Đề thi khảo sát chất lượng học kỳ I môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 (Thí điểm) - Năm học 2016-2017 (Có đáp án)

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Class: 8
ĐỀ THI KHẢO SÁT CHẤT LƯỢNG HỌC KỲ I
Môn: Tiếng Anh 8 thí điểm
Năm học: 2016 – 2017
Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút
LANGUAGE FOCUS: (4,5pts)
I. Put the following words into the appropriate column, then mark the stressed syllable. (1pt)
competition strangers district companion pedestrian 
/ion/
/str/
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II. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each sentence. (2,5pts)
1. While I _____________the performance, I met one of my old friends.
A. watched	B. was watching	C. watch	D. am watching
2. You should buy the blue sweater. It suits you ______________than the red one.
A. good	B. well	 C. better	D. the best
3. The ______________ of Quan ho singing has been recognized as a world heritage.
A. preservation	B. procession	 C. song	D. performance
4. Saint Giong was unable to talk, smile, or walk _______________ he was three years old.
A. even though	B. because	C. while	D. if
5. It’s a rule, so everyone ______________strictly follow it.
A. doesn’t have to	B. shouldn’t	C. has to	D. should
6. The 54 ethnic peoples of Vietnam are_____________, but they live peacefully.
A. similar	B. unlike	C. diverse	D. like
7. I detest____________ so early in the morning.
A. get up	B. getting up	 C. gets up	D. to get up
8. Both my brother and I help _____________ our family’s goats. We feed them on the pastures by the edge of the village.
A. herds	B. to herd	C. herding	D. to herding
9. Lang Lieu couldn’t buy any special food______________ he was very poor.
A. although	B. when	C. while	D. because
10. The girl was crying when a fairy_____________.
A. appears	B. was appearing	C. appeared	D. is appearing
III. Identify a mistake in each sentence and correct it. (1pt)
1. Vietnam is an multicultural country with 54 ethnic groups. → _________
 A B C D
2. We speak English fluent now than last year. → _________
 A B C D
3. You has to take off your hats when you go to the pagoda. → _________
 A B C D
4. I don’t like this performance although it’s too boring. → _________
 A B C D
B. READING: (2,0pts)
I. Read the fairy tale Cinderella and tick (ü) True (T) or False (F). (1pt)
Once upon a time there was a young girl called Cinderella. Cinderella was living happily with her family when her mother died. Her father married an evil widow with two daughters. Cinderella’s stepmother and two stepsisters mistreated her. She had to wear old clothes and work hard while the sisters wore fancy clothes and had fun. A good witch helped Cinderella. She turned Cinderella’s old dress into a beautiful gown. Cinderella went to a party and a handsome prince politely invited her to dance with him. He fell in love with her and wanted to find out who she was. Cinderella left the party in a hurry and didn’t tell the prince her name. but she left a glass slipper, and the prince used that to find her. They got married and lived happily ever after.
STATEMENTS
True
False
1. Cinderella was living happily with her family when her mother died.
2. Her father married a kind woman.
3. Her stepmother and two stepsisters were very kind to her.
4. The prince got married to the girl who fitted the left glass slipper.
II. Answer the questions. (1pt)
1. What did Cinderella’s father do when his wife died?
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2. Did the prince and Cinderella live happily in the end?
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C. WRITING: (3,5pts)
I. Combine each pair of sentences to make one sentence, using the words given in brackets. (2pts)
1. We won’t hold the festival. It costs too much money. (IF)
→......
2. The tortoise was running. The hare was sleeping. (WHILE)
→......
3. The girl worked hard. Her stepmother wasn’t happy. (ALTHOUGH)
→..
4. The Buffalo- fighting Festival took place in Do Son last Saturday. There were so many people. (BECAUSE)
→......
II. Rewrite the following sentences using the given words. (1,5pts)
1. During dinner, the phone rang.
→ While I .
2. They are both good at speaking English, but Hung speaks better than Nam. (badly)
→ Nam speaks English ..
