De thi Ky I anh 8

KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ 1 SỐ 1 -Môn: TIẾNG ANH - LỚP 8
I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from
the others. (1 point)
1. A. honest

B. hour

D. honor

D. humour

2. A. escape

B. graze

C. transit

D. chase

3. A. knife

B. sink

C. excite

D. device

4. A. magic

B. generous

C. magazine

D. refrigerator

5. A. deaf

B. beat

C. lead

D. teach

II. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D. (2 points)
1. After a month, Hoa got used to ________ in her new school.
A. study

B. studying

C. studied

D. is studying

2. Last Tuesday her son was absent from school _______ of his illness.
A. because

B. instead

3. The children _____ to go at once.

C. though

A. will

B. had better

D. but
C. must

D. have

4. My brother feels ________ again after his operation.
A. strongly

B. strength

C. strong

D. enough strong

5. The English course begins ______ May 9 th, and ends sometime ______ September.
A. on/in

B. in/on

C. at/on

D. in/at

6. I _______ to go out when I was in the countryside.
A. not used

B. wasn't used

C. didn't use

D. wasn't using

7. The party was great and we enjoyed ______ very much.
A. weselves

B. usselves

C. ourself

D. ourselves

8. I used to live _____ a farm and look ______ my younger brother.
A. in/after

B. on/after

C. in/out

D. on/out

C. playing

D. plays

9. Tuan hates _____ computer games all day.
A. play

B. to play

10. Your son isn't tall ______ to be a good basket ball player.
A. too

B. very

C. so

D. enough

III. Supply the correct tense of the verbs in brackets. (3 points)
1. When we (be)

small, our family (live)

2. - Miss Trang is in hospital.
3. I (read)

- Yes, I know, I ( visit )

an interesting book at the moment.

4. Look at those black clouds. It (rain)

.

in the countryside.
her tomorrow.

5. I (not invite)

her to the party because I (forget)

6. Look! Our new teacher (come)
7. They (work)

. She (have)

very hard when they (be)

8. We (have)

her phone number.
long black hair.

young.

a small party next Sunday. Would you like ( come)

9. Last year my brother (spend)

his summer holiday (do)

?
volunteer work.

IV . Supply the correct forms of the words in brackets. (2 points)

1. He fell off the bike, but his
2. Mr. Phong made an
3. The shop

were not serious. (INJURE)
to see us at two o’clock. (ARRANGE)

showed me a lot of news models. (ASSIST)

4. She’s beautiful with a

smile. (LOVE)

5. You shouldn’t talk about her character only through her
6. The

. (APPEAR)

of television made Alexander G. Bell famous all over the world. (INVENT)

7. We’re worried about the
8. Some of my
9. You must put all

of the children. (SAFE)

are going to my birthday party. (CLASS)
objects out of children’s reach. (DANGER)

10. The prince and the poor girl had a happy

. (MARRY)

V. Read the text carefully and choose the best option to answer the questions
below. (2 points)
Learning English
Every year students in many countries learn English. Some of these students are young
children. Others are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school. Others study by
themselves. A few learn English just by hearing the language in films, on television, in the
office or among their friends. But not many are lucky enough to do that. Most people must
work hard on their lessons to learn another language.
Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. They study
their own language, mathematics and English. In England, America or Australia, many boys
and girls study their own language, which is English and another language, perhaps French,
German or Spanish.
Many adults learn English because it is useful for their work. Teenagers often learn
English for their higher studies because some of their books are in English at the college or


university. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magazines
in English.
1. According to the writer:
A. English is useful only to adults

B. only teenagers learn English

C. no children like learning English

D. English is learnt by many generations

2. Most people learn English by __________.
A. watching videos only

B. talking with the film stars

C. hearing the language in the office

D. working hard on their lessons

3. Many boys and girls learn English because __________.
A. English can give them a job

B. they have to study their own language

C. it is included in their study courses

D. their parents make them do it

4. In America and Australia, many school children study __________.
A. their own language and no foreign language
B. such foreign languages as French, German or Spanish
C. English and mathematics only

D. English as a foreign language

5. Many adults learn English because __________.
A. they want to go abroad

B. it is useful for their work

C. most of their books are in English

D. they want to read newspapers in English

KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ I SỐ 2– NĂM HỌC 2012-2013
Môn: TIẾNG ANH - LỚP 8
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the
others. (2 points)
1. A. pancake

