[Năm 2021] Đề thi Giữa kì 1 Tiếng Anh lớp 8 có ma trận chi tiết (15 đề)

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Môn : Tiếng Anh 8

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Đề thi Giữa Học kì 1

Năm học 2021 - 2022

Bài thi môn: Tiếng Anh lớp 8

Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút

(không kể thời gian phát đề)

(Đề số 1)

I. Rewrite the sentences so that they have the same meaning as the first. Use the given cues

1.  Tim’s mother said to Tim : “Turn off the radio.”

Tim’s mother told ………….……………………….(indirect speech)

2.  This coat isn’t warm. I cannot wear it in winter.

This coat ..................................................................... (enough)

3.  You have beautiful hair.

Your hair......................................................................

4.  I lived on the farm with my grandma ten years ago.

Ten years ago I used to.................................................

II. Choose the word that is stressed differently from the others

1.     A. chemical              B. scissors               

        C. medicine             D. precaution

2.     A. pronunciation      B. invention           

       C. demonstration      D. communication

III. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others  

1.     A. missed                   B. washed                

       C. called                     D. watched

2. A. character               B. chemical              

   C. school                    D. change

IV. Circle the best answer  

1. Who repaired the bicycle for you? - Nobody. I repaired it………….

A. itself                     B. myself            

   C. yourself          D. himself

2.  …………….does your new English teacher look like?  - She’s tall and thin.

A. How                     B. Who              

C. What                     D. Which

3. We can find the ………………… under the sink in the kitchen.

  A. armchair               B. cushion                        

  C. bookshelf              D. saucepan

4. When were you born? – I was born …………. November 8^th  2000.

   A. to                      B. on                       

   C. at                     D. in

5. Ms Jackson said Tim………….harder on his Spanish pronunciation.

A.  ought to worked                                C. ought to working            

B.  should work                                      D. should working

6. Can I speak to Mary, please? -………………………………

A. Keep the phone   B. Wait the phone    

C. Hold on                 D. Stay there ten minutes

7. Yesterday Tim’s mother received a ………….from his teacher.

A. card report            B. call report            

C. report card         D. report call

8. After her father died, Little Pea ………….do chores all day.

A. had to                    B. have to                

  C. don’t have to        D. doesn’t have

9. Should we put all the dangerous objects out of children’s…………………..…..?

A.  knives                  B. feet                        

C. reach                    D. beads

10. His ………..……….. always makes people laugh.

  A.  sense of humor   B. quite                    

  C. reserved             D. shy

V. Give the correct form of verbs in brackets.  

1.  Let’s (meet)………………….outside the garden of the club.

2.  The sun (rise)…………….……. in the east and sets in the west.

3.  What (be )………………….the weather like yesterday? – It was cloudy and rainy.

4.  After dinner Mom (light)………………….and Dad used to tell us stories.

5.  What …………. Nga ………… (play) at present? She is playing the violin in the living room.

6.  Peter just bought a novel last week. He (read)………………….next Sunday.

VI. Read and answer the following questions

Joan Chen is famous both in China, where he grew up, and in the United States, where she now lives. How did Joan become a famous actress in both countries?

It’s an interesting story. She was born in Shanghai in 1961. When she was 14, some people from the studio came to her school and choose her to study at the studio. She was happy about this chance, but mainly she liked the idea of getting out of school. Soon, however, she discovered that she really liked acting. At the age of 18, she won the Golden Rooster, China’s top film award.

In the late 1970s, Joan’s parents, who were doctors, moved to the United States. Joan joined them when she was 20 and went to college there. Her parents hope she would study medicine. Instead she majored in films and later she looked for work as an actress.

Decide True or False. 

1.  When Joan Chen was fourteen, some people from the hospital came to her school.

2.  She didn’t feel happy to take this chance. She likes school very much.                         

3.  Her parents wanted her to study medicine, but she majored in films.                       

4.  Her parents were journalists.   

Answer the questions.

1/ Where is Joan Chen famous?

……………………………………………………………………………

2/ Where did she grow up?

……………………………………………………………………………

3/ What happened to her at the age of eighteen? ……………………………………………………………………………

4/ Were her parents nurses?

..…………………………………………………………………………

5/ When did Joan Chen and her family move to the United States?

..…………………………………………………………………………

6/ Did she look for a job as an engineer?

..…………………………………………………………………………

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Đề thi Giữa Học kì 1

Năm học 2021 - 2022

Bài thi môn: Tiếng Anh lớp 8

Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút

(không kể thời gian phát đề)

(Đề số 2)

I/ Supply the correct form of the word in Capital letters for each gap in the following sentences.

