Đề KT 1 tiết anh 8 2012-2013

Quang Trung Secondary School, no 1B ( Maximum 50:5=10 mark )
( + Keys )
A. PHONETICS
Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the others (4m)
a) A. upstairs B. fair C. straight D. downstairs
b) A. face B. city C. center D. commercial
c) A. fishing B. cousin C. invent D. furniture
d) A. tonight B. introduce C. movie D. humor

B. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY :
1.Choose the best answer : ( 8m)
a) Would you … to go to the zoo with me ? ( like, want, love, mind )
b) I…. a letter from my old friend last week. (sent, received, took,gave)
c) He’s not… get married. (enough old to,old enough for
old enough to,enough old for )
d) Alexander Graham Bell was born…. March 3rd 1847 ( in, at, on, to )
e) She felt and hurt…….. ( her, herself, himself, him )
g) You will …………cook dinner yourself. (have to,must,should,ought to)
h) He was angry ….. I was late ( so, so that, because, although)
i) You…. to eat more, you are too thin. (should, ought,must, have to )

2.Give the correct form of words given in brackets (5m) a) Have you seen the Picasso’s ……….(exhibit) ?
b) You must put all chemicals and drugs in …..(lock) cupboard.
c) By 1877 the first telephone was in…………..(commerce) use.
d) My mother bought a new rice ……(cook) yesterday.
e) There are………..(count) stars in the sky.

3.Give the correct form of the verbs given in brackets ( 5m)
a) The students must …….(study) harder for the next exam.
b) A lot of his friends……..(call) him last night.
c) It is 9 AM now. My mother ……..(cook) lunch at home.
d) The moon …..(move) around the earth.
e) Mr. Hai gets up late. He……..(be) late for work.

C. READING :
1.Read the passage answer the following questions (4m)
Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. But later he emigrated to the USA in the 1870s. In America, he worked with deaf-mutes at Boston University. Soon Bell started experimenting with ways of transmitting speech over a long distance. This led to thw invention of the telephone which they first introduced in 1876 and was in commercial use by 1877.
When did Alexander Graham Bell emigrate to the USA ? …………………………………………………………………………………...
Did he work with deaf-mutes at Boston University ?
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How did he start experimenting ?
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Where was he born ?
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D. WRITING :
Rewrite the following sentences as directed (6m) a) Fill in the blank with the suitable reflexive pronoun: We……….planted those trees.
b) The television is in front of the radio ( The radio…………)
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c)He stayed at home yesterday because he was ill.(Make question for the underlined)
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d)He’s clever.He can make many things from wood.(Combine 2 sentences,use enough)
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e)To put a knife into and electrical socket is not safe. ( It’s not…………..)
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f)enough / Jane / stay / to / alone / old / at / isn’t / home. (Make a correct sentences )
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E. LISTENING:
1.Listen and fill in the blanks the words you hear (8m)
Vichai is my penpal. He’s 14 years old. He lives in a town house with his family in Bangkok, Thailand. Yesterday I received his letter. In the letter, he said :” I usually have boiled rice for my breakfast, and chicken with fried rice or a bowl of noodles for lunch. In the evening, I eat the food my mother cooks. Her food is the best in the whole world “. Last week, I wrote a letter to him. I introduced myself and sent him a photograph of my family.

2. Rewrite these sentences as directed (10m)
a)Combine 2 sentences,using“ enough”:My sister is experienced. She can do the job.
…………………………………………………………………………………………
b)Your friend is riding bike so fast.You think this’s dangerous.Advise him not to do it.
…………………………………………………………………………………………
c) Find out and correct a mistake in the sentence :You ought yo learn your lesson careful before going to school. ………………………………………………………..
d) Nga failed her English exam last week.
=> Why………………………………………………………………………………..
e) Use “ be going to” instead of “intend