first semester test5 Grade 8

<span class='text_page_counter'>(1)</span>UÛY BAN NHAÂN DAÂN VĨNH LINH PHOØNG GIAÙO DUÏC. ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KÌ I – LỚP 8 NH 2008 - 2009 MOÂN KIEÅM TRA : TIEÁNG ANH Thời gian : 60 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề ). Hoï vaø teân hoïc sinh: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Số báo danh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lớp: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trường: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Giaùm thò 1 Giaùm thò 2 STT:. Soá phaùch:. -------------------------------------------------------------------------. Ñieåm baèng soá. Điểm bằng chữ. Giaùm khaûo I. Giaùm khaûo II. Soá phaùch: STT :. (Học sinh làm bài ngay trên giấy đề thi) (1-4) Listen to the story. Then check True or False: (1pt) 1. The farmer’s family lived in comfort. 2. His chickens laid many gold eggs. 3. The wife didn’t want him to kill the chicken. 4. The story advises us not to be foolish and greedy.. T ______ ______ ______ ______. F ______ ______ ______ ______. (5-12) Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentence: (2.5pts) 5. The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is a youth ____________________. A. meeting B. business C. community D. organization 6. Nga is ___________________for the activities for this summer. A. enrolling B. applied C. encouraging D. participating 7. The stepmother was very ___________________to the little poor girl. A. excited B. cruel C. upset D. proud 8. Jogging and going fishing are _________________activities. A. inside B. indoor C. outdoor D. outside 9. Tim’s mother knows he worked really ____________________this semester. A. hard B. hardly C. good D. excellent 10. He does exercise regularly ___________________to improve his health. A. so as not B. in order not C. so as D. so that 11. How long will you _____________________stay here ? A. must B. have to C. ought to D. should 12. Romeo and Juliet killed ____________________at the end of the movie. A. each other B. one another C. together D. themselves 13. Students can participate ___________________various activities at school. A. in B. on C. for D. with 14. “Do you need any help?” – “____________________________.” A. No problem. B. Let me help you. C. No. Thank you. I’m fine. D. I’m sorry. I’m really busy. (15-18) Use the correct tense or form of the verbs in parentheses: (1pt) 15. The sun ______________________in the east. 16. I enjoy _______________________on a deckchair to watch TV. 17. We ________________________a movie this evening. 18. He ________________________stamps since 1995.. (rise) (lie) (see) (collect). (19-22) Use the correct form of the words in parentheses: (1pt) 19. You must fill out this ______________________form. 20. Last summer, we had an ______________________holiday. 21. _______________________, our team lost the game yesterday.. (apply) (enjoy) (Fortunate).

<span class='text_page_counter'>(2)</span> 22.. How do you _______________________this word ?. (pronunciation).

<span class='text_page_counter'>(3)</span> HỌC SINH KHÔNG ĐƯỢC VIẾT GÌ VAØO KHUNG NAØY - VÌ ĐÂY LAØ PHÁCH SẼ RỌC ĐI MẤT. ------ -----------------------------------------------------------------(23-28) Read the passage and choose the best answers: (1.5pt) Lan is excited about the interesting activities she is going to do. The Y&Y is (23)___________________ a plan to help the community. She will participate (24)___________________its recycling program. In this (25)___________________, she will collect glass, used paper and empty cans. Then she will send them for recycling. She hopes she can save natural resources and (26)___________________some money for her school Y&Y in these activities. She also thinks about participating in either planting trees and flowers (27)___________________helping the street children. (28)___________________is really interesting, isn’t it ? 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28.. A. doing A. for A. community A. spend A. or A. There. B. getting B. in B. environment B. earn B. as B. She. C. having C. on C. organization C. keep C. and C. He. D. taking D. with D. program D. send D. so D. It. (29-32) Read the carefully and decide if the following sentences are True or False: (1pt) Language learners learn words in different ways. Some learners make a list and put into it the meanings of new words in their mother tongue, and try to learn them by heart. However, others do not. Instead, they write one or two example sentences with each new word in order to remember how to use the word in the right way. In order to remember words better, some learners even write each word and its use on a small piece of paper and stick it somewhere in their house so as to learn it at any time. Write TRUE or FALSE after the statements about the passage: 29. Language learners learn words in the same way. 30. Some learners write the meaning of new words in their mother tongue. 31. Some learners write examples of words they want to learn. 32. Every learner tries to learn all new words they come across.. T ______ ______ ______ ______. (33-36) Rewrite each of the sentences so that the meaning stays the same: (2pts) 33. This neighborhood had old houses, but there aren’t now. There used ______________________________________________________ 34. You can’t ride a motorbike because you are still young. You aren’t ______________________________________________________ 35. We started doing the test half an hour ago. We have ________________________________________________________ 36. “Could you do me a favor?” the old woman said to him. The old woman told _______________________________________________ THE END. F ______ ______ ______ ______.

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