Trường THCS Hương Mai HDC Đề kiểm tra cuối kì I năm học 2023-2024

Tiếng Anh 8
Thời gian: 60’
I. LISTENING
A. You will hear an advertisement for a summer camp. Complete the summary. Write ONE WORD AND /
OR A NUMBER in each numbered space.(1pt)
Green Camp
Morton Forest
1. For children from 10 to 16 / sixteen
2. For three weeks in July
Camp is green because
3. makes electricity from water power
doesn’t damage local environment
4. food waste to animals
B. Listen to a conversation between two friends. Choose the best answer, A, B, C, or D, for each question.
(1pt)
1. What is the girl’s favorite hobby?
A. Sewing. B. Rock climbing. C. Knitting. D. Cooking.
2. When did she start the hobby?
A. Last week. B. Last month. C. When she was five. D. When she was six.
3. Who does she do her hobby with now?
A. No one. B. Her mother. C. Her father. D. Her sister.
4. When does she do her hobby?
A. On the weekend. B. Every evening. C. Most evenings. D. On Monday evenings.
II. PRONUNCIATION
A. Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the
following questions.(1pt)
1. A. scarf B. scene C. scissors D. scientist
2. A. pollution B. transport C. waste D. plastic
3. A. child B. machine C. chocolate D. chair
4. A. enjoys B. prefers C. loves D. looks
III. USE OF ENGLISH
Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the following questions.(2pts)
1. The activity of making or fixing things made of cloth is ________
A. knitting B. sewing C. skating D. cycling
2. Hermione enjoys the _____ of the library.
A. peace B. peacefully C. peaceless D. peaceful
3. There are factories that _____ broken glass and make it into new glassware.
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A. reduce B. produce C. waste D. recycle
4. The New Year's Countdown party _____ at the city's square tomorrow.
A. takes off B. takes on C. takes place D. takes care
5. We won't complete the task on time unless we _____ working hard.
A. stop B. keep C. don't stop D. don't keep
6. Vuong didn't drink his coffee because there was _________ sugar in it. He hates sweet drinks.
A. lots B. a lot C. too many D. too much
7. We should reduce the use of plastic _____ that we can save the environment.
A. to B. for C. so D. because
8. If you _____ enough water, you won't be thirsty.
A. drink B. drinks C. to drink D. drinking
B. Give the correct forms of verbs.(1pt)
1. If John (do) ………does…………………… exercise, he will be more healthy.
2. Sarah (have) …………has…………… Maths, English and Music tomorrow.
3. What time …does………. the train (leave) ……leave….…. tonight?
4. They (not study) …………aren’t studying………………….. English now.
IV. READING
A. Read the blog. Write T (True), F (False), or NG (Not Given) if the information is not in the text.(1pt)
Most of the time, I write about blizzards, typhoons, floods, and so on. But I don’t ski in a blizzard or get wet
in a flood. Well, this week’s blog is different, because this time I was there when something big happened!
I was on holiday in an area which has earthquakes. I knew that before I went. But the last big earthquake
there happened 50 years ago, so I didn’t really think about it when I booked.
During the first few days, I went swimming every morning in the warm sea and then, in the afternoon, I
walked up the side of the mountain behind the town. I didn’t climb over rocks or anything like that. I just
walked slowly up a few hundred meters of one of the old donkey tracks.
On the afternoon of the fifth day, I was on the mountain when the ground started to move. I remembered
about the earthquakes then, and I thought, ‘The ground will open up and I’ll fall in.’ Then I looked down at
the town and saw a huge wave coming very fast towards it. Houses near the beach disappeared under the
water. I was safe on the side of the mountain, but my hotel fell down and I lost all my stuff.
1. The writer’s blog is usually about bad weather. T
2. The writer thought there might be an earthquake while he was there on holiday. F
3. One of the donkey tracks went to the top of the mountain. NG
4. The writer fell into a hole during the earthquake. F
B. Read an email from Lou to a friend, Millie. Choose the best word or phrase, A, B, C, or D, for each
numbered space.(1pt)
Hi Millie,
Well, here I am in the country. I knew that my grandparents lived a long way from supermarkets and tall
apartment buildings, but there’s only one shop and a few hundred people in the (1) village that they live in.
