1 tiet lan 2 tiêng anh lớp 8 thí điểm

PART A. LISTENING (2.5 POINTS)
Section I . 1. You will hear to Mai’s presentation and complete the table with no more than three
words from the recording. You will hear the paragraph twice. (1.25pts)
What is the tradition?
The Xoe dance
Working life and wishes for a (1)
What does the dance express?
……………………life.
How many Xoe dance forms are there?
More than (2)……………………….
(3)…………………………..
What is it the most popular form?
Make a circle around the (4)……………….. and
How do people perform it?
dance to (5)………………………………
Section II. You will hear to a tour guide giving information about Giong Festival and circle the
correct answer A, B, C or D. You will hear the text twice. (1.25pts)
1. The Giong Festival is held in Soc Son………, Hanoi. (village / commune / district / province)
2. This festival is held to ……..Saint Giong who defeated the An. (commemorate/ celebrate/
worship/remember)
3. The festival is held…….in the …….lunar month. (3th / 4th / 5th / 6th)
4. People start preparing things one……..before the festival. (month/ week / day / hour)
5. The festival shows the preservation of our…….heritage. (custom/ traditional/ natural / cultural).
PART B. USE OF ENGLISH (2.5 POINTS)
Section I. Choose the best answer A, B, C , or D to complete the sentences. (1. 5 points)
1. According to the……..in England, we have to use knife and folk at dinner
(table ways/ table manners/behaviours/ differences)
2. The Xoe dance is a spititual ……..of Thai ethnic people.(custom/ tradition/ habit/ dance)
3. We are going to prepare………sticky rice served with grilled chicken for the celebration. (five
colours / five-colours/ five-colour/ five-coloured)
4. The Hung King Temple Festival ……..from the 8th to the 11th of the 3th lunar month in Phu Tho.

(takes/ takes part / takes place / take turn)
5. At the Mid-Autumn Festival ,kids can sing, dance, and enjoy moon-cakes ……… every child
likes it very much.( however /so /because /therefore)
6. Always take your shoes off before you enter a temple in India;………,you will be considered
impolite. (otherwise/ because /even though / therefore)
Section II. Put the correct form of the words/verbs to complete the sentences. (1 pt)
1. Children should…………….. things from adults with both hands.
TAKE
2. In Viet Nam, we usually wait for the…….…….people before you sit down.
OLD
3. Ao dai is our ……………..dress. We wear it on special occasion .
TRADITION
4. We …………. to go to school yesterday because there’s an English test.
HAVE
PART C. READING (2.5 POINTS)
Section I. Read the passage and circle A, B, C or D to fit each of the blank space. (1.5pts)
Tet is the biggest festival in Viet Nam. To ……. Tet, Vietnamese people make many tasty (2)
……foods. The most important food includes chung cakes, sausages, boiled chicken, spring rolls, and
sticky rice. Chung cake is made of sticky rice, pork, green beans, and other spices, wrapped in green
leaves; (3)……., this cakes needs a lot of (4)……. This cake can be kept for a long time, (5)………the
weather is often humid during Tet. Other significant food that can not be missed to (6)……….the
ancestors are sausages, sring rolls, and sticky rice.
1. A. celebrate
B. commemorate
C. worship
D. remember
2. A. custom
B. traditional
C. natural
D. cultural

3. A. While
B. When
C. therefore
D. however
4. A. people
B. time
C. money
D. preparation


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

5. A. because
B. while
C. even though
D. but
6. A. pray
B. worship
C. arrange
D. respect
Section II. Read the passage and answer the questions .(1pt)
Tet flower market has become an important part in Vietnamese culture. In fact, some months before
Tet, flower farmers have started growing flowers and plants for Tet which will be sold at flower
markets all around the country a week before New Year’s Eve. There are a wide range of colourful
flowers with good meanings such as apricot blossom, peach blossom, marigold, kumquat. There are

also many other kinds of nice flowers. It’s a big chance for any foreigners to visit Tet flower markets in
our country and learn more about interesting local life at our biggest festival. During the year, the
characters of those markets are enough kinds of flowers from all over the country, even from outside of
the country. But at Tet festival, beautiful flowers and plants for Tet are sold popularly. Especially, these
flower markets never sleep because buyers and sellers are extremely crowded on the days before Tet.
1. What is the Tet flower market?
=>………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. When have the flower farmers begin growing flowers and plants for Tet?
=>………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. Do they plants many kinds of flowers? What are they?
=>………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. Why do the markets sleep some nights before Tet?
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PART D. WRITING (2.5PTS)
Section I. Rewrite the sentences with word given: (1 pt)
1. There are more and more cars sold every day. The traffic is becoming more and more difficult.
=> Because………………………………………………………………………………………...
2. Because it rained heavily yesterday, we couldn’t go to school.
=> ……………………………………………….. so …………………………………………….
3. Hung Kings are the founders of our country and they became the first king of our country.
=> Who……………………………………………………………………………………….......?
4. None in my class is taller than Nam.
=> Nam …………………………………………………….…………………..………..
Section II. Write complete sentences to make a paragraph about Ooc Bom Boc festival. (1.5pts)
This festival/ hold / Soc Trang /the 14th and 15th evenings / 10th lunar month.
=> …………………………………………………………………………………………...
We /worship/ Moon God / the festival.
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First,we /a worshipping ceremony / home, under the bamboo archway/ at the pagoda.
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When / moon appears, the old pray /the Moon God / the children raise/ elapsed hands /the moon.
=> …………………………………………………………………………………………...
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The offerings /green rice flakes/coconuts/potatoes/ pia cakes.
=> …………………………………………………………………………………………...
Then, we / paper lanterns / the rivers, / the next evening, we / dragon boat races.
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