B. surface

C. paper

D. late

2. A. wanted

B. played

C. learned

D. returned

3. A. saucepan

B. precaution

C. caught

D. laugh

4. A. answer

B. always

C. wrong

D. write

5. A. injure

B. knife

C. kill

D. sink

6. A. fun

B. lunch

C. run

D. humor

7. A. mend

B. semester

C. letter

D. report

8. A. shout

B. loud

C. group

D. about

9. A. promise

B.revise

C. stick

D. visit

10. A. match

B. pan

C. transmit

D. safety


II. Choose the word or phrase that best complete each sentence. (2 points)

1. The children are old enough to look after ______.
A. themselves

B. ourselves

C. herself

D. himself

2. He isn't ________ get married.
A. enough old to

B. old enough to

C. enough old for

D. old enough for

3. We ______ to go to the market and buy something for dinner.
A. must

B. should

C. ought

4. I'll see you _____ Sunday, April 1st.

D. have to

A. in

B. on

C. at

D. between

5. My friends worked really _____ this semester.
A. hardly

B. hard

C. very hardly

D. bad

6. Tuan hates _______ computer games all day.
A. play

B. to play

C. playing

D. plays

7. My father used ______ us to the zoo when he was alive.
A. take

B. to take

C. took

D. taking

8. Tam told his friend ______ him a ride. A. give

B. to give C. giving

D. gives

9. Mary was born in France. French is her ______.
A. first languge

B. mother tongue

10. Would you like ________ a message?

C. foreign
A . leave

D. A and B

B. to leave

C. leaving D. left

III. Combine each pair of sentences, using ENOUGH. (1 point)
1. He is intelligent. He can answer all the questions.
2. He isn't tall. He can't reach the shelf.
3. She is good. She'll pass the exam.

4. You aren't well. Don't go to school.
5. They are sociable. They can make a lot of friends.

IV. Find one mistake in each sentence by choosing A, B, or C. (2 points)
1. Her bag is different to mine.
2. She speaks English quite good.

A. is
A. speaks

3. They didn't reported a book last week. A. They

B. to

C. mine

B. English

C. good

B. reported

C. last week


4. I have not seen him for last Sunday. A. have

B. seen

5.She has went to the mountain.

B. went

A. she

6. She ought to staying in bed.

A. ought

C. for
C. the mountain

B. staying

C. in bed

7. Our father used to smoking when he was young.
A. used to

B. smoking

8. She asked me keep silent.

C. was
A. asked

B. me

C. keep

9. There are many differently ways of learning words.
A. are

B. differently

C. learning

10. They are interested in do something different at weekend.
A. are

B. interested in

C. do

V. Choose the sentence that has the same meaning as the given one. (1 point)
1. He moved to live in Binh Dinh 5 years ago.
A. He has moved to live in Binh Dinh for 5 years.
B. He has lived in Binh Dinh for 5 years.
C. He has to live in Binh Dinh 5 years ago.

D. He has lived in Binh Dinh since 5 years.

2. "Please come into my office." the principal said to me.
A. The principal asked me to come into his office.
B. The principal asked me to come into my office.
C. The principal told me came into his office.
D. The principal told me coming into his office.
3. He intends to invite me to his party tonight.
A. He invited me to his party tonight. B. He is going to invite me to his party tonight.
C. He has to me to his party tonight. D. He invites me to his party tonight.

4. The house is cheaper than the villa.
A. The villa is the most expensive home.
B. The villa is more expensive than the house.
C. The villa is as expensive as the house.
D. The villa is different from the house.
VI. Read the passage below and choose the best answer (A, B, C, D) for each
question. (2 points)
Prague has the population of over one million people. It is not the biggest city in Europe,
but it is certainly one of the most beautiful. People call Prague the “ Golden City” and the


“Mother of City” because it has beautiful buildings and statues. Perhaps the most popular
building is the Old Town Hall with its amazing 15th century clock. People also call Prague
“Europe's School of Music”. There are many concert halls and every May there is a famous
music festival: ”Prague Spring”. There are also twenty theaters and many old pubs, wine
bars and restaurants. There is now a modern underground, but traffic is still a problem. It is
often better to walk and feel the atmosphere of the pretty little streets.
1. The population of Prague is _______.
A. over one million people

B. one million people

C. only two million people

D. less than one million people

2. Prague is one of the most beautiful city in _______.
A. Asia

B. Europe

C. Africa

3. Which building in Prague has 15th century clock?
B. The Mother of City

D. America
A. The Golden City

C. The Old Town Hall D. Europe's School of Music

4. The famous music festival: "Prague Spring" is held _______.
A. every year

B. on June

C. every May

D. every July

5. People also call Prague ________.
A. “Europe's School of Music”
C. Europe's School of Ar

B. Asia's School of Music
D. Asia's School of Art

KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ 1 ĐỀ SỐ 3 - Môn: TIẾNG ANH - LỚP 8
I. Choose the word whose UNDERLINED part is pronounced differently from the
others. (2 points)