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It’s a beautiful place. It’s beside a lake, and in the middle of the lake there’s a small (2) island. Nobody lives
there, but Grandpa has a boat, and he took us out there yesterday. It is so (3) quiet, with only birdsong and
the sound of the wind. There are pretty flowers everywhere which I wanted to (4) pick, but Grandpa told me
not to do that because the flowers are for everyone.
Tomorrow there is a festival in a place near my grandparent’s house, and we are going to watch folk games
and the other entertainment. Grandma wants me to take part in the cake competition, so I plan to bake
something this evening.
I’ll write you after the festival and tell you all about it – and send a picture of my prize if I win! (LOL)
Love
Lou
1.A. house B. village C. town D. city
2.A. land B. beach C. island D. field
3.A. noise B. quiet C. quite D. noisy
4.A. take B. have C. get D. pick
V. WRITING
A. Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meaning. Use the given word(s) if any.(1pt)
1. Taylor will not forgive him if he doesn't apologize. (UNLESS)
→ Unless he apologizes, Taylor will not forgive him.
→ Taylor will not forgive him unless he apologizes.
2. Tuan wants to reduce air pollution. He planted more trees. (SO)
→ Tuan wants to reduce air pollution, so he planted more trees.
B. Put the words in the correct order to make correct sentences.(1pt)
3. Students / bring / water bottles / have to / to school / their own / .
→ Students have to bring their own water bottles to school.
4. during / to minimize / Make sure / you know / that / the disaster / what to do / the damage / .
→ Make sure that you know what to do during the disaster to minimize the damage.

*Audio scripts*
Listening 1:
Would you like to spend your summer in a safe, green environment?
Do you want to learn and have fun with people of your own age?
Then come and join us at Green Camp in Morton Forest.
We take children from the age of 10 up to 16.
The camp is for three weeks in July, and at that time of year, the wildflowers and wildlife in the forest are
wonderful.
We call ourselves Green Camp for several reasons.
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 Firstly, we make our own electricity from the water which flows down from the mountains behind Morton
Forest.
Secondly, we don’t do any damage to the soil or the air by burning things or polluting the land or the local
river.
Thirdly, we are careful with cooking the right amount of food every day, but all the food waste goes to the
animals which live at the camp.
Finally, all our bottles and jars are glass, so we can send them for recycling. We don’t use any plastic day-to-
day.
So come and find out about a natural environment without doing any harm to it.
Listening 2:
Boy: Is this your favorite hobby?
Girl: This? No, not really. I like making clothes, jumpers, skirts, and so on, but I prefer being outdoors. Well, I
preferred being outdoors in the past, but I can do my hobby indoors now.
Boy: What do you mean?
Girl: I love climbing, and there’s a rock wall at the sports center now. It’s great to get to the top!
Boy: So when did you become interested in this hobby?
Girl: Well, I started climbing real rock walls with my parents about five years ago. I was six. But the plastic rock
wall at the center is new – they built it last month.
Boy: Do you always climb with your parents?
Girl: Not now. They don’t like the sports center. Jenny, my sister, is two years older than me, and she taught me
how to climb plastic walls, but she isn’t interested in the hobby anymore, so I go alone.
Boy: Is it different from climbing real rocks?
Girl: Yes, because there is always a way to the top with a plastic wall.
Boy: Do you go to the sports center often?
Girl: Once a week, on a Monday after school. I have too much homework on other days, and it’s too busy on the
weekend.
Boy: Why do you like it? Is it scary or is it exciting?
Girl: Exciting? Well, it sure isn’t relaxing! But a plastic wall is great, because I know there is a way to the top. It’s
different each time I go, and it’s great to find the answer to the difficult problem.