Đề kiểm tra HSG Lớp 8

đề khảo sát tiếng anh 8 –năm học 2008- 2009
Thời gian làm bài 120 phút( không kể giao đề)
I) Complete the following sentences with an appropriate form of the word in brackets. (0) is an example for you.( 4, 5ms)
0) They have all been absolutely (wonder) wonderful!
1) I don’t like that film. It’s very (bore) __________________.
2) Ho Chi Minh City is (large) _________________ city in Vietnam.
3) They boy fell asleep during (perform) __________________.
4) They waited for his (habit) _______________ response.
5) The male birds are more (colour) _________________ than the females.
6) Every pupil was very (excite ______________ about the holiday.
7) His parents are very proud of his (succeed) _______________.
8) David Beckham is my (favour) ______________.
9) I don’t know how you (celebration) ______________ your birthday.
10) Some people feel that towns are too (noise) ______________ for them to live in
11) Life is more . . . . . . . . . . now. (comfort)
12) Would you like to go . . . . . . . . . . . (swim)
13) He speaks French very . . . . . . . . . . . . (good)
14) Life in the city is . . . . . . . . . . . . . from life in the country. (difference)
15) Meat is not a . . . . . . . . . . food if we know how much to eat. (health)
16) These medicines can work well with your . . . . . . . . . (ill)
17) My sister has a beautiful . . . . . . . . . . . . . of stamp. (collect)
18) There was no . . . . . . . . . . for his absence from class yesterday. (explain)
II) Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning. (1,25ms)
19) The sister asked: “Are you hungry, Tom?”
- The sister ___________________________________.
20) A lot of effort has been put in the work by the little girl.
- The little girl __________________________________________.
21) How long have you studied medicine?
- When _____________________________________?
22) John was too ill to go to school.
- John wasn’t _________________________________.
23) Tom is not as tall as Peter.
- Peter ____________________________.
III) Do as directed in parentheses. (0) is an example for you. (1,5ms)
0) I (go) to Dalat 2 years ago. (Supply the correct verb form)
- I went to Dalat 2 years ago.
24) The weather was fine. We could go camping. (Combine into one sentence using “enough . . . . . . . . to”)
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25) Everyone stopped (laugh) when we (come). (Supply the correct verb form)
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26) He gave him back the money last Sunday. (Change into the passive voice)
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26) Putting the knives __________ an electrical socket is dangerous. (Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition)
27) Jeans can’t be worn at work. (Change into active voice)
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28) The boy said to the girl “Did you go out last night?”. (Change into reported speech)
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IV: READING COMPREHENSION
: Choose the words from the box to fill in the gaps. (4 pts)

When you are driving (0) _ abroad __ you should (1) ____________



29_......... sure that you have all documents with you. These (30)_______________ your passport, your driving (31) ______________ and insurance papers. It (32) _______________ very inconvenient if you (33) ______________ any of these or if you cannot find (34)_____________ quickly. You must also make (35) ________________ that your car has a national plate which shows the country (36) _______________ the car is registered; for (37) _________________, GB for Britain, F for France, N for Norway and so on.
In some (38) _________________ you have to pay if you don’t (39) ______________ motoring laws and this can sometimes cost you a (40) ______________of money. For instance, you may have to pay immediately if you are stopped by a police officer for taking no notice of traffic (41) ______________, speed (42) _______________ or if you allow children (43) _______________ the age of twelve to (44) ______________ in the front seat of a vehicle.
V. WRITING
Finish the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. Do not change the given bold word form and do not write