1. A. equipment

B. upset

C. end

D. help

2. A. folk

B. hold

C. photo

D. neighbor

3. A. fairy

B. train

C. afraid

D. wait

4. A. excited

B. prince

C. once

D. escape

5. A. how

B. now

C. know

D. cow

6. A. what

B. where

C. when

D. who

7. A. please

B. teach

C. head

D. meat

8. A. talked

B. stopped

C. noted

D. laughed

9. A. books

B. cats

C. stamps

D. weeds

10. A. enough

B. young

C. cousin

D. mountain

II. Fill in the blank with the correct form of verbs. (2 points)


1. Would you like (listen)

to some music?

2. Yesterday, Ba (go)

to Da Nang by car.

3. Nam enjoys (play)

soccer after school.

4. Lan asked me (go)

to the supermarket.

5. Mai is (buy)

a new bicycle next week.

6. I think you should (do)
7. They used (go)

the morning exercise.
to work by train.

8. Don’t let children (play)
9. You ought to (do)

alone.
the homework yourself.

10. My father stopped (smoke)

.

III. Complete the sentences with right prepositions. (2 points)

1. What did you do
2. Are you interested
3. Does it rain
4. I am different

the ninth of April, 2002? (April 9th , 2002)
studying English?
spring?
my sister.

5. I don’t know what he is doing
6. That’s very kind
7. I’ll be home
8. I go to school
9. We’ve not seen her

the moment.

you to help me.
7.00 because I want to see the seven o’clock news.
Monday

Saturday.

2006.

IV . Arrange these words to make sentences. (2 points)
1. homework/ The/ to/ students/ ought/ their/ carefully/ do/ .
2. has/ the/ chores/ to/ today/ Mai/ do/ herself/ .
3. clean/ The/ teacher/ me/ told/ to/ blackboard/ the/ .

4. She/ my class/ is/ enough/ old/ in/ not/ to be/ .
5. how/ English/ to/ me/ tell/ study/ you/ Could/ ?
6. them/ Their/ told/ last year/ lot of/ grandmother/ stories/ a/ .
7. next week/ class/ going/ Our/ is/ zoo/ the/ to/ .


8. I/ Nha Trang/ old/ ten/ been/ was/ since/ have/ years/ to/ I/ .
9. some/ buy/ I/ to/ notebooks/ need/ .
10. should/ My/ said/ teacher/ my/ I/ time/ English/ on/ spend/ more/ .

Va. Choose the word or phrase that best fits the gap to complete the passage. (1
point)
English is (1) ______ language all over the world. Many countries, such as: the USA, the
United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa use English as the first
language, many others use it as the second language. If you speak (2) _____ well, you can
talk with many people of different nationalities. Besides, a lot of the magazines and
newspapers are published in English .Therefore, if you can read English, you can get useful
knowledge of tradition, culture, custom of other countries.
In order to (3) _____ your English, you should make good preparation for the next lesson,
and do all the exercises given by the teachers. In class, be ready to answer your (4) ______
and take important notes. You can also enrich your English vocabulary by reading English
books, looking up any new words that you come across. Some beginners even write the
words many times and try to learn them by heart. Whenever possible, you can speak
English to the teachers, to friends or foreigners. Listening to the tapes is the good way to
improve your English. And remember that revision is important. You should revise what you
have learnt so as to practice the words or sentence structures well. Mastering the four
language skills is not easy. An English proverb says: “Everything is difficult before it is easy”.
Try your best so that English can become easy for you.
1. A. more difficult B. the most popular C. the most interesting D.more popular
2. A. Japanese

B. French

C. English

D. Spanish

3. A. understand

B. know

C. study

D. improve

4. A. parents’questions B. teacher’s questions C. teacher’s answers D. teacher’s lessons


Vb. Read the passage again and choose the right answer for each question
below. (1 point)
1. Is listening to the tapes is the good way to learn English?
A. Yes, he is.

B. No, there isn’t.

C. Yes, it is.

D. No,it isn’t.

2. Name some countries use English as the first language.

A. England, Rusia, China

B. Viet Nam, India, Japanese

C. The USA, Australia, Canada

D. England, Laos, France

3. Why can you get useful knowlegde of tradition, culture of other countries if you can read
English?
A. Because a lot of the magazines and newspapers are published in English.
B. Because many countries speak English.
C. Because English is very popular.

