Trêng THCS H÷u B»ng.
Bµi kiÓm tra häc kú I :
M«n: TiÕng Anh 8
Thêi gian: 45 phót
Hä vµ tªn:........................................
Líp: .................................................
I. LISTENING
Listen to the passage and give short answers to the following questions. (2.5 pts)
1. Who is Peter?
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2. How old is he?
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3. Where does he live?
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4. What does he like doing in his free time?
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5. What is he going to do next summer?
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II. READING
Read the passage and choose the most appropriate answer A, B, C or D. (2.5 pts)
How Nam has improved his English
In the first year of lower secondary school, I had some difficulties in learning English. My
English pronunciation was really bad and my English grammar was worse. I did not know how
to improve them. I didn’t want my father and mother to know about this. One afternoon after
the lesson, my teacher of English told me to wait for her outside the classroom. She took me to
the school library and showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills kept in a glass bookcase. She
also told me how to use an English-English dictionary to improve my English grammar. “Now I
think you know what you should do”, said she. I made much progress and only one year later, I
won the first prize in the English Speaking Contest held for secondary school students in my

1. I often play soccer _______ Sunday afternoon.
A. in B. at C. on D. for
2. We should wait here _______ our teacher comes back.
A. before B. until C. after D. during
3. Mr. Brown is the same age ________ Mrs. Brown.
A. as B. like C. from D. with
4. The little boy is not _________ to lift the suitcase.
A. enough strongB. strong enough C. too strong D. so strong
5. My father was good at swimming. He used to ______ swimming in summer.
A. go B. goes C. went D. going
6. Kate hates ______ to classical music.
A. listens B. listened C. listen D. listening
7. Hung is ______ student in my class.
A. good B. better C. the best D. a best
8. Ho Chi Minh City is larger and ______ beautiful than Hanoi.
A. more B. as C. most D. the most
9. Mr. Smith likes _______ to music in his free time.
A. listens B. listened C. listen D. listening
10. They built this house _______1990.
A. from B. in C. at D. for
IV. WRITING
Write a passage using the following sets of words and phrases. You can make all the
necessary changes and additions. (2.5 pts)
1. Lan / like / learn English
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2. She / begin / learn / this language / 2003
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3. She / always / want / improve her English
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4. Last week / she / buy / English-Vietnamese dictionary