Đề kiểm tra số 6 môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8

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TEST 6 FOR GIFTED STUDENTS (GRADE 8) 
Time allowed: 60 minutes 
I. Select A, B, C or D only to indicate the word whose bold and underlined part is pronounced differently 
from the rest. 
1. A. looked B. watched C. stopped D. carried 
2. A. bath B. father C. theater D. health 
3. A. danger B. angry C. language D. passage 
4. A. whole B. when C. where D. while 
 5. A. improvement B. equipment C. comment D. development 
II. Choose the correct word or phrase underlined to complete each of the following sentences. 
1. My mother is (enough/ too/ so/ very) tired to cook tonight 
2. They haven’t seen each other (since/ for/ at/ in) Christmas. 
3. Alexander Graham Bell invented the (washing machine/ computer/ television set/ telephone). 
4. Mr Hoang is used (eat/ to eat/ to eating/ ate) no thing before going to work 
5. Tim saw his friends while he (cross/ was crossing/ is crossing/ crossed) the street. 
6. He asked me (if I have/ whether I have/ if I had/ whether I have had) a driving licence. 
7. Cool the burn immediately (so as/ so that/ in order to/ because) to minimize tissue damage. 
8. She promises she (is/ be/ has been/ will be) back in about ten minutes. 
9. This project (is carried out/ will carried out / carries out/ will be carried out) next month. 
10. I saw him (watering/ water/ is watering/ to water) the flowers in the garden. 
11. Angkor Wat is the (large/ largest / larger/ most largest) temple in the world. 
12. In the rice-cooking festival, a fire is made in the (modern/ new/ traditional/ old time) way. 
13. Hoa told me that she (is / was/ were/ had been) hungry. 
14. It (sounds/ hears/ says/ listens) interesting. How does it work? 
15. It isn’t good for children (to eat/ eating/ for eating/ eat) too many sweets. 
III. Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the following questions 
1. She went to market without ____________ anything. 
 A. buy B. to buy C. bought D. buying 
2. ____________ she plays the piano! 
 A. How well B. How good C. What well D. What good 
3. The new shopping mall is quite ____________ the present shopping area. 
 A. different from B. the same C. like to D. similar 
4. There were _________________ flowers that I couldn’t dicide what to buy. 
A. so many B. so few C. so little D. so much 
5. Of my parents, my father is _________________ 
A. the stricter B. the strictest C. strict D. stricter 
6. Would you _________________ cleaning the floor for me? 
A. like B. please C. mind D. rather 
7. I’ve never seen such an interesting _______________ 
 A. performing B. performer C. performance D. performed 
8. I’m sorry. I’m not ___________ to help you lift the table. 
 A. enough strong B. too strong C. strong enough D. enough strength. 
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9. I usually go to work by bus, but ________ and then I use my motorbike 
 A. again B. once C. now D. ever 
10. There are not _____________ jobs for all of us. 
 A. so B. such C. too D. enough 
IV. Supply the correct tense of the verbs in brackets to compete the passage. 
Robert Wilson (1. be) .. a politician. He (2. go)  to Oxford University in 
1960, and in 1976 he (3. become) . a Member of Parliament (an MP). He (4. be) 
.. an MP since then. He (5. be) . Minister of Education from 1980 to 1985. 
He (6. write) ... many books. He (7. get)......... married and (8. have) 
. two children. His family lived in Oxford for 15 years, then they (9. move) 
. to London in 1980. They now (10. live)  in a house in Kensington 
Street, London. 
V. Rewrite these sentences so that they have the same meaning. 
1. She studies English so that she can improve her knowledge. 
 She studies English so as... 
2. The last time I went to Ho Chi Minh City was 6 years ago. 
 I haven’t 
3. “Where is the post office?” A visitor asked Lan. 
 A visitor asked Lan.. 
4. May I borrow your ruler? 
 Would you mind. 
