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Kì thi khảo sát chất lượng THáNG 2
Năm học 2011 - 2012


Môn thi: tiếng anh - lớp 8
Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Họ và tên:................................................................................... Lớp: ......................... SBD :..........................


Điểm của bài thi: .............................................................................................................................................

I. Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the others. (1pt)
1. a. traveled b. surprised c. worked d. climbed
2. a. failed b. reached c. solved d. played
3. a. warm b. art c. start d. smart
4. a. stamps b. trains c. hotels d. caves
II. Choose the best answer (2pts):
1. Would you...........cleaning the floor for me?
a. like b. please c. mind d. rather
2. It is difficult................all these things.
a. to remember b. remembering c. remember d. remembered
3. Do you mind if I.............?
a. smoked b. smoking c. smoke d. to smoke
4. Motorbikes................in China are cheap.
a. make b. made c. makes d. making
5. Cool the burn immediately so as to..............tissue damage.
a. ease b. relieve c. minimize d. maximize
6. I can see a boy............a water buffalo.
a. ride b. riding c. to ride d. rode
7. She promises she.............me up at 7.30.
a. picks b. pick c. is going to pick d. will pick
8. Leave the victim..........flat and don’t let him...............chilled.
a. lying/to become b. to lie/become c. lying/become d. to lie/to become
III. Put the verb in the corrrect tense. (1.5pts):
1. My uncle (not visit)..............................us since he (move)...............to the new town.
2. I promise I (try)...................my best next semester.
3. Mai (buy)..................a new dress last weekend, but she (not wear).............it yet.
4. Would you mind if I (use)...............your phone?
IV. Read the passage then answer the questions. (2.5pts):
Everyday of the year throughout the world, about twenty million paper bags and newspapers are screwed and thrown away. Making paper requires a lot of wood pulp and the work of millions of workers. Many countries have had plans to recycle waste paper to save money and labour. In countries where there is the cooperation of the public, paper mills recycle as much as 60 % of waste paper. Their simple work is to take away the ink, crush it up and make it into pulp again. For every ton of recycled newsprint, twelve trees can be saved. We can insist that the more paper people save, the more trees are preserved.
1. What is used for making paper?
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2. To save money and labour, what have many countries done?
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3. How much of waste paper do paper mills recycle?
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4. For every ton of recycled newsprint, how many trees can be saved?
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5. How many paper bags and newspapers are screwed and thrown away?
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V. Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition. (1pt)
1. A canoe moved up and................the water.
2. We should use the cloth bags instead...........plastic bags.
3. Don’t throw things............ Try and find another use..............them.
VI. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first. (2pts):
1. Understanding him is very difficult.
- It is.....................................................................................................................................
2. Nam opens the window every morning.
- The window.......................................................................................................................
3. May I turn off the television?
- Do you mind......................................................................................................................
4. The girls are Nga and Hoa. They are playing chess.
- The girls............................................................................................................................
5. My father built this house in 1993.
- This house.........................................................................................................................
6. Mrs Jone has written the novel for two years.
- The novel..........................................................................................................................
7. “Don’t be late!”, the teacher said to Tuan.
- The teacher told Tuan.......................................................................................................
8. “Tidy your room!”, my sister said to me.
- My sister told me...............................................................................................................


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