Đề kiểm tra số 3 Tiếng anh lớp 8 (Bài 9 đến 11)

E8-(U9-11) Test 3

I. Choose the word whose UNDERLINED part is pronounced differently from the others. (2 points)

1. A. bandage B. damage C. teenager D. message

2. A. first B. victim C. facility D. notice

3. A. conscious B. shock C. promise D. hold

4. A. about B. drought C. wound D. house

5. A. pressure B. address C. dressing D. possible

6. A. teammate B. spread C. weather D. pleasure

7. A. separate B. pomegranate C. royal D. itinerary

8. A. ticket B. exciting C. crystal D. century

9. A. finished B. guessed C. compiled D. fetched

10. A. heritage B. prize C. liberty D. include

II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below. (2 points)

1. They moved to the city _____ well-paying jobs.

A. in order to get B. for getting C. in order not to get D. so that getting

2. ____ is a type of bed used for carrying the sick or injured people.

A. Stretcher B. Ambulance C. Bandage D. Crutch

3. I think I ____ home across the park.

A. walk B. will walk C. am walking D. walking

4. She _____ tight to the handrail.

A. held B. caught C. kept D. touched

5. I forgot to thank them _____ helping me.

A. about B. for C. of D. on

6. She covered her knees ______ a blanket.

A. in B. under C. with D. of

7. The farmers look for other work _____ get more money for their family.

A. so as to B. in order that C. so as not to D. so that

8. She was _____ for days after the accident.

A. conscious B. unconscious C. consciously D. unconsciously

9. Scale is an instrument for showing _____ people or things are.

A. how heavy B. how tall C. how old D. how high

10. I tried to cheer him_____, but he just kept staring out the window.

A. on B. up C. off D. out

III. Read the text and choose the best answer. (1.5 points)

Accidents in the home

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Many thousands of children have accidents in their homes. As a result some children died.

The most common accidents are with fire and hot water. Small children often touch pots of boiling

water on the stove. The pots fall over and the hot water falls on the children and burns them. Some

children like to play with fire. They enjoy striking matches or throwing things on a fire to make it

burn brightly. If a fire gets too big, it gets out of control. Then the house catches fire. It is very

dangerous to play with matches. When a child strikes a match, the flame soon burns near his

fingers. Then he drops the match on the floor. Many houses catches fire in this way.

Some kinds of clothing burn very easily. Many children have been badly burned because they have

stood near a fire and their clothing has suddenly caught fire.

Although fire and hot water cause most accidents in their home, many children cut themselves

with knives. Others get an electric shock.

Some children are made very ill from taking their parents’ medicine. Many small children have to

go to hospital every year because they thought a box of medicine was a box of sweets. There is only

one good way to see to it that accidents do not happen in the home. Do not touch anything that is

dangerous.

1. What causes most accidents?

A. Fire and matches B. Fire and hot water

C. Pots of boiling water and fat D. Big fires which get out of control

2. What do some children like doing?

A. Touching pots of boiling water B. Cooking on stoves

C. Playing with matches D. Catching fire

3. What do children often do with lighted matches?

A. Throw things on the matches to make them burn brighter B. Throw the matches on the fire

C. Throw them on the floor D. Set fire to their clothes

4. Why has the clothing of many children caught fire?

A. The children have been too near a fire.

B. Other children have set fire to the clothing

C. Some children have dropped matches on their clothing

D. Hot water has fallen over their clothing

5. Which one of the following is the cause of many other accidents in the home?

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