Đề kiểm tra 45 phút phần Ngữ pháp Tiếng Anh Lớp 8

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1. Full name: ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST Class: Time: 45 minutes I. LISTENING 1. Listen to a conversation and match Nam's hobbies and leisure activities with different stages in his life. You will listen TWICE. Stages of life Hobbies/Leisure activities 1. childhood A. volunteering 2. primary school B. playing with toys 3. secondary school C. playing tennis 4. university D. reading comics 5. marriage E. hanging out with classmates 2. Listen to Amy talking about British unusual festivals. Match the festival with its correct information. You will listen TWICE. 1. Pancake Festival A. The winner gets lots of lettuce. B. The festival ends with a massive 2. Who can pull the ugliest face? firework display. C. Frying pans can’t be lacked in this 3. World Championship Snail Racing festival. 4. Cheese rolling festival D. The festival takes place down the hills. 5. Burning the Clocks Festival E. The winner had no teeth. II. READING 1. Read the passage about Glastonbury music festival. Fill each blank in the summary with no more than THREE words. Glastonbury is the largest outdoors festival of music and performing arts in the world which each year hosts some of the biggest and best artists in the world. Located in the Southwestern county of Somerset on a giant 900-acre farm site in the Vale of Avalon, a place of ancient myths and Kind Arthur legends, festival goers here can expect enlightenment, rude awakenings, bizarre happenings, etc. The festival usually takes place on the second or third weekend in June. The site generally opens on the Wednesday of the festival with impromptu music happening each night until the festival starts proper on the Friday, running through until the Sunday. The original festival was by donation of a mere £1 (under $2) which included free milk - as the festival is still held today on the site of Worthy Farm, a working dairy farm owned by Britain's hippest farmer, Michael Eavis. Despite the steep admission charges today, profits do
2. go to good causes - in particular Greenpeace (who sponsor the main Pyramid Stage), Oxfam, Water Aid, and other humanitarian charities. Glastonbury music festival Location: (1) ___ Time: (2) ___ until Sunday Festival goers can expect (3) ___, rude awakenings, bizarre happenings Activities: (4) ___ music Profits go to (5) ___ like Greenpeace, Oxfam, Water Aid and others 2. Fill each blank with one suitable word from the box. Write the word in the gap. living satisfaction interviews salary optimistic A new survey has found that Brit ish people who live in the countryside are more (1)___ than those who live in big cities. According to it, between January and September 2013, the (2)___ ratings of people living in the countryside leapt from 20.5 to 30.8 per cent, an increase of five per cent compared to the previous year. These rural people all shared that the cost of (3)___, medical service and education had improved significantly. As a result, they feel less pressure and enjoy life more. At the same time, people in big cities were worried and their confidence about job and the economy fell 3.9 per cent. The quality of life, obtained from (4)___, was reported to be three times higher in the countryside than that in the city. Nevertheless, young people still prefer big cities because of higher job demand, higher (5)___ and more interesting life. III. WRITING 1. Write a paragraph about a fairy tale you have read. Write 80-100 words. You should write about: - What the story is about - Who the main characters in the story are - What happened in the story - What the meaning of the story is ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
3. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 2. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. Use the word in brackets. You must not change the word. Write no more than THREE words. Here is an example. 0. The bookshop is opposite the library. ___ a bookshop opposite the library. (THERE) Answer: 0. There is 1. Herding buffaloes is more difficult than loading the rice. Loading the rice is ___ herding buffaloes. (EASY) 2. Life in a mountainous village is more boring than life in a big city. Life in a big city is ___ life in a mountainous village. (INTERESTING) 3. People in the countryside are often more optimistic than those in the city. People in the countryside often ___ than those in the city. (OPTIMISTIC) 4. Living in a modern town is noisier than living in a small village. Living in a small village is ___ living in a modern town. (PEACEFUL) 5. Houses in this village have less furniture than those in the nearby city. Houses in this city are ___ those in the nearby village. (BETTER) IV. SPEAKING 1. Now I’m going to ask you FOUR questions about your favourite fairy tale. Are you ready? 1. What is your favorite fairy tale? 2. Who are the main characters in the story? 3. What happened in the story? 4. What lessons did you learn from the story? 2. Each of you will now receive a card. On the card there is a picture and clues for five questions. You should use the words to make questions and ask your friend. Your friend will answer the questions based on the picture he/she has.
