English K2 (08-09)+matran+đáp án

TEST1: THE SECOND TERM ENGLISH TEST
TIME : 45 minutes
Class : 8
th
FORM

I. Listen and fill the oval a, b, or c. (2ms)
1.The topic of the dialogue is about………..
a. a celebrationb.a good crop c.an anniversary
2.Which of the following activities is not included in this dialogue?
a.Folk dancing b.Swinging c.Sack jumping
3.They’re talking about……………..
a.saints of the childrenb.Santa claus c.fat jolly men
4.Christmas carol……………………….
a.are always the same b.are renewed every year c.are all old songs
II. Choose the best answer( 2ms)
1. David should study hard in order……………….high results.
a. get b. to get c. getting d. gets
2. Will you take part in the…………….contest?
a. fire-making b. making-fire c. fire-made d. made-fire
3. The first prize was…………….to Tay Hoa team.
a. made b. held c. written d. awarded
4. Pieces of wood……………….to make the fire.
a. is used b. are using c. is using d. are used
5. I don’t know how……………her.
a. help b. to help c. helps d. helped
6. I asked John…………………..Ha Long Bay was in Northern VietNam.
a. what b. how c. if d. when
7. My father decided………………this motorbike.
a. to buy b. buy c. buying d. buys
8. Tram is interested………………the rice-cooking contest.

a. on b. at c. about d. in
III. Put the verbs in brackets in to the correct tense. (1m)
1.He (stay) here for two months
2.I ( meet) Lan at the station yesterday.
IV. Read the following passage carefully . Then answer the questions (2,5ms)
The general opinion abroad is that London has fog or rain or both everyday of the year, but
on the day that I arrived it was fine and warm, there was a bright sun and a cloudless sky.The next
day it was just as beautiful; there was a slight wind that gently moved the leaves on the trees, and
you could smell the spring in the air.”life is grand” I thought as I walked in Kensington Gardens.It
was a straight road and I found the way quite easily.When I got my first sight of the gardens the
beauty of it nearby took my breath away.The trees were just bursting in to leaf, fresh and green and
lovely, and there were beds of spring flowers, red and yellow and blue, in the beautiful, smooth
grass under the trees.
People in light spring clothes were walking about, and, to my surprise, they walked not only
along the paths but also across the grass, and no one said a word to them about it.I had never seen
such a thing before.
1.What is the weather like in London according to the general opinion abroad?
……………………………………………………………………………….
2.What was the weather like on the day the writer arrived in London?
……………………………………………………………………….
3.Which season was it when he visited London?
…………………………………………………………..
4.How were the trees in the gardens?
……………………………………..
5.What was the strange thing in the Kensington Gardens that he saw?
……………………………………………………………………….
V. Rewrite the following sentences as directed so that the second sentence has the same
meaning as the first one.(2,5ms)
1. “Does your sister like playing volleyball? “ I asked Nam
 I asked Minh if…………………………………………………………………………….

2. They built this pagoda in 1982
 This pagoda………………………………………………………………………….
3. She showed me the way to go to the market.
 She showed me how……………………………………………
4. My brother watches this film every night.
 This film…………………………………………………..
5. Could you turn on the TV ?
 Would you mind……………………………………………..?

The words in the tape
1.Woman: What is a harvest festival?
Man: Well,it is a thanksgiving ceremony for a good harvest
2.Man: There are a lot of activities to enjoy such as swinging,sack jumping, and singing contest.
3.Woman: Most children love Santa claus- The fat jolly man.
Man: Yeah.He’s the patron saint of the children.
4.Woman:People began singing christmas carols about eight hundred years ago.
Man: There are many new ones nowadays.
KEYS:
I. Listen(2ms)
1a 2b 3c 4b
II. Choose the best answer (2ms)
1b 2a 3d 4d 5b 6c 7a 8d
III. (1m)
1. has stayed
2. met
IV. Read (2,5ms)
1.It is that London has fog or rain or both every day of the year.
2.It was fine, warm and sunny.
3.It was spring.
4.They were fresh, green and lovely.

5.It was that people walked across the grass and no one said a word to them about it.
V. (2,5ms)
1. I asked Nam if his brother liked playing volleyball
2. This pagoda was built in 1982.
3. She showed me how to go to the market.
4. This film is watched every night by my brother
5. Would you mind turning on the TV ?
Matrix of the second term test
School year: 2008– 2009
Teacher: Nguyễn Thị Thúy
Class: 8
Nhận biết Thông hiểu Vận dụng Tổng
cộng
TN TL TN TL TN TL
Listening 2
1


2
1


4

2
Language focus
4
1
2

1
4
1


10
3
Reading

2
1
3

1,5
5
2.5
Writing


2
1
3
1,5
5
2,5
Total
10

4
8

3
6
3
24
10

Hòa Đồng ngày 2/ 4/ 2009
GVBM

Nguyễn Thị Thúy
TEST 2 THE SECOND TERM ENGLISH TEST
TIME : 45 minutes
Class : 8
th
FORM

I. Listen and fill the oval a, b, or c. (2ms)
1.The topic of the dialogue is about………..
a. a celebrationb.a good crop c.an anniversary
2.Which of the following activities is not included in this dialogue?
a.Folk dancing b.Swinging c.Sack jumping
3.They’re talking about……………..
a.saints of the childrenb.Santa claus c.fat jolly men
4.Christmas carol……………………….
a.are always the same b.are renewed every year c.are all old songs
II. Choose the best answer( 2ms)
1. Will you take part in the…………….contest?
a. fire-making b. making-fire c. fire-made d. made-fire
2. David should study hard in order……………….high results.
a. get b. to get c. getting d. gets

3. Pieces of wood……………….to make the fire.
a. is used b. are using c. is using d. are used
4. The first prize was…………….to Tay Hoa team.
a. made b. held c. written d. awarded
5. I asked John…………………..Ha Long Bay was in Northern VietNam.
a. what b. how c. if d. when
6. I don’t know how……………her.
a. help b. to help c. helps d. helped
7. Tram is interested………………the rice-cooking contest.
a. on b. at c. about d. in
8. My father decided………………this motorbike.
a. to buy b. buy c. buying d. buys
III. Put the verbs in brackets in to the correct tense. (1m)
1.I ( meet) Lan at the station yesterday
2.He (stay) here for two months .
IV. Read the following passage carefully . Then answer the questions (2,5ms)
The general opinion abroad is that London has fog or rain or both everyday of the year, but
on the day that I arrived it was fine and warm, there was a bright sun and a cloudless sky.The next
day it was just as beautiful; there was a slight wind that gently moved the leaves on the trees, and
you could smell the spring in the air.”life is grand” I thought as I walked in Kensington Gardens.It
was a straight road and I found the way quite easily.When I got my first sight of the gardens the
beauty of it nearby took my breath away.The trees were just bursting in to leaf, fresh and green and
lovely, and there were beds of spring flowers, red and yellow and blue, in the beautiful, smooth
grass under the trees.
People in light spring clothes were walking about, and, to my surprise, they walked not only
along the paths but also across the grass, and no one said a word to them about it.I had never seen
such a thing before.
1.What was the weather like on the day the writer arrived in London?
…………………………………………………………………………..
2.What is the weather like in London according to the general opinion abroad?

……………………………………………………………………………….
3.Which season was it when he visited London?