THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION
Subject : ENGLISH 8
Duration : 45 minutes
School year : 2010-2011
Marks Teacher’s comment
Học sinh làm bài trực tiếp trên đề thi này
I. Language focus. (2.5 ms)
Choose the best option by circling the letter a, b, c or d.
1. Miss Hoa has lived in Tran Van Thoi town ………… six years.
a. since b. for c. at d. in
2. We like …………… Vietnamese films.
a. watch b. to watch c. watches d. watching
3. I used to …………… to school when I was a student.
a. walk b. to walk c. walks d. walking
4. My brother speaks English very …………… .
a. good b. bad c. well d. fluent
5. Linh’s pen is different …………… mine.
a. from b. to c. as d. with
6. Alexander Graham Bell was born ................................ March 3
rd
, 1847.
a. in b. on c. at d. from
7. Nam has to cook dinner …………… .
a. herself b. myself c. himself d. yourself
8. Why did Ba fail the exam? - …………… he didn’t study hard.
a. So b. Yes c. No d. Because
9. You ought to …………… speaking English everyday.
a. practice b. practices c. to practice d. practicing
10. I haven’t …………… him since 2005.
a. see b. saw c. seen d. seeing
II. Reading. ( 2.5ms)

3. My mother said to me : “You should get up earlier.”
My mother said ................................................................................................................
4. Minh is strong. He can lift that box.
Minh is strong enough .....................................................................................................
5. We intend to have a picnic on Sunday.
We are going ....................................................................................................................
IV. Listening. (2.5ms)
Listen to the story “How the tiger got his stripes” and fill in the missing words.
One day, as a farmer was in his field and his buffalo was grazing nearby, a tiger (1)
…………… . The tiger wanted to know why the small man was the master. The farmer (2)
…………… he had something called wisdom, but he left it at home that day. He went home
to get the (3) …………… , but before that he tied the tiger to a tree with a rope because he
didn’t want it to eat the buffalo. When he returned, the farmer brought some (4)……………
with him. He said it was his wisdom. He lit the straw and the fire burned the tiger. The tiger
escaped, but it still has black (5) …………… from the burns today.
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Good luck to you !
ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8 HỌC KÌ I
NĂM HỌC 2010-2011
I. Language focus. (2.5 ms)
0,25 điểm/mỗi đáp án đúng.
1. b 2. d 3. a 4. c 5. a 6. b 7. c 8. d 9. a 10. c
II. Reading. ( 2.5ms)
• Answer true (T) or false (F). (0,5m)
0,25 điểm/mỗi đáp án đúng.
1. T 2. F
• Answer the questions. (2,0ms)
0,5 điểm/mỗi câu trả lời đúng.
1. Na is new to the neighborhood.
2. Nam has lived in this neighborhood for about ten years.