SUNFLOWER ENGLISH CENTER FINAL TEST – SEMESTER 1

NAME: _____________ SUBJECT: ENGLISH 8

A. LISTENING:
I. Listen and fill in the blanks.
1. The Kinh is the ___________ ethnic group in the country.
2. The Kinh account for ___________% of Vietnam's population.
3. Its main ___________ belongs to Viet - Muong language group.
4. Kinh people through thousands of generations lived together in ___________ in the village.
II. Listen and write T (true) or F (false).
1. Rules among the villages are always similar. ______
2. Villages of the ancient Vietnamese people are usually surrounded by wooden groves. ______
3. The communal house is a place for meetings and conducting common ritual ceremonies. ______
4. Ancient Kinh people like smoking water pipes and cigarettes. ______
B. USE OF ENGLISH:
* Read the sentences. Circle the correct answers.
1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. (knock/ key/ pocket)
2. Choose the word that has a different stressed syllable from the others: (ethnic/ famous/ invite)
3. Peter likes _________ (doing/ watching/ playing) DIY in his leisure time.
4. We are _________ (keen/ interested/ fond) of playing basketball on the weekends.
5. After harvesting rice, I helped my dad__________(load/ dry/ unload) it onto a truck.
6. She remembers going with the village children to ________ (raise/ herd/ combine) the buffaloes
when she was a child.
7. Jane lives in London, so she can speak English _________(more fluently/ fluentlier/ more fluentlier)
than us.
8. Mr. Long dances _________(well/ better/badly) than anyone in his class.
9. Nowadays, teenagers tend to make __________(virtual/ real/ reliable) friends on Facebook.
10. We often post many questions to discuss on a/an _________ (forum/ club/ notification) after
school.
11.Tuan tries to focus more on his studies; __________, (therefore/ however/ otherwise) he won’t pass
the exam.
12. Mary: “Would you like to go to the cinema with me?” - Jane: “_________”(Yes. I watch films
every day./ I’d love to. Thanks. / You’re welcome.)
13. Khmer men teach their children how to _________ (do/ catch/ eat) fish at an early age.
14. Each _________(person/ ethnic/ partner) group in Viet Nam has its own distinct culture, including
music, dance, and art.
15. __________(What/ Where/ When) does Hoa Ban Festival take place? - In Lai Chau.
16.There are only _________ (a little/ much/ a few) waterwheels left in my village.
17.The elders often pass on their ___________(traditions/ rules/ legends) to the young through stories
and activities.
18.____________(Blooming flowers/ Ornamental trees/ Food offerings) such as kumquat trees, peach
blossoms, and apricot flowers are popular at Tet.
19. Five-coloured sticky rice is ___________ (a/ an/ the) important traditional dish.
20. We went to Da Nang by ___________(a/ the/ Ø) bus last week.
C. READING
I. Read the passage and do the tasks.
Bac Ha Sunday Fair
Bac Ha Sunday Fair in Lao Cai is the largest and most colourful highland market in Viet Nam. Every
Sunday, the market is crowded with minority people from villages far and near. The Flower Hmong,
Tay, Nung, Dao, and other ethnic groups come wearing their colourful traditional costumes. They come
on foot or on horseback, bringing with them anything they can exchange. These goods may be
vegetables and fruits they grow in their gardens or medicinal plants they gather from the forests and
mountains. They also sell other items like the clothing they weave or silver jewelry they make. The
market has a large place to sell poultry and animals like chickens, ducks, dogs, buffaloes, and horses.
Bac Ha Sunday Fair is also a place for people to meet and chat. After they finish their market activities,
they gather around a big hot pan of thang co, a famous traditional Hmong food from horse meat.
Young people come there with the hope of finding a lover.
*Circle True or False. (0.5m)
1. Minority people go to the market on foot or on horseback. True False
2. They sell medicinal plants they grow in their gardens. True False
* Write the answers. (0.5m)
3. What clothes do minority people wear to Bac Ha Sunday Fair?
________________________________________________________________________________.
4. When do the market goers sit down for thang co?
________________________________________________________________________________.
II. Read the passage and fill in each blank with one suitable word from the box
break custom traditionally maintain practise traditions
I think each family has their own customs and (1) __________. For example, my uncle's children
always spend two weeks in the countryside in summertime. Holding a party on everyone's birthday is
another custom they (2) __________. As for my family, it is becoming a custom for us to bake a
special cake on the last Sunday of each month. We also have a home cinema night every Saturday
when we enjoy a film together. For my extended family, traditionally, we gather on the first day of the
Lunar New Year. In my opinion, it is good for families to (3) ____________ their traditions. However,
from time to time, they can (4) ____________ with tradition and try something new to add variety to
their lives.
D. WRITING.
1. Rewrite the sentence with the provided word.
1. She enjoys listening to folk songs in her free time as this helps her to reduce stress.

2. Read the situation and complete the sentence using the comparative form of the adverb.
The buses run every 15 minutes while the trains run every 30 minutes. (frequent)
 The buses run___________________________________________________________________.
3. Make sentence using the words or phrases.
Some teens/ participate/ school clubs/ make/ new/ friends.
_________________________________________________________________________________.
4. Connect sentences with an appropriate conjunctive adverb to make a compound sentence.
They spend a lot of time surfing the net. They have little time to read books.
_________________________________________________________________________________.
5. Write the question for the underlined parts.
The Katu hold the rice spirit feast just before planting and harvesting rice.
________________________________________________________________________________.
6. Find and correct the mistake.
Ca Tru is one of the unique traditional music genres of the Viet Nam.
_________________________________________________________________________________.
7. Write the correct form of the word.
The festival __________ gathered on the riverside to cheer the boat racers. (go)
8. Write the correct form of the verb.
Gathering and hunting still (play) _____________ an important role in the economy of the Laha.

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