BTE8

Name : ............................... FIFTEEN - MINUTE TEST
Class : 8/1
I. Put the verbs in the brackets into correct form(3ms)
1. The man …………......... (live) next to my house was very nervous.
2. This is the first time Hoa……………........ ( meet) Tim’s family.
3. She has a lot of novels ……….................( write ) in English
4. I’d like you ………………. (see) my mother.
5. Would you mind……………. (leave) us alone?
6. It ………………….. (get) darker and darker.
7. The woman ………………….(sit) next to me was very nervous .
8.The flights to London will ………………..(delay) because of heavy rain .
9. Would you mind ………………..( open ) the window ?
10 .He ……………… ( drive ) to work two hours ago . He hasn’t returned yet
11. Relax for some minutes and you’ll feel more( comfort) …………..
12. In electronics, we learn to repair ( house)...................appliances.
II. Read the text and fill the suitable word in the blank(2ms)

RECYCLING FACTS
In the USA, millions of old car tires are (1)_______every year. But tires can be (2)__________to make pipes and floor coverings. Nowadays, many people wear shoes and sandals made from old car tires. In Britain, the milkman brings bottles of milk to houses and collects the empty ones. The empty bottles are then (3)__________and refilled. Every milk bottle can (4)__________thirty times. People throw (5)___________billions of cans every year all over the world. In Oregon, the government made a new law several years ago. They said that there must be a deposit on all drink cans .The (6)___________is returned when people bring the (7)___________back for (8)____________.
III. Rewrite the following sentences with the same meaning as the first(5ms)
1. They built this house more than 100 years ago.
-->This house …………………………………………………………………………
2. Can I sit here?
-->Would you mind……………………………………………………………………
3. I started learning English three years ago.
-->I have……………………………………………………………………………….
4. Roses can’t possibly grow in such poor ground.
-->It is………………………………………………………………………………….
5. She eats more chocolate than I.
-->I …………………………………………………………….
6. No one helped Lan to do the homework..
-->Lan ………………………………………………………………
7. It’s three years since I last spoke to her..
-->I haven’t……………………………………………………………
8. Tam doesn’t type as fast as she used to.
.-->Tam used ………………………………………………………….
9. How long is it since you used the car?
.-->When ……………
10. We started living here 15 years ago.
-->We have…………………………………………………………...




























PHÒNG GD&ĐT THÀNH PHỐ HUẾ KIỂM TRA 1 TIẾT NĂM HỌC 2011 - 2012
TRƯỜNG THCS NGUYỄN CHÍ DIỂU Môn: Anh văn – LỚP 8
Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
I. Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences by circling A, B, C or D (2)
1. She promises she ……………back in about half an hour.
A. is B. be C. will be D. won’t be
2. ……………….can take a patient to hospital quickly.
A. An emergency B. An ambulance C. A bleeding D. A wound
3. It’s ……………to travel around Vietnam.
A. interested B. interesting C. interestingly. D. interestedly
4. Cool the burns immediately so as to ……………tissue damage.
A. ease B. relieve C. minimize D. maximize
5. Farmers collect household and garden waste to make
A. compost B. glassware C. pipes D. towel
6. It’s dangerous ……………in this river.
A. swimming B. swim C. swam D. to swim
7. We are looking forward to …………you in June.
A. saw B. to see C. seeing D. see
8. Milk ……………to the houses by the milkman every day.
A. brings B. bring C. has brought D. is brought
II. Put the verbs in the brackets into correct form(1.5)
1. I’d like you ………………. (see) my mother.
2. Would you mind……………. (leave) us alone?
3. The man …………......... (live) next to my house was very nervous.
4. This is the first time Hoa……………........ ( meet) Tim’s family.
5. It