UBND QUẬN BÌNH THẠNH
PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC-ĐÀO TẠO
KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ 1-NH 2014-2015
TIẾNG ANH 8 ( CHƯƠNG TRÌNH THÍ ĐIỂM) – THỜI GIAN: 60 phút
Lưu ý: Học sinh không làm bài trên tờ giấy này.
A. LISTENING: (1.5pts)
1. Listen to the tape and decide whether the statements are True or Fasle.
1. We use cutlery to eat most of the food in the UK.
______________
2. We should point the prongs of the fork upwards during the meal.
______ _______
3. Guests have to wait until the host or hostess starts eating.
______________
4. We can’t use our hand to take a small piece of bread.
______________
2. Listen to the passage about Picasso and choose the correct answer.
5. The countryside of England today shows ________________
A. the wealthy life of landowners.
C. the population dream .
B. the escaping of busy and noisy of the city life.
D. the relaxing communities
6. The environment of English villages is___________________
A. small and clean
B. warm and safe
C. not spoilt much
D. destroying
B. PRONUNCIATION-VOCANULARY-GRAMMAR-STRUCTURE (5pts)
3. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.(1pt)
1. A. charity
B. sticky
C. minority
D. predict
2. A. generate
B. celebrate
C. decorate
D. describe
3. A. evidence
B. device
C. saucer
D. precious
4. A. pagoda
B. hamburger
C. relax
D. gather
4. Choose the best answer. (2pts)
1. Many ethnic groups have their own languages, and some even have ___________ languages.
A. speaking
B. writing
C. written
D. spoken
2. The nomads move two or three times a year to look for new ____________ for their cattle.
A. land
B. houses
C. pastures
D. products
3. The Kinh have the largest number of people, ___________ for about 80% of the population.
A. calculating
B. getting
C. accounting
D. making
4. An activity that we do for pleasure when we are not working.
A. hobby
B. leisure
C. relax
D. interest
5. The Thai villages _____________ 40 to 50 houses, usually built side by side.
A. include
B. consist
C. comprise
D. get
6. Our family’s customs and traditions make us feel a sense of _____________.
A. humor
B. loving
C. belonging
D. unique
7. The Xoe dance has more than 30 forms ____________ on the first six ancient forms.
A. depended
B. laid
C. created
D. based
8. We ______________ go to work this morning because of the heavy snow.
A.
didn’t have to B. had to
C. don’t have to
D. have to
5. Supply the correct form of the verb in the blanks. (1 pt)
1.
The better place to grow up _________________ the place where you feel at home.
(be)
2.
We could run around the fields and shout out without _____________ anybody.
(disturb)
3.
He shouldn’t ________________ his promise to the kids.
(break)
4.
Five-colored sticky rice _________________ with five elements of life .
( make )
6. Give the correct word form (1pt)
1. We were brought up to be _______________ of authority.
(respect)
2. Hong Kong’s problem is one of the ___________ populations in the world.
(dense)
3. The Mekong Delta is also famous for its ______________ floating markets and fruit orchards. (fascinate)
4. There are many interesting things about the cultural groups of Vietnam at the museum of
_____________. (ethnic)
C. Choose the most suitable word to fill in the blank. (1pt)
After retiring, my uncle –a lover of the sea- (1)___________ up a strange leisure activity. He spends
most mornings at the beach, looking for things that the sea sends asho9re. he says:” It’s a multibeneficial leisure activity. I can get (2)___________ exercise, bending, picking up, and walking. I can
(3)________ the fresh air and enjoy the vastness and quietness of the sea. Sometimes I watch the
children playing beach games and I feel (4)__________ younger. Many of the things I pick up from the
beach are still useful to someone. Do you know of any leisure activity that pays? Mine does!”
1. A. got
B. made
C. took
D. spent
2. A. much
B. less
C. more
D. some
3. A. take
B. breathe
C. have
D. felt
4. A. months
B. days
C. years
D. times
D.WRITING.(2.5pts)
I.
Sentence Transformation. (1.5pts)
1. Would you please change this T-shirt for me?
 Do you mind______________________________________________?
2. A horse can run 80km/hr while a camel can run only 12km/hr.
 A horse can _______________________________________________
3. Mrs Brown doesn’t have to cook lunch for me every day.
 It isn’t ____________________________________________________
II. Write a short paragraph ( from 5 to 8 sentences) to give your opinion about life in the
countryside. You may use the following cues:
– People (friendly…)
– Life. (peaceful/ simple…)
– Food (fresh/cheap…)
- Traditional activities.( blindman’s bluff/ square games…)
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This is the end of the test