Đề khảo sát HSG 8 HAY

DINH KE SECONDARY SCHOOL

Name: ___________________________
Class: ____
WRITTEN TEST
ENGLISH 8 (2015 - 2016)
Time allowance: 60 minutes
Date: October 16, 2015


I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.(1.0) 1. A. pan B. match C. lamp D. save 2. A. drug B. rug C. bus D. century
3. A. steamer B. reach C. breakfast D. bead 4. A. reach B. such C. chemical D. chore II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below. (2.0)
1. I received a letter _________ my aunt last week.
A. at B. from C. in D. to
2. What does she _________ like?
A. is B. see C. look D. do
3. ______ is a large piece of furniture where you can hang your clothes.
A. Wardrobe B. Refrigerator C. Desk D. Counter
4. Can I speak _________ Mary, please?
A. about B. from C. with D. to
5. Ms Lan is Mr Sang’s _________.
A. assist B. assistant C. assistance D. assisting.
6. _____ Saturday night, I went to bed at 11 o’clock.
A. At B. On C. In D. From
7. She often makes dresses _________.
A. her B. she C. herself D. hers
8. Let’s ………….to the restaurant.
A. go B. going C. went D. goes
III. Supply the correct verbs form. (1.0)
1. Listen to those people! What language they (speak) __________________ ?
2. It (not rain)__________________ much in our country in winter.
3. My brother enjoys (listen)__________________ to ghost stories.
4. I used to (stay) _________________ up late last year.
IV. Supply the correct form of the word in brackets to complete the following sentences.(1.0)
After his parents died, he was sent to an ______________. (ORPHAN)
Some of my ______________ are going to my birthday party. (CLASS)
Huy makes friends very easily because he is very ______________.(SOCIAL)
4. You must put all medicines in ______________ cupboards (LOCK)
V. Make the question in A with the appropriate answer in B using Why - Because: (2.0)
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1.Why is Nam absent today?
2.Why does Miss Huong want to be a teacher?
3.Why did Lan get good marks?
4.Why did Mr. Long get upset?
5.Why couldn’t Ba answer all the questions?
6.Why didn’t Mr. Quang attend the conference?
7.Why can Hoa speak English fluently ?
8.Why is she angry?
A. Because he missed his flight.
B. Because she practices it all the time.
C. Because she has to do it again.
D. Because his son was too lazy.
E. Because she loves children.
F. Because some of them were too hard.
G. Because she worked very hard.
H. Because he was sick.


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VI. Read the following passage and answers each of the questions about it. (1.0)
Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father was an expert in phonetics, the study of the sounds of languages. As a boy, Bell became interested in sounds and speech.
In 1870 the Bells decided to emigrate to America. They lived in Boston, where Alexander taught in a school for the deaf. There he began experimenting with a machine to help the deaf hear. While experimenting with this machine, Bell had an idea. Why not use electricity to send the human voice from one place to another? Bell began to work on a new invention.
1.Where was Alexander Graham Bell born?
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2. When did his family go to live in America?
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3. What did he do in Boston?
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4. Why did he begin to work on a new invention?
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