D. Because English is very important.

4. Who can a student speak English to?
A. He can speak English to his grandparents.
B.He can speak English to famers.
C. He can speak English to his English teachers or his friends.
D.He can speak English to his neighbors.
KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ 1 SỐ 4 - Môn: TIẾNG ANH - LỚP 8
I. Choose the word whose ITALIC part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. late

B. half

C. after

D. hard

2. A. close

B. no

C. one

D. so

3. A. reach

B. teacher

C. meat

D. weather

4. A. invented

B. ended

C. liked

D. defeated

5. A. enough

B. young

C. cousin

D. mountain

6. A. timetable

B. fast

C. change

D. dangerous

7. A. write

B. right

C. bike

D. clinic

8. A. tree

B. engineer

C. three

D. street

9. A. stereo

B. close

C. do

D. go

10. A. yard

B. copy

C. paddy

D. noisy

II. Fill in the blank with the correct form of verbs. (2 points)
1. Mai has enough money (buy)
2. Hoa often (do)
3. Look! A baby (cross)

a new bicycle.

the homework after school.
the road.


4. I need (buy)

some notebook.

5. My teacher said I should (spend)
6. Mr. Hung told me (tell)

7. Nga likes (play)

more time on my English.

him the truth.
badminton.

8. They asked their children (stay)
9. Nam must (do)

at home.

the homework himself.

10 My mother (buy)

a house last week.

III. Choose the correct option to complete the following sentences. (2 points)
1. Lan is _______ lift this box.

A. enough strong to

C. strong enough to

D. strong enough for

2. The earth ______ around the sun. A. moves

B. enough strong for

B. is moving

C. moved

D. will move

3. Food is not _______ it was several years ago.
A. as cheap as

B. very cheaper as C. the same cheap as

D. much cheaper than

4. Last night I watched the movie Romeo and Juliet. At last they killed _______.
A. herself

B. himself

C. ourselves

D. themselves

5. Alexander Graham Bell was born ______ March 3, 1847.
A. in

B. on

C. at

D. during

6. I _____ him since last week.
A. don’t see

B. haven't seen

C. won’t see

D. didn’t see

7. The boy is a _____ student. He always gets good grades.
A. kind

B. generous

C. hard-working

8. He doesn’t enjoy ______ basketball. A. play B. to play

D. reserved

C. playing D. to playing

9. When my mother was young, she used _______ very well.
A. sing

B. to sing

C. singing

D. sang

10. Which one is ______, milk or orange juice?
A. good

B. the best

C. better

D. best

IV. Choose the part that needs correcting. (2 points)
1. I strongly believe that friends plays a very important role in our life.
A. strongly

B. plays

C. very

D. our life

2. We are having a birthday party in Saturday night. Would you like to come?
A. are having

B. in

C. night

D. to come

3. There are a lot of books in the library but you ought buy some more from the bookshop.
A. a lot of books

B. library

C. ought buy

D. from

4. We have learnt to play the piano for 2005. A. have B. learnt C. to play D. for


5. I used to working for this company when I was young.
A. used to

B. working

C. for

D. young

6. In many ways, I always prefer country life than city life.
A. many ways

B. always

C. prefer

D. than

7. T.V is bringing not only informations but also entertainment.
A. bringing

B. informations

C. but also

D. entertainment

8. The countryside is enough quiet for me to live and work in.
A. countryside

B. enough quiet

C. to live

D. work in

9. We are going to held a summer camp this July.
A. are

B. held

C. summer camp

D. this July

10. How long do you and your classmates known each other?
A. How

B. do

C. your classmates

D. each other

V. Choose the words or phrases that best fit each of the blank spaces. (2 points)
A friendly letter
Dear Sally,
I’m really looking forward (1)______ you again. I can’t wait for summer to come. Once
the school(2)_______, I’ll write to you again so that we can arrange (3)______ we’re going
to go on holiday. I’m going (4)______ to my parents and persuade them to let me
(5)______ a bit longer with you this time. My dad said that as soon as the exams are
(6)_____, we would go on one of those package coach tours of Italy. I don’t know about
you, but I’d rather (7)______ the time by the seaside (8)______ travel around in a coach. I
keep (9)______ them I don’t want to go with them, but they won’t lisen. If they refuse
(10)______ me come and see you, I don’t know what I’ll do!
1. A. to see

