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đề khảo sát tiếng anh 8 –năm học 2008- 2009
Thời gian làm bài 120 phút( không kể giao đề)

<i><b>I) Complete the following sentences with an appropriate form of the word in brackets. </b></i>
<i><b>(0) is an example for you.( 4, 5ms)</b></i>

0) They have all been absolutely (wonder) wonderful!

1) I don’t like that film. It’s very (bore) __________________.
2) Ho Chi Minh City is (large) _________________ city in Vietnam.
3) They boy fell asleep during (perform) __________________.
4) They waited for his (habit) _______________ response.

5) The male birds are more (colour) _________________ than the females.
6) Every pupil was very (excite ______________ about the holiday.

7) His parents are very proud of his (succeed) _______________.
8) David Beckham is my (favour) ______________.

9) I don’t know how you (celebration) ______________ your birthday.

10) Some people feel that towns are too (noise) ______________ for them to live in
11) Life is more . . . now. (comfort)

12) Would you like to go . . . (swim)
13) He speaks French very . . . (good)

14) Life in the city is . . . from life in the country. (difference)
15) Meat is not a . . . food if we know how much to eat. (health)
16) These medicines can work well with your . . . (ill)

17) My sister has a beautiful . . . of stamp. (collect)

18) There was no . . . for his absence from class yesterday. (explain)
<i><b>II) Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning. (1,25ms)</b></i>
19) The sister asked: “Are you hungry, Tom?”

- The sister ___________________________________.
20) A lot of effort has been put in the work by the little girl.

- The little girl __________________________________________.
21) How long have you studied medicine?

- When _____________________________________?
22) John was too ill to go to school.

- John wasn’t _________________________________.
23) Tom is not as tall as Peter.

- Peter ____________________________.

<i><b>III) Do as directed in parentheses. (0) is an example for you. (1,5ms)</b></i>
0) I (go) to Dalat 2 years ago. <i>(Supply the correct verb form)</i>

- I went to Dalat 2 years ago.

24) The weather was fine. We could go camping. <i>(Combine into one sentence using </i>
<i>“enough . . . to”)</i>

- ___________________________________________________________________
25) Everyone stopped (laugh) when we (come). <i>(Supply the correct verb form)</i>

- ___________________________________________________________________
26) He gave him back the money last Sunday. <i>(Change into the passive voice)</i>

- ___________________________________________________________________
26) Putting the knives __________ an electrical socket is dangerous. <i>(Fill in the blank </i>
<i>with the suitable preposition)</i>

27) Jeans can’t be worn at work. <i>(Change into active voice)</i>

- ___________________________________________________________________
28) The boy said to the girl “Did you go out last night?”. <i>(Change into reported speech)</i>

- ___________________________________________________________________
<b>IV: READING COMPREHENSION</b>

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When you are driving (0) _ <i>abroad </i> __ you should (1) ____________

29_... sure that you have all documents with you. These (30)_______________
your passport, your driving (31) ______________ and insurance papers. It (32)
_______________ very inconvenient if you (33) ______________ any of these or if you
cannot find (34)_____________ quickly. You must also make (35) ________________
that your car has a national plate which shows the country (36) _______________ the car
is registered; for (37) _________________, GB for Britain, F for France, N for Norway
and so on.

In some (38) _________________ you have to pay if you don’t (39)
______________ motoring laws and this can sometimes cost you a (40)
______________of money. For instance, you may have to pay immediately if you are
stopped by a police officer for taking no notice of traffic (41) ______________, speed

(42) _______________ or if you allow children (43) _______________ the age of twelve
to (44) ______________ in the front seat of a vehicle.

<b>V. WRITING </b>

<b>Finish the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. Do not</b>
<b>change the given bold word form and do not write more than 5 words. (1.25 pts)</b>
Example: 0. My school has two thousand students.

