Đề KS giữa kì 1 Anh 8

ĐỀ KHẢO SÁT GIỮA HỌC KỲ I
Năm học: 2013-2014
Môn: Tiếng Anh lớp 8
(Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút)
(Học sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào tờ đề thi này)


Fulname: …………………………………………………...........
Class: .…………School: …… .…………............………………

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:(1pt)
1.
A. socket
B. knife
C. desk
D. bookshelf

2.
A. prince
B. excited
C. escape
D. once

3.
A. reserved
B. received
C. booked
D. annoyed

4.
A. volunteer
B. lucky
C. sun
D. public

 YOUR ANSWERS:
1. ................. 2. .................... 3. .................. 4. .................

II. Choose the best answer: A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences:( 2pts)
1. What does your brother ________?


A. look like
B. look as
C. be like
D. as

2. I have to leave to pick up the kids at school.


A. should
B. need to
C. must
D. ought to

3. We’ll go swimming today ________ it’s hot.


A. so
B. because
C. so that
D. then

4. They bought ________ a new car.


A. theyself
B. theyselves
C. themselves
D. themself

5. I can’t stand people who are cruel ________ animals.


A. to
B. with
C. about
D. on

6. When I was a child, I ________ swimming every weekend.


A. used to
B. used to go
C. am used to go
D. used to going

7. Many people wear new clothes ________ Easter Sunday, too.


A. in
B. at
C. on
D. during

8. Tom is rather talkative while Jack is reserved. They have quite different ________.


A. appearance
B. dislikes
 C. likes
D. characters

 YOUR ANSWERS:
1. ........... 2. ............ 3. .......... 4. ........... 5. ........... 6. .......... 7. .......... 8. ............

III. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences: (2 pts)
1. The Earth (move) ............................ around the sun.
2. The farmer (work) ............................ in the field now.
3. She (do) ......................... all her homework an hour ago.
4. They (play) ......................... chess at Nam’s house this weekend.
YOUR ANSWERS:
1. ................................... 2. ...................................
3. ................................... 4. ...................................
IV. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the sentences: (1pt)
1. ............................, I lost all my money on the way home. (FORTUNE)
2. Tom is working as an ............................. to Professor Brown. (ASSIST)
3. They are quite ............................ in public. (RESERVE)
5. Trung and his brother like ........................... movies very much. (ACT)
YOUR ANSWERS:
1. ............................ 2. ........................... 3. ........................... 4. .........................

V. Read the passage carefully then answer the questions below: (2 pts)
Frank is now the head of a very large business company, but as a boy he used to work in a small shop. It was his job to repair bicycles and at the time he used to work fourteen hours a day. He saved money for years and in 1938 he bought a small workshop of his own. During the war, Frank used to make spare part for planes. At that time he had two helpers. By the end of the war, the small workshop had become a large factory which employed seven hundred and twenty-eight people. Frank smiled when he remembered his hard early years and the long road to success.
* Questions:
1. Where did Frank use to work when he was a boy?
-> .........................................................................................................................................
2. Did he use to work forty hours a day?
-> .........................................................................................................................................
3. When did he buy his own workshop?
-> .........................................................................................................................................
4. How many workers were there in Frank’s factory at the end of the war?
-> .........................................................................................................................................

VI. Rewrite these sentences so that the meaning in the second sentence stays the same as in the first one: 1 (pt)
1. Binh often walked to school last year.
-> Binh used .........................................................................................................................
2. Lan isn’t tall. She can’t reach the picture on the wall.
-> Lan isn’t tall enough ........................................................................................................

VII. Make meaningful sentences using the words/ phrases