Đề kiểm tra học kỳ I môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Đề số 16 (Có đáp án)

TEST HKI
I/Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences.3.0
1. A: Can you help me carry my bags, please? B: -_________.
	A. Certainly 	B. Yes, I can 	C. Yes, please 	D. No, thanks
2.. Graham Bell was born _________1847.
	A. in	B. on	C. at	D. during
3. Children are not old enough to look after_________.
	A. yourselves	B. itself	C. themselves 	D. ourselves
4. My father was good at swimming. He used to _________swimming.
	A. go	B. goes	C. went	D. going
5 London is _________capital city in Europe.
	A. large	B. larger	C. the largest	D. most large
6.. My sister likes _________to the pop music.
 	A. listen 	B. listening 	C. to listening 	D. for listening
7.. Lee _________this town two years ago.
 	a. leaves	 b. is leaving 	C. left	D. will leave
8. Many young people are fond _________playing football.
 	A. in	B. on	C. at 	D. of
9. No one else in the class plays the guitar _________Mark.
 	A. as far as 	B. as well as 	C. as soon as 	D. as well
10. His family has lived here _________1983.
 	A. since 	B. but 	C. in 	D. on
11. She asked Tim ___________ more time on English. 
	A. spend	B. spending	C. to spend	D. spent
12.He is not tall enough_____________the top of the shelf. 
	A. reach 	B. reaching 	C. reached	D to. reach 
II/Rewrite these sentences that have the same meanings as the first one 2.5
19. “Turn off the TV when you are out”, she said to me.
	@ She told	
20. My sister cooks well.
	@ My sister is	
21. The meat is more expensive than the vegetables.
	@ The vegetables are	
22 Mai enjoys watching cartoons on TV every evening.
@ Mai is interested in	
23.Minh is young. He can’t drive a car ( use enough)
	@ Minh 	
III/Read the passage and decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F).3.0
Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He moved to Canada and then to the USA in the 1870s. In America, he worked with deaf-mutes at Boston University. Soon, Bell started experimenting with ways of transmitting speech over a long distance. This led to the invention of the telephone. Thomas Watson was Bell's assistant. Bell and Watson introduced the telephone in 1876. Bell demonstrated his invention at a lot of exhibitions. He died in 1922. 
23.When and where was Alexander Graham Bell born?
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24.What did he do when he was at Boston University?
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25.Who was Thomas Watson?
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26.What did Bell and Watson do in 1876?
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27.How old was Bell when he died?
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V/Listen the paragraph then do True or False : ( 2.0) 
 1/ The buffalo was grazing in the field . ..........
 2/ The tiger wanted to know why the big man was the master . .............
 3/ The farmer told he had something called wisdom. .................
 4/ The man tied the tiger to a tree because he didn’t want it to eat him .
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Answer keys:
I/Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences.3.0
No
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
A
A
C
A
C
B
C
D
B
A
C
D
II/Rewrite these sentences that have the same meanings as the first one 2.5
19. @ She told me to turn off the TV when I am out
20@ My sister is a good cook
21. The meat is more expensive than the vegetables.
	@ The vegetables are cheaper than the meat
22 @ Mai is interested in watching cartoons on TV every evening
23.	@ Minh is young enough to drive a car
III/Read the passage and decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F).3.0
23.	@ Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh
24.	@ He worked with deaf-mutes at Boston University
25.	@ Thomas Watson was Bell's assistant
26.	@ Bell and Watson introduced the telephone in 1876
27.	@ He died in 1922.
IV/Listen the paragraph then do True or False : ( 2.0) 
No
1
2
3
4
T
F
T
F
Transcript: 
 One day , as a farmer was in his field and his buffalo was grazing nearby , a tiger appeared . The tiger wanted to know why the big buffalo was the servant and the small man was the master . The farmer told he had something called wisdom , but he left it at home that day He went to get the wisdom , but before that he tied the tiger to aa tree with a rope because he didn’t want it to eat the buffalo .