KT 1 TIẾT SỐ 2 LỚP 8

I. Listen and fill in the gap with correct words: (80,25 =2,0 mk)

Learning a foreign language is, in some way, like learning how to fly an aeroplane or (1)…………….. the piano. There are important differences, but there is also a very important similarity. It is this: Learning how (2)…………….. do such things needs a lot of practice. It is never simply just to know (3)…………….. You must be able to “do” things (4)…………….. what you know. For example, it is not enough simply to read a book on how to (5)…………….. an aeroplane. A book can give you lots of information about how to fly, but if (6)…………….. you read a book and then try to fly an aeroplane without a great deal of practice first, you may crash and kill yourself. The same is (7)…………….. of playing the piano. So, do you think it is simple enough to read about  it? Can you play the piano without having a (8)…………….. of  practice first?

II. Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the others.(4x0,25=1mk)

1. a. planet   b. character   c. happy  d. classmate

2. a.letter   b. twelve   c. person  d. sentence

3. a. enough   b. young   c. country  d. mountain

4. a. sociable  b. ocean   c. receive  d. special

III. Circle the best answers: (80,25 =2,0 mk)

1. The Boy Scouts of America is a youth ...............   

         A. citizenship        B. organization            C. activity                  D. event

2. In “The lost shoe”, Little Pea’s father was    a .........

         A. prince               B. fairy                        C. farmer                    D. a, b, c are false

3. Miss Lan was born in Viet Nam. Vietnamese is her ..................

         A. mother tongue   B. second language   C. foreign language  D. third language

4. We’re going to London………….March.              

         A. in                       B. on                         C. at                            D. from

5. Tim needs to .............. his Spanish pronunciation.

         A. work     B. try  C. improve                  D. do

6. I went to your school this morning and your form teacher gave me your ………. It is very good.

        A. report card    B. pronunciation C. study habit D. application form

7. Some language learners try to learn all the new words…………heart. 

         A. by                     B. on C. in                            D. at

8. Tim’s report is poor.      

        A. good        B. bad                     C. excellent                D. high

IV. Read the passage and decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F): (50,5 =2,5 mk)

   In the first year of lower secondary school, I had some difficulties in learning English. My pronunciation of English words was really bad and my English grammar was worse. I did not know how to improve them. One afternoon, after the lesson, my teacher of English told me to wait for her outside the classroom. She took me to the library and showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills kept in a glass bookcase. She also told me how to use an English-English dictionary to improve my English grammar. “Now, I think you know what you should do”, said she. I did not know that only one year later I would win the first prize in the English speaking contest held for secondary school students in my hometown.

  1. The writer used to be bad at English when he started his lower secondary school.

  2. His teacher of English punished (trừng phạt) and scolded (la mắng) him a lot because of this              

  3. The writer doesn’t know how to learn English and he is still very bad at English now             

  4. With the help of his teacher, the writer improves his English a lot now

  5. He won the first prize in the English speaking contest.

V. Rewrite the following sentences: (50,5 =2,5 mk)

1. “Please wait for me outside the classroom”, he said to me.

 He told………..………………..............................................................................

2. Linh is very good at speaking English.

 Linh speaks…..……...............................................................................................

3. “You should work harder on your Math” Ba said to me.

 Ba told me that.…………………………...............................................................

4. Going swimming in the summer is interesting.

 It .............................................................................................................................

5. “Don’t move the table, Trung!” I said. 

I told………………………….....................………………………...………….....