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PHÒNG GD-ĐT THỚI LAI THE FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
ENGLISH 8 (2009-2010)
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC TIME ALLOTTED : 45 MINUTES

Điểm bằng số
Điểm bằng chữ
Giám khảo 1:
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Giám khảo 2:
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I. LISTENING: Listen to the passage carefully then :
1. Choose the best answers (1pt):
1. How old is Bobby ?
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) (1pt) :
There are many Vietnamese students in Bobby’s school. …………
They don’t study in the same class. …………
He’s going to visit England. …………
He’s going there with his classmates. …………

II. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURES:
1. Choose the suitable word or phrase by circling the letter A, B, C or D (3pts):
1. The Earth………………around the Sun.
A. move B. moving C. moves D. moved
2. It hasn’t rained………….a very long time.
A. for B. in C. since D. at
3. Farmers often………… other work when they need money for their family.
A. look for B. look after C. look at D. look down
4. When my father was young, he used ……………fishing on Sundays.
A. go B. to go C. went D. going
5. Miss Jacson told me………………you this dictionary.
A. give B. giving C. given D. to give
6. I………..her three years ago.
A. met B. meet C. see D. look
7. The school is a bit far …………………my house.
A. for B. from C. at D. in
8. In………………….., we study different countries and their people.
A. Music B. English C. Geography D. Physics
9. The village looks quiet and…………….
A. peace B. beautifully C. peacefully D. peaceful
10. I came to live in London in 1990. I………….. there for 17 years.
A. live B. have lived C. has lived D. living
11. They enjoy…………………with their friends.
A. talk B. to talk C. talking D. talked
12. The countryside is getting …………………
A. more modern B. modern C. beautifully D. fastly
2. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions (1pt):
1. I haven’t seen him for years. I last saw him.................................1990.
2. Lan is very proud.................................... her sister.
3. We are very interested.......................................... folktales.
4. He used to live..................................... a farm when he was young.
III/ READING : Read the following passage :
The country is more beautiful 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.
1. Answer True or False (1pt):
1. Many people think it is more pleasant to live in a town than the country.
2. They like going to the country when they have free time.
3. Almost every English village has a church.
4. People can’t see the square tower of the church from many miles around.
2. Answer the questions (1pt):
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