Đề kiểm tra học kỳ 1 môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 (Thí điểm)

Name:  THE FIRST TERM TEST
Class: 8 . ENGLISH 8 	 
I. LISTENING: (2, 0 marks).
A. Listen and choose True (T) or False (F). (1 mark)
1. You should be polite when living in France.
2. The French find it annoying if you say “Sorry”.
3. In France, chatting to a taxi driver is considered as strange.
4. At dinner parties, the French like to talk about house prices and education.
5.The British enjoy taking part in discussions about politics or art.
B. Answer the questions.(1 mark)
1. How long has the writer lived in France? 
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2. What do the French think about the British?
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3. Do the French often make “small talk”? 
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4. What will the French expect to talk about? 
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5. How do the British feel if their guests want to talk about politics?
à
II. USE OF ENGLISH : (2.5 marks)
A. 1. Choose a word with the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest : (1 m)
1. A. allergy	B. teenager	C.calorie	D. asmosphere
2. A. recognized	B. established	C. finished	D. laughed
A. 2. Choose a word that has different stress pattern from the rest.
3. A. community	B. astronaut	C. minority	D. delicious
4. A. woodcutter	B. handsome	C. generous	D. traditional
5. A. mispronunciation	B. extraction	C. pedestrian	D. magician
B. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences: (2.0 ms)
1. When the . Arrives at the Cham tower, the dancers perform a welcome dance in front of the tower.
A.dancer	B. parade	C. crowd	D. procession	
2. So many people nowadays are .. computers and mobile phones. They use them a lot.
A. afraid of	B. worried about	C. addicted to	D. bored with
3. Although there are cultural  between ethnic groups, they still keep the identity of their own culture.
A. relations	B. exchanges	C. diversity	D. changes
4.It’s a rule, so everyone . Strictly follow it.
A. has to	B. doesn’t have to	C. should	D. shouldn’t
5.. the Mongols were very powerful, Tran Quoc Tuan defeated them three times during the 13th century.
A. Because	B. However	C. Although	D. If
6. The Le Mat Festival . he founding of the village
A. performs	B. preserves	C. worships	D. commemorates
7.Among the .., the tay people have the largest population.
A. ethnic minorities	B.ethnic cultures	C. groups	D. majorities 
8. Chaul Chnam Thmey is the biggest  of the Khmer people.
A. practice	B. ceremony	C. festival	D. celebration
9.Does dhe fancy .. a book to the younger children?
A. read	B. reading	C. reads	D. to read
10. When I .. the performance, I met one of my ols friends.
A. was watching	B. am watching	C. watched	D. watch
C. Find, underline a mistake in each sentence and correct it. (1m)
1. When I came, the whole family is having dinner around a big dining table.	. 
2. I don’t like this festival although it’s too noisy.	 	.
3. The Hung King’s sons offered him many special foods; moreover, Tiet Lieu just brought him Banh Chung and Banh Day.	 	.
4. While she was dancing, the princess was seeing a witch.	.
5. For some people, training pets are hard work.	.
III. READING: (2. 0 marks)
A. Read and complete the passage with words in the box. (1 m)
Preserve / accidents / pollution / cause / performances / expensive / affect / waste / crowds / dangerous.
Although people love festivals very much, there are also some disadvantages.
First, festival are very costly. Because the general purpose of festival is to (1) cultural heritages, a nation is willing to spend a lot of money on this. Moreover, during a festival, most meople do not work but spend money on (2)  gifts for their friends and relatives.
	Second, festival can be dangerous. People may drink a lot during a festival and cause road (3) In many festivals, there are races like cow-racing and elephant racing which may be (4).., especially for children. Moreover, in some festivals, when people rush to see the events, thay may also (5).. other people to get hurt.
	Third, festivals may (6) the environment. After a festival, the road are full of colourful paper, flowers, (7). Cans or bottles that people throw away. Trees along the roadsides may be damaged by the (8). Furthermore, the noise from music and other (9) .. also cause noise (10)...
B. Read the passage again and answer the following questions. (1 m)
1. What is the common purpose of festivals?
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2. Why can festivals be dangerous?
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3. What does the word “this” in line 3 mean?
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4.How many reasons about the disadvantages of festivals?
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5.Why may people be hurt in some festivals?
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IV. WRITING (2.0 marks)
A. Combine each pair of sentences to make one sentence, using words given. (1.0 m)
1. The girl worked hard. Her stepmother wasn’t happy. (Although)
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2. Tet is considered a holiday. People become even busier than on ordinary days. (However)
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3. At the Mid-Autumn Festival, kids can sing, dance, and enjoy mooncakes. Every child likes it very much. (Therefore)
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4. You have been to Huong pagoda, you sill certainly love Yen Stream. (If)
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5. The Buffalo-fighting Festival took place in Do Son last Sunday. There were so many people. (Because). ..
B. Using the suggested words and phrases to write full sentences.
1.This ceremony / organized / to commemorate / and / pay tribute to / contribution / Hung King.
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2. In addition / this / strengthen / problem solving / skill / through / different / situation.
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3. In short / parents / should / read / fairy tales / children / because / it / bring about / lot / benefit.
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4. They / traditional founders / nation / and / because / first Kings / our country.
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5. Through / fairy tales / children / learn / moral / lesson and / develop / imagination.
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