Đề kiểm tra học kỳ I môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Năm học 2009-2010 - Trường THCS Toàn Thắng

Trường THCS Toàn thắng
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Lớp : 8....
bài Kiểm tra học kì 1
Năm học 2009 - 2010
Môn: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian: 45 phút 
 Mark Teacher’s remark
I/ Listen and choose the best option to complete the sentence.(2 ms)
Great Britain is much ________ than French .
A. larger	B. bigger	C. smaller	
It _______ four parts :England,Wales,Scotland and Northern Ireland .
A. has	B. divides	C. consists
English is the national _______ in all parts of Britain .
A. people	B. language	C. compulsory
 All the people who live in Britain ________ speak English.
A. can	B. may	C. must
 Not all the people were English in that _______.
 	A. city	B. countryside	C. country
II/ Read the passage. Then answer the questions below ( 3 ms )
 David works for a construction company. He has worked for this company for five years. At the moment, his company is producing a plan for a new motorway. He usually works in the roads department, but this month he is working in the department that builds bridges. He normally spends a lot of time outdoors, because he has to go to the construction sites. Now, he is testing a model of one of the new bridges . He enjoys it a lot , because he has learned many new things.
1. How long has David worked for his construction company ?
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2. What is his company doing at the moment ?
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3. Where does he usually work ?
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4. Is he working in the roads department this month ?
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5. Why does he normally spend a lot of time outdoors ?
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6. What is he testing now ?
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III. Underline the best answer. ( 2,5 ms )
1. Lan likes ( play/ played/ playing / to play) the piano
2. Peter`s apartment is ( small/ smaller/ smallest/ much) than Daisy`s apartment
3. He is not old enough ( see/ seeing/ to see/ saw) that film
4. City life is different ( to/ as/ of/ from) country life
5. This house is as modern ( as / so / to / with) mine
6.The goods in the new shop will be the same ( of / with / to / as) the ones in the old stores
7. The climate is ( coming / becoming / being / be) hotter and hotter.
8. I often play soccer ( in / at / on / for ) Sunday afternoon.
9. My father was good at swimming. He used to ( go / goes / went / going ) swimming in summer.
10. We have been in Ho Chi Minh city ( for / since / in / during ) 1995. 
IV. Write a notice about the English speaking contest. Using the passage.(2,5 ms) 
 The school English Speaking club is going to hold a speaking contest to celebrate the Teachers’Day. The contest will be at Hall 315 Building B from 8.00 to 10.00 on October 20 . The person to contact is Nguyen Thi Mai of class 8A.