AV 8 BO DE THI HKII.doc

§Ò kiÓm tra häc kú I
§Ò 1:( Thêi gian 45
’
, kh«ng kÓ thêi gian giao ®Ò)
Ma trËn
Chñ ®Ò
NhËn biÕt Th«ng hiÓu VËn dông
Tæng
TN TL TN TL TN TL
I. Listening
5C
2,5 ®iÓm
5 C
2,5 ®iÓm
II. Reading
5C
2,5 ®iÓm
5C
2,5 ®iÓm
III. Language focus
10 C
2,5 ®iÓm
10 C
2,5 ®iÓm
IV. Writing
5C
2,5 ®iÓm
5C
2,5 ®iÓm
Tæng
10 C

2,5 ®iÓm
10 C
5 ®iÓm
5 C
2,5 ®iÓm
25C
10 ®iÓm
I. Listening:
Listen to the passage & give short answer to the following questions. (2,5pts)
1. Who is Peter ?
2. How old is he ?
3. Where does he live ?
4. What does he like doing in his free time ?
5. What is he doing next summer ?
II. Reading:
Read the passage & choose the most appropriate answer A, B, C or D. (2,5 pts)
How Nam has improved his English
In the first year of lower secondary school, I had some difficulties in learing English. My English
pronunciation was really bad & my English grammar was worse. I did not know about this. One
afternoon after the lesson, my teacher of English told me to wait for her outside the classroom. She
took me to the school library & showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills kept in a glass bookcase.
She also told me how to use an English – English dictionary to improve my English grammar. “Now
I think you know what you should do “, said she. I made much progress & only one year later, I won
the first prize in the English Speaking Contest held for secondary school students in my hometown.
6. What difficulties did Nam have in learning in the first year ?
A. The pronunciation
B. The grammar
C. Both pronunciation & grammar
D. The way of improving his pronunciation
7. Who wanted to meet him one afternoon after the lesson ?

A. His teacher
B. One of his friends
C. His father
D. His mother
8. Where did Nam & his teacher go after that ?
A. to the town library.
B. to the school library
C. to the teacher
’
s room
D. to his house
9.What did the teacher show him then ?
A. A glass bookcase
B. An English – English dictionary
C. An English grammar book
D. Cassettes of pronunciation drills
10. What did he win in the English Speaking Contest one year later ?
A. The first prize
B. The second prize
C. The third prize
D. The fourth prize.
III. Language focus:
Circle the best option A, b, C or D to complete each of the following sentences.(2,5pts)
11. I often play soccer . Sunday afternoon.………
A. in B. at
C. on D. for
12. We should wait here .our teacher comes back.………
A. before B. until
C. after D. during
13. Mr Brown is the same age . Mrs Brown.………

A. as B. like
C. from D. with
14. The little boy is not .. to lift the suicase.………
A. enough strong B. strong enough
C. too strong D. so strong
15. My father was good at swimming. He used to . Swimming in summer.……
A. go B. goes
C. went D. going
16. Kate hates . to classical music.……
A. listens B. listened
C. listen D. listening
17. Hung is student in my class.………
A. good B. better
C. the best D . a best
18. Ho Chi Minh City is larger & .beautiful than Ha Noi.………
A. more B. as
C. most D. the most
19. Mr Smith likes to music in his free time.………
A. listens B. listened
C. listen D. listening
20. They built this house 1990.………
A. from B. in
C.at D. for
IV. Writing:
Write a passage using the following sets of words & phrases. You can make the nessessary
changes & additions. (2,5pts)
21. an / like / learn English
22. She / begin /learn / this language / 2003
23. She / always / want / improve her English
24. Last week / she / buy / English – Vietnamese dictionary

