Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions 1,5pts An increasing number of people are now going on holiday to Egypt.. Last year, for example, about one and a half milli[r]
Trang 1Họ và tên: ……… Môn: Tiếng Anh 8
Lớp: ……… Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút
(không kể thời gian phát đề) (Học sinh làm bài thi vào giấy này)
I Pronunciation (1pt)
Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from
the rest:
1 A wonder B promise C competition D product
2 A collect B contest C recycle D connect
Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern:
3 A festival B canoe C teamate D limestone
4 A recognize B surround C refill D include
II Choose the correct answer to complete each of the following sentences (3pts):
1 She arrived early _ order to get a good seat
A on B in C out D at
2 Chicago is often called “The _ City”
A Windward B Windy C Windless D Wind
3 You are always _ in class
A talked B talk C talks D talking
4 Did your school hold a _ contest last week?
A flower-arranged C flower-arranging
B flower-arrange D arranging-flower
5 Sydney Opera House in Australia in 1973
A.completed B is completed C has completed D was completed
6 Jane saw her old friend while she _ the street
A crossed B is crossing C was crossing D crossed
7 Would you mind if I _ here
A smoked B to smoke C smoking D smoke
8 means not buying products which are overpackaged
A Reduce B Reuse C Recycle D use
9 _ Lan arrived at school, the school drum was sounding
A When B What C Where D.While
10 It is difficult all these things
A remembered B remembering C to remember D remember
11 The man by the window is my uncle
A standing B stands C stand D stood
12 was built between 221 and 204 BC and some people say it can be seen from the moon
A The Statue of Liberty C The Great Wall of China
B The Eiffel Tower D The Golden Gate Bridge
III Reading (3.5 pts)
1 Read the passage carefully and fill in each gap with the correct word from the box (2pts)
water get added rice-cooking run
Trang 2by Festival Councilor Pham Phuong Linh
This report shows how the (1) festival was held
The festival was held in the communal house yard about one kilometer away from a river There were three competitions: (2) _, fire-making and rice-cooking The festival took one day
In the water-fetching contest one person from each team had to (3) to the river to get the (4)
In the fire-making contest two team members had to make a fire in the (5) way They tried to rub pieces of (6) _ together to make a fire
Six people from each team took part in the rice-cooking contest They had to (7) the rice from the husk and then cook the rice
After the three contests, all the points were (8) and the Thon Trieu group won the grand prize The festival was wonderful
Answer:
1……… 2……… 3……… 4………
5……… 6……… 7……… 8………
2 Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions (1,5pts)
An increasing number of people are now going on holiday to Egypt Last year, for example, about one and a half million tourists visited Egypt The population of Egypt is about fifty million and the capital is EL Qahira (Cairo), a busy city of just under nine million people Although the climate is hot and dry and most of the city is desert, the average temperature from October to March is not too high The most famous sights are the pyramids at Giza
Questions:
1 Are there many visitors to Egypt every year?
………
2 What is the climate in Egypt like?
………
3 What are the most famous sights in Egypt?
………
IV Writing (2.5pts)
1 Rewrite the following sentences, beginning each sentence with the given words (1.5pts)
1 They will finish their work next week
->Their work ………
2 Lan said “I have to go to the school library now.”
->Lan said that ………
3 An said “Do you want to visit the Statue of Liberty one day, Long?”
->An asked Long if ………
2 Use the suggested words to write full sentences (1pt)
1 you / mind / lend / me / dictionary?
………
2 New bicycles / make / Japan / be / expensive
………
Trang 3HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM THI MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8
NĂM HỌC 2010-2011
I Pronunciation (1pt)
(0.25 x 4 = 1pt)
II Choose the correct answer to complete each of the following sentences (3pts):
(0.25 x 12 = 3pts)
III Reading (3.5 pts)
1 Read the passage carefully and fill in each gap with the correct word from the box (2pts)
(0.25 x 8 = 2pts)
1 rice-cooking 2 water-fetching 3 run 4 water
5 traditional 6 bamboo 7 seperate 8 added
2 Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions (1,5pts) (0.5 x 3 = 1.5pts)
1- Yes, there are
2- The climate (in Egypt) is hot and dry
3- The most famous sights (in Egypt) are the pyramids at Giza
IV Writing (2.5pts)
1 Rewrite the following sentences, beginning each sentence with the given words (1.5pts)
(0.5 x 3 = 1.5pts)
1 Their work will be finished next week
2 Lan said that she had to go to the school library then
3 An asked Long if he wanted to visit the Statue of Liberty one day
2 Use the suggested words to write full sentences (1pt)
(0.5 x 2 = 1pt)
1 Do / Would you mind lending me your dictionary?
2 New bicycles made in Japan are expensive
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