Đề kiểm tra một tiết học kì I Tiếng anh Lớp 8

THE FIRST WRITTEN 45-MINUTE TERM TEST
ENGLISH:8
Full name: ..
Class: 
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. .
1. A. watching
B. machine
C. kitchen
D. matched
2. A. picture
B. written
C. hiding
D. ribbon
3. A. smiled
B. worked
C. picked
D. jumped
4. A. populated	.	
B.loaded
C.harvested
D. lived
Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest. 
1. A. normad
B.paddy
C. robot
D. disturb
2. A. stranger
B. people
C. replace
D. factory
3. A. attention
B. effective
C. children
D. approach
4. A. population
B. basis
C. chairman
D. country
Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each sentence. 
1. While I the performance, I met one of my old friends.
A. watched	B. was watching	C. watch	D. am watching
2. You should buy the blue sweater. It suits you ..than the red one.
A. good	B. well	 C. better	D. the best
3. The of quan ho singing has been recognized as a world heritage.
A. preservation	B. procession	 C. song	D. performance
4. Saint Giong was unable to talk, smile, or walk he was three years old.
A. even though	B. because	C. while	D. if
5. It’s a rule, so everyone strictly follow it.
A. doesn’t have to	B. shouldn’t	C. has to	D. should
6. The 54 ethnic peoples of Vietnam are , but they live peacefully.
A. similar	B. unlike	C. diverse	D. like
7. I detest .so early in the morning.
A. get up	B. getting up	 C. gets up	D. to get up
8. Both my brother and I help .. our family’s goats. We feed them on the pastures by the edge of the village.
A. herds	B. to herd	C. herding	D. to herding
9. Lang Lieu couldn’t buy any special food ..he was very poor.
A. although	B. when	C. while	D. because
10. The girl was crying when a fairy 
A. appears	B. was appearing	C. appeared	D. is appearing
Identify a mistake in each sentence and correct it. 
1. Vietnam is an multicultural country with 54 ethnic group.
2. We speak English fluent now than last year.
 ..
3. We broke with tradition by make sponge cakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival instead of moon cakes.
 .. 
4. You has to take off your hats when you go to the pagoda. 
Use the correct tense and form of the verbs to complete the sentences.
1.If you write more (care)_____________ , you will make more mistakes.
2.When I was a small child I fancied (fly)_____________ kites in the field.
3.They (live)_____________ .a nomadic life for six years.
4.Thien Nhan (win)_____________ The Voice Kids 2014.
5.Their teacher (sing)_____________ an English song now.
Read the fairy tale Cinderella and do the tasks below.
Once upon a time there was a young girl called Cinderella. Cinderella was living happily with her family when her mother died. Her father married an evil widow with two daughters. Cinderella’s stepmother and two stepsisters mistreated her. She had to wear old clothes and work hard while the sisters wore fancy clothes and had fun. A good witch helped Cinderella. She turned Cinderella’s old dress into a beautiful gown. Cinderella went to a party and a handsome prince politely invited her to dance with him. He fell in love with her and wanted to find out who she was. Cinderella left the party in a hurry and didn’t tell the prince her name. but she left a glass slipper, and the prince used that to find her. They got married and lived happily ever after.
Answer true (T) or false (F). 
True 
False 
a. Cinderella was living happily with her family when her mother died.
b. Her father married a kind woman.
c. Her stepmother and two stepsisters were very kind to her.
d. The prince got married to the girl who fitted the left glass slipper.
Answer the questions. 
1. What did Cinderella’s father do when his wife died?
2. How did Cinderella’s stepmother and two stepsisters treat her?
3. Who turned Cinderella’s old clothes into a beautiful gown?
4. What did the prince use to find Cinderella?
Combine each pair of sentences to make one sentence, using the words given in brackets 
1. We won’t hold the festival. It costs too much money. (IF)
=> 
2. The tortoise was running. The hare was sleeping. (WHILE)
=> 
3. The girl worked hard. Her stepmother wasn’t happy. (ALTHOUGH)
=> . 
4. The Buffalo- fighting Festival took place in Do Son last Saturday. There were so many people. (BECAUSE)
=> .. 
Read the situation and complete the sentences with the right comparative form of the adverbs in brackets. 
1. A lion can run 100km/hr while a horse can run 80km/hr. (fast)
=> A lion can run 
2. They are both good at speaking English, but Hung speaks better than Nam. (badly)
=> Nam speaks English ..
3. The Eagle team performed more successfully than the Tiger team. (successfully) 
=> The Tiger team performed ..
4. A sports car goes faster than an ordinary car. (slowly)
=> An ordinary car goes ..
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