Trổồỡng THCS Haới Lóỷ BAèI KIỉM TRA HOĩC Kầ I NM HOĩC 2007 - 2008 Mọn: anh 8(Thồỡi gian: 45 phuùt) Hoỹ Hoỹ vaỡ tón: Lồùp 8 I. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences: (4 points) Example: My neighbor . To Ho Chi Minh City yesterday. a. moves b. moved c. moving d. is moving 1. Can I Bao, please? a. speak to b. speak with c. speak d. speak about 2. Im sorry. Im not to help you lift the table. a. enough strong b. strong enough c. too strong d. enough 3. I have lived in this area . over ten year. a. until b. since c. for d. during 4. A dog is not the same . a cat. a. so b. than c. like d. as 5. Miss Jackson asked me you this dictionary. a. give b. giving c. to give d. to giving 6. Are you going to . in the summer activities of our school? a. take part b. play part c. take role d. play role 7. The sun in the east and in the west. a. rise set b. sets rises c. rises sets d. set rise 8. Some people write new words and stick them around their house . to learn them at any time. a. in order that b. in order c. so as that d. so as to 9. I prefer to live in the countryside because its . . Its not as noisy as in the city. a. peaceful b. beautiful c. fresh d. friendly 10. When the prince found her shoes, he decided to her. a. marry with b. marry to c. marry on d. marry 11. You should the baby to the doctor. a. take b. taking c. to take d. takes 12. Each year fire destroys home and . children because someone play with matches. a. damages b. strikes c. makes d. injures 13. I like . books in the library when I have time. a. read b. to read c. reading d. reads 14. He used . when he was a child. a. crying b. to cry c. cries d. to crying 15. Your teacher said you work harder on math, your recent result was not very good. a. will b. should c. would d. may 16. It . late. I have to go. a. get b. will get c. is going to get d. is getting II. Read the following passage and choose the best answer of the questions or sentences below:(2,5 points) Living in a big city today is very different from living in a small town long ago. Today if you want to go to the city center, it takes you a long time by bus or by car. If you ride a motorbike, you breathe all the exhaust fumes and feel sick. However, if you become ill, there are hospitals close by. Also if you like music and dancing, the discos and pubs offer a wide variety. Long ago life was different. If people travel, they used horses and carts. If they went a long distance, the journey took many days. If they were ill, they didnt go to the hospital, there were none. If there was a wedding or holiday, they sang and danced. ióứm: 1. The life in a big city today is ………………… the life in a small town long ago. a. different from b. like c. the same as d. different with 2. How did people travel long ago? a. By bus. b. By car. c. By horse and cart. d. By motorbike. 3. Why didn’t they go to the hospital when they were ill? a. Because they didn’t want. b. Because there were none. c. Because they didn’t have cars. d. Because the hospital were very far. 4. How do you feel if you ride a bike? a. We feel hungry. b. We feel ill. c. We feel thirsty. d. We feel excited. 5. Which of the following is not true? a. There weren’t any hospital in the past. b. There weren’t any discos and pubs in the past. c. In the past, the long journey could take many days. d. It’s very convinient to travel in the past. III. Use the correct form of the verb in brackets: (2 points) 1. He (be) in Japan since 1986. 2. We used (visit) . our grandparents in the summer vacation when we were young. 3. We (have) . a party next week for his birthday. 4. I hate (talk) . in class. IV. Review the following sentences, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same: 1. He wrote this book 5 years ago. He has 2. The teacher said, “ Please clean the black board.” The teacher told me . 3. “You should work harder next time”, my mother said to him. My mother said he . . Jackson asked me you this dictionary. a. give b. giving c. to give d. to giving 6. Are you going to . in the summer activities of our school? a. take. any time. a. in order that b. in order c. so as that d. so as to 9. I prefer to live in the countryside because its . . Its not as noisy as in the city.