Đề kiểm tra môn Anh Văn Lớp 8 học kỳ II năm học 2015-2016 - Trường THCS-THPT Đông Du

SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO ĐẮK LẮK
TRƯỜNG THCS - THPT ĐÔNG DU
(Đề không chính thức)
KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ II - NĂM HỌC 2015 - 2016
MÔN : ANH VĂN - LỚP 8 – 
Thời gian : 45 phút ( Không kể thời gian giao đề)
Class: ............................................................................
Full name: ....................................................................
Mark:
ĐỀ 1:
I. Choose the word that has the underline part pronounced differently from that the rest. (1m)
A. reader 	B. heavy	C. clean	D. mean
A. hit 	B. tight 	C. injection	D. sting
A. include 	B. prison 	C. trip 	D. minus
A. head 	B. beach 	C. weather 	D. heavy
II. Choose the best option from A,B,C or D to fill in the blank in each sentence. (4ms)
This time last Monday, the students _______ the final test.
A. took	B. were taking	C. was taking	D. take
____________ is a religious song that people sing at Christmas.
A. Carol	B. Poem 	C. Christmas Card 	D. Patron Saint
Mom said that we ____________ the meat and the chicken.
A. could eat	B. can eaten	C. eats	D. can ate
Liz is very fond ____________ the water-fetching contest.
A. on	B. at	C. in	D. of
 He ____________ television. He should do something more active.
A. always watch	B. are always watch	C. watch always	D. is always watching	
____________ is a person whose job is to put in and repair pipes and baths.
A. Plumber 	B. Gardener 	C. Florist	D. Inventor
The Statue of ____________, which has become a symbol of freedom, is situated in New York harbor.
A. Eiffel 	B. Liberty	C. Alcatraz 	D. Empire State
PETRONAS Twin Towers have_______ in Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia.
A. be build	B. been built	C. be built	D. built
Tran Dai Quang has become the President of Vietnam ________ last month.
A. at	B. for	C. since	D. yet
Would you mind if I ____________ a photo?
A. takes	B. taking	C. took	D. to take
There’s an injured person. Call for an ____________ from the hospital.
A. airplane	 	B. ambulance	C. minibus	D. motorbike
We should help families who have no accommodation.
A. a place to live 	B. a place to watch sport matches
C. a place to buy meal and eat it 	D. a place to work
He is working very hard____________ get good grades.
A. in order to 	B. in order not 	C. to	D. so that
14. Last week, Dong Du School held a contest in which students arranged flowers as attractively as they could. It’s a ____________ contest.
A. flower-arranges	B. flower-arranging	C. arrange-flower 	D. arranging-flower
15. Thousands of ____________ fish have been washing up on Vietnam's central, especially in Ha Tinh province, over the last two weeks.
A. dying	B. dead	C. deadly	D. die
16. Zika, a virus known to cause the birth defect microcephaly, first began ____________ in Puerto Rico last December.
A. spread	B. spreads	C. spreading	D. spreaded
III. Supply the correct form of the words. (1m)
Do you mind (tell) ______________ me how to write an essay?
Her father goes to Paris so as (take) ______________ part in an important event.
The doorbell rang while Jimmy (watch) ______________ television.
Sign language is still used as a means of ______________ (communicate).
IV. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same. (2ms)
1. Kang Mo Yeon is practicing the guitar. She can play for the party. (so as to)
→ ..
2. They will introduce iPhone 7 this autumn. 
→ iPhone 7........
3. Mr. Tony Stark said, “I will go to school by bus tomorrow.”
→ Mr. Tony Stark said .....
4. Ha Vi / study / English / friends / Dong Du school / this time / yesterday/ .
→ Ha Vi was ..
V. Read the paragraph, then do the tasks given below. (2ms)
Phong Nha-Ke Bang is a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Quang Binh Province in the North Central Coast region, about 500 km south of Hanoi. It is situated in a limestone zone of 2,000 km2 in Viet Nam and borders another limestone zone of 2,000 km2 in Laos. The core zone of this national park covers 857.54 km2 and a buffer zone of 1,954 km2. This national park was listed in UNESCO's World Heritage Sites in 2003.
