Therefore, if you can read English, you can get useful knowledge of tradition, culture, and custom of other countries.. In order to improve your English, you should make good preparation[r]
(1)SỞ GD-ĐT BÌNH DƯƠNG KIỂM TRA HỌC KÌ I NĂM HỌC 2018-2019 MƠN TIẾNG ANH LỚP - MÃ ĐỀ A801
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút
(không kể thời gian phát đề nghe)
Đề kiểm tra gồm 04 trang Học sinh làm trực tiếp đề thi.
I LISTENING (1.5 ms)
Part You will hear an interview with a writer For each question, put a tick () in the correct box (1 m)
1 Jack started writing when he A worked at a school B gave up his job as a teacher
C was very young
2 Jack keep fit by A exercising every day
B running every morning
C going for walk
3 Jack eats his lunch A at die same time every day B away from his computer C while he is writing
4 Jack likes to write A only in his office
B in different places
C in the kitchen
5 How long does it take Jack to completely A about six months
finish a novel? B more than a year
C less than twelve months What does Jack after he’s finished a A He goes away on his own
novel? B He stop writings for a while
C He starts writing something else Part Look at the six sentences for this part You will hear a conversation between a girl, Sarah, and a boy, Thomas, about moving abroad Decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect If it is correct, put a tick () in the box under A for YES If It is not correct put a tick () in the box under B for NO (0.5 m)
A B
YES NO
1 Thomas and Sarah agree that moving away is difficult Thomas thinks people will go and see Sarah Sarah's parents have bought a house in the south of Spain Sarah's parents have only recently thought about moving abroad The whole of Sarah’s family are moving to Spain Sarah is confident about her ability to speak Spanish
(2)II LANGUAGE FOCUS (3ms)
Choose the best answer to complete each sentence The river Amazon into the Atlantic Ocean
A flow B to flow C flows D is flowing
2 Look! The baby is going the dog’s food
A eat B to eat C eats D is eating
3 I go out in the evening when I was in the countryside
A didn’t use to B use to C wasn’t use to D was used to I in New York for years
A been B being C has been D have been
5 Mom, I think you to buy that dress It’s really lovely
A must B should C ought D have
6 Would you like a milkshake? - No, thanks
A have B to have C has D having
7 She looks beautiful with hair
A short brown curly B short curly brown C curly brown short D brown short curly Halloween is one of the most famous in the world
A festivals B festival C celebration D celebrations The weather wasn’t warm enough
A for us to go swimming B for us go swimming C for we to go swimming D for us can go swimming 10 The party was great My friends and I enjoyed very much
A weselves B theyselves C themselves D ourselves 11 We worked really this semester
A hard B hardly C bad D too bad
12 The English course begins May 15th, and sometimes ends September
A in/ on B on/ in C in/ at D on/ at
III READING (2ms)
A Read the passage, and then answer the questions, (lm)
English is the most popular language all over the world Many countries, such as: the USA, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa use English as the first language If you speak English well, you can talk with many people of different nationalities Besides, a lot of the magazines and newspapers are published in English Therefore, if you can read English, you can get useful knowledge of tradition, culture, and custom of other countries
In order to improve your English, you should make good preparation for the next lesson, and all the exercises given by the teachers You can also enrich your English vocabulary by reading English books, looking up any new words that you come across Whenever possible, you can speak English to the teachers, to friends or foreigners Listening to the tapes is the good way to improve your English And remember that revision is important You should revise what you have learnt so as to practice the words or sentence structures well
True False English isn’t the most popular language in the world The USA, Ausừalia, France, Canada use English as the first language You can get useful knowledge of tradition, culture and custom of
other countries if you can read English
(3)4 Who can students speak English to?
_ Is listening to the tapes the good way to leam English?
_ B Read and choose the best word that is suitable to fill in each gap (There are two words that you not use) (1 m)
don’t - need - shouldn’t' - getting - remember - became - must
Life is (1) more and more convenient Electricity helps life have change A long time ago, before the Christian era, men knew about the existence of this, but no one had known what electricity was until 1960 when an English scientist showed the world And it first (2) popular in 1800s It started helping machines work and we stopped depending so
much on coal It started helping people work easier Now, a lot of household appliances (3) electricity to work But electricity is dangerous for people
You (4) touch an electrical appliance with wet hands or put plants or vases on any electrical ones (5) not to put anything into sockets because electricity can kill
IV WRITING (2ms)
A Rewrite the sentences without changing the meaning, beginning with the words provided (1 m)
1 “Don’t smke in my room, Bao” Nam said
Nam _ The radio isn’t small You can’t put it in your pocket
The radio isn’t _ Tom is a careful driver
Tom always _ He intends to invite me to his party tonight
He is _ “You should join an English club, Hoa” Tim said
Tim said B Make meaningful sentence with cues (0.6m)
1 The children / be / old enough / look after / themselves
He / live / Binh Duong / for years
Last night/ Peter / come home/10.30 and 11 o’clock
C Give the correct form of words (0.4m)
1 “Banh chung” is a _Vietnamese cake (tradition) Thomas Watson was Bell’s _, wasn’t he? (assist)
(4)SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO HƯỚNG DẪN CHÁM MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8 HỌC KỲ I - NĂM HỌC 2018 - 2019
(DÙNG CHO MẢ ĐÈ) I LISTENING (1.5ms)
Part 1: (1 mark - 0.2 mark for each correct sentence)
1 () 2 3
() C was very young A exercising every day. B away from his computer.
4 5 6
A only in his office. B more than a year. C He starts writing something else. Part 2: (0.5 mark - 0.1 mark for each correct sentence)
1 () 2 3 4 5 6
A () A B B B B
II LANGUAGE FOCUS (3ms - 0.25 mark for each correct sentence)
KEY A801 A802 A803 A804
1 C flows ourselves hard ought
2 B to eat to have for us to go
swimming
festivals 3 A didn’t use to have been short curly brown for us to go
swimming 4 D have been festivals didn’t use to to eat
5 C ought flows to eat short curly brown
6 B to have ought flows hard
7 B short curly brown didn’t use to ought have been
8 A festivals on/in festivals on/in
9 A for us to go
swimming to eat to have didn’t use to
10 D ourselves for us to go swimming
on/in flows
11 A hard hard have been ourselves
12 B on/in short curly brown ourselves to have III READING (2ms)
Part A: (1 mark - 0.2 mark for each correct sentence)
1 2 3
False True True
1 Students can speak English to the teachers, to friends or foreigners Yes It is
Part B: (0.6 mark - 0.2 mark for each correct sentence)
1 2 3 4 5
getting became need shouldn’t Remember
IV WRITING (2ms)
Part A: (0.4 mark - 0.2 mark for each correct sentence) Nam told/asked Bao not to smoke in his room
2 The radio isn’t small enough for you to put in your pocket Tom always drives carefully
(5)Part B: (0.6 mark - 0.2 mark for each correct sentence) The children are old enough to look after themselves He has lived in Binh Duong for years
3 Last night Peter came home between 10.30 and 11 oc’clock Part C: (0.4 mark - 0.2 mark for each correct sentence) “Banh chung” is a traditional Vietnamese cake (tradition) Thomas Watson was Bell’s assistant, wasn’t he? (assist)