ĐỀ THI HỌC KỲ II (Tham khảo)
Môn: Tiếng Anh 8

PART 1 : LISTENING : (2,5 points)
Listen to the passage 3 times and fill in the missing words
Mai is Lien ‘s best friend.She came (1)………….Ha Noi last year.In Ha Noi ,Mai lives (2)…………her aunt and uncle.The two girls (3)……………in the same class at Tran Phu school.Every year,they go to school together .Mai likes (4)……………..with Lien .Now they are (5)……………their summer vacation.They will visit Ha Long Bay next week.
PART 2 : READING :
1. Choose the word ( A , B , C , D ) that best fits each of the blank spaces : ( 1.5P )
Eight hundred years ago . Christmas songs ( 1 ) ___________ performed for people in towns and villages. These songs were stories ( 2 ) __________ to music and most people ( 3 ) _________ them. The leaders of the Church , however , ( 4 ) _________ not . They ( 5 ) __________ the songs were unsuitable , but about 180 years ago , the songs ( 6 ) _________ popular again.
1. A. were B. was C. is D. are
2. A. puts B. to put C. putting D. put
3. A enjoyes B. enjoyed C. to enjoy D. enjoying
4. A. do B. does C. did D. done
5. A. says B. said D. to say D. saying
6. A. become B. became D. becomes D. to become
2. Read the complete passage above , then anwer the questions : ( 1P )
a. How many years ago Christmas songs were performed for people in towns and villages?
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b. Did people enjoy Christmas songs ?
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c. Were the songs unsuitable for the Church ?
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d. When did the songs become popular again ?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………PART 3 : LANGUAGE FOCUS :
Choose the correct answer : ( 2.5P )
1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronunced differently from that of the other .
A. what B. which C. who D. where
2. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is palced differently form the others.
A. generous B. perform C. decorate D. pattron
3. He said he ________ for a new apartment.
A. I’m looking B. was looking C. were looking D. is looking.
4. Dinner ______ by my mother every day.
A. is cooked B. is being cooked C. was cooked D. was being cooked
5. Lan asked me _______ I knew England.
A. in case B. unless C. weather D. if
6. When I got to the hospital , she _____ in the waiting room.
A. sat B. was sitting C. had sat D. is sitting.
7. Can you tell me how ______ this washing machine ?
A. to operate B. I could operate C. operating D. could I operate
8. It was built at the end of the seventeenth __________.
A. century B. year C. decade D. cycle
9. Hoi An was recognized as a world ______ site in 1999.
A. Possession B. Heritage C. Property D. Belongings.
10. Santa Claus is based on this _______.
A. poem B. poet C. song D. carol
PART 4 : WRITING.
1.Complete the unfinished sentences in such a way that they mean the same as those printed above them:( 1P )
a. Lan does her homework evey night.
( Her homework …………………………………………………………………………………………………………b. I watched a soccer match yesterday.
( A soccer match …………………………………………………………………………………………………………c. He said “ I am a plumber”
( He said …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
d. Tam asked Lan , “ Are you hungry ?”
( Tam asked Lan …………………………………………………………………………………………………………2. Write a postcard , using the following set of words and phrases ( 1.5P )
Dear Lan ,
We / be / having a wonderful time / the USA.
The people / be / friendly .
The sightseeing / be / magnificent and breathtaking.
The weather / be / sunny and warm
In San Francisco , I / visit / Mai / her family.
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