Đề kiểm tra số 4 môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8

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TEST 4 FOR GIFTED STUDENTS (GRADE 8) 
Time allowed: 60 minutes 
A. Vocabulary 
I. Circle the best answer A, B, C, or D 
1. To jog means to................................ 
A. work hard B. run fast C. run slowly D. work carefully 
2. To quit means to................................ 
A. give up B. start C. begin D. sleep 
3. To reduce means to.................... 
A. increase B decrease C. destroy D. rise 
4. To assist means to............................ 
A. hire B. like C. hate D. help 
5. I am looking forward toyou some day. 
 A. seeing B. saw C. see D. sees 
6. The opposite of failure is................... 
 A. success B. difficulty C. pride D. harm 
7. The opposite of enemy is................... 
 A. army B. friend C. dog D. cat 
8. The opposite of agree is................... 
 A. fly B. dream C. refuse D. grow 
9. What is she doing? 
 A. Nothing B. Doing C. Feeding D. Sweeping 
10. Ba is sociable but his brother is quite .. 
 A. outgoing B. shy C. generous D. kind 
II. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of words with the capital words at the beginning 
at sentences. 
11. All between Paris and Hanoi have been cancelled due to fog 
 FLY . 
12. There is plenty offor young people in this city. 
 ENTERTAIN   
13. It’s  to complain; you won’t get your money back. 
 USE   
14. During his.. the family used to live in the country side. 
 CHILD   
15. He is such (a/an ).person that no one likes him. 
 HELP   
B. Grammar and Structure 
I. Choose the best answer to fill in the blank 
16. My friend ..............the answer to the question now. 
 A. is known B. know C. is knowing D. knows 
17. I think I’ll buy this pair of shoes. They................ me really well. 
 A. fit B. are fitting C. have fit D. are fitted 
18. I’ll tell my uncle all the news when I ............... him. 
 A. will see B. am going to see C. see D. shall see 
19. I’ve got my key. I found it when I.................for something else. 
 A. looked B. have looked C. looking D. was looking 
20. “All these photographs ................... with a very cheap camera,” he said. 
 A. have taken B. take C. were taken D. were taking 
21. I wondered ................... the tickets were on sale yet. 
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 A. what B. whether C. when D. where 
