Đề thi thử Học kì II môn Tiếng Anh 8

Question I. Choose the best A, B, C, or D to find out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. 1p 
1. A. buy	B. climb	C. begin	D. husband
2. A. come	B. love	C. sunny	D. cold
3. A. departed 	B. visited	C. hoped	D. included
4. A. money	B. house	C. how	D. cloudy
5. A. many	B. man	C. fan	D. can
Question II: Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct. 2p
1. Mai _____TV at seven o’clock last night. 
A. was watching	B. were watching	C. is watching	D. watching
2. Oliver is keen___ pottery. A. at	B. in	C. on	D. off
3. Tom likes _____and sunbathing.	
A. swim	B. to swim	C. to swimming 	D. swimming
4. It is dangerous .. fast. A. drive	B. to drive	C. driving 	D. to driving
5. In the rice-cooking festival, a fire is made___ the traditional way. A. at	B. in	C. on	D. off
 6. He said that he ____ his homework. A. do	B. did	C. done	D. to do
7. The rice-cooking festival was____in the communal house.
A. held	B. hold	C. to hold	D. holding
8. She asked me if Petronas Twin Towers was the.......buiding in the world .
 A. tall 	B. taller 	C. the taller 	D. tallest
9. Would you mind if I .your book?
 A. borrowed 	B. borrow 	C. to borrow 	D. borrowing
10. After .the housework, Mrs Quyen went to the market.
 A. did 	B. do	 	C. doing 	D. to do
Question III: Fill a preposition in each blank to complete the sentences(1.p)
1. Phong Nha Cave in Viet Nam is known____a World Herritage site.
2. The Eiffel Tower was designed_____a French engineer______the Paris World’s Fair_____1889
3. We have just returned ___a trip to Hue Citadel.	
4. They are excited _________the game.
5. Could you help me________my bag?.
Question IV: Divide the verbs in the brackets in the correct form.(1.p)
1. While The Le family was sleeping, the mailman.(come).
2. Lan is always.(talk) in the class.
3. My father said that he..(visit) Nha Trang beach.
4. The first festerval.(hold) nearly eight hundred years ago.
5.it has a lot of clouds. It.(rain)
Question V: Write the correct form of each bracketed word to complete the following sentences.(1.p)
1. It is a contest in whichhave to read two poems in English . (participate)
2. Santa Claus is based on the .of Saint. (describe)
3. How do people organize these . (act)
4. This temple was built by the local.over. (inhabit)
5.Phuong Linh arranged flowers the most____________in the contest. (attact)
Question VI. Each sentence below contains an error. Underline it and write the correct answer in the space provided. 1p
1. They are eating dinner at eight o’clock last night.
2. Tuan is interested on English.
3. This book bought by Hoa yesterday. 
4. In the mid-nineteenth century, an Englishman wants to send Christmas greetings to his friend.
5.They are please that they have bought a new car.
Question VII: Read passage and fill propriate words in the blanks .(2 points) 
	Nowadays a lot of important inventions__________(1)carried out by scientists___________(2) for large industry firms. ________(3), there are still opportunaties_______ (4)other people to envent various things. In Britain, _______(5), is a weekly television program which attempts to show_____(6)the various devices which people have recently_____(7). The people organizing the program receive_________(8)about 700 inventions a year. New ideas can still be developed______(9) private inventors. However, it is important to consider these_______(10): will it work? Will it be wanted? Is it new?
Question VIII: Read and answer the questions.(2 points) Đọc đoạn văn và trả lời câu hỏi.
The great Pyramid of Giza was built as a tomb of Pharaoh Cheops in 2720 BC. Although it was built a long time ago, its construction makes it one of the true wonders of the world. The four sides of the pyramid are put almost exactly on true north, south, east and west.
Explorations and detailed examinations of the base of the structure reveal many interesting lines. Further scientific study indicates that these represent a type of line of events-past, present and future. Many of the events have been interpreted and found to coincide with known facts of the past.
Was this super structure made by ordinary beings, or one built by a race far superior to any known today.
1. How long was the Great Pyramid of Giza built?................................................................. 
2. Why was it constructed?..................................................................
3. Where are four sides of the pyramid put?.........................................................
4. What do the lines of the pyramid represent?........................................................
5. Dowe know exactly who built the pyramid?......................................................
Question IX: Rewrite the following sentences that they have similar meaning to the first. 2p
1. Vinh keeps forgetting his homework. Vinh is
2. My mother bought a new hat. A new hat
3. People collect stamps. Stamps..
4. He said: “I am a teacher” He said 
5.I would like you to help me put the chairs away. Do you mind
6. Please don’t make any noise; I am very tired. I’d rather
7.Having a vacation abroad is very interesting. It is.
8.The water was so cold that the children could not swim in it? The water was not
9.Trung’s parents gave him a microcomputer on his birthday.Trung
10. he hasn’t chatted with his classmates through the Internet for ages. It’s ages
11. This is the best computer I have ever used. I have never
12. I haven’t seen her since we left university. The last time.