Name:……………………, Class: 8A…. BAØI TAÄP OÂN THI HKI 2008-2009 Tieáng Anh 8 I./ Circle the best options to complete the sentences 1. I am not ___________to move the piano. A. enough strong B. strong enough C. enough weakD. weak enough 2. My sister often looks at __________ in the mirror. A. herself B. myself C. yourself D.themselves 3. Mr. Brown is the same age _________ Mrs. Brown. A. as B. like C. from D. with 4. Hung is _________ student in my class. A. good B. better C. the best D. most best 5. The earth _______ around the sun. A. move B. moves C. moved D. will move 6. Most people who work _____ London prefer to live outside it. A. on B. at C. in D. with. 7. They can _____ from the noise and hurry of the town. A. rest B. to rest C. resting D. to resting 8. People can relax by doing some gardening work in the countryside____ the weekend. A. in B. on C. of D. off 9. You ought _______ to school earlier. A. go B. to go C. going D. gone 10. We must ________ uniform whenever go to school. A. wear B. wearing C. to wear D. worn II. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others. 1/ A. stationery B. appear C. traditional D. arrange 2/ A. contact B. curly C. cupboard D. celebrate 3/ A. typhoon B. noisy C. friendly D. dirty 4/ A. cheap B character C. children D. church III. Circle the best options to complete the passage below Many people think that life on a farm is very quiet and easy, but it is very hard. I (1)________ have lived on the farm for about twenty years and I know what farm work is. You must (2)_______ up early, feed the chickens and the cows, water the flowers, vegetable, do a lot of gardening and then work (3)_________ the fields. But my aunt (4)__________this way of life and so do all her children. 1. A. herself B. ourselves C. myself D. yourself 2. A. to get B. get C. getting D. got 3. A. in B. on C. at D. with 4. A. liked B. will like C. like D. likes IV. Circle the best options A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences. 1. Her mother _______ this City two years ago. A. left B. leaves C. Is leaving D. will leave 2. He enjoys ______ to music while he’s studying A. to listen B. listening C. listen D. to listening 3. Alexander Graham Bell was born _______ March 3, 1847 A. in B. at C. on D. during 4 . My mother ________ on afarm when she was young A. use to living B. use to live C. used to live D. used to living 5. Kate hates ______ to classical music. A. listens B. listened C. listening D. listen 6 . Mr. Smith likes ________ televition in his free time. A. watches B. watches C. watch D. watching 7 . The teacher asked Susan _______to the blackboard A . to go B . go C. going D . went 8 . They ________ a holiday for ten years A . didn’t have B . don’t have C . aren’t having D. haven’t had 9. They built this house _______ 1990. A. from B. in C. at D. for 10. We must be there _________ 7:30 and 8:15 A. at B. before C. between D. after 11. She told me _______ you that present. A. giving B. to give C. gave D. give 12. My sister ________ in Long Xuyen 5 years ago. A. worked B. works C. work D. working 13. I know you worked really _________ this semester. A. hardly B. harder C. hardest D. hard 14. She sang very ________ at the concert last night. A. good B. well C. better D best V. Choose the word or phrase that need correcting. 1. They used go to the library when they studied in london. A B C D 2. I finished doing my homework quick last night. A B C D 3. She asked I to write new words on pieces of paper. A B C D 4. Did she left a message before she went ? A B C D 5. I’d like buying a new dictionary but I don’t have enough money. A B C D 6. He offered to help me in a very loudly voice. A B C D 7. She cried hardly when she failed her English test. A B C D 8. He is enough strong to carry the heavy luggage. A B C D 9. My brother is going to studying in New York next month. A B C D 10. What did you used to do when you feft afraid ? A B C D VI. Read the passage carefully. 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 the glass bookcase. She 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 the secondary students in my hometown.  Write True or False. 1/ _____ Nam’s English pronunciation was really bad 2/ _____ He didn’t want his parents to know about his problem. 3/ _____ Nam’s English teacher helped him to improve his English grammar. 4/ _____ The teacher showed nam an English grammar book. 5/ _____ Nam failed the first prize in the English Speaking Contest.  Answer the questions. 1/ Did Nam get any difficulties in learning English in the first year ? _______________________________________________________ 2/ Who wanted to meet him one afternoon after the lesson ? _______________________________________________________ 3/ Where did nam and his teacher go after that ? _______________________________________________________ VII. Choose the best options. 1. City life is different ………………………… country life. A. from B. to C. of D. apart 2. She has earned millions of dollars ………………………… 1994. A. for B. since C.in D. at 3. The CD is …………………………. Than the cassette. A. expensive B. more expensive C. much expensive D. expensiver 4. TV brings not only information ……………………………. Entertainment. A. but for B.and for C.but also D. and also 5. We ………………………… to each other for five years. A. wrote B. is writing C. was writing D. have written 6. It’s very kind ……………………………… you to help me A. for B. off C. to D. of 7. Nhung’s dictionary is not as expensive ………………………… Hoa’s. A. so B. as C.like D.than 8. China is the country with ……………………………… population. A. large B. larger C. largest D. the largest 9. Many people from rural areas are ………………………… to the city to find work. A. paying B. departing C. moving D. leaving 10. We have begun to study English …………………………… three years A. since B.for C.at D.in VIII. Make meaningful sentences from the following cues . 1. We / live / Thailand / for ten years . …………………………………………………………………………………… 2. You / listen / radio / everyday ? ………………………………………………………………………………… 3. Nga / 14 / her next birthday ………………………………………………………………………………… 4. I / not / interested / read / fairy tales . ……………………………………………………………………………… 5. My family / used / live / village / when / I / young . ………………………………………………………………………………… 6. She / move / HCM city / two years ago. ………………………………………………………………………………… 7. Your shirt / expensive / than / Lan’s . ………………………………………………………………………………… 8. Mr Tim / asked / me / give / you / novel. …………… …………………………………………………………………… 9. Tuan / have to / improve / English pronunciation. …………………………………………………………………………… 10.They / happy / meet / old friends . ………………………………………………………………………………… IX. Read the following passage and decide which option A, B, C or D that best fits each numbered space. Not long ago , people only (1)………………… the telephone to make phone calls. Now thanks to computers, people use the telephone to do much more . They can bank, rent videos and even shop by phone. (2) …………………… also possible to send letters and reports by faxing them over telephone lines. People can use their telephone lines to send message from one computer to another by electronic mail or e-mail as well. But you don’t need to be at home or at the office to use the telephone any more. Now you can carry a mobile phone in your pocket. (3) …………………… a mobile phone, you can phone and talk in the car . You don’t (4) …………………… look for a pay phone to make a call. Now , you can (5)……………………your calls with you everywhere. 1. A. use B. used C. to use D. using 2. A. It is B. It has C. There is D. There are 3. A. At B. In C. On D. With 4. A. must B. have to C. ought to D. used to 5. A. take B. took C. to take D. taking Good Luck! . Name:……………………, Class: 8A…. BAØI TAÄP OÂN THI HKI 20 08- 2009 Tieáng Anh 8 I./ Circle the best options to complete the sentences 1. I am not ___________to move the piano. A. enough strong B. strong enough. 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. 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