Full name Class

NPTA
Grade 8 Semester 2 Final Exam
April, 2023
60 minutes

Marks ___ / 40 ___ %

Materials

You may NOT use

● A dictionary
● Previously-written notes

Instructions

● Use a blue/black pen to write your personal information.

● Use a pencil to shade the answers in the answer sheet.
● Do not speak to other students. Put your hand up and ask the teacher if you have a question.

Advice

● Read questions carefully before answering

● Watch the time while you work.
● Try to answer every question if you can.
● Check your answers if you have time at the end.

DO NOT TURN THE PAGE UNTIL THE TEACHER TELLS YOU

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part
differs from the other three in pronunciation.
1. A. passed B. watched C. played D. washed
2. A. proud B. about C. around D. would

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other
three in the position of primary stress.
3. A. depend B. agree C. teacher D. enjoy
4. A. alone B. advise C. affect D. singer

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
5. Too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere causes __________.
A. global warmth B. global warm C. global warming D. global warmly
6. Amelia laughed ____ her mother dropped a pie upside down on the floor.
A. after B. if C. due to D. until
7. The sky train in Hanoi __________ at 6.30 am tomorrow.
A. leaves B. left C. leave D. is leave
8. He __________ some words on the wall when I _________ him.
A. was writing/ see B. wrote/ saw C. writes/saw D. was writing/saw
9. Have you got _______ pen, or would you like to borrow _______?
A. your/ mine B. yours/ my C. yours/ mine D. your/ my
10. Nam said that he ___________ working then.
A. will be B. was C. were D. is
11. I wondered _________ the right thing.
A. if I am doing B. was I doing C. am I doing D. whether I was doing
12. My parents reminded me ______________ the flowers.
A. to planting B. plant C. to plant D. planting

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs
correction in each of the following questions.
13. I asked him how far was it from my school to the post office if I went there by taxi.
A. ask B. was it C. if D. by
14. I slept when somebody knocked at the door..
A. slept B. when C. knocked D. at
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word OPPOSITE in meaning
to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
15. Sometimes the development of tourism has negative effects on the environment.
A. bad B. national C. important D. positive
16. Science and technology will bring a lot of benefits to people.
A. encouragement B. drawbacks C. advantages D. supports

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word CLOSEST in meaning
to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
17. The most important characteristic of the Japanese’s eating habits is that they like raw food.
A. feature B. stable C. nutrition D. tour
18. She got up late and rushed to the bus stop.
A. came into B. went leisurely C. dropped by D. went quickly

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to
complete each of the following exchanges.
19. Tom: “I heard that you got an IELTS score of 8.0. Congratulations!”
Helen: “__________ .”
A. It's so true B. Don't say so
C. Thank you D. Well done
20. Jane: “Would you mind sharing with me your experience of learning English?”
Mike: “ ____________ .”
A. Great idea B. No, I don’t
C. That’s my pleasure D. I don’t think so

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to choose the
word or phrase that best fits each other numbered blanks.
Perhaps the most common type of tourism is what most people (21) __________ with travelling:
recreation tourism. This is (22) __________ people go to a place that is very different from their
regular day-to-day life to relax and have fun. Beaches, theme parks and campgrounds are often the
most common places regularly visited by (23) __________ tourists.
If the (24) __________ of one’s visit to a particular place is to get to know its history and
culture then this type of tourism is known as cultural tourism. They may attend festivals and
ceremonies in order to gain a better understanding of the people, their beliefs and their practices.
For tourists who want to see wildlife or take the joy of just being in the middle of nature, nature
tourism is the answer. Ecotourism and nature treks are all part of this kind of tourism. Bird
watching, for example, is one activity that nature tourists are fond of doing. What marks this kind of
tourism is that it has low impact (25)__________ the local community.
Religious tourism is another type of tourism where people go to a religious location or locations
to follow the footsteps of their founder or to attend a religious ceremony.
 Medical or health tourism is a relatively new type of tourist activity where the main focus of the
travel is improving one’s health, physical appearance or fitness.

21. A. share B. join C. associate D. acquaint

22. A. when B. where C. what D. why
23. A. recreational B. recreation C. enjoying D. enjoyable
24. A. object B. plan C. objective D. achievement
25. A. on B. at C. in D. for

