kiểm tra giữa kì 1 lớp 8

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KIỂM TRA GIỮA HỌC KỲ I – LỚP 8
NĂM HỌC 2022 – 2023
Bài kiểm tra môn: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, khơng kể thời gian
phát đề

Phịng thi: ................ SBD: ............... STT: ....................
Điểm

Chữ ký giám khảo

Mã Đề: AV8-202
Chữ ký giám thị

A. LISTENING (2 points)
I. Listen to Rebecca and Adam planning a night together. For each question, choose the
correct answer.
1. Rebecca and Alan decide to meet on………..
A. Wednesday
B. Thursday
C. Friday
D. Tuesday
2. They decide to………….
A. Go out for dinner.
B. Go out for a drink.

C. Stay in and watch a DVD.
D. Go to the cinema.
3. They will meet at…………
A. Ten past seven.
B. Twenty to seven.
C. Seven twenty.
D. Seven twelve.
4. Rebecca met Charlie……………..
A. at a party.
B. on a skiing holiday.
C. at the sports centre.
D. at the entrance.
II. Listen to the conversation between Kevin and Maria. They are talking about Maria and
her sister, Catherine. Choose the correct answer.
1. Maria has brown, curly hair.
A. True
B. False
2. Maria and Catherine have the same colour eyes.
A. True
B. False
3. Catherine is taller than Maria.
A. True
B. False
4. Maria isn’t as outgoing as Catherine.
A. True
B. False
B. LANGUAGE FOCUS (3 points)
1. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others
A. folder
B. destroy

C. cooker
D. injure
2. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
A. started
B. attended
C. visited
D. stopped
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* Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the sentences below.
3. The Earth ………… around the Sun.
A. go
B. to go
C. goes
D. going
4. You must ……….. your homework at home.
A. to finish
B. finishes
C. finish
D. finished
5. Nam ……….. to see the movie tonight.
A. is
B. are
C. am
D. is going
6. Her new glasses change her ………..
A. appear
B. appearance
C. appears

D. appearances
7. It isn’t ……….. to leave medicine around the house
A. difficult
B. interesting
C. safe
D. dangerous
8. She isn’t tall enough ………… volleyball.
A. playing
B. played
C. to play
D. plays
9. . ……….. were you late for class ? - Because I got up late.
A. Why
B. How
C. What
D. When
10. I live ……… 20 Oxford Street.
A. at
B. from
C. on
D. in
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in the question.
11. Mr Thompson works more carefully than Mr Baker.
A. carefully
B. carelessly
C. uncarefully
D. carefulness
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSET in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in the question.

12. He was late, but fortunately his friends waited for him.
A. magically
B. lately
C. cruelly
D. luckily
C. READING (2.5 points)
I. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
I’m a student (1) ………… Bristol University. I share a house with three other students. It’s
quite a (2) ………… house. We all have our own (3) ………… . There (4) ………… a bed, a
desk, a chair, and a wardrobe in the room. It has a washbasin and a mirror in the corner, too. We
all share the kitchen, the living room, and the bathroom. We sometimes have arguments about
things, like when someone spends too long in the bathroom, (5) …………we have a lot of fun,
too.
1.
A. at
B. in
C. on
D. inside
2.
A. larger
B. large
C. largely
D. largest
3.
A. houses
B. rooms
C. flats
D. apartments
4.
A. are

B. have
C. has
D. is
5.
A. but
B. although
C. so
D. because
II. Read the passages, then choose the correct answers.
Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, in 1847. His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan,
when he was seven years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months. His mother,
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a former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. His natural
curiosity led him to start experimenting at a young age. Thomas Edison lit up the world with his
invention of the electric light. Although the electric light was the most useful, it was not his only
invention. He also invented the record player, the motion picture camera, and over 1,200 other
things. About every two weeks he created something new. He worked 16 out of every 24
hours.Sometimes he worked so intensely that his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat.
Thomas Edison died in 1931, in West Orange, New Jersey. He left numerous inventions that
improved the quality of life all over the world.
1. Thomas Edison was ______.
A. a discoverer
B. an inventor
C. an explorer
D. a teacher
2. In 1854 Edison’s family ______.
A. bought a new house in Milan, Ohio
B. moved to Port Huron, Michigan

C. decided to settle in Milan, Ohio
D. sent him to a school in New Jersey
3. The word “self-educated” in the passage mostly means ______.
A. “having been well taught”
B. “having had good schooling”
C. “having taught himself”
D. “having had a high education”
4. Edison died at the age of ______.
A. 76
B. 74
C. 47
D. 84
5. Which of following statements is NOT true about Edison?
A. He didn’t go to school at all.
B. He invented the motion picture camera.
C. He made numerous inventions.
D. He worked very hard.
B. LANGUAGE FOCUS (3 points)
1. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others
A. folder
B. destroy
C. cooker
D. injure
2. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
A. started
B. attended
C. visited
D. stopped
* Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the sentences below.
3. Her new glasses change her ………..

A. appear
B. appearance
C. appears
D. appearances
4. It isn’t ……….. to leave medicine around the house
A. difficult
B. interesting
C. safe
D. dangerous
5. The Earth ………… around the Sun.
A. go
B. to go
C. goes
D. going
6. You must ……….. your homework at home.
A. to finish
B. finishes
C. finish
D. finished
7. Nam ……….. to see the movie tonight.
A. is
B. are
C. am
D. is going
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8. She isn’t tall enough ………… volleyball.
A. playing
B. played

C. to play
D. plays
9. . ……….. were you late for class ? - Because I got up late.
A. Why
B. How
C. What
D. When
10. I live ……… 20 Oxford Street.
A. at
B. from
C. on
D. in
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in the question.
11. Mr Thompson works more carefully than Mr Baker.
A. carefully
B. carelessly
C. uncarefully
D. carefulness
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSET in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in the question.
12. He was late, but fortunately his friends waited for him.
A. magically
B. lately
C. cruelly
D. luckily
D. WRITING(2.5 points)
I. Write sentences with the cues given.
1. Why/ you/ feel/ so tired/ today/?
=>............................................................................................................................

2. They/ not have to/ do/ the test/ today.
=> ...........................................................................................................................
II. Rearrange words to make meaningful sentences.
3. You/ ought/ go/ the/ market/ to/ yourself/ to/ .
=> ...........................................................................................................................
4. his/ free / Minh/ time/ work/ spends/ doing/ volunteer.
=>............................................................................................................................
5. has/ She/ big/ eyes/ round/.
=> ...........................................................................................................................
6. is/ a/ There/ in/ the/ of/ right/ side/ room/ wardrobe/ the/.
=> ...........................................................................................................................
III. Rewrite the sentences.
7. Hien will go to his birthday next week. (Be going to)
=> She.....................................................................................................................
8. Nam is hungry. He can eat three loaves of bread. (Enough to)
=> Nam is................................................................................................................
9. It rains heavily, so I go to school late. (Because)
=> Because..............................................................................................................
10. Why don’t we go to the cinema? (Let’s)
=> Let’s...................................................................................................................
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