Đề và đáp án kiểm tra định kì lần 4 Tiếng anh lớp 8 - Trường THCS Ngọc Thiện

 Ngoc Thien Secondary School 
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CLASS: 8 
WRITTEN TEST 4 
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I. Listen and decide what sentence is true (T) or what sentence is false (F). (1pt) 
1. ____ Mrs. Robinson wants Liz to go the flower market. 
2. ____ She wants to buy some marigolds because they are beautiful. 
3. ____ Liz is going to the market to buy a packet of dried water melon seeds. 
4. ____ Mrs. Robinson doesn’t know how to make spring rolls. 
II. Circle the word that has different pronunciation from that of the others. (1pt) 
1. a. fun 
2. a. market 
3. a. design 
4. a. traveled 
b. husk 
b. card 
b. description 
b. surprised 
c. humid 
c. park 
c. spread 
c. worked 
d. hungry 
d. carol 
d. upset 
d. climbed 
III. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences. (2 pts) 
1. __________ the postman came, we were watching TV. 
a. While b. During c. When d. After 
2. The contest in which participants have to arrange flowers is called __________. 
a. flower - arrange b. arranging - flower c. arrange - flower d. flower - arranging 
3. A new school __________ near my house at the moment. 
a. is building b. is being built c. build d. is built 
4. Mrs. Nga is ___________ forgetting her umbrella. 
a. always b. sometimes c. never d. usually 
5. The boy said ___________ was a student in class 8C. 
a. she b. he c. I d. you 
6. We have been friends ___________ ten years. 
a. in b. since c. for d. on 
7. My mother was reading book ___________ my father was watching TV. 
a. when b. after c. during d. while 
8. They tried to make a fire by rubbing pieces of __________together. 
a. wood b. bamboo c. glass d. paper 
IV. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets (2 pts) 
1. I (do) __________ my homework at 8 o’clock last night 
2. Ha Long Bay (visit) __________ by millions of people every year. 
3. Yesterday, when I arrived school, the teacher (write) ___________the lesson. 
4. Mai said she (can) ____________speak Chinese. 
V. Read the following passage and answer the questions. (2 pts) 
Viet Nam’s New Year is celebrated according to the Lunar Calendar. It is officially known as Tet 
Nguyen Dan or Tet. It begins between January and February. Vietnamese people usually make 
preparations for the holiday several weeks before Tet. They tidy, clean and decorate their houses, cook 
special food, go the market to buy candy, drinks, fruits, . They also buy peach blossoms and 
marigolds because they are traditional at Tet. On the New Year’s Eve, people sit up to midnight to see 
the New Year in, then they put on new clothes and give one another the greetings of the season. Tet is 
the most important celebration for Vietnamese people. 
1. What is Viet Nam’s New Year known as? 
___________________________________________________________________________ 
2. When does Tet begin? 
__________________________________________________________________________ 
3. Do Vietnamese people usually make preparation for Tet? 
___________________________________________________________________________ 
4. Why do Vietnamese people buy peach blossoms and marigolds? 
___________________________________________________________________________ 
VI. Complete the sentences with a suitable form of the words in brackets. (0.5 pt) 
1. Chung Cake is _________________ food at Tet. (TRADITION) 
2.The poem “A visit from Saint Nicolas” was __________ by Clemen Clarke Moore. (WRITE) 
VII. Use the words given to make meaningful sentences. (0.5 pt) 
1. Nam / his friends / play soccer/ 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon. 
_______________________________________________________________________________ 
2. My house / build / ten years ago. 
_______________________________________________________________________________ 
VIII. Rewrite these sentences, beginning as shown, so that it has a similar meaning to the first.(1pt) 
1. Mai said: “I am a student”. 
=> Mai said __________________________________________________________________ 
2. They made the fire in the traditional way. 
=> The fire ___________________________________________________________________ 
The end.