KIEM TRA 1T- K2-HK1

Name :………………………… AN ENGLISH TEST
Class:8A……… ENGLISH 8
Time allotted : 45 minutes .

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Teacher’s remark




 A./LISTENING: (2pts)
These students are talking about their habit of studying English. Listen and choose True or False for the following sentences. You will be heard twice:
True False
1.Dang thinks that pronunciation is not very important. ( (
2. He listens to English songs and tries to pronounce English
words properly to speak and hear well. ( (
3. Giang learns by heart all difficult words. ( (
4. Vi reads to understand different cultures. ( (
5. Kim thinks that grammar is not very useful for improving
writing skill. ( (
6. She always pays attention to grammar. ( (
7. Hoa tries to avoid mistakes because she thinks that people
will laugh at her when she makes a mistake. ( (
8. Minh cares about mistakes. ( (
B./LEXICO – GRAMMAR(3pts)
Choose the most suitable word (s) for these sentences by circling a, b, c or d:
9. …………………..is studying again something that you have learnt before exam.
A. Semester B. Experiment C. Practice D. Revision
10 . We should learn these words ……………
A. by heart B. by soul C. by many times D. by millions
11. After school, Hoa has to stay at home ……………her sister while her mother is cooking.
A. looking for B. looking after C. looking forward D. looking on
12. How do you ………………this word?
A. pronunciation B. pronounce C. pronoun D. pronounced
13. We ………go to work yesterday because it was Sunday.
A. didn’t B. don’t C. wasn’t. D. weren’t
14. When he was young, he used ……………………….. fishing with his brother.
A. to go B. go C. going D. goes
15. Our teacher said we should do this test .......................
A. careful B. carefully C. easy D. quiet
16. My brother hates …………….. the washing up.
A. to do B. doing C. do D. did
17. – Could you do me a favor, please? - ……………………………
A. Yes. Thank you B. That’s very kind of you
C. How can I help you? D. No. thank you
18. – Let me help you. - …………………………………
No problem C. I’m sorry. I’m really busy
No, thank you D. What I can do for you?
19. Which word is pronounced differently from the others?
A. unite B. habit C. escape D. appear
20. Which underlined part is pronounced differently from the others?
A. chemical B. because C. can D .century
C./READING: (3pts)
I. Read the passage and select the best option to complete each of the blanks by circling A, B, C or D (1.5pts)
In the first year of lower secondary school, I had some difficulties in (21) ……… English. My pronunciation of English words was really bad and my English grammar (22)……… worse. I did not know how (23)…………. them. One afternoon, after the lesson, my teacher of English told me (24) ……………for her outside the classroom. She took me to the library and showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills kept in a glass bookcase. She also told me how to use an English-English (25)…………. to improve my English grammar. “Now, I think you know what you should do”, said she. I did not know that only one year later I would win the first prize in the English (26) ………. contest held for secondary school students in my hometown.
21 .A. learn B. learning C. to learn D. learnt
22. A. was B. were C.