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MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH, LỚP 8

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

SECTION 1. LISTENING
I. Listen to the news and decide if these sentences are true or false. Write your T
(true) or F (false) in the answer box. You will hear the recording twice. (10 points)
1. It’s difficult for scientists to recycle car tires.
2. The bag used to be milk cartoons.
3. It takes one large bottle to make five large T-shirts.
4. You can make greeting cards from magazines.
5. The prize for the competition is a T-shirt.
Write your answers (T or F) here:

1 …………….. 2........................ 3......................... 4........................ 5.....................

II. Listen to four teenagers talking about their weekends and

answer the questions. Then complete the following sentences
with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS. Write your answers in the
answer box You will hear the recording twice. (10 points)
- Ella broke the .....................(1)........................
- Abi celebrated ..................(2)................on Saturday with her .............(3).......... .
- Daisy lost .....................(4)............. in the cinema.
- Chloe .....................(5)........... for her family on Sunday.
Write your answers here:

1 …………….. 2 ........................ 3 ......................... 4 .................... 5 .....................

SECTION 2: PHONETICS
III. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. Write your
answers in the space provided. (6 points)
1. A. beloved B. hatred C. ragged D. amused
2. A. heritage B. giant C. garden D. village
3. A. pronounce B. cousin C. enough D. country
Write your answers here:

1 …………….. 2........................ 3......................... 4........................ 5.....................

IV. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the other three of the
group. Write your answers in the space provided. (4 points)
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1. A. original B. magnificient C. convenient D. wonderful

2. A. voluntary B. academic C. application D. education
Write your answers here:

1 …………….. 2........................ 3......................... 4........................ 5.....................

SECTION 3. LEXICO - GRAMMAR

V. Choose the correct answer(s) to complete each of the following sentences. Write
your answers in the space provided. (70 points). There may be more than ONE
correct answer.
1 He was offered the job …...……..…. his qualifications were poor.
A. although B. in spite of C. because of D. because
2. It’s no use ……....……. a language if you don’t try to speak it.
A. learned B. to learn C. learn D. learning
3. He ………..…. me to take a lawyer to the court with me.
A. advised B. suggested C. threatened D. insisted
4. I really prefer just about anything ………….... watching TV.
A. from B. or C. than D. to
5. Gold ……………..near San Francisco in 1848 and the gold rush started the following
year.
A. has been discovered B. discovered C. was discovered D. is
discovered
6. I regret ……………. you that we can’t approve your application.
A. inform B. to inform C. informing D. informed
7. Before she left for Australia she promised her parents that she would drop
them ............ at least once a month.
A. a note B. a word C. the news D. a line
8. Hoa: “Are you going to buy a new computer or just continue using the old one?”
Mary: “………..….........”
A. Yes, I am. B. Yes, I’d like one. Thank you.
C. That’s impossible. I can’t afford a new one. D. Neither. I’m going to lease
one.
9. Mr. Black: “What a lovely house you have!”
Mr John: “………..….........”
A. No problem B. Thank you. Hope you will drop
in.

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C. It’s nice of you to say so. D. I think so.

10. You can’t tell what someone is like just from their ………..…......... .
A. character B. looking C. appearance D.
personality
11. As soon as you ………..…......... that, I’d like you to go to bed.
A. have done B. did C. will do D. will have
done
12. “I have an idea. Let’s go for a swim on Sunday afternoon”. - “………..….........”
A. OK, what time? B. That sounds great. C. I know D. I’m sure
13. What time are you ………..…......... duty? Let's have a coffee after that.
A. over B. on C. off D. out of
14. The house was ....................... building.
A. a stone nice old B. a nice old stone C. a nice stone old D. an old
nice stone
15. Analysts suggested the country ………..…......... its infrastructure to get foreign
investment.
A. improve B. to improve C. improves D. improving
16. ………..…......... my friends were unsuccessful at the job interviews.
A. Most B. The most of C. Most of D. Most out of
17. I have some home work. I …..............… finish it before I play table tennis.
A. should to B. need to C. ought D. want
18. ………..…......... people go to the movies now than ten years ago.
A. Fewer B. Few C. Less D. Lesser
19. No one knows that he comes from ………..…......... Netherlands.
A. the B. Þ C. an D. a
20. He climbed out of the swimming pool, picked up a towel and dried ………..…......... .
A. itself B. by himself C. its D. himself
21. I'm very .................. to hear that we will go to Da Lat tomorrow.
A. excite B. excited C. excitedly D. exciting
22. My parents and my friends saw me .................... at the railway station.
A. in B. for C. up D. off
23. There are ................... many people in the cinema that I can't see the film clearly.
A. such B. so C. too D. enough
24. Prevention is better than ........................... .
A. treatment B. pills C. cure D. doctors
25. All the new classrooms were ..................... painted.

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A. bad B. badly C. worse D. good

26. The –ing form of “run” was spelled ............................ a double “r”
A. with B. by C. Without D. of
27. She doesn't ………..…......... well with the new manager.
A. take on B. get on C. keep on D. go on
28. Mary: “Who is your brother?” Terry: “………..…..........”
A. He is the boy wearing a white T-shirt B. He is the boy worn a white T-shirt
C. He is the boy is wearing a white T-shirt D. He is the boy is worn a white T-shirt
29. Charles Darwin was the father of the ………..…......... of evolution.
A. idea B. project C. theory D. problem
30. I was just ………..…......... to go out when you telephoned.
A. around B. about C. thinking D. round
31. Look at these flowers! I think they need...............................
A. water B. to water C. watering D. to be
watered
32. Wait! Bill and Tom ....................here in a few minutes.
A. come B. are come C. will come D. came
33. Last month, my family paid a .................. to Bai Dinh Pagoda.
A. attention B. visit C. attendance D. intention
34. Nowadays children like subjects at school .................. in a more practical way.
A. teaching B. to be taught C. teach D. to teach
35. I think I hear someone ................... the back window. Do you hear it, too?
A. trying open B. trying to open C. try opening D. try to
open
Write your answers (A, B, C or D) here

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VI. There is one mistake in each sentence. Identify the mistake by choosing A,B,C or
D. Write your answers in the space provided. (10 points)

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1. It often takes me about fifteen minutes to go to work from here by foot.

