Matrix
Topics
Contents
Recognition
Understanding
Normal using
Better using
total



Multiple choice
Writing
Multiple choice
Writing
Multiple choice
Writing
Multiple choice
Writing


Listening
Unit 12
Listen to the weather forecast and choose the best answer
4 sents2.0
ms







4sents

2.0ms

Vocabu
-lary
and language focus
Units: 9,10,11,12,13,14
 +question word + to –inf
+Passive voice
+past continuous tense
+ reported speech

8
sents

2ms
4
sents

1m






12
Sents

3ms

Reading
Unit 13
Read a passage and answer the questions



5 sents
2.5ms




5 sents
2.5ms

Writing
Unit 9.10,11,12,13,14
Use the cue words to write a sentence





5 sents
2.5 ms


5 sents
2.5ms

Total
Sentences
Marks
12
4ms
4
1.oms

5
2.5ms

5
2.5ms


26
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TON DUC THANG HIGH SCHOOL THE SECOND TERM TEST Number 1
Class: 8 ____. School year: 2011 – 2012
Name: ____________________________ Subject : English
Time: 45’

Points
Comment







I) Listen the weather reports carefully and circle the correct answer in A, B, C or D (2pts ):
1. Tokyo will be dry and windy, with a low of ______.
A. 150C B. 210C C. 220C D. 130C
2. London is going to have a ______ day.
A. warm B. dry C. snowy D. humid
3. ______ with a low 240C and a high of 320C.
A. Sydney B. Bangkok C. New York D. Seoul
4. Paris with the high will be ______.
A. 160C B. 250C C. 150C D. 80C
II ) Read the following passage and then answer the questions (2,5pts):
Vietnam’s New Year is celebrated according to the Lunar calendar. It is known as Tet Nguyen Dan. It begins between January twenty- first and February nineteen. The exact date changes from year to year. Vietnamese people usually make preparations for the holiday several weeks beforehand. They tidy their houses, cook special food, clean and make offerings on the family altars. On the New Year’’ Eve, people sit up to midnight to see the New Year in, then they put on new clothes and give one another the greetings of the season. Tet lasts ten days.
Questions :
1.What is Vietnam’s New Year known as?
......................................................................................................................
2.When does the Lunar New Year begin?
......................................................................................................................
3.What do Vietnamese people usually do to prepare for Tet?
......................................................................................................................
4. How long does Tet last ?
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5 .Do you tidy your school clean before Tet holiday ?
……………………………………………………………………………….
III ) Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences by circling A, B, C or D (2pts):
1. At 8 o’clock last night . I ………………………my homework
A. do B. did C. am doing D. was doing
2. There are three competitions in the ………… …festival.
A. water –fetching B. fire-making C. rice-cooking D. contest
3. My sister studies harder in order to ………good grades
A. to get B. getting C. get D. got
4. Ha Long Bay was chosen one of the new seven _____ of the world in 2011.
A. wonders B. bays C. seas D. mountains
5. He will pick me ………..at the school gate
A. on B. up C. off D. by
6. I came in the classroom while Mrs. Phuong _____ Geography.
A. teaches B. taught C. have taught D. was teaching
7. Minh showed Thao how _____ computer.
A. to use B. use C. using D. used
8 . Ba