Bộ đề kiểm tra HKII tiếng Anh lớp 8 (Phần 3)

KIỂM TRA HK II ANH 8 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 1 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 hand. 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 2 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. C. 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? 3 ……………………………………………… 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)_______ ? Nam: 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 4 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 5 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. …………………………………………………………………… 3. 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. - ______. 6 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. Da 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 7 A. famous B. attractive and interesting C. highland D. a kind of flowers 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 South Wales (3) ___________________ Roberts Birmingham (4) __________________ 8 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. ……………… 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. …………… IV. 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 beat / eggs / bowl add / salt and pepper / egg mixture pour / eggs / frying pan / add mushrooms / cook fold / omelet in half / omelet / ready 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 10 [...]... 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... 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 12 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... of the festival time and the place where it was held activities you saw or took part in number of people joining in each activity feeling about the festival THE END -KIỂM TRA HK II ANH 8 14 ĐỀ SỐ 28 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) TF 1 Ba is younger than Lan 2 Lan is shorter... 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 KIỂM TRA HK II ANH 8 16 ĐỀ SỐ 30 I A Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others (0.75 mk) 1/ A shock B chart C stretcher D teacher 2/ A corn B snorkel C wonder D... 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... by saying that it wasn’t in Viet Nam Nhi found ( 18) the place was in America Hoa thought it was the Golden Gate Bridge, but that is in San Francisco Nhi was (19) when she said it (20) the Statue of Liberty 17 15/ A careful B hard C bored D boring 16/ A told B explained C spoke D said 17/ A clue B answer C result D key 18/ A in B on C out D of 19/ A right B wrong C sad D... A B C D V/ Use the correct form of the word in parentheses to fill in each blank (1.5 mks) 25/ It is in Britain to eat turkeys at Christmas.(tradition) 26/ That engine is of fuel (waste) 27/ The journey took seven hours (approximate) 28/ Good hygiene helps to the risk of infection (minimum) 29/ All finishing the race will receive a medal (participate) 30/ The from... 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... 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... 7 o’clock every morning A start B leave C go D move 6 The girl enjoys her fitness exercise after classes A doing B to do C do D did 7 I have known her _ two years A for B since C with D within 8 I’d like you with me for some days A staying B to stay C stayed D will stay 9 Used paper is collected and _ to factories A sent B sending C send D to send 10 I am happy _ all the exams A passed . ________ . 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 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. 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 2 ĐỀ SỐ 22 I. Listen to the passage and fill