1 PHÒNG GD - ĐT NINH HÒA ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ I NĂM HỌC 2011-2012 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8 Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút (Không tính thời gian phát đề) (Lưu ý: Học sinh làm bài trên tờ giấy làm bài) QUESTION 1: Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others (1m) 1. A. l i ke B. d i rty C. r i ght D. t i me 2. A. m e ntion B. pl e nty C. e nough D. d e monstrate 3. A. inj u re B. str u ggle C. l u cky D. dr u g 4. A. gr a ze B. beh a ve C. del a y D. m a ster QUESTION 2: Choose the correct words/phrases to complete the sentences (4ms) 1. The secretary asked me to complete this ______ form. A. apply B. application C. applying D. applied 2. _______ I help you? No. Thank you. I’m fine. A. Must B. Would C. Will D. May 3. An’s mother said that she ______ a balanced diet. A. shall have B. will have C. should have D. can have 4. Children always try to put their fingers ______ the electrical socket. A. on to B. into C. in D. to 5. Many learners do not try to learn all new words they ______. A. come across B. come over C. go across D. go on 6. She is ______ to be a model. A. enough tall B. too tall C. tall too D. tall enough 7. A place where there are a lot of cultural activities is called__________ A. stadium B. Town Ground C. Culture House D. movies 8. My cousin and I used to _______________soccer when we were young. A. play B. playing C. plays D. are playing 9. It’s very ___________to go out alone at night. A. danger B. dangerously C. dangerousness D. dangerous 10. It’s raining outside. You __________stay in until it stops raining. A. must B. ought to C. can D. had to 11. My teacher ______________ long straight hair and black eyes. A. have B. is having C. had D. has 12.We have to do many things __________________. A. yourself B. myself C. ourselves D. yourselves 13. My shirt has the same color ______ her shirt 2 A. as B. like C. with D. to 14. My teacher told me . . . . . . in the class. A. mustn’t talk B. don’t talk C. didn’t talk D. not to talk 15. He knows this area very well because he . . . . . . here for a long time. A. lives B. is living C. lived D. has lived 16. It is not easy . . . . . . a foreign language fluently. A. speak B. spoke C. to speak D. speaking QUESTION 3: Read the passage carefully,then answer the questions below: (2,5ms) My son, Hung is a secondary school student. He goes to school six days a week, he is free on Sundays. He studies many subjects at school. Last week, I went to a meeting with his form- teacher and she gave me his report card. I was happy to know that he worked excellently on Maths, English, Physics, Chemistry but he had poor results with the other subjects such as Geography, History. I find that he is clever but lazy. He doesn’t like to learn his lessons by heart. His final result was only satisfactory. The form-teacher advised me to talk to him when I came home. I told him about his result. He only smiled and said that was all he cou ld do with Geography and History. Oh, what can I do? 1. Does Hung go to school from Mondays to Saturdays? 2. What did the teacher give Hung ’s mother? 3. How were the results of Maths and English? 4. Why did Hung have bad results on Geography and History? 5. How was his final result? QUESTION 4: Write a short paragraph telling about “Nam”, using the given cues: (2,5ms) 1) Nam / live / Ninh Hoa / 10 years // . 2) He / used / play / volleyball / friends // . 3) Now / He / skillful / enough / be / famous player // . 4) Teacher / told / him / try / best / get / first prize / school Team.// 5) He / said / he / do / morning exercises / regularly / so as / good health.// The end . PHÒNG GD - ĐT NINH HÒA ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ I NĂM HỌC 2011-2012 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8 Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút (Không tính thời gian phát đề) (Lưu ý: Học sinh làm bài trên tờ giấy làm bài). cultural activities is called__________ A. stadium B. Town Ground C. Culture House D. movies 8. My cousin and I used to _______________soccer when we were young. A. play B. playing C. plays