Đề kiểm tra học kì 2 môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8

I. Listen and tick only 4 words you hear ( 1 point )
a. parcel
c. postcard
e. wonderful
g. heaviness
b. windy
d. increase
f. ancient
h. include
II. Listen and fill in the missing information. 
Here is today’s (5) .. for the international traveler. Let’s start with Sydney. It will be a dry day in Sydney today, and (6) ... For the temperature, the low will be twenty and the high will be twenty six degrees. Tokyo will be (7)and windy, with a low of fifteen and a high of twenty two. London is going to have a (8).day. 
III. Choose the word in which underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. 
9. A. head B. weather	 C. beach	 D. heavy	
10. A. sights	 B. arrive	 C.prison	 D. island
11. A. spread	 B.leader C.seat 	 D. team
12. A. exchange	 B. champagne C. teacher	 D. children
IV. Circle a suitable word or pharse to fill in the blanks
13. The heads of four American presidents are ________ into the rock at Mount Rushmore.
 A. painted	 B. built	 C. seen	 D. carved
14. Vietnam is a ...........................country.
 A. rice - exporting	B. rice – export C. export - rice	D. exporting - rice
15. "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
16. Chicago is called “ The .....................city”
 A. windward	 B. windy C. windless	 D. wind
17. Would you mind .......................the air- conditioner?
 A. if I turn on 	 B. if I turning on C. if I turned on D. turn on
18. The school drum .. when the students came.
 A. sound	 B. is sounding C. souding	 D. was sounding
V. Rewrite each sentence with the same meaning by using words given
19. Can I use your computer?
 => Do you mind 
20. Janet said “I am living in London now”.
 => Janet said that ..........
21. " Do you visit Ha Long Bay everyear?" asked Mary.
 => Mary asked Phuong .............
22- It is a contest in which participants have to cook rice. 
 => It's a .....................................................................................................................
23. She bought a blue bike 7 years ago.
 =>A blue bike ..
24. “ Do you know Da Nang, Hoa?” Lan asked
 => Lan asked ..
VI. Read and answer the questions.
Viet Nam is a country in the South East Asia . It has an area of 329,566 sq km .It is divided into three regions. Ha Noi is the capital city and Ho Chi Minh is one of the biggest cities of VietNam. The population of Viet Nam is over 80 million. It has an age- old culture and a long tradition of fighting against foreign invaders. Vietnam is now a member country of ASEAN and many other international organizations such as APEC , WTO .
 	Viet Nam exports rice, coffee and many other farm products. There are lots of tourist attractions and World Heritage Sites such as Ha Long bay , Phong Nha cave , Hoi An ancient town , ect . And it is now known as a safe and attractive destination for tourists from all over the world . Moreover, they prefer to visit Vietnam because Vietnamese people are very friendly and hospitable. They are very proud of their country . They have been trying hard to build it into a powerful and developed one .
* Write T (True) or F (False) 
25. Vietnam is divided into three regions:North, Central and South	............
26. Ha Noi is the biggest city of VietNam	............
27. Viet Nam has a population of over 80 million	............
28. Phong Nha cave is one of the World Heritage Sites	............
29. Tourists from all over the world want to visit VietNam	............
30. Vietnam has an area of 329,566 km2	
* Answer the questions 
31. How many part is Vietnam divided into?
....................................................................................................................................
32. What is Vietnam known as now ? .....................................................................................................................................
33. What does VietNam export ? .....................................................................................................................................
34. Why do tourists prefer to visit VietNam ? ..................................................................................................................................... 
VII. Arrange the words to makea meningful sentences by using words given.
 Dear Hoa
 writing this/ I’m / tell you/ letter to/ 35..
 I’ve just returned from a trip to Ha Long Bay with my family.
extremely/ The sight/ was / beautiful . 36 ..
 It took us five or six hours by car to get there from Ha Noi . 
spent/ We/ a week/ more than//there. 37 ..
perfect/The weather/ was/ 38 .....
 It/ sunny /was/,/ cool/ and windy. 39..
We enjoyed walking along the seaside at night very much.
 It/ interesting/ was / time/ in Ha Long Bay. 40 .....
We really want to come back there when we have time next year.
Where are you going to in this summer? Write to me as soon as you finished your exame.
 Love, 
 Lan.