Đề thi học kì I (chuẩn)

............... secondary school
first term test

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School year 2008 - 2009
English 8


(Time : 45 minutes)


Name : ...................................................... Class 8A...

Mark




Coments


I. Listening (2.5pts)
Listen to the passage and give short answers to the following questions.

1. who is Peter? ...............................................................................................................
2. How old is he? ............................................................................................................
3. Where does he live? ....................................................................................................
4. What does he like doing in his free time? ...................................................................
5. What is he going to do next summer? ........................................................................

II. Reading (2.5pts)
Read the passage and choose the most appropriate answer A, B, C or D.

How Nam has improved his English
In the first year of lower secondary school. I had some difficulties in learning English. My English pronunciation was really bad and my English grammar was w. I did not know how to improve them. I didn’t want my father and my mother to know about this. One afternoon after the lesson, my teacher of English told me to wait for her outside the classroom. She took me to the school library and show me cassettes of pronunciation drills. She also told me how to use an English- English dictionary to improve my English grammar. “ Now I think what you should do”, said she. I made much progress and only one year later, I won the first prize in the English speaking Contest held for secondary school students in my hometown.

1. What difficulties did Nam have in learning English in the first year?
A. The pronunciaion and grammar B. The pronunciaion
C. The grammar D. The vocabulary
2. Who wanted to meet him one afternoon after the lesson?
A. His teacher B. His father
C. His mother D. One of his friend
3. Where did Nam and his teacher go after that?
A. to the teachers’ room B. to the school library
C. to his house D. to the town library

4. What did the teacher show him then?
A. An English grammar book B. An English-Vietnamese
dictionary
C. An English- English dictionary D. Cassettes of pronunciation
drills
5. What did he win in the English Speaking contest?
A. The first prize B. The second prize
C. The third prize D. The fourth prize

III. Language focus (2.5pts)
Circle the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences.
1. Nam likes .........................the piano.
A. playing B. plays C. played D. play.
2. We have learnt English.................2005.
A. in B. during C. for D. since
3. She told me......................you that present
A. giving B. to give C. gave D. given
4. Tom is 16. He isn’t........................ to drive a car
A. enough young B. young enough C. enough old D. old enough
5. When my mother was young, she ..........................to the movies
A. used go B. used to went C. used to go D. use to go
6. Vietnamese language is different..........................English language
A. as B. like C. from D. with
7. My sister often does her homework by......................
A. myself B. himself C. themselves D. herself
8. Lan is ......................beautiful than her sister
A. as B. like C. more D. the most
9. Mr Brown is the same age..........................Mrs Brown
A. like B. from C. to D. as
10. He is a hard worker. He works very....................
A. hardly B. hard C. the hard D. the hardly

IV. Writing (2.5pts)
Write a paragraph about one of your close friends, using the following prompts
His/ Her name and age
What / he/ she looks like
What he/ she is like
Where he/ she lives
Who he/ she lives with
What he / she usually does in his / her free time.
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