Đề kiểm tra học kỳ 2 môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Năm học 2013-2014 - Phòng GD & ĐT Quỳnh Lưu (Có đáp án)

PHÒNG GD&ĐT QUỲNH LƯU
ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC SINH NĂNG KHIẾU MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8
NĂM HỌC 2013 – 2014 - (Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút).
I.Choose the word having the underlined part pronounced differently from others: (5points)
1. 	A. says	B. days	C. prays	D. plays
2. 	A. lived	B. laughed	C. ploughed	D. warned
3. 	A. seat	B. lead	C. eaten	D. great
4. 	A. she	B. sure	C. saw	 D. sugar
5. 	A. shout 	B. blow	C. most	D. show
II. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence: (10 points)
1. Lan: I promise I will read this carefully. 
 Hoa: __________ !.
 A. It’s my pleasure B. Don’t forget C. No, thank you	 D. That’s right 
2. Collecting coins and paper notes _______ my brother’s favorite activity when he was young.
A. is 	B. are	C. was	 D. were
3. Hoa works very __________, so she always gets good marks.
	A. hardly	B. good	C. hard	D. badly 
4. The school _____________ in the Second World War was destroyed.
	A. has been built	B. was built	C. is built	D. built
5. Jane and Jack stood in front of the mirror and looked at _____________.
	A. themselves	B. himself	C. themself	D. herself
6. Yesterday, he told me _____________ this box until he came back.
	A. didn’t open	B. not to open	C. to not open	D. don’t open
7. He had his father ___________ his christmas card.
 A. decorating	 B. decorated	C. decorate	D. to decorate
8. Please phone this number for more __________
 A. inform 	B. informations	C. informative	D. information
9. _____________ she sings!
	A. What good	B. What well	 C. How well	D. How good
10. Tuan said he ___________ Hoi An the following vacation.
	A. would visit	B. visited 	C. visits 	D. must visit
III. Supply the corect form of the words in the brackets: (8 points)
1. Although the room was fully furnished, I felt ______________. COMFORT
2. Are you a ____________ or are you living here?	 TOUR
3. My children will know many things because the book is ____________ INFORM
4. Run ___________or we will miss the bus. QUICK
5. The accident was because of the driver’s ____________ driving habit. 	 CARE
6. She sang confidently when she took part in the School ___________ Contest. SING
7. The weather is ____________ today. CLOUD
8. My close friend lives in the ______________ area of Lang son province.	FAR
IV. There is ONE mistake in each sentence. Find and correct it: (8 points)
1. Hoa is a hard-work student who always gets good grades..................................................
2. Mr. Hung said you could reach him by 3 864 123.	 .....................................................
3. Mr. Ha asked me if I can play volleyball.	 ................................................
4. She used to live here since she was twelve.	 ................................................................
5. We will have a seven-days trip to the country next vacation . ...........................................................
6. He was boring when he heard the news.	 ..............................................
7. The house will be decorating for the New Year.	 ..................................
8. Would you mind if I borrow your pen?	 .................................................
V: Read the passage and choose the best answer. ( 5 points) 
Ted Robinson has been worried all the week. Last tuesday he received a letter from the local police. In the letter he was asked to call at the station. Ted wondered why he was wanted by the police but he went to the station yesterday, and now he is not worried any more. At the station, he was told by a smiling policeman that his bicycle had been found. Five days ago, the policeman told him, the bicycle was picked up in a small village four hundred miles away. It is now being sent to his home by train. Ted was most surprised when he heard the news. He was amused too, because he never expected the bicycle to be found. It was stolen twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of fifteen! 
