PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC-ĐÀO TẠO                                  NĂM HỌC 2013 – 2014

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ĐỀ THI MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8

Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)

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I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D.(2.5pts)

1.  A. laughs              B. cars                         C. stops                     D. works

2.  A. watched           B. reduced                 C. coughed                D. raised

3.  A. three                B. through                 C. without                 D. thank

4.  A. watch               B. bath                       C. want                      D. wash

5.  A. sure                 B. mixture                 C. injure                    D. pleasure

6.  A. few                   B. new                        C. threw                     D. knew

7.  A. clothes             B. matches                 C. colleges                 D. churches

8.  A. clear                B. wear                      C. bear                       D. ware

9.  A. sunbathe         B. father                    C. theater                   D. weather

10. A. switch             B. stomach                C. match                    D. catch

1…… 2…… 3…… 4……. 5……. 6……. 7……  8. ……9. ….. 10. ……….

II. Circle the word or phrase that best completes each sentence(5pts)

1. Will she be annoyed that you forgot to phone?
   a. displeased             b. pleased                  c. happy                     d. sad
2. I spend most of my time……………my friends.
   a. with                        b. at                             c. together                  d. for
3. We spend time…………..volunteer work.
   a. to do                       b. on doing                c. doing                      d. for doing
4. The………….put too much salt in the food.
   a. cook                       b. cooker                    c. stove                       d. oven
5. What does your brother……………..?
   a. look like                 b. look as                   c. be like                    d. as
6. Bell started……………..with rays of transmitting speech.
   a. experiment      b. to experimenting    c. experimenting  d. experimented
7. Peter is sociable. I am not as…………………….. .
   a. going out as he is                          b. going out as him is
   c. outgoing as he is                           d. outgoing as him is
8. The weather is warm enough for us…………….. .
   a. going out               b. to going out           c. to go out                d. go out
9.  This led…………….the invention of the telephone.
   a. to                             b. about                      c. at                             d. in
10. We should spend more time………………Math and English.
    a. on                            b. in                            c. at                             d. for
11.  We should learn this poem…………….. .
    a. by heart                  b. by soul                   c. by many times      d. by millions
12. Will you join the young people’s…………….at our college?
    a. associate                b. associated             c. association            d. associates
13. He wanted me……………….another language.
    a. learning                  b. being learning       c. to learning             d. to learn
14. Could you tell me who……………….this university?
    a. found                      b. founder                  c. founding                d. founded
15. How do you………….your name?
    a. pronunciation       b. pronounce             c. pronounced           d. pronoun
16.  I tried my……………..not to laugh.
    a. good                       b. well                        c. better                      d. best
17. ……………I help you? – No. Thank you. I’m fine.
    a. Must                       b. May                        c. Will                        d. Would
18.  He always greets me in a…………….way.
    a. friend                     b. friendship              c. friendly      d. friendliness
19.  His…………..towards me is very strange.
    a. behave                   b. behavior                c. behaved                 d. behaving
20. Most middle-aged and…………people need glasses for reading and close work.
    a. lately                      b. elderly                    c. early                       d. lovely

III. Fill each gap in the sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets. (2.5pts)

1. She had an……………….to work at home two days a week. (arrange)
2. I found your address in the telephone……………of our city. (direct)
3. You can pay for the carpet on………………..(deliver)
4. His………………from Scotland to the USA was in 1860. (emigrate)
5. Our team were………………..to lose the match. (fortunate)