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KIỂM TRA GIỮA HỌC KỲ I
Họ và tên học sinh: ............................................................. Lớp: 8

A. LISTENING
I. Listen to a conversation and match Nam's hobbies and leisure activities with different stages in his
life. You will listen TWICE.

Stages of life Hobbies/Leisure activities
1. childhood A. volunteering

2. primary school B. playing with toys

3. secondary school C. reading comics
4. university D. hanging out with classmates

II. Listen to a talk about teenagers and technology. Fill each of the gaps with no more than TWO

words. You will listen TWICE.

5. Nowadays teenagers can be called a ____________.

6. Teenagers like __________ friends on the Internet.

7. Teenagers can _______ what time to do something.

8. Playing computer games makes teenagers __________ less on their lessons in class.

B. LANGUAGE

I.Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the others

9. A. hour B. house C. hot D. head

10. A. worked B. wanted C. stopped D. asked

11. A.walks B. cups C.students D. pens

II. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions

12.Mono wants to become a singer; _________, he can’t sing or play any instruments.

A.therefore B.however C.because D.although

13.We often post many questions to discuss on a/an _______after school.

A. forum B.market C.club D.office

14.Nam often ________to her Instagram account to chat with her sister in Ha Noi.

A.logs on B.connects C.uploads D.checks

15.She wanted to prepare for the exam;______,she turned off her mobile phone.

A.so B.but C.however D.therefore

16.There is nothing _____________ than going swimming in hot weather.

A. gooder B. good C. better D. more goodly

III.Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
17. Mary ( wash ) …………………her teeth twice a day.

18. I’m interested in (take) …………………… part in the outdoor activities
19. My father ……………………….. (work) for the telephone company 20 years ago.
20. John and Mary …………………….. (not contact) each other for a long time.

C. READING
I. Read the passage and mark A, B, C, or D on your answer the correct answer to complete the
passage.
I live in a house near the sea. It’s an old house, about 100 years old, and it’s very small. There are two
bedrooms upstairs but no bathroom. The bathroom is downstairs next to the kitchen and there’s a living room
where there is a lovely old fireplace. There’s a garden in front of the house. The garden goes down to the
beach and in spring and summer there are flowers everywhere. So, I have a lot of visitors. My city friends
often stay with me.

I love my house for many reasons: the garden, the flowers in summer, the fire in winter, but the best thing
is the view from my bedroom window.

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21.Where does the author live?

A.near the sea B.in the country C.in the city D.A & B

22. How many rooms are there in his/ her house?

A.two B.three C.four D.five

23. There’s a garden _____ the house.

A.before B.behind C.beside D.beneath

24. The author loves the house because of _____

A.the garden B.the flowers in summer C.the fire in winter D.all are correct

25.What does the author like best?

A.the lovely old fireplace C.the view from his/ her bedroom window

B.the garden D.the flowers in spring and summer

II. Read the passage and mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to complete it.

The Internet is very useful. Online, you can pay your bills, buy clothes, and read the news. There (26) ____

many good reasons to spend time online. However, people with an Internet addiction are online too much.

They don’t spend time (27) _____ their friends and family. Instead, they spend their time (28) ___ with their

Internet friends, people they have never met in real life. Some also play online games all day or night. Some

people with Internet addictions even leave then jobs so they can spend even more time online! People with

Internet addictions don't just go online to shop, have fun, or do work. People (29) _____ have this problem

often go online because they want (30) ______ from the stress and problems in then lives. Many internet

addicts stop caring about then real lives, and focus only on their online lives.

26. A. has B. are C. have D. is

27. A. about B. with C. to D. of

28. A.to chat B.chat C. chatting D. chatted

29. A. what B. who C. which D. when

30. A. escapes B. escapeed C. escaping D.to escape

D. WRITING:

I. Reorder the words to make correct sentences.

31. to/ you/ listening/ like/ music?/ Do

………………………………………………………………………………………

32. in/ My/ flowers/ mother/ the/ planting/ garden / . / loves

………………………………………………………………………………………

33. swimming/ the/ parents/ enjoy/ My/ in/ sea / ./ really

………………………………………………………………………………………

34. cycling/ Do/ fancy/ now/?/ you

………………………………………………………………………………………

35. interested in/ I/ fishing/ cold/ am not/ weathe/ r./ in/ this

………………………………………………………………………………………

II. Rewrite the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

36. Jack has a new laptop; however, he never logs on his account on the Facebook.

 Although ……………………………………………………………………...

37.It takes Mr Nam 30 minutes to drive to work everyday.

Mr Nam spends …………………………………………………………….

38.Do you like making dollhouses in your leisure time?

 Are you interested …………………………………………………………..

39. I have done voluntary work for three years.

=> I started ............................................................................................................

40. I lived in Hai phong when I was small.

=> I used…………………………………………………………..…..………….

…………………………………………………………………………………………

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