Đề kiểm tra chất lượng học kì I môn Tiếng Anh môn Tiếng Anh 8 - Trường THCS Giao Lạc

MÃ TRƯỜNG ĐỀ KIỂM TRA CHẤT LƯỢNG HỌC KÌ I 
 MÔN : TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8
TRƯỜNG THCS GIAO LẠC
 GIAO THUỶ
PART A- LISTENING
I. Listen and choose the correct answers. You will listen TWICE: (Skills 2- Unit 5)
1. The Giong Festival is held in ___________ District, Ha Noi.
A. Dong Anh	B. Dong Da	C. Soc Son 	D. Ha Dong
2. This festival is held to commemorate Saint Giong who defeated ___________.
A. the An	B. the Ming	C. the Mongols 	D. the Thanh
3. The festival is held ___________.
A. on the 6th day of the 4th lunar month
B. on the 12th day of the 4th lunar month
C. from the 6th to the 12th of the 4th lunar month
D. from the 6th to the 12th of the 5th lunar month
4. When night falls, a ___________play is performed.
A. tuong	B. xoe	C. cai luong 	D. cheo
5. This festival shows our love for the___________.
A. highland 	B. motherland 	C. island 	D. Ireland
II. Listen to the passage and then complete each blank with one correct word. You will listen TWICE. (Skills 2- Unit 4)
1. The xoe dance expresses young people’s working life and wishes for a happy and __________ life.
2. The xoe dance has more than 30 forms based on the first __________ ancient forms.
3. Because it expresses social__________.
4. Old people say they __________ break with this tradition.
5. As a Thai __________ song goes, without the xoe dance, the rice won’t grow.
PART B- LANGUAGE FORCUS
I. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. 
1. You ___________miss any of the meetings. They’re always very useful. 
A. needn’t 	B. shouldn’t	C. should	D. can
2. She is famous___________her intelligence. She designs many special styles for Aodai.
A. for	B. in 	C. with 	D. into
3. The buses were very___________this morning. We can’t go to the church with you in time. 
A. crowd 	B. full	C. crowded	D. busy
4. So many people nowadays are ___________ computers and mobile phones. They use them a lot.
 	A. addicted to 	B. bored with 	C. worried about 	D. afraid of
5. I love ___________ with my best friend Susan during the weekend. We go window-shopping or to the cinema.
 	A. chatting B. studying 	C. visiting 	D. hanging out
6. The volunteers have to work much ___________ usual to save the dying animals from the forest fire.
 	A. as hard as 	B. more hard than 	C. harder than 	D. the hardest
7. I couldn’t hear what he said ___________ he was muttering under his breath.
A. if	B. although 	C. in spite 	D. because
8. We do not have many carnival in Viet Nam; ___________, we have many special traditional festivals.
A. moreover 	B. nevertheless	C. while	D. although
9. Why don’t we ___________our parents with some DIY projects? I think it is useful.
A. do 	B. help 	C. make 	D. give
10. You  _______________use your mobile phone on the plane.
A. must	B. have to	C. don’t have to	D. mustn’t
II. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form. 
Do you fancy (buy) ____________________ a new laptop ? 
We ( have) ______________________ a test tomorrow. 
3. They (build) ______________________ that house since 2009.
4. We (do) ____________________ our homework when the light went out at 9 p.m. last night.
5. He is very interested in (sit) ______________________ all day in front of the computer.
PART C- READING
I. Read the following passage and put a word in the box in each of the numbered blanks:
hard – takes – their – bring – where
Vietnamese students usually go to school in the mornings, they sometimes (1) ___________ their breakfast with them and eat in the classroom before the teachers come in. It’s incredibly noisy at first, but they settle down, and learn (2) ___________ for about two periods. At break time, they go to the playing field (3) ___________they run about. At lunchtime, some mothers come and take (4) ___________children home for an hour, but most children stay at school. Quite often in the afternoons, another teacher (5) ___________the children out on a visit. After school, mother or father comes and gets children home in the car.
1. _____________ 2. _____________ 3. ____________ 4. ______________ 5._____________
II. Choose the correct word A, B, C or D for each gap to complete the following passage :
Rice is (1)______by Vietnamese people every day. It often (2)______in tropical countries such as Vietnam, Thailand or Malaysia. The Chinese have also been growing rice for (3)______years. The seeds are planted in special beds to grow into young rice plants. Then they are taken to fields covered with muddy water called paddies. The fields of rice look very (4)______. After 3 or 5 months, the rice is ready to be picked. People often drain away water before colleting rice. Eating rice is a special action in the world. They don’t use spoons or forks to enjoy bowls of rice. (5)______, they use two short sticks known as chopsticks to put rice into their mouths. China and Vietnam are the two countries in which people use chopsticks very well.
