School : Ton Duc Thang
Class:………………… Name:……………………..
THE FIRST SEMESTER TEST ( 2011- 2012)
Subject : English 8
Time : 45 minutes
Marks:

 I/Listen to the passage and complete the table about Thu and Minh: (2ms)
Name
Appearance
Character
Hobby

Thu
(1) ………and (2) ………
(3)…….. ……and hard-working
watching TV and (4)………………..

Minh
short and (5) ……………
(6) ……………..and humorous
(7)…………………..and(8)…………

II/ Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.( 1m)
1) A. cheap B.character C. children D.church
2) A.list B.underline C.highlight D.night
3) A. watched B. liked C. loved D. laughed
4) A. pronunciation B. unite C. upset D. underline
III/Choose the best answer. (2ms)
1)Laura: Could you do me a favor? Peter: _____
A. No. Thank you B. Yes. That’s very kind of you
C. How can I help you? D. No. Thank you. I’m fine
2). Next month all students in our school _____ and empty garbage along the roads near the school.
A. collect B. collected C. collecting D. were collecting
3). Tam Cam is one of the famous _____ that many children read today.
A. pictures B. folktales C. books D. clubs
4). Bill is a ……. driver. He drives ……. (A. carefully/carefully B. careful/carefully C. careful/careful)
5). Quang: What is your _____? => Nam: I like reading short stories. (A. hobby B. job C. form D. group)
6). Little Pea ___ one of her shoes when she ran to the festival. (A. drops B. was dropping C. dropped D. drop)
7). The Teacher’sDay in Vietnam was founded on _____.
A. 22 December 1944 B. 27 July 1947 C. 26 March 1931 D. 20 November 1982
8) “Please, give him my book “ Nga said to Lan
-- Nga ………. …Lan to give him her book. (A. said B. asked C. pleased D. said to)
IV/Read the passage. Then answer the questions.(2.5ms)
Hello, I’m Lan. I’m in grade 8. Do you want to know how I have improved my English? In the first year of lower secondary school, I had some difficulties in learning English both pronunciation and grammar. One day,I bought a lot of books on English exercises and I did a lot of exercises on English grammar everyday. I also improved my pronunciation by listening to some cassettes of pronunciation drills. I made much progress and I got better marks for my English tests. Last year, I won the first prize in the English Speaking Contest in my school.
*Answer the questions.
1) What difficulties did Lan have in learning English in the first year?
( ..
2) What did she do to improve her English grammar?
( ..
3) Did she do more exercises on English pronunciation ?(..............................................................................
4) What did she win in the English Speaking Contest last year?
(.
5) Which subject do you need to improve (………………………………………………………………….
V/ Rewrite the sentence without changing its meaning. (2.5ms)
1) Mr Brown is 60 years old and Mrs Brown is 60 years old,too.
( Mr Brown is………………………………….
2) “ Can you give me the pen?” Lan said ( Lan asked me………………………………………………..
3) My father worked in that company ten years ago. (My father has…………………………………………
4) I don’t play tennis as well as I used to. (I used……………………………………………………………
5)They intend to buy a computer for their son. ( They are……………………………………………

School : Ton Duc Thang
Class:………………… Name:……………………..
THE FIRST SEMESTER TEST ( 2011- 2012)
Subject : English 8
Time : 45 minutes
Marks:

 I/Listen to the passage and complete the table about Thu and Minh: (2ms)
Name
Appearance
Character
Hobby

Thu
(1) ……….and (2) ………
(3)…….. …….and hard-working
watching TV and (4)…………………..

Minh
short and (5) ……………
(6) ………………and humorous