The document contains an English exam for 8th grade students with four sections: Listening, Reading, Language Focus, and Writing. The Listening and Reading sections include short dialogues and passages for students to complete. The Language Focus section contains multiple choice questions on grammar points. The Writing section prompts students to write 60-80 words about their family using given details. The answer key document provides the correct answers for each question in the exam.

1. PHÒNG GD&ĐT ĐỀ THI KHẢO SÁT ĐẦU NĂM
TRƯỜNG THCS Năm học: 2011-2012
Môn: Tiếng Anh lớp 8
( Thời gian làm bài 45 phút, không kể giao đề )
I. Listening (2.5 points):
Listen and conplete the dialouge
Nam: Where do you (1) ….….., Hoa?
Hoa: I live at 12 Tran Hung Dao street.
Nam: How (2)….….. is it from your house (3) ….……school?
Hoa: It’s not far - about one km.
Nam: (4)…….…do you go to school?
Hoa: I go to school by (5) ….……..
II. Reading ( 2.5 points ):
Read the passage and fill in liz’s diary
Liz always gets up very early - at five o’clock in the morning. She has
breakfast and then goes to work by bus at five thirty. She works from six o’clock
in the morning until two o’clock in the afternoon. She usually eats lunch after
work.
In the afternoon, Liz visits her family, goes shopping or plays batminton with
friends. She eats dinner at six and then watches the seven o’clock news program.
She goes to bed between ten and ten thirty.
That is the end of a busy day in the life of Liz.
Activities Time
1. getting up 5 o’clock.
2. going to work
3. starting and finishing work
4. eating dinner
5. watching the news
6. going to bed
III. Language focus (3.0 points):
Choose the best answer (a, b or c)
1. Our summer vacation usually…………..in June.
A. Starts B. Will start C. Started
2. Would you like……to the beach with me?
A. Going B. To go C. Go
3. You must go……….bed at 10.00 pm every day.
A. Into B. For C. To
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2. 4. Jonh likes……….tennis.
A. Playing B. Play C. Played
5. How…………is it from Ha Noi to Hue.
A. Many B. Far C. Long
6. Every day Mr Tan…………in the fields from 6 am to 4 pm.
A. Worked B. Work C. Works
7. Ba is in his room. He ………the guitar now.
A. Was playing B. Is playing C. Plays
8. What ………your addrees ?
A. Is B. Will C. Are
9. We ……..soccer after school yesterday.
A. Aren’t playing B. Didn’t C. Are
10. Can you………. English fluenly?
A. Speak B. To speak C. Spoke
IV. Writing: (2.0 points)
Write about your family ( about 60 - 80 words ) with given words.
- The members in the family.
- Father: Name, job, place of work, age.
- Mother: Name, job, place of work, age.
- Sister/brother: Name, job, place of work, age.
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3. PHÒNG GD&ĐT ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ KHẢO SÁT ĐẦU NĂM
TRƯỜNG THCS Năm học: 2010-2011
Môn: Tiếng Anh lớp 8
I. Listening (2.5 points): Mỗi câu đúng 0.5 điểm
1. Live
2. Far
3. To
4. How
5. Bike
II. Reading (2.5 points): Mỗi câu đúng 0.5 điểm
1. 5 o’clock
2. 5.30 am
3. 6.00 am - 2.00 pm
4. 6.00 pm
5. 7.00 pm
6. 10.00 - 10.30 pm
III. Language focus (3.0 points): Mỗi câu đúng 0.3 điểm
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. A
5. B
6. C
7. B
8. A
9. B
10.A
IV. Write (2.0 points)
- The members in the family.
- Father: Name, job, place of work, age.
- Mother: Name, job, place of work, age.
- Sister/brother: Name, job, place of work, age.