Đề kiểm tra môn tiếng Anh, học kỳ II, lớp 8 - Trường THCS Đồng Na

TRƯỜNG THCS ĐỒNG NAI 
CÁT TIÊN – LÂM ĐỒNG 
ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ II 
MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8 
Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút 
I. Circle the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete each of the following 
sentences. (3 pts) 
1. There is an/a ______. Please send an ambulance to Thang Long school. 
A. elevation B. emergency C. first-aid D. wound 
2. Nam wrote the note on the board in order to ______ his classmates about the 
change in schedule. 
A. inform B. informs C. informing D. informed 
3. My brother _______his homework at seven o'clock last night. 
A. does B. did C. has done D. was doing 
4. What's the problem ______ the computer? 
A. at B. in C. on D. with 
5. An English speaking contest ______ at Quang Trung school next week. 
A. is held B. was held C. will be held D. has been held 
6. Phong enjoys ______ flowers. 
A. plant B. to plant C. planting D. planted 
7. People usually use compost to ______ their fields. 
A. fertilize B. melt C. recycle D. reduce 
8. Would you mind ______ the door? 
A. open B. to open C. opening D. opened 
9. London will be very ______ with the low temperature of minus three and high of 
seven. 
A. cold B. cool C. hot D. warm 
10. - I like playing soccer. - ______. 
A. So do I B. So am I C. Neither do I D. Neither am I 
11. I think playing in the rain is_______. 
A. danger B. endanger C. dangerous D. dangerously 
12. Phong Nha Cave now is a famous tourist_______. 
A. attract B. attractive C. attraction D. attractively 
II. Read the passage and fill in the gap with a word from the box. (2 pts) 
competitions festival participated traditional 
river rice-cooking separate rub 
THE RICE-COOKING FESTIVAL 
The rice-cooking (1)_________ was held in the communal house yard about one 
kilometer a way from a (2)__________. There were three (3)_________: water-
fetching, fire-making and (4)__________. The festival took one day. 
In the water-fetching contest one person from each team had to run to the river to 
get the water. 
In the fire-making contest two team members had to make fire in the 
(5)__________way. They tried to (6) ____________ pieces of bamboo together to 
make the fire. 
Six people from each team (7)___________in the rice-cooking festival. They had 
to (8)___________ the rice from the husk and then cook the rice. 
III. Read the passage and do the tasks that follow. 
Da Lat lies on Lam Vien plateau, in the central high land province of Lam Dong. 
Da Lat is a well-known city attracting all the people who have been there once. Da 
Lat is known as a city of pine trees, waterfalls and flowers. Da Lat is described as a 
forest of flowers with different colors and various species. Da Lat has the widest 
range of orchid varieties in the country. Da Lat has few rivers and canals but it has 
many picturesque waterfalls. The famous Cam Ly Falls is only three kilometers 
from the town center. The Prenn Falls is ten kilometers in the South of Da Lat. The 
water pours down like a white shade. Da Lat people are very proud of it. They 
always boast to tourists about it in the first place. 
A. Match the words in the passage in column A with the right meanings in 
column B (1 pt) 
A B 
1. plateau 
2. orchid 
3. picturesque 
4. well-known 
A. famous 
B. attractive and interesting 
C. highland 
D. a kind of flowers 
B. Choose true (T) or false (F) (1 pt) 
 T F 
1. Da Lat is located in the highland province of Lam Dong. 
2. There are a lot of rivers and canals in Da Lat. 
3. The Cam Ly Falls is about ten kilometers from the town center. 
4. In Da Lat, there are various species of flowers with different colors. 
C. Answer the questions (1pt) 
1. Is Da Lat famous as a tourist city? 
.. 
2. How far is it from the town centre to the Cam Ly Falls ? 
. 
IV. Rewrite the sentences with the words provided (2 pts) 
1. Mai bought a new shirt yesterday. 
A new shirt____________________________. 
2. Huong said: " I'll go to Ha Noi tomorrow". 
Huong said that ________________________________. 
3. Learning English is very interesting. 
It's ___________________________________. 
4. Could you give me the bag? 
Would you mind ________________________. 
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