TIẾNG ANH 8

PHÒNG GD & ĐT VŨNG LIÊM ĐỀ THI THAM KHẢO HỌC KỲ I -2014-2015
TRƯỜNG THCS LƯU VĂN MÓT MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH 8
Thời gian: 60 phút
I.LISTEN
Listen to the passage, then dicide wether the following sentences are True(T) or False(F). You will listen to the passage three times.(2.5 points)
………….1.Ba and his friends have the same characters.
…………2.Bao is the most sociable.
…………3.Song is quite reserved in public.
………….4.Thanh likes reading books in the school library.
…………5.Ba always watches TV in his free time.
II. READ
1.Read the passage carefully, then fill in each blank with ONE suitable word from the box (1.25 points)


rural problems hospitals leaving urban city



People from the countryside are (1)…………..their home to go and live in the (2)……………… Farming can sometimes be a difficult life and these people from
(3)……………..areas feel the city offers more opportunities. However, many people coming to the city creat (4)………..There many not be enoughschools or (5)……………, while water and electricity supplies may not be adequate. This is a problem facing goverments around the world.
2.Read the passage carefully, then choose one correct answer for each question.(1.25 points)
Graham Bell was born in Scotland in 1847.He moved with his parents to Canada in 1870. He had left with his family and gone to Boston when he was a young man of twenty-three . Though Bell was a dreamer , he was also a practical thinker and a man of action. In Boston, where he worked by day as a teacher of the deaf, he worked far into the night experimenting with the electrical transmission of the sound.This led to the invention of the telephone.
1.When was Alexander G. Bell born?
A. 1847 B.1870 C. 1870s D. no information
2. He was born in…………………..
A. England B. Canada C. Boston D. Scotland
3. He went to Boston when he was ……….. years old.
A. 20 B. 22 C. 23 D. 13
4.He experimented with the electrical transmission of the sound ………………..
A. by night B. by day C. by midday D. no information
5. What did he invent ?
A. the television B. the telephone C. the generator D. the pen
III.LANGUAGE FOCUS:
Choose A,B or C that best completes each sentence(2.5 points)
1.My mother told me _________ her back the dictionary.
to give B. give C. gave D. giving
2. A two-year-old child is not _______ to reach a book on that bookshelf.
A. tall enough B. enough tall C. too tall D. so tall
3. Last night I watched the movie “Romeo and Juliet”. At last they killed--------
A. himself B. herself C. themselves D. ourselves
4. Mr Minh……….newspapers since 1999.
A. has sold B. sells C. sold D. is selling
5. He looks so _______. He should take exercise every day.
A. fat B. thin C. strong D. tall
6. When she was a student, she studied very well. She used to _______ good marks in all subjects.
A. getting B. got C. gets D. get
7.Life in the city is much different _______ that in the country.
A. to B. from C. with D. of
8..Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest:
A. steamer B message C.collection D.scissors
9.Rewrite the following sentence so that the second sentence means nearly exactly the same the first one.
We ate in that restaurant two months ago.
-> We have…………………………………………………………………………………
10.Rewrite the following sentence so that the second sentence means nearly exactly the same the first one.
Do you like playing volleyball?
->Yes, I love……………………………………………………………………………….
IV.WRITE
Write a letter to a friend about the neighborhood using suggested words:
Dear ………,
I / live / small house / Ha Noi/ parents / elder brother /.
My house / near / school, so I / go / school / foot / every day /.
There /