Đề kiểm tra môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 học kỳ II - Lần 11

Class: ..
Name: .
Marks: ..
 A FIFTEEN MINUTE TEST
 PAPER: 01
1. 	A. example 	B. holiday 	C. careful 	D. interest
2. 	A. describe 	B. chapter 	C. wonder 	D. easy
3.	A. described 	B. picked 	C. swallowed 	D. informed
4. 	A. words 	B. reviewers 	C. describes 	D. types
5. When she returned home from work, her mother 	the washing up.
	A. does 	B. did 	C. has done 	D. was doing
6. Your car is quite old. It's the same as	.
	A. us 	B. our 	C.. ours 	D. we're
7. He .. 	for that company for five months when it went bankrupt.
	A. has been worked 	B. has worked
	C. had been working 	D. was working
8. Rachel is good at badminton. She	 every game.
	A. wins 	B. winning	C. have won 	D. is able to win
9. Carol is excited	her new job.
	A. for starting 	B. to starting	C. about starting 	D. for start
10. If the bus to the airport ________ so late, we'd have caught the plane.
	A. weren't 	B. hadn't been	C. haven't been 	D. wouldn't be
11. My roommate's handwriting was very bad, so he had me........ his paper for him last night.
 	A. to type 	B. type 	C. to have typed 	D. typed
12. The book is so interesting that I can't........
 	A. put down it 	B. put it down 	C. put down 	D. be put down
13. Mickey Mouse Cartoons _________ into sixty languages
	A. have translated	B. translated	
	C. have been translated 	D. were being translated
14. Today many kinds of electric devices . in Japan
	A. produced	B. were produced	C. are produced	D. will produce
15. The room  when I arrived
	A. was cleaning	B. is cleaned	
	C. was cleaned	D. was being cleaned
16. Oh, No! My camera isn’t here. It .. stolen!
	A. has been	B. is	C. is being	D. has
17. The World Health Organization _________ in 1948 in order to carry out medical research and improve international health care
	A. was established	B. had established	
	C. established	D. had been established
18. Lie _____________ for a while and you will feel better
	A. up	B. in	C. on	D. down
19. You can look __________ these new words in the dictionary if you don't know their meanings.
	A. up	B. after	C. for	D. out
20. Remember to go _________ your test- doing before handing it in.
	A. off	B. away	C. over	D. after
21. Don't let the opportunity go __________ .
	A. on	B. out	C. off	D. away
22.Elizabeth I has reigned as Queen of England from 1558 to 1603.
 A B C D
23.John enjoys dance and always looks forward to learning the latest dances.
 A B C D
24. Mary is said to have been seriously ill.
	A. It is said that Mary is seriously ill.	B. It is said that Mary was seriously ill.
	C. People say Mary is seriously ill.	D. People are said Mary was ill.
25. The last time I went to the museum was a year ago.
	A. I have not been to the museum for a year.	B. A year ago, I often went to the museum.
	C. My going to the museum lasted a year.	D. At last I went to the museum after a year.
Brunei is one of the smallest countries in the world. Its population is only 25,000 and most of them live in Bandar Seri Begawan (the capital city with the longest name in the world!) It is also the richest country in Asia and maybe the richest country in the world because it has a lot of oil and natural gas which it exports to Japan. Every week huge tankers carry oil and gas from the oil-fields of Brunei to Japan.
 	The head of the state in Brunei is Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah. He is the richest man in the world. He has two wives and each lives in their own beautiful palace. The first wife lives in the biggest palace in the world which has 200 rooms. The Sultan has more than 200 cars and he also has hundreds of horses.
26. Brunei is_____________________.
 	A. among the smallest country in the world	B. a country with a dense population 
 	C. the smallest countries in the world	D. is a capital city
27. The population of Brunei is______________people.
	A. over 25,000	B. 25,000 	
	C. about 25,000	D. less than 25,000 
28. According to the passage, Sultan, the head of the state in Brunei ______________.
	A. is the richest man in the world
	B. has two wives, each of whom lives in their own beautiful palace
 	C. has more than 200 cars	D. All are correct. 
29. Brunei is rich in______________.
 	A. only oil 	B. only natural gas	
	C. exports of every kind 	D. oil and natural gas
30. Which of the following is NOT true about Brunei?
 	A. It exports oil and natural gas to its regional neighbours.
	B. Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah is the head of state in Brunei.
 	C. It may be the richest country in the world.
	D. Its capital city is Bandar Seri Begawan.
WRITING:
1. Jane can swim further than I can
I can’t 
2. My sister can’t cook as well as my mother does
My mother can ..
3. They will catch all the prisoners again by tonight. (passive voice) 
4. The mechanic serviced my car last week. 
I had ..Class: ..
Name: .
Marks: ..
