Bài kiểm tra đầu tiên học kỳ II môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Năm học 2018-2019

I. Listen to the interview and complete the following statements. 
6. In this week’s programme we’ll share with you ______________________to hang out with your best friends. 
7. Basically you can hang out ________________________________. 
8. If you’re feeling creative, you can make ________________________________. 
9. If you fancy _____________________, play some sports together. 
10. If you like something ________________________, go to cultural centres. 
B. PHONETICS, VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (2,5 pts) 
I. Choose the best answer 
11. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others 
 A. cattle B. satisfied C. ancestor D. harvest 
12. Select the best rely: You know, the sticky rice of many ethnic minorities has five colours. 
 A. That’s awesome! B. Exactly! C. Real ? D. Do you see ? 
13. After school the boy usually ___________ the cattle. 
 A. collects B. gathers C. herds D. brings 
14. Venice is a great city of ____________ and history. 
 A. cultures B. cultural C. culture D. culturally 
15. There is an _________ difference between this jacket and that one. 
 A. unsignificant B. insignificant C. dis-significant D. significance 
16. _______ Thai’s main food is rice, especially sticky rice. 
 A. A B. An C. The D. θ 
17. According to a research, people in the countryside live _________ happily than those in the city. 
 A. more B. most C. better D. best 
18. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others. 
 A. netlingo B. socialise C. complicated D. recognise 
II. Complete the sentences with correct words from the box. 
a the an which what who 
19. A: _________Huong do you know? There are two Huong here. -> B: The girl in glasses 
20. Do you know him? -> He’s _______ MP, isn’t he? 
C. READING (2,5pts). Complete the passage with the words from the list. 
money better fridge cooker washing machine 
 Nowadays people in the countryside enjoy a better life. 
They can move faster ...the spirit of the forest. Co Tu 
people place horns and heads of hunted animals on the altar. 
26. Where can you see Co Tu people? 
____________________________________________________________________________________ 
27. What are Co Tu houses like? 
____________________________________________________________________________________ 
28. What kind of dance is for Co Tu men? 
____________________________________________________________________________________ 
29. Who make important decisions in a Co Tu household? 
____________________________________________________________________________________ 
30. Who do they worship? 
____________________________________________________________________________________ 
D. WRITING. (2,5pts) 
I. Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one 
31. They do not earn as much money as people living in the city. 
A. They earn more money than people living in the city. B. They and people from the city make the same money 
C. They make less money than people living in the city. D. People in the city don’t earn as much money as them 
32. There are no traffic jams in the countryside. 
A. Traffic jams are there in the country. B. They know traffic jams in the country. 
C. You never see traffic jams in the country D. Traffic jams are well-known in the country. 
33. Another good things is that there is light traffic in the country. 
A. One more good thing is that there is light traffic in the country. 
B. Another good thing is that traffic is heavy. 
C. The fact that traffic is thick as another good thing. 
D. There’s no light traffic in the country. 
34. .... there are not enough jobs in the countryside. 
A. .... there are not enough job advertisements there. B. .... there are a little jobs there 
C. .... there are only a few jobs there. D. .... there are no jobs there. 
II. What is the greatest change in the countryside? Write a short paragraph to answer this question