Full-name: _____________________ KHẢO SÁT CHẤT LƯỢNG ĐẦU NĂM A
Class: 8/ ___ ENGLISH 8

I. Choose the correct answer: (2,5 points )
1. Hanh learned how __________ a sewing machine with her new friend.
a. to use b. using c. used
2. __________ the Robinsons return to Hanoi by train?
a. Was b. Did c. Went
3. You __________ at home when I phoned.
a. aren’t b. didn’t c. weren’t
4. How much did you __________ last year? – 40 kilos.
a. weigh b. weight c. weighting
5. Ba likes orange juice and __________ Nam.
a. so does b. the same c. too do
6. I like playing tennis __________ than badminton.
a. gooder b. bader c. better
7. Did it rain yesterday? – No, it __________.
a. wasn’t b. isn’t c. didn’t
8. How __________ were you last year?
a. tall b. taller c. tallest
9. He isn’t old __________ to ride a motorbike.
a. too b. enough c. so
10. – “__________?” – He’s short and fat.
a. How old is he? b. How tall is he? c. What does he look like?

II. Match the answers to the questions ( 1 point )
A
B

1. What will you do on your next vacation?
2. What did you do yesterday morning?
3. How much does it cost?
4. Who helped her make a dress?
a. Her mother.
b. I’ll visit Ha Long Bay.
c. Ten thousand dong.
d. I went to the movies.

1 + ____ 2 + ____ 3 + ____ 4 + ____

III. Do as directed in parentheses: ( 3,5 points )
1. English – you – start – did – learning – when? (sắp xếp thành câu đúng)
______________________________________________________________
2. Hoa doesn’t like durians and her aunt doesn’t either. (viết lại, dùng neither)
______________________________________________________________
3. How can you help prevent a cold? – By __________ well and __________ exercise. )
___________ __________________________________________________
4. If – somebody – have – flu – they – keep - sneeze. (hoàn thành câu từ gợi ý)
___________ __________________________________________________
5. He wasn’t very experienced. He couldn’t do the job. (nối câu, dùng enough)
______________________________________________________________
6. The sun sets in the east. (chữa câu sai bằng cách viết 2 câu đúng bên dưới theo các gợi ý)
The sun does not ________________________________________________
The sun sets____________________________________________________
7. My father (not watch) __________ TV last night. He (read) __________ newspapers and magazines. (cho dạng hoặc thì thích hợp của động từ trong ngoặc)

IV. Use the words given in the box to fill in the blanks to make a meaningful passage: ( 1 point )



Hung had a wonderful holiday last summer. He (1) __________ in Ha Noi, the capital of Viet Nam. He stayed at his uncle’s house for three weeks. He visited a lot of interesting places (2) __________ as Uncle Ho’s Mausoleum, Ba Dinh Square, West Lake, Lenin Park, etc. He bought some (3) __________for his friends and a cap with a national flagon it. Nam liked the cap very much. He wore it all day. When he returned to Hoi An City, he spoke (4) __________ his friends about his vacation.

V. Read the passage, and then answer True (T, False (F) or No Information (N.I): (1 point):
Baseball is the most popular sport in America.
Where did baseball come from? No one knows for sure. Many people believe that the idea came from a game played by the children in England. Other people believe that a man named Abler Doubleday invented the game in Cooperstown, New York, in 1839.
The first teams played only for fun, not money. But baseball was very popular from the start. The first professional team appeared in 1869.
professional (adj) chuyên nghiệp
__________Baseball is one of the world’s most popular games.
__________