Đề thi học kì II lớp 8 (số 3)

Nguyen Van Troi Secondary School THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION
Class ……………… Subject English 8
Name ……………………………………………………………………………… Time 45 minutes
Mark
Teacher’s remark






I. PRONUNCIATION
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced different from that of the other (1 point).
1.a. purchase b. children c. chicken d. chemist
2.a. boss b. hot c. stone d. cost
3.a. page b. age c. village d. say
4.a. his b. books c. teachers d. workers
II. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR.
Choose the best answer to complete the following. (4 points)
1. The canoe moved up and ………………………………… the water.
a. in b. down c. on d. above
2. When I got up that night, the snow ………………………………… out of the window.
a. falls b. fell c. was falling d. wass fell
3. Would you mind if I ………………………………… up the volume?
a. turn b. to turn c. turning d. turned
4. These buildings ………………………………… twenty years ago.
a. was built b. built c. were built d. are built
5. Would you mind ………………………………… for me a few minutes?
a. waiting b. waited c. wait d. to wait
6. We can see the children ………………………………… water bufalloes.
a. rides b. riding c. are riding d. is riding
7.This is the girl ………………………………… Mary Loan.
a. was calling b. is called c. calls d. called
8. I am ………………………………… that you are interested in learning English.
a. pleased b. please c. pleasing d. to please
9. We have just taken part in a (an) ………………………………… contestin my school.
a. English–speak b. speak–English c. English–speaking d. speaking–English
10. My younger brother is always ………………………………… up late.
a. got b. get c. getting d. gets
11. Chritmas is an important ………………………………… in many countries around the world.
a. school b. custom c. language d. festival
12. After the clothes have been washed they ………………………………… out to dry.
a. were hung b. are hung c. are hanged d. were hanging
13. Would you mind ………………………………… off the lights? ( I’d rather you didn’t.
a. if I turn b. I turn c. if I turned d. turning
14. Mr. Lan’s not going to drive, ………………………………… he?
a. does b. isn’t c. is d. will
15.We ………………………………… in Le Nin Park when it rained.
a. walked b. have walked c. were walking d. would walk
16. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon is on of the ………………………………… of the world.
a. buildings b. walls c. stadium d. wonders.
III. READING.
Fill in each of the gaps in the passage below with one suitable word from the box (2 point)
was than from cheaper may
riding wet there of buy
The bicycle is a cheap and clean way to travel. The first bicycle ………………………………… made about one hundred an fifty years ago. At first, bicycles were expensive. Only rich people could ………………………………… them. These early bicycles looked very different ………………………………… the ones we have today. Later, when bicycles became …………………………………, many people bought them. People started ………………………………… Bicycles to work and in their free time.
Today, people use cars more ………………………………… bicycles, cars are much faster and you don’t get ………………………………… when it rains! But some people still prefer to cycle to work. They say that ………………………………… are many cars in town centers and you can’t find anywhere to park!
IV. WRITING.
A. Rewrite the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. (1 point)
1. Lan said to