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Đề thi khảo sát chất lượng đầu năm lớp 8 môn Anh số 1
Find the word which has the different sound in the underlined part

1. A. record B. vehicle C. lesson D. zebra

2. A. means B. great C. seatbelt D. teacher
3. A. called B. gathered C. played D. watched
4. A. lazy B. date C. hate D. car
5. A. slum B. cutting C. sugar D. luck
Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D

1. _________, the hard rock Louder Than Life festival was cancelled.

a. After raining heavily b. When it rains heavily

c. Due to heavy rain d. Despite heavy rain

2. ________do people celebrate Diwali? - They celebrate it with music, lights, fireworks
and traditional sweets.

a. How b. What c. Why d. Where

3. At 3 o’clock tomorrow afternoon, I ___________ the meeting on Climate Change.

A. attended B. have attended C. will be attended D. will be attending

4. Many chemicals have a damaging effect ______________effect environment.

a. on b. in c. to d. for

5. Wind power is the most promising _____________ source of energy.

a. non-renewable b. natural c. limited d. alternative

Read the passage carefully then answer questions.

In 1960s, most people in Vietnam did not have a TV set. In the evening, the neighbors
gathered around the TV. They watched until the TV programs finished. The children
might play with their friends and the older people might talk together. Vietnam is
different now. Many families have a TV set at home and the neighbors don’t spend
much time together.

1. Did most people have a TV set in 1960s?

………………………………………………………………………………

2.How long did they watch TV programs?

………………………………………………………………………………

3. What might the children do?

………………………………………………………………………………

4. What might the older people do?

………………………………………………………………………………

Đề 2

Exercise 1: Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently
from the rest

1. A. musician B. establish C. emotion D. occasion

2. A. giraffe B. giant C. gerund D. childhood
3. A. biogas B. energy C. dangerous D. generate
Exercise 2: Choose the word that has different stress pattern

1. A. delicious B. banana C. mineral D. variety

2. A. plentiful B. convenient C. serious D. popular
Exercise 3: Choose the correct answer

1. How much _________ should I use to make the cake?

A. pineapple B. flour C. egg D. carton of milk

2. If you turn off the light when you leave the room, you'll use _____ energy.

A. fewer B. less C. more D. most

3. You have never heard about teleportation, _____?

A. do you B. don't you C. have you D. haven't you

4. Self-driving cars are expected to be _____ than human-driven ones.

A. more safely b. less safe c. more safer d. much safer

5. Mumbai is land of some of the world's richest people. _____, it is also home to the
world's poorest.

A. Although B. Therefore C. However D. Despite

6. With a solar PV system, solar panels _____ sunlight right into electricity.

A. create B. generate C. provide D. convert

7. From his childhood, Chu Van An was _________ for his intelligence.

A. interested B. successful C. talented D. famous

8. The _______’s pictures are very beautiful. They are shown in a national exhibition.

A. painting B. painted C. painter D. paintbrush

9. She gives me a new ______ to cook a delicious cake.

A. information B. blog C. mixture D. recipe

10. She was _____ in Khanh Hoa, now she’s studying at a university in Ho Chi Minh
City.

A. come B. constructed C. born D. developed

Exercise 4: Write the correct form or tense of verbs in brackets.

1. In 2016, more than half of Mumbai's population ___________ (live) in slums.

2. Many people ___________ (move) from small towns to big cities in recent years

3. The world's population ___________ (grow) at a startling rate

4. In the next forty years, the earth ___________ (accommodate) nearly 3 billion more
people.

5. London ___________ (be) one of the most populated cities of the world.

Exercise 7: Write the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the
first one

1. Keep the environment clean or we will suffer from pollution.

If ________________________________________

2. I last visited my native village when I was ten.

I haven't __________________________________

3. Humans don't drive as carefully as self-driving cars.

Self-driving cars __________________________

-The end-
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Choose the best answer A, B, C or D

1. He became …………………….when a journalist asked him questions about his private

life.

A. embarrass B. embarrassed C. embarrassing D. embarrassingly

2. …………………….do the buses run? – Every ten minutes.

A. How B. How many C. How often D. What time

3. Cyclists must …………………….for pedestrians when they are cycling along the country
lane.

A. see off B. look out C. avoid D. observe

4. We will cut down on the use of natural gas because it is ……………… and harmful to
the environment.

A. plenty B. limited C. available D. abundant

5. If we go on …………………….electricity, we will have to pay a lot next month.

A. wasting B. increasing C. turning on D. making

Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in
the following passage.

There is now increasing concern about the world’s energy (1)_____, particularly about
those involving fossil (2)____. In less than a hundred years we shall probably use up all
the present (3)______ of oil and gas. The world’s coal reserves should last longer but,
once used, these cannot (4)______. It is important, therefore, that we should develop
such (5)_______ sources of energy as solar energy as well as water and wind power,
classed as renewable energy.

1. A. possessions B. resources C. goods D. materials

2. A. fuels B. powers C. forms D. energies
3. A. findings B. productions C. amounts D. sources
4. A. updated B. repeated C. renewed D. produced
5. A. traditional B. alternative C. revolutionary D. Surprising
Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first.

1. We are trying to find cheap and clean and effective sourced of energy.

We are looking ______________________________________________________

2. This is the second time I have visited Yaly hydroelectric power plant.

I have______________________________________________________________

3. It’s a good idea to switch off electrical appliances when they aren’t in use.

You _______________________________________________________________

Đề 4
I - Choose the word A, B, C or D whose underlined part is pronounced
differently from

1. A. rubbish B. uniform C. umbrella D. thumb

2. A. appear B. weather C. bread D. headache
3. A. project B. belong C. woman D. concert
4. A. think B. though C. mother D. these
5. A. eraser B. baseball C. suitcase D. waterfall
II- Choose the best answers to completes each sentence.

