KIEM TRA HKI TA 8

ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ I
NĂM HỌC: 2010 - 2011

Môn: TIÉNG ANH 8
Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút ( Không kể thời gian phát đề)


I. Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. a. match b. mall c. bank d. hat
2 a. price b. tired c. nice d. humid
3 a. cook b. food c. too d. pool
4 a. meeting b. cheap c. weekend d. weather

II. Choose the best answer:
1. Which girl is Ceila? - She is the one with ......
A. long black hair B. black long hair C..black hair long D.long hair black
2. Learners do not only learn the meaning ……….. the spelling and proununciation of new words
A. too B. as well as C. also D. but also
3. The train to Ha Noi ..... at 10:00 a.m tomorrow.
A. leave B. is going to leave C.leaves D. is leaving
4. You .... keep all dangerous objects out of children`s reach
A. has B. have C. have to D. has to
5. The dortor .... he should take a few daysoff.
A.say B. said C. ask D.tell
6. When I was a child, I...... follow my Mom to the market
A. used to B. want C. like D. used
7. My soon is not …………………..be a good basketball player
A. enough to B. tall enough to C. enough tall for D. tall enough
8. We must be there………….7.30 and 8.15.
A. at B. before C. Between D. after
9. My father is the same age .......................yours.
A. to B. with C. as D. at
10. It’s safe ............. medicine in locked cupboards.
A. keep B. to keep C. keeping D.keeped
11. My sister, Lan, doesn’t talk much in public. She’s rather …… in public.
silent B. talkative C. reseved D. impolite.
12.We ought ………. the wardrobe in the corner pooosine the bed.
A. put B. to put C. putting D. putted

III. Use the correct tense or form of the Verbs:
1.We used to (play) ………………… football after school.
2. My father gave up (smoke) ………………… last year.
3. They (not live) …………………… in that old house yet.
4. You ought to(study) …………………………. harder.

IV. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions:
She goes to work …….. 6:45 a.m …….. Monday ………… May.
I usually have breakfast …….. 7:00 ……the morning.
We must be there …………7.30 and 8.15.
The bank closes…………3pm.If you arrive…………..,the bank will be closed.
I’ll be home…………seven because I want to see the seven o’clock news.

V. Rewrite the following sentences without chaning their meaning:
1. They started livung here 15 years ago
( They have……………………………………………………………………………
2. Hieu does not type as fast as he used to
( Hieu used…………………………………………………………………………….
3. “Could you pass the salt for me please?”
( The woman asked me………………………..………………………………………
4. "Eat more fruits and vegetables", the doctor said to her.
( The doctor told ............................................................................................................

VI. Read the passage and answer the questions:
In the first year of lower secondary school, I had some difficulties in learning English. My pronunciation of English words was really bad and my English grammar was worse. I did not know how to improve them . 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 showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills keft in a glass bookcase. She also told me how to use in English- English dictionary 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 Iwould winthe first prize in the English speaking contest held for secondary school students in my hometown.
* Questions:
What did the writer have some difficulties?
………………………………………………………………………………………
b. Where did the teacher take the writer?
………………………………………………………………………………………
c. How