kiểm tra tiếng anh lớp 8 Unit 1 2 chương trình thí điểm

English 8
WRITTEN TEST
Name:………………………………
Date 30/9/2015
-------------------I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
1. A. far
B. glasses
C. have
D. can’t
2. A. these
B. Thursday
C. thousand
D. think
3. A. man
B. hand
C. bag
D. many
4. A. book
B. took
C. goose
D. good
5. A. watches
B. practices
C. misses
D. grapes
II. Complete the sentences, using the comparison form of one of the adjectives given in
the box. You may need to make any necessary changes to the adjectives.
Bad
comfortable crowded
easy
high

long
low
Near
old
popular
reliable
serious
slow
thin
1. I’d like to have a…………..……………… car. The one I’ve got keeps breaking down.
2. You’ll find your way around the town………………………. if you have a good map.
3. My salary isn’t……………………………… as you
4. What’s ……………………… river in the world?
5. I prefer this chair to the other one. That one is far……………………………….
6. Can you tell me the way to ……………………….. bus station?
7. This shop isn’t very expensive. The prices are……………………….. than some other shop.
8. You are driving too fast. Could you drive a bit…………………………..?
9. There were a lot of people on the bus. It was……………………….. usual.
10. You look…………………………than before. Have you lost weight?
11. Unfortunately her illness was………………………. than we thought at first.
12. Is football……………………………….. sport in your country, too?
13. Tom has three sisters. His……………………. sister is 18 years old. His youngest is 2.
14. It was an awful day. It was………………………….day in my life
III. Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the sentence.
1. I don’t find Peter very………………………………
(COMMUNICATE)
2. They live in a............ …………….. area in the north-east of the country. (MOUNTAIN)
3. Do you think he has a different ……………………………of coin?
(COLLECT)
4. Many rural areas in Viet Nam have been ………………………..in the last few years. (URBAN)

5. Every people in the ……………………………is pleased with the current changes.
(NEIGHBOR)
6. The scouts do the .........................................work.
(VOLUNTEER)
IV. Choose the underline word or phrase that is incorrect and correct it.
1. In many ways, I always prefer country life than city life.
A
B
C
D
2. TV is bringing not only informations but also entertainment.
A
B
C
D
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3. The countryside is too quite for me to live and work in.
A
B
C
D
4. We are going to held a summer camp this July.
A
B
C

D
5. How long do you and your classmates known each other?
A
B
C
D
V. Read and choose the words or phrases that best fit each blank.
Living in city or countryside?
Young people prefer the city (1)……….. the country (2)……….…….. they love the
noisy and busy life (3)………………. They also think (4)………….. it is easier to get
money in the city (5)…………… in the country. (6)…………………, more and more young
people leave the country for the city every year. (7)…………………….. from young people,
old people like (8)………………… in the country because it is not so noisy and busy (9)
……….. the city. The air in the country is (10)………………… fresher than that in the city,
too. Therefore, after stopping working, many of old people move to their home villages.

VI. Complete the sentence with the given words.
1. cost/ living/ the/ countryside/ lower/ city
..............................………………………………………………………………………..
2. My/ father/ has/ make/ me/ largest/ most/ colorful/ kite/ I/ have/ ever/ have
..........................………………………………………………………………………….
3. in/ countryside/,/ children/ learn/ herd/ cattle / when/ they/ small/
..........................………………………………………………………………………….
4. in/ city/,/ children/ play/ freely/ than/ the/ countryside.
..........................………………………………………………………………………….
5. It/ usually/ snow/ heavily/ the mountains/ than/ the lowlands.
..........................………………………………………………………………………….
VII. Rewrite the following sentences, begining as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.
1. I have just run 10 kilometers. I’ve never run farther than this
This is................………………………………………………………………………….

2. The bill isn’t as expensive as I thought it would be
I thought.............………………………………………………………………………….
3. Computers used to be much more expensive than they are now
Computers are.....
………………………………………………………………………….
4. Not as much coffee is drunk by young people as soda
Young people drink….…………………………………………………………………….
5. I had expected the meal cost more than that.
The meal didn’t.....………...……………………………………………………………….
6. The journey takes four hours be car and five hours by train.
It takes…………......……………………………………………………………………….
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Good luck!
KEYS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
1. C 2. A 3. D
4. C 5. D
II. Multiple choices
1. more reliable
2. easier
3. as high
4. the longest
5. less comfortable

6. the nearest
7. lower
8. more slowly
9. more crowded than
10. thinner

11. more serious
12. the most popular
13. eldest
14. the worst.

III. Word forms
1. Communicative
2. Mountainous
3. collection
4. Urbanization
5. Neighborhood
6. Voluntary
IV. Correct mistakes
1. D -> To
2. B -> information
3. B -> quiet
4. B -> hold
5. A -> have
V. Read the passage and choose the best answer
1. to
2. because 3. there
4. that
5. than
6. Therefore

7. different 8. living
9. as
10. much
VI. Writing
1. The cost of living in the countryside is lower than in the city
2. My father has made me the largest, most colorful kite I have ever had.
3. In the countryside, children learn to herd the cattle when they are small.
4. In the city, children play less freely than in the countryside.
5. It usually snows more heavily in the mountain than in the lowlands.
VII. Re -writing

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V. Fill in each space with ONE suitable word to complete the passage below
Vietnam Life in The Countryside
Vietnam is still a highly agrarian society with eighty percent of the population living
in rural villages scattered throughout the lowlands, mountainous areas and the coastal line.
The countryside in the lowlands of Vietnam is filled with bamboo-hedged villages, beautiful
patchworks of green paddies, hard-working farmers in their conical hats, and water
buffaloes.
With the habit of working in teams and being helpful to one another, villagers usually
earn their living from farming, raising livestock and making handicrafts. They live in a small
community with a temple or a communal cultural house where great events, such as festivals
worshipping the village god and traditional games are organized. Villagers in the Southern
usually live in houses lined up along central road and built on stilts to keep above flood

waters. Along the coastal lines, fishermen depend on the sea as a means of livelihood. In the
Central of Vietnam, a place suffering lots of natural disasters all the year round, citizens tend
to be more studious and hard-working than those in regions with favorable conditions.
People in the central highlands and the northern mountains lived by growing rice, rubber
trees, coffee and tea as well as hunting. However, industrialization has created new types of
work and different lifestyles in a country that used to depend mainly on agriculture. Instead
of working in farms, many people choose to work in industrial zones or move to cities in
search of a good job.

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