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1 Tiếng Anh 8 – i-LEARN SMART WORLD SEMESTER 1 TEST I. PRONUNCIATION A. Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. 1. A. scarf B. scene C. scissors D. scientist 2. A. pollution B. transport C. waste D. plastic 3. A. child B. machine C. chocolate D. chair B. Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions. 4. A. basketball B. shuttlecock C. competition D. badminton C. Choose the word whose primary stress is placed on the first syllable. 5. A. effect B. environment C. tourism D. reduce II. USE OF ENGLISH Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the following questions. 6. The activity of making or fixing things made of cloth is ________ A. knitting B. sewing C. skating D. cycling 7. There are factories that _____ broken glass and make it into new glassware. A. reduce B. produce C. waste D. recycle 8. Hermione enjoys the _____ of the library. A. peace B. peacefully C. peaceless D. peaceful 9. You should stock _____ on emergency items like flashlights and first aid kits. A. up B. into C. down D. in 10. The New Year's Countdown party _____ at the city's square tomorrow. A. takes off B. takes on C. takes place D. takes care 11. Their flight to Da Lat ________ at 6.50 a.m. tomorrow. A. is leaving B. leave C. will leave D. leaves 12. We won't complete the task on time unless we _____ working hard. A. stop B. keep C. don't stop D. don't keep 13. Barry loves running, _____ he is also a member of our school's running club. A. or B. but C. and D. if 14. Having too ______ vehicles on the streets causes pollution in the city. A. much B. any C. some D. many

3 23. The writer’s blog is usually about bad weather. 24. The writer thought there might be an earthquake while he was there on holiday. 25. One of the donkey tracks went to the top of the mountain. 26. The writer fell into a hole during the earthquake. 27. The writer watched as the tsunami hit the town. B. Read an email from Lou to a friend, Millie. Choose the best word or phrase, A, B, C, or D, for each numbered space. Hi Millie, Well, here I am in the country. I knew that my grandparents lived a long way from supermarkets and tall apartment buildings, but there’s only one shop and a few hundred people in the (28) _________ that they live in. It’s a beautiful place. It’s beside a lake, and in the middle of the lake there’s a small (29) _________. Nobody lives there, but Grandpa has a boat, and he took us out there yesterday. It is so (30) _________, with only birdsong and the sound of the wind. There are pretty flowers everywhere which I wanted to (31) _______, but Grandpa told me not to do that because the flowers are for everyone. Tomorrow there is a festival in a place near my grandparent’s house, and we are going to watch folk games and the other entertainment. Grandma wants me to take (32) _________ in the cake competition, so I plan to bake something this evening. I’ll write you after the festival and tell you all about it – and send a picture of my prize if I win! (LOL) Love Lou 28. A. house B. village C. town D. city 29. A. land B. beach C. island D. field 30. A. noise B. quiet C. quite D. noisy 31. A. take B. have C. get D. pick 32. A. part B. place C. off D. over VI. LISTENING A. You will hear an advertisement for a summer camp. Complete the summary. Write ONE WORD AND / OR A NUMBER in each numbered space.