I/ Fill In The Blanks , Choosing The Words Or Phrases ( A , B, Or ,C ) :

PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM
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HUYỆN CAI LẬY
Độc lập - Tự do - Hạnh phúc
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TRƯỜNG THCS CẨM SƠN
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ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ I
MÔN : ANH VĂN - Lớp 8
Thời gian làm bài 45 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Question 1: Fill in the blanks in these sentences by choosing the most
suitable words or phrases (A, B, C or D) (2.0pts):
1. You should ______ your English pronunciation .
A. improve

B. to improve

C. improves

2. My mother told me to study ______ .
A. hardly
B. good
C. hard
3. We did ______ watch color TV in the past .
A. not used to

B. used to

C. used not to

D. improved
D. bad
D. not use to

4. Nga was born ______ May 5th 1994 .
A. in
B. of
C. at
D. on
5. At home, we put our food in the ______ to keep it for a long time.
A. kitchen

B. refrigerator

C. furniture

D. shelf

6. Without electricity we can’t use any modern ______ for doing housework.
A. things

B. robots

C. equipment

D. machinery

7. Hoa and I ______ saw that accident yesterday.
A. purselves

B. herself

C. himself

D. myself

8. ______ is a thing that you use in a kitchen for cooking food.

A. cooker

B. cook

C. refrigerator

D. counter

Question 2: Pick out the word that doesn’t belong to the group with the
others (1.0pt):
1. during, inside, outside, upstairs
2. telephone, fax, computer, ticket
3. can, give, may, must
4. rags, shoes, stripes, clothes
Question 3: Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced
differently from the others (1.0pt):
1. injure, knife, kill, sink

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2. my, curly, library, friendly

3. goes, does, studies, washes
4. conducted, united, grazed, collected
Question 4 :Read the passage below then state whether the following
sentences are TRUE or FALSE (2,0pts):
Huong’s grandma used to live on a farm when she was a young girl. She
didn’t go to school because she had to look after her sisters and brothers. She
used to cook the meals, clean the house and wash the clothes. She had to do
everything without the help of modern equipment because there was no
electricity at that time. Life was hard for her.
1. When Huong’ s grandma was a young girl, she used to live on a farm.
2. She used to go to school when she was young.
3. At that time, there was no electricity.
4. Life was convenient for her.
Question 5: Read the passage below then answer the following questions
(1.5pts):
The Y&Y help the community by encouraging all members to participate
in a recycling program. All they have to do is to collect used glass, paper and
cans, and send them for recycling. By doing this, they can help save natural
resources and earn some money for the organization.
The Y&Y can participate in other programs such as raising funds for the
poor, helping street children, helping elderly people and planting trees and
flowers along the sidewalks or in the parks.
1. What can the Y&Y help save ?
2. Where can they plant trees and flowers ?
3. Who can they raise funds for ?
Question 6: Write complete sentences from the promts (2.5 pts):
1.
We / used / to / walk / school / morning.
2.
Mr. Hao / should / repair / house.

3.
The Sun / rise / East.
4.
He / be / old / enough / go / school / now.
5.
My family / visit / my grandparents /NhaTrang / next week.
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PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM
HUYỆN CAI LẬY
Độc lập - Tự do - Hạnh phúc
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TRƯỜNG THCS CẨM SƠN
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ĐÁP ÁN: ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ I
MÔN : ANH VĂN - Lớp 8
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Question 1: (2.0pts)
1. A. improve
5. B. refrigerator

2. C. hard
6. C. equipment

3. D. not use to

7. A. ourselves

4. D. on
8. A cooker

Question 2: (1.0pt)
1. during

2. ticket

3. give

4. stripes

2. my

3. washes

4. grazed

2. False

3. True

4. False

Question 3: (1.0pt)
1. knife
Question 4: (2.0pts)
1. True

Question 5: (1.5pts)
1. The Y&Y can help save natural resources (and earn some money for the
organization).
2. They can plant trees and flowers along the sidewalks or in the parks.
3. They can raise funds for the poor, helping street children, helping elderly
people.
Question 6: (2.5 pts)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

We used to walk to school in the morning.
Mr. Hao should repair his house.
The Sun rises in the East.
He is old enough to go to school now.
My family is going to (will) visit my grandparents in Nha Trang next week.
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