Phòng giáo dục & đào tạo thị x phúc yênã đề khảo sát số 2 môn tiếng anh lớp 8 Nội dung tính đến ngày: 15/3/2008 Họ tên giáo viên ra đề: dơng thị thanh bình Đơn vị công tác : trờng thcs cao minh Họ tên giáo viên đọc thẩm định: . Đơn vị công tác : . . . . . . . . . . . Nội dung đề Đáp án Mức độ I. Choose the word which has different pronunciation from others: 1. A. drought B.ought C. bought D.brought 2. A. typhoon B. goose C. food D. flood 3. A. mobile B. enroll C. socket D. notice 4. A. unite B. migrant C. habit D. sink 5. A. sixty B. my C. sky D. fly A D C A A 3 1 2 2 1 II. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences by circling the letter A, B, C or D: 6. You really .work harder and harder for the coming exams. A. can B. must C. ought D. will 7. Ive known Minh .I was on holiday in Ha Long Bay. A.when B. during C.until D. since 8. I find times of English meals very strange. Im not used dinner at 6 p.m A. to have B. having C. to having D. had 9. Trung .stamps since Christmas. A. hasnt collected B. didnt collect C. collected D. collecting 10. The policeman explained to us to get to the airport. A. how can B. how can we C. how D. how we can 11. We should use cloth bags of plastics bags. A. instead B. besides C. apart D. without 12. Liz is very .in water fetching contest. A. interest B. interested C. interesting D. interests 13. How do people decide . the contest ? A. who do winB. who do win C.who winning D. who wins 14. He told me that he A. apeared in the concert that night B. apears in the concert that night C. apeared in the concert last night D. apearing in the concert that night 15. Many years ago, Christmas songs .for people in towns and villages. A. performed B. were performed A D C A C A B D A 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 C. were performing D. have performed B 1 III. Each sentence has one mistake, find it and circle the letter A, B, C or D: 16. You should do the work myself and you can learn a lot from it. A B C D 17. Would you mind if I turn down the radio. A B C D 18. My brother didn’t have money enough to buy the dictionary he liked A B C D 19. We should put the coffee table among the armchair and the couch A B C D 20. She didn’t talk to me for a long time. A B C D B C B C D 1 2 2 1 2 IV. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences: 21. It’s more and more dangerous to travel by air. A. become C. becomes B. becoming D. becoming 22. The last time we met her was .we left school. A. when C. on B. since D. of 23. My uncle is the same as hers. A. old C. age B. how D. aging 24. What time tomorrow ? A. does the train leave C. is the train leave B. the train leaving D. the train leaves 25. We’re to hear that you passed the driving test. A. pleasing C. pleased B. pleasant D. pleasure 26. I a friend while I was buying some beef. A. met C. meets B. was meeting D. meeting 27. Mr Blair to work by bus. A. always goes C. going B. is always going D. be going 28. It is a . drive from here to the city center. A. thirty- minutes C thirty minutes B. thirty minute D. thirty- minute 29. I prefer walking to . a bike. A. riding C. ride B. to riding D. to riding 30. The woman to the headmaster is my mother. A. talked C. talking B.to talk D. talks D A C A C A A D A C 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 V. Read the passage and choose the best answer to the questions below by circling the letter A, B, C, or D: Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in the ninteenth century, and later came to the United States. Several members of his family did a great deal to encourage him in the field of sience. His father helped him a lot by supervising his work with the deaf. When he worked with the deaf and investigated the science acoustics, his studies eventually led to the evention of multiple telegraph and his greatest invention—the telephone. He dedicated the last quarter century of his life to advances in aviation. 31. What was Alexander Graham Bell’s greatest invention? A. multiple telegraph B. telephone C. aviation D. acoustics 32. To what did Bell dedicate the last years of his life? A. acoustics science B. aviation C. adventure D. architecture 33. How many years did Bell dedicate toaviation? A. 100 B. 50 C.35 D. 25 34. When was Alexander Graham Bell born? A. in the 1990s B. in the 19 th century C. in the 18 th century D. in the 17 th cen tury 35. Which of the following is NOT true? A. Bell was born in the 18 th century B. Bell worked with the deaf. C. Bell experimented with the scence of acoustics D. Bell invented a multiple telegraph. B B D B A 1 3 3 1 2 VI. Choose the best sentence for the given words: 36. Last year/ we/ spend / week / My Son/ I/ not want/ leave. A. Last year, we have spend a week in My Son and I didn’t want to leave. B. Last year, we spent a week in My Son and I didn’t want to leave C. Last year, we spent a week in My Son and I haven’t want to leave D. Last year, we spend a week in My Son and I didn’t want to leave 37. Foreigner/ ask me/ if/ Sapa/ be/ Southern Viet Nam. A. Foreigner asked me if Sapa was in Southern Viet Nam. B. Foreigner asked me if Sapa is in Southern Viet Nam. C. Foreigner asks me if Sapa was in Southern Viet Nam. D. Foreigner asked me if was Sapa in Southern Viet Nam. 38. Keep/ environment / clean/ important. A. Keeping the environment is clean is important. B. Keeping the environment clean is important. B A 3 3 C. Keep the environment clean is important. D. Keeping the environment is clean important. 39. Thank you/ much/ flowers/ you send/ while/ I/ be / hospital. A. Thank you very much that flowers you sent me while I was in the hospital. B. Thank you very much for your flowers you send me while I was in the hospital. C. Thank you very much for your flowers you sent me while I was in the hospital. D. Thank you very much that flowers you sent me while I am in the hospital. 40. My daughter / dislike/ travel/ coach/ we/ wish/ go/ air. A. My daughter dislike travelling by coach. We want going by air. B. My daughter dislikes travelling on coach. We want going by air. C. My daughter dislike travelling by coach. We want to go by air. D. My daughter dislikes travelling by coach. We want to go by air. B C D 3 3 3 . to the headmaster is my mother. A. talked C. talking B.to talk D. talks D A C A C A A D A C 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 V. Read the passage and choose the. were performed A D C A C A B D A 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 C. were performing D. have performed B 1 III. Each sentence has one mistake, find it and circle the letter