Trường THCS Quảng Tiến Đề thi học kì I - Năm học: 2009-2010
Môn: Tiếng anh - lớp 8
Thời gian: 45 phút


A. PRONUNCIATION: Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from the others. (1 point)
1. A. nature B.face C.graze D. parcel
2. A. school B. Christmas C. children D. character
3. A. device B. scissors C.sink D. transmit
4. A. fun B. upset C. tutor D. product
B. LANGUAGE FOCUS:
I. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence. (4 points)
1. She was sent to the .........................after her parents died in an accident
A. exhibition B. hospital C. university D. orphanage
2. My parents are farmers and everyday they work very..........................on their farm
A. hard B. hardly C. harder D. hardest
3. He is always proud .........................himself
A. about B. of C. on D. with
4. We...........................to the movie tonight. The film ...................at 7.30
A. will go- will begin B. are going- will begin C. go-begins D. are going- begins
5. They haven’t seen each other ...........................last month.
A. from B. for C. since D. in
6. I ................................tennis a lot, but I don’t play very often now.
A. used to play B.am used to playing C. was play D. played
7. My grandma .....................us when our parents were away from home
A. looked for B. looked after C. looked at D. looked up
8. She was born ..........................June 15th . 1998
A. of B. at C. on D. in
9. You are not allowed to go ........................the museum without paying
A. outside B. inside C. upstairs D. downstairs
10. I watched the movie “ Romeo and Juliet ” and at last they killed ...............................
A. together B. themselves C. each other D. them
II. Put the verbs in the correct forms ( 1,25 points)
They ( receive )..............................their first semester report a few days ago.
Which subjects ...................you ( have )......................yesterday ?
3 .We ( not eat )..........................in that restaurant for nearly two years.
4. Mrs Hang asked me ( spend ).......................more time on pronuncation.






C. READING: Choose the given words in the box to fill in each blank to complete the passage ( 2points)
village beautiful think time summer


 The country is more (1)...............................than a town and pleasant to live in. Many people (2)...................so , and go to the country for the (3)........................holidays though they can not live there all the year round. Some have a cottage built in a (4).........................
so that they can go there whenever they can find (5).............................

D. WRITING:
Write sentences based on given cues . Make changes if necessary (2points) 1. The red dictionary / expensive / than / the blue one.
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2.. Ba / collect / stamps / since 1995
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3. Long / not / old / enough / drive / car.
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4. Hung / used / write letters / his friends / but / now / he / telephone
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5. Na / prefer / live / the city / live / the country.
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A. PRONUNCIATION: Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from the others. (1 point)
1. A. device B. transmit C. scissors D. sink
2. A. upset B. fun C. tutor D. product
3. A. nature B. graze C. face D. parcel
4. A. character B. Christmas C. children D. school

B. LANGUAGE FOCUS:
I. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence. (4 points)
1. I ................................tennis a