Đề kiểm tra học kì I môn Tiếng anh lớp 8

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. (2 points)
1.A. pancake	B. Surface	C. Paper	D. late
2.A. wanted	B. Played	C. Learned	D. returned
3.A. saucepan	B. Precaution	C. Caught	D. laugh
4.A. answer	B. Always	C. Wrong	D. write
5.A. injure	B. Knife	C. Kill	D. sink
6.A. fun	B. Lunch	C. Run	D. humor
7.A. mend	B. Semester	C. Letter	D. report
8.A. shout	B. Loud	C. Group	D. about
9.A. promise	B.revise	C. Stick	D. visit
10.A. match	B. Pan	C. Transmit	D. safety
II. Choose the word or phrase that best complete each sentence. (2 points)
1.The children are old enough to look after ______.
A. themselves	B. Ourselves	C. Herself	D. himself
2.He isn't ________ get married.
A. enough old to	B. old enough to	C. enough old for	D. old enough for
3.We ______ to go to the market and buy something for dinner.
A. must	B. Should	C. Ought	D. have to
4.I'll see you _____ Sunday, April 1st.
A. in	B. On	C. At	D. between
5.My friends worked really _____ this semester.
A. hardly	B. Hard	C. very hardly	D. bad
6.Tuan hates _______ computer games all day.
A. play	B. to play	C. Playing	D. plays
7.My father used ______ us to the zoo when he was alive.
A. take	B. to take	C. Took	D. taking
8.Tam told his friend ______ him a ride.
A. give	B. to give	C. Giving	D. gives
9.Mary was born in France. French is her ______.
A. first languge	B. mother tongue	C. Foreign	D. A and B
10.Would you like ________ a message?
A . leave	B. to leave	C. Leaving	D. left
III. Combine each pair of sentences, using ENOUGH. (1 point)
1.He is intelligent. He can answer all the questions.
2.He isn't tall. He can't reach the shelf.
3.She is good. She'll pass the exam.
4.You aren't well. Don't go to school.
5.They are sociable. They can make a lot of friends.
IV. Find one mistake in each sentence by choosing A, B, or C. (2 points)
1.Her bag is different to mine.
A. is	B. To	C. mine
2.She speaks English quite good.
A. speaks	B. English	C. good
3.They didn't reported a book last week.
A. They	B. Reported	C. last week
4.I have not seen him for last Sunday.
A. have	B. Seen	C. for
5.She has went to the mountain.
A. she	B. Went	C. the mountain
6.She ought to staying in bed.
A. ought	B. Staying	C. in bed
7.Our father used to smoking when he was young.
A. used to	B. Smoking	C. was
8.She asked me keep silent.
A. asked	B. Me	C. keep
9.There are many differently ways of learning words.
A. are	B. Differently	C. learning
10.They are interested in do something different at weekend.
A. are	B. interested in	C. do
V. Choose the sentence that has the same meaning as the given one. (1 point)
1.He moved to live in Binh Dinh 5 years ago.
A. He has moved to live in Binh Dinh for 5 years.	B. He has lived in Binh Dinh for 5 years.
C. He has to live in Binh Dinh 5 years ago.	D. He has lived in Binh Dinh since 5 years.
2."Please come into my office." the principal said to me.
A. The principal asked me to come into his office.
B. The principal asked me to come into my office.
C. The principal told me came into his office.
D. The principal told me coming into his office.
3.He intends to invite me to his party tonight.
A. He invited me to his party tonight.
B. He is going to invite me to his party tonight.
C. He has to me to his party tonight.
D. He invites me to his party tonight.
4.The house is cheaper than the villa.
A. The villa is the most expensive home.	B. The villa is more expensive than the house.
C. The villa is as expensive as the house.	D. The villa is different from the house.
VI. Read the passage below and choose the best answer (A, B, C, D) for each question. (2 points)
    Prague has the population of over one million people. It is not the biggest city in Europe, but it is certainly one of the most beautiful. People call Prague the “ Golden City” and the “Mother of City” because it has beautiful buildings and statues. Perhaps the most popular building is the Old Town Hall with its amazing 15th century clock. People also call Prague “Europe's School of Music”. There are many concert halls and every May there is a famous music festival: ”Prague Spring”. There are also twenty theaters and many old pubs, wine bars and restaurants. There is now a modern underground, but traffic is still a problem. It is often better to walk and feel the atmosphere of the pretty little streets.
1.The population of Prague is _______.
A. over one million people	B. one million people
C. only two million people	D. less than one million people
2.Prague is one of the most beautiful city in _______.
A. Asia	B. Europe	C. Africa	D. America
3.Which building in Prague has 15th century clock?
A. The Golden City	B. The Mother of City	
C. The Old Town Hall	D. Europe's School of Music
4.The famous music festival: "Prague Spring" is held _______.
A. every year	B. on June	C. every May	 D. every July
5.People also call Prague ________.
A. “Europe's School of Music”	B. Asia's School of Music
C. Europe's School of Ar	D. Asia's School of Art