Legends are stories about the past. Some of the stories come from ancient history. But not all legends are ancient. There are modern legends too. They are often called urban legends, be[r]
Trang 1Phòng GD&ĐT Mỏ Cày Bắc
Trường THCS Nguyễn Văn Tư
-ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ I
Năm học: 2015 - 2016
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH – LỚP 8
Thời gian: 60 phút (Không kể phát đề)
(Đề thi gồm có 3 trang, học sinh làm trực tiếp vào đề thi)
Giám khảo 2 : ………
Question I: Choose the correct answer from A, B , C or D to complete the sentences (3.5 ms)
1) We’ll arrive Monday, 15th June
A at B in C on D during
2) My father asked me _ the books to his office
A take B to take C taking D takes
3) What are you doing tonight ? I to the cinema with my brother
A go B am going C will go D going
4) When I see Tom tomorrow, I him to our party
A invite B will invite C invited D am inviting
5) Some people don’t try to learn all new words they
A come to B come across C get across D get into
6) Mary was born in France French is her
A mother tongue B foreign language
C first language D A and C
7) They have studied six o’clock
A at B to C since D for
8) I get up _ 6 o’clock
A at B in C on D until
9) He likes _ soccer
A plays B playing C played D is playing
10) She used to us stories in the evening
A tell B asked C told D ask
* Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in standard English:
11) He doesn’t has to go to work today He can stay at home
Trang 2A B C D
12) Tom has been a soccer fan since a long time
A B C D
* Pick out one word that is pronounced differently from the others :
13) A car B hard C large D angry
14) A give B five C drive D ride
Question II: Reading (3.5 ms)
A Read the following passage carefully Choose the item (A, B, C or D) that best answers each of the questions about it (1.5 ms)
Legends are stories about the past Some of the stories come from ancient history But not all legends are ancient There are modern legends too They are often called urban legends, because the stories happen in modern cities Ten years ago, there was a rumor that there were
crocodiles under New York The rumor was soon a newspaper story, and the newspaper story
was soon a legend So, today, many people in New York believe that there are crocodiles under
the ground there!
15) What does the word “ legends” in line 1 mean ?
A stories B history C people D newspaper
16) Which of the following does the word “ they” in line 2 refers to ?
A modern legends B modern cities C stories about the past D people
17) The word “ cities” in line 3 is closest in meaning to :
A villages B urbans C countries D areas
18) We can replace the word “ believe” in line 6 with ………
A “know” B “say” C “think” D “appear”
19) Which of the following is True?
A All legends are about the past
B Modern people still believe in legends
C There are crocodiles under New York
D Now many New Yorkers don’t believe that there are crocodiles under the ground of New York 20) Another name of modern legends’ is …………
A urban legends B modern cities C rumors D crocodiles
B Read the paragraph carefully, then answer the questions below (2.0 ms)
Trang 3The summer holiday finishes and a new school year starts Boys and girls come back from all parts of the country They are ready to begin the new school year Old classmates are so cheerful to meet again They are once more in the same class, several new students have also come The old students are glad to meet some of their old teachers All of them are eager to meet their new teachers
1 Choose True or False:
21) Boys and girls come back from all parts of the city
22) They are ready to begin the new school year
23) The old students are not glad to meet some of their old teachers
24) All of them are eager to meet their new teachers
2 Answer the questions:
25) Where do the boys and girls come back from?
……… 26) What are they ready?
……… 27) How are old classmates?
……… 28) Who are the old students glad to meet?
………
Question III: Writing (3.0 ms)
1/ Rewrite the sentences as directed (1.5 ms)
29) “Can you open the door?”
→ I asked him ……… 30) “Please wait for me outside my office.”
→ She asked me ……… 31) “Can you help me?”
→ She asked me ……… 32) “Don’t talk in class.”
→ My teacher asked me……… 33) “You should study harder”, she said to Lan
→ She ………
Trang 434) “Please get up early! ” my mother said to me.
→ My mother …… ………
2/ Make the sentences with cue words (1.5 ms)
35) We / not see / each / other / for 10 years
→ ………… …… ……… 36) They / buy / two / books / last Sunday
→ ………… …… ……… 37) My brother / love / play volleyball / but / he / not / like / play / football
→ ………… …… ……… 38) What / be / you / going / do / this weekend ?
→ ……… …… ……… 39) I / use / live / a farm / when / I / be / a young boy
→ ……… …… ……… 40) I / need / improve / my / English / pronunciation
→ ……… …… ………
Trang 5ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI HỌC KỲ 1 MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8 Câu I: (3.5 điểm)
1 C
2 B
3 B
4 B
5 B
6 D
7 C
8 A
9 B
10 A
11 A
12 C
13 D
14 A
Câu II (3.5 điểm)
A) (1.5 điểm)
15 A
16 A
17 B
18 C
19 B
20 A
B) (2.0 điểm)
1) (1 điểm)
21 F 22 T 23 F 24 T
1) (1 điểm)
25) Boys and girls come back from all parts of the country
26) They are ready to begin the new school year
27) Old classmates are so cheerful to meet again
28) The old students are glad to meet some of their old teachers
Câu III (3.0 điểm)
1) (1.5 điểm)
29) I asked him to open the door
30) She asked me to wait for her outside to her office
31) She asked me to help her
32) My teacher asked me not to talk in class
33) She said Lan should study harder
34) My mother asked / told me to get up early
2) (1.5 điểm)
35) We have not seen each other for 10 years
36) They bought two books last Sunday
37) My brother loves playing volleyball but he does not like playing football
Trang 638) What are you going to do this weekend ?
39) I used to live on a farm when I was a young boy 40) I need to improve my English pronunciation
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