Đề thi học kỳ I - Năm học 2016 - 2017 môn tiếng Anh – Khối lớp 8 - Đề B

PHÒNG GD&ĐT MANG THÍT
TRƯỜNG THCS LONG MỸ
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ĐỀ THI HỌC KỲ I - NĂM HỌC 2016 - 2017
MÔN TIẾNG ANH – KHỐI LỚP 8
Thời gian làm bài : 60 phút 
 ĐỀ B
 ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
I. LISTENING COMPREHENSION:.	
A. Listen and write True (T) or False (F) (1m): 
1. ------- Peter is sixteen years old.
2.-------- He has lived in London for ten years.
3. ------- He loves learning Vietnamese .
4. ------- He often practises writing letters in Vietnamese.
5.------- Next summer he is going to visit Ho Chi Minh with his uncle and aunt. 
B. Listen the passage and choose the item (A, B, C, or D) that best answers each of the questions about it. (1m )
 * twins : sinh đôi *identical (adj): giống hệt
1. How many people are there in Ellen’s family? 
A. 5 	 B . 4 	C. 3	 D. 6 
2. What does the word ‘twins’ mean? 
A. two children aren’t identical . 
B. two children were born at the same time to the same mother.
C. two boys are aunt’s children .	
 D. two girls are aunt’s children.
3. How old is Ben? 
A. He’s two years old. 	B. He’s eight years old. 
 C. He’s four years old. 	D. no information 
4. What’s Ellen’s daughter’s name? 
A. Ian 	B. Ben 	C. Peter 	D. Tracy
5. Which of the following is not true? 
A. Ellen’s husband’s name is Peter. B. Ian’s got black hair and Ben’s hair is blond. 
 C. Ian and Ben are twins. 	D. Tracy is eight years old.
II. LANGUAGE FOCUS: ( 2ms )
1. When I was a child, I used to  my Mom to the market.
 A. followed B. follow C. following D. follows
2. The farmer was a master because he had something called 
 A. straw B. a stripe C. a buffalo D. wisdom 
3. Nam hates .. to the market.
 A. to go B. going C. go D. goes
4. She asked her children  .
 A. to stop playing B. stop to play C. stop playing D. to stop to playing
5. We ought to ----------- our homework.
 A. to do B. doing C. do D. did
 6. I think your English is ------------ to be a member of English speaking club.
 A. well enough B. enough good C. good enough D. better enough
7. A: Could you ........ me a favor, please? 
 B: Yes. Of course
 A. does B. make C. do	 D.makes
8. I was born.................. February 10th.
 A. on B. in C. at D. of
9. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. 
 A. promise B. visit C. stick D. revise 
10. Find the mistake:
My sister speaks English bad so she needs to improve it.
	A 	 B C D
III. READING COMPREHENSION:
A. Read the text and choose the best word to complete the text (1.m) :
 Once a farmer lived a comfortable life with his family . His chickens (1) .. many eggs which the farmer used to buy food and clothing for family . One day, he went to (2) .. the eggs and discovered one of the chickens laid a gold egg .He shouted (3) to his wife “We are rich , We are rich”. His wife ran to him and they both looked (4) the egg in amazement. The wife (5). more, so her husband decided to cut open all the chickens to find more gold eggs . Unfortunately , the foolish farmer couldn’t find any eggs and all the chickens were died
1. A. laid	B. lay 	 C. are laying	D. was laying
2. A. collects 	B. collecting	C. collected	D. collect
3. A. excited 	B. excitedly	C. exciting	D. excite
4. A. in	 B. for	C.at 	D. up
5. A. wanted	B. want	C. wants	D. is wanting
B. Read the following passage and choose the item (A, B, C, or D) that best answers each of the questions about it. (1m )
 Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father was an expert in phonetics, the study of the sounds of languages. As a boy, Bell became interested in sounds and speech.In 1870 the Bells decided to emigrate to America. They lived in Boston, where Alexander taught in a school for the deaf. There he began experimenting with a machine to help the deaf hear. While experimenting with this machine, Bell had an idea. Why not use electricity to send the human voice from one place to another? Bell began work on a new invention. 
expert (n): chuyên gia 
1. When was Alexander G. Bell born? 
A. In 1847 	B. In 1870 	 C.In 1870s 	D.no information 
2. He went to live in _______ . 
A. Scotland and America	 B. Boston	
C. America	 D. Scotland
3. What does the word ‘emigrate’ in line 4 mean? 
A. travel a long way from home to work every day.
B. to go to a place for a short time. 
C. leave somebody’s country to live in another country. 
D. get away from something dangerous. 
4. What does the word ‘they’ in line 4 refer to? 
A. sounds 	 B. the deaf.	
C. the Bells 	 D. American
5. Which of the following is not true? 
A. Bell learned in a school for the deaf. 
B. Bell became interested in sounds and speech since he was a boy. 
C. Bell’s father was an expert in phonetics. 
D. He experimented a machine to help the deaf hear. 
IV. WRITING COMPREHENSION (2 ms): 
 A. Complete the second sentence (0.5m)
 1. Lan said: “ Can you give me your book, Ba?”
 à Lan told Ba ..
 2.On Sundays I like to sleep late.
 à On Sundays I enjoy.
 B. Make the sentences to complete the letter (1.5 m)
 Dear Mom ,
I / glad /tell you that / going / have interesting activities.
I / going / join the Y and Y Green Group.
We / going / clean the banks of the lakes /weekends
We /going / plant trees / flowers / the school yard.
We / planting young trees / plants to sell to some school.
We / hope / give more green color to the city.
* Begin with :
Dear Mom ,
I am glad to tell you that ..	
- THE END -
ĐÁP ÁN TIẾNG ANH 8 ĐỀ B
 I. LISTENING COMPREHENSION: 2đ (mỗi câu đúng 0,2 đ)
 A. 1. F 2. T 3. T 4.T 5. F
* Tapescript:
 Peter is my pen pal. He is fifteen years old .He lives in a house in London. He has lived there for ten years. He is an excellent student. He always works hard at school and gets good marks .He loves learning Vietnamese in his free time. He often practises writing letters in Vietnamese. Sometimes he helps me correct my writing, and I help him correct his spelling mistakes. Next summer, he is going to Ho Chi Minh City with his family. I’m expecting to see him.
 B. 1.A 2.B 3.C 4.D 5.B 
 My name’s Ellen and my husband’s name is Peter. We’ve got three children - two sons and a daughter. Our sons’ names are Ian and Ben. They’re twins, but they aren’t identical. Ian has got dark hair, but Ben ‘s hair is fair. Our daughter’s name is Tracy. She’s eight years old. The boys are four.
II. LANGUAGE FOCUS: 2đ (mỗi câu đúng 0,2 đ)
 1.B	5.C 9. D
 2.D	6.C 10. B
 3.B	7.C
 4.A	8.A
III. READING COMPREHENSION: 2đ (mỗi câu đúng 0,2 đ)
A/ 1. A 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. A	
B. 1.A 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. A 
IV. WRITING COMPREHENSION: 2đ 
 A . 0,5đ (mỗi câu đúng 0,25 đ)
 1. Lan told Ba to give her his book.
 2. On Sundays, I enjoy sleeping late.
B/ 1,5 đ (mỗi câu đúng 0,2 đ)
Dear Mom ,
I am glad to tell you that I am going to have interesting activities. I am going to join the Y and Y Green Group.We are going to clean the banks of the lakes on weekends.We are going to plant trees and flowers in the school yard.We are planting young trees and plants to sell to some school.We hope to give more green color to the city.