Test 1 English 8

<span class='text_page_counter'>(1)</span>Phòng GD - ĐT Đam Rông Trường THCS Đạ Long Student’s name: ............................................................. Class: 8A ........... Marks. ENGLISH TEST 1 Times: 45 minutes. Teacher’s remarks. I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. (0.5pt) 1. A. rise B. slim C. smile D. kind 2. A. armchair B. chore C. match D. chemist II. Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B,C, or D) to complete each sentence. (3.5pts) 1. Minh is outgoing and enjoys ……….. jokes. A. talking B. speaking C. saying D. telling 2. Bell ……….. with ways of transmitting speech over a long distance. A. conducted B. discovered C. experimented D. invented 3. It only takes on match to ……….. a fire. A. cause B. destroy C. happen D. play 4. You must ……….. electrical sockets so that children do not try to put anything into them A. place B. cover C. reach D. keep 5. Can you help me with this exercise? – You must try to solve it ……….. A. myself B. ourselves C. yourself D. herself 6. Why does she like him? - ……….. he is a honest boy. A. For B. That C. So D. Because 7. I am ……….. to drive a car. A. enough B. old enough C. enough old D. old 8. I am good at English and I enjoy ……….. to foreigners. A. talking B. to talk C. talk D. talked 9. Children ……….. wear uniform at school. A. have to B. can C. must D. ought to 10. My friend is tall and has ……….. A. curly hair black B. curly black hair C. black curly hair D. black hair curly 11. It is true that the moon ……….. around the Earth A. go B. is going C. went D. goes 12. My classmates and I ……….. to have a picnic tomorrow A. am going to B. are going to C. is going to D. will go 13. A: “Would you like to meet Hoa, my friend?”. B: “………..” A. Yes, I’d love to B. Yes, I like C. No, I wouldn’t like D. No, I would.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(2)</span> 14. A: “………...?” B: “He’s short and fat.” A. What does he look like C. How old is he. B. How tall is he D. What does he do. III. Read the following passage then decide whether the statements are True (T), False (F) (1.0pt) This weekend, my family is going to move to our new house. The house has three floors with a lounge, a living room, a kitchen and four bedrooms. The lounge and the kitchen are on the ground floor. My parent’s room is beside the living room on the second floor. The others three bedrooms are upstairs. My room is at the back but looking out the garden. Inside the garden, there are some trees and a swimming pool. All members of my family like the new house very much and are looking forward to living in it as soon as possible. 1. The living room is next to the kitchen ……….. 2. The children’s bedrooms are upstairs ……….. 3. The swimming pool is in front of the house ……….. 4. The new house is bigger than the old house ……….. IV. Read the following passage then answer the questions below (2.0pts) My friend’s name is Peter. Peter is from Amsterdam, Holland. He is Dutch. He is married and has two children. His wife, Jane, is American. She is from Boston in the United States. Her family is still in Boston, but she now works and lives with Peter in Milan. They speak English, Dutch, German and Italian! Their children are pupils at a local primary school. The children go to school with other children from all over the world. Flora, their daughter, has friends from France, Australia. Hans, their son, goes to school with students from South Africa and Canada. Of course, there are many children from Italy, French, American and Canadian children all learn together in Italy! 1. Where is Peter from? ....................................................................................................................................................... 2. Where is his wife from? ....................................................................................................................................................... 3. What are the children’s names? ....................................................................................................................................................... 4. Are they in Boston now? ....................................................................................................................................................... V. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. (1.5pts) 1. The gate is too high for me to reach (enough)  I am not ....................................................................................................................................... 2. I advise you to revise for your test. (ought to)  You ............................................................................................................................................. 3. My teacher’s hair is long, curly and black  My teacher has ............................................................................................................................ VI. Rearrange the words in correct order to make meaningful sentences. (1.5pts) 1. dangerous / It / an / socket / is / to / a / put / knife / electrical / into  ..................................................................................................................................................... 2. cat / not / The / is / enough / fast / the / catch / to / mouse. ...................................................................................................................................................... 3. come / home / 10:00 p.m / I / must / before.  ......................................................................................................................................................

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