PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM

HUYỆN CAI LẬY
Độc lập - Tự do - Hạnh phúc

TRƯỜNG THCS CẨM SƠN
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ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ I
MÔN : ANH VĂN - Lớp 8
Thời gian làm bài 45 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)
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Question 1: Fill in the blanks in these sentences by choosing the most suitable words or phrases (A, B, C or D) (2.0pts):
You should ______ your English pronunciation .
improve
to improve
improves
improved

My mother told me to study ______ .
hardly
good
hard
bad
We did ______ watch color TV in the past .
not used to
used to
used not to
not use to

Nga was born ______ May 5th 1994 .
in
of
at
on
At home, we put our food in the ______ to keep it for a long time.
kitchen
refrigerator
furniture
shelf

Without electricity we can’t use any modern ______ for doing housework.
things
robots
equipment
machinery

Hoa and I ______ saw that accident yesterday.
purselves
herself
himself
myself

______ is a thing that you use in a kitchen for cooking food.
cooker
cook
refrigerator
counter

Question 2: Pick out the word that doesn’t belong to the group with the others (1.0pt):
during, inside, outside, upstairs
telephone, fax, computer, ticket
can, give, may, must
rags, shoes, stripes, clothes

Question 3: Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others (1.0pt):
injure, knife, kill, sink
my, curly, library, friendly
goes, does, studies, washes
conducted, united, grazed, collected

Question 4 :Read the passage below then state whether the following sentences are TRUE or FALSE (2,0pts):
Huong’s grandma used to live on a farm when she was a young girl. She didn’t go to school because she had to look after her sisters and brothers. She used to cook the meals, clean the house and wash the clothes. She had to do everything without the help of modern equipment because there was no electricity at that time. Life was hard for her.
When Huong’ s grandma was a young girl, she used to live on a farm.
She used to go to school when she was young.
At that time, there was no electricity.
Life was convenient for her.
Question 5: Read the passage below then answer the following questions (1.5pts):
The Y&Y help the community by encouraging all members to participate in a recycling program. All they have to do is to collect used glass, paper and cans, and send them for recycling. By doing this, they can help save natural resources and earn some money for the organization.
The Y&Y can participate in other programs such as raising funds for the poor, helping street children, helping elderly people and planting trees and flowers along the sidewalks or in the parks.
What can the Y&Y help save ?
Where can they plant trees and flowers ?
Who can they raise funds for ?

Question 6: Write complete sentences from the promts (2.5 pts):
We / used / to / walk / school / morning.
Mr. Hao / should / repair / house.
The Sun / rise / East.
He / be / old / enough / go / school / now.
My family / visit / my grandparents /NhaTrang / next week.
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PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM

HUYỆN CAI LẬY
Độc lập - Tự do - Hạnh phúc

TRƯỜNG THCS CẨM SƠN
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ĐÁP ÁN: ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ I
MÔN : ANH VĂN - Lớp 8
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Question 1: (2.0pts)
A. improve
C. hard
D. not use to
D. on

B. refrigerator
C. equipment
A. ourselves
A cooker

Question 2: (1.0pt)
during
ticket
give
stripes
Question 3: (1.0pt)
knife
my
washes
grazed
Question 4: (2.0pts)
True
False
True
False
Question 5: (1.5pts)
The Y&Y can help save natural resources (and earn some money for the organization).
They can plant trees and flowers along the sidewalks or in the parks.
They can raise funds for the poor, helping street children, helping elderly people.
Question 6: (2.5 pts)