Đề kiểm tra môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Bài số 13

GRAMMAR
I. Complete the sentences. Use the past simple form of the verbs below.
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1. Last month I _______ an interesting book about Martin Luther King.
2. Janine _______ to New York for two weeks last year.
3. She _________ to her mother on the phone every day.
4. We _________ three salmon in the river last weekend.
5. I _______ some of my homework before breakfast this morning.
6. My cousin _______ a job at the new supermarket yesterday.
7. Our team _______ the school basketball competition last Saturday. Mark: ___ /7
II. Complete the sentences and questions with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets. Use the affirmative, negative or interrogative forms.
1. _______ (you / write) an email to James last night?
2. I _______ (buy) the English-English dictionary because it was very expensive.
3. _______ (Stuart / see) Karen yesterday evening? She wanted to speak to him.
4. We _______ (go) to the cinema last Friday, but the film was terrible!
5. Mum _______ (cook) dinner last night. We went to a restaurant instead.
6. I don’t want lunch today because I _______ (have) a big breakfast this morning.
7. _______ (you / go) to the film club last Wednesday? Mark: ___ /7
III. Complete the text with the past simple form of the verbs below. Use the affirmative or negative forms. visit be do have give go
Last Saturday 1_______ my birthday. I 2_______ a party, but Anna and I 3_______ to London for the weekend instead. We 4_______ some museums and Anna 5_______ some shopping. She 6_______ me a new MP3 player for my birthday! Mark: ___ /6
VOCABULARY
IV. Complete the sentences with the correct nationalities.
1. A person from Japan is __________.
2. A person from Australia is __________.
3. A person from France is __________.
4. A person from Belarus is __________.
5. A person from Sweden is __________.
6. A person from Ukraine is __________.
7. A person from Britain is __________.
Mark: __ /7
V. Complete the sentences with the correct preposition.
1. He goes to work _____ bicycle.
2. They spent a week ____ the south of France.
3. John gave a present ____ his mother.
4. The holidays were awful: it rained ____ two weeks!
5. We came home ____ Norway last night.
6. The noisy students always sat ___ the back of the bus.
7. _________ three months in Ireland, they flew to Madrid. Mark: ___ /7
VI. Complete the dialogue with the words below. 
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A. Hi! 1__________ was your weekend?	B. Not bad! I played tennis on Saturday.
A. 2________! 3_________ did you play with?	B. Andy and Joe. And you?
A. I had a bad cold, so I stayed in.	B. What a 4_________!
A. But I had time to read two whole books.	B. 5_________! 6________ were they like?
A. They were both great! Mark: __ /6
USE OF ENGLISH
VII. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. The 1950 FIFA World Cup final _________ (TAKE PLACE) in the _________ (BRAZIL) city of Rio de Janeiro, between Brazil and Uruguay.
2. After the battle, some of the soldiers _________ (HIDE) and _________ (SLEEP) in a cave in the mountains.
3. In the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the _________ (JAMAICA) runner Usain Bolt _________ (BREAK) the world records for the 100 and 200 metres.
4. The singer Bono _________ (BEGIN) singing in the _________ (IRELAND) band U2 in 1976.
5. When I was young I _________ (WEAR) shorts all the time, so when I _________ (FALL), I always cut my knees! Mark: ___ /10
LISTENING
VIII. Listen to the information about Whitney Houston. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?
1. Whitney Houston learned to sing at her local school.	___
2. She worked as a professional model after leaving school. 	___
3. She became famous as an actress in the 1980s. 	___
4. She married Kevin Costner in 1992. 	___ 
5. She appeared on four TV shows and made seven albums. 	___ Mark: ___ /5
READING
IX. Read the text. Emile Zola
Emile Zola, the famous French writer, was born in 1840. His father was an Italian engineer and his mother was French. The family lived in the south of France for a few years, but moved to Paris after Emile's father's death, when he was only three. Zola did not pass his high school exams, so he could not study at university. Instead, he worked in several different jobs, before he decided to become a journalist and writer. 
At the age of 28, he knew what he wanted to write: a set of twenty books to tell the story of two parts of the same family living in France at that time. In this way, he showed people both the good and the bad sides of change – the change which the Industrial Revolution was bringing to the country. In that way, many people compare him to Charles Dickens, the English writer, who wrote about very similar ideas.
Zola wanted to describe life as truly as possible, and did a lot of research to prepare his books. So, for example, he visited coal mines before writing a story of the miners' labour problems; or the theatres in Paris, before writing about the life of an actress.
Zola was not just a writer, but also a political journalist. He asked a lot of difficult questions about the activities of the government and the army. For that reason, the government was not very happy with him and made his life very difficult. 
Choose the correct answers.
1. Zola lived most of his life in _________.
A. the south of France	B. Italy	C. Paris
2, When Zola left school, he __________.
A. became a writer	B. went to university	C. found a job
3. Zola wanted people to understand both sides of _____________.
A. his family	B. the Industrial Revolution	C. Charles Dickens
4. Zola spent a lot of time ___________ to help him write his novels. 
A. finding out about different places B. visiting coal mines C. going to the theatre
5. Zola _________ the government.
A. was friendly with	B. had problems with	C. didn't worry about
Mark: ___ /5
WRITING
X. Write an email (90–120 words) to a friend.
Greet him / her and ask how he / she is.
Ask him / her about last weekend's activities.
Tell him / her about three things that happened to you last weekend.
Tell your friend to write soon. Mark: ___/10
Total: ___ /70
______________THE END______________