Phong Nha-Ke Bang is famous for its cave systems because it is composed of 300 caves. Sơn Đoòng Cave, which was discovered in the 2009 survey by British and Vietnamese explorers, is considered the largest cave in the world. 
A. T/F sentences. 
1. _______ Phong Nha-Ke Bang is in the south of Viet Nam.
2. _______ It was recognised as a World Heritage in 2013.
3. _______ American explorers discovered Sơn Đoòng Cave.
4. _______ Sơn Đoòng Cave is considered the largest cave in the world. 
B. Answer the questions.
1. Where is Phong Nha-Ke Bang national park?
2. How many caves does Phong Nha-Ke Bang have? 
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SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO ĐẮK LẮK
TRƯỜNG THCS - THPT ĐÔNG DU
(Đề không chính thức)
KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ II - NĂM HỌC 2015 - 2016
MÔN : ANH VĂN - LỚP 8
Thời gian : 45 phút ( Không kể thời gian giao đề)
Class: ............................................................................
Full name: ....................................................................
Mark:
ĐỀ 2:
I. Choose the word that has the underline part pronounced differently from that the rest. (1m)
1. A. site	B. city	C. limestone	D. find
2. A. great	B. stream	C. seaside	D. beach
3. A. beach	B. catch 	C. church 	D. Christmas
4. A. answer 	B. golden 	C. delicious 	D. wonder
II. Choose the best option from A,B,C or D to fill in the blank in each sentence. (4ms)
Phong Nha ________ is in the north of Viet Nam. It is a very famous place in our country.
A. Cave	B. Sea	C. Building	D. Mountain
_________is often called “ The Windy City”. 
A. San Francisco 	B. Hawaii 	C. Chicago 	D. New York
_____ is used to check one’s eyesight.
A. Eye-shade 	B. Eyeglass 	C. Eye piece 	D. Eye chart
Lisa works in a shop that sells flowers and plants. She’s a _________.
A. baker 	B. farmer 	C. gardener 	D. florist
________ buy some flowers for me, please?
A. Do you	B. Will you	C. Did you	D. Will I
This work ________ by Henry next Monday.
A. will finished	B. be finished	C. will be finish	D. will be finished
Glasses, bottles and vases are ________.
A. compost	B. glassware	C. pipe	D. tire
Viet Nam is a country which exports a lot of rice. Viet Nam is a _______ country.
A. rice-exporting	B. rice-exported	C. export- rices	D. exporting-rice
My parents _______ when the doctor came.
A. sleep	B. is sleeping	C. were sleeping	D. sleeping
His father said that he _______ for a computer company.
A. worked 	B. works 	C. is working 	D. has worked
_______ is a person whose job is to put in and repair pipes and baths.
A. Plumber 	B. Gardener 	C. Florist	D. Inventor
Ha Vi has become a student of Dong Du school________ two weeks.
A. at	B. for	C. since	D. yet
13. “You ________ up very late in the morning, Steve”, his mother said.
A. getting always	B. always got	C. is always get	D. are always getting
Would you mind ________me to school today? - No problem. 
A. to take 	B. taking 	C. about take	D. took
15. Vietnamese rocker and songwriter Tran Lap, leader of the country’s most famous rock band in the last two decades, died of cancer at the age of 42 ________ last month.
A. on	B. since	C. at	D. 0
16. The mass fish deaths in central Vietnam were first ________ in fish cages at sea near Ha Tinh’s Vung Ang ward at the beginning of April.
A. reporting	B. reporter	C. reported	D. reports
III. Supply the correct form of the words. (1m)
1. Anna and Natasha were cooking dinner when Kelvin (arrive) ______________ home.
2. Captain Yoo Shi Jin suggests (buy) ________________ some books for the poor children.
3. The boys (finish) ________________ all the homework already.
4. “The Wall” used to consist of eight ________________ (music).
IV. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same. (2ms)
1. Bucky wishes he had enough money. He wants to buy a new house. (in order to)
→ ..
2. They have exported Bphone to the USA already. 
→ Bphone ........
