The first semester examination subject : English 8

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Class : 8
THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION
Subject : English 8
Time allowed : 45 minutes
Date : 
Mark
Overseer 1 : ( GT 1)
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Overseer 2 : ( GT 2)
Examiner 1 ( GK 1)
Examiner 2 ( GK 2)
I/ Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. ( 1 pt )
1.	 A. late 	B. half 	C. after	D. hard	
2.	 A. smile	 B. thick	 C. fit	 D. visit
3.	 A. hot	 B. hat 	 C. hour 	 D. hall
4. A. wanted 	B. started 	C. helped	 D. needed
II/ Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentence.( 3 pts)
1. I’ll try my best_____________my English. 
	A improving	B. improve	C. improved	D. to improve
2.They bought new fishing rods to go_____________.
	A. swimming 	B. shopping	C. sailing 	D. fishing
3.I can ride to school by_____________.
	A. myself	B. himself	C. herself	D. themselves
 4.You ought to ________your homework before going to class. 
	A. did	B. do	C. doing	 D. does
5.Tom is 16. He isn’t _____ to drive a car.
	A. enough young 	B. young enough 	C. enough old 	 D. old enough
6.Could you ________me a favor?
	A. do	B. get	C. give	 D. make
7. I often play soccer _________Sunday afternoon.
	A. in 	B. on	 C. at	D. after
8. His family has lived here _________1983.
 	A. since 	B. but 	 C. in 	D. on
9.Vietnamese language is different _____ English language.
	A. as 	B. like 	C. from 	 D. with
10. When I lived in my hometown, I .................. to the beach every weekend, but now I don’t.
 A. am used to go	 B. used to going	 C. didn’t use to	 D. used to go
11. Tim’s mother is always proud.................. him because he works so hard.
 A. of	 B. with	 C. about	 D. at
12. He does morning exercises regularly.................. improve his health.
 A. so that	 B. so as not to	 C. in order to	 D. in order for
III/Give the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.( 1,5pts)
1. Their grandmother __________________________ them a lot of stories last year. (tell)	
2. I __________________________ to Nha Trang since I was ten years old. (be)
3. At the moment, my mother ____________________in the office. (work)
 4. My sister ____________________this place last year. (not visit)
 5. Minh is a doctor. He ____________________in a hospital for 5 years. (work)
 6. She enjoys____________________ T.V after dinner. (watch)
IV. Read the text and do exercises: (2,5ms)
Young people prefer the town to the country because they love the noisy and busy life there. They also think that it is easier to get money in the town than in the country. Therefore, more and more young people leave the country for the town every year. Different from young people, old people like living in the country because the country is not so noisy and busy as the town. The air in the country is much fresher than the air in the town, too. Therefore, after stopping working, many of old people move to their home villages.
A. Read the text and put true (T) or false (F). (1m)
1. .Young people like to live in the town.
2.  There is a busy and noisy life in the town.
3. .The air in the town is fresh.
4Old people prefer the town to the country. 
B. Read the text again then answer the questions (1.5ms)
1. Why do young people prefer the town to the country?
.
2. Do old people like living in the country?
.
3. Do you like living in the town or in the country?
 ..
IV. Rewrite these sentences that have the same meanings as the first one.( 2pts)
I usually stayed up late to watch football matches last year. 
	 I used to 
2. How about going to the movie tonight?
 Let’s 
3.Mark is too young to ride his bike to school.
 Mark isn’t .
4. “ You should take more exercises, Mr Roberts,” the doctor said.
 The doctor ..
PHÒNG GD&ĐT BÙ ĐĂNG
ĐÁP ÁN VÀ HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM ĐỀ THI TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8
HỌC KỲ I NĂM HỌC 2012-2013
( 1 Điểm ) – 0,25 Điểm/ Câu X 4 Câu 
1-A 2- A 3-C 4-C
II/ .( 3 Điểm ) – 0,25 Điểm/ Câu X 12 Câu
Câu
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Ý trả lời
D
D
A
B
D
A
B
A
C
D
A
C
III./ ( 1,5 Điểm ) – 0,25 Điểm/ Câu x 6 câu
told
have been
is working
didn’t visit
has worked
watching
IV/. ( 2,5 Điểm ) 
* T/ F : ( 0,25 Điểm/ Câu )x 4 câu
T
T
F
F
*Answer the questions ( 0,5 Điểm/ Câu )x 3 câu
 1. Young people prefer the town to the country because they love the noisy and busy life there..
 2. Yes, they do.
 3. I like living in the country/
 I like living in the city.
V/. ( 2,0 Điểm ) – 0,5 Điểm/ Câu x 4 câu
1.I used to stay up up late to watch football matches last year .
2. Let’s go to the movie tonight.
3. Mark isn’t old enough to ride his bike to school.
4. The doctor said to Mr Roberts that he should take more exercises/
 The doctor said that Mr Roberts should take more exercises