0. are There are two thousands students in my school.
45. May I turn on the television?

mind Do you _________________________________ the television?
45. Would you mind not using the office phone?

use I’d ____________________________________ the office phone.
46. “Don’t throw things away” - Mrs. Thanh said to the students.

asked Mrs. Thanh_____________________________ throw things away.
47. Does your country export coffee to Europe?

exported Is _______________________________ by your country?
48. I suggest going to the movies now.

that I ______________________________to the movies now.
<i><b>VI. Use the correct verb form (2ms)</b></i>

49. The house . . . on that hill is very old. (build)
50. Coffee . . . from Brazil. (export)

51. My friend was . . . when I came. (phone)
52. She’d rather . . . bananas than apples. (eat)
53. When were those potatoes . . . ? (plant)
54. Mr Green wanted his son . . . .an engineer. (be)

55. She had her daughter . . . the football match on TV. (watch)
56. He told his daughter . . . his shirt. (mend)

<i><b>VI. Rewrite or combine the following sentences into a new one as directed (1ms)</b></i>
57. He can get hay for cattle. He keeps grass. (Use by + present participle)

- ...
58. When has he bought this book ? (Change into passive voice)

- ...
59. Let’s get taxi. It’s a very long way. (Use “too or enough”)

- ...
60. Could you speak (slowly), please ? (supply the correct form of adverb)

-Mai isn’t………..
<b>VII Supply the correct tense of the verbs in brackets: (2 marks)</b>

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61) I (know) ... her for 5 years.

62) He broke his arm when he (play) ...…... soccer.
63) My father (leave) ……… Hue for Ha Noi next week.
64) Lan (read)... an interesting newspaper now.
65) I (go) ... to the country last Sunday.

66) We (not see) ...…... here since we (be)…….……. on holiday in Ha Long
Bay.

67) She usually (wash) ...her car on Sundays.
<b>V/ Change into the Passive voice: (1,5 marks)</b>

68) They use the old school as a sport center.

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...
69) People built a new primary school last year.

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...
70) Someone will drive your car to Edinburgh on Tuesday.

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...
71) A local company has offered Maria a good job.

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...
72) He gave Mary roses on Valentine’s Day.

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...
73) People speak English all over the world.

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...
<b>VI/ Change into the Reported Speech: (1,5 marks)</b>

74) Mai told Lan “It is raining heavily outside now.”

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...
75) “Don’t talk in class!” The teacher told us.

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76) She said to him “I am going to leave here soon.”

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77) “I must clean these class windows.” said Trung

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78) "Help me to hang this picture, Ba." Hoa said

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...
79) Ann said to me “I will do some tests tomorrow.”

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...
<b>VII/ Arrange these groups of words to make complete sentences: (1 marks)</b>
80) watching/ the living room/ father/ in/ at the moment/ My/ is/ TV.

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...
81) interested/ history/ John/ the/ of/ is/ Vietnam/ in.

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...
82) is/ the/ to/ She/ strong/ suitcase/ not/ lift/ enough

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83) time/ your/ will/ What/ be/ here/ aunt/ ?

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<i><b>VIII. Complete the sentences with the same meaning ( 1.2`5 points)</b></i>

84. He hasn’t been back to his home town for over 20 years now. ( <b>since)</b>

.

………

85. She wrote that book during her holiday in Wales. ( <b>While)</b>

.

………

86. Would you like me to call the police? ( <b>if)</b>

.

………

87. I don’t really want to go to the museum. ( <b>rather</b>)

.

………

88. They had to postpone the meeting because of illness. ( <b>postponed)</b>

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IX<i><b>. Rewrite the following sentences, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays </b></i>

<i><b>the same.( 3 points)</b></i>

89. The window which has broken in the storm last night has now been repaired.

The window………

90. “ Do many tourists visit My Son every year?”, Nam askes Lan.

Nam asked Lan………

100. The French civil Alexandra Gustarve designed and built Eiffel Towel in 1889.

Eiffel Towel………

101. Could you send this letter for me?

Do you mind………?

102. We learn English because we want to read English books.

In order to………..
103. Lan asked me “ Are you a teacher?”

Lan asked me ………

Chän từ mà phần gạch chân có cách phát âm khác với những từ còn lại.(2đ)

1. A. watched

2. A .steel

3. A. cage

4. A. thresh

5. A. fire

6. A.selection

7. A.open

8. A. plough

9. A.fly

10. A. was

B.changed
B.sugar
B.chase
B.nothing
B.birth
B.island
B.cold
B. laugh
B.study
B.always

C.stopped
C.seek

C.ache
C.further
C.first
C.suggestion
C.blow
C.enough
C.lying
C.delicious

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