UBND HUYỆN PHƯỚC SƠN KIỂM TRA GIỮA HỌC KÌ II
TRƯỜNG PTDTBT TH&THCS PHƯỚC
KIM
NĂM HỌC 2023– 2024
Môn: Tiếng Anh – Lớp 8
Thời gian: 60 phút
(Không kể thời gian giao đề)
Họ và tên :
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Lớp:
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Điểm Lời phê của giáo viên
A. LISTENING (2.0 pts)
Part 1. Listen to a broadcast and circle the best answer A, B, or C (1.0 pt)
1. The broadcast is on ……………
A. TV B. Radio station C. mobile phone
2. Before a storm, each family should prepare ……………
A. Unnecessary things B. everything C. an emergency kit
3. During a storm, you should ……………
A. Stay next to window B. stay away from home C. stay inside
4. After the storm, don't…………….
A. leave your house right away. B. stay away from broken power lines.
C. listen to important instructions from local authorities.
Part 2: Listen and tick (
✓
) T (True) or F (False) (1.0 pt)
No. Statements T F
5
.
You can buy a product online.
6
.
When shopping online, you can pay in three ways.
7
.
Online shopping helps you save time and money.
8
.
If you return a product, you must not pay for the
shipping.
B. LANGUAGE COMPONENT (3.0 pts)
I. Circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three
in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.. (0.5 pt)
9. A.property B. dangerous C. humorous D. industry
10. A. practical B. underline C. personal D. musical
II. Circle the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each sentence. (2.5 pts)
11. She’s a …………… She spends too much time and money shopping.
A. shopaholic B. shopper C. seller’s
website
D. seller
12. Oh, the house is shaking! I think we’re having…………… .
A. flood B. earthquake C. storm D. tornado
13. Natural disasters can cause serious …………… to human life.
A. property B. damage C. predict D. warning
14. ……………. is the amount of carbon dioxide we release into the environment.
A. Reduce B. Single-use C. Carbon
footprint
D. Pollution
15. I was not at home……………. Vy came to see me yesterday.
A. while B. as soon as C. until D. when
16. Don’t forget to turn off the lights ……………. you go out.
A. before B. after C. when D. as soon as
17. My sister …………… shop at supermarket. She never shops anywhere else.
A. always B. often C. rarely D. never
18. We have to go now. Our class ……………. at 1.30 pm.
A. start B. is starting C. starts D. started
19. They ……………. the flood victims at 10 o'clock last night.
A. is helping B. are helping C. was helping D. were helping
20. …………….you …………….homework at 8 o'clock yesterday evening?
A. Was_do B. Was_doing C. Were_doing D. Were_do
C. READING (2.5 pts)
I. Read the text and fill in the blank with suitable words from the box. (1.5 pts)
for looks special winds happen damage
Line 1
Line 5
Tornadoes
A tornado is a kind of storm which (21) _________ like a huge funnel.
Tornadoes are the strongest (22) _________ on earth. They can reach
480 km per hour. With such great strength, a tornado causes a lot of
(23) _________. It can pull up some trees, flatten buildings, and throw
heavy things such as cars hundreds of meters. It is especially dangerous
(24) _________ people in cars or mobile homes.
Tornadoes differ in their duration and the distance they travel. Most last
less than ten minutes and travel five to ten kilometers. Some (25)
_________ tornadoes can last several hours and travel up to more than
150 km!
Tornadoes can occur almost anywhere on earth, but most of them (26)
_________ in the United States, especially in the Great Plains region.
This area may experience more than 200 tornadoes in each year.
II. Read the text again and circle the best answer A, B, C or D. (1.0 pt)
27. Read the following sentence and write T (True) or F (False).
- A tornado is a small wind which looks like a huge funnel. _________
28. What does a tornado cause?
A. It can uproot some trees B. It can’t flatten buildings
C. It can’t throw things D. It can pick up all houses.
29. Find the synonym word “pull up” in line 4?
A. root B. displace C. plant D. uproot
30. Circle the INCORRECT statement.
A. Tornadoes can reach 480,000 m per hour.
B. A tornado can causes a lot of damage.
C. The duration and the distance of tornadoes are the same.
D. Most of tornadoes occur in the US.
D. WRITING (2.5 pts)
I. Identify the mistake by circling the A, B, C or D below the underlined part. (0.5 pt)
31. I went straight to the school before I left home.
A B C D
32. Tom’s parents saw a big funnel of wind while they was having dinner.
A B C D
II. Rewrite each sentence so that it means the same as the sentence above. (1.0 pt)
33. Before she left the party, Jenny said goodbye to the host.
Jenny ………………………………………………………………………….…
34. I will call you right after as soon as I arrive at home.
As soon as ….……………………………………………………………………
35. When the tornado came, he was watering the flowers in his garden.
He …………………………………………………………………………..……
36. While my parents were working in the field, the tornado came.
The tornado ……………………………………………………………………….
III. Make sentences using the words/ phrases given. (1.0 pt)
37. You/ can/ bargain/ at a supermarket/ the prices/ are fixed.
…………………………………………………………………………………
38. What/ you/ mean/ “Carbon footprint”?
…………………………………………………………………………………
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