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SECONDARY SCHOOL ĐỀ KIỂM TRA GIỮA KÌ 2

Name: ……………………………………. Subject: English 8
Class: ……………………………………. Time: 45 minutes
( Chương trình thí điểm )

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A. LISTENING
Question I
1.1 Listen and complete the sentences. ( 2.0 points)
Bài nghe
1. It’s very easy and interesting to learn English by listening to your favourite ___________
2. Watching English movies and TV shows also help to ___________how you speak
3. It’s relaxed, and the___________ is easy.
4. Reading is as ___________ as listening when learning English
1.2 Listen and write True (T) or False (F)
Bài nghe
1. Approximately 330 to 360 million people speak English as their first language.
2. There are 3.8 million in New Zealand.
3. Other countries do not use English as their primary and official languages.
4. India has the largest number of second-language speakers of English.

B.USE OF LANGUAGE
Question II. Find the word which has different sound in the part underlined. (0.5 points)
1. A. wanted B. naked C. danced D. needed
2. A. who B. when C. where D. what
Question III. Find the word which has different stress pattern from the others. (0.5 points)
1. A. artistic B. historic C. dramatic D. scientific
2.A. medical B. hospital C. politic D. electric
Question IV. Choose the best answer. (A,B, C or D ). ( 1.5 points)
1. Mi and Nick like ______________ back Mi’s home village on holiday.
A. comes B. come C. came D. coming
2. If the factory ________________ dumping poison into the lake, all the fish and other aquatic
animals will die.
A. continues B. to continue C. continued D. will continue
3.Water ________________ in the lake has made the fish die.
A. pollution B. pollute C. polluted D. polluting
4.If the air wasn’t dirty, I ________________ so much.
A. wouldn’t sneeze B. sneeze C. would sneeze D. to sneeze
5. If the factory continues dumping poison into the lake, all the fish and other aquatic animals
________________.
A. die B. to died C. dead D. will die
6. Water pollution is the ________________ in the lake has made the fish die.
A. contaminating B. contaminate C. contaminated D. contamination
Question V. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.( 1.5 points)
1.He usually ( go) ______________ to school by bike.
2.My father used to (go) ______________fishing when he was a child.
3.They ( live) ______________ here for 8 years.
4.If we (recycle) ________ more, we will help the Earth.
5. Factories (not dump) ______________waste into rivers if the government fines them heavily.
6. If people travel to work by bus, there (be) ______________fewer car fumes.
C-READING:
Question VI Read the passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.(2.0 points)
Environmental pollution is a term that (1)______ to all the ways by which man pollutes his
surroundings. Man dirties the air with (2)______ gases and smoke, (3)_____ the water with chemicals
and other substances, and damages the (4)_____ with too many fertilizers and pesticides. Man also
pollutes his surroundings (5)_____ various other ways. For example, people ruin natural beauty by
(6)_____ junk and litter on the land and in the water.
Environmental pollution is one of the most serious problems facing mankind today. Air, water and
soil are necessary to the (7)_____ of all living things. Badly polluted air can cause illness, and
(8)_____ death. Polluted water kills fish and other (9)_____ life. Pollution of soil reduces the amount
of land that is available for growing food. Environmental pollution also brings ugliness to man’s
(10)_____ beautiful world.
1. A. means B. refers C. provides D. reduces
2. A. thick B. natural C. exhaust D. influent
3. A. purifies B. pumps C. sprays D. poisons
4. A. soil B. forests C. streets D. beaches
5. A. on B. in C. by D. with
6. A. spoiling B. leaving C. scattering D. gathering
7. A. survival B. environment C. development D. growth
8. A. so B. ever C. too D. even
9. A. animal B. marine C. human D. plant
10. A. nature B. natural C. naturally D. natured
D-WRITING:
Question VII. There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Find the mistake
(A, B, C, or D ) and correct it. ( 1. 0 point)
1.Water pollute in the lake has made the fish die.
A B C D.
2. Factories don’t dump waste into rivers if the government fines them heavily.
A B C D
3.The earthquake occurred at midday when many people had had lunch.
A B C D
4.Hundreds of houses destroyed after a tornado hit the small town of Texas.
A B C D
Question VIII.Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first
sentence.(1.0 point)
1.Students are more aware of protecting the environment. Teachers teach environmental issues at
school.
If …………………………………………………………………………………………………
2.People speak English all over the world.
English …………………………………………………………………………………………..
3.Many rivers and lakes are poisoned.Factories produce waste and pour it into rivers and lakes.
Because ………………………………………………………………………………………….
4.They provided food then cleared up the debris.
After they………………………………………….……………………………………………..

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 Đáp án chấm điểm
A.LISTENING
Question I: Mỗi ý đúng được 0,2 điểm
Listen and complete the sentences.
1 - songs; 2 - improve; 3 - language; 4 - important;
Listen and write True (T) or False (F)
1 - T; 2 - T; 3 - F; 4 - T;
B.USE OF LANGUAGE
Question II: Mỗi ý đúng được 0,25 điểm
1.C
2.A
Question III: Mỗi ý đúng được 0,25 điểm
1.D
2.D
Question IV: Mỗi ý đúng được 0,25 điểm
1.D
2.A
3.A
4.A
5.D
6.D
Question V: Mỗi ý đúng được 0,25 điểm
1.goes
2.go
3.have lived
4.recycle
5.won’t dump
6.will have
C.READING
Question II : Mỗi ý đúng được 0,2 điểm
Answer
1.B 2.C 3.D 4.A 5.B
6.C 7.A 8.D 9.B 10.C
D.WRTING
Question VII Mỗi ý đúng được 0,25 điểm
1. A Water pollution
2.B won’t dump
3.D were having
4.B were destroyed
Question VIII Mỗi ý đúng được 0,25 điểm
1. If Teachers teach environmental issues at school, Students will be more aware of protecting the
environment.
2. English is spoken all over the world.
3. Many rivers and lakes are poisoned because factories produce waste and pour it into rivers and
lakes.
4. After they hadprovided food, the cleared up the debris.