Đề kiểm tra 1 tiết số 1 môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Năm học 2011-2012 - Trường THCS Nguyễn Huệ

	Date: 8 / 10 / 2011
NGUYEN HUE SECONDARY SCHOOL	THE 45-MINUTE TEST
NAME:	 SUBJECT: ENGLISH
CLASS: 8A .
Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others (1m)
1. a. rug	b. drug	c. curly	d. cupboard
2. a. school	b. Christmas	c. chemical	d. armchair
3. a. later	b. bad	c. happy	d. match 
4. a. called	b. arranged	c. emigrated	d. emptied
Circle the letters that would best complete the sentences (2ms).
Don’t come in. Please wait for a few minutes.
a. inside	b. outside	c. outsides
He emigrated ..the USA in 1985.
a. in 	b. on 	c. to
The table is .the right corner of the room
a. in 	b. on	c. to
Theis next to the clock.
a. rug	b. picture	c. armchair
She hashair.
a. long black straight	b. black long straight	c. long straight black
. She is to be a volleyball player.
a. tall enough 	b. short enough	c. enough short
Thank you. I can do it 
a. myself	b. me	c. yourself
Let’s meet at 8 o’clock outside the theater.
a. OK	b. Fine, thanks	c. That’s very kind of you to say so
Give the correct form or tense of the verbs (2ms)
We (buy)a house when we’ve saved enough money. 
The moon (go)around the earth.
He spends most of his free time (read)..books.
You ought to (study)harder.
Match the questions in column A with the answers in column B (1.5ms)
A
B
Why didn’t you go to the movies last night?
What is he like?
What does she look like?
Where is the refrigerator?
Who do you live with?
Is 6.30 all right?
It’s next to the washing machine.
Sociable, kind and generous.
My parents.
That’s fine.
Because I have to look after my younger sister. 
Tall and thin
, 2. , 3.., 4., 5.., 6
Look at the picture 
	* True or false? (1m)
The window is between the shelf and the picture.
The sink is next to the refrigerator.
* Complete the sentence (0.5m)
calendar / wall / above / telephone
Read the passage carefully
Tam lives in a house near the sea. It’s an old house, about 100 years old, and it’s very small. There are two bedrooms upstairs but no bathroom. The bathroom is downstairs next to the kitchen and there’s a living room where there is an old fireplace (lò sưởi). There’s a garden in front of the house. 
He loves his house for many reasons: the garden, the flowers in summer and the view from his bedroom window.
Answer the questions (1m)
How many rooms are there in his house?	
Are there any bathrooms upstairs?	
Choose the best options to complete the sentences (1m)
There is an old fireplace in the ..
a. kitchen	b. living room	c. bedroom	
The house is ..the garden.
a. in front of	b. behind	c. next to
Nien (be) _________ Hoa’s next door neighbor in Hue. She (be) ___________ very beautiful. She (have) __________ big brown eyes and a lovely smile. Last week, she (go) ______________ to Hanoi (visit) ______________ Hoa. They (travel) ______________ around the city and (see) ______________ a lot of interesting places. Nien (think) _____________ Ha Noi (be) ___________ a beautiful but so noisy and busy city, so she (not like) ____________ (live) _____________ there.
While you (do) ___________________ a test now, what (your mother / do) __________________________ ? 
Each of the students (have) _______________ their own account in the school website.
I ___________________ them because of their joke last night. (annoy)
You seem ___________________ very happy and cheerful today. (be)
I would like _________________ a big cake for you and your family. (make)
It takes me two hours ________________ this composition. (compile)
It (be) ______________ often very hot in the summer.