5. We spent five hours getting to London. 
 It took us  
6. Someone is going to tune my piano tomorrow. 
 I am going.. 
7. Nam keeps forgetting his homework. 
 Nam is.... 
8. My mother gave me a very nice watch yesterday. 
 I was   
9. We’d prefer you not to smoke. 
 We’d rather. 
10. “ You should not believe him, Minh” said Toan. 
 Toan advised.. 
VI. Fill a suitable preposition in each blank. 
1. Mrs. Vui always prides ..her cooking. 
2. It is safe to keep medicine ..locked cupboards. 
3. Lipton tea is different.Dilmah tea. 
4. How ... going to Vinh Market this afternoon? 
5. Mr John is very interested . the history of Viet Nam. 
6. When my parents arrived home, I was waiting..a phone call. 
7. Mary regretted not bringing a lot of clothes...her. It was very cold. 
8. Hoa got up late as her alarm clock didn’t go.... 
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9. Would you mind if I had a look  your luggage? 
10. Because of the heavy storm, the ship moved up and....the water. 
VII. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets. 
1. The lecturer is giving us first-aid . (instruct) 
2. Relax for some minutes and you’ll feel more .. (comfort) 
3. He said “Good morning” in a most .... way. (friend) 
4. This book is .. enough for me to read. (interest) 
5. Sa Pa is a wonderful ...... resort in Viet Nam. (mountain) 
6. Nam’s sister has been an.for seven years. (act) 
7. Diana is a ... She sells flowers at a shop in New York. (flower) 
8. The view of this mountain is  (beauty) 
9. My mother doesn’t like me to wear short skirts to church. She thinks they are . (suitable) 
10. Christmas songs were ..for people in towns and villages. (perform) 
VIII. Complete the following questions with the correct preposition. 
1. She isn’t here ________________ the moment. 
2. Warm clothes protect us ________________ bad weather. 
3. What do you often do ________________ weekends. 
4. We haven’t seen him _____________ last month. 
5. He had an accident and was taken __________ hospital. 
6. We regarded him ____________ a famous doctor. 
7. You’d better ask __________ the information desk. 
8. He borrowed $ 100 ______________ his father 
9. “ Hamlet” is written ____________ Shakespeare. 
10. Jane fell _________ her bike and hit head on the road 
IX. Read and choose the words or phrases that best fit each of the blank spaces. 
Paper 
Paper was (1) by the Chinese in the first century AD. Most paper is made (2)... 
wood. When trees are (3)., they are transported (4)... land or water to paper mill. 
Here they are cut (5)... and the wood is broken up into fibres. Which are (6). with 
water and chemicals. This wood pulp is then dried on a machine and (7).. into paper. 
One tree is needed for every 400 (8). of a typical forty-page newspaper. If half the adults 
in Britain each buy one daily paper, this uses up over 40.000 trees a day. Trees are being cut down faster than 
they are being (9).., so there may be a (n) (10).. paper shortage before the year 2010. 
 1. a. imagined b. invented c. thought d. brought 
 2. a. from b. of c. by d. with 
 3. a. cut in b. cut of c. cut down d. cut up 
 4. a. on b. of c. through d. by 
 5. a. up b. all c. over d. in 
 6. a. turned b. mixed c. beaten d. joined 
 7. a. make b. making c. made d. to make 
 8. a. covers b. texts c. sheets d. copies 
 9. a. set up b. replaced c. grown up d. found 
 10. a. able b. important c. serious d. essential 
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X. Fill the blanks with the right form of the CAPITAL words provided in the right column. 
