TRƯỜNG THCS THẮNG HẢI KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ I Năm Học 2015 – 2016
Họ và tên:……………………… Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Khối: 8
Lớp: 8…. Thời gian: 45 phút (Đề 2)
I. Language focus: (5 m.s)
* Chọn A, B, C hoặc D mà em cho là đúng nhất:
1. It is dangerous to let children ……………….……….. in the kitchen.
A. play B. to play C. playing D. to playing.
2. The match was …………….…………. live all over the world.
A. traveled B. demonstrated C. transmitted D. arranged
3. She spends most of her free time ………….. volunteer work.
A. doing B. to do C. do D. did
4. A child whose parents have died is called a (an ) ……………….
A. cousin B. neighbor C. nephew D. orphan
5. His parents are always ………………………….. of him.
A. proud B. happy C. sad D. hard
6. He enjoys ………………..………….to music while he’s studying.
A. listening B. watching C. seeing D. doing
7. He …………………………… from Canada to America to find work.
A. left B. immigrated C. came D. emigrated
8. You can use a(an)………….. to record messages when you are out.
A. telephone directory B. moile phone
C. fax machine D. answering mahine
9. I………………. a letter from my old friend last week.
A. sent B. gave C. received D. took
10. Khai is very …………….. . He likes telling jokes.
A. friendly B. humorous C. generous D. reserved
11. My grandma …………. us when my parents were away from home.
A. looked for B. looked after C. looked at D. looked up
12. John ………… an old school friend in the street this morning.
A. carried on B. got along C. came across D. turned off
* Chọn từ có cách phát âm khác với những từ còn lại:
13. A. sink B. knife C. fire D. rice
14. A. house B. couch C. ought D. counter
15. A. candy B. fry C. many D. happy
* Chọn A, B, C, hoặc D mà em cho là sai:
16. Remember, playing with one match can starts a fire.
A B C D
17. They used go to the library when they studied I Ho Chi Minh City.
A B C D
18. My uncle and my aunt have lived in this village since over twenty years.
A B C D
* Viết hình thức đúng của các từ trong ngoặc:
19. People in my country are very warm and ______________. ( friend )
20. She is always worried about the ___________ of her family. ( safe )





II. Reading: (2.5m.s)
Read the text: (1 m)
    Graham Bell was born in Scotland in 1847, but when he was twenty-three, he moved with his parents to Canada. At the end of the year, he left his family and went to Boston. Though Bell was a dreamer, he was also a practical thinker and a man of action. At Boston University, he worked as a teacher of the deaf - mutes, he started experimenting with ways of transmitting speech over a long distance. This led to the invention of the telephone.
* Check with “True or False”:
a) Graham Bell was born in England.______
b) Graham Bell went to Boston with his family._______
c) He emigrated to Canada when he was 21.______
d) Bell invented the telephone._______
Read the text: (1.5m.s)
Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is an organization for Vietnamese youth from 16 to 30 years of age. The Union builds good character, love for the nation, and encourages good citizenship, soft skills and personal fittnes.
The Union was founded on March 26th, 1931 by the beloved President Ho Chi Minh. It had different names over the years. One of its first name was “ Vietnam Communist Youth Union”. In December 1976, it was officially named as it is called today: Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union. However