PHUOC BINH SECONDARY SCHOOL THE FIRST TERM TEST IN ENGLISH 8 ( de chinh thuc) Class : 8A SCHOOL YEAR: 2009 – 2010 - TIME: 45 MINUTES Name: …………………………………………………………. Điểm toàn bài thi Chữ ký giám khảo Chữ ký giám thò 1 Chữ ký giám thò 2 Bằng số Bằng chữ I. Choose the word (a,b, c or d ) that best fits to each of the blank spaces.( 3 pts) 1. She in Hue for twenty years . a. lived b. has lived c. lives d. live 2. He asked me the books to the office. a. take b. takes c. taking d. to take 3. Lan enjoys the piano. a. play b. playing c. plays d. played 4. City life is different country life. a. from b. to c. of d. about 5. My father was good at swimming. He used to swimming in summer. a. goes b. went c. going d. go 6. You have to cook dinner a. alone you b. yourself c. herself d. himself 7. I think you should to school by bus. a. go b. went c. goes d. to go 8. I often play soccer Saturday afternoon. a. in b. on c. at d. to 9. I have lived in this house 2001. a. since b. for c. in d. at 10. Could you do me a ? – No problem. a. help b. work c. job d. favor 11. The couch is to the window. a. near b. opposite c. next d. beside 12. Mr.Brown is the same age Mrs.Brown. a. as b. like c. from d. with II. Match the phrases in column A with the corresponding part in column B ( 2pts) 1. How long have you lived here? 2. Can you fix my bike? 3. What is your full name? 4. Where were you born? 5. Do you need any help? 6.What are your hobbies? 7. What did you do last night? 8. What are you going to do this weekend? a. In Ho Chi Minh city. b. No. Thank you. c. Drawing, acting and outdoor activities. d. Tran Khanh Tung. e. Oh, yes. I’m very good at fixing things. f. I went to Hoa’s birthday party. g. I’m going to visit my grandmother. h. I’ve here since 2007. Answer: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 III. Read the passage, then write true ( T) or false ( F) for the following sentences ( 2pts) A new shopping mall is opening in Nam’s neighborhood today. It is very different from the present shopping area. All the shops are under one roof. That will be very convenient, especially during the hot and humid summer months. Customers will shop in comfort and won’t notice the weather. Some people in the neighborhood, however, are not happy about the changes. The owners of the small stores on Tran Phu street think the mall will take their business. Some of goods in the new stores will be the same as the ones in the small shops, but the stores in the mall will offer a wider selection of products, same at cheaper prices. True (T) or False (F). Check (  ) in the box T F 1. The new mall is similar to the present shopping are. 2. Everyone in the neighborhood is happy about the new mall. 3. The stores in the mall will offer a wider selection of products at cheaper prices. 4. Some of stores on Tran Phu street may have to close. IV. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense. ( 1pt) 1. Hoa and Lan badminton at the moment. ( play) 2. Mr.Green for that company for 20 years. ( work) 3. Yesterday, Ba to Da Nang by car. ( go) 4. My mother TV every night. ( watch) V. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first ( 2pts) 1. “ Can you open the window, please?” she said to me → She asked me 2. Bao doesn’t like washing up and gardening. →Bao dislikes 3. “ You shouldn’t listen to that kind of music.” My father said to me → My father said I 4. “ Don’t make too much the noise”. He said to the children → He told the children KEY I. 0,25/ one correct answer 1. b 2.d 3.b 4.a 5.d 6.b 7.a 8.b 9.a 10.d 11.c 12.a II. 0,25/ one correct answer 1. h 2.e 3.d 4.a 5.b 6.c 7.f 8.g III. 0,25/ one correct answer: 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. T IV. 0,5/ one correct answer 1. are playing 2.has worked 3.went 4.watches V. 0,5/ one correct answer 1. He asked me to open the window. 2. Bao dislikes washing up and gardening. 3. My father said I shouldn’t listen to that kind of music. 4. He told the children not to make too much the noise. PHUOC BINH SECONDARY SCHOOL THE FIRST TERM TEST IN ENGLISH 8 Class : 8A SCHOOL YEAR: 2009 – 2010 - TIME: 45 MINUTES Name: …………………………………………………………. Điểm toàn bài thi Chữ ký giám khảo Chữ ký giám thò 1 Chữ ký giám thò 2 Bằng số Bằng chữ I. Choose the word (a,b, c or d ) that best fits to each of the blank spaces.