PHÒNG GD-ĐT TÂN BIÊN Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam
TRƯỜNG THCS THIỆN NGÔN Độc lập- tự do- hạnh phúc
ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KÌ II - NĂM HỌC 2009- 2010
Môn : Tiếng anh 8
Thời gian: 45 phút
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Mã đề 1
I. Find the word that has the different pronunciation. Circle it. (1pt)
1. A. arrive B. sight C. island D. prison
2. A. who B. which C. why D. what
3. A. play B. way C. station D. bad
4. A. open B. canoe C. blow D. cold
II/ Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences
(5 pts)
1.Nga______ a letter at eight o'clock last night .
A. write B. was writing C. is writing D. writes
2. Mrs Nga_____ always_____ her umbrellas
A.were/ losing B. has/ lost C. will/ lose D. is/ losing
3.They have to______ the rice from the husk and then cook the rice.
A. separate B.take C. bring D. make
4. I'm interested in the_______ contest.
A. making-fire B. fire-making C. fire-made D. made-fire
5. My Dad ……….for this company since 2001.
A. work B. works C. worked D. has worked
6 . My teacher said he_____ tired and____ to go home.
A. is/ wants B. is / wanted C. was / wants D. was / wanted
7 . I asked Nga______ I could borrow her book !
A. and B. if C. or D. but
8 . Angkor Wat is one of the largest____ in the world.
A. temples B. churches C. pagodas D. tombs
9. I don't know how_________ this game.
A. play B. played C. to play D. playing
10. I take part _________ most of the youth activities of my school.
A. on B. in C. to D. for
11. We're looking forward to_________ you earlier.
A. see B. seeing C. saw D. be seeing
12. Tom_________ his hand when he was cooking the dinner.
A. burnt B. was burning C. burn D. is burning
13. Would you mind if I_________ a photo?
A. take B. took C. taking D. will take
14. I _________ Cuba in 2 years ago.
A. visit B. visited C. have visited D. was visiting
15. It is_________ to find an expensive hotel in this town.
A. difficult B. difficultly C. difficulty D. differ
16. _________you ever_________ to America yet?
A. Have …been B. Were …being C. Were … been D. Are … been
17. An English speaking contest ______ at Quang Trung school next week.
A. is held B. was held C. will be held D. has been
held
18. Phong enjoys ______ flowers.
A. plant B. to plant C. planting D. planted
19. People usually use compost to ______ their fields.
A. fertilize B. melt C. recycle D. reduce
20. Would you mind ______ the door?
A. open B. to open C. opening D. opened
III/. Matching the questions in column A and the answers in column B :(1pt)
A B
1. Do you mind if I turn on the TV? a. OK. The post office is on my way.
2. Will you post the letter for me? b. No, I don’t mind.
3. Where did you go last night? c. Yes, I’d love to.
4. Would you like to drink some milk? d. I went to the movie theater
IV. Make sentences as directed in brackets (1,5pts)
1. Is the Statue of Liberty in New York? (Rewrite the sentence using the indirect
speech. Begin with “Yen asked me if “
2. My mother will hold a party next month (Change the sentence into passive form)
3. It is a contest in which participants have to make the fire. (Using compound word)
V. Read the passage and answer the questions. (1.5pts)
THE RICE-COOKING FESTIVAL
The rice-cooking festival was held in the communal house yard about one
kilometer a way from a river. There were three competitions : water fetching,
fire-making and rice-cooking . The festival took one day.
In the water-fetching contest one person from each team had to run to the river to
get the water.
In the fire-making contest two team members had to make fire in the traditional
way. They tried to rub pieces of bamboo together to make the fire.
Six people from each team participated in the rice-cooking festival. They had
to separate the rice from the husk and then cook the rice.
Questions
1/ How many competitions are there in the rice- cooking contest?
2/ What did the people do in the water – fetching contest?
3/ Did people have to separate the rice from the husk and then cook the rice?