weekend, they are going to go to the Town Ground to watch a soccer match between Le Do school and Quang Trung school.. Loan said to Trung : “Can you empty the wastebasket for me ?” Loan
Trang 1Trần Văn Thời Secondary school THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION
Name: ……… Subject: English – Grade: 8
Mark(s) Teacher’s comments
I Language focus (2.5 ms)
Choose the best option by circling the letter a, b, c or d.
1 Miss Hoa has lived in Tran Van Thoi town ………… six years
2 We like ……… Vietnamese films
a watch b to watch c watches d watching
3 I used to ……… to school when I was a student
4 My brother speaks English very ………
5 Linh’s pen is different ……… mine
6 Alexander Graham Bell was born March 3rd, 1847
a in b on c at d from
7 Nam has to cook dinner ………
8 Why did Ba fail the exam? - ……… he didn’t study hard
9 You ought to ……… speaking English everyday
a practice b practices c to practice d practicing
10 I haven’t ……… him since 2005
II Reading ( 2.5ms)
Read the passage carefully.
Na and Nam are living in the same neighborhood now Na is new to the neighborhood She has been here since last week, so she doesn’t know the area very well Nam has lived in this neighborhood for about ten years and he knows the neighborhood very well On the
Trang 2weekend, they are going to go to the Town Ground to watch a soccer match between Le Do school and Quang Trung school
Answer true (T) or false (F) (0,5m)
………… 1 Na is living in the same neighborhood with Nam now
………… 2 Na knows this neighborhood very well
Answer the questions (2,0ms)
1 Who is new to the neighborhood ?
………
2 How long has Nam lived in this neighborhood ?
………
3 Does Nam know the neighborhood very well ?
………
4 What are Na and Nam going to do on the weekend ?
………
III Writing ( 2.5ms)
Write the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
1 Teacher said to students : “Don’t talk in class, please.”
Teacher told students
2 Loan said to Trung : “Can you empty the wastebasket for me ?”
Loan asked Trung
3 My mother said to me : “You should get up earlier.”
My mother said
4 Minh is strong He can lift that box
Minh is strong enough
5 We intend to have a picnic on Sunday
We are going
IV Listening (2.5ms)
Listen to the story “How the tiger got his stripes” and fill in the missing words.
One day, as a farmer was in his field and his buffalo was grazing nearby, a tiger (1)
……… The tiger wanted to know why the small man was the master The farmer (2) ……… he had something called wisdom, but he left it at home that day He went home to get the (3) ……… , but before that he tied the tiger to a tree with a rope because he didn’t want it to eat the buffalo When he returned, the farmer brought some (4)……… with him He said it was his wisdom He lit the straw and the fire burned the tiger The tiger escaped, but it still has black (5) ……… from the burns today
-The end -Good luck to you !
Trang 3ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8 HỌC KÌ I
NĂM HỌC 2010-2011
I Language focus (2.5 ms)
0,25 điểm/mỗi đáp án đúng.
1 b 2 d 3 a 4 c 5 a 6 b 7 c 8 d 9 a 10 c
II Reading ( 2.5ms)
Answer true (T) or false (F) (0,5m)
0,25 điểm/mỗi đáp án đúng
Answer the questions (2,0ms)
0,5 điểm/mỗi câu trả lời đúng
1 Na is new to the neighborhood
2 Nam has lived in this neighborhood for about ten years
3 Yes, he does
4 They are going to (go to the Town Ground to) watch a soccer match between Le
Do school and Quang Trung school
III Writing ( 2.5ms)
0,5 điểm/mỗi câu đúng
1 Teacher told students not to talk in class
2 Loan asked Trung to empty the wastebasket for her
3 My mother said I should get up earlier
4 Minh is strong enough to lift that box
5 We are going to have a picnic on Sunday
IV Listening (2.5ms)
0,5 điểm/mỗi từ đúng
One day, as a farmer was in his field and his buffalo was grazing nearby, a tiger (1) came The tiger wanted to know why the small man was the master The farmer (2) said he had
something called wisdom, but he left it at home that day He went home to get the (3)
wisdom , but before that he tied the tiger to a tree with a rope because he didn’t want it to eat
the buffalo When he returned, the farmer brought some (4) straw with him He said it was
his wisdom He lit the straw and the fire burned the tiger The tiger escaped, but it still has
black (5) stripes from the burns today