country on the first days? ............................................................................................................................... 3. Why does he like his neighborhood now? ............................................................................................................................... 4. Does he want to live in a big city now? ............................................................................................................................... 5.What activities can he do in his free time ? …………………………………………………………………………………... 6. Does he like his neighborhood now ? ……………………………………………………………

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced diffrently from that of the others. (2 marks)

1. a. tiger b. wife c. wisdom d. fire

2. a. named b. lived c. used d. washed

3. a. great b. please c. greedy d. reach

4. a. floor b. choose c. chore d. saw

5. a. young b. lunch c. enough d. humor

II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.(2 marks)

1. I………………. tennis a lot, but I don’t play very often now.

A. used to play B. was playing C. am used to play d. play

2. She was born ……………….. June 26^th , 1990

A. of B. at C. on D. in

3. I watched the movie Romeo and Juliet. At last they killed………………

A. together B. each other C. themselves D. them

4. Do you enjoy ………………. sports programs?

A. watch B. to watch C. watching D. in watching

5. I know you worked really …………….... this semester.

A. hardly B. harder C. hardest D. hard

6. She asked her children ………………

a. to stop playing b. stop to play

c. stop playing d. to stop to play

7. She advised me …………………. late.

A. to not be B. not to be C. not be D. not being

8. “ May I help you?” - ……………………………..

A. What can I do for you? B. I’m afraid I’m busy now

C. Yes. That’s very kind of you D. How can I help ?

III/ Read the following passage and answer the questions (2marks)

Nam moved to this neighborhood last year. Nam and his family lived in a big city before coming here. On the first days, he didn’t like the life in the country because there was not much to do. However, after a short time he has changed his mind. He now likes his new neighborhood very much because the air is fresh, the food is delicious and the people are friendly. There are a lot of things he can do in his free time such as going swimming, going fishing, going boating. He doesn’t want to live in a big city anymore.

1. When did Nam move to this neighborhood?

.................................................................................................................................

2. Did he like the life in the country on the first days?

.............................................................................................................................

3. Why does he like his neighborhood now?

............................................................................................................................

4. Does he want to live in a big city now?

..........................................................................................

PART III: READING (2pts)

Question 1: Read the passage and choose the most suitable answer A, B, C or D. (1pt)

Nam is in grade 8A. He (1)...........his report card for the last school year. He got good grade (2)............Literature and Math, but his English was poor. His English teacher said, "Nam, you must work harder on your English". He'll try his best to study well next year. He loves (3).................., and he likes sports, too. He enjoys (4)............... soccer a lot. This summer vacation, he is enrolling for the summer activities in his home town. They'll plant trees, clean the streets and participate in the city's sport programs.

Read the passage and answer the questions (1pt)

Last summer Phong spent his holiday in Singapore with his family. They went there by plane and stayed in a hotel. First, they visited Sentosa, this is a beautiful island resort. Then they went to see Marina Bay. Many visitors love the bay because it has the famous Common Services Tunnel. On the next day, they visited the Merlion. Then they took a boat cruise along the river. Finally, they visited Jurong Bird Park. It is a very large area with many colourful birds. The family took a lot of photos in the park. They had a great time there.

26.How did Phong’s family go to Singapore? _________________________________________________

27. Where did they visit first? _________________________________________________

28. Why did many visitors love Marina Bay? _________________________________________________

29. Did they take a boat cruise along the river? ________________________________________________

30. Did they take a lot of photos in Sentosa? _________________________________________________

Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete the passage. (1.0m)

People need to breathe. If they don’t breathe, they (1) __ die. But how clean is the air people breathe? If they breathe (2) ___ air, they will have breathing problems. Plants and animals need (3) __ air too. A lot of the things in our lives create harmful gases and (4) __the air dirty, like cars, motorbikes, and factories. Dirty air is called polluted air. Air pollution can also make our Earth warmer.

