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PHÒNG GD&ĐT NGHĨA ĐÀN



(Đề thi có 05 trang)
KỲ THI KIỂM ĐỊNH CHẤT LƯỢNG MŨI NHỌN
NĂM HỌC 2011 – 2012

Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH – LỚP 8
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút



SECTION A: PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.(5pts)
1
A. sure
B. injure
C. mixture
D. Pleasure

2
A. island
B. florist
C. site
D. limestone

3
A. stand
B. instructions
C. asleep
D. coats

4
A. city
B. center
C. country
D. cigarette

5
A. closed
B. established
C. laughed
D. developed


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

II. Identify the word whose stressed pattern is different from that of the others.(5pts)

1
A. activity
B. biology
C. geography
D. scientific

2
A. government
B. experiment
C. expensive
D. explain

3
A. prevention
B. function
C. predict
D. protect

4
A. bamboo
B. canoe
C. rescue
D. compete

5
A. musician
B. museum
C. competent
D. computer


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.


SECTION B: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D.(10pts)
1. The new Ford is designed to be______fuel than earlier models.
A. smaller
B. less
C. fewer
D. bigger

2. What are you going to do? - I don’t know. I haven’t made ____my mind yet.
A. on
B. at
C. in
D. up

3. Mary hates______to do something by others.
A. asking
B. being to ask
C. being asked
D. to ask

4. Jame is _____. His jokes often make his friends laugh a lot.
A. unusual
B. generous
C. easy-going
D. humorous

5. We used to wash clothes by hand. Now we have a _______
A. washing machine
B. dishwasher
C. hair dryer
D. refrigerator

6. It took me a long time to get used_______glasses.
A. to wearing
B. to wear
C. wear
D. wore

7. Last night he didn’t go home_____10 o’clock
A. at
B. after
C. until
D. in front of

8. Living in the country is not expensive and it isn’t complex_______
A. either
B. too
C. neither
D. so

9. She was ______ of watching television.
A. pleased
B. tiring
C. tired
D. interested

10. “What___________________?” - “She is very nice”
A. is Sandra like
B. did Sandra like
C. does Sandra like
D. was Sandra like


II. Give the correct form of verbs:(8pts)
People used (1. make)___________fire by (2. rub)________two sticks together.
Each July, George together with his family (3. go)___________to Spain for holidays.
While I (4. study)___________last night, Fred (5. drop)__________by to visit me.
The world (6. change)____________. Things never stay the same
The children are late, They (7. not come)__________home from school yet. I hope nothing’s wrong
Radium (8. discover)_________by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898.
III. Use the correct form of the words in brackets to complete these sentences.(8pts)

1. The lecturer is giving us first-aid_____________
INSTRUCT

2. Does this _______________ suit you?
ARRANGE

3. He is a very _________________ carpenter.
SKILL

4. You’ll meet the tour guide on your ___________________ at the hotel.
ARRIVE

5. Bell_________________ demonstrated his invention.
SUCCESS

6. __________________, dark clouds appeared and it began to rain.
FORTUNATE

7. The child should be punished of his bad _________________.
BEHAVE

8. Every day, there are two __________ from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh city.
FLY

IV.Each sentence has a mistake, find and correct it.(5pts)
Please hold the handkerchief covering the wound tightly.
The man sit in that wheelchair fell off the ladder yesterday.
They asked me that if