Đề thi học kì 2 lớp 8 2015 môn Tiếng Anh - THCS Biên Giới

I/  Listen and choose True or False statements (2ms)

1.Christmas tree came to the USA in the early 1500s.                               1. ______

2.The christmas card was designed in the mid-nineteenth century.           2. ______

3.Christmas songs were  performed eight hundred years ago.                   3. ______

4.Santa Claus is based on the description of Clement Clarke Moore        4. ______

II. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:(1m)

5. A. these                                 B. thank                         C. this                              D. their

6. A. started                               B. decided                      C. visited                          D. helped

7. A. diet                                    B. disappear                   C. fill                                D.  drill

8. A. no                                      B. note                           C. son                              D. go

III. Choose the best answers. (3ms)

9. The festival was ___________________in the communal house yard.
A. designed                   B. met                         C. organized                     D. started

10. It’s difficult to find ____________________at busy times in Da Lat.
A. accommodation         B. waterfalls              C. mountains                   D. resorts

11. The cup of coffee kept him ___________________all night.
A. alone                        B. aloud                    C. awake                        D. asleep

12. Angkor Wat was _____________________built for Hindus. 
A. immediately              B. gradually               C. traditionally                D. originally

13. He is _____________________forgetting his homework.
A. always                      B. often                     C. never                        D. usually

14. Liz is interested in the _____________________contest.
A. rice-cooked              B. rice-cooking            C. cooking-rice               D. cooked-rice

15. Would you ____________________waiting here for a moment ?
A. like                          B. please                   C. let                              D. mind

16. I don’t know how ____________________the game.
A. to play                     B. played                   C. play                            D. playing

17. Mrs. Thoa was cooking ____________________Tuan arrived home.
A. because                  B. when                        C. while                        D. since

18. Six people from each team will participate ____________________this contest.
A. to                             B. with                        C. in                              D. for

19. Last night I … television when the phone rang.

A. watched                   B. was watching          C. have watched       D. watches

20. Will you pick me … after the party?

 A. up                         B. on                            C. over                     D. through  

IV. Read the passage carefully(2ms)

   Tet or Lunar New Year holiday is the most important celebration for Vietnamese people. Tet is a festival which happens in late January or early February. Before Tet, people usually clean and decorate their homes. They go to market to buy candy, jams or dried water melon seeds. They also get new clothes which are worn at Tet. They often buy beach blossoms and marigolds which are traditional flowers on Tet holiday.   Tet is a time for family members gather and have some special meals with special food such as sticky rice cakes. People often visit relatives and close friends on the second day of the holiday.

*Check True (T) or False (F)(1m)

21  …………Tet is the most important celebration in Vietnam.

22 ………… Tet happens in early January.

23 ………… People don’t clean and decorate their homes.

24 ……...... People often visit relatives and close friends on the first day of New Year.

*Answer the questions:(1m)

 25.What is the other name of Tet?

    ...............................................................

26.When does Tet occur?

    ..............................................................

V. Rewrite the following sentences as directed(2ms)

27. Do you mind if I go out with my friends at night?

Would you mind if __________________________

28. "Is Ha Long Bay a wonder of the world?" Ann said

 Ann asked_________________________________

29. They decorated their house  for the Tet holiday last weekend.

Their house__________________________________

30. Lan / like/ learn /English.____________________ 

Đáp án đề thi học kì 2 lớp  8 2015 môn Tiếng Anh - THCS Biên Giới

I: (2 Điểm)

1.F (0,5 điểm)

2.T (0,5 điểm)

3.T (0,5 điểm)

4.F (0,5 điểm)

II: (1 Điểm) 

5.B (0,25 điểm)

6.D (0,25 điểm)

7.A (0,25 điểm)

8.C (0,25 điểm)

III: (3 điểm) Mỗi câu đúng được 0,25 điểm

9.C

10.A

11.C

12.D

13.C

14.B

15.D

16.A

17.B

18.C

19.B

20.A 

IV: (2 điểm)

21.T (0,25 điểm)

22.F (0,25 điểm)

23.F (0,25 điểm)

24.F (0,25 điểm)

25.The other name of Tet is Lunar New Year. (0,5 điểm)

26. Tet occurs in late January or early February (0,5 điểm)

V: (2 điểm) 

27. Would you mind if I went out with my friends at night. (0,5 điểm)

28. Ann asked me if Hạ Long Bay was a wonder of the world. (0,5 điểm)

29. Their house was decorated for the Tet holiday last weekend.(0,5 điểm)

30. Lan likes learning English. (0,5 điểm)

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