Bộ đề trắc nghiệm Tiếng Anh lớp 8 (học kỳ I) Test 3

I. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the
others.
1. a. annoy b. enough c. lucky d.reserved
2. a. humor b. orphan c. receive d.curly
3. a. appearance b. annoyance c. outgoing d.character
4. a. extremely b. generous c. orphanage d.humorous
5. a. sociable b. volunteer c. photograph d.beautiful

II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished
sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
6. It seems you often _______ up very early.
a. get b. got c. getting d. getted
7. Water _____ at 100°C.
a. boil b. boils c. boiled d. is boiling
8. In the kitchen, there was a _______ table.
a. beautiful large wooden round b. beautiful large round wooden
c. large wooden beautiful round d. round wooden beautiful large
9. He wasn’t ______ the job.
a. experienced enough to b. enough experienced to
c. experienced enough for d. enough experienced for
10. Is there enough room _____ in the car?
a. for me b. to me c. for I d. to I
11. That was one of the _____ days of my life.
a. gladdest b. most glad c. happiest d. most happy
12. Jane wants to go to the cinema but I would prefer at home.
a. stay b. to stay c. to staying d. for staying

21. a. similar b. the same c. alike d. different
22. a. old than b. older than c. oldest d. the oldest
23. a. in b. at c. on d. of
24. a. like b. likes c. is liking d. are liking
25. a. kind b. reserved c. hard-working d. helpful
26. a. hard b. hardly c. hard-working d. busy
27. a. so b. because c. but d. and
28. a. by b. with c. of d. to V. Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that
best answers each of the questions about it.

My name’s Ellen and my husband’s name is Peter. We’ve got three children
- two sons and a daughter. Our sons’ names are Ian and Ben. They’re twins,
but they aren’t identical. Ian’s got dark hair, but Ben’s hair is fair. Our
daughter’s name is Tracy. She’s eight years old. The boys are four.
identical (adj): giống hệt
29. How many people are there in Ellen’s family?
a.3 b.4 c.5 d.6
30. What does the word ‘twins’ in line 3 mean?
a. one of two children who were born at the same time to the same mother
b. the child of somebody’s aunt or uncle
c. a girl or woman who is somebody’s child
d. a boy or man who is somebody’s child
31. How old is Ben?
a. He’s four years old. b. He’s eight years old.
c. He’s two years old. d. no information
32. What’s Ellen’s daughter’s name?
a. Ian b. Ben c. Tracy d. Peter

a. go for a swim to study b. going for a swim to study
c. going for a swim to studying d. go for a swim to studying
12. Each of the rooms _____ a different color.
a. has b. have c. have had d. are having
13. He rarely shows his feelings. He’s rather_______ .
a. reserved b. sociable c. humorous d. helpful
14. The audience didn’t laugh ______ his joke.
a.at b.on c.to d.for
15. He worked as a volunteer_______ Oxfarm.
a.at b.for c.to d. with

III. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard
English.
16. Once when I was ten, I used to get sick and went to the hospital.
A B C D
17. Mike doesn’t go to the cinema with us last Saturday.
A B C D
18. I would like to go away on holiday but I don’t have money enough.
A B C D
19. He lives on 26 Tran Phu Street in Ha Noi with his family.
A B C D
20. Every morning I spend about an hour to read the newspaper.
A B C D

IV. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
Dear Luis,
I’m your new pen friend! My first name is Andy and my (21) _________is
Wong. I’m from Cheadle, in the north of England, and I’m sixteen (22)
____old. I’m fairly tall, with (23) ______. And I wear glasses. I enjoy (24)
_____jokes and my friends usually enjoy my sense of (25) ______. The

a. the same in some ways b. completely the same
c. completely different d. liked by many people
30. Tim and Tom ____ .
a. are the author’s twin brothers b. have blond hair and blue eyes c. aiways
wear jeans and T-shirts d. all are correct
31. What does the word ‘them’ in line 6 refer to?
a. things b. jazz
c. jeans and T-shirts d. dancing or discos
32. Which of the following is not true?
a. Tim is hard-working.
b. Tom is a bit lazy.
c. Their mother is often away from home.
d. Tim doesn’t like dancing or discos but Tom likes them.
33. The passage is written about the author’s _____ .
a. brothers b. pen pals c. cousins d. a & c

* LISTENING COMPREHENSION
1. Listen and fill the oval A, B, or C indicating your choice.
1.1 He has __________ friends.
A. 2 or 3 B. 20 or 30 C. 10 or 12
1.2 His friends are_________ .
A. Bob and Tor B. Torn and John C. John and Bob
1.3 Her friend is_________ .
A.new B.nice C.cold
1.4 Her new friend is_________ .
A. outgoing B. sociable C. Both A and B are incorrect.
2. Listen and fill in the blanks.
John’s family (1.6) _______in my neighborhood (1.7) ________months ago.
They are (1.8)________ . The father came to Viet Nam on(1.9) _______
.His company has a Ha Noi-based office and he works as a (1.10)________

II. 6b 7b 8a 9a 10d 11c 12a 13a 14a 15b
III. 16b 17a 18d 19b 20c
IV. 21c 22b 23a 24c 25a 26a 27b 28a
V. 29a 30d 31d 32d 33a

LISTENING

11. Woman: How many friends do you have?
Man: Well, about a dozen.
1.2 Woman: Are Tom, Bob, and John your friends?
Man: No. Only the first two are my friends.
1.3 Man: What’s your new friend like ?
Woman: Well, she’s a nice tall girl.
1.4. Man: Lam is your friend, isn’t he ?
Woman: No. He’s my cousin.
1.5. Man: Is your new friend reserved ?
Woman: Oh, no. He often goes to parties and likes to be with friends.
Key
11. c 1.2 A 1.3 B 1.4. B 1.5. A
1.6. moved 1.7 many 1.8 British 1.9 business 1.10 representative
1.11 international 1.12 often 1.13 four 1.14 grows
1.15 Vietnamese