Đề và đáp án kiểm tra học kì I Tiếng anh lớp 8 - Năm học 2015-2016 - Phòng GD & ĐT Vĩnh Tường

PHÒNG GD&ĐT
VĨNH TƯỜNG
ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ I NĂM HỌC 2015-2016
Môn: Tiếng Anh - Lớp 8
Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
A. LISTENING: (2,0 marks)
I. You will hear the short conversation. There is one question for each conversation. For question 1 to 4, put a tick under the right answer.
1. What did they forget?
2. What time does the train go?
3. Which man wants to see him?
4. How did the woman get to work?
II. You will hear a telephone conversation. A girl wants to speak to Martin, but he is not there. Listen and complete the questions 5-8.
Phone message
To: Martin
From: (5)..
Party at: the Grand (6).
Time: 8.30 
Bring:	(7)
her phone number: (8)
B. USE OF ENGLISH: (2 marks)
I. Choose a word with the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest : 
 1. A. books	 	 B. clubs	 	 C. hats	D. stamps
 2. A. character 	 B. classmate 	C. happy 	D. photograph 
 3. A. speech. 	 B. March 	C. machine 	D. children
 4. A. cleaned	 B. worked	 C. watched	D. stopped
II. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences: 
 5. I find Peter is not communicative. He’s rather ______ in public.
 A. kind 	 B. reserved 	C. sociable 	D. humorous
 6. It is really a difficult test but we will try to do it ______
 A. ourself 	 B. itselves 	C. itself 	D. ourselves
 7. He is not ______ ride a motorbike. 
 A. enough old to B. enough old for 	C. old enough to 	D. old enough for
 8. Her parents won’t let her___________ at night. 
 A. go out 	B. goes out C. to go out 	D. going out
 9. Where _________before moving here?
 A. did you use to live 	B. did you use 	 C. used you to live D. used to you
 10. The Chinese team __________in the competition last week. 
 A. work very hard B. worked very hard C. work very hardly D. worked very hardly
C. READING: (2 marks)
I. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces. 
Kenji and Ykari are new students in Peter’s class. They are from Japan. They said they (1)____ together, (2) ____ a week. They studied their textbook (3) ______ it has the grammar at the back. They learned the rules (4) _____ heart and then they wrote (5) _____ of sentences and examples, and practiced with conversations. 
 1. A. revised 	B. revision 	C. learned 	D. learning
 2. A. once 	B. one 	C. two 	D. a & b
 3. A. so 	B. so that 	C. because 	D. in order to
 4. A. with 	B. by 	C. on 	D. in
 5. A. lot 	B. lots 	C. many 	D. much
II. Read the following passage and choose the best answers to each of the questions below. 
My neighborhood is very convenient - it’s near the shopping center and the bus station. It is also safe. But those are the only good things about living downtown. It is very noisy - the streets are always full of people! The traffic is terrible, and parking is a big problem! I can never park on my own street. I’d like to live in the suburbs. 
 1. What does the word ‘convenient’ in line 1 mean_________.
 A. noisy B. Beautiful C. far from other places D. close to something 
 2. What does the word ‘it’ in line 1 refer to?
 A. the author’s neighborhood B. shopping center C. bus station 	D. downtown
 3. It’s easy to _________. 
 A. find a place to park B. live in the suburbs C. move to another place D. go to the bus station
 4. The author _________. 
 A. likes to live in the suburbs C. thinks that living in the suburbs is very convenient
 B. thinks that his/ her neighborhood is too quiet D . feels that his/ her neighborhood is not safe
 5. Which of the following is TRUE?
	A. The author’s neighborhood is inconvenient. 
	B. The author doesn’t want to move to anywhere. 
	C. It’s too difficult for the author to find a place to park his/ her car. 
	D. Living downtown is better than living in the suburbs. 
D. Writing: (2 marks) 
I. Complete the second sentence as similar in meaning as the first one beginning with the words given.
 “Please do this exercise”
Hoa asked Ba.
2. Nam is very strong. He can lift that heavy table.
 Nam is strong
II. Write a short paragraph about one of your friend
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PHÒNG GD&ĐT 
VĨNH TƯỜNG
HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM KIỂM TRA HỌC KÌ I
NĂM HỌC 2015-2016
Môn: Tiếng Anh - Lớp 8
Chấm theo thang điểm 10
A. LISTENING (2,0 )
I. (0.25 đ/ 1 đáp án đúng) 
1. B
2. A
3. A
4. C
II. (0.25 đ/ 1 đáp án đúng)
5. Elaine
6. hotel
7. a friend
8. 7245936
B. USE OF ENGLISH : (2,0)
I. (0.2 đ/ 1 đáp án đúng) 
1. B
2. B
3. C
4. A
II. (0.2 đ/ 1 đáp án đúng) 
5. B
6. D
7. C
8. A
9. A
10. B
C. READING (2,0)
I. (0.2 đ/ 1 đáp án đúng) 
1. C
2. A
3.C
4. B
5.B
II. (0.2 đ/ 1 đáp án đúng) 
D
A
B
A
C
D. Writing: (2,0)
I. (0.25 đ/ 1 đáp án đúng)
1. Hoa asked Ba to do that exercise.
2. Nam is strong enough to lift that heavy table.
II. (1,5)
The mark given to this part is based on the following scheme: 
1. Content: (40% of total mark) a provision of all main ideas and as details as appropriate.
2. Organization & Presentation: (30% of total mark) ideas are organized and presented with coherence, style, and clarity appropriate to the level of English language gifted upper-secondary school students. 
3. Language: (30% of total mark) a variety of vocabulary and structures appropriate to the level of candidates
E. Speaking : (2,0) 
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Friends
Family
School
Neighborhood
Sport