( 3 pts) 1. He asked me the books to the office. a. take b. takes c. taking d. to take 2. I have lived in this house 2001. a. since b. for c. in d. at 3. I think you should to school by bus. a. go b. went c. goes d. to go 4. Mr.Brown is the same age Mrs.Brown. a. as b. like c. from d. with 5. She in Hue for twenty years . a. lived b. has lived c. lives d. live 6. The couch is to the window. a. near b. opposite c. next d. beside 7. Could you do me a ? – No problem. a. help b. work c. job d. favor 8. Lan enjoys the piano. a. play b. playing c. plays d. played 9. City life is different country life. a. from b. to c. of d. about 10. My father was good at swimming. He used to swimming in summer. a. goes b. went c. going d. go 11. You have to cook dinner a. alone you b. yourself c. herself d. himself 12. I think you should to school by bus. a. go b. went c. goes d. to go II. Match the phrases in column A with the corresponding part in column B ( 2pts) 1. How long have you lived here? 2. Can you fix my bike? 3. What is your full name? 4. Where were you born? 5. Do you need any help? 6.What are your hobbies? 7. What did you do last night? 8. What are you going to do this weekend? a. In Ho Chi Minh city. b. No. Thank you. c. Drawing, acting and outdoor activities. d. Tran Khanh Tung. e. Oh, yes. I’m very good at fixing things. f. I went to Hoa’s birthday party. g. I’m going to visit my grandmother. h. I’ve here since 2007. Answer: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IV. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense. ( 1pt) 1. The chidren soccer in the back yard at the moment. ( play) 2. My father for that company for 20 years. ( work) 3. Yesterday, Ba to Da Nang by car. ( go) 4. My mother TV every night. ( watch) III. Read the passage, then write true ( T) or false ( F) for the following sentences ( 2pts) On March 3, 1847, Alexander Graham Bell was born in Endinburgh. He was a Scotman although he later emigrated first to Canada and then to the USA in the 1870s. In America he worked with deaf-mutes at Boston University. Soon, Bell started experimenting with ways of transmitting speech over along distance. This led to the invention of the telephone. Bell and his assistant, Thomas Waston, conducted many experiments and finally came up with a device which they first introduced in 1876. Bell said on the telephone : “ Mr. Waston, come here. I want you”. This was the first telephone message. True (T) or False (F). Check (  ) in the box T F 1. Alexander G.Bell was born in the USA. 2. He worked with deaf-mutes patients in a hospital in Boston. 3. Thomas Waston was Bell’s assistant. 4. Bell and Waston introduced the telephone in 1677. . V. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first ( 2pts) 1. Hoa likes acting, drawing and outdoor activities. → Hoa enjoys 2. 1. “ Can you open the window, please?” she said to me → She asked me 3. “ You shouldn’t listen to that kind of music.” My father said to me → My father said I 4. “ Don’t make too much the noise”. He said to the children → He told the children Key KEY I. 0,25/ one correct answer 1. d 2.a 3.a 4.a 5.b 6.c 7.d 8.b 9.a 10.d 11.b 12.a II. 0,25/ one correct answer 1. h 2.e 3.d 4.a 5.b 6.c 7.f 8.g III. 0,5/ one correct answer 1. are playing 2.has worked 3.went 4.watches IV. 0,25/ one correct answer: 1. F 2. F 3. T 4. F V. 0,5/ one correct answer 1. Hoa enjoys acting, drawing and outdoor activities. 2. . She asked me to open the window 3. My father said I shouldn’t listen to that kind of music. 4. He told the children not to make too much the noise. . 0,25/ one correct answer 1. b 2.d 3.b 4.a 5.d 6.b 7.a 8. b 9.a 10 .d 11 .c 12 .a II. 0,25/ one correct answer 1. h 2.e 3.d 4.a 5.b 6.c 7.f 8. g III. 0,25/ one correct answer: 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. T IV 0,25/ one correct answer 1. d 2.a 3.a 4.a 5.b 6.c 7.d 8. b 9.a 10 .d 11 .b 12 .a II. 0,25/ one correct answer 1. h 2.e 3.d 4.a 5.b 6.c 7.f 8. g III. 0,5/ one correct answer 1. are playing 2.has worked. March 3, 18 47, Alexander Graham Bell was born in Endinburgh. He was a Scotman although he later emigrated first to Canada and then to the USA in the 18 70s. In America he worked with deaf-mutes