2 points THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA In China, there is a wall that is 1,500 miles long.. It is called the Great Wall of China.. No other defense line has ever been made as long as the Great
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ĐỀ SỐ 21
I Circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences (3.0 points)
1 Millions of Christmas cards _ every year
A is sent B are sent C send D are sending
2 I don't know how _ this game
A play B played C to play D playing
3 I take part _ most of the youth activities of my school
A on B in C to D for
4 We're looking forward to _ you earlier
A see B seeing C saw D be seeing
5 He had his father _ his watch
A fixed B to fix C fix D fixing
6 Luckily, Peter had _ to finish his final exam
A many time B enough time C time enough D some time
7 Tom _ his hand when he was cooking the dinner
A burnt B was burning C burn D is burning
8 I must go now I promised _ late
A not being B not to be C to not be D not be no
9 Would you mind if I _ a photo?
A take B took C taking D will take
10 I _ Cuba in 1990
A visit B visited C have visited D was visiting
11 It is _ to find an expensive hotel in this town
A difficult B difficultly C difficulty D differ
12 _you ever _ to America yet?
A Have …been B Were …being C Were … been D Are … been
II Write the correct form of the words in brackets (1.0 point)
1 Stop, Nam! It's to be near the stove (danger)
2 The glass pieces are dried (complete)
3 My elder brother studies hard this year in order to pass the
exam to the university (enter)
4 Please confirm your date and time if you want to come
with us (arrive)
III Complete the second sentence in such a way that it has the same
meaning as the first one (2 points)
1 Clement Clarke Moore wrote the poem in 1823
-> The poem ………
2 "We are waiting for the school bus", said the children
-> The children said
3 Roses can't possibly grow in such poor ground
-> It is impossible
4 The last time I played tennis was in 1990
->I haven't
IV Read the passage and answer the questions (2 points)
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA
In China, there is a wall that is 1,500 miles long It is called the Great Wall of
China It winds uphill and down, through valleys and mountains It was made by
Trang 2hand The Great Wall of China was built from 246 - 209 BC The people of China
made it to keep out their enemies There are watch towers all along the way The
Wall is made of brick and earth It is high and wide on top People can walk along
the top as if it were a road No other defense line has ever been made as long as
the Great Wall of China
1 Where is the Great Wall?
………
2 When was it built?
………
3 What is it made of?
………
4 What was it built for?
………
V Listen to Lily talking about herself Decide if the following statements
are true (T) or false (F) (2 points)
T F
1 Lily comes from China
2 English is important to her as she will need it for her future job
3 She started learning English when she was eighteen
4 She has a problem with listening
5 She can understand people when they speak fast
6 She doesn't find English difficult to learn
7 She wants to be an English teacher
8 She loves English songs, but she doesn't hope to become asinger
THE END
-KIỂM TRA HK II ANH 8
ĐỀ SỐ 22
I Listen to the passage and fill in the missing information (2.5 pts)
Well, I like living in Glasgow, mainly because I live right (1)……… if I want to
go to the theatre, I can leave my house about (2)…… before the show starts and
walk there I can (3)………with the cinema On Sundays, I can go to the park
with my friend or (4)……… art gallery Or I can go to (5)…… with my parents
and brother
II Circle the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete each of the following
sentences (2 pts)
1 Mom had to do everything _ electricity
A by B on C without D within
2 When I was a little girl, I used to _ my father's advice
A listen B listen to C listening D listened
3 I can't remember _ when I was young
A what life was like B what life was
C how life was D how life was like
4. _ you _ cook dinner for your family?
A Do … use to B Did … use to
C Do … used to D Did … used to
5 Do you need any help?
A No, I don't need B Thanks, I don't need
Trang 3C Yes, that's very kind of you D Yes, I need.
