Read the passage Computers are now very useful and important for people all over the world.. Computers have been in use widely in Viet Nam nowadays and they have completely changed the
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ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ II MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8 Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút
I/ VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURES
Circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences (3.0 points)
1 Thank you inviting me to the rice-cooking festival
A for B at C to D of
2 Nga showed Nhi where tickets
A get B to get C getting D got
3 It's too cold outside Would you mind the window?
A close B closed C closing D to close
4 The printer isn't working Have you turned it yet?
A on B off C up D down
5 The heads of four American presidents are into the rock at
Mount Rushmore
A painted B built C seen D carved
6 Eight hundred years ago, Christmas songs performed for people
in towns and villages
A are B were C will be D have been
7 Ba his homework
A finished already B already finished
C have already finished D has already finished
8 Mrs Smith invited Mrs Quyen to have dinner while Mrs Quyen
the USA
A visit B visited C was visiting D have visited
9 "Do you want to visit Dien Bien Phu, Linda?"
=> Nam asked Linda to visit Dien Bien Phu
Trang 2A if she wanted B if he wanted
C if she wants D if he wants
10 I think playing in the rain is
A danger B endanger C dangerous D dangerously
11 Angkor Watt now is a famous tourist
A attract B attractive C attraction D attractively
12 In the fire-making contest, the fire is made in the way
A traditional B tradition C traditionally D traditionalism
II READING
A Fill in the blanks with the words from the box (1.0 point)
is built project famous
Taj Mahal is the most (1) _ of all India's ancient buildings It was (2)
_ as the mausoleum of Arjumand Banu Bagam It took 22 years to
construct They needed 20,000 men to involve in the (3) _ The tomb is over
73m high It (4) decorated with Koranic inscriptions
Notes: * Inscriptions: câu viết, câu khắc, câu để tặng
* Koranic (a): kinh của người đạo Hồi
B Read the passage
Computers are now very useful and important for people all over the world
Computers have been in use widely in Viet Nam nowadays and they have
completely changed the face of Viet Nam Computers have contributed greatly to
the modernization of Viet Nam With the help of computers, we can communicate
with the other people thousands of kilometers away in a second We can know the
information on medicines, science and technology very quickly Computers are
wonderful They can help us save time
Decide if these statements are True (T) or False (F) (l.0point)
Trang 3T F
1 Computers are not helpful for many people
2 Computers have been used widely in Viet Nam nowadays
3 Computers help us communicate with the other people
thousands of kilometers away in a minute
4 Computers can help us save time
Answer the questions (0.5point)
1 Do you have a computer at home?
………
2 Write one thing about how computers can help us
………
III WRITING (2.5points)
This is the postcard Mrs Quyen sent from the USA
Dear Sally,
We are having a wonderful time in the USA The people are friendly and the weather is warm and windy In San Francisco, I visited my friend, Sandra Smith and her family It was lovely to see them I bought lots of postcards for the children Thanh is always complaining about the heaviness of my suitcase
See you soon
Love,
Quyen
Imagine you are a tourist on a vacation Base on the postcard above, use
the cues to write a postcard to a friend about your trip
- Place: Ha Long Bay, in Quang Ninh
- How you feel about the people; hospitable, helpful
- What the weather is like: sunny, hot
- Who/What you visit: relatives, Chay Beach, Dau Go Cave
Trang 4-What you buy: souvenirs, food
IV LISTENING (2.0points)
Listen to the dialogue and fill each blank with a missing word
Nam: So how is your English class going?
Lan: Not (1) _, but English pronunciation is difficult for me
Nam: Well, it is always difficult at first You can improve your
pronunciation by listening to (2) _
Lan: That's a good (3) _ But how do you learn new words? I
always seem to forget them
Nam: I learn new words by writing them on pieces of paper and sticking
them on my (4) _ wall I look at them every night
before I go to sleep
Lan: Maybe I should try something (5) _ that
Nam: And you should (6) _ a vocabulary notebook
Lan: What should I do with the vocabulary notebook?
Nam: Well, whenever you hear (7) _ read a new word, you should write it down When you have time you can go through the notebook and study the words as (8) _ as you can
Lan: Thank you for your advice I'll try and do it
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