4. CARD A Use the words given below to make questions. Ask your friend about his/her picture and listen to the answers. 1. What/see/picture? 2. Where/picture/taken? 3. What/do? 4. How/feel? 5. You/like? Why/Why not? Now, your friend will ask you questions about your picture. Answer his/her questions. CARD B Use the words given below to make questions. Ask your friend about his/her picture and listen to the answers. 1. How many/see/picture? 2. Where/they? 3. What/do? 4. How/may/feel? 5. You/like? Why/Why not? Now, your friend will ask you questions about your picture. Answer his/her questions.
5. The end manual page break Đáp án I. LISTENING 1. Listen to a conversation and match Nam's hobbies and leisure activities with different stages in his life. You will listen TWICE. 1. B 2. D 3. E 4. A 5. C Hello. This is Tieng Anh 8. Unit 1. Listening Test.// Task 1. Listen to a conversation and match Nam’s hobbies and leisure activities with different stages in his life. // You will listen TWICE.// Now, listen and match.// Joan: Nam, could you tell me about your hobbies and leisure activities? Nam: No problem. When I was a very little child, I liked playing with toys. I had hundreds of toys at home. When I attended primary school, I loved reading comics. I had a very big collection of comics that I still keep until today. Joan: What about when you attended secondary school? Nam: As a teenager, I preferred socialising with friends than being on my own. So I often hung out with my classmates after school. Joan: That was a significant change! What leisure activities did you do when you became a student at university? Nam: During my student life I became interested in helping people, so I often attended volunteering activities in hospitals to help elderly people. Joan: What about now, when you have married? Nam: Oh now I don’t have time for volunteering activities. In my free time I often play tennis. I try to keep fit because health is very important for an enjoyable life. (Dừng) Now listen again. (phát lại bài nghe)
6. (Dừng) 2. Listen to Amy talking about British unusual festivals. Match the festival with its correct information. You will listen TWICE. 1. C 2. E 3. A 4. D 5. B TASK 2: Listen to the conversation between two friends.// Decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F). // Circle T or F.// You will listen TWICE.// Now listen and circle T or F. // Hanh: Hi, Minh. This is Hanh. What are you doing right now? Minh: I’m watching television. What are you doing? Hanh: Nothing. The sun is shining. It’s a beautiful day! Let’s do something fun. Minh: What do you want to do, Hanh? Hanh: Well, there’s a food festival at Eco Park. People are selling food from all over the world. Minh: I like Eco Park, but I don’t like food festivals. They’ve got a lot of unhealthy food. Hanh: So do you want to go rollerblading? Minh: I can’t. Nam has got my rollerblades. Hanh: Let’s go to Museum of Ethnology then. There’s an art fair at Museum of Ethnology. We can paint pottery there. Minh: Why do you want to paint pottery? Hanh: We can make a birthday present for teacher Abbie. It’s her birthday next week and she loves pottery. It only costs 20,000 VND. Minh: I don’t know. 20,000 VND is a lot of money. Hanh: What do you want to do, Minh? Minh: There’s a really good film on TV. Let’s watch it. Hanh: You’re no fun. I’m going to the art fair. Bye. Minh: Oh, wait for me! I’m going, too. (Dừng) Now listen again. (phát lại bài nghe) (Dừng) II. READING 1. Read the passage about Glastonbury music festival. Fill each blank in the summary with no more than THREE words. 1. Vale of Avalon 2. Wednesday 3. enlightenment 4. impromptu 5. charities 2. Fill each blank with one suitable word from the box. Write the word in the gap.
7. 1. optimistic 2. satisfaction 3. living 4. interviews 5. salary III. WRITING 1. Write a paragraph about a fairy tale you have read. Write 80-100 words. It is a fable about a goose that laid golden eggs. There are three main characters: the goose, the man and his wife. A man and his wife owned a very special goose. Every day the goose would lay a golden egg. One day, the man’s wife said that if they could have all the golden eggs inside the goose, they could be richer much faster. The man agreed with the idea. Then the couple killed the goose and cut her open. But the goose had no golden eggs inside her at all. The fable tells us not to be greedy and to think before we act. 2. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. Use the word in brackets. You must not change the word. Write no more than THREE words. 1. easier than 2. more interesting than 3. feel more optimistic 4. more peaceful than 5. better furnished than IV. SPEAKING