SỞ GD & ĐT BẮC GIANG ĐỀ KIỂM TRA CHẤT LƯỢNG HỌC KỲ II

NĂM HỌC 2019-2020

Môn: Tiếng Anh 8 - Hiện hành
Mã đề 881 Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút
(Học sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào tờ đề kiểm tra)
Họ và tên: ……………...........................………… SBD: .………….………… Lớp: .………………………

A.  LISTENING:
PART ONE: Listen and circle the appropriate answer A, B or C. You will hear the recording twice (1 pt)
1. Which is Sam’s favourite sport?
A. Basketball B. Football C. Tennis
2. Where is Kim?
A. In the bedroom B. In the bathroom C. In the garden
3. Which woman is Sam’s teacher?
A. In trousers and a jacket B. In the skirt and a T-shirt C. In the dress
4. What’s Anna doing?
A. Painting a picture B. Watching TV C. Playing on the computer

PART TWO: Listen and complete each question. You will hear the recording twice (1 pt)
1. Which class is May in? _____________________
2. What’s the name of May’s teacher? Mrs _________________
3. How many children are there in May’s class? _____________________
4. What’s the name of May’s brother? _____________________
B. USE OF LANGUAGE:
I. Circle the word A, B, C or D whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.(1 pt)
1. A. decided B. wanted C. happened D. completed
2. A. compile B. prison C. competition D. religious
3. A. chemistry B. church C. character D. school
4. A. cooks B. likes C. hopes D. drives

II. Circle the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences. (2 pts)
1. Mai is studying hard ______ order to get good marks in the coming exam.
A. in B. so C. at D. for
2. I am ______ that you want to know more about recycling.
A. pleasing B. pleased C. pleasure D. pleasant
3. Christmas is an ______ festival in many countries around the world.
A. happy B. important C. lucky D. joyful
4. The window ______ yesterday has been repaired.
A. broke B. broken C. breaking D. breaks
5. The boy ______ to Mrs.Hoa is Kien.
A. talking B. talk C. talked D. is talking
6. Would you mind ______I sat here?
A. where B. how C. when D. if
7. In the ______ contest, participants have to fetch water.
A. making-fire B. fetching-water C. fire-making D. water-fetching
8. She doesn’t know ______ to play the guitar.
A. what B. how C. which D. why

III. Give the correct tense/ form of the verbs in brackets. (1 pt)
1. When he came, I (do) my homework. 1._______________________
2. We (go) to Da Lat last summer. 2._______________________
3. My brother (work) in this company for 5 years. 3._______________________
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4. Look! The train (come). 4._______________________
C. READING:
I. Read the passage and choose the words from the box that best fit the blank spaces. There is one word you
don’t need to use (1 pt).
get contests from what how
This report shows (1) __________ the rice-cooking festival was held. The festival was held in the
communal house yard about one kilometer away (2) __________ a river. There were three competitions:
water-fetching, fire-making and rice-cooking. The festival took one day. In the water-fetching contest one
person from each team had to run to the river to (3) __________ the bottle of water. In the fire-making
contest two team members tried to rub pieces of bamboo together to make the fire. Six people in each team
took part in the rice-cooking contest. After the three (4) __________ , all the points were added and Thon
Trieu group won the grand prize. The festival was wonderful.

II. Read the passage and do the tasks below. (1 pt)

Sydney Opera House, a major art center, was built on the harbor in Sydney, Australia. It was
designed in 1970 by the Danish architect, Jurn Ulzon. The building was completed in 1973. In spite of being
called an opera house, it is a complex that contains several halls and theaters. There are two concert halls, a
theater for opera and ballet, a smaller theater for plays, a recording hall and rehearsal rooms, and cinemas. It
is the home of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Australian Ballet, and Australian Opera.

* Decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F).
1. ______ Sydney Opera House is situated in Sydney, Australia.
2. ______ It was designed by the Spanish architect.

** Choose the best answer A, B or C

3. When was the building completed?
A. In 1937 B. In 1973 C. In 1970
4. What does Sydney Opera House contain?
A. Several halls B. Several theaters C. Several halls and theaters

D. WRITING:
Rewrite the sentence so that it means the same as the first one, beginning with the given words. (2 pts)
1. May I turn on the television?
 Do you mind if ___________________________________________________________________.
2. The students collected old clothes for their mini-project.
 Old clothes ______________________________________________________________________.
3. “Can you play the guitar?” she asked him.
 She asked him ___________________________________________________________________.
4. Lan keeps leaving her textbook at home.
 Lan is __________________________________________________________________________.

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