Phòng GD & DT Dầu Tiếng THE SECOND SEMESTER TEST
Họ và tên................... Subject: English 8
Lớp:..... Time: 60 minutes (Không kể thời gian phát đề)
Đề thi chính thức
ĐỀ A

1. Pronunciation: (1pt)
Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently: (Chọn từ có phần gạch dưới phát âm khác) (0.5pt)
1. A. injection. B. recognize C. minimize D. sightseeing
2: A canoe B. council C. concern D. carol
Choose the words that have main stress pattern different from the others (Chọn từ có dấu nhấn âm chính khác các từ còn lại) (0.5pt)
1. A. treatment B. compost C. compile D. valley
2. A. competition it participate C. magnificent D. emergency
II. Choose the correct answer to complete each of the following sentences (3pts):
1. The ruler _______ of plastic is Lan`s.
A. make B. made C. making D. to make
2. Would you mind washing up for me?
A. do B. did C. doing D. to do
3. Nam is always _______ his homework.
A. forgetting B. forget C. forgot D. to forget
4. She asked me _______ I liked coffee.
A. as B. whether C. or D. and
5. A test in which participants have to fetch water is called _______
A. water-fetch contest B. fetching-water: contest
C. water-fetching contest D. fetch-watering contest
6. The girl _______ next to Lan is a new student.
A. stood 13. stand C. to stand D. standing
7. I don`t know how _______ this game.
A. play B. played C. to play D. playing
8. He was watching television _______ the telephone rang.
A. when B. why C. where D. that
9. There is an/a _______ Please send an ambulance to Thang Long school.
A. elevation B. emergency C. first-aid D. wound
10. Ha Long Bay is in the _______ of Vet Nam.
A. south B. north C. southern D. northern
11. Thank you _______ inviting me to the rice-cooking festival.
A. for B. at C. to D. of
12. Eight hundred years ago, Christmas songs _______ performed for people in towns and villages.
A. are B. were C. will be D. have been
III. Reading (3.5 pts)
1. Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions (1.5pts)
Yesterday, when I was riding along busy street, I saw an accident. A woman was knocked down when she crossed the street at the zebra crossing. Many people stopped to offer their help. A policeman arrived and asked a young man to telephone for an ambulance. While waiting for the ambulance, the policeman and some people tried to stop the bleeding. They used handkerchief to cover the wound, then put pressure on it and held it tight. They tried to talk to her in order to keep her awake. After about ten minutes, the ambulance arrived and the woman was taken to the hospital.
Questions:
1. Where did the accident happen?

2. Who telephoned for an ambulance?

3. Did they try to talk to her to keep her awake?

2. Read the letter carefully and fill in each gap with the correct word from the box (2 pts)
bought
weather
heaviness
her
lovely

people
in
visited
soon
nice


Dear Shannon,
We are having a wonderful time (1) _______ the USA. The (2) _______ are friendly and the (3) _______ has been warm and sunny.
In San Francisco, I (4) _______ my friend, Laura Smith and (5) _______ family. It was lovely to see them. I (6) _______ lots of souvenir for the children. Tuan is always complaining about the (7) of my suitcase.
See you (8) _______.
Love,
Linh.
Answers:
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IV. Writing (2.5pts)
1. Rewrite the following sentences, beginning each sentence with the given words (1.5pts)
1. I bought a new bike last week.
-> A new bike
2. The boy is Ba. He