ĐỀ THI HK I, LỚP 8, NĂM HỌC 2009 - 2010

Phòng Giáo dục và Đào tạo Thanh Oai
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ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ I

Môn: Tiếng Anh 8

Năm học: 2009 – 2010 Số phách:

Thời gian: 45 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)

(Đề kiểm tra này gồm 02 trang, học sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề)


I – Circle the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete each sentence: (12
0,25 = 3,0 pts)

1. You really ……….work harder for the coming exam.
A. must
B. need
C. ought
D. will

2. Learners do not only learn the meaning……….the spelling and pronunciation of new words.
A. too
B. as well as

C. also
D. but also

3. The teacher asked me……….a song.
A. sing
B. to sing
C. singing
D. sang

4. We hope you ……….us when you come to Thanh Oai.
A. visit
B. will visit
C. are visiting
D. visited

5. My son isn’t……….be a good basketball player.
A. enough to
B. tall enough to
C. enough tall for
D. tall enough

6. Yesteday, Hoang was absent from school ……….of his illness.
A. because
B. instead
C. through
D. but

7. His brother feels ……….again after his operation.
A. strongly
B. strength
C. strong
D.enough strong

8. You have to be back ……….9 o’clock and 9.30 in the evening.
A. at
B. to
C. both
D. between

9. My grandmother used to……….us folktales when we were small.
A. tell
B. tells
C. told
D. telling

10. ……….a motorbike so fast is dangerous.
A. Ride
B. Rides
C. Rode
D. Riding

11. The party was great and they enjoy ……….very much.
A. theyselves
B. themselves
C. theirselves
D. themself

12. The teacher asked me not ……….the answer keys before we finished the task.
A. read
B. reads
C. reading
D. to read











II. Read the following passage then answer the questions below: (6
0,5 =3pts)
In England, boys and girls go to school five days a week. They don’t go to school on Saturdays and Sundays. Lessons usually begin at nine o’clock. Each lesson lasts for forty-five minutes. At ten past eleven they have a quarter of an hour’s break in which they drink milk. Some pupils eat sandwiches or biscuits which they brought from home. Then they have two lessons more. After that they have a lunch break. Some pupils go home for lunch, but many have it at school. At two o’clock school begins again. There are two more lessons. For the next forty minutes they do their homework or have a club meeting or play games like football. They go home at four o’clock.
Do pupils in England go to school on Saturday?
………………………………………………………………………………………………...
How long does each lesson last?
………………………………………………………………………………………………...
What do the pupils do during the break?
………………………………………………………………………………………………...
What time does school begin again?
………………………………………………………………………………………………...
How many lessons do the pupils learn in the afternoon?
………………………………………………………………………………………………...
What time do they come back home?
………………………………………………………………………………………………...
III. Correct the mistskes in the following sentences: (4
0, 5 = 2,0 pts)

On Saturday, we haven’t to wear uniforms when we go to school.



I’ll talk to the boss when he will be back



The children enjoy to listen to old folktales.



What will your brother going to study at university in September?



IV. Use the words given and other words, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. Do not change the words given. (Use 2-5 words in total): (4
0, 5 = 2,0 pts)
1. We should look after the pet dogs carefully.
care -> We …………………………………… the pet dogs carefully.
2. How about buying another table?
buy -> Let’s…………………………………………..
3. They started living here fifteen years ago.
for -> They have ……………………………………
4. Hieu doesn’t type as fast as he used to.
faster-> Hieu used ……………………………………he does now