3. The Eagle team performed more successfully than the Tiger team. (successfully) 
→ The Tiger team performed..
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ANSWER KEYS
A. LANGUAGE FOCUS: (4,5pts)
I. Put the following words into the appropriate column, then mark the stressed syllable. (1pt)
/ion/
/str/
com’panion
compe’tition
‘strangers
‘district
pe’destrian
II. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each sentence. (2,5pts)
1. While I _____________the performance, I met one of my old friends.
A. watched	B. was watching	C. watch	D. am watching
2. You should buy the blue sweater. It suits you ____________than the red one.
A. good	B. well	 C. better	D. the best
3. The ________________ of Quan ho singing has been recognized as a world heritage.
A. preservation	B. procession	 C. song	D. performance
4. Saint Giong was unable to talk, smile, or walk ______________ he was three years old.
A. even though	B. because	C. while	D. if
5. It’s a rule, so everyone ____________strictly follow it.
A. doesn’t have to	B. shouldn’t	C. has to	D. should
6. The 54 ethnic peoples of Vietnam are______________, but they live peacefully.
A. similar	B. unlike	C. diverse	D. like
7. I detest____________ so early in the morning.
A. get up	B. getting up	 C. gets up	D. to get up
8. Both my brother and I help _____________ our family’s goats. We feed them on the pastures by the edge of the village.
A. herds	B. to herd	C. herding	D. to herding
9. Lang Lieu couldn’t buy any special food_______________ he was very poor.
A. although	B. when	C. while	D. because
10. The girl was crying when a fairy_____________.
A. appears	B. was appearing	C. appeared	D. is appearing
III. Identify a mistake in each sentence and correct it. (1pt)
1. Vietnam is an multicultural country with 54 ethnic groups. → a 
 A B C D
2. We speak English fluent now than last year. → more fluently
 A B C D
3. You has to take off your hats when you go to the pagoda. → have
 A B C D
4. I don’t like this performance although it’s too boring. → because
 A B C D
B. READING: (2,0pts)
I. Read the fairy tale Cinderella and tick (ü) True (T) or False (F). (1pt)
 Once upon a time there was a young girl called Cinderella. Cinderella was living happily with her family when her mother died. Her father married an evil widow with two daughters. Cinderella’s stepmother and two stepsisters mistreated her. She had to wear old clothes and work hard while the sisters wore fancy clothes and had fun. A good witch helped Cinderella. She turned Cinderella’s old dress into a beautiful gown. Cinderella went to a party and a handsome prince politely invited her to dance with him. He fell in love with her and wanted to find out who she was. Cinderella left the party in a hurry and didn’t tell the prince her name. but she left a glass slipper, and the prince used that to find her. They got married and lived happily ever after.
STATEMENTS
True
False
1. Cinderella was living happily with her family when her mother died.
ü
2. Her father married a kind woman.
ü
3. Her stepmother and two stepsisters were very kind to her.
ü
4. The prince got married to the girl who fitted the left glass slipper.
ü
II. Answer the questions. (1pt)
1. What did Cinderella’s father do when his wife died?
→ He married an evil widow with two daughters.
2. Did the prince and Cinderella live happily in the end?
→Yes, they did.
C. WRITING: (3,5pts)
I. Combine each pair of sentences to make one sentence, using the words given in brackets. (2pts)
1. We won’t hold the festival if it costs too much money. / If it costs too much money, we won’t hold the festival.
2. The tortoise was running while the hare was sleeping. /While the hare was sleeping, the tortoise was running.
3. Her stepmother wasn’t happy although she worked hard. / Although the girl worked hard, her stepmother wasn’t happy.
4. Because the Buffalo- fighting Festival took place in Do Son last Saturday, there were so many people. /There were so many people because the Buffalo-fighting Festival took place in Do Son last Saturday.
II. Rewrite the following sentences using the given words. (1,5pts)
1. While I was having dinner, the phone rang.
2. Nam speaks English worse than Hung.
3. The Tiger team performed less successfully than the Eagle team.
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