ĐỀ KIỂM TRA 45’ - MÔN TIẾNG ANH – LỚP 8 - (A)

Time allowed: 60 minutes - (Unit 1)

NAME: __________________________ CLASS: ________________
MULTIPLE CHOICES
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. spends B. laughs C. friends D. potatoes
2. A. enough B. extremely C. generous D. planet
3. A. lucky B. volunteer C. sun D. public
II. Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress.
4. A. appearance B. generous C. outgoing D. character
5. A. local B. pleasure C. lucky D. describe
6. A. neighbor B. receive C. different D. classmate
III. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in each sentence.
7. The boy is a ____________ student. He always gets good grades.
A. generous B. reserved C. humorous D. hard-working
8. I find that he is not communicative. He’s rather ____________ in public.
A. outgoing B. reserved C. sociable D. humorous
9. He’s tall and thin. He has ____________.
A. black hair short B. short black hair C. hair short black D. black short hair
10. ____________. Are you Mr. Thanh?
A. I’m sorry B. Excuse me C. Hello D. Certainly
11. “Which girl is Mary?” “She’s the one with ____________”
A. long curly black hair B. curly long black hair C. long black curly hair D. curly black long hair
12. Tom is very shy but his sister is outgoing.
A. humorous B. reserved C. hard-working D. sociable
13. No, you can’t go to holiday by yourself! You aren’t ____________!
A. very old B. too old C. old enough D. enough old
14. That man seems ____________.
A. happy B. happily C. happiness D. be happy
15. Will she be annoyed that you forgot to phone?
A. displeased B. pleased C. please D. pleasure
16. Dave has a good ____________ of humor.
A. sense B. scene C. scent D. cent
17. My brother isn’t old enough ____________ to school alone.
A. going B. go C. to go D. went
18. Bao spends his free time ____________ volunteer work at a local orphanage.
A. to do B. do C. to doing D. doing
19. Lan is getting tired ____________ doing the same thing every day.
A. with B. of C. in D. by
20. I don’t have enough money ____________ for a taxi.
A. to pay B. for paying C. for pay D. paying
IV. Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting.
21. He always eats eggs for breakfast and drink some milk.
A B C D
22. Mike doesn’t go to the cinema with us last Saturday.
A B C D
23. I would like to go away on holiday but I don’t have money enough.
A B C D
24. He lives on 26 Tran Phu Street in Ha Noi with his family.
A B C D
25. Every morning I spend about an hour to read the newspaper.
A B C D
V. Read the following passage and choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following
passage
Angela Duffy is a schoolgirl (26) __________ Liverpool. She wants to be a doctor. “I am going to (27)
__________ school next year. It’s a long course – about six years – but I’m going to work very (28) __________. It is
a difficult job, but I like working (29) __________ people, and I like the idea of working in a caring profession. “She
says that later she would like specialize and perhaps be a vet. “I love animals, and looking (30) __________ them
would be wonderful.”
 Angela’s sister is studying marketing at university. She enjoys (31) __________, and would probably like to
work for a tour company. “I’m not sure yet exactly what I want to do. After university, I’m going to have a year off,
and I’m going round the world with another girl. We hope to find a work on the way.”
26. A. at B. on C. of D. from
27. A. medicine B. medical C. medicinal D. medic
28. A. hard B. hardly C. hardness D. hardship
29. A. with B. on C. by D. for
30. A. for B. at C. after D. into
31. A. travel B. to travel C. traveled D. traveling
WRITING
VI. Read the passage and decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F).
My best friend’s full name is Stuart Kenneth Young. His family, call him Ken, for short, but his nickname at school
is ‘Sky’! He was born in Manchester, but now he lives in Newcastle. Sky is fifteen years old. He is 1.65m tall and he
weighs 50 kilos. He’s got short brown hair and dark brown eyes.
He is interested in all kinds of sport and music. His favorite group is U2, but his favorite singer is Bryan Adams.
Sports View is his favorite TV program Sky’s favorite food is pizza. He hates people who smoke all the time. I like
Sky because he’s got a good sense of humor. I also like him because he’s a great dancer.
32. Stuart Kenneth Young is the author’s best friend. ______________________
33. He lives in Newcastle. ______________________
34. Stuart likes Manchester. ______________________
35. Stuart likes pizza and people who smoke all the time. ______________________
VII. Use the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets in each sentence.
36. I would like ______________________ (make) a big cake for my father.
37. The sea ______________________ (cover) two-third of the world.
38. Vegetarians ______________________ (not eat) meat or fish.
39. Oranges ______________________ (be) rich in vitamin C.
40. When I am tired, I enjoy ______________________ (listen) to music.
41. We don’t have enough money ______________________ (go) by taxi.
42. Water ______________________ (boil) at 100 o C.
43. Nga and Hoa ______________________ (see) a movie tonight.
44. Sue ______________________ (speak) Vietnamese very well.
45. Alexander Graham Bell ______________________ (introduce) the telephone in 1876.
IX. Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as the sentence printed
before it.
46. His hair is curly, short, and blond.
→ He has.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
47. She can’t ride a motorbike because she is too young.
→ She isn’t ...............................................................................................................................................
48. The boy is too young. He doesn’t understand it.
→ The boy isn’t ........................................................................................................................................
49. You can’t put this book in your pocket because it is too big.
→ This book isn’t .....................................................................................................................................
50. The weather isn’t very warm. We can’t go swimming.
→ The weather isn’t..................................................................................................................................

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