UBND THÀNH PHỐ PHỔ
YÊN
TRƯỜNG THCS MINH
ĐỨC
ĐỀ KIỂM TRA CUỐI HỌC KỲ I
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8
Năm học 2024- 2025
(Thời gian làm bài 60 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề)
Thông tin học sinh
Họ và tên học sinh: ………………………
Lớp:………………………………………..
Chữ ký của giám thị
Giám thị 1:……………
Giám thị 2:……………
Điểm
TEST 1
LISTENING Listen and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).1,0m)
1 Jessica lives with her family in a rural area T F
2 Her family is a small one with 4 people.. T F
3 The house is well furnished. T F
4 The girl walks to school every day T F
5 She loves sitting on the sofa under the large window T F
PHONETICS
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs
from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. (1pt)
6. A. stopped B. looked C. arrived D. watched
7. A. chiken B. teacher C. school D. chess
8. A. bad B. hat C. match D. fall
9. A. nations B. speakers C. neighbors D. cooks
10. A. hang B. house C. hour D. horse
Choose the best answer A , B C or D to answer or complete the sentences.
LANGUAGE
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
11. If he spends too much time on computer games, he ____________sore eyes.
A. have B. has C. will have D. is having
12. He is a club member, ____________ he never participates in any of the activities.
A. and B. but C. therefore D. otherwise
13. Tony: _____________do you watch TV ?
Peter: Three times a week.
A. When B. How often C. How long D. How much
14. My friend is __________ of skiing, so she often goes to a nearby ski resort with her parents at
weekends.
A. crazy B. fond C. interested D. keen
15. Tet is an occasion for family________ in Viet Nam.
A. visiting B. meeting C. reunions D. gather
16. When we lived together in the city, he went to the library ___________ than me.
A. more frequently B. frequently C. most frequently D. as frequently
17.________ worshipping Kitchen gods is a long- time tradition of _____ Vietnamese.
A. A/the B. The/the C. ∅/ the D. ∅/ a
18. ________ girls know how to cook.
A. Much B. Many C. a lot D. Any
19. Do you think we _______ a test tomorrow?
A. write B. writes C. will write D. wrote
20. She _________ sore eyes if she spends too much time on the computer.
A. have B. has C. will have D. had
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s)
in each of the following questions.
21. On Fridays, I like to go out with friends to the local park for a picnic
A. hang out B. stay in C. get on with D. run out of
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s)
in each of the following questions.
22. The children dislike staying in door at weekend
A. hate B. enjoy C. love D. admire
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs
correction in each of the following questions.
23. My sister enjoys read about wild animals and natural mysteries. ................
A B C D
24. Unless it doesn’t rain, we will have a picnic next week. …………..
A B C D
25. Many the Vietnamese go to temples or pagodas to pray for good luck. ……….
A B C D
26. My father plays tennis more skifull than my brother.
A B C D
READING
Read the passage and choose the best answers.
Christmas is my favorite holiday. I enjoy (27) ……Christmas cookies and planning parties. I sending
cards and hearing from old friends. I love seeing children open their (28) ……on Christmas morning.
Most of all, I love one special custom that we have in our family. On the night before Christmas we
(29) ….... in warm clothing and go from house to house in our neighborhood. At each house, we (30)
…...Christmas songs.
Then we go to a hospital or a home for elderly people and we sing there. We want to let people know
that we care about them. Afterward, we come home and drink hot chocolate by the (33) ….... I love
this!
27. A. bake
28. A. presents
29. A. wear
30. A. sing
B. baking
B. gifts
B. put off
B. shout
C. to bake
C. offers
C. dress up
C. cry
D. baked
D. both A and B
D. get
D. speak
VII. Read the text and answer the questions below:
Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He moved 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 a long distance. This led to the invention
of the telephone. Thomas Watson was Bell's assistant. Bell and Watson introduced the telephone in
1876. Bell demonstrated his invention at a lot of exhibitions. He died in 1922.
Questions
31. When was Alexander Graham Bell born?
……………………………………………………………………………………….
32. Did he go to Canada?
……………………………………………………………………………………….
33. What did he do when he was at Boston University?
……………………………………………………………………………………….
34. Where did Bell demonstrate his invention?
……………………………………………………………………………………….
WRITING
Write the meaningful sentence using the suggested words and phrases given by choosing A, B, C or
D.
35. grow up/you/What/going/are/do/when/to/you?
A. What will you going to do when you grow up?
B. What are you going to do when you grow up?
C. What do you going to do when you grow up?
D. What are you go to do when you grow up?
36 last/ week/ what/ never/ happen/ me/ to/ guess/ you/./
A. You never guess what was happened to me last week.
B. You'll never guess what had happened to me last week.
C. You'll never guess what happened to me last week.
D. You would never guess what was happening to me last week
37. appointment/ make/ an/ doctor/ to/ see/ go/ the/ Hoa/ after/ yesterday/./
A. Yesterday Hoa goes to see the doctor after making an appointment.
B. Yesterday Hoa makes an appointment after going to see the doctor.
C. Yesterday Hoa went to make an appointment after seeing the doctor.
D. Yesterday Hoa went to see the doctor after making an appointment.
Rewrite the following sentences, using the given words.
38. Hurry up or we’ll be late for the concert.
If we ______________________________________________ .
39. Let’s go to the movies tonight.
Would you like ___________________________________________________?
40. David Beckham plays soccer very well.
David Beckham is _____________________________________________.