READING COMPREHENSION I – Read the passage and do the task Smoking caused lung cancer and 90% of the people who get lung cancer die.. Smoking gives people breathing problems.. Children w
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ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH – LỚP 8
Thời gian làm bài : 120 phút ( không kể phát đề )
I Choose the best answers to these sentences by circling A, B, C or D:
1 He isn’t to drive a car
A enough old B old enough C too young D young enough
2 Please answer the phone when it _
3 The Prime Minister on TV tonight
A will speak B is speaking C speaks D speaking
4 Don’t worry about us We can ourselves
5 The old man asked me if I _ a flying saucer
A have ever seen B had ever seen C ever saw D have ever been seeing
6 Have you decided _ to cook for dinner this evening?
7 Don’t touch that chair It _
A has just been painted B is being painted C is painted D was painted
8 I can’t stand Jack He _ always his dirty dishes on the table
A does/leave B has/left C is/leaving D was/leaving
9 When I arrived at the station, Mary _ for me
10 Why don’t you _ your hat? It’s sunny today
11 Floods and droughts can easily _ a harvest
12 To remember the words you have learned, you have to _ them often
13 You are always late You need a(n) _ to wake you up earlier
A alarm clock B watch C answering machine D clock
14 I am sure that they will tell us about
15 I ‘m delighted _ you passed your exam
16 The flight at 6.00 has been delayed
II Put the verbs in the correct tenses:
Sally : Hi, Simon Something smells good What _ you _? (cook) Simon: I _ (make) some onion soup Would you like some?
Sally : No, thanks I (not/be) hungry at the moment
I (just , have) something to eat in town
Simon: Oh, What you ? (have)
Trang 2Sally : I (meet) Peter at 5.00 and we _(go) to an Italian for a
pizza Can I just taste the soup? It _ (look) delicious Umm! Very good I (think) it’s the best onion soup I _ (ever, taste)!
III – Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions:
Harry starts work at half past six He delivers papers every day ……… the week,
……… Monday to Saturday, but not ………Sundays He works ……… the mornings before school and ………the afternoons after school He usually finishes work ………six o’clock
Harry says “…………the summer, the job is OK, but ………December and January, the weather is cold ! I like this job I get a lot of exercises, and the money is good I’m saving my money in the bank ……… the moment ……… a holiday in Spain
B READING COMPREHENSION
I – Read the passage and do the task
Smoking caused lung cancer and 90% of the people who get lung cancer die Smokers have twice as much heart disease Smoking gives people breathing problems It harms the stomach
Children whose parents smoke have more breathing and lung problems than other children Throughout the world, women live longer than men because men smoke more
Factories and businesses lose millions of dollars every year because of smokers Smokers have higher medical bills
All of these facts show that smoking is bad, and millions of people in the world have stopped smoking
Choose the correct answer:
1 Smoking is harmful _
A to smokers themselves B to smokers and their wives
C to smokers and their children D A, B and C are correct
2 The author says that _
A all of the people who get lung cancer die
B all of the people who get lung cancer die
C 90% of the people who get lung cancer may die
D lung cancer may be caused by smoking and drinking
3 Women live longer than men because _
A they don’t smoke B they only smoke when necessary
C they don’t smoke as much as men D they sometimes smoke
4 Factories and businesses have to lose millions of dollars every year in order to
A buy cigarette for smokers
B pay for the holidays of smokers
C pay smokers for their extra working time
D pay for the treatment of smokers’ illnesses
5 If smokers don’t give up smoking
A all of them will die B all of them will be taken to hospital
C all of them will get lung cancer D it will harmful to their health
6 The main idea of the passage is _
A Smoking is good for your health
B Smoking is bad for your health
C Many women smoke today
D Many people get heart disease because of smoking
Trang 3II – Choose the suitable words for this passage by circling A, B, C or D
HOW TO BE A FRIEND OF THE EARTH There ……(1)…… many simple things we can do to stop the ……(2)……of the environment First of all, we should not dump our rubbish without ……(3)……which things, such as bottles and paper can ……(4)…… We should put objects that we can recycle in ……(5)…… bins Secondly, instead
of taking our car wherever we go, we ought to leave it at home ……(6)…… possible, and go on foot
or ……(7)…… public transport When we have to drive to the supermarket ……(8)…… our shopping,
we should always remember ……(9)…… our own bags ……(10)……we don’t need to use the supermarket’s plastic bags
2 A destroy B destroyed C destructive D destruction
3 A think B to think C thinking D thought
4 A be recycled B recycle C be recycling D being recycling
5 A recycle B recycles C recycled D recycling
C WRITING
I – Complete these sentences
1 Would you mind if ……….………
2 I am too young ……….………
3 I study hard in order that ………
4 It is difficult ………
5 I promise ………
6 My teacher asked us ………
II – Put these sentences in correct order to make a conversation between the doctor and the patient and write the numbers and letters in the blanks The doctor The patient 1 Try some of this new lotion It is very good 2 Hi Can I help you? 3 Well, I suggest a box of these cough syrup And you should get a bottle of vitamin C, too A OK Thanks a lot B Thank you And what do you have for dry skin? C Yes, please Could I have something for cough? I think I’m getting a cold ……… ……… ……… ……… ……… ………
III – There are 8 mistakes in this letter Underline them then write the correct words in the numbered blanks
Dear Scott,
Thank you very much to the magazines and comics I read all of they last night I have never seen American comics after They are really good – much better than England comics
I hear some good news last night – we are going to Florida in the summer I have never been in the States before, so I’m really exciting I’ve already bought a guide book – Disney World looks amazed Had you ever been there?
Trang 4Write soon,
Helen
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