Đề kiểm tra một tiết Tiếng anh Lớp 8 - Trường THCS Mỹ Thạnh

My Thanh Junior High School TEST
Class 83 Duration: 45 minutes
Name: ..
I. Listen and complete the passage. (2 pts)
Once a poor farmer had a daughter (1)___________________ Little Pea. After his wife died, the farmer (2)___________________ again. His new wife had a daughter, Stout Nut. Unfortunately, the new wife was very (3)________________ to Little Pea. Little Pea had to do (4)___________________ all day. This made Little Pea’s father very upset. He soon died of a (5)___________________ heart.
Summer came and went. In the fall, the village held its harvest festival. That year, everyone was (6)___________________ as the prince wanted to choose his wife from the village. Stout Nut’s mother made new clothes for her, but poor Little Pea had none.
However, before the festival started, a fairy (7)___________________ and magically changed Little Pea’s rags into beautiful clothes.
As Little Pea ran to the festival, she dropped one of her shoes and (8)___________________ it. When the prince found the shoe, he decided to marry the girl who owned it. Of course the shoe fitted Little Pea and the prince immediately fell in love with her.
 II. Choose the correct answer. (3 pts)
A person who can neither speak nor hear is called a ___________.
A. speaker 	B. deaf-mute 	C. listener	D. hearer
He was born ___________ June 1st, 2007.
A. on 	B. at 	C. in 	D. for
It is very interesting ___________ action movies.
A. watching	B. to watch	C. watch	D. watched
Telephone is one of Alexander Graham Bell’s ___________.
A. invent 	B. invention 	C. inventions 	D. inventor
The boys enjoy ___________ coins.
A. collect	B. collecting 	C. to collect 	D. collection
The movie “Gone with the wind” is on ___________ Sao Mai Movie Theater.
A. in 	B. for 	C. at 	D. to
The students ___________ the schoolyard every month.
A. clean	B. cleaning	C. are cleaning	D. will clean
They lived ___________ England in the 2000s.
A. on 	B. in 	C. at 	D. for
They never get tired ___________ John’s jokes.
 A. for 	B. in 	C. on 	D. of
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
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 four 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. 11 	b. 12 	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)
It’s ___________________ to let children play in the kitchen. (DANGER)
The students enjoy the ____________________of the local library. (PEACEFUL)
They take part in many ________________ activities after work. (DIFFER)
Thomas Watson was Alexander Graham Bell’s __________________, wasn’t he? (ASSIST)
_________________, he has just passed his English exam. (LUCK)
___________________ stories are great. (tradition)
Don’t put anything into ___________________ sockets. (ELECTRICITY)
He was __________________ because he lost all his money. (LUCK)
V. Complete each second sentence, so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. (1pt)
Reading comics is interesting.
It’s _________________________ comics.
Mary is very intelligent. She can answer all questions.
Mary is ______________________________ all questions.
Tom is taller than Tim.
Tim isn’t _________________________ Tom.
She always went to school on foot.
She used ____________________________ on foot.