1. A. won’t B. are C. must D. will

2. A. clean B. fresh C. dirty D. cleaner

3. A. clean B. safe C. dirty D. polluted

4. A. make B. get C. give D. made

Make sentences using the suggested words

31. There/be/ some robots/ our hi-tech house/ future.

_______________________________________________________________________________

32. They / not might / live / the Moon. _______________________________________________________________________________

33. If /we/ make/ soil / polluted, many /plants /die.

_______________________________________________________________________________

34. you / have/ a hi-tech fridge / future? _______________________________________________________________________________

35. Thu / do/the test better/ if/ she / study/hard.

@ ___________________________________________________________________________

1. you / send / letter / yet ?........................................................................................

2. Nile / longest / river / in / world .........................................................................

3. Hoa / salary / high / than / Tom’s ........................................................................

4. He / work / hard / order/ pass / exam ..................................................................

5. Early this morning / children / decide / go / a run

………………………………………………………………………………

It / not difficult / translate / this sentence/ English

………………………………………………………………………………

You / mind / lend / me / dictionary?

………………………………………………………………………………

you / see / film / Jurassic Park / yet ?

………………………………………………………………………………

The Mekong river / long / the Red river

………………………………………………………………………………

Ba / intelligent / Nam

………………………………………………………………………………

Sears Tower / short/ PETRONAS Twin Towers

………………………………………………………………………………

Mexico city / big / in the world

………………………………………………………………………………

Ba / good / in our class.

……………………………………………………………………………

VI. Read the passage. Then answer the questions.

         Last year, Minh spent his summer vacation in Nha Trang.It was the first time he went to Nha Trang. He stayed at the friend’s house. His friends took him to see a lot of  interesting places in nha Trang such as Cham Temples, Hon chong, Tri Nguyen aquarium , …… Minh saw shark, dolphins, and many diferrent types of sea fish at Tri Nguyen Aquarium. Minh bought a lot of gifts for his friends in a souvenir shop near the exit of the aquarium. Minh liked the beach best. Minh and his friends went to the beach every moring. Minh felt happy and healthy after the trip.

1. Was it the second time he went to Nha Trang?

=> _{………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………}

2. Where did he stay in Nha Trang?

=> _{………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………}

3. Which places did his friend take him to see ?

=> _{………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………}

4. Did he buy any gifts ?   

=> _{………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………}

5. What did he see at Tri Nguyen Aquarium ?

=> _{………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………}

6. How often did Minh and his friends go to the beach ?  

=> _{………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………}

_{………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………}

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), who wrote under the pseudonym of O. Henry, was born in North Carolina. His only formal education was to attend his Aunt Lina’s school until the age of fifteen, where he developed his lifelong love of books. By 1881 he was a licensed pharmacist. However, within a year, on the recommendation of a medical colleague of his Father’s, Porter moved to La Salle County in Texas for two years herding sheep. During this time, Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary was his constant companion, and Porter gained a knowledge of ranch life that he later incorporated into many of his short stories. He then moved to Austin for three years, and during this time the first recorded use of his pseudonym appeared, allegedly derived from his habit of calling “Oh, Henry” to a family cat. In 1887, Porter married Athol Estes. He worked as a draftsman, then as a bank teller for the First National Bank.

In 1894 Porter founded his own humor weekly, the “Rolling Stone”, a venture that failed within a year, and later wrote a column for the Houston Daily Post. In the meantime, the First National Bank was examined, and the subsequent indictment of 1886 stated that Porter had embezzled funds. Porter then fled to New Orleans, and later to Honduras, leaving his wife and child in Austin. He returned in 1897 because of his wife’s continued ill-health, however she died six months later. Then, in 1898 Porter was found guilty and sentenced to five years imprisonment in Ohio. At the age of thirty five, he entered prison as a defeated man; he had lost his job, his home, his wife, and finally his freedom. He emerged from prison three years later, reborn as O. Henry, the pseudonym he now used to hide his true identity. He wrote at least twelve stories in jail, and after re-gaining his freedom, went to New York City, where he published more than 300 stories and gained fame as America’s favorite short Story writer. Porter married again in 1907, but after months of poor health, he died in New York City at the age of forty-eight in 1910. O. Henry’s stories have been translated all over the world.