6 We are having a plan to help them by _ them to do things
A encourage B encouraged
C encouraging D encourages
7 Do you know that _ began in England in 1907?
A scout B scouter C scouting D scouted
8 What is Mary doing, Mom? She is looking at _ in the mirror
A her B hers C herself D himself
III Read the passages and answer the questions (2.5 pts)
Last Tuesday Dick went to Bristol The train got into Temple Mead at 12.45
Rosemary, his close friend met him outside the station First, they went to a small
café to have a cup of coffee They talked endlessly Then they walked around for a
while, and finally went to Rosemary's house They had a lovely lunch Dick met
Rosemary's mother and later her two children when they went home from school
In the evening, he went to see a very interesting film with Rosemary's family
After the show, he said goodbye to them and left for London
1 How did Dick go to Bristol last Tuesday?
………
2 What time did the train arrive at Temple Mead?
………
3 Whom did Dick meet at Rosemary's house?
………
4 Did he watch an interesting film with Rosemary's family?
………
5 When did Dick leave for London?
………
IV Write a description of Lan's room using the words given (3pts)
1 coffee table/the middle/room
………
2 couch/opposite/armchairs
………
3 on the right/room/bookshelf
………
4 there/lots/books/bookshelf
………
5 there/always/vase with flowers/table
………
6 Lan/really/like/living room
………
THE END
-KIỂM TRA HK II ANH 8
ĐỀ SỐ 23
I Listen to the dialogue and fill each blank with a missing word (1point)
Hoa: Where are you going, Nam?
Nam: I'm going to the (1) _ Center I'm going to play (2) _
Hoa: How often do you go there?
Nam: Not very often About once a week
Hoa: Isn't it (3) _ ?
Trang 4Nam: Not really I usually stay for (4) _ an hour I don't spend much.
II Complete the postcard Tom sent to his friend, Mary, who is in America.
Use the words in the box (2.5 points)
wonderful met souvenirs in family
friendly nice took cool and sunny of
Dear Mary,
I am having a (1) time in Viet Nam The weather is (2) The
people are (3) (4) Ha Noi, I (5) my friend, Hoa and
her (6) It was (7) to meet them I bought lots of (8)
and (9) a lot (10) photos I hope you are well Did you receive
the postcard I sent you on the first day I arrived in Viet Nam?
See you soon
Your friend,
Tom
III Circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the following
sentences (2.5 points)
1. you let me take a photograph of you?
A Will B Shall C May D Must
2 Several people were hurt in the accident but only one to hospital
A has taken B was taking C was taken D has been taking
3 Nam will leave Hue on Sunday
A for B from C at D in
4 All of us were that he came first He hasn't been working hard so far
A surprising B to surprise C surprised D to be surprised
5 Where is Mai? - She's out She said she back soon
A shall B would be C was D is
6 He was watching television the burglar alarm went off
A when B why C where D that
7 After the clothes have been washed, they out to dry
A were hung B are hung C are hanged D were hanging
8 “ took my camera?”, George asked us
A Who B That C Whom D Which
9 The team by an experienced rice cook won the rice - cooking contest
A led B leads C leading D lead
10 Our flight to Singapore has been delayed We as well stay here an extra day
A should B could C must D might
IV Fill in each blank with a suitable word (2.0 points)
(1) London , tourists often (2) different parts of the capital by
underground Covent Garden, a popular tourist attraction, is in (3)
centre (4) London There (5) shops there There (6)
an underground nearby A (7) of tourists also visit London's
historic buildings Buckingham Palace is Queen's official residence There is a flag
which shows when the Queen is (8) home
V Write sentences using the suggested words and phrases (2.0 points)
1 We / ought / use cloth bags/ instead / reuse plastic ones
………
2 Victim should / given an anti - tetanus injection / as soon / possible
Trang 53 Our school / hold / flower - arranging contest / March, 8th every year
………
4 It / necessary / cool / burn / immediately
………
-THE
END -KIỂM TRA HK II ANH 8
ĐỀ SỐ 24
I Circle the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete each of the following
sentences (3 pts)
