Đề kiểm tra chất lượng giữa học kỳ I môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Năm học 2015-2016 - Trường THCS Giao Tiến

Nội dung text: Đề kiểm tra chất lượng giữa học kỳ I môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Năm học 2015-2016 - Trường THCS Giao Tiến

1. II. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tenses or forms. (1,0 point) 1. The moon ( go) .around the earth and the earth (move) around the sun. 2. My old friend (write ) a letter to me last week. 3. My sister (have) an English test next Saturday morning. 4. They used to (play) soccer on the street when they were children. Part C: Reading (3,0 points) I. Read the passage and circle the best answers. (1,0 point) Alexander Graham Bell (1) on March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. When he was a boy, Alexander became interested (2) sounds and speech. In 1870, the Bells decided to emigrate to America. They lived in Boston, where Alexander taught in a school for the deaf. There he began experimenting with a machine which helped the deaf hear. While experimenting with this machine, Bell had an idea“Why do not use electricity to send the human voice from one place to another ?” He began to work on a new (3) . For years, Bell and his assistant, Thomas Watson, worked day and night. (4) rented rooms in a boarding house. Bell was on one floor, and Watson was on another. They tried to transmit(5) through a wire. Finally, on March 19, 1876, Watson heard these words very clearly: “Mr Watson, come here. I want you.”. Watson rushed upstairs, ran into Bell’s room and shouted:“ I heard you! ”. 1. A. was B. was born C. is born D. born 2. A. of B. with C. in D. on 3. A. invention B. inventor C. inventive D. invent 4. A. he B. we C. it D. they 5. A. speaking B. letters C. speech D. telegram II. Read the passage, choose the best answer among A, B, C, D to complete the sentence 1, 2 and answer the question 3, 4, 5. (2 points) My name is Mary. Of all my relatives, I like my aunt Emily the best. She’s my mother’s youngest sister. She has never married and lives alone in a small village near Bath. She’s fifty years old, but she’s quite young in spirit. She has a fair complexion, thick brown hair and dark brown eyes. She has a kind face, and when you meet her, the first thing you notice is her smile. Her face is a little wrinkled now, but I think she is still rather attractive. She is the sort of person you can always go to if you have a problem and she’s extremely friendly and generous.