ĐÊ THI HKII LỚP 8; 9

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Lớp: 8


đề KIểM tra học kỳ ii

Môn: tiếng anh 8

Năm học: 2008 – 2009 Số phách:

Thời gian: 45 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)

(Đề kiểm tra này gồm 02 trang, học sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề)

I – Choose the most suitable words or phrases to fill in the blanks: (10
0,25 = 2,5 pts)

1. Where is Hieu? - He’s out. He said he ………………… back soon.
A. was
B. is
C. came
D. would be

2. All of them were ………………… that Ba came first. He hasn’t been working hard so far.
A. to surprise
B. surprising
C. to be surprised
D. surprised

3. It was raining ………………… we cancelled the trip to the mountain.
A. so
B. because
C. but
D. although

4. How far is it from here to Ha Long? - It ………………… about two hours.
A. wants
B. takes
C. needs
D. goes

5. She hasn’t written to her parents …………………
A. already
B. just
C. never
D. yet

6. Would you be ………………… to hold the door open?
A. as kind
B. too kind
C. kind enough
D. so kind

7. I’d ………………… go to the museum than to the aquarium.
A. better
B. rather
C. like
D. not

8. Trang likes to sit ………………… her two close friends, Hoa and Trang.
A. between
B. at
C. in
D. among

9. The form teacher had us ………………… manual work at the school.
A. do
B. did
C. to do
D. will do

10. He was watching TV ………………… the burglar alarm went off.
A. when
B. why
C. where
D. that


II. Choose one suitable word to fill in the blank in the following paragraph: (10
0,3 =3pts)
We all know that recycling paper helps (1- save / saved) …………………. trees but many of us may not know how (2- waste / wasteful) …………………. paper is recycled. Once the paper is collected and (3- send / sent) ………………….to the factories, it has to be sorted by hand by people trained to recognized various types of paper. The sorted paper then is repulped or mixed (4-in/with) …………………. water and broken down into its individual fibres. (5- A / The) ……………………….. variety of machinery is used to remove harmful materials (6- from / out)
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………………….the mixture. After passing through the repulping process, the fibres must (7- be / to be) de-inked. It means (8- that / its) ………………….different chemicals and detergents are added to whiten the fibres. Finally, in order (9- to be / be) ………………….made into paper, these recycled fibres are refined or treated in such a way that they bond (10- together / themselves) ………………….

III. Read the first sentence, then complete the second one with the same meaning:
(5
0, 5 = 2,5 pts)
1. A plumber is going to fix the leaky faucet.
-> The leaky faucet ……………………………………………………………….……………
2. Do people speak Spanish in Brazil?
-> Is…………...………………………………………………………………………………..

3. We study English, so that we can improve our knowledge.
-> We study English so as …………………………..…………………………………………
4. He’s interested in knowing more about the ancient Egyptians.
-> He’d like ... …………………………………………………………………………………
5. “Do you see what I see, Nhung?” said the young man.
-> The young man asked ..…………………………………………………………………….

IV. Rearrange these words and phrases to make complete sentences: (4
0,5 = 2 pts)

1. If / won’t you / to walk / a postman / you’ll have / you’re / a long way / ? //
-> ……………………………………………………………………...………………………
…….…………………………………………………………………….…..……………...

2. because / dirty hands / complaining / little / a mother / such / was / girl / her / had//
-> ……………………………………………………………………..…….…..………………
……………………………………………………………………..…….…..……………...
3. South Africa / Table mountain / near / very high / in / which / isn’t it /