Bài kiểm tra học kì II môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Đề 016

Choose the best answer to each of the following sentences.
Hoa had a day_________ last week.
	A. to remember	B. remember	C. remembering	D. remembered
Are you free _________ Tuesday evening?
	A. on	B. in	C. at	D. with
It is a _________ contest.
	A. fire-make	B. fires-making	C. fire-making	D. fire-makings
The Hanging Garden of Babylon is one of the _________of the world.
	A. wonders	B. walls	C. buildings	D. strangers
Would you mind _________for a few minutes?
	A. wait	B. to wait	C. waiting	D. waits
Do you mind if I _________here?
	A. sit	B. sitting	C. to sit	D. sits
Would you mind if I _________a picture?
	A. taking	B. took	C. taken	D. take
Our teacher said we _________work harder for our next project.
	A. will	B. shall	C. can	D. should
It is difficult _________Spainish?
	A. to pratice	B. praticing	C. pratice	D. praticed
Those toys were _________of wood.
	A. making	B. to make	C. made	D. make
Nam is always _________his homework.
	A. forget	B. forgets	C. forgot	D. forgetting
Nhi asked Nga _________she knew My Son.
	A. what	B. whether	C. if	D. B&C
My parents decided _________Hanoi.
	A. to visit	B. visit	C. visits	D. visiting
His parents _________TV at 8.00 pm last night.
	A. watch	B. to watch	C. were watching	D. watched
Which word has the different stress from the rest?
	A. reduce	B. celebrate	C. forget	D. participate
A new house _________next year.
	A. will bild	B. will be building	C. will be built	D. build
Tam was doing his homework when I _________last night.
	A. arrive	B. arrived	C. to arrive	D. was arriving
Which underlined part needs correcting?
At 7.00 last night, Nam watched TV in the living-room.
	A	B	C	D
Which word has the different stress from the rest?
	A. leader	B. Christmas	C. description	D. festival
Which underlined part is pronounced differently?
	A. give	B. live	C. minute	D. drive
Read the passage and then answer the questions that follow.
Thanksgiving Day is a holiday that Americans celebrate the honor of everything the country offered to their ancestors, who was among the first immigrants to the US. When they first came to America, they saw that there was enough food and opportunity for everyone. They were even helped by the Indians, who taught them how to grow all kinds of new vegetables, such as corns and yams or sweet potatoes.
On Thanksgiving Day, it’s traditional to eat a big meal together. The Americans eat food that was found here by their ancestors. They usually eat turkey with sweet potatoes, Indian corn bread, and have pumpkin pie for dessert. Every Thanksgiving Day, a giant parade is held by one of the famous deparment stores in New York. It’s an annual event. And at the end of the parade, children also see Santa Claus, who is visiting from the North Pole. Santa Claus is invited to remind children and parents that Christmas is not far away.
When the first ancestors came to America, what did they see?
Is it traditional to eat a big meal together on Thanksgiving Day?
Do they usually eat turkey with sweet potatoes?
Who is visiting from the North Pole?
Change these sentences into passive voice.
They completed Sysney Opera House in 1973.
Sysney Opera House	
Mr. Nhan repaired the computers.
The computers	
They have cleaned water bottles.
Water bottles	
Lan will make a cake for her mom.
A cake	
Fill in each blank with a suitable word in the box.
--canoe- vacation- dark- paddle--
Last week, while on_________(29) in Da Lat, the Browns had quite an adventure.  One afternoon, they decided to _________(30) around Xuan Huong Lake in a _________(31). After hiring the canoe, the family climbed in and paddled out to the middle of the lake. Unfortunately, _________(32) clouds soon appeared and it began to rain.
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