Đề KTHK 1

ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ I NĂM HỌC 2010-2011
Name………………………. Môn thi: Tiếng Anh 8
I. Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the others.(1m )
1. a. drought b. scout c. proud d. enough
2. a. keep b. know c. kind d. kitchen
3. a. typhoon b. flood c. afternoon d. roof
4. a. application b. accessible c. peaceful d. facility
II. Choose the right words or phrases to fill in the blanks. ( 2 ms ):
1. Students should do some …….. for their exams. a. revise b. revision c. revised d. revising
2. They are very proud….their traditional culture . a. on b. in c. with d. of
3. No one helped him repair his bike .He repaired it …………….
a. himself b. himselves c. with himself d. a & c are correct
4. Children enjoy………. cartoons. a. watch b. watching c. to watch d. watched
5. The girl laughed …………… when she played with her toys.
a. happy b. happier c. happily d. more happy
6. Mr Ha ……………… but he gave up smoking 3 months ago.
a. smokes b. use to smoked c. didn’t use smoke d. used to smoke
7. Your backpack is … .mine. a. different as b. the same to c. like as d. similar to
8.That boy has played games ……. 8 o’clock. a. for b. since c. at d. from
III. Put the verb in the correct form / tense.(2ms)
1. Tim often (get)………... grade A for math , but last semester he (get)……….
grade B, so his teacher asked him (study)………............ harder.
2. My father (go)……………..to Ha Noi tonight, the train (leave)………. at 8.55 pm.
3. They ( build)……………….. a hotel near our house for a year , perhaps they (finish)……………….. it next month.
4. Customers are very interested in (shop) ……………………….in the new mall.
IV. Order the following sentences to make a suitable dialogue between Nam and the librarian (1m)
A. Thank you very much. That ‘s → Nam: Could you do me a favor, please?
very kind of you. The librarian: …………………………..
B. Sure. What can I do for you? Nam:…………………………………….
C. Could you do me a favor, please? The librarian……………………………
D. No problem. I’ll help you Nam…………………………………….
E. Can you help me get the book from the top shelf?
V..Read the passage, then answer the questions ( 2 ms ):
Living in our modern world is very different from what living was when our grandfathers were young .Learning to use machines is very important today. Only a few years ago, most of work of the world was done by hands .Today we use machines for everything, both for working and playing.
Machines have affected in some way the lives of people all over the world .They have made possible mass production of all kinds of manufactured goods .Now more families everywhere can buy cars, refrigerators, washing machines, television sets, factory-made clothing and thousands of other things which our grandfathers did not have.
Questions
1.Did our grandfathers live in a modern world when they were young? ..................................................
2. What is very important today ? ..............................................................................................................
3.How was most of work of the world done a few years ago
......................................................
4. What can we do now ,but our grandfathers couldn’t?
...........................................................................
VI. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first (2ms)
1.Learning English is easier than learning Russian.
(Learning Russian isn’t as……………………………………
2. “Please don’t spend your time playing computer games ” said my father.
(My father told me……………………………………………..
3. “You should practice speaking English every day. ” the teacher told Hoa.
(The teacher said …………………………………………………..
4. My brother is too young to ride a motorbike.
(My brother isn’t…………………………………………………………


I.Put the verbs in parentheses into the correct form / tense :
1.It ……… ……………(be ) hot in the Summer .
2.I……… ………..(not eat ) anything for two days .
3.They … ……(move ) to Hue City in 1990 and … ………. … (live ) there since then .
4.What are you doing tonight ? _ I… ………………….(go ) to the circus .
5.Most rivers …… ………….(flow ) into the sea .