PHÒNG GD&ĐT CAM LỘ
ĐỀ THI HỌC KỲ I
MÔN TIẾNG ANH – LỚP 8
Năm học: 2014-2015
( Thời gian 45 phút không kể thời gian phát đề)



I. Find out a word that has different pronunciation from the others:(1.0m)
1. a. bought b. cough c. sight d. daughter
2. a. happy b. character c. fat d. classmate
3. a. smile b. thick c. fit d. visit
4. a. hot b. hat c. hour d. hall

II. Circle the best answer: (2.5ms)
1. He isn’t old …………… to ride a motorbike.
a. too b. enough c. so d. very
2. Graham Bell was born …………….. March 3, 1847
a. in b. on c. at d. during
3. Children are not old enough to look after…………………...
a. themselves b. itself c. yourselves d. ourselves
4. I…………… to live with my grandparents when I was small.
a. used b. was used c. have used d. was using
5. We have to………………..sure children do not play with matches.
a. open b. come c. make d. do
6. My father is very………… He often makes us laugh a lot when he is at home.
a. bad-temper b. humorous c. reserved d. sociable
7. He is happy ……………… her.
a. smell b. to smell c. to see d. hear
8. Many young people like……………….. football.
a. play b. to play c. played d. playing
9. No one else in the class plays the guitar ……………..Mark.
a. as far as b. as well as c. as soon as d. as well
10. His family has lived here ………….. 1983
a. since b. but c. in d. o

III. Find out the mistake in each sentence and correct it: (1.5ms)
1. He want go to Russia with her
A B C D
2. This is the more interesting I have ever read
A B C D
3. The boy always spends much time to play games.
A B C D
4. I was listening to the radio when the doorbell was ringing
A B C D
5. When Jane was younger, she used to singing in a jazz band
A B C D
6. You have keep all dangerous objects out of children’s reach.
A B C D

IV. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the words in brackets:(1.0m)
1. Don’t go to see that play. It’s very ………………..(BORE)
2. He made an …………………to see her yesterday morning (ARRANGE)
3. It’s ……………….. to drive so fast (DANGER)
4. I received an………………. to lunch from him (INVITE)


V. Read the passage and answer questions:(2.0ms)
Frank is now the head of a very large business company, but as a boy he used to work in a small shop. It was his job to repair bicycles and at the time he used to work fourteen hours a day. He saved money for years and in 1938 he bought a small workshop of his own. During the war, Frank used to make spare part for planes. At that time he had two helpers. By the end of the war, the small workshop had become a large factory which employed seven hundred and twenty-eight people. Frank smiled when he remembered his hard early years and the long road to success.
How many hours did Frank use to work every day?
…………………………………………………………………………..
When did he buy his own workshop?
…………………………………………………………………………..
How many workers were there in Frank’s factory at the end of the war?
…………………………………………………………………………..
What is his job now?
…………………………………………………………………………..

VI . Rewrite these sentences that have the same meanings with the first one: (2.0ms)
1. “Turn off the TV when you are out”, she said to me
-> She