Bài kiểm tra khảo sát đầu năm môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Ngày kiểm tra 9-9-2016 - Năm học 2016-2017

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Trêng : THCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ngaøykieåmtra:. . 9/ 9 / 2016 . 
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Líp: . . . . . . . . . Thêigian: 60 ph. ( Kh«ngkÓthêigianph¸t ®Ò )
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A- LISTENING :
Ex1-These people didn't have a good vacation. What did they do? Listen and circle the correct answer.(1,5pts)
1. a. went away	 	b. stayed home	 c.went to the cinema
2. a. went to Hawaii 	 	b. went to Okinawa	 c. went shopping
3. a. went away 	 b.visit some old friends	 c. stayed home
4. a. invited relatives to stay 	b. visited relatives	 c.went to the country
5. a. went to the beach	 b. went to the country	c.went away
Ex2- Listen to people talking about cities. What is each city like? tick the correct answer (1,5pts)
1. There are many .things in Tokyo (a. great 	 b. safe 	 c. cheap)
2. It’s very .. 	(a. crowded	 	 b. quiet 	c. polluted )	
3. It’s 	 ( a. noisy	 b. clean 	c. crowded )
4. New York city is really 	 ( a. boring b. great 	 c. cheap)
5.Auckland is a city 	 ( a. small	 b.crowded	 c. noisy )
B- READING
I.Read and choose the best answer A, B, C or D (1,5 points)
 My name is Huy and fishing is my favorite sport. I often fish for hours without catching anything. But this doesn’t worry me. Some fishermen are unlucky. Instead of catching anything, not even old boots. After spending the whole morning on the river, I always go home with an empty bag. “You should give up fishing”, my friends say. “ It’s a waste of time”. But they don’t know that I’m not really interested in fishing. I’m only interested in sitting in a boat and doing nothing at all!
0. Huy’s hobby is ...
A. fishing B. sports C. catching boat D. swimming
1. When he was fishing, he often catches..
A. old boots B. rubbish C. a lot of fish D. nothing
2. When does he usually go fishing?
A. in the morning B. at noon C. in the afternoon D. in the evening
3. What does Huy friend advise him?
A. go fishing at night 	 B. stop fishing
C. fish on other rivers D. spend less time on fishing
4. Where does Huy sit to fish?
A. on the river bank B. at a large lake
C. in a boat D. in the sea
5. What does Huy do when he fishes?
A. reads books B. listens to music
C. does nothing D. talks to other fishermen
II. Fill in the gaps with the words given in the box (1pt)
 asleep ,stations ,through ,looking,journey,while , trouble ,of , relax , although 
(1)..	 I have a car, I prefer to travel by train, especially if I have to make a long (2)..As the train travels at speed (3) . the countryside, I can (4)., drink a cup of coffee, read a book or just gaze out (5) 	the window. Sometimes, the movement of the train makes me fall (6) .. something you couldn't do (7). driving a car. The (8).. is that I hate waiting on cold (9) and I get angry when I have to waste time (10)  for a taxi or a bus at the beginning or end of my journey.
III. Read the passage carefully, then write true (T) or false (F)for the following sentences.(1pt)
Any invention has both good and bad effects on human beings. 
The invention of cars makes transportation much easier, but it is cars that are the greatest contributer of air pollution. Television is considered as the most wonderful means of amusement and entertainment. It’s also very useful to spread news. However spending many hours watching TV makes bad effects on the eyes of viewers and make viewers creative. People make wine to enjoy themselves but it is wine that has bad effects on their mental and physical health. Fertilizers and pesticides help farmers get a success of good harvest, but they are the factors that make soil poisonous. Nuclear power is considered as the only alternative energy but we may be in danger of destruction by its radioactivity.
The purpose of any invention is to make our lives better, so good or bad, it depends on the way by which we use these inventions.
(radioactivity: hiện tượng phóng xạ, alternative: thay thế, contributer: sự góp phần, pesticides: thuốc trừ sâu)
1..	Inventions only have good effects on human beings.
2..	Cars account for air pollution.
3	Spending too much time on TV is not good for your eyes.
4	Pesticides enrich the soil.
5	Radioactivity is not harmful to life.
C- WRITING 
I.Rearrange these sentences (1 pt)
1.food/what /favorite /your /is ?.	............................................................................................................
2.water /in /there/ is /the /bottle/some /	..............................................................................................................
3. your /kind /music /what /is / favorite /of ?	.............................................................................................................
4. I /dancing / think /interesting/ is .	.............................................................................................................
II.Rewrite the sentences so that they have the same meaning as the original ones. Use the words given. (1p)
1. The distance from Hai Duong to Ha Noi is about 60 kilometers.
It..................................................................................................................................
2.What is the distance between your school to Big C supermarket ?
How.............................................................................................................................
3.There wasn’t much traffic when I was small.
There didn’t use to.....................................................................................................
4.Although they were tired ,they wanted to watch the hilarious film.
In spite of ..................................................................................................................
III. Write a passage about 100 words to show your ideas about a means of transport for future (1,5p)
Including these information :
Name of the transport
 How it looks
 How its fuction 
what do you think about 
 etc..