22. Dinner will be ready soon. Can you please..............the table? 
 A. lay B. put C. make D. take 
23. Our neighbors are very ...................... on camping holidays. 
 A. interested B. fond C. eager D. keen 
24. There are some one following us. I think we .........................................in this area. 
 A. are following B. are followed C. follow D. are being followed 
25. Walt Disney .......................the character of Mickey Mouse 
 A. was created B. is created C. creates D. created 
26. Would you like to go to the cinema? –No, thanks. I’dstay at home. 
A. better B. like C. rather D. prefer 
27. Did they ask you what examinations you’ve..? 
A. succeeded B. passed C. overcome D. obtained 
28. The Caspian Sea, a salt lake, is any other lake in the world. 
A. larger than B. largest C. the largest D. the larger than 
29. Most people prefer..money to.it. 
 A. spend- earn B. spending- earn C. to spend – earning D. spending- earning 
30. Our teacher made us.harder. 
 A. working B. to work C. work D. works 
31. The plane will..in a few minutes. 
 A. take off B. land C. group D. both A&B 
32. The teacher told the student  
 A. what to do that B. how to do that C. which to do that D. by how to do that 
33. He is used to .in public. 
 A. the speaking B. be speaking C. speak D. speaking 
34. Do you think I should practice..English every day?- Yes, if you want to improve it. 
 A. on listening B. to listen C. listened D. listening 
35. I am not old enough . the car. 
 A. driving B. drive C. drove D. to drive 
II. Choose the word or phrase that needs correcting 
36. Peter, I’d would like you to meet some very special people 
 A B C D 
37. It is greatly to be with you on such a lovely day 
 A B C D 
38. Would you mind to go to the local bookshop to get me some papers? 
 A B C D 
39. I think I prefer country life more than city life 
 A B C D 
40. Thanks for invite me to the water - fetching contest of your school 
 A B C D 
III. Complete the text with the verbs in brackets. Use the passive form. 
Wiki Website 
“Wiki” means “quick” in Hawaian. The word is used to describe websites that (41. write) 
.. by people who use the site. Anyone who visits a wiki website can add or change the 
information on the page. The first wiki website (42. create).... by Ward Cunningham in 
1995. Since then, wiki guidebooks, wiki dictionaries and wiki encyclopedias 43. publish). 
(on the Internet. The most popular online encyclopedia is “wikipedia”. Over 22 million entries (44. 
add)... since it started, and it is now the most detailed encyclopedia in the world. According to 
the create or of Wikipedia, the work (45. do).. by 20. 000 people who regularly edit the 
pages. The amazing thing is that the information is completely free. 
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C. Speaking 
I. Matching the question in column A with the suitable answer in column B 
A B 
46. What do you think this machine is for? 
47. Would you mind if I opened the door? 
48. Would you like to go through the departure lounge? 
49. What does the countryside look like? 
50. What does he look like? 
A. Yes, sir. 
B. Tall, thin, short curly hair 
C. I have no idea. 
D. Too quiet. 
E. Please go ahead 
II. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others: 
51. A. worked B. naked C. looked D. attacked 
52. A. engineer B. excited C. experiment D. exhibition 
53. A. teammate B. speaker C. bean D. overhead 
54. A. furious B. purpose C. surf D. turn 
55. A. deny B. deposit C. benefit D. respond 
D. Reading 
I. Fill in the blanks with suitable word 
celebration, custom, gather, gifts, midnight, particularly, symbolize, ring, bring, display 
In Scotland, the biggest ..(56) of the year is “Hogmanay”. “Hogmanay” is the Scottish 
word for New Year’s Eve. On 31st December in Edinburgh, there is an enormous firework 
(57) at the castle and they play live music in the park. Thousands of people 
..(58) in the streets, coffees and bars. Then at 12 o’clock, church bells ..(59) 
all over the city. After midnight people go “first footing”. This is a Scottish ..(60) that dates 
back hundreds of years. “First footing” is visiting your neighbours after ....(61) on New Year’s 
Eve. The visitors must step into the house with their right foot step first, to ..(62) good luck. 
Traditionally, the visitors bring three ..(63): a piece of coal, a piece of “short bread” (a Scottish 
biscuit) and a little whisky. The gifts ..(64) warmth, food and happiness. If the first person 
who visits your home after midnight is a man with dark hair, that is ...(65) lucky. 
II. Read the passage and choose the best answer in the blanket. 
 For many people, traveling by plane is an exciting experience. Others, however, find the whole idea 
quite terrifying, (66). flying is no more dangerous (67) any other form of travel and some 
experts say it is considerably safer. It is known, however, that most accident occurs (68).. taking off 
and landing when (69) decisions are vitally important. 
 The people (70) job it is to look (71).. the passengers, the stewards and stewardesses 
play an important part in helping passengers to (72).. safe and comfortable. Indeed for many 
passengers being (73) such care of is all part of the total experience. (74) other form of 
travel involves waiting for people in quite the same (75). with food, drink, newspapers, magazines, 
music, and even video films. 
66. A. although B. too C. and D. because 
67. A. than B. as C. then D. with 
68. A. while B. during C. for D. through 
69. A. leader’s B. chief’s C. driver’s D. pilot’s 
70. A. whose B. which C. their D. that 
71. A. for B. up C. after D. round 
72. A. feel B. rest C. experience D. lie 
73. A. given B. kept C. shown D. taken 
74. A. Any B. No C. All D. Not 
75. A. sort B. kind C. way D. part 
E. Writing 
I. Use the words given to make meaningful sentences. 
76. Early this morning/ children/ decide/ go/ a run. 
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77. Life/ country / definitely / changing / the better. 
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78. The date / meeting/ will/ have to/ change/ tomorrow. 
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79. Tom / have / shower / telephone / rang. 
