ANH 8 HKI 11-12

Phòng GD&ĐT Huyện Yên Minh
ĐỀ THI MÔN TIẾNG ANH 8
Học kỳ I – Năm học 2011-2012 (thời gian 45 phút không kể giao đề)

I. Choose the word which has different pronunciation from others (1pt)
1. A. bead B. peace C. appear D. deaf
2. A. character B. match C. change D. watch
3. A. sound B. young C. proud D. count
4. A. bag B. hat C. escape D. contact
II. Choose the best answer. (1pt)
1. The sun ................. in the east and sets in the west.
A. rise
B. rises
C. to rise
D. rising

2. Lan ................... to have a picnic this weekend.
A. is going
B. going
C. to go
D. go

3. Lastnight I ............... my homework.
A. do
B. to do
C. done
D. did

4. Tuan enjoy ................... bottles and cans very much.
A. collect
B. to collect
C. collecting
D. collected

III. Complete the sentences with th correct form of the verbs (2pts)
1. Hoa’s family …………………… ( live ) in Hue for three years.
2. My father …………….….. ( repair ) his motorbike at the moment.
3. They often ………….……… ( play) badminton in the afternoon.
4. Mai and her friends love …………………… ( listen ) to pop music.
5. They ................................. (attend) Ly Tu Trong secondary school since 2009.
6. Last month I ................................... (go) to Hagiang city.
7. Would you like to ........................... ( have ) some cold drink?
8. Have you .................. (go) to HoChiMinh city ?
IV. Read the passage
Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland in 1847, but he moved with his parents to Canada and then to the USA in 1870. Before the year was over, Graham Bell had gone to Boston. At Boston University he worked with deaf-mutes as a teacher. He started experimenting with ways of transmitting speech between deaf-mutes over along distance. This led to the invention of the telephone. Graham Bell and his assistant, Thomas Watson, conducted many experiments and finally came up with a divice which they fist introduced in 1876. By 1877 the fist telephone was in commercial use.
A. True or False statements. (2pts)

T
F

1. Alexander Graham Bell worked with deaf-mutes in a hospital.



2. Alexander Graham Bell invented telephone.



3. Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland in 1847.



4. The fist telephone was in commercial use by 1876.



B. Answer the questions. (2pts)
1. Where was Alexander Graham Bell born? 2. Who did he work with at Boston University?
3. When did he go to live in the United States? 4. When was the first telephone in commercial use?
V. Rewrite the following sentences. (2pts)
1. Lan said “ Can you give Hoa the photo ? ” => Lan asked me .................................................. .
2. “What is your name ? ” Cuong asked . => Cuong asked me what ........................................... .
3. “Please close the window” Ha said => Ha told me ................................................................... .
4. The teacher said “ You should do more English grammar exercises” => The teacher said ........ .
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