Kiểm tra học sinh xếp loại học lực giỏi năm học 2009-2010 môn Tiếng Anh 8

PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO QUỲNH LƯU
KIỂM TRA HỌC SINH XẾP LOẠI HỌC LỰC GIỎI 
Năm học 2009-2010
Môn: Tiếng Anh 8 - Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
PART 1:	PHONETICS
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest (5 points)
1. A. sure 	B. serve 	C. upset	D. escape
2. A. Christmas	B. character	C. change	D. chemistry
3. A. cook	B. cool	C. too 	D. food
4. A. plants	B. computers	C. trains	D. hotels
5. A. traveled	B. needed	C. cleaned 	D. stayed
II. Identify the word whose stressed pattern is different from that of the others 
(5 points)
1. A. concert	B. collect	C. comic	D. music
2. A. geographic	B. biology	C. experiment	D. librarian
3. A. remove	B. begin	C. copy	D. become
4. A. friendly	B. generous	C. unhappy	D. pretty
5. A. engineer	B. artist	C. doctor	D. worker
PART 2:	GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
I. Choose the best answer (10 points)
1. I’ll try my ____ to improve my listening skill.
 	A. good	B. better	C. well	D. best
2. He stopped ____ some water because he was thirsty.
 	A. drinking	B. to drink	C. for drinking`	D. drink
3. We haven’t eaten anything ____ 8 am yesterday.
 	A. since	B. for	C. yet	D. already
4. Supermarkets are not the ____ as the markets, they are often bigger and the goods are more expensive.
 	A. similar	B. similarity	C. same	D. like
5. She was very sad ____ the driving test because she has failed several times before.
 	A. not pass 	B. not passing	C. to not pass	D. not to pass 
6. Can you tell me ____?
 	A. what is her name	B. what her name 
 	C. what her name is 	D. what is she name
7. Mr. Hung: Do you mind if I smoke here? – Mrs. Thu: ____.
 	A. No, thanks 	B. I’d rather you didn’t	
 	C. I’m fine, thanks	D. Thanks, I don’t smoke
8. According to some writers, there are about 6,000 languages ___ in the world today.
	A. speak	B. are speaking	C. spoke	D. spoken
9. Tim: Do you know the woman ____ with Mr. Smith? - John: She is Mrs. Ann.
 	A. is talking 	B. to talk 	C. talk	D. talking
10. The city is ____ noisy ____ I don’t want to live there permanently.
 	A. too - that	B. very - for	C. such - that	D. so - that
II. Supply the correct forms of the words in brackets (10 points)
1. She is one of the ______ students in my class. 	(GOOD)
2. Vietnam is trying to ______ more tourists. 	(ATTRACTION)
3. China has a big number of places of ______. 	(INTERESTING)
4. In the USA, there are ____ articles about the film and how it is made. (DAY)
5. In my opinion, this lesson can be ______ understood.	(EASY)
PART 3: 	READING COMPREHENSION
Read the following passage and fill in each blank with ONE suitable word (10 points)
It is very important to eat well, especially _____(1)_____ you are students. If you are at school, you may go home ____(2) ___ lunch, and have a cooked meal of meat or fish and vegetables. Or perhaps you take some food with you to school, and eat ___(3)_____ in the lunchtime. A chicken and lettuce sandwich, with some fresh fruit would ____(4) _____ a light but healthy lunch. Many people around the world eat plain, boiled rice two or three ____(5) ____ a day.
Students do not often eat well when they are revising for an ____(6)____. They eat chocolate and drink ____(7) ____of black coffee. They do not often eat on time as usual. And by the ____(8) ____, doctors say everybody should start the day ____(9)_____ a healthy breakfast. It is ____(10) _____ good for you to drink a lot of water right through the day.
PART 4: 	WRITING
I. Write the second sentence that has the same meaning with the first one (8 points)
1. "Don't forget to do your assignment, Jack.” said Jack’s mother.
Jack’s mother asked ....................................................................
2. Let's go out for a walk.
	Why not .....................................................................................?
3. No one has tidied these rooms for a long time.
	These rooms ................................................................................
4. Henry was so weak that he couldn't go to school himself.
	Henry was too .............................................................................
5. Peter got more good marks than Tom.
	Tom did ......................................................................................
6. They used to be better at swimming than we.
	We were .....................................................................................
7. Because of the heavy rain, we were late for class.
	Because it ...................................................................................
8. "What will you do next weekend, Nga?", said Nam.
	Nam asked .................................................................................
II. Composition: (12 points) 
Write a composition of 120 - 150 words about the following topic:
HOW CAN WE SPEAK ENGLISH BETTER?
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PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
QUỲNH LƯU
HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM
Kiểm tra HS học lực giỏi - Năm học 2009-2010
Môn: Tiếng Anh – Lớp 8 
PART 1:	PHONETICS
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest (5 points)
Key: 1. A	2. C	3.A	4. A	5. B
II. Identify the word whose stressed pattern is different from that of the others 
(5 points)
Key: 1. B	2. D	3. C	4. C	5. A
PART 2:	GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
I. Choose the best answer (10 points)
Key: 1. C	2. B	3. A	4. C	5.D	6. C	7. B	8. D	9. D	10. D
II. Supply the correct forms of the words in brackets (10 points)
Key: 1. best	2. attract	3. interest	4. daily	5. easily
PART 3: 	READING COMPREHENSION
Read the following passage and fill in each blank with ONE suitable word (10 points)
Key: 1. when	2. for	3. it	4. be	5. times	
	6. exam/examination	7. lots	8. way	9. with	10. also/ quite/
PART 4: 	WRITING
I. Write the second sentence that has the same meaning with the first one (8 points)
Key:
1. Jack's mother asked him (not forget) to do his assignment.
2. Why not go out for a walk?
3. These rooms have not been tidied for a long time.
4. Henry was too weak to go to school himself.
5. Tom did not get as many good marks as Peter.
6. We were not as good at swimming as they/ We were worse at swimming than they.
7. Because it rained heavily, we were late for class.
8. Nam asked Nga what she would do the following/next weekend.
II. Composition: (12 points)
Write a composition of 120 - 150 words about the following topic:
HOW CAN WE SPEAK ENGLISH BETTER?