Trườngng THCS TT Cái Bè ĐỀ KIỂM TRA CHẤT LƯỢNG ĐẦU NĂM- NĂM HỌC: 2011-2012
Môn: Tiếng Anh- Lớp 8. Thời gian: 60 phút
ĐỀ A
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I/ Choose ONE best option to complete the sentences bellow ( 3,0 pts)
1. We are best friends. However, each of us ( have/ has/ is having/ had) different character.
2. The refrigerator is ( next / on / in / between) the counter and the dishwasher.
3. Come (downstairs/ upstairs / outside / inside) and sit under the sun.
4. I have to ( clean/ cleaning/ cleaned/ to clean) the kichen floor now
5. Tam is thin and (have/ has/ is/ had) short dark hair.
6. I will come and pick you (in/ with/ for/ up).
7. Ba spends most of his free time ( to do/ did/ doing/ does) volunteer work at a local orphanage.
8. Lan is quite ( helpful/ sociable/ humorous/ reserved) in public, she doesn’t want to talk much.
9. Mai: .......…? ( What does she look like / What is she like / What does she like/ What do you like)
Hoa: She is friendly and helpful.
10. My sister often looks at ( himself / yourself / herself / myself) in the mirror.
11. They put the ( picture / cushion / rug / clock) on the floor.
12. My grandmother used to ( live / living / lived / lives ) on a farm when she was a young girl.
II/ Read the passage carefully, then do the following tasks:
Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland on March 3 , 1847, but when he was a young man of twenty three, he moved with his parents to Canada. Before the year was over, young Graham had left his family and gone to the USA.
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.
Bell and his assistant, Thomas Watson , conducted many experiments and finally came up with a device which they first introduced in 1876. Traveling all over America, Bell demonstrated his invention to the public and by 1877 the first telephone was in commercial use.
State whether the statements are True (T) or False(F):1pt)
Alexander Graham Bell moved to Canada with his parents in 1870.
He worked with deaf-mute patients in a hospital in Boston.
Thomas Watson was Bell’s assistant.
Bell and Watson introduced the telephone in 1877.
Answer the questions: (1pt)
When was Graham Bell born?
Who(m) did he work with at Boston University?
III/ Pick out the word that has the different stress pattern from the others: (0,5 pt)
A. assistant B. orphanage C. transmit D. annoy
A. exhibition B. message C. humorous D. emigrate
IV/ Pick out the word that is pronounced differently from the others ( 0,5 pt)
A. device B. receive C. generous D. reserved
A. conduct B. demonstrate C. customer D. sociable
V/ Put the verbs in the correct tense and form ( 1,5pt)
Mr. Hoang ( see)………..an interesting action movie on TV tonight.
Would you like ( leave)……….a message?
I ( receive)…………. a letter from my old friend yesterday.
I ( buy) …………a new electric bike last week.
The sun ( rise)………in the East and ( set)……… in the West.
VI/ Make complete sentences, basing on the suggested words:( 1 pt)
My brother / not be / tall / enough / play / volleyball.
Lan’s parents / be going / visit / her / Christmas.
VII/ Choose the correct answer to complete the passage: ( 1,5 pt )
You must put all chemicals and drugs in locked (1)……Children may drink or eat these things (2)…….they look like soft drinks or candy. You must not let (3)…. play in the kitchen. The kitchen is a (4)….. place. You must cover electrical (5)……so that children do not try to put anything into them. (6)….can kill.

A. wardrobes B. refrigerators C. cupboards D. shelves
A. so B. because C. but D. and
A. children B. teachers C. students