1. A. used 	B. taken	C. eaten	D. boiled
2. A. grows	B. keeps	C. plants	D. stays
3. A. thousands	B. thousand	C. thousand of	D. thousands of
4. A. beauty	B. beautiful	C. beautifully	D. the beauty
5. A. However	B. Moreover	C. Besides	D. Instead
III. Read the following passage and do the tasks below : 
Tet holiday is celebrated on the first day of the Lunar New Year in Viet Nam. Some weeks before the New Year, the Vietnamese clean their houses and paint the walls. New clothes are bought for the occasion. One or two days before the festival, people make Banh chung, which is the traditional cake, and kinds of jam. On the New Year's Eve, the whole family gets together for the reunion dinner. On New Year morning, all the members of the family pay their respects to the elders by beautiful words. In return, they receive lucky money wrapped in red tiny envelopes. Then people go to visit the neighbors, friends and relatives.
 A. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences:
1. __________________days before the festival, people make Banh chung.
A. One 	B. Two 	C. Three 	D. One or two
2. People go to visit the__________________ .
A. neighbors and friends 	B. neighbors, a friend and relatives
C. neighbors, friends and relatives 	D. neighbor, friends and relatives
B. Answer the questions: 
1. When is Tet holiday celebrated in Viet Nam?
.......................................................................................
2. What do they do on the New Year's Eve?
..................................................................................................
3. Who give lucky money wrapped in red tiny envelopes?
...........................................................................................................
PART D - WRITING
I. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the sentence before:
1. I don't have a motorbike.
→ I wish .................................................................................
2. It takes Long two hours to do his homework every day.
→ Long spends .......................................................................
3. My sister started learning English 5 years ago.
→ My sister has .........................................................................
4. Finding an apartment in a big city is not easy.
→ It is not ......................................................................................
5. You are not allowed to leave the room without permission.
→ You mustn’t..
II. Rearrange the sentences using the following words:
1. Thanks to/ technology/,/can now/ for/ preserve/ our/ culture/ we/ future generations/./
2. At Huong pagoda/ ,/ we/ Buddha/ to worship/ a tray/ of/ fruit/ offer/ him/./
3. beautiful/ Sa Pa’s/ the world/ terraced fields/ in/ the most/ are among/./
4. Life in/ changed/ countryside/ the/ has/ over/ the past ten years/ a lot/./
5. I/ in/ Nha Trang/ the/ My family/ went/ and/ to/ 2011/ Sea Festival/./
III. Make sentences using the words and phrases given:
1. She/will/ need/ brush/ if/ want/paint/her room./
2. A buffalo/ plough/ well/ a horse./
3. Would/they/like/ live/ the city?/
4. What/ you/ do/ this time/ yesterday?/
5. Chu Dong Tu and Giong/ be/ both/ legend/ saints/however/ they/be/ worship/ different/ things./
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ĐÁP ÁN MÔN: TIẾNG ANH – LỚP 8
PART A. LISTENING
I. Listen and choose the correct answers. You will listen TWICE: ( Skills 2- Unit 5)
1. C 	2. A 	3. C 	4. D 	5. B
II. Listen to the passage and then complete each blank with one correct word. You will listen TWICE. ( Skills 2- Unit 4)
1. wealthy 	2. six/6 	3. unity 	4. shouldn’t 	5. folk
	PART B- LANGUAGE FORCUS
I. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. 
1. B	2. A	3. C	4. A	5. D
6. C	7.D	8. B	9. B 	10. D
II. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form. 
	1. buying 	2. will have 	3. have built 	4. were doing 	5. sitting
PART C- READING
I. Read the following passage and put a word in the box in each of the numbered blanks:
 1. bring 2. hard 3. where 4. their 5. takes
II. Choose the correct word A, B, C or D for each gap to complete the following passage :
 1. C 	2. A 	3. D 	4. B 	5. A
III. Read the following passage and do the tasks below : 
 A. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences:
	1. D 	2. C
B. Answer the questions: 
1. Tet holiday is celebrated on the first day of the Lunar New Year in Viet Nam./ It’s celebrated on the first day of the Lunar New Year in Viet Nam./ It’s celebrated on the first day of the Lunar New Year./ (It’s celebrated) on the first day of the Lunar New Year( in Viet Nam).
2. (On the New Year's Eve), the whole family gets/ they get together for the reunion dinner. 
3. The elders give lucky money wrapped in red tiny envelopes./ The elders do.
PART D - WRITING
I. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the sentence before:
1. I wish I had a motorbike.
2. Long spends two hours doing his homework every day.
3. My sister has learnt/learned English for 5 years.
 My sister has learnt/learned English for five years.
4. It is not easy to find an apartment in a big city.
5. You mustn’t leave the room without permission.
II. Rearrange the sentences using the following words:
1. Thanks to technology, we can now preserve our culture for future generations.
2. At Huong pagoda, we offer Buddha a tray of fruit to worship him.
3. Sapa’s terraced fields are among the most beautiful in the world.
4. Life in the countryside has changed a lot over the past ten years.
5. My family and I went to the Nha Trang Sea Festival in 2011.
III. Make sentences using the words and phrases given:
1. She will need a brush if she wants to paint her room.
2. A buffalo ploughs better than a horse.
3. Would they like to live in the city?
4. What were you doing this time yesterday?
5. Chu Dong Tu and Giong are both legendary saints; however, they are worshipped for different things.
 Chu Dong Tu and Giong are both legendary saints. However, they are worshipped for different things.
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