 A FIFTEEN MINUTE TEST
 PAPER: 02
1. 	A. example 	B. holiday 	C. careful 	D. interest
2. 	A. describe 	B. chapter 	C. wonder 	D. easy
3.	A. described 	B. picked 	C. swallowed 	D. informed
4. 	A. words 	B. reviewers 	C. describes 	D. types
5. This atlas _________ in the classroom yesterday
	A. was leaving	b. left	c. was left	d. leaves
6. The test is not 
	A. as difficult as it was last month. 	B. so difficult as it was last month 
	C. more difficult as it was last month.	D. Both A & B are correct 
7. The Nile River is  of all.
	A. longer	B. the longest 	C. long	D. longest
8. It gets ................... Let’s go swimming.
	A. hot and hot	B. the more hot 	C. more and more hot 	D. hotter and hotter
9. Peter usually drives .................. Mary.
	A. more fast	B. more fast than 	C. more fast 	D. faster
10. The problem seems to be ..................
	A. more serious	B. more serious than	C. more serious as D. more and more serious 
11. The ________ is an international organization that aims to fight and control disease.
	A. Word Health Organization	B World Health Organization
	C. World Healthy Organization	D. World Health Organism
12. Gertrude takes_______her mother; she has blue eyes and fair hair,too. 
	A. in 	B. up 	C. after 	D. down 
13. She’s very old and can’t live alone. She needs someone to look_________her. 
	A. for	B. at	C. up	D. after
14. It is our duty to care for_________sick. 
	A. an 	B the	C. a 	D. ф
15. My father is going _________ business in Italy.
	A. on	B. out	C. away	D. off
16. The noise next door made us wake ___________ .
	A. in	B. out	C. on	D. up
17. Nowadays many Vietnamese people object ________ a contractual marriage.
	A. about	B. for	C. with	D. to
18. The boy drew the picture_____ pencil.
	A. of	B. with	C. on	D. by
19. The students are in the lecture hall having a talk _______ psychology.
	A. with	B. about	C. on	D. to
20. We had just got out of car when itto set fire.
	A. had begun	B. began	C. has begun	D. was beginning
21. Almost everyone..for home by the time we arrived. 
	A. had left 	B. has left	C. left	D. would leave
22. Does your country have worse weather as this?
 A B C D
23. She can pronounce English words more correct than she could last term.
 A B C D
24. Tony’s English is much better than it was. 
	A. Tony has started to learn English but doesn’t speak it well. 
	B. Tony’s English was much better than it is now. 
	C. Tony speaks better English now than he did before. 
	D. Tony has always spoken good English. 
25. Mr Bridges is by far the richest man I know. 
	A. Mr Bridges is much richer than anyone else I know. 
	B. Mr Bridges is one of many rich men I know. 
	C. Mr Bridges is richer than all his friends. 
	D. Mr Bridges is the richest man in my country. 
The 24th SEA Games was held from 6th to 15th December, 2007 in three provinces in Thailand, namely Nakhon Ratchsima, Bangkok, and Chon Buri. In fact, the 2007 SEA Games was to be hosted by Singapore, but Singapore gave up the chance, as its new national sports stadium is under construction and will not be completed in time for the next SEA Games. Thailand was then asked by The SEA Games Federation to host this regional sport event in place of Singapore.
The SEA Games takes place every two years, with 11 countries in Southeast Asia participating. Each member country, in alphabetical order, takes turn hosting this event. Let’s look at the number of sports and gold medals in The SEA Ganes in recent years. The 21st SEA Games, hosted by Malaysia in 2001, had 32 sports with 391 gold medals. There were 32 sports with 439 gold medals in The 22nd SEA Games, held in Vietnam in 2003. The 23rd SEA Games, in The Philippines in 2005, had 40 sports with 439 gold medals.
The 24th SEA Games in Thailand this year, featuring 43 sports and 485 gold medals, had the highest number of sports and gold medals in The Asian Games and The Olympic Games. So The SEA Games is regarded as the largest regional sporting event in the world in terms of number of sports and madals.
26. How long did The 24th SEA Games last?
	A. A week	B. 8 days.	C. 2 weeks	D. 10 days.
27. Which of the following is not stated in the passage?
	A. The 24th SEA Games was the largest regional sporting event in the world.
	B. The 24th SEA Games was the highest number of sports and gold meadals in the history of the SEA Games.
	C. The 22nd SEA Games was held in Vietnam in 2003.
	D. The 2007 SEA Games was to be hosted by East Timor.
28. How many sports were there in The 24th SEA Games?
	A. 44	B. 485	C. 43	D. 42
29. How offen does the SEA Games take place? Every ___________.
	A. 2 years	B. 4 years	C. 3 years	D. 5 years
30. Where was The 21st SEA Games celebrated?
	A. in Philippines	B. in Vietnam	C. in Malaysia	D. in Singapore
WRITING:
1. There isn’t anybody as kind-hearted as your mother.
Your mother ..................................................................................................................................................
2. There are fewer people in Taiwan than in Korea.
The population of Korea ..................................................................................................................................
3. They don’t eat the cake because it is very bad. (passive voice)
4. The garage is going to repair cars for us next week (passive voice)