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Đề chính thức

ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KÌ I MÔN : ANH VĂN - LỚP 8
NĂM HỌC 2008 – 2009
Thời gian làm bài : 60 phút ( Không kể thời gian giao đề )


I. Pick out the word that has main stressed syllable different from others (0.5 m)
1. A. festival B. wisdom C. escape D. servant
2. A. selection B. commercial C. tradition D. volunteer
II. Pick put the word whose underlined syllable is pronounced differently from the others (0.5 m)
1. A. excited B. wise C. unite D. sink
2. A. resident B. sound C. struggle D. serve
III. Pick out the word that has different topic (0.5 m)
1. A. humorous B. character C. sociable D. generous
2. A. folktale B. joke C. telephone D. story
IV. Read the passage carefully, then say whether sentences are True or False (1.0 m )

The Boy Scout of the America (BSA) is a youth organization. It builds character and encourages good citizenship and personal fitness.
Scouting began in 1907. Two years later an American businessman. William Boyce, got lost in London. A boy helped him and explained that he was a scout. This meeting led to the Scouts Association crossing the Atlantic in 1910.
Although scouting is mainly for boys, there are organizations similar to the BSA which girls can join . They are the Girl Guides Association and the coeducational Camp Fire Boys and Girls, both of which started in 1910, are two such group.
In 1994, there were 5400.000 scouts in America. Now scouting is popular worldwide. The Scouting Association has more than 25 million members, making it the largest voluntary youth organization in the world.
1. The Boy Scout of the America builds character and encourages good citizenship and personal fitness
2. In 1909 there was an American businessman who got lost in Lodon.
3. Scouting is very popular all over the world.
4. The Girl Guides Association and the coeducational Camp Fire Boys and Girls are different from the BSA.


V. Replace each number with one word ( 2.0 ms)

Dictionary Held Improve Should Took After
Year Pronunciation Bookcase School Must Grammar

In the first year of junior high secondary school I had some difficulties in learning English. My ( 1 ) of English words was really bad and my English grammar was worse. I did not know how to ( 2 ) them. One afternoon ( 3 ) the lesson, my teacher of English told me to wait for her outside the classroom. She ( 4 ) me to the school library and showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills kept in a glass ( 5 ). She also told me how to use an English - English ( 6 ) to improve my English grammar. “Now I think you know what you ( 7 ) do,” said she. I did not know that only one ( 8 ) later I would win the first prize in th English Speaking Contest held for secondary school students in my hometown.
VI. Choose the suitable words (4.0 ms)
1. She is ( too tired , tired too , enough tired , very tired ) to cook.
2.–( Can I , Should you , Could , Could you ) do me a favor ?– What can I do for you ?
3. They have studied English and French ( for , since , yesterday , ago ) 1999.
4. ( Are you , Will you , You will , Do you ) receive this report card next week?
5. I ( decide , want , enjoy , ask ) swimming when it is hot.
6. My mom is sick. You should look ( at , for , after , in ) her.
7. ( Will , Would , Do , Does ) you like collecting stamps ?
8. Please tell her ( not to use , don’t use , using , not use ) this number.
9. I used ( to being , be , was , to be ) late for class when I was young.
10. We will return ( next summer , yesterday , 3 days ago , at the moment ).
11. I’ll try my best to ( establish , organize , improve , cross ) my pronunciation.
12. Tell me what to do to ( participate , encourage , raise , save ) natural resources.
13. The yard is ( quiet , clean , noisy , dirty ) at recess