De thi HKi anh 8 so 2 2012-2013

Class: _________________ THE FORTY –FIVE MINUTE TEST
Name: _______________________ Date: 22.11.2012
Subject : English 8 Code: 8 - 2A

MARKS
Teacher’s comments
Signature of students’ parents









A. PHONETICS (1M)
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others (0.5m).
1. A. pronounce B. cousin C. enough D. country
2. A. meaning B. heart C. eat D. speak
II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from that of the others ( 0.5m).
3. A. recycle B. equipment C. semester D. underline
4. A. excellent B. memory C. festival D. resources
B. LANGUAGE FOCUS: Choose the best answers (3Ms).
My grandmother used to __________ stories in the evening.
A. tell B. to tell C. telling D. tells
Little Pea’s father soon died ________ a broken heart.
A. in B. of C. at D. from
He asked me ________ the book to his office.
A. to take B. take C. taking D. takes
We have ___________ ways of learning a foreign language.
A. differently B. different C. differents D. difference
May I help you? - __________.
A. No problem! B. Of course C. Yes. Thank you D. Certainly
You should walk on the __________.
A. sidewalk B. street C. road D. a
Lien’s mother is proud ________ Lien.
A. in B. at C. from D. of
The students stopped __________ when their teacher came in the classroom.
A. to talk B. talking C. talk D. talks
Let’s sing ______ peace.
A. in B. from C. for D. to
The teacher told us ______ talk.
A. not to B. not C. don’t D. do not to
My friend always gets excellent grades because he studies __________.
A. hard B. hardly C. bad D. badly
Students try ________ new words by heart and revise them.
A. learning B. learn C. learns D. to learn
C. READING (3,5ms)
I. Fill in the blanks with the words in the box (1.5ms).




A farmer married again when his wife died. His new wife and her own daughter Stout Nut were cruel to his daughter (17) ___________ so the farmer was upset and died of a (18) __________ heart.
At the harvest festival that year, a (19) _________ changed Little Pea’s rags into beautiful clothes and she could go to the festival. She (20) ________ a shoe and the (21) __________ found it. He decided to (22) __________ with Little Pea, who owned the shoe. THE LOST SHOE is one of our favorite folk tales.
17. ___________ 18. ___________ 19. ___________
20. ___________ 21. ___________ 22. ___________
II. . Read. Then answer TRUE or FASLE (2ms).
Mrs Blake, Sarah’s English teacher was pleased to tell Sarah’s parents that she had worked very hard in the first semester. And her grades were very good.
Sarah missed days of school because her sickness but her days at school were 87 for the whole term, which was acceptable. Her speaking and reading were excellent and her writing was good. If she worked a bit harder on her listening skills, she would get an A. She was not very good at listening. She got a C.
Mrs Blake asked her parents to advise her to watch English TV and listen to English radio programs. Sarah’s parents thanked Mrs Blake so much for her help.

Sarah studied well in the first semester. __________
She missed days of school because she was ill. __________
Her reading was bad. __________
She needed to improve her listening skill. __________
D. WRITING (2.5ms)
I. Do as directed (2 ms).
27. Playing football is good for your .......................( healthy ). ( Use the correct form of the word in the brackets.)
28. We will going to