Đề kiểm tra 45p môn Tiếng anh Lớp 8 - Trường THCS Mỹ Thạnh

My Thanh Junior High School TEST
Class 81 Duration: 45 minutes
Name: ..
I. Listen and complete the passage. (2 pts)
I am lucky enough to have a lot of friends. Of all my friends, Bao, Khai, and Song are the ones I spend most of my time with. Each of us, however, has a (1) ________________ character.
Bao is the most (2) _______________. He is also extremely kind and (3) ________________. He spends his free time doing (4) _________________ work at a local (5) _________________, and he is a hard-working student who always gets good grades.
Unlike Bao, Khai and Song are quite (6) ________________ in public. Both boys enjoy school, but they prefer to be outside the classroom. Song is our school’s star soccer player, and Khai likes the (7) ________________ and quiet of the local library.
I am not as (8) __________________ as Bao, but I enjoy telling jokes. My friends usually enjoy my sense of humor. However, sometimes my jokes annoy them.
Although we have quite different characters, the four of us are very close friends.
II. Choose the correct answer. (3 pts)
They never get tired ___________ John’s jokes.
 A. for 	B. in 	C. on 	D. of
They lived ___________ England in the 2000s.
A. on 	B. in 	C. at 	D. for
The students ___________ the schoolyard every month.
A. clean	B. cleaning	C. are cleaning	D. will clean
The movie “Gone with the wind” is on ___________ Sao Mai Movie Theater.
A. in 	B. for 	C. at 	D. to
The boys enjoy ___________ coins.
A. collect	B. collecting 	C. to collect 	D. collection
Telephone is one of Alexander Graham Bell’s ___________.
A. invent 	B. invention 	C. inventions 	D. inventor
She is good at ___________.
A. to sing	 	B. singing 	C. sings 	D. sing
My parents don’t let me ___________ out at night.
A. to play 	B. play 	C. playing 	D. played
My house isn’t very far ___________ the supermarket.
A. in 	B. at 	C. for	D. from
It is very interesting ___________ action movies.
A. watching	B. to watch	C. watch	D. watched
He was born ___________ June 1st, 2007.
A. on 	B. at 	C. in 	D. for
A person who can neither speak nor hear is called a ___________.
A. speaker 	B. deaf-mute 	C. listener	D. hearer
II. Read the passage below. Choose the correct answer. (2 pts)
Hi! My name is John. I live in Liverpool. Liverpool is a large city in the north of England. I live with my parents, my three brothers and sister. We live in a large house.
In our house, there is a big kitchen, a dining room, a large living room, and a toilet. There is also a separate room for our washing machine and freezer. Upstairs there are five bedrooms, two bathrooms, and another toilet. Outside, there is a large garden. There are two garages.
1. Where does John live?
a. In England 	b. In Wales 	c. In Scotland 	d. In France
2. How many people are there in John’s family?
a.4 	b.5 	c.6 	d.7
3. How many rooms are there in John’s house?
a. 10 	b. 11 	c. 13 	d. 14
4. Dining room is the room in a house where you_______ .
a. usually relax in comfortable chairs 	b. eat meals
c. cook food and wash dishes 	d. wash your body
5. Which of the following is not true?
a. John’s family live in a large house.
b. John’s house is big but doesn’t have any gardens.
c. The kitchen in John’s house is big.
d. John’s house has two garages.
IV. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets. (2pts)
___________________ stories are great. (tradition)
Thomas Watson was Alexander Graham Bell’s __________________, wasn’t he? (ASSIST)
They take part in many ________________ activities after work. (DIFFER)
The students enjoy the ____________________of the local library. (PEACEFUL)
It’s ___________________ to let children play in the kitchen. (DANGER)
He was __________________ because he lost all his money. (LUCK)
Don’t put anything into ___________________ sockets. (ELECTRICITY)
_________________, he has just passed his English exam. (LUCK)
V. Complete each second sentence, so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. (1pt)
She always went to school on foot.
She used ____________________________ on foot.
Reading comics is interesting.
It’s _________________________ comics.
Tom is taller than Tim.
Tim isn’t _________________________ Tom.
Mary is very intelligent. She can answer all questions.
Mary is ______________________________ all questions.