KIEM TRA HK II

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Class:8

The first semester test – English 8

( Time : 45 minutes)

I . Listen to the talk between Lan and Ba about the differences between her life in the city and

her home village. Choose the best option.(1 pt.):

1. Lan is sad because she..........her home village.

a. miss b. missed c. misses d. missing

2. Now Lan lives in ..........

a. a city b. a small village c. a village d. the country

3. Her home village ..........a beautiful place.

a. was b. used to c. are d. is

4. She thinks people in the city are..........people in the village.

a. not as friendly as b. more friendly

c. as friendly as d. friendly than

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II. Put the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from others( 1 pt.):

1. a. live b. nice c. write d. alive

2. a. hold b. know c. told d. shop

3. a. club b. cup c. pub d. tube

4. a. owner b. soccer c. photo d. motor

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III. Choose the best option to complete these sentences.( 2,5 pts):

1. Lien is short and slim. She has..........hair

a. curly short blond b. blond curly short

c. short curly blond d. curly blond short

2. Alexander Graham Bell..........his invention to the public at countless exhibitions.

a. emigrated b. demonstrated c. invented d. found

3. Hoa practices speaking English regularly..........improve his pronunciation.

a. so that b. in order to c. as result d. so as to

4. May I help you? - ..........

a. Yes, you may. b. Yes, that very kind of you.

c. No, you may not d. I’m afraid I’m busy now.

5. That’s a very old bike. He ..........it for a long time.

a. had b. has c. have had d. has had

6. Tom is seventeen . He isn’t..........to drive a car.

a. enough old b. old enough c. enough young d. young enough

7. You really ..........work harder and harder for the coming exams.

a. will b. ought c. need d. must

8. The children are old enough to look after..........

a. your selves b. ourselves c. for themselves d. themselves

9. “ What ...............?” “ She is very nice”

a. is Sandra like b. was Sandra like c. does Sandra like d. did Sandra like

10. They haven’t seen each other.......... some months.

a. when b. since c. in d. for

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IV. Rewrite the sentence beginning as shown so that the meaning stays the same(2pts):

1. My mother said: “ Go straight upstairs and get into bed”

My mother asked us...........................................................................

2. We can’t go to the movies because it’s too late.

It isn’t.................................................................................................

3. My teacher said: “ You should take another course”