Vietnam: What are trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro 2nd mid-semester question papers and answers for 8th-grade Literature in 2025?

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2nd mid-semester question papersfor8th-grade Literature

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(Question paper No.1)

Part I. Reading Comprehension (6.0 points)

Read trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro following text and answer trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro questions below:

His eyes were staring into my face as his hand held me back against trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro chair. My skin felt thicker. I closed my eyes, then opened them. Each time I opened my eyes, I could see nothing but his eyes. God, have I been sitting in this barbershop chair for half a century? Shortly, soon, what is he going to do to me?

- You liar, look, my mother cried until her eyes went blind! Now my picture is displayed in art magazines worldwide. They have respectfully written your name below, next to trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro words: "Portrait of a Liberation Soldier". Such fame!

- I'm an artist, not just a portrait painter. An artist's job is to serve many, not just one person! You are just an individual with your personal stories, let me forget it to serve a greater purpose. As you see, trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro "portrait of a liberation soldier" contributed somewhat to making trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro world understand more about our resistance!

"A ha! For trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro sake of serving trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro many, trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro artist can forget me... Is it your right to deceive? Fine, get out of my sight. Leave!”

Once, for two days, I did not see my barber working. trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro barbershop was vacant for two days. On trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro third morning, it was trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro same. But then a woman came to tidy up, not trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro usual old blind woman. I ran over. trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro barber chair was gone. Only trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro mirror and some bottles were left. trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro woman asked me:

- Are you here for a haircut?

- Yes.

- My husband is setting up a new place on trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro street nearby. It will be ready tomorrow. Please come by.

His wife appeared to be nearly thirty. A gentle woman's face. As she spoke, she unrolled my painting. I made conversation.

- trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro painting is beautiful, isn't it?

trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro woman blushed slightly and carefully rolled up trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro painting. Only much later did she reply:

- My husband said that trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro soldier in this painting is who they drew him to be when he was still in trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro army in trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro B region. So we bought it to display.

- Did he tell you that?

- Yes.

- When I last came for a haircut, wasn't there an old woman...

- She's my husband's mother. You're a regular customer?

- Yes. Has she been disabled long?

- It's been a long time. Nine years now.

- Why?

- She went blind because of my husband. Back then, suddenly news came that he was presumed dead. She got sick. He is her only child. She missed him, wandering even at midnight, always crying...

- Since which year did she go blind, do you know?

- Since '69.

- Which month?

- I don't remember exactly, probably mid-year.

I arrived in Hanoi in early March that year. Had I been a decent person, perhaps she wouldn’t have gone blind, and I might have even helped her get better! Did I cause his mother to become blind?

[…] I decided I had to return to that shop. I decided to face it, not avoid it. I would not allow myself to run away. She looked up at me again like before, with a dazed and joyful face:

- Sir, are you here for a haircut?

- Yes!

trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro barber only turned around when he heard his mother speak. I barely recognized from his youthful eyes directed at me, trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro initial scrutinizing, surprised look, then a slight sternness. But trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro reactions on his face happened as quick as a blink. Immediately thereafter, he returned to his poised and earnest manner, like a serious, passionate barber.

My skin thickened naturally.

- Please take a seat!

I steadied myself to keep from trembling, stepping forward to sit on trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro wooden chair like an electric chair.

- trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro same as before?

- Yes.

…

"Will you treat me trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro same as before this time?"

"Yes."

"You will not reprimand or point fingers at me?"

"No! Rest assured. I still see you as a talented artist who has contributed greatly to society."

"Now, say something to me, advise me something!"

"No."

"Do I need to leave here?"

"No. You can come here. I'll give you a thorough haircut, you know that well!"

For nearly half a year, I had put all my efforts and thoughts into trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro lacquer painting, and during that time, occasionally broaching trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro past, but trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro barber always acted as if he had never known me. Returning as just a barber, like when he was in trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro army, he quietly lived that way, letting those around judge his work themselves. His modest proposal: Let everyone pause trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro busyness and crowdedness to reflect on themselves.

Now my new work is complete. I am facing myself, writing these lines as an interpretation of a painting depicting a very large human face: bright beams of thousands of candles casting straight down on half a head of thick hair like a mysterious black forest, and a half head of cut hair resembling a portion of a gray brain freshly dissected. Below, trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro face seems hidden under a mask: beneath trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro chin and beside trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro lips covered with soap foam.

Unable to see trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro mouth clearly, only a faint black streak floating over soap foam. And standing out on that face are wide open eyes, restless, anxious, full of sternness, looking inward.

(Excerpt from trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro short story "trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro Painting", Nguyen Minh Chau,

collection "trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro Woman on trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro Express Train", 1983)

Question 1. From which point of view is trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro excerpt narrated?

A. First person

B. Second person

C. Third person

D. Second and Third person

Question 2. What is trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro main expressive method of trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro text above?

A. Description

B. Expression

C. Narrative

D. Argumentative

Question 3. How many characters appear in trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro above excerpt?

A. 1

B. 2

C. 3

D. 4

Question 4. What is trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro name of trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro artist's painting?

A. “Portrait of a Soldier”

B. “Portrait of Uncle Ho's Soldier”

C. “Portrait of trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro Brave Soldier”

D. “Portrait of a Liberation Soldier"

Question 5. What type of sentence is classified according to trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro purpose of trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro statement?

“You liar, look, my mother cried until her eyes went blind!”

A. Simple sentence

B. Compound sentence

C. Exclamatory sentence

D. Imperative sentence

Question 6. Why did trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro mother (old woman) become blind in both eyes?

A. She was seriously ill and then went blind.

B. She cried until she went blind after hearing trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro news of her son's death.

C. She was born blind in both eyes.

D. She had an accident that caused her blindness.

Question 7. In trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro role of an artist, what kind of person is trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro character "I"?

A. A talented artist, serious about art and work.

B. A famous artist, aspiring to create trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro perfect painting.

C. A lesser-known artist, relying on painting for a living.

D. A brilliant artist, educated in many schools by famous artists.

Question 8. After learning trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro reason why trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro barber's mother went blind, how does trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro character "I" feel?

A. Realizes his mistakes and feels remorse, restless.

B. Hasn't realized his mistakes but feels sorrow.

C. Feels anxious and fearful.

D. Feels panic and nervousness.

Question 9 (1.0 point) What do you understand about trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro humble proposal of trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro barber in trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro past recalled from trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro recollection of trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro character "I": Let everyone pause a minute from their busy, crowded lives to reflect on themselves.

Question 10 (1.0 point) Present your thoughts on trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro barber in trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro excerpt “trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro Painting” by Nguyen Minh Chau.

Part II. Writing (4.0 points)

trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro short story “trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro Painting” is a significant turning point in Nguyen Minh Chau's writing, as he shifts his compositional style to focus on ideological characters. Based on trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro excerpt above, write an essay analyzing and evaluating trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro characters in trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro short story “trực tiếp bóng đá hôm nay euro Painting” by Nguyen Minh Chau.