1 There is an/a Please send an ambulance to Thang Long school
A elevation B emergency C first-aid D wound
2 Nam wrote the note on the board in order to his classmates about the change in schedule
A inform B informs C informing D informed
3 My brother _his homework at seven o'clock last night
A does B did C has done D was doing
4 What's the problem the computer?
A at B in C on D with
5 An English speaking contest at Quang Trung school next week
A is held B was held C will be held D has been held
6 Phong enjoys flowers
A plant B to plant C planting D planted
7 People usually use compost to their fields
A fertilize B melt C recycle D reduce
8 Would you mind the door?
A open B to open C opening D opened
9 London will be very with the low temperature of minus three and high of seven
A cold B cool C hot D warm
10 - I like playing soccer -
A So do I B So am I C Neither do I D Neither am I
11 I think playing in the rain is _
A danger B endanger C dangerous D dangerously
12 Phong Nha Cave now is a famous tourist _
A attract B attractive C attraction D attractively
II Read the passage and fill in the gap with a word from the box (2 pts)
competitions festival participated traditional
river rice-cooking separate rub
THE RICE-COOKING FESTIVAL
The rice-cooking (1) _ was held in the communal house yard about one
kilometer a way from a (2) There were three (3) _: waterfetching,
fire-making and (4) The festival took one day
In the water-fetching contest one person from each team had to run to the river to
get the water
In the fire-making contest two team members had to make fire in the
(5) way They tried to (6) pieces of bamboo together to
make the fire
Six people from each team (7) _in the rice-cooking festival They had
to (8) _ the rice from the husk and then cook the rice
III Read the passage and do the tasks that follow.
Trang 6Da Lat lies on Lam Vien plateau, in the central high land province of Lam Dong.
Da Lat is a well-known city attracting all the people who have been there once Da
Lat is known as a city of pine trees, waterfalls and flowers Da Lat is described as a
forest of flowers with different colors and various species Da Lat has the widest
range of orchid varieties in the country Da Lat has few rivers and canals but it has
many picturesque waterfalls The famous Cam Ly Falls is only three kilometers
from the town center The Prenn Falls is ten kilometers in the South of Da Lat The
water pours down like a white shade Da Lat people are very proud of it They
always boast to tourists about it in the first place
A Match the words in the passage in column A with the right meanings in
column B (1 pt)
A B
1 plateau
2 orchid
3 picturesque
4 well-known
B Choose true (T) or false (F) (1 pt)
T F
1 Da Lat is located in the highland province of Lam Dong
2 There are a lot of rivers and canals in Da Lat
3 The Cam Ly Falls is about ten kilometers from the town center
4 In Da Lat, there are various species of flowers with different colors
C Answer the questions (1pt)
1 Is Da Lat famous as a tourist city?
………
2 How far is it from the town centre to the Cam Ly Falls ?
………
IV Rewrite the sentences with the words provided (2 pts)
1 Mai bought a new shirt yesterday
A new shirt
2 Huong said: " I'll go to Ha Noi tomorrow"
Huong said that
3 Learning English is very interesting
It's _
4 Could you give me the bag?
Would you mind
KIỂM TRA HK II ANH 8
ĐỀ SỐ 25
I LISTENING
Listen to some people talking about themselves and fill in the missing
information (2.5 pts)
Name Where from Job
Crab
Leeds
(1) _
White (2)
worker
John
A famous
B attractive and interesting
C highland
D a kind of flowers
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(3) _
Roberts
Birmingham
(4)
Morison (5) _
footballer
II READING
Read the following passages and decide if the statements are True (T) or False (F).
