Fullname ĐỀ KIỂM TRA CHẤT LƯỢNG HỌC KÌ II TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8 PART B LANGUAGE FOCUS I Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences (2points) 1 Americans rarely shake hands to say goodbye,[.]
Fullname:………………………………………… ĐỀ KIỂM TRA CHẤT LƯỢNG HỌC KÌ II- TIẾNG ANH LỚP PART B :LANGUAGE FOCUS I Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.(2points) Americans rarely shake hands to say goodbye, except _ business occasions A during B at C on D in 2. at someone is usually considered rude A Point B To pointed C To pointing D Pointing 3.The most common way of attracting someone’s attention is by A waving B to waving C to wave D wave 4.Lien told me that _ a biology teacher A she wants to become C she wanted to become B she will become D she wanted becoming 5.We reminded Lily _ late for our appointment the next day A to be not B not to be C to don’t be D don’t be 6.We _ with each other by mobile phone in 2050 A won’t be communicating C aren’t communicating B haven’t communicated D aren’t going to communicate 7.The teacher said we _ a week off on the occasion of the International Labor Day A will have B didn’t have C have D would have 8.Tomoko and Kiko said that they _ cycling the day after the next day A will go B have gone C would go D has gone While I …………the performance, I met one of my old friends A watched B was watching C watch D am watching 10 You should buy the blue sweater It suits you ……… than the red one A good B well C better D the best II Supply the corect tense or form of the verb in parentheses Lan and her sister are in the bookstore now She (look) _ for a craft kit My mother is hooked on (make) spring rolls at Tet This test must (do) carefully Their grandparents (live) in this village since last year We should (respect) _old people PART C : READING I Fill in each blanket with a suitable word from the box to complete the passage about the causes of visaul pollution includes – many – kind – examlple Visual pollution can happen outside or inside your house When you are in the street, you look around and see too (1) telephone poles, overhead power lines or advertising billboard ? This is known as (2) ‘negative visual environment’, and it causes visual pollution For many communities, visual pollution also (3) uncut weeds, graffiti, litter, and even badly cared-for buildings This (4) of pollution can be present in your house, too If you dump clothes or school things on the floor, it causes visual pollution A room with too much furniture placed in an untidy way is another (5) of visual pollution in the house You may not know that when you go out without wearing appropriate clothing, you can also cause this type of pollution III Read the passage and the tasks bellow THE GREAT HANSHIN EARTHQUAKE The Great Hanshin earthquake, or the Kobe earthquake as it is more commonly known ‘overseas’, was an earthquake in Japan that measured 7.3 on the Japan Meteorological Agency magnitude scale It occurred on January 17th, 1995 at 5:46 a.m in the southern part of Hyogo Prefecture, and lasted for approximately 20 seconds The epicentre of the earthquake was on the northern end of Awaji Island near Kobe, a cosmopolitan city of over 1.5 million people A total of 6,434 people, mainly in the city of Kobe, lost their lives Additionally, it caused approximately ten trillion yen in damage It was the worst earthquake in Japan since the Great Kanto earthquake in 1923, which claimed 140,000 lives Questions : The word ‘overseas’ in the text is closest in meaning to A abroad B at sea C by sea The word ‘occurred’ in the text is closest in meaning to A ended B happened C started When did the Great Hashin earthquake occur? Where was the epicentre of the earthquake ? Was it the worst earthquake in Japan since the Great Kanto earthquake in 1923 ? II Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete the following passage An American, Charles D Seeberger, produced the first commercial moving staircase to transport people in the 1890s He called this _(1) an ‘escalator’, taking the name from the Latin word ‘scala’ which means ‘ladder’ Escalators move people up and down short _(2) Lifts the same, but only move a small number of people Escalators have the capacity to move a lot of people at the same time, and they can be replaced in the same space as one _(3) install a staircase A non-functioning escalator can be used as a normal staircase, whereas many other conveyances become _(4) when they break down Towards the end of the nineteenth century, cities were becoming more crowded and the first escalators were _(5) at railway stations and in big department stores so that people could move about more quickly Today we see escalator everywhere A creator B invention C exploration D revolution A distances B directions C measurements D lengths A should B must C will D might A useful B unused C useless D uselessly A built B designed C produced D advanced PART D : WRITING I Rewrite the sentences so that it means the same as the first Use the word in brackets You may need to change the word “ People will soon communicate using telepathy in 50 years’ time” Phuc said Phuc said that Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876 The telephone There was a loud noise next to my door last night so I couldn’t sleep Because there was _ This factory doesn’t treat its waste well so there is a lot of water pollution If this factory treated The tsunami happened Many people in this area became homeless The tsunami made