THI HKII

đề thi học kỳ ii
Môn: tiếng anh 8 – Thời gian: 45phút.
I. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Rewrite the whole sentences. (0.2 ×8 = 1.6 pts )
1. Why you (1. walk) __________ so fast today? You usually walk quite slowly.
Because I (2. meet) ___________ my mother at 4.00 and she (3. not like) ___________ (4. keep) waiting.
2. It is raining very hard now. She (5. not go) _________ home until the rain (6. stop) __________.
3. An English festival (7. hold) __________ in our school last month.
4. Since the 1980s more and more paper (8. recycle) ____________.
II. Choose the right word to complete the sentences. Rewrite the whole sentences. (0.2 × 5 = 1 pt)
1. The glass bottle will be broken (to / in / into) pieces.
2. Mrs. Baker changed the tyre (of her / for her / herself) because no one else was there to help her.
3. Someone has (said me / said me that / told me / told to me) the tickets are free.
4. Chess is an (excited / exciting / excite / excitedly) game.
5 Could you turn the music (on / off / up / down) a little. It’s too loud.
III. Give the correct form of the words in brackets. (0.2 × 8 = 1.6 pt)
1. Santa Claus is based on the (DESCRIBE) _____________ of Saint Nicholas in a poem.
2. Hai gave no (EXPLAIN) _______________ for being late.
3. My mother doesn’t like me wearing short skirt to church. She thinks they are (SUITABLE) ____________.
4. These buildings are parts of our (NATION) ____________ heritage.
5. The wood pulp is also cleaned and (CHEMISTRY) ____________ whitened.
6. Angkor Wat in Cambodia is a Buddhist (RELIGION) ____________ centre.
7. This temple was built by the local (INHABIT) _____________ over 100 years ago.
8. She arranged flowers the most (ATTRACT) ______________ in the contest.
IV. Rewrite these following sentences, keep the same meaning.(0.4 × 5 = 2 pts)
1. Could you please move your car. ( Do you mind___________________________________________________________
2. Swimming in this river is very dangerous. ( It is___________________________________________________________
3. The readers must have library cards so that they can borrow books from the library. ( In___________________________
4. “Can we play the guitar?”, Ba said to Hoa. ( Ba asked Hoa__________________________________________________
5. Please don’t make any noise; I am very tired. ( I’d rather____________________________________________________
VI. Fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box below. (0.2 × 8 = 1.6 pts)
without stored become plays computers difficult convenient information

We all know that computer (1) __________ an important part in our life nowadays. It’s (2) _________ to carry on our work without compters. For example, (3) _________ are necessary in a university library. All the (4) _________ normally found in a library are now (5) _________ in computers. This is very (6) __________ for students because they can send messages and receive information (7) ________ having to leave their computers. Access to a computer has now (8) ________ students’ need.
VIII. (0.2 × 5 = 1 pt) a) Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each line.
1. A. sugar B. crush C. button D. husk
2. A. pour B. touch C. bought D. thought
3. A. cooked B. washed C. faxed D. weighed
b) Choose the word whose main stress pattern is placed differently from the rest in each line.
4. A. mixture B. wonder C. perform D. heritage
5. A. computer B. ingredient C. available D. bulletin
VII. LISTEN and check the following statements if they are true (T) or false (F). (0.2 × 6 = 1.2 pts)

T
F

1. The shops close at one o’clock on Christmas Eve.



2. Colored lights are decorated across streets in big cities.



3. All the people are at home on Christmas Eve.



4. Trains and buses are almost empty on Christmas.



5. Colored light s are decorated at