25. She / often / use / it / for reading
§¸p ¸n & biÓu ®iÓm
I. (2,5 ®iÓm) : Mçi c©u tr¶ lêi ®óng (tr¶ lêi ng¾n) ®îc 0,5 ®iÓm
1. (My) pen pal
2. 15 (years old)
3. (in a house) in London
4. Learing Vietnamese
5. (to) visit Ho Chi Minh City
Tapescript:
Peter is my pen pal. He is fifteen years old. He lives in a house in London.
He is an excellent student. He always works hard at school & gets good marks.
He loves learning Vietnamese in his free time. He often practices writing lettles in
Vietnamese. Sometimes he helps me to correct my writing, & I help him to
correct his spelling mistakes. Next summer, he is going to visit Ho Chi Minh City
with his family. I
’
m expecting to see him.
II. (2,5 ®iÓm) : Mçi c©u tr¶ lêi ®óng ®îc 0,5 ®iÓm
6. C 7. A 8. B 9. D 10. A
III. (2,5 ®iÓm): Mçi tõ/ côm tõ ®iÒn ®óng ®îc 0,25 ®iÓm
11. C 12. B 13. A 14. B 15. A
16. D 17. C 18. A 19. D 20. B
IV. (2,5 ®iÓm): Mçi c©u viÕt ®óng ®îc 0,5 ®iÓm
21. Lan likes learning English.
22. She began learning (to learn) this language in 2003.
23. She always wants to improve her English.
24. Last week she bought an English – Vietnamese dictionary
25. She often uses it for reading.
§Ò 2:( Thêi gian 45
’

, kh«ng kÓ thêi gian giao ®Ò)
Ma trËn
Chñ ®Ò
NhËn biÕt Th«ng hiÓu VËn dông
Tæng
TN TL TN TL TN TL
I. Listening
8 C
2 ®iÓm
8 C
2 ®iÓm
II. Reading
6C
3 ®iÓm
6C
3 ®iÓm
III. Language focus
10 C
2,5 ®iÓm
10 C
2,5 ®iÓm
IV. Writing
5C
2,5 ®iÓm
5C
2,5 ®iÓm
Tæng
10 C
2,5 ®iÓm
14 C

2,5 ®iÓm
5 C
2,5 ®iÓm
29C
10 ®iÓm
I. Listening:
Listen to the passage about Ba & his sister, & then put a tick in the appropriate
box for T(True) or F (False). (2,5pts)
T F
1. Ba is younger than Lan.
2. lan is shorter than her brother.
3. Both Ba & Lan go to school in the moring.
4. They love listening to pop music & reading novels.
5. They don
’
t like playing chess & going swimming in summer.
6. Lan doesn
’
t like cooking, doing the shopping on Sundays.
7. Ba likes watching war films on TV.
8. Lan also loves playing soccer in hier free time.
II. Reading:
Read the passage & answer the questions that follow. (3pts)
Hello! My name is David. I work for a construction company. I stared working for
this company in 2004. We build roads, dams, bridges & things like that. At the moment
my company is producing a plan for a new motorway. I usually work in the road
department, but this month I am working in the department that build bridges. So my
whole working day is different just now. I normally spend a lot of time outdoors because
I have to go to the construction sites. But with this new project I spend a lot of time in
the workshop. Now I am tesing a model of one of the new bridges. I enjoy it a lot

because I have learned a lot of new things.
9. When did David begin working for his construction company ?
10.What is his company doing at the moment ?
11.Where does he usually work ?
12.Is he working in the road department this month ?
13.Why does he normally spend a lot of time outdoors ?
14.What is he testing now ?
III. Language focus:
Circle the best option A,B,C or D to complete each of the following sentences.(2,5 pts)
15.We must be there ..7.30 & 8.15………
A. at B. before C. between D. after
16. Dad stayed at the office . He finished the report.…………
A. between B.until C.for D. at
17. Vietnames languge is different English languge.……………
A.as B.like C.from D. with
18. Tom is 16. He isn
’
t .. to drive a car.……
A. enough young B.young enough C.enough old D. old enough
19. When my uncle was young, he used .. fishing an Sundays.………
A. go B.went C.going D. to go
20. Mary likes .. the piano.………
A .playing B.plays C.played D. play
21. She told me you that present.……
A .giving B. to give C.gave D. given
22. Last night I watched the movie “ Romeo & Juliet “. At last they killed .………
A .himself B.herself C.themselves D. ourselves
23. Jane is beautiful than her sister.………
A. as B.like C.the most D. more
24. London is .. capital city in Europe.………

A .large B.larger C.most large D. the largest
IV. Writing:
25. Write a postcard using the following sets of words & phrases. You can make all
necessary changes & additions. (2,5 pts)
Dear Mom & Dad,
I / have / wonderful / time/ Ha Long Bay
weather / be/ lovely / and / beach & islands /look / beautiful
Yesterday / I / go shopping / Hon Gai Town
I / be/ going / visit / Dau Go Cave / tomorrow
I / be / going / take / photographs / there
See you soon.
Love,
Linda