Đề thi học kì I môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 7+8 - Năm học 2016-2017 - Trường THCS Hưng Lộc (Có đáp án)

WRITTEN TEST FOR THE FIRST TERM- GRADE 8 Time: 45 minutes Name: …………………………………………. Class: ……….

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I.Circle the word whose underlined part is pronouced different from others(1) . 1. A. visits B. cats C. cleans D. looks

2. A. rag B. participate C. pancake D. airmail

3. A. scout B. school C. academic D. chore

4. A. decided B. washed C. needed D. wanted

II. Put the verbs or the words in brackets into the correct form (2).

1.We should go home. It (become) dark. ………………… 2.My father asked me ( open) the window. ………………… 3. The earth (go) around the sun. ………………… 4. Mai enjoys (watch) Tom and Jerry. ………………… 5. My elder brother (work) in this factory since 1998. ………………… 6. She (move) to this village 20 years ago. ………………… 7. Ha Long Bay is (beautiful) than Phu Quoc Island. ………………… 8. La speaks Chinese ( good). ………………… III. Choose the best answer(1,5) 1. He (could/ will/ ought/ must) to join in activities outdoors 2.She is (as/ like/ the most/ more) beautiful girl in the class. 3. Mr Tan’s car is different(as/ like/ from/ with) Mr Minh’s one. 4.They like ( playing/ plays/ played/ play) the guitar. 5. Alexander Graham Bell was born ( in/ on/ at) March 3rd,1845 in Scotland. 6. When my grandfather was young, he used (go/ went/ going/ to go) jogging in the morning. IV. Read the text and answer the questions (1,5). A good memory is a great help in learning language. Everybody learns his own language by remembering what he hears when he was a small child, and some children like boys and girls who live abroad with their parents seem to learn two languages almost as easily as one. At school it isn’t easy to learn a second language because the pupils have little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects as well. The best way for most of us to remember things is to join them in our mind with something which we know already or which we easily remember because we have a picture of it in our mind. That is why it is better to learn

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words in sentences, not by themself, or to see , or do, or feel what a word means when we first use it. 1.What is a great help in learning a language?

………………………………………………………………………………. 2.Why isn’t easy to learn a second language at school? ……………………………………………………………………………… 3.What does the word ‘’ Which’’ mean in line 8 ? ……………………………………………………………………………… 4.Is learning words in sentences better or worse? …………………………………………………………………………… V. Read the passage and decide which statements are true (T) or false (F). Yesterday I received a letter from my friend, Tim. He is in Australia. He has been there for six months. Tim is an engineer, He is working for a big firm and he has already visited a great number of different places in Australia. He has just bought an Austalian car and has gone to Alice Springs, a small town in the center of Australia. He will soon visit Darwin. From there, he will fly to Perth, My friend has never been abroad, so he is finding his trip exciting.

T F 1. Yesterday I sent a letter to my friend. 2. He went to Australia six months ago. 3. He is working for a big company. 4. he has already visited many different places in Australia. 5. Alice Springs is a big town in the center of Australia. 6. In the future he will visit Darwin. 7. He will go to Perth by train. 8. He thinks his trip is very interesting. VI.Rewrite the following as directed(2). 1. I last played basket ball last year.  I haven’t…………………………………………………………………… 2. My brother usually drank coffee when he was a student. My brother used……………………………………………………………. 3. My sister is busy so she can’t come with me.  My sister can’t come ………....................................................................... 4.The black car is cheaper than the red car. The red car ................................................................................................... 5. “Please turn off the radio,” said Lan’sgrandmother.  Lan’sgrandmother …