ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỘC KỲ II TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8 SỐ 13 (Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút) I. LISTENING Listen to the passage about Ba and his sister, and then put a tick in the appropriate box for T (True) or F (False). (2.0 pts) T F 1. Ba is younger than Lan. 2. Lan is shorter than her brother. 3. Both Ba and Lan go to school in the morning. 4. They love listening to pop music and reading novels. 5. They don’t like playing chess and going swimming in summer. 6. Lan doesn’t like cooking, doing the shopping on Sundays. 7. Ba likes watching war films on TV. 8. Lan also loves playing soccer in her free time. II. READING Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. (3.0 pts) Hello! My name is David. I work for a construction company. I started working for this company in 2004. We build roads, dams, bridges and things like that. At the moment my company is producing a plan for a new motorway. I usually work in the road department, but this month I am working in the department that builds bridges. So my whole working day is different just now. I normally spend a lot of time outdoors because I have to go to the construction sites. But with this new project I spend a lot of time in the workshop. Now I am testing a model of one of the new bridges. I enjoy it a lot because I have learned a lot of new things. 1. When did David begin working for his construction company? 2. What is his company doing at the moment? 3. Where does he usually work? 4. Is he working in the road department this month? 5. Why does he normally spend a lot of time outdoors? 6. What is he testing now? III. LANGUAGE FOCUS Circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences (2.5 pts) 1. We must be there _____ 7.30 and 8.15. A. at B. before C. between D. after 2. Dad stayed at the office _____ he finished the report. A. between B. until C. for D. at 3. Vietnamese language is different _____ English language. A. as B. like C. from D. with 4. Tom is 16. He isn’t _____ to drive a car. A. enough young B. young enough C. enough old D. old enough 5. When my uncle was young, he used _____ fishing on Sundays. A. go B. went C. going D. to go 6. Mary likes _____ the piano. A. playing B. plays C. played D. play 7. She told me _____ you that present. A. giving B. to give C. gave D. given 8. Last night I watched the movie “Romeo and Juliet”. At last they killed______. A. himself B. herself C. themselves D. ourselves 9. Jane is _____ beautiful than her sister. A. as B. like C. the most D. more 10. London is _____ capital city in Europe. A. large B. larger C. most large D. the largest IV. WRITING Write a postcard using the following sets of words and phrases. You can make all necessary changes and additions. (2.5) Dear Mom and Dad, 1. I / have / wonderful / time / Ha Long Bay 2. weather / be / lovely / and/ beach and islands / look / beautiful 3. Yesterday / I / go shopping / Hon Gai Town 4. I / be / going / visit / Dau Go Cave / tomorrow 5. I / be / going / take / photographs / there See you soon. Love, Linda THE END . ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỘC KỲ II TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8 SỐ 13 (Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút) I. LISTENING Listen to the passage about Ba. What is he testing now? III. LANGUAGE FOCUS Circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences (2.5 pts) 1. We must be there _____ 7.30 and 8. 15. A. at B. before. cooking, doing the shopping on Sundays. 7. Ba likes watching war films on TV. 8. Lan also loves playing soccer in her free time. II. READING Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. (3.0