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80. Last year / we /spend / week / My Son / and / I not want / leave. 
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81. Watching / television / consider / most / popular / kind / entertainment / nowadays. 
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82. After /many / experiments / finally / first / successful /flight/ make / by / Wright brothers. 
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83. My grandfather / used / tell / stories / until / we / fall / asleep. 
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84. I / used / collect / shells / when / be / kid. 
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85. My uncle / move / Ho Chi Minh City/ 1987/ and / live / there / then. 
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II. Rewrite the following sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the first 
86. Tom works hard as a student 
Tom  
87. It is good exercise to run a mile a day 
 Running  
88. It’s a great pleasure to be with you. 
 Being . 
89. We didn’t see her at all. 
 She  
90. Tom is not as tall as Peter 
 Peter . 
91. Her father asked her if she would go to the cinema with her friend 
 Her father asked her: “” 
92. The step- mother doesn’t treat the little girl in a normal way. 
 The little girl .... 
93. Do you mind my smoking? 
 Do you mind.. 
94. No one works harder than Barbara. 
 Barbara .. 
95. He told his customer: “Please bring it back if it doesn’t fit well” 
 He told .. 
96. The last time we saw him was in 1988. 
 We haven’t 
97. Peter spent 3 hours on repairing his computer. 
  It took 
98. You will not be accepted if you don’t finish your home work. 
  Unless. 
99. “Don’t swim out too far, boys’’. I said 
  I warned. 
100. They arrived late because the traffic was terrible. 
  Because of... 
THE END! 
Mr. Quang, M.A.: 0943 861 098/ Yen My commune - Thanh Tri dist. - Hanoi 5 
ANSWER KEY 
A. Vocabulary 
I. 1C 2A 3B 4D 5A 6A 7B 8C 9A 10B 
II. 11. flights 12. entertainment 13. useless 14. childhood 15. unhelpful 
B . Grammar and Structures 
I. 
16 D 17. A 18. C 19. D 20. C 21. B 22. A 
23. D 24. D 25. D 26. C 27. B 28. A 29. D 
30. C 31D 32B 33. D 34.D 35. D 
II. 36. A 37. B 38. C 39. C 40. A 
III. 41. are written 42. was created 43. have been published 44. have been added 45. has been done 
C. Speaking 
I. 46. C 47. E 48. A 49D 50. B 
II. 51. B 52. A 53. D 54. A 55. C 
D. Reading 
I . 
56. celebration 57. display 58. gather 59. ring 60. custom 
61. midnight 62. bring 63. gifts 64. symbolize 65. particularly 
II. 
66. A 67. A 68.B 69. D 70.A 
71. C 72. A 73. D 74. B 75.C 
E. Writing 
I. 
76. Early this morning the children decided to go for a run. 
77. Life in the country is definitely changing for the better. 
78. The date of the meeting will have to be changed tomorrow. 
79. Tom was having a shower when the telephone rang. 
80. Last year, we spent a week in My Son and I did not want to leave. 
81. Watching television is considered the most popular kind of entertainment nowadays. 
82. After many experiments, finally the first successful flight was made by the Wright brothers. 
83. My grandfather used to tell us stories until we fell asleep. 
84 I used to collect shells when I was a kid. 
85 My uncle moved to Ho Chi Minh City in 1987 and he has lived there since then. 
II. 
86. Tom is a hard-working student. 
87. Running a mile a day is good exercise. 
88. Being with you is a great pleasure. 
89. She wasn’t seen at all. 
90. Peter is taller than Tom. 
91. Her father asked her: “Will you go to the cinema with your friend?” 
92. The little girl isn’t treated in a normal way by the step-mother. 
93. Do you mind if I smoke? 
94. Barbara works hardest. 
95. He told his customer to bring it back if it didn’t fit well. 
96. We haven’t seen him since 1988. 
97. It took Peter 3 hours to repair his computer. 
98. Unless you finish your homework, you will not be accepted. 
99. I warned the boys not to swim out too far. 
100. Because of the terrible traffic, they arrived late.