Kiem tra Anh 8-lán 1

Vo Van Tan Junior High school
Name : ……………………….
Class : 8/…… No : …………
Date ……………………………., 2011
ONE-PERIOD ENGLISH TEST
Grade : 8 (2011-2012) - Sheet D
Time allowed : 45 minutes




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PRONUNCIATION:
Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others: ( 1mark)
1. A. countless B. generous C. commercial D. mobile
2. A. appear B. escape C. equip D. injure
3. A. traditional B. excited C. magical D. upset
4. A. precaution B. assistant C. experiment D. stationary

VOCABUALRY AND GRAMMAR:
I. Choose the best answer for each sentence bellow: (2.0 ms)
The match was _____________ live all over the world. A. traveled B. demonstrated C. transmitted D. arranged
The calendar is _____________ the clock, _____________ the picture and the lamp. A. on/next to B. under/between C. behind/between D. above/on
You can see a lot of paintings in this _____________. A. service B. invention C. demonstration D. exhibition
We spend thirty minutes _____________ to English every day. A. listen B. to listen C. listens D. listening
They_____________ from Canada to America to find work. A. left B. immigrated C. emigrated D. came
_____________ . Are you Mr Thanh?. A. Excuse me B. Hello C. I’m sorry D. Certainly
Mr Ha was out when the phone was ringing, so Mr Tam ________ the message for him. A. leave B. take C. left D. took
I’m _____________ to buy this house. A. enough rich not B. enough not rich C. not rich enough D. not enough rich

II. Use the correct word form : (1mark)
He has a sense of ……….…………….. because he often tells jokes. (humorous)
…………………………, I lost my keys on the way home. ( Luck)
Telephone was Alexander Graham Bell’s …………………………… (invent)
You have to keep all …………………….. objects out of children’s reach.

III. Use the correct verb forms : (1mark)
The River Amazon ………………….. into the Atlantic Ocean. (flow)
I would like ……………………… a big cake for my father.
She used …………………….. (be) my next-door neighbor in Hue.
Nga has a movie ticket. She ……………………….….(see ) a movie tonight.

READING:
Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the passage: (1,5 marks)
Isaac Newton is one of ……(1)…… men in history of scientists. He was born in a small village………(2)……….. England. His father was a poor farmer. When the boy was fourteen, his father died. Newton left school and ……(3)…………. his mother on the farm. But the boy didn’t like farming, he was fond of the poetry and mathematics, so he was sent to ……(4)……… After he ………(5)…….. school, Newton studied at Cambridge University. He lectured on mathematics at Cambridge university after ………(6)………. His greatest discovery is the law of gravitation.

1. A. the greatest B. the most great C. more great D. greater
2. A. in B. on C. of D. at
3. A. help B. helped C. to help D. helping
4. A. orphanage B. hospital C. factory D. school
5. A. left B. emigrated C. conducted D. introduced
6. A. graduate B. graduating C. to graduate D. graduated
II. Read the passage, then decide if the statements that follow are True or False(1 ms)

Every year, there are millions of accidents in our homes. Many people die each year from the accidents. Other people spend months in the hospital.
Many people fall when they try to reach for things in high places. They fall because they stand on a chair or a table. Never stand on a chair or table. Many people fall on things on the floor, so never leave toys or shoes on the floor where people walk.
Fires kill many people in their homes each year. There are more fires in the homes of smokers. Some people drop burning