Đề thi giữa học kì 1 môn Tiếng Anh lớp 8 THCS Lê Quý Đôn 2014

Đề thi giữa học kỳ 1 lớp 8 môn tiếng anh trường TH - THCS Lê Quý Đôn năm 2014

I. Circle the best answer (3 pts)

1.   Who repaired the bicycle for you?  - Nobody.  I repaired it………….

A. itself                    B. myself                   C. yourself                  D. himself

2.   …………….does your new English teacher look like?  - She’s tall and thin.

A. How                      B. Who                        C. What                     D. Which

3.   We can find the ………………… under the sink in the kitchen.

A. armchair               B. cushion                 C. bookshelf              D. saucepan

4.  When were you born? – I was born …………. November 8^th  2000.

A. to                             B. on                          C. at                            D. in

5.   Ms Jackson said Tim………….harder on his Spanish pronunciation.

A. ought to worked                                      C. ought to working            

B. should work                                             D. should working

6.   Can I speak to Mary, please? -………………………………

A. Keep the phone   B. Wait the phone    C. Hold on                 D. Stay there ten minutes

7.   Yesterday Tim’s mother received a ………….from his teacher.

A. card report            B. call report             C. report card                        D. report call

8.   After her father died, Little Pea ………….do chores all day.

A. had to                    B. have to                  C. don’t have to        D. doesn’t have

9.  Should we put all the dangerous objects out of children’s…………………..…..?

A.  knives                  B. feet                         C. reach                      D. beads

10. His ………..……….. always makes people laugh.

A.  sense of humor                  B. quite                     C. reserved              D. shy

11. Bell and his assistant, Thomas Watson ……….. the first telephone in 1877.

A.  started                            B. emigrated                C. demonstrated                 D. invented

12. He …………. for candies when he was a young boy.

A. used to cry           B. used to cried   C. used to cries         D. used to crying

II.               Give the correct form of verbs in brackets. (1.5 pts)

1. Let’s (meet)………………….outside the garden of the club.
2. The sun (rise)…………….……. in the east and sets in the west.
3. What (be )………………….the weather like yesterday? – It was cloudy and rainy.
4. After dinner Mom (light)………………….and Dad used to tell us stories.
5. What …………. Nga ………… (play) at present? She is playing the violin in the living room.
6. Peter just bought a novel last week. He (read)………………….next Sunday.

III.            Read and answer the following questions

Joan Chen is famous both in China, where he grew up, and in the United States, where she now lives. How did Joan become a famous actress in both countries?

It’s an interesting story. She was born in Shanghai in 1961. When she was 14, some people from the studio came to her school and choose her to study at the studio. She was happy about this chance, but mainly she liked the idea of getting out of school. Soon, however, she discovered that she really liked acting. At the age of 18, she won the Golden Rooster, China’s top film award.

In the late 1970s, Joan’s parents, who were doctors, moved to the United States. Joan joined them when she was 20 and went to college there. Her parents hope she would study medicine. Instead she majored in films and later she looked for work as an actress.

Decide True or False. Write T (True) and F (False) (2pts)

1.  When Joan Chen was fourteen, some people from the hospital came to her school.______
2. She didn’t feel happy to take this chance. She likes school very much.                          ______
3. Her parents wanted her to study medicine, but she majored in films.                       ______
4. Her parents were journalists.                                                                                     ______

v Questions (1.5 pts)

1/ Where is Joan Chen famous?

………………………………………………………………………………………………

2/ Where did she grow up?

………………………………………………………………………………………………

3/ What happened to her at the age of eighteen?

………………………………………………………………………………………………

4/ Were her parents nurses?

..……………………………………………………………………………………………..

5/ When did Joan Chen and her family move to the United States?

..……………………………………………………………………………………………..

6/ Did she look for a job as an engineer?

..……………………………………………………………………………………………..

IV.          Rewrite the sentences so that they have the same meaning as the first. Use the given cues (1pt)

1.   Tim’s mother said to Tim : “Turn off the radio.”

Tim’s mother told ………….………………………………………………….(indirect speech)

2.   This coat isn’t warm. I cannot wear it in winter.

This coat .................................................................................................................... (enough)

3.   You have beautiful hair.

Your hair......................................................................................................................

4.   I lived on the farm with my grandma ten years ago.

Ten years ago I used to.................................................................................................

V.                Choose the word that is stressed differently from the others (0.5pts)

1.   A. chemical               B. scissors                 C. medicine               D. precaution

2.   A. pronunciation      B. invention              C. demonstration      D. communication

VI.             Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others (0.5pts)

1.   A. missed                   B. washed                 C. called                     D. watched

2.   A. character               B. chemical               C. school                    D. change

Đáp án đề thi giữa học kỳ 1 lớp 8 môn tiếng anh trường TH - THCS Lê Quý Đôn năm 2014

I/ 0,25đ X 12 câu = 3điểm

1A, 2C, 3D, 4B, 5B, 6C, 7C, 8A, 9C, 10A, 11D, 12A

II. 0,25đ X 6 câu = 1.5 điểm.

1.meet      2.rises            3.was                4.lit                5. Is…playing                 6. is going to read

III/ 0,25đ X 10 câu = 3.5 điểm

1. F
2. F
3. T
4. F

1/ She is famous both in China and the United States.

2/ She grew up in China.

3/ At the age of 18, she won the Golden Rooster,

4/ No, they weren’t.

5/ She and her family moved to the United States in the late 1970s.

6/ No, she didn’t.

IV/0.25 X 4=  1 điểm

1/ Tim’s mother told him to turn off the radio.

2/This coat is not warm enough for me to wear in winter.

3/ Your hair is beautiful.

4/ Ten years ago I used to live on a farm with my grandma.

V/ 0,25đ x 2 câu = 0.5 điểm

1D , 2.B

VI/ 0,25đ x 2 câu = 0.5 điểm

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1C , 2D

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