3. Angela Phuong Trinh said, “I can go to see Descendants of the sun today.”
→ Angela Phuong Trinh said ......
4. Mary / have / dinner / Peter Parker / 9.00 / last night /.
→ Mary was ..
V. Read the paragraph, then do the tasks given below. (2ms)
Buon Ma Thuot is the capital city of Dak Lak Province, in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Its population is approximately 400,000. The city is located right at the heart of the central highland of Vietnam, 1300 km from Ha Noi, 500 km from Da Nang, and 350 km from Ho Chi Minh City. Buon Ma Thuot is the biggest city in Central Highlands (Tay Nguyen).
Buon Ma Thuot is famous for many types of fruits, vegetables and especially coffee. Buon Ma Thuot coffee has been the best coffee in Vietnam for a long time and most Vietnamese people love drinking it.
Tourists coming to Buon Ma Thuot can visit the spectacular waterfalls: Dray Sap, Dray Anour, Gia Long, etc. They can totally enjoy the trips to the villages of the E-de and M’nong ethnic groups to see the Gong Festival or ride the elephant in the forests.
A. T/F sentences. 
1. _______ Buon Ma Thuot is the largest city in Central Highlands.
2. _______ The city is famous for rice.
3. _______ Tourists can’t see the falls in BMT city.
4. _______ It’s about 350 kilometers from BMT city to Da Nang. 
B. Answer the questions.
1. What is Buon Ma Thuot famous for?
2. How far is it from Ha Noi to Buon Ma Thuot city?
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KEY
ĐỀ 1:
I. Choose the word that has the underline part pronounced differently from that the rest. (1m)
B. heavy	
B. tight 	
D. minus
B. beach 	
II. Choose the best option from A,B,C or D to fill in the blank in each sentence. (4ms)
1. B. were taking	2. A. Carol	
3. A. could eat	4. D. of
5. D. is always watching	6. A. Plumber 	
7. B. Liberty	8. B. been built	
9. C. since	10. C. took	
11. B. ambulance	12. A. a place to live 	
13. A. in order to 	14. B. flower-arranging	
15. B. dead	16. C. spreading
III. Supply the correct form of the words. (1m)
telling	2. to take
3. was watching	4. Communication
IV. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same. (2ms)
1. Kang Mo Yeon is practicing the guitar so as to play for the party.
2. iPhone 7 will be introduced this autumn.
3. Mr. Tony Stark said that he would go to school by bus the following day.
4. Ha Vi was studying English with (her) friends at Dong Du school this time yesterday.
V. Read the paragraph, then do the tasks given below. (2ms)
A. T/F sentences. 
1. F 	2. F 	3. F	4. T 
B. Answer the questions.
1. It’s in Quang Binh Province (in the North Central Coast region).
2. It has 300 caves.
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ĐỀ 2:
I. Choose the word that has the underline part pronounced differently from that the rest. (1m)
1. B. city	
2. A. great	
3. D. Christmas	
4. C. delicious 	
II. Choose the best option from A,B,C or D to fill in the blank in each sentence. (4ms)
1. A. Cave	2. C. Chicago 	3. D. Eye chart	4. D. florist
5. B. Will you	6. D. will be finished 7. B. glassware	8. A. rice-exporting	
9. C. were sleeping	10. A. worked 	11. A. Plumber 	12. B. for	
13. D. are always getting	14. B. taking 	15. D. 0	16. C. reported	
III. Supply the correct form of the words. (1m)
1. arrived	2. buying 	3. has finished 	4. Musicians
IV. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same. (2ms)
1. Bucky wishes he had enough money in order to buy a new house. 
2. Bphone has been exported to the USA already. 
3. Angela Phuong Trinh said that she could go to see Descendants of the sun that day.
4. Mary was having dinner with Peter Parker at 9.00 last night.
V. Read the paragraph, then do the tasks given below. (2ms)
A. T/F sentences. 
1.T 	2. F 	3. F 	4. F. 
B. Answer the questions.
1. Buon Ma Thuot is famous for many types of fruits, vegetables and especially coffee. 
2. It’s about 1300 km from Ha Noi to Buon Ma Thuot city.
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