Đề luyện thi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Đề số 18

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ĐỀ SỐ 18
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 8
Thời gian: 120 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
A) Multiple choice 
I) From each number, pick out one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1) a-perform	b-colour	c-boring	d-your
2) a-bath	b-watch	c-want	d-water
3) a-thank	b-think	c-father	d-through
4) a-happen	b-house	c-hour	d-horse
5) a-filled	b-destroyed	c-wished	d-prepared
6) a- flow	b-crowd	c- flower	d-power
II) From each number, pick out one word which has the stress on the second syllable:
7) a-chemical	b-upset	c-steamer	d-cupboard
8) a-jungle	b-volcano	c- surround	d-marine
9) a-foreman	b-microwave	c- manufactor	d-mortar
10) a-powder	b-process	c- allow	d-defrost
III) Choose the correct answer for each sentence. 
11) Please ask them _________ in this area.
a) don’t smoke	b) not smoking	c) to not smoke	d) not to smoke
12) Come and _________ badminton, Nam!
a) do	b) make	c) take	d) play
13) Timson _________ 13 films and I think her latest is the best.
a) made	b) had made	c) has made	d) was making
14) My birthday is _________ February 2nd.
a) on	b) in	c) at	d) from
15) You should learn your lesson _________ 
a) careful	b) carefully	c) careless	d) carelessly
16) “The students went on a canoe trip yesterday.”
 “I heard it was _________ ”
a) excited	b) exciting	c) exciteful	d) an excitement
17) “Do you think your father will worry if we’re late?”
 “Maybe we’d better _________ him.”
a) call	b) be calling to	c) to call	d) will call
18) I said “Happy Birthday” before _________ Lan a present.
a) give	b) will give	c) gave	d) giving
19) Tam _________ last night when the telephone _________ 
a) slept-rang	b) slept-was ringing	
c) was sleeping-rang	d) was sleeping-was ringing
20) “Would you like to go to the movie with me tonight?”
 “ - _________.”
a) Yes, please.	b) I’m sorry. I’d love to.
c) No, thanks.	d) Yes, I’d love to.
21) John doesn’t play tennis. David doesn’t play tennis.
a. Both John and David doesn’t play tennis.
b. Neither John nor David plays tennis.
c. Not either John or David plays tennis.
d. Not only John but also David doesn’t play tennis.
22) The coach said, “It’s time for you to go home, boys!”
a. The coach told the boys that it was time for you to go home.
b. The coach tells the boys that it was time for them to go home.
c. The coach told the boys that it is time for them to go home.
d. The coach told the boys that it was time for them to go home.
23) _____ the old man spoke very slowly and clearly, I couldn’t understand him at all.
a. If 	b. Because 	c. Since 	d. Although
24) She started learning English ten years ago.
a) She has not learnt English before.
b) She has started learning English for ten years.
c) She has learnt English for ten years.
d) She has learnt English since ten years.
25) They spent a lot of money on food and clothes.
a) A lot of money was spent on food and clothes.
b) A lot of money were spent on food and clothes.
c) A lot of money on food and clothes were spent.
d) A lot of money on food and clothes was spent.
26) There is a detective film _____ at the Thang Long Theater.
a) on	b) in	c) inside	d) outside
27) She got used to _______ her bike.
a) ride	b) riding	c) rode	d) rides
28) You need a good pair of paddles to play _____.
a) tennis	b) football	c) table tennis	d) badminton
29) Ha Long Bay is a _________.
a) World Natural Heritage.	b) Natural World Heritage.
c) World Cultural Heritage.	d) Cultural World Heritage.
30) A(n) ______ can take a patient to hospital quickly.
a) emergency	b) bleeding
c) wound	d) ambulance
B) Complete the following sentences with an appropriate form of the word in brackets. (0) is an example for you. 
31) Life is more __________________ now. (comfort)
32) Would you like to go __________________ (swim)
33) He speaks French very __________________ (good)
34) Life in the city is __________________ from life in the country. (difference) 
35) Meat is not a __________________. food if we know how much to eat. (health)
36) These medicines can work well with your __________________ (ill)
37) My sister has a beautiful __________________ of stamp. (collect)
38) There was no __________________ for his absence from class yesterday. (explain)
C) Circle the sentence that is incorrect. 
39) Some people grow so taller that their health may become endangered.
 A B C D
40) After said goodbye to my parents, I went to school with my sister.
 A B C D
41) The phone rung while I was washing the dishes.
 A B C	 D
42) Henry’s friends told themselves to put his coat on the rack in their hall.
 A B C D
43) She isn’t old enough to done this job. 
 A B C D
44) Eight hundred years ago Christmas songs are performed for people in towns 
 A B C 
and villages. 
 D 
45) Would you mind help me solve these mathematics problems? I can hardly 
 A B C
understand how to do them. 
 D
46) She was having dinner when a man was coming and giving her a bunch of 
 A B C D
flowers.
D) Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning. 
47) The sister asked: “Are you hungry, Tom?”
- The sister _____________________________________________.
48) A lot of effort has been put in the work by the little girl.
- The little girl __________________________________________.
49) How long have you studied medicine?
- When _______________________________________________?
50) John was too ill to go to school.
- John wasn’t __________________________________________.
51) Tom is not as tall as Peter.
- Peter ________________________________________________.
E) Fill in the blanks with one suitable word. The first letter has been provided
Every December millions of Christmas cards go through the post. There are pictures of stars and snow or Christmas (52) t __________. In these days it is hard to think of Christmas (53) w___________ Christmas cards. Yet little over a hundred and fifty years ago there were (54) n_______________ at all. Here is just one story of the way in which they started.
Some boys of those days who were at boarding schools had to write a special piece of English at Christmas (55) t_______________ . This was sent to their (56) p______________ so that they could see how the boys' work was during the year.
Young people like to make little (57) d_______________ on the paper when they write letters or poems. These boys were the (58) s________________ .They used to draw little pictures all (59) r__________________ the writing. Sometimes they coloured them, and after a time the pictures became more (60) i_____________ than the writing. These were the (61) f______________ Christmas cards.
_____THE END_____