De thi HKII - 2013

Trường THCS Châu Văn Liêm
ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ II NĂM HỌC 2012-2013
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8
Thời gian: 45 phút
I/ LISTENING (2ms)
Listen to the dialogue between Liz and Ba. Choose the suitable words in the box and then fill in the blanks. (1m)
swim traditional four separate run three

 This report shows how the rice-cooking festival was held. There were (1) ___________ competitions: water-fetching, fire-making and rice-cooking. In the water-fetching contest, one person from each team had to (2) ____________ the river to get the water. In the fire-making contest two team members had to make a fire in the (3) ____________ way. They tried to rub pieces of bamboo together to make the fire. Six people from each team took part in the rice-cooking contest. They had to (4) _______________the rice from the husk and then cook the rice. After the three contests, all the points were added and the Thon Trieu group won the grand prize. The festival was wonderful.
B. Listen to the dialogue again. Then answer the questions. (1m)
1. How many competitions were there in the rice-cooking festival?

2. Did they have to separate the rice from the husk?

II/ VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR. (3ms)
Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences.
1. I’ll pick you _____ at your hotel ______ 7 o’clock.
A. up - at B. at - up C. on -at D. at - on
2. Shall I do the washing-up? - ______________.
A. No, thanks. I can do it myself. B. I’m afraid not.
C. I don’t think so. D. I’m sorry, I can’t
3. People use first-aid _____________ ease the victim’s pain and anxiety.
A. so that B. in order to C. so as not to D. in order that
4. English _____________ all over the world.
A. speaks B. was spoken C. spoke D. is spoken
5. Would you mind if I _______ a photo?
A. take B. taking C. to take D. took
6. Do you mind closing the windows?
A. No, I’m afraid not. B. No, of course not.
C. No, I can’t D. I’d rather you didn’t.
7. The camera __________ in Japan is very expensive.
A. make B. making C. made D. to make
8. It’s interesting ___________ around Viet Nam.
A. travel B. to travel C. traveling D. traveled
9. My mother was cooking while my father _____________ television.
A. watched B. were watching C. was watching D. watches
10. Compost is a wonderful natural ________________.
A. substance B. material C. garbage D. fertilizer
11. It was late, so we decided ___________ a taxi home.
A. take B. took C. to take D. taking
12. Viet Nam is a country which exports a lot of rice. Viet Nam is a ______ country.
A. rice-export B. export-rice C. rice-exporting D. exporting-rice
III/ READING (3ms)
A. Complete the recycling instructions. Use the suitable verbs in the box (1.5ms)
dip dry blow melt break mix

 First, (1)___________ the glass into small pieces. Then wash the glass with a detergent liquid. Next, (2) _________ the glass pieces completely. (3) ___________ them with certain specific chemicals. After that, (4) ____________ the mixture until it becomes a liquid. Finally, use a long pipe, (5) ____________ it into the liquid, then (6) _____________ the liquid into intended shapes.
B. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions. (1.5ms)
People pollute the environment by throwing litter or garbage all over the places everyday. They also dump empty bottles or cans into the rivers, lakes and seas, making the water unclean. They also cut a lot of trees to get wood pulp for making paper. To protect the environment, everyone should classify and put the garbage in a certain bag for making compost and they should recycle waste paper to avoid cutting a lot of trees. We can protect our environment by doing like that. We also should plan more and more green trees because