Đề thi tham khảo học kì II môn thi: Tiếng Anh 8 năm học 2015 - 2016

PHÒNG GD-ĐT VŨNG LIÊM ĐỀ THI THAM KHẢO HỌC KÌ II 
Trường THCS Hiếu Phụng MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH 8
 NĂM HỌC 2015-2016
I. LISTEN: (2,5ms)
Listen to The Bright family’s vacation and mark true ( T ) or false ( F ) (2,5pts)
The Bright family went to Silent Lake for the weekend. (.)
They camped for two days. (.)
They didn’t have many interesting activities during the vacation. (.)
They saw many kinds of birds and animals. (.)
The Bright family didn’t have a fun vacation. ( ) 
II. READ: (2,5ms)
Complete the instructions with the words given. (1,25m)
game was city right play rules 
 Nam, Lan and Tuan were bored, so Nam suggested that they play a (1). called 10 questions. He explained the (2) and then they started to (3).Nam thought of a place and he gave the other a clue by saying that it (4). in Vietnam. Tuan found out the place was in North. Lan was (5) when she said it was Ha Long Bay.
Read the passage then choose the best answer (1,25ms)
	Last week, our class had terrible experience. One weekend, we decided to go on a picnic to Ba Dong. Soon after we arrived at Ba Dong, it started to rain heavily.
	We had to wait for three hours on the bus until the rain stopped. We got out of the bus to have lunch because all of us were very hungry. After lunch, we went for a walk and one hour later we began to go swimming. Unfortunately, it began to rain again. Everybody got wet when we could come back to the bus. We left Ba Dong without swimming. 
Where did you decide to go last week?
a. camping	b. walking	c. picnic	d. vacation
2. Our class had a picnic to Ba Dong _________.
a. by car	b. motobike	c. by train	d. by bus
How many hours did you have to wait for on the bus until the rain stopped?
a. one hour	b. two hours	c. three hours d. four hours
What did you do after lunch? 
a. went for a walk	b. began go swimming	
c. left Ba Dong without swimming	d. came back to the bus
5. We didn’t swim because_______________.
a. all of us were very hungry	b. it rained heavily	
c. everybody got wet 	d. want to go for a walk
III. LANGUAGE FOCUS: (2,5ms)
Choose the best answer 
1. She asked me .English.
a. if she like	b. if I like	c. whether I liked	d. whether she liked
2. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others
 a. competition	 b. prison	c. religious	 d. compile
3. Eiffel Tower . by Alexander Gustave Eiffel in 1889.
 a. were designed	 b. was designed	 c. designed	 d. design
4. “-----------” means not buying products which are over packaged.
 a. recycle	 b. reuse	 c. refill	 d. reduce 
5. Would you mind if I _______ off the light.
 a. to turn	 b. turned	 c. turn	 	 d. turning
6. Most sports and games ---------in England are also popular in Australia.
 a. play	 b. playing	 c. played	 d. to play
7. The Pyramid of Cheops is one of the seven .. of the world.
 a. wonders	 b. pyramids	 c. temples	 d. landmarks
8. A contest in which participants have to cook rice in 30 minutes is called. contest
 a. rice - cooking	 b. cooking - rice	 c. rice - cook	 d. cook - rice
9. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others
 a. promise	 b. awake	 c. bandage	 d. happen
10. It’s difficult .. your direction.
 a. to follow	 b. following	 c. follow	 d. follows
IV. WRITE: (2,5MS)
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first: (0.5m)
 1. “I must leave now.”
à My mother said she ______________________________________________________
2. Could I turn the air conditioner off?
à Would you mind if I__________________________________________________ 
2. Write a letter to a friend , tell him / her about a place you have visited recently:(2.0ms)
 Dear,.
I / have a wonderful time / Nha Trang
The people / very friendly and helpful
The weather/ been fine
The Nha Trang beach / be very beautiful / the sea is calm
We / visit /the Oceanic Institute / bought a lot of souvenirs.
Answer key
I. LISTEN: (2,5ms)
Listen to The Bright family’s vacation and mark true ( T ) or false ( F ) (2,5pts)
T
F
F
T
F
II. READ: (2,5ms)
Complete the instructions with the words given. (1,25m)
game 2. rules 3. play 4. was 5. right 
Read the passage then choose the best answer (1,25ms)
 1. c 2. d 3. c 4. a 5 b 
III. LANGUAGE FOCUS: (2,5ms)
Choose the best answer 
 1. c 2. d 3. b 4. d 5 b 6. c 7. a 8. a 9. b 10. a
IV. WRITE: (2,5MS)
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first: (0.5ms)
1. “I must leave now.”
à My mother said she had to leave then.
 2. Could I turn the air conditioner off?
à Would you mind if I turned the air conditioner off? 
Write a letter to a friend , tell him / her about a place you have visited recently:(2.0ms)
 Dear,.
I am having a wonderful time in Nha Trang
The people are very friendly and helpful
The weather has been fine
The Nha Trang beach is very beautiful and the sea is calm
We visited the Oceanic Institute and bought