A B C D
2. Dr. Roberts, the first woman to be elected president of the university, is intelligent,
capable
A B
and awareness of the problem to be solved.
C D
3. Could you tell me how faris it to the nearest station, please?
A B C D
4. Mark comes from a city locatingin the southern part of the country.
A B C D
5. Did you ever learn playing a musical instrument as a child?
A B C D
Write your answers here:

1…………… 2…………… 3………… 4…………… 5……………

SECTION 4. READING
VII. Read the passage and choose the best option to complete the passage (20 points)
The (1) …………. part in Ioannina is the lake front. Ships fetch more people and
tourists to the island. Near the front lake (2) …………….an ancient castle. If you go for a
(3) …………. in the night to the front lake you’ll see (4) …………. lights that shines in
the castle. A second way is to go around on a mountain. There you can see the whole
town. In the night with so many lights, it looks to you (5) ………….a sky.
Another beautiful part in this town (6) ……………the large clock in the square.
Specifically, the clock (7) ……………… in the center of the city. My town also has
many museums. Paul Vrellis, who is a professor, put in many different and other
important people from the 1st and 2nd world war with wax. In my opinion, it’s (8)
…………… museum.
About remains, there are two renowned theaters. There’s the theater of Dodoni,
which is situated in the (9) ………… of the city. It’s normally out of the city. Every
summer the most (10) ………. actors of the capital of Greece come to perform there.
1. A. more beautiful B. as beautiful C. so beautiful D. most beautiful
2. A. there is B. it is C. it has D. there has
3. A. picnic B. walk C. jog D. run
4. A. more brilliant B. as brilliant C. much brilliant D. most brilliant
5. A. from B. as C. like D. to
6. A. be B. are C. is D. to be

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7. A. situated B. is situated C. be situated D. are situated

8. A. the most best B. the better C. the best D. the well
9. A. outskirt B. top C. side D. edge
10. A. famous B. fame C. famed D. known
Write your answers here:
1 ………..... 2................... 3.................... 4.................. 5................
6 ………..... 7................... 8.................... 9.................. 10...............
VIII. Read the following passage and decide whether the statements below are True
(T) or Falsse (F). (10 points)
English food
Foreign visitors to England often ask people for advice on a good restaurant but
when their host suggest one to them it is usually Italian or Friench. “But I mean a
typically English restaurant,” they say. So as not to disappoint them, the host answers as
best as he can. The truth is that English people enjoy their own cooking at home but are
often ashamed of its in public. Even the experts who write articles on food prefer to use
the French word “cuisine”, which suggests that cooking is inferior.
In fact, English cooking is not nearly so bad as people think. The trouble with it, in
my opinion, is that most appetizing typical dishes do not go with the wine. At home,
English people usually drink either water or beer or even (however strange it may seem)
tea with their meals; in restaurant, they sometimes think they had better order wine for
the sake of appearances.
1. It is difficult to find a typically English restaurant in England.
2. English people don’t enjoy their own cooking at home but are often proud of its in
public
3. According to the author, English people use the French word “cuisine”, which
means that they undervalue the cooking.
4. It is thought that English food is terrible and actually it is.
5. English food is terrible because all most appetizing typical dishes do not go with the
wine.
IX. Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. (20 points)
COMMUNICATION- THE ADVANTAGE OF THE INTERNET
The foremost target of the Internet has always been the communication. And the
Internet has excelled beyond the expectations. Still, innovations are going (1)__________
to make it faster, (2)___________ reliable. By the advent of computer’s (3)_________,
our earth has reduced and has attained the form of (4) ____________ globle village.
Now we can communicate in a fraction of second (5)_________ a person
(6)_______ is sitting in the other (7)________ of the world. Today for better

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communication, we can avail the facilities of e-mail; we can chat for hours with
(8)_________ loved ones. There are plenty messenger services in offering. With help of
(9)________ services, it has become very easy to establish a kind of globle friendship
(10)_________ you can share your thoughts, can explore other cultures of different
ethnicity.
Write your answers here:
1 ………..... 2................... 3.................... 4.................. 5................
6 ………..... 7................... 8.................... 9.................. 10...............

SECTION 5. WRITING
XII. Rewrite the sentences without any changes in meaning to the original ones.(20
points)
1. There’s a large restaurant in the art gallery
=> The art
gallery ..................................................................................................................
2. I haven’t seen that man here before.
=> It’s ....................................................................................................................................
3. I'm quite happy to look after the baby for you.
=> I
don't ................................................................................................................................
4. "Would you like to go to the concert with me tonight?" Peter said to Ann.
=> Peter invited .....................................................................................................................
5. The keepers feed the lions at 3 p.m everyday.
=> The
lions ...........................................................................................................................
6. John finds astronomy very interesting
=> John is ...........................................................................................................................
7. The cinema didn’t become an industry until 1915
=> It was
not ...........................................................................................................................
8. “I like your coat , I’m looking for one like that myself” she said to me
=> She told
me .........................................................................................................................
9. I feel uncomfortable to be in a classroom where everybody is making so much noise.
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=> I can’t
stand ........................................................................................................................
10. The test is so difficult that students need three months to prepare.
=>
So .........................................................................................................................................
XIII. Write a letter to your friend to tell him/her about a place you have visited
recently. (120-150 words)(20 points)

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