1. Hoa __________________ coins and stamps since she was six.

A. was collecting B. has collected C. collected D. will collect

2. His brother is a _________________ boy. He always tells a joke.

A. handsome B. humorous C. sociable D. energetic

3. Do you mind if I __________________ your car to work?

A. drive B. driving C. to drive D. drove

4. They are ____________ that their son won the championship.

A. delighted B. pleasing C. sad D. interesting

5. My sister regretting ___________ Mai’s glasses yesterday.

A. to break B. broken C. breaking D. break

6. Hoa dances more _______________ than her classmates.

A. beauty B. beautiful C. beautifully D. beautify

7. They will hold a meeting in the large room ____________ the morning of next Sunday.

A. in B. on C. at D. of
8. Minh loves playing chess _____________ his sister enjoys skipping in their free time.

A. when B. because C. while D. during

9. One hundred dollars ______________ an big amount of money for her.

A. is B. are C. were D. is being

10. Don’t overheat the victim _____________ blankets or coats.

A. on B. for C. with D. from

11. We are going to __________ a small plane to Ha Long Bay this weekend.

A. drive B. ride C. take D. give

12. They as well as Mai ___________________ in the field at this time last Sunday.

A. was working B. were working C. has worked D. have worked

13. Thanks _______ Alexander Graham Bell’s invention, I can communicate with each
other easily.

A. for B. from C. on D.to

14. We must _________ the environment from the pollution every day.

A. save B. protest C. protect D. waste

15. In our opinion, there are a lot of differences _________ two twins.

A. from B. without C. with D. between

16. If you _______________ your work, let’s play volleyball with them in the garden.

A. finish B. are finishing C. have finished D. will finish

17. Have a picnic with ______________ in the mountain tomorrow.

A. Hanh and I B. Hanh and me C. I and Hanh D. me and Hanh

18. Study is no _____________ restricted to just one location.

A. longer B. long C. longest D. the longest

19. My son was hit _______________ a stick while he was working in the field.

A. by B. with C. without D. out

20. Nam and Manh have played badminton for two hours, but __________ of them are
tired.

A. none B. both C. neither D. all

IV - Find and correct a mistake in each sentence:

1. The boy was enough intelligent to solve that problem.

2. The girl helped me with the needlework yesterday is my classmate.

3. They asked their friends not play soccer in the road.

4. Hanh is the same weigh as my sister.

5. It is careless for you to leave your book on the train.

6. My brother used to going to the movies with our father.

7. Hoa asked me if I could have a picnic with her in the country or not.

8. Most of monkeys both in the forest and in the zoo are interesting in bananas.

9. It takes Nam thirty minutes going to school on foot everyday.

10. Not only Ha but also her friends was present in my fifteenth birthday party.

V- Choose the most suitable answer A, B, C, or D to complete the following

passage.

Air pollution is caused ________(1) ill health in human beings. In a lot of countries,
there are ________(2) limiting the amount of smoke factories can produce although
there is not enough _______(3) on the effects of smoke on the atmosphere. Doctors
have ________(4) that air pollution causes ________ (5) diseases. The gases from the
exhausts of cars _______(6) also increased air pollution in most cities. The ________ (7) of
petrol produces a poisonous gas, which is often collected in busy streets circled by
high buildings. Children _______(8) in areas where there is a lot of lead in the
atmosphere can not think as ________(9) as other children, and are clumsy when they
_______(10) their hands.

1. A. from B. on C. over D. of

2. A. laws B. ideas C. problems D. regulations

3. A. news B. article C. information D. newspaper

4. A. agreed B. pointed C. disagreed D. proved

5. A. lung B. heart C. liver D. stomach

6. A. had B. have C. has D. having

7. A. water B. lead C. gas D. exhaust

8. A. lived B. live C. to live D. living

9. A. quick B. slowly C. quickly D. slow

10. A. touch B. use C. handle D. collect

VI - Read and fill a suitable word in each blanket:

Christmas is always held ________(1) December the twenty fifth every year. Every family
in England decorates a Christmas tree and puts ________(2) in the middle of the living
room. And Santa Claus plays an important _________(3) in this festival. There is a poem
to relate him. In 1823, the patron saint of children, Saint Nicholas appeared in a poem
________(4) A Visit Saint Nicholas. The character in the poem _______(5) a fat jolly man
who wore a _______ (6) suit and gave children ________ (7) on Christmas Eve. The poem,
which was ________(8) by Clement Clarke Moore, an American professor, became
popular __________(9) the USA. Santa Claus is based _______(10) the description of Saint
Nicholas in this poem.

VII- Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence.

1. It is over two years since they left their homeland.

(They haven’t …………………………

2. “How many cars are there in front of your house, Mai?” I said

(I asked …………………...

3. No one introduced me to newcomers in the festival.

(I ……………………………………..

4. The food was too bad for the children to eat.

(The food was so ……………………………

5. It’s no use persuading her to join in that activity.

(There is no ……………………………..

6. I am on the fifth page of the essay I am typing.

(So far ……………………………………

7. The dog keeps stealing my socks.

(The dog is ……………………………………………...

8. Hoa found it easy to translate this poem into French.

(Hoa had no ………………………..

9. Collect all of dirty clothes by 8 o’clock tomorrow morning.

(Let all ………………………

10. Mary is the most graceful girl at school.

(No girl …………………………………………..