Bài kiểm tra học kỳ I - Môn Tiếng Anh 8

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Đề kiểm tra học kì I
Năm học 2008 - 2009
Môn: Tiếng anh 8
(Thời gian: 45 phút)
Điểm
Lời phê
	I. Underline the best answers to complete the following sentences
He isn't (old enough/ enough old) to drive motorbike.
We (must/ ought) go now or we'll miss the last train.
Mr. Thanh (wasn't used/ didn't use) to smoke when he was young.
My friends drive very (careful/ carefully).
They haven't seen each other (for/ since) a long time.
II. Read the passage and choose the most appropriate answer(A,B,C or D).(2,5pts)
How Ha has to improved his English
In the first year of lower secondary school, I had some difficulties in learning English . My English pronunciation was really bad and my English grammar was worse. I did not know how to improve them. I didn’t want my father and mother to know about this. One afternoon after the lesson, my teacher of English told me to wait for her outside the classroom. She took me to the school library and showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills kept in a glass bookcase. She also told me how to use an English-English dictionary to improve my English grammar. “Now I thing you know what you should do ”, said she. I made much progress and only one year later, I won the first prize in the English speaking Contest held for secondary school students in my hometown.
6. What difficulties did Ha have in learning English in the first year?
	A. The pronunciation 	B. The grammar 	C. Both pronunciation and grammar 	D.The way of improving his pronunciation
7. Who wanted to meet him one afternoon after the lesson?
	A. His teacher 	B. One of his friends 	C. His father 	D.His mother
8. Where did Ha and his teacher go after that?
	A. To the town library 	B. To the school library 	C. To the teacher’s room 	D. To the his house
9. What did the teacher show him then?
	A. A glass bookcase 	B. An English-English dictionary 	C. An English grammar book 	D. Cassettes of pronunciation drills 
10. What did he win in the English speaking Contest one year later?
	A. The first prize 	B. he second prize 	C. The third prize 	D. The fourth prize
III. Circle the best option A,B,C or D to complete each of the following sentences.
11. I often play soccer .Sunday afternoon.
	A. in 	B. at	C. on	D. for
12. We should wait hereour teacher comes back.
	A. before	B. until	C. after	D. during
13. Mr. Brown is the same age Mrs. Brown.
	A. as	B. like	C. from	D. with
14. The little boy is not  to lift the suitcase.
	A. enough strong	B. strong enough C. too strong D. so strong
15. My father was good at swimming. He used to . swimming in summer.
	A. go	B. Goes	C. went	D. Going
16. Hoa hates ..to classical music.
	A. listens	B.listened 	C. listen	D. listening
17. Hung is ..student in my class.
	A. good	B. better	C. The best	D. A best
18. Ho Chi Minh city is larger and beautiful than Hanoi.
	A. more	B. as	C. most	D. the most
19. Mr. Smith likes to music in his free time.
	A. listens	B. listened	C. listen	D. Listening
20. They built this house 1990.
	A. from	B. in	C. at	D. for
IV. Writing
Write the passage using the following sets of words and phrases. You can make all the necessary changes and additions.
 21. Lan / like / learn English
 22. She / begin / learn / this language / 2005
 23. She / always / want / improve her English
 24. Last week / she / buy / English - Vietnamese dictionary
 25. She / often / use/ it / for reading
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đáp án và biểu điểm
I. (2,5 điểm)
Mỗi câu trả lời đúng được 0,5 điểm. 
1. He isn't (old enough / enough old) to drive motorbike.
2. We (must / ought) go now or we'll miss the last train.
3. Mr. Thanh (wasn't used / didn't use) to smoke when he was young.
4. My friends drive very (careful / carefully).
5. They haven't seen each other (for / since) a long time.
II. (2,5 điểm) 
Mỗi câu trả lời đúng được 0,5 điểm. 
6. C	7. A	8. B	9. D	10. A
III. (2,5 điểm) 
Mỗi từ / cụm từ đúng được 0,25 điểm
11. C	12. B.	13. A	14. B	15. A	16. D	17. C	18. A	19. D	20.B
IV. (2,5 điểm) 
Mỗi viết đúng được 0,5 điểm. 
21. Lan like learning English.
22. She began learning (to learn) this language in 2005.
23. She always want to improve her English.
24. Last week she bought an English-Vietnammese dictionary.
25. She often uses it for reading.