1.  This coffee is too ................... to drink. (HEAT)

2.  I can’t tell the ………… between the twins. (DIFFER)

3.  A fairy appeared and ……… changed Miss Tam’s rags into beautiful clothes. (MAGIC)

4.  He drove ………… and he had an accident. (CARE)  

II/ Read the passage, then do the exerces below  

On March 3, 1847, Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh. He was a Scotman although he later emigrated first to Canada and then to the USA in the 1870. In America, he worked with deaf-mutes at Boston University. Soon, Bell started experimenting with ways of transmitting speech over a long distance. This led to the invention of the telephone. Bell and his assistant, Thomas Watson, conducted many experiments and finally came up with a device with they first introduced in 1876.Bellsaid on the phone “Mr.Watson, come here, I want you”. This was the first telephone message. Traveling all over America, Bell demonstrated his invention to the public at countless exhibitions and by 1877 the fist telephone was in commercial use. 

True or False

1.  Alexander G.Bell was born inScotland.                          

2.  He moved to The USA first. 

3.  Thomas Watson is his assistant        .   

4.  He demonstrated his telephone to the public in 1876.

Answer the questions.

1.  When was Alexander Graham Bell born ?

2.  Who was his assistant?

3.  When did Bell invent the telephone?

III/ Rewrite the sentences so that it means the same as the first one, beginning with the given words

1.  They intend to visit Nha Trang next week (using “be going to”).

They _________________________________________________________

2.  Lan’s hair is long and black

Lan has________________________________________________________

3.  You should stay in bed and take a rest

You ought _____________________________________________________

4.  He isn’t tall. He can’t stick the picture above the window.

(Combine the sentences using “enough”)

He ____________________________________________________________

IV/ Choose  the word whose underlined part having different  pronunciation  from the others

4. A. emigrate                  B. television          

  C. experiment               D. exhibition

V/ Choose the best answer for the following sentences

1. There is a refrigerator, a table, a stove and a………….in the kitchen.

A. Fax machine                         B. cupboard          

C. bookshelf                              D. public telephone

2. Bao spends his free time ………………….volunteer work at a local orphanage     

A. Do                               B. to do                 

C. doing                            D. does

3. “Hello,Nam. This is my cousin, Thu.”  –“……………………………”

A. Hello, thank you.          B. It’s my pleasure.  

C. It’s great.                      D. How do you do, Thu

4. Alexander Graham Bell was born………….. March 3, 1847.

A. to                                B. on                          

C. at                                 D. in

5.  Lan is not old ………….. to ride her bike to school.

A. enough                  B. too                         

C. much                     D. such

6. Mrs Vui is going to be home late.Namhas to cook dinner ……………………. .

A. herself                  B. himself          

C. themselves            D.  myself

7. After  his mother and father died, the boy had to live in the local ……………………

A. orphanage             B. post office    

C. school                     D. library

8. Can I speak toNancy, please?

A. No, you can’t                                   B. Yes, please.     

C. I’m sorry. She’s out.                         D. Thank you.

9. We ought .............. up early.

VI/ Give the correct form of verbs 

1.  The sun ( rise )……………………………in the East.

2.  My brother (paint)……………… this picture yesterday.

3.  Nien wasn’t old enough (be) …………………….. in my class.

4.  There are a lot of black clouds in the sky. It (rain)……………………

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Đề thi Giữa Học kì 1

Năm học 2021 - 2022

Bài thi môn: Tiếng Anh lớp 8

Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút

(không kể thời gian phát đề)

(Đề số 3)

I. Complete the passage below by using the words in the box.

          Shop            get                help              parents                  flowers

I (1)_______up at 6 every morning and help my dad. He has a flowers (2)_______ so he has to be at the flower market by four. Then when he comes we unload all the (3) _______into the shop. I usually take telephone orders for him so he knows what he has to deliver that day. Then I make a cup of tea for my mum while she’s still in bed, get my breakfast and go to school. On the weekend I work in the shop on Saturday and (4) _______my mother and arrange the flowers in the church on Sunday. Then on Sunday I go to church in the morning and the evening with my (5) ________.

II. Read the following passage and choose the item (A, B, C, or D) that best answers each of the questions about it.

Once upon a time, there is a girl called Little Red Riding Hood, because of the red hood she always wears. The girl walks through the woods to give her grandmother some food. A wolf wants to eat the girl but is afraid to do so in public (sometimes there are woodcutters watching). So, he suggests the girl to pick some flowers, which she does. After that, he goes to the grandmother’s house. He eats the grandmother, and waits for the girl, disguised as the grandmother. When the girl arrives, he eats her too. A woodcutter, however, comes to the house and cuts the wolf open. Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother come out unharmed.

1. Why is the girl called Little Red Riding Hood?

A. Because she likes red.                         B. Because she always wears a red hood.

C. Because she is little.                            D. no information

2. What does the phrase “in public” in line 4 mean?

A. in the woods                                         B. immediately

C. when other people are there                 D. soon

3. What does the word “He” in line 5 refer to?

A. the woodcutter                