Đề thi học kỳ I.2008

Trêng THCS H÷u B»ng.
Bµi kiÓm tra häc kú I :
M«n: TiÕng Anh 8
Thêi gian: 45 phót
Hä vµ tªn:........................................
Líp: .................................................
I. LISTENING
Listen to the passage and give short answers to the following questions. (2.5 pts)
1. Who is Peter?
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2. How old is he?
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3. Where does he live?
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4. What does he like doing in his free time?
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5. What is he going to do next summer?
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II. READING
Read the passage and choose the most appropriate answer A, B, C or D. (2.5 pts)
How Nam has improved his English
In the first year of lower secondary school, I had some difficulties in learning English. My
English pronunciation was really bad and my English grammar was worse. I did not know how
to improve them. I didn’t want my father and mother to know about this. 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 kept in a glass bookcase. She
also told me how to use an English-English dictionary to improve my English grammar. “Now I
think you know what you should do”, said she. I made much progress and only one year later, I
won the first prize in the English Speaking Contest held for secondary school students in my

hometown.
1. What difficulties did Nam have in learning English in the first year?
A. The pronunciation
B. The grammar
C. Both pronunciation and grammar
D. The way of improving his pronunciation
2. Who wanted to meet him one afternoon after the lesson?
A. His teacher
B. One of his friends
C. His father
D. His mother
3. Where did Nam and his teacher go after that?
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A. to the town library
B. to the school library
C. to the teachers’ room
D. to his house
4. What did the teacher show him then?
A. A glass bookcase
B. An English-English dictionary
C. An English Grammar book
D. Cassettes of pronunciation drills
5. What did he win in the English Speaking Contest one year later?
A. The first prize
B. The second prize
C. The third prize
D. The fourth prize
III. LANGUAGE FOCUS
Circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences .(2.5 pts)

1. I often play soccer _______ Sunday afternoon.
A. in B. at C. on D. for
2. We should wait here _______ our teacher comes back.
A. before B. until C. after D. during
3. Mr. Brown is the same age ________ Mrs. Brown.
A. as B. like C. from D. with
4. The little boy is not _________ to lift the suitcase.
A. enough strongB. strong enough C. too strong D. so strong
5. My father was good at swimming. He used to ______ swimming in summer.
A. go B. goes C. went D. going
6. Kate hates ______ to classical music.
A. listens B. listened C. listen D. listening
7. Hung is ______ student in my class.
A. good B. better C. the best D. a best
8. Ho Chi Minh City is larger and ______ beautiful than Hanoi.
A. more B. as C. most D. the most
9. Mr. Smith likes _______ to music in his free time.
A. listens B. listened C. listen D. listening
10. They built this house _______1990.
A. from B. in C. at D. for
IV. WRITING
Write a passage using the following sets of words and phrases. You can make all the
necessary changes and additions. (2.5 pts)
1. Lan / like / learn English
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2. She / begin / learn / this language / 2003
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3. She / always / want / improve her English
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4. Last week / she / buy / English-Vietnamese dictionary

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5. She / often / use/ it/ for reading
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