Đề KT HK1 năm học 2015-2016 môn English 8

Binh Chau secondary school
Class: ……………………………
Name: ……………………………
ĐỀ KIEÅM TRA HỌC KÌ I
Subject: English 8
Thời gian: 50 phút
Năm học: 2015-2016
Ms:


A/ LISTENING: (2ms). Listen to Nga’s report card:
I. Are the following sentences True(T) or False(F)?(1,5ms)
1 . _______ Na knows the neighborhood very well.
2. _______ Na doesn’t like movies.
3. _______ Na won’t go to the photo exhibition this weekend.
4. _______ Na will go to the English speaking contest.
5. _______ Na will go to the soccer match with Nam.
6. _______ Nam’s brother plays in the match.
II. Listen the dialogue again and answer the questions. (0,5m)
7. Why doesn’t Na like movies ?
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8. Does the photo exhibition open during the weekend?
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B/ LANGUAGE FOCUS: (2ms)
I. Grammar: (1m)
Circle the best answer:
9. My dad …………for this company since 1998.
A. worked B. have worked C. worked D. has worked
10. My father ……………us to the zoo when he was alive.
A. use to take B. used to take C. used to taking D. used to took
11. Last night I watched the movie “ Romeo & Juliet”. At last they killed ………………..
A. themselves B. himself C. ourselves D. herself
12. Computers ……………more important in our lives.
A. become B. are becoming C. becomes D. is becoming
II. Phonetics: (0,5m)
13- Pick out the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
A. dangerous B. magazine C.community D. telephone
14- Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
A. school B. teacher C. character D. chemistry
III. Word form: (0,5m)
Put the verb in brackets in the correct form:
15- My brother used to play football very ………………………..(GOOD)
16- A lot of people believe that well-paying jobs are ……………………..in the city. (PLENTY)
C/ READING: (2ms)
I. Read and choose the best answer from (A, B, C or D) for each space. (1m)
Many people believe that life on a (17) is very quiet and easy, but it is very hard. I myself have (18) on a farm for nearly twenty years and I know what farm work is. You must get up early(19) the chickens and the cows, water the flowers, vegetables, do a lot of gardening and then work in a fields. But my aunt likes these way of life and (20) do all her children.

17. A. farm B. farmer C. farming D. farm-land
18. A. live B. living C. to live D. lived
19. A. to feed B. feeding C. feed D. food
20. A. so B. too C. as well D. either
II. Read the passage & answer the questions: (1m)
In the first year of lower secondary school, Nam had some difficulties in learning English. His English pronunciation was really bad and his English grammar was worse. Nam did not know about this. One afternoon after the lesson, his English teacher told him to wait for her outside the classroom. She took him to the school library and showed him cassettes of pronunciation drills kept in a glass bookcase. She also told him how to use an English – English dictionary to improve his English grammar. “Now I think you know what you should do”, said she. He made much progress and only one year later, he won the first prize in the English Speaking Contest held for secondary school students in his hometown.
21. How was his English grammar in the first year ?
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22. Who wanted to meet him one afternoon after the lesson ?
(………………………………………………………………………………………………………
23. Did Nam’s teacher & Nam go to school library?
(………………………………………………………………………………………………………
24. What prize did he win in the English Speaking Contest one year later ?
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D/ WRITING: (2ms)
I. Rewrite the sentences, using the words in the brakets: (0,5m)
25. “Can you carry my suitcase, please?” his father said to him.
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