Why did the author write the passage?

A. to outline the career of a famous AmericanB. because of his fame as America’s favorite short story writer

B. because of his fame as America’s favorite short story writer

C. because it is a tragic story of a gifted writer

D. to outline the influences on O. Henry’s writing

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), who wrote under the pseudonym of O. Henry, was born in North Carolina. His only formal education was to attend his Aunt Lina’s school until the age of fifteen, where he developed his lifelong love of books. By 1881 he was a licensed pharmacist. However, within a year, on the recommendation of a medical colleague of his Father’s, Porter moved to La Salle County in Texas for two years herding sheep. During this time, Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary was his constant companion, and Porter gained a knowledge of ranch life that he later incorporated into many of his short stories. He then moved to Austin for three years, and during this time the first recorded use of his pseudonym appeared, allegedly derived from his habit of calling “Oh, Henry” to a family cat. In 1887, Porter married Athol Estes. He worked as a draftsman, then as a bank teller for the First National Bank.

In 1894 Porter founded his own humor weekly, the “Rolling Stone”, a venture that failed within a year, and later wrote a column for the Houston Daily Post. In the meantime, the First National Bank was examined, and the subsequent indictment of 1886 stated that Porter had embezzled funds. Porter then fled to New Orleans, and later to Honduras, leaving his wife and child in Austin. He returned in 1897 because of his wife’s continued ill-health, however she died six months later. Then, in 1898 Porter was found guilty and sentenced to five years imprisonment in Ohio. At the age of thirty five, he entered prison as a defeated man; he had lost his job, his home, his wife, and finally his freedom. He emerged from prison three years later, reborn as O. Henry, the pseudonym he now used to hide his true identity. He wrote at least twelve stories in jail, and after re-gaining his freedom, went to New York City, where he published more than 300 stories and gained fame as America’s favorite short Story writer. Porter married again in 1907, but after months of poor health, he died in New York City at the age of forty-eight in 1910. O. Henry’s stories have been translated all over the world.

According to the passage, Porter’s Father was ___________.

A. the person who gave him a life-long love of books

B. a medical doctor

C. a licensed pharmacist

D. responsible for his move to La Salle County in Texas

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), who wrote under the pseudonym of O. Henry, was born in North Carolina. His only formal education was to attend his Aunt Lina’s school until the age of fifteen, where he developed his lifelong love of books. By 1881 he was a licensed pharmacist. However, within a year, on the recommendation of a medical colleague of his Father’s, Porter moved to La Salle County in Texas for two years herding sheep. During this time, Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary was his constant companion, and Porter gained a knowledge of ranch life that he later incorporated into many of his short stories. He then moved to Austin for three years, and during this time the first recorded use of his pseudonym appeared, allegedly derived from his habit of calling “Oh, Henry” to a family cat. In 1887, Porter married Athol Estes. He worked as a draftsman, then as a bank teller for the First National Bank.

In 1894 Porter founded his own humor weekly, the “Rolling Stone”, a venture that failed within a year, and later wrote a column for the Houston Daily Post. In the meantime, the First National Bank was examined, and the subsequent indictment of 1886 stated that Porter had embezzled funds. Porter then fled to New Orleans, and later to Honduras, leaving his wife and child in Austin. He returned in 1897 because of his wife’s continued ill-health, however she died six months later. Then, in 1898 Porter was found guilty and sentenced to five years imprisonment in Ohio. At the age of thirty five, he entered prison as a defeated man; he had lost his job, his home, his wife, and finally his freedom. He emerged from prison three years later, reborn as O. Henry, the pseudonym he now used to hide his true identity. He wrote at least twelve stories in jail, and after re-gaining his freedom, went to New York City, where he published more than 300 stories and gained fame as America’s favorite short Story writer. Porter married again in 1907, but after months of poor health, he died in New York City at the age of forty-eight in 1910. O. Henry’s stories have been translated all over the world.

What is the passage primarily about?

A. The life and career of William Sydney Porter

B. The way to adopt a nickname

C. O.Henry’s influence on American literature

D. The adventures of O.Henry