B. to seeing

C. to have seen

D. seeing

2. A. to finish

B. finished

C. finishes

D. finishing

3. A. when

B. what

C. where

D. which

4. A. to say

B. to tell

C. to speak

D. to chat

5. A. stay

B. to stay

C. staying

D. stayed

6. A. off

B. over

C. out

D. away

7. A. to spend

B. spending

C. spent

D. spend

8. A. than

B. rather than

C. to

D. more than

9. A. to tell

B. telling

C. tell

D. told

10. A. let

B. letting

C. having let

D. to let


KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ 1 SỐ 5 - Môn: TIẾNG ANH - LỚP 8
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the
others. (2 points)
1. A. pool

B. fool

C. look

D. too

2. A. leaf

B. of

C. deaf

D. wife

3. A. busy

B. butter

C. bus

D. but

4. A. passage

B. message

C. voyage

D. age

5. A. many

B. open

C. money

D. ink

6. A. scissors

B. wisdom

C. transmit

D. message

7. A. bold

B. lamb

C. burn

D. bite

8. A. knife

B. knit

C. know

D. key

9. A. across

B. absent

C. habit

D. practice

10. A. spell

B. went

C. sentence

D. request

II. Give the correct form of the words in brackets. (2 points)
1. We were shocked at the news of his (die)

.

2. David Copperfield is a famous (magic)
3. I think gun toys are (suit)

.

gifts for children.

4. The work was still at (experiment)

level.

5. The little village is very quiet and (peace)
6. (Revise)

at night.

is very important because it helps you practice the words more times.

7. Your English (pronounce)

is not very good. You should work harder.

8. Women nowadays have more (free)

9. You should be (pride)
10. The (arrive)

to participate in social activities.

of your son, Mrs. Hoa.
of the new guest caused trouble to my aunt.

III. Rewrite each of the following sentences, beginning as shown, so that the
meaning stays the same. (2 points)
1. It’s a long time since we became close friends.
=> We have
2. No one is more intelligent than her in our school.
=> She
3. ‘Can I borrow your bike, Nga?’, Nam asked.
=> Nam asked Nga
4. Lan is 1.60m tall and Hoa is 1.60 tall, too.
=> Lan


5. Apples are usually cheaper than oranges.
=> Apples are not
6. He’d rather play golf than tennis.
=> He prefers
7. "You shouldn’t translate each sentence into Vietnamese," my brother told me.
=> My brother told
8. When did you start playing the piano?
=> How long
9. Your younger brother is too weak to lift that box.
=> Your younger brother is not

10. Hung is interested in collecting stamps.
=> Hung's
IV. Rearrange the following jumbed words into completed sentences.
1. playing/ running/ brother/ especially/ badminton/ My/ and/ likes/ sports
2. form/ fill/ get/ we/ out/ Let/ application/ and/ it/ me/ can/ an
3. marks/ at/ school/ wants/ exams/ very/ hard/ high/ by/ Nam/ have/ working/ in/ to
4. people/ projects/ We/ other/ small/ hope/ with/ help/ their/ to
5. homework/ plays/ games / After/ usually/ computer/ his/ Tom/ doing

V.Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in standard written English.
1. Lan seemed happily when she received her aunt’s letter.
A seemed

B. happily

C. received

D. aunt's

2. My brother didn’t have money enough to buy the dictionary he liked.
A. didn't

B. money enough

C. to buy

D. he liked

3. We should put the coffee table among the armchair and the couch.
A. should

B. the coffee

C. among

D. the couch

4. The driver of the car was serious injured in the accident.
A. of

B. serious

C. injured

D. the accident

5. Lan lived in America for six years, so she speaks English very well.


A. lived

B. for

C. speaks

D. well

VI. Read the passage and choose True (T) or False (F). (1 point)
Once, a farmer lived a comfortable life with his family. His chickens laid many eggs which
the farmer used to sell to buy food and clothing for his family. One day, he went to collect

the eggs and discovered one of the chickens laid a gold egg. He shouted excitedly to his
wife: “We’re rich! We’re rich!”. His wife wanted more, so her husband decided to cut open
all the chicken and find more gold eggs. Unlikely, they couldn’t find any eggs. When he
finished, all the chickens were dead. The farmer was so foolish and his wife was so greedy.
1. Once, a farmer lived a uncomfortable life with his family.
2. The farmer decided to cut open all the chickens and find more gold eggs.
3. They could find some gold eggs.
4. The farmer was so foolish and his wife was so greedy.