Bai kiem tra tieng anh 8 bai so 1

Phuong Hoang Junior high school.
Full name: ……………………….
Class: ……….. N0………..
Date: ……. /10/2009
The written test in 45 minutes.
Subject: English 8

 Question I: Choose the best answer to complete these sentences. (2,5p)
1. I ……… a letter from my sister yesterday.
a. sent
b. gave
c. received
d. took

 2. They are is ……… to drive a car.
a. not enough old
b. enough not old
c. enough old
d. not old enough

 3. She is wearing a ……… dress.
a. red new pretty
b. new pretty red
c. pretty red new
d. pretty new red

 4. The tall tree is in fron ………. my house.
a. to
b. for
c. from
d. of

 5. We ought ……… the wardrobe in the corner opposite the bed.
a. put
b. push
c. to put
d. to push

 6. The coat is not big enough ……… him to wear.
a. in
b. on
c. to
d. for

 7. Let`s paint the house ……… . It will be much cheaper.
a. yourself
b. herself
c. ourselves
d. themselves

 8. We have got a problem. I hope you can help ……… .
a. yourself
b. himself
c. us
d. myself

 9. Deaf-mutes can ……… speak ……… hear.
a. both/ and
b. neither/ nor
c. not only/ but also
d. either/ or

 10. Would you like ……… a message?
a. to leave
b. leave
c. leaving
d. left

 Question II: Listen. Then complete the passage. (2.5p)
Alexander Graham Bell (11)………….….. in Scotland in (12) ………………., but when he was a young man of (13)……………. he moved with his parents to Canada. Before the year was over, young Graham had left his (14) ……………. and gone to Boston. Though Bell was a (15) ………………., he was also a practical thinker and a man of (16) …………. In Boston, where he (17)……………. by day as a teacher of the (18)……………, he worked far into the night (19) ………………… with the electical transmission of the sound. This led to the (20) ………………… of the telephone.
Question III. Read the passage. Then answer the questions. (3p)
We don`t live in a house or in a flat, we live on a house boat. The boat look small but it quite big inside. A part from the bathroom, it has only one room, so we have to do everything there: eat, cook, sleep and watch TV. We usually keep our house boat at Little Venice in London. We are almost in the centre of the city. That`s great for clubs, pubs and the theaters and so on. But the best thing about a house boat is that you can move and take your home with you.
21. Where do they live?
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22. What does the boat look like? ………………………………………………………………………………………..
23. How many rooms does it have?
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24. Where do they keep their house boat?
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25. What is the best thing about their house boat?
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26. What is the disadvantages of the house boat?
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Question IV: Wrtite a paragraph about your close friend. Using the following questions as prompts. (2p)
27. What is his/ her name?
28. How old is he/ she?
29. Where and when did you know him/ her?
30. Where does he/ she live?
31. Who does he/ she live with?
32. What does he/ she look like?
33. What is he/ she like?
34. What does he/ she like doing in his/ her free time?
35. Who is/ are his/ her close friend(s)?
36. Does he/ she often write to you? …
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