De Thi HKI grade 8

Phan Van Hung High School FIRST TERM EXMINATION (2009-2010) Grade 8. Time allowed: 45’ I. Pronunciation (1m) 1. a. rug b. upset c. cut d. cruel 2. a. come b. month c. contact d. comfort 3. a. mall b. black c. contact d. pancake 4. a. you b. your c. my d. young II. Multiple choice: Choose the correct answer for each sentence (4 ms) 5. Hoa…………………………… in Hue last year. a. lives b. lived c. living d. is living 6. Ba and Bao ………………… chess tomorrow. a. play b. played c. will play d. playing 7. Lan is not ……………to go to school. a. old enough b. enough c. enough old d. to enough 8. Every day she ……………… up at six and has breakfast with her parents. a. got b. gets c. will get d. get 9. we ought to study English ……………… a. myself b. themselves c. ourselves d. herself 10. Do you …………………any help? a. want b. have c. need d. wish 11. We’ll organize a party……………………….27 th May. a. on b. in c. at d. between 12. I’ll try my …………………….to improve my French a. better b. good c. best d. well 13. Nga and Ba enjoy…………………….the piano. a. play b. playing c. plays d. to play 14. It’s now 10 o’clock. We’ll have a meeting ……………………10 a.m. today. a. on b. after c. before d. between 15. My father hates ……………………….to music. a. listen b. listens c. listening d. to listen 16. He has lived in Da Lat ……………………….1997. a. in b. for c. since d. on 18. The red bicycle is not as expensive …………… the blue one. a. so b. like c. more d. as 19. The children …………………… TV for 2 hours. a. are watchingb. has watched c. have watched d. is watching 20. Would you like …………a message? a. to leave b. leave c. leaving d. to leaving III. Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech. (1.5ms) 1. “ Can you help me with my English grammar?” Nga asked me …………………………………………………………………… 2. “ Please give this letter to my parents.” Ba asked Lan………………………………………………………………… 3. “ Could you move this table into the classroom?” Mr. Nam asked me…………………………………………………………… IV. Write sentences with given words (1m) 1. she / be / born / 1990 / Soc Trang ………………………………………………………………………………… 2. Lan / often / stay / at home / Sunday. …………………………………………………………………………………. V. Read the passage and answer the questions: (2,5 marks) Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland on March 3, 1847. He later emigrated first to Canada and to the USA in 1870s. In America, he worked with deaf-mutes at Boston University. Soon Bell started experimenting with ways of transmitting speech over along distance. Bell and his assistant, Thomas Watson, conducted many experiments and finally came up with the first telephone in 1876. Traveling all over America, Bell demonstrated his invention at a lot of exhibitions. He died in 1922. Questions: 1/ Where did he emigrate later? ……………………………………………………………………………… 2/ When did he invent the first telephone? ………………………………………………………………………………… 3/ How did he demonstrate his invention? ………………………………………………………………………………… Decide if the statements are True (T) or False (F) 1. .He went to Boston when he was 23. 2. .Graham Bell worked with the deaf in a hospital in Boston. The end . Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland on March 3, 184 7. He later emigrated first to Canada and to the USA in 187 0s. In America, he worked with deaf-mutes. Phan Van Hung High School FIRST TERM EXMINATION (2009-2010) Grade 8. Time allowed: 45’ I. Pronunciation (1m) 1. a. rug b. upset c. cut d. cruel