Đề HK I.4

THE FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
ENGLISH 8 (2010-2011)
MS 01 TIME ALLOTTED : 45 MINUTES

Điểm bằng số
Điểm bằng chữ
Giám khảo 1:
…………………………..........................
Giám khảo 2:
………………………………………………………..
Mã số phách


I. LISTENING: Listen to the passage carefully then :
1. Choose the best answers (1pt):
1. How old is Peter ?
A. Thirteen B. fourteen C. fifteen. D. Sixteen.
2. Where does he live ?
A. in a house B. in a villa C. in an apartment D. in a flat.
3. How does he work at school ?
A. well B. lazily C. badly D. hard
4. What does he like doing in his free time ?
A. playing football B. playing football and baseball
C. playing basketball D. playing baseball
2. Answer True or False (T/F) (0,5pt) :
There are many Vietnamese students in Peter’s school. …………
2. He’s going to visit England. …………
II. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURES:
1. Choose the suitable word or phrase by circling the letter A, B, C or D (3pts):
1. The sun………………in the east
A. rise B. rising C. rises D. rose
2. It has rained………….a long time
A. for B. in C. since D. at
3. They often.................the baby after school
A. look for B. look after C. look at D. look down
4. When my mother was young, she used ……………shopping on Sundays.
A. go B. to go C. went D. going
5. Miss Jacson told me………………you with your Spanish pronunciation.
A.help B.helping C.helped D. to help
6. I………..him five years ago.
A. met B. meet C. see D. look
7. The market is a bit far …………………my house.
A. for B. from C. at D. in
8. In………………….., we do some experiments.
A. Physics B. English C. Geography D. Physics
9. Hoa studies…………….so she gets good marks
A. bad B. badly C. hard D. hardly
10.My uncle ..............................since 1998.
A. lives B. have lived C. lived D. has lived
11. We enjoy…………………with our friends.
A. talk B. to talk C. talking D. talked
12. The girls are getting …………………
A. beautifully B. more beautiful C. beautiful D. beautifuller
2. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions (1pt):
1. I haven’t seen her for years. I last saw her.................................1998.
2. Lan is very proud.................................... her teacher.
3.I am very interested.......................................... music.
4. Thu will have English..................................Monday
III/ READING : Read the following passage :
The country is more comfortable than a town and more pleasant to live in . Many people think so, and go to the country for the summer holiday though they can’t live there all the year round. Some have cottages built in a village so that they can go there whenever they have free time .
English villages are not all alike, but in some ways they are not very different from each other. Almost every village has a church, the round or square tower of which can be seen from many miles around.
. Answer the questions (2pt):
1. What do people think about the country ?
*………………………………………………………………………………………
2. What have some people built in a village ?
*………………………………………………………………………………………
3. Are all English villages very different from each other ?
*………………………………………………………………………………………
4.When do the people go to the villages ?
*………………………………………………………………………………………
IV. WRITING: Use the cues to write a letter (2,5pts) :

1.We/ now/ plan/ holiday/ next month.
……………………………………………………….……………………………….
2.Holiday/ begin/ May 15th / return/ May 22th.
…………………………………………………………………………………………..
3.We/ don’t like/ travel / train . We/ prefer / go/ by bus.
………………………………………………………………………………………….
4.We/ hope/ stay/ Hoang De/ hotel .
………………………………………….………………………………………………
5.He/not old/enough/drive/car