Đề thi HKI - lớp 8( 2) ( 2010 - 2011)

Secondary school Class: 8 Name: . TEST IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER ** Time allowted : 45 minutes Points The teacher’s comments I/PHONETICS: A. Circle the word whose underlined part is differently pronounced in each line. (1p) 1. A. scouting B. outdoor C. loud D. youth. 2. A. resources B. matches C. faces D. serves. 3. A. knife B. cooker C. kitchen D. socket. 4. A. number B. much C. public D. mute. B. Which stress is different from the other (0,5p) 1. A. transmit B. mobile C. message D. fishing. 2. A. appear B. escape C. upset D. wisdom. II/ VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR. (2.5p) Circle the best answer to complete the sentences. 1. We ………… smoke cigarettes. They are harmful. A. shan’t B. shouldn’t C. wouldn’t D. will. 2. …………. time do you spend everyday on Math and Physics? A. How much B. How many C. How long D. How far. 3. The students are going to earn some money ………… the club. A. to B. for C. by D. at. 4. She has lived here ………… twenty years. A. for B. since C. in D. in. 5. He used ……………. for a foreign company. A. work B. to work C. to working D. worked. 6. My father ……………… to his office yesterday morning. A. walks B. has walked C. is walking D. walked. 7. You should ………… speaking English everyday. A. learn B. spend C. practice D. decide. 8. Hoa’s dictionary is not as expensive …………… Lan’s. A. so B. as C. like D. than. 9. Surface mail is …………… cheaper than airmail. A. farther B. more C. much D. many. 10. My sister Mai …………… married next month. A. is getting B. will get C. was getting D. would get. III/ READING(2.5p) Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank. MY OLDEST FRIEND. My oldest friend is called Sandy. We met twenty years (1) …… when we were both six years old. It was my first (2) ………… at school and I was very unhappy (3) …… I wanted my mother. Sandy gave me a sweet and we (4) …… friends immediately. We were together nearly every day (5) …… We left school twelve years later. Then I went to University, but Sandy (6) …… She stayed at home and helped her parents (7) ……… the business. I studied for six years because I (8)… to be a doctor. I had a lot of new friends, (9) ……I didn’t see Sandy very often. Sometimes we didn’t meet (10) …… months, but we often talked on the telephone. 1. A. ago B. before C. after D. later. 2. A. decade B. period C. era D. day. 3. A. so that B. but C. although D. because. 4. A. have been B. became C. experienced D. had. 5. A. in case B. then C. unless D. until. 6. A. wasn’t B. hadn’t C. not D. didn’t. 7. A. do B. play C. make D. open. 8. A. enjoyed B. finished C. wanted D. stayed. 9. A. however B. so C. when D. if. 10. A. for B. in C. on D. since. IV/ WRITING (3.5p) A Complete the second sentence (2p) 1. She is old. She can go to school by herself. She is old ………………………………………………………………………… 2. “Can you show me the way to the post office?” She asked me ……………………………………………………………………. 3. He doesn’t play soccer as well as he used to 5 years ago. She used ………………………………………………………………………… 4. Hoa began to collect stamps in 2006. Hoa has ………………………………………………………………………… B. Find the mistakes and correct (1.5p) 1. Eat vegetables is very necessary for everyone. …………………………………………………………………………………… 2. My mother asked me don’t stay up too late. ……………………………………………………………………………………… 3. The child had no brothers or sisters so she often had to play by sheself. ……………………………………………………………………………………… KEY FOR THE ENGLISH FIRST SEMESTER TEST (**) I/ Phonetics: A/ 1.D 2. D 3. A 4. D. B/ 1.A 2. D. II/ Vocabulary and grammar: 1. B 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. B 6. D. 7. C 8. B 9. C 10. A III/ Reading: 1. A 2. D 3. D 4. B 5. D. 6. D 7. A 8. C 9. B 10 A. IV/ Writing: A/ 1.She is old enough to go to school by herself. 2.She asked to show her the way to the post office. 3.She used to play soccer well 5 years ago. 4. Hoa has collected stamps since 2006. B/ 1. eat  eating. 2. don’t stay up  not to stay up. 3. sheself  herself. . years old. It was my first (2 ) ………… at school and I was very unhappy (3 ) …… I wanted my mother. Sandy gave me a sweet and we (4 ) …… friends immediately every day (5 ) …… We left school twelve years later. Then I went to University, but Sandy (6 ) …… She stayed at home and helped her parents (7 ) ……… the