1. Their children have quite ____________________ characters. DIFFERENCE 
2. What is the correct __________________of this word? PRONOUNCE 
3. Relax for some minutes and you’ll feel more ________________ . COMFORT 
4. She is one of the greatest ______________ to appear in this theater. PERFORM 
5. My house is on the top of a hill. It’s very _____________ there in the fall. WIND 
6. It is _______________ to eat too much sugar and fatty food. HEALTH 
7. During his __________________________ the family lived in Cornwall. CHILD 
8. Bell _______________________________ demonstrated his invention. SUCCESS 
9. Every day, there are two _____________ from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh city. FLY 
10. ____________________ , dark clouds appeared and it began to rain. SUDDEN 
XI. Give the correct form of the verb in brackets. 
1. Will you wait a minute while I (look) _____________________ through the text? 
2. “I hear you’ve bought a new house.” - “Yes, I ( move ) ___________________ in next week” 
3. Look at those black clouds. It (rain) _________________________ 
4. ___________the film (begin) _________________ at 7.30 or 8.00 this evening? 
5. Mai (telephone)_______________________ you when she comes back. 
6. The pens (produce) _______________________ by Thien Long Company are usually cheap and good. 
7. “Do you mind if I sit here ?” – “I’d rather you ( sit ) _____________________ over there” 
8. The price (become) ______________________ more and more expensive these days. 
9+10. Mr Binh (know) _________________ how to drive a car although he (not learn) ______________ it yet. 
XII. There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Find it by choosing A, B, C or D. 
1. Have you ever seen a painting of Picasso yet ? 
 A B C D 
2. “Do you think anyone saw us ?” she told nervously. 
 A B C D 
3. The plays writing by Shakespeare are very popular in the world. 
 A B C D 
4. The employer said that he would give them a two-day trip to Phu Tho next week. 
 A B C D 
5. My sister is studying very hard in order to pass the exam and getting scholarship at university. 
 A B C D 
XIII. Write a description of 100-120 words with the title “My holiday”. 
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ANSWER KEY 
I. 
 1. D 2. B 3. A 4. A 5. C 
II. 
1. too 
2. since 
3. telephone 
4. to eating 
5. was crossing 
6. if I had 
7. so as 
8. will be 
9. will be carried out 
10. watering 
11. largest 
12. traditional 
13. was 
14. sounds 
15. to eat 
III. 
1. D 2. A 3. A 4. A 5. A 
6. C 7. C 8. C 9. C 10. D 
IV. 
1. is 2. went 3. became 4. has been 5. was 
6. has written 7. gets 8. has 9. moved 10. live / are now living 
V. 
1. She studies English so as to improve her knowledge. 
2. I haven’t gone / been to Ho Chi Minh for 6 years. 
3. A visitor asked Lan where the post office was. 
4. Would you mind lending me your ruler? Or: Would you mind if I borrowed your ruler? 
5. It took us five hours to get to London. 
6. I am going to have my piano tuned tomorrow. 
7. Nam is always forgetting his homework. 
8. I was given a very nice watch yesterday. 
9. We’d rather you didn’t smoke. 
10. Toan advised Minh not to believe him. 
VI. 
1. on 2. in 3. from 4. about 5. in 
6. for 7. with 8. off 9. at 10. down 
VII. 
1. instructions 
2. comfortable 
3. friendly 
4. interesting 
5. mountainous 
6. actress 
7. florist 
8. beautiful 
9. unsuitable 
10. perormed 
VIII. 
1. at 2. from 3. at/on 4. since 5. to 
6. as 7. at 8. from 9. by 10. off 
IX. 
1. b. invented 
2. a. from 
3. c. cut down 
4. d. by 
5. a. up 
6. b. mixed 
7. c. made 
8. d. copies 
9. c. grown up 
10. serious 
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X. 
1. different 
2. pronunciation 
3. comfortable 
4. performers 
5. windy 
6. unhealthy 
7. childhood 
8. successfully 
9. flights 
10. Suddenly 
XI. 
1. am looking 
2. am going to move (am moving) 
3. is going to rain 
4. Does ...... begin 
5. will telephone 
6. produced 
7. sat 
8. is becoming 
9. knows 
10. hasn’t learned/ learnt 
XII. 
 1. C 2. D 3. B 4. D 5. C 
XIII.  SELFIE 
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