Đề kiểm tra giữa học kì I Tiếng anh Lớp 8 - Năm học 2020-2021

School: ..
Name: ..
Class: 8/ 
THE FIRST MID-TERM TEST 
ENGLISH 8
School year: 2020-2021
Time: 45 minutes
LISTENING
Listen and fill in the blanks. There is an example at the beginning (0) (1pt)
I’m going to see the movie Dream City at 6.45 this evening.
Hoa has to ask her ______________
Hoa is using her _________bike tonight.
They will meet outside the ____________at ___________
II. Listen again and decide these sentences are True (T) or False (f) (1pt)
The farmer sold eggs to buy food and clothes ___________
Some chickens laid gold eggs _____________
He found many gold eggs inside the chicken ___________
The farmer and his wife were foolish and greedy ______________
LANGUAGE COMPONENTS
III. Choose the word having the underlined letters pronounced differently (0,5pt)
9. A. school	B. room	C. floor	D. noon
10. A. teacher	B. clean	C. meat	D. head
IV. Circle the best answer to complete the sentence: (1.5pt)
11. The children are old enough to look after _________________
A. them	B. their	C. themselves	D. themselves
12. Quang and Nam ______________football this afternoon.
A. is going to play	B. is going play	C. going to play	D. is going to playing
13. There is a bus station ___________the end __________ this road.
A. among/to	B. at/of	C. behind/of	D. on/to
14. Don’t come in. Please wait ____________for your turn.
A. inside	B. downstairs	C. outside	D. upstairs
15. My brother is ____________to drive my motorbike to school.
A. not enough old	B. enough not old	C. enough old not	D. not old enough
16. __________are you going to do this evening? – I’m going to play table tennis.
A. What	B. When	C. How	D. Why
READING
V. Read the text and do exercises: (2pts)
What do you know about Christopher Columbus? He was a famous sailor and explorer. Columbus was 41 years old when he sailed from southern Spain on August 3, 1492. He went with a crew of 90 men. Thirty-three days later, he landed on Walting Island in the Bahamas.
Columbus wanted to find out what the rest of the world looked like. He also wanted to make money. He would sail to distant islands and trade with the locals there. He would buy their silks, spices and gold. Then he would sell them in Spain.
In Spain, people would pay high prices for them. Columbus got the Queen of Spain to approve his plan. She would pay for his ships and crew. He would keep 10 percent of the value of the goods he brought back. She would take the rest.
*Answer True or False (1pt)
17. Christopher Columbus was a famous sailor and explorer _____________
18. He bought silks, spices and gold in Spain ______________
19. The Queen of Spain didn’t approve his plan ________________
20. He kept 15 percent of the good’s value that he brought back ______________
*Answer the question(1pt)
21. When did Christopher Columbus sail from southern Spain?
 22. How long did it take him and his crew to Walting Island?
WRITING:
VI. Make questions for the underlined word (0.5pt)
23. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
 .
24. The film “Harry Potter” is on at 8.30
 .
 VII. Put the words or phrases in correct order to make sentences (0.5pt)
 25. you/ going/ to/ are/ what/ do/ next weekend/ ?
 26. free/ he/most/ time/ sports/spend/of/ his/ playing/.
 VIII. Rewrite the sentences as directed (1pt)
 27. She is beautiful and intelligent. She can become Miss World. (enough + to V1)
 .
 28. I lived on a farm once, but I don’t any more (used to + V1)
 ..
SPEAKING: (2pt)
E. SPEAKING: (2pt)
I. Personal information (0.5pt)
II. Interview (0.5pt)
1. Who is your best friends?
2. What does your close friend look like?
3. What is your close friend like?
4. What are you going to do tonight/ on Sunday?
5. Should we let children play in the kitchen? Why?
6. Do you do your homework yourself?
7. Are you free on Sunday/ Saturday ?
8. Would you like to go out for dinner/ go to the cinema/ watch an action film .?
9. Where can we meet?
10. What time can we meet?
11. Where is your book/ pencil ..?
12. Why must we put all chemicals and drugs out of children’s reach?
III. Role play (1pt)
A: Why does he himself?
B: Because ..
A: What is doing?
B: He’s 
A: When Mrs. Vui go home?
B: She after dinner
A: Where ..Mrs. Vui?
B: She 
A: How many are there in .?
B: There is/are ..
A: What can you see in the picture?
B: I can .
A: Where is/are ..?
B: It/ They .
A: Is/Are there in the room?
B: Yes/ No .
A: What did people use to do in the past?
B: They used to 
A: Did children/people .in the past?
B: Yes/No 
A: Where did .play/work?
B: They played/ worked .
A: Is/Are there big/small/ modern in the past?
B: Yes/ No .
ANSWER KEYS:
LISTENING
Mỗi câu đúng được 0,25đ
1. aunt
2. cousin’s
3. theater
4. 6.30
Mỗi câu đúng được 0,25đ
5. T
6. F
7. F
8. T
 B. LANGUAGE COMPONENTS
 III. Mỗi câu đúng được 0,25đ
9. C
10. D
 IV. Mỗi câu đúng được 0,25đ
11. C
12. A
13. B
14. C
15. D
16. A
 C. READING
 V. *Answer True or False (1pt)
 Mỗi câu đúng được 0,25đ
17. T
18. F
19. F
20. F
 *Answer the question(1pt)
 Mỗi câu đúng được 0,5đ
21. Christopher Columbus sailed from Southern Spain on August 3, 1492/ On August 3, 1492.
22. It took him and his crew 33 days to Walting Island/ 33 days
 D. WRITING:
 VI. Mỗi câu đúng được 0,25đ
 23. Who invented the telephone?
 24. What time is the film “Harry Potter” on?
 VII. Mỗi câu đúng được 0,25đ
 25. What are you going to do next weekend?
 26. He spends most of his free time playing sports
 VIII. Mỗi câu đúng được 0,5đ
 27. She is beautiful and intelligent enough to become Miss World
 28. I used to live on a farm.
TAPESCRIPT:
Listening:
Test 1:
Hoa: 3 847 329
Nga: Can I speak to Hoa, please? This is Nga.
Hoa: Hello, Nga.
Nga: I’m going to see the movie Dream City at 6.45 this evening. Would you like to come?
Hoa: Of course, but wait a minute. I have to ask my aunt and she’s downstairs. Hold on... OK, Nga. Aunt Thanh says I can go. Oh, where's it on?
Nga: At Sao Mai Movie Theater. It’s a bit far from your house, I'm afraid.
Hoa: Well, I know where it is, but I’m using my cousin’s bike tonight.
Nga: OK, Hoa. Let’s meet outside the theater.
Hoa: Is 6.30 all right?
Nga: That’s fine. See you at 6.30.
Hoa: Bye Bye, Nga.
	Test 2:
	Once a farmer lived a comfortable life with his family. His chicken laid many eggs which the farmer used to sell to buy food and clothing for his family.
	One day, he went to collect the eggs and discovered one of the chickens laid a gold egg. He shouted excitedly to his wife, “We’re rich! We’re rich!”
	His wife ran to him and they both look at the egg in amazement. The wife wanted more, so her husband decided to cut open all the chickens and find more gold eggs.
	Unfortunately, he couldn’t find any eggs. When he finished, all the chickens were dead.
	There were no more eggs of any kind for the foolish farmer and his greedy wife.