1. What happened to Ted last week? 
A. He was asked to go to the local police station. 
B. He received a letter from his friend. 
C. He lost his bicycle.
D. He called the local police. 
2. The policeman who met Ted at the station was ________.
A. impolite B. friendly C. generous D. reserved 
3. Where was the bicycle found? 
A. At the station B. On the train C. In a village D. In a city 
4. Ted was surprised when he heard the news because _________. 
A. his bicycle was found five days ago. 
B. he believed that the police would find his bicycle. 
C. his bicycle is being sent to his home by train. 
D. he didn't think his bicycle would be found. 
5. How old is Ted now?
A. 35 B. 30 C. 20 D. 15. 
VI. Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. (8 points)
Clothes can tell alot about a person. Some people like very colorful clothes (1)__________ they want everyone to look at them and they want to (2)__________ the center of things. Other people like to wear nice clothes, but their clothes are not colorful or fancy. They do not like people to look (3)____________ them. Clothes today are very (4)__________from the clothes of the 1800s. One difference is the way they look. For (5)__________, in the 1800s, women wore dresses. The dresses all had long skirts. But today, women do not always wear dresses (6)____________long skirts. Sometimes they wear short skirts. Sometimes they wear pants. Another difference (7)_____________ 1800s and today is the cloth. In the 1800s, the clothes (8)___________made only from natural kinds of cloth. They were made from cotton, wool, silk or linen. But today, there are many kinds of man made cloth. A lot of clothes are now made from nylon or polyester.
VII. Rewrite the following sentences so that they have the same meaning as the first: (10 points)
1. It’s a long time since I last spoke to her. àI have ...........
2. Tam has repaired these computers. à These computers ..........
3. Could you give me some information about the tour, please? à Would you mind ........?
4. Traveling around the world is very exciting. àIt’s ...........
5. Please don’t open the window. à I’d rather you...............
6. Let’s go out to the café for lunch. à Why .......?
7. During my dinner, the phone rang. à When I ..................
8. “Send me a post card when you arrive in Paris!” She said to meà She asked..........................
9. The shirt is too small for him to wear. àThe shirt is not 
10. “Do you know how to solve the problem, Nga?” Nam said. à Nam asked......
VIII. What subject do you like best?, Why?. What do you do to learn it well?. Write about 120 -150 words about this. (20 marks)
The end !
PHÒNG GD&ĐT QUỲNH LƯU
ĐÁP ÁN – BIỂU ĐIỂM CHẤM KIỂM TRA HỌC SINH NĂNG KHIẾU MÔN TIẾNG ANH 8
NĂM HỌC 2013 – 2014. Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút.
I. Choose the word having the underlined part pronounced differently from others: (5 points)
1. A. says	2. B. laughed	3. D. great	4. C. saw	5. A. shout 
II. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence: (10 points)
1. B. Don’t forget	 2. C. was	3. C. hard	 4. D. built	 5. A. themselves
6. B. not to open	7. C. decorate	8. D. information 9. C. How well	 10. A. would visit	
III. Supply the corect form of the words in the brackets: (8 points)
1. uncomfortable	2. tourist	3. informative	4. quickly
5. careless	6. Singing	7. cloudy	8. farthest/furthest
IV. There is ONE mistake in each sentence. Find and correct it: (8 points)
1. hard-work à hard-working 5. days à day 
2. by à at 	 6. boring à bored	
3. can à could	 7. decorating à decorated 
4. since à when 8. borrow à borrowed
V. Read the passage and choose the best answer. ( 5 points) 
1. A. He was asked to go to the local police station.
2. B. friendly 
3. C. In a village 
4. D. He didn't think his bicycle would be found. 
5. A. 35 
VI. Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. ( 8 points)
1. because 2. be 3. at 4.different 
5. example/ instance 6. with 7. between 8. were 
VII. Rewrite the following sentences so that they have the same meaning as the first: (10 points)
1. I have not spoken to her for a long time.
2. These computers have been repaired by Tam..
3. Would you mind giving me some information about the tour?
4. It’s very exciting to travel around the world. 
5. I’d rather you didn’t open the window.
6. Why don’t we go out to the café for lunch?
7. When I was having dinner, the phone rang.
8. She asked me to send her a post card when I arrived in Paris.
9. The shirt is not big enough for him to wear.
10. Nam asked Nga if / whether she knew how to solve the problem.
VIII. What subject do you like best?, Why? What do you do to learn it well? Write about 150 words about this. (16 marks)
 Total : 70 / 7 = 10 marks.