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 KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ II - NĂM HỌC 2011 – 2012
Môn: TIẾNG ANH - LỚP 8
Thời gian: 45 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)

(Lưu ý: Học sinh làm bài trên giấy thi như các môn khác)


I. Phonetics (1m)
1. a. included b. called c. carved d. arrived
2. a. brochure b. teacher c. beach d. much
3. a. sight b. tribe c. seaside d. magnificent
4. a. railway b. daily c. airport d. train

II. Language focus: (2.5ms)
1. Cool the burns immediately so as to ______ tissue damage.
a. ease b. relieve c. minimize d. maximize
2. Leave the victim _____ flat and don’t let him ___chilled.
a. lying/ to become b. to lie/ become
c. lying/ become d. to lie/ to become
3. _____is a wonderful natural fertilizer.
a. Compost b. Plastic c. Envelope d. Garbage
4. Glass is broken up, melted and made into new______.
a. silverware b. hardware c. ironware d. glassware
5._____ is a stream or river that falls from a height.
a. Lake b. Waterfall c. Bay d. Island 6. The house _____ on the hill started slipping.
a. build b. builds c. building d. built
7. The animal _____ in the forest fire was a wild pig.
a. hurt b. hurted c. hurts d. hurting
8. The baby_____ his food onto the floor and making his mother angry.
a. always threw b. is always throwing
c. has always thrown d. always throws
9.Will you pick me _____ after the party?
a. on b. over c. through d. up
10. Tom likes_____ . He spends lots of hours watching the birds.
a. bird-watching b. bird-watch
c. watch-bird d. watching-bird

III. Supply the correct form of the verbs in the brackets (1m) 1. Viet Nam win ) 158 gold medals at the 22nd Sea Games.
2. Thon Trieu team …………… ( award ) the prize for rice cooking contest.
3. ………………… you see ) Alan last week ?.
4. you/ ever / be ) to Ho Chi Minh City ?.
IV. Complete each sentence with a suitable preposition: (1.5ms) 1. Santa Claus is based ................the description of Saint Nicholas.
2. How many people participated.........the flowers- arranging contest?
3. You have to ask me questions to find ...................who or what it is.
4. Angkor Wat was part .................a royal Khmer city a long time ago.
5. We must be there....................7.15 and 8.15.
6. Why don’t you come …………….for dinner tonight?

V. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English: (1 m) 1. Last week my mother was visiting her sister, so I stayed with my aunt.
A B C D
2 Mr. Michael has dug his garden when Chris got back from work.
A B C D
3 Greg is always forget his keys and that really annoys me.
A B C D
4 There was a cat sitting in the middle to the road.
A B C D

VI. Read the text then write true or false and answer the questions (1m)
Christmas is the biggest holiday of the year in most of Britain. Celebrations start on 24 December, Christmas Eve; although there have been several weeks of preparations beforehand. The Christmas trees, presents, food, drinks and decorations have been bought. Christmas cards have already been sent to friends and relatives about a week before Christmas, people usually put up their decorations and angel on the top of the Christmas tree. Family presents are usually put under the tree.
* Answer True (T) or False (F) (0.5m)
Christmas isn’t the biggest holiday of the year in most of Britain: ______
About several weeks before, people have bought presents, food, drinks and decorations: _____

* Answer the questions. (0.5m)
1. When