(2.5 pts)
Machu Picchu is an ancient city in Peru The construction of the city started in 1450 The city covers about
13 square kilometers For centuries, the city was buried in the jungle and was not discovered until 1911 Today, Machu Picchu is one of the most famous tourist attractions in all parts of South America The Great Wall of China is the longest man-made structure ever built Much of what exists of the wall today was built during the Ming dynasty in the late 1400s, although parts of the wall are much older and go back to around
200 B.C The wall is about 11
meters high The main part of the wall stretches for about 3,400 kilometers
T F
1 Machu Picchu is a modern city in Peru
2 People began to build the city in 1450
3 The city was built on the area of thirty square kilometers
4 People found the city buried in the jungle in 1911
5 The city is attractive to many tourists from South America
6 The Great Wall of China was constructed by man
7 The wall was built during the Ming dynasty in 1400
8 Many parts of the wall were built around 200 B.C
9 The wall is about 11 meters high
10 The main part of the wall is about 3,400 kilometers long
III LANGUAGE FOCUS
Each line of the following passage has one error For each line, find and underline
the error and then write the correct one in the column on the right Number one
has been done for you as an example (2.5 pts)
1 computer
2 ………
3 ………
4 ………
5 ………
6 ………
7 ………
8 ………
9 ………
10 ………
My brother bought a laptop computers in the USA He paid $1.500 with it The laptop is expensive, but it’s really great It is made in Japan in 1999 It has a color screen so it’s easily on the eyes The computer have a battery so he can use it without electricity for eight hour If he wants to send a fax, he can sends it electronically He could connect to the Internet, too My brother plans to take his laptop on a airplane when he takes a vacation abroad It is a very smallest computer, so he takes them everywhere with him 11 ………
Trang 8IV WRITING
Use the adverbs in the box to make the instructions on how to cook a mushroom
omelet The following prompts may help you (2.5 pts)
then after that next first finally
slice / mushrooms
slice / mushrooms
beat / eggs / bowl
slice / mushrooms
add / salt and pepper / egg mixture
slice / mushrooms
pour / eggs / frying pan / add mushrooms / cook
slice / mushrooms
fold / omelet in half / omelet / ready
slice / mushrooms
THE END
-KIỂM TRA HK II ANH 8
ĐỀ SỐ 26 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
A 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
Trang 9B 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)
T 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 thechildren 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
-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
Trang 10write 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
KIỂM TRA HK II ANH 8
ĐỀ SỐ 27
I LISTENING
Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks with the missing words (2.5 pts)
The best way to protect our environment is to reduce the amount of garbage We can recycle some (1) instead of putting them into the garbage As you know, this means that we need to use the old materials in the garbage to make (2) Already in many countries, people can recycle their newspapers, bottles (3) But people are still thinking of new ways to recycle things For example, some companies are using the plastic in old soda bottles to make clothing Other companies are (4) with the materials in old tires Some companies even make garbage cans from old
(5) These companies are
trying to recycle the plastic we already have, instead of making a lot of new plastic
II READING
Read the letter and put a tick in the appropriate box for True (T), False (F), or
NM if the statement is not mentioned in the letter (2.5 pts)
Dear Tuan,
I arrived in Australia a week ago and I think that my English is improving! I’m living in a small flat near the centre of Sydney It’s cheap and quite comfortable In your letter you ask what I’m going to do to improve
my English Well, tomorrow I’m going to visit the language centre to see what English classes they offer there in the evenings Of course, I’m going to read a newspaper every day I’m going to spend a lot on cassettes because listening is so important! There are some good bookshops here, so I’m also going to look for some other books to read before bedtime I’m going to write a diary in English – that’s a good way to learn English How are you getting on? I was sorry I had to leave in the middle of the course Are you going
to write to me again? Hope to hear from you all soon
Nam
T F NM
1 Nam came to Australia last week
2 He is staying in a small house near the centre of Sydney
3 He is not pleased with his accommodation
4 He is going to visit a language centre tomorrow
5 He is going to have a lesson tomorrow evening
6 He is going to talk with Australian students
7 Every day he is going to read a newspaper
8 Listening is less important to him
9 There are many bookshops in the neighborhood
10 He is going to read books and write a diary in English
III LANGUAGE FOCUS
Circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences.
(2.5 pts)
1 Have you any news about Lan since her bike accident?
A hear B hearing C to hear D heard
2 We dinner when my friends arrived yesterday evening
A are having B is having C were having D was having
3 The glass bottle will be broken small pieces