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.
For many of us, food isn’t that important. However, for a few people, food is very important. For
these people, meals are a kind of art.
These people are interested in something called “haute cuisine”. Haute cuisine is French for “high
cooking”. You can usually find haute cuisine in fancy French hotels and high level restaurants.
Haute cuisine has changed over the years, but the most important parts have remained the same.
Haute cuisine meals are almost always very complicated, and they take a very long time to make.
Usually, an haute cuisine meal has very many small dishes, instead of a few large ones. Also, with
haute cuisine dishes, appearance is very important. Of course, an haute cuisine dish must taste
wonderful, but that is not enough. An haute cuisine dish must also look beautiful. Another very
important part of haute cuisine is wine. Chefs and customers always try to select a wine that is a
perfect match for their meal. The wine that people drink with haute cuisine is often very rare. You
will not be surprised to hear that haute cuisine dishes are almost always very expensive.
Haute cuisine is traditionally French, but other countries have similar concepts of food. People
often compare Japanese kaiseki to haute cuisine. Kaiseki is another very complicated, very high level
kind of food. In Japan, kaiseki is also considered a kind of art. When Japanese chefs prepare kaiseki,
they don’t just consider the taste of the food. They also consider the food’s texture, colour, and
appearance. Chefs even match the colour of the food to the colour of the plate and the chopsticks. Of
course, although haute cuisine and kaiseki share many similarities, the food itself is quite different.
If you ever get the chance to try kaiseki or haute cuisine, remember one thing: You are not just
having a meal; you are enjoying a very special kind of art.
26. What can we say about the wines that people drink with haute cuisine?
A. They all come from France.
B. They are all quite common.
C. They are always red wine.
D. They are usually rare.
27. What is true about the dishes in haute cuisine?
A. Haute cuisine usually has many small dishes.
B. Haute cuisine usually has just a few large dishes.
C. Haute cuisine usually has many large dishes.
D. Haute cuisine usually has just a few small dishes.
28. What does the fifth sentence of the third paragraph mean?
A. Haute cuisine has to taste good, but it has to be good in other ways, too.
B. Haute cuisine only has to taste good.
C. Haute cuisine has to look good, but it doesn’t have to taste good.
D. Every haute cuisine dish tastes the same.
29. What does the passage NOT say about haute cuisine?
A. It is very expensive.
B. It takes a short time to make.
C. It is very complicated.
D. It is usually served in fancy hotels and high level restaurants.
30. What does the passage say about kaiseki and haute cuisine?
A. The food is the same in both.
B. People never care about them.
C. People often compare them.
D. Haute cuisine is older than kaiseki.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in
meaning to each of the following questions
31. The taxi will get here in five minutes or so. Then we can leave for the airport.
A. As soon as the taxi gets here, so we can leave for the airport.
B. As soon as the taxi will here, so we can leave for the airport.
C. As soon as the taxi gets here, we can leave for the airport.
D. As soon as the taxi will get here, we can leave for the airport.
32. She said, “They will be leaving tomorrow.”
A. She said that they will leave the next day.
B. She said that they are leaving the previous day.
C. She said that they would leave the following day.
D. She said that they would be leaving the following day.
33. “Why didn’t you attend the meeting, Mary?” Tom asked.
A. Tom asked Mary why didn’t she attend the meeting.
B. Tom asked Mary why she hadn’t attended the meeting.
C. Tom asked Mary why hadn’t she attended the meeting.
D. Tom asked Mary why she wasn’t attending the meeting.
34. “If I were you, I would do morning exercise regularly.” said John.
A. John asked me to do morning exercise regularly.
B. John prevented me from doing morning exercise regularly.
C. John advised me to do morning exercise regularly.
D. John congratulated me on doing morning exercise regularly.
35. We arrived late because there was too much traffic.
A. Although there was too much traffic, we arrived late.
B. There was too much traffic; therefore, we arrived late.
C. We arrived late, so there was too much traffic.
D. We arrived late, but there was too much traffic.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines
the words given
36. We/ clean up/ beach/ as soon as/ it/ stop/ rain.
A.We will clean up the beach as soon as it stop to rain.
B. We will clean up the beach as soon as it stops raining.
C. We will clean up the beach as soon as it stops to rain.
D. We will clean up beach as soon as it stops raining.
37. We/ hardly/ understand/ Mai/ because/ her/ accent/.
A. We hardly ever can understand Mai because of her accent.
B. We can hardly understand Mai because her accent.
C. We can’t hardly understand Mai because of her accent.
D. We can hardly understand Mai because of her accent.
38. Khang/ look/ out/ window/ when/ he/ see/ a star/ last night.
A. Khang were looking out of the window when he saw a star last night.
B. Khang was looking out of the window when he saw a star last night.
C. Khang looked out of the window when he saw a star last night.
D. Khang looked out of the window when he was seeing a star last night.
39. She/ said/ if/ weather/ fine/ she/ go/ beach/ friends/.
A. She said that if the weather is fine, she will go to the beach with her friends.
B. She said that if the weather was fine, she will go to the beach with her friends.
C. She said that if the weather was fine, she would go to the beach with her friends.
D. She said that if the weather is fine, she would go to the beach with her friends.
40. If/ we/ not/ talk/them/ healthy eating/ they/ only eat/ junk food/.
A. If we don’t talk about them at healthy eating, they could only eat junk food.
B. If we don’t talk to them about healthy eating, they may only eat junk food.
C. If we won’t talk to them about healthy eating, they may only eat junk food.
D. If we don’t talk to them about healthy eating, they should only eat junk food.