PHÒNG GD & ĐT VŨNG LIÊM ĐỀ THI THAM KHẢO HỌC KỲ I -2014-2015 TRƯỜNG THCS LƯU VĂN MÓT MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH 8 Thời gian: 60 phút I.LISTEN Listen to the passage, then dicide wether the follow
Trang 1PHÒNG GD & ĐT VŨNG LIÊM ĐỀ THI THAM KHẢO HỌC KỲ I -2014-2015 TRƯỜNG THCS LƯU VĂN MÓT MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH 8
Thời gian: 60 phút
I.LISTEN
Listen to the passage, then dicide wether the following sentences are True(T) or False(F) You will listen to the passage three times.(2.5 points)
………….1.Ba and his friends have the same characters
…………2.Bao is the most sociable
…………3.Song is quite reserved in public
………….4.Thanh likes reading books in the school library
…………5.Ba always watches TV in his free time
II READ
1.Read the passage carefully, then fill in each blank with ONE suitable word from the box (1.25 points)
rural problems hospitals leaving urban city
People from the countryside are (1)………… their home to go and live in the (2)
……… Farming can sometimes be a difficult life and these people from
(3)……… areas feel the city offers more opportunities However, many people
coming to the city creat (4)……… There many not be enoughschools or (5)………, while water and electricity supplies may not be adequate This is a problem facing
goverments around the world
2.Read the passage carefully, then choose one correct answer for each question.(1.25 points)
Graham Bell was born in Scotland in 1847.He moved with his parents to Canada in 1870
He had left with his family and gone to Boston when he was a young man of twenty-three Though Bell was a dreamer , he was also a practical thinker and a man of action In
Boston, where he worked by day as a teacher of the deaf, he worked far into the night experimenting with the electrical transmission of the sound.This led to the invention of the telephone
1.When was Alexander G Bell born?
2 He was born in………
3 He went to Boston when he was ……… years old
4.He experimented with the electrical transmission of the sound ………
A by night B by day C by midday D no information
5 What did he invent ?
A the television B the telephone C the generator D the pen
III.LANGUAGE FOCUS:
Choose A,B or C that best completes each sentence(2.5 points)
1.My mother told me _ her back the dictionary
2 A two-year-old child is not _ to reach a book on that bookshelf
A tall enough B enough tall C too tall D so tall
3 Last night I watched the movie “Romeo and Juliet” At last they
killed -A himself B herself C themselves D ourselves
4 Mr Minh……….newspapers since 1999
Trang 2A has sold B sells C sold D is selling
5 He looks so _ He should take exercise every day
A fat B thin C strong D tall
6 When she was a student, she studied very well She used to _ good marks in all subjects
A getting B got C gets D get
7.Life in the city is much different _ that in the country
A to B from C with D of
8 Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest:
9.Rewrite the following sentence so that the second sentence means nearly exactly the same the first one
We ate in that restaurant two months ago
-> We have……… 10.Rewrite the following sentence so that the second sentence means nearly exactly the same the first one
Do you like playing volleyball?
->Yes, I love………
IV.WRITE
Write a letter to a friend about the neighborhood using suggested words:
Dear ………,
I / live / small house / Ha Noi/ parents / elder brother /
My house / near / school, so I / go / school / foot / every day /
There / be / park / supermarket / and / stadium / my neighbourhood /
People / be / friendly / warm-hearted /
I / like / park / most / because / I / like / go / a walk / with / dog / morning/
I wish you’ll visit my place soon
Yours,
………
THE END
Trang 3*ANSWER KEY I.LISTEN (2.5 POINTS)
II.READ (2.5 POINTS)
1 1.leaving
2.city
3 rural
4.problems
5.hospitals
2 1.A
2.D
3.C
4.A
5.B
III.LANGUAGE FOCUS (2.5 POINTS)
1.A
2.A
3.C
4.A
5.A
6.D
7.B
8.C
9.We have eaten in that restaurant for two months
10.Yes,I love playing volleyball
IV.WRITE (2.5 POINTS)
Dear………….,
I am living in a small house in Ha Noi with my parents and my elder brother
My house is near the school, so I go to school on foot every day
There is a park, a supermarket and a stadium in my neighbourhood
The people are very friendly and warm-hearted
I like the park most because I like going for a walk with my dog in the morning
I wish you’ll visit my place soon
Yours,
…………
………
*LISTENING TEXT
Ba has a lot of friends.Each of them has a different character Bao is the most sociable, he
is very kind and generous Song and Thanh are quite in public Both of them enjoy playing sports Song is good at soccer and he is a member of the school team Thanh likes
swimming and reading books in the school library.Ba enjoys telling jokes when he has free time His friends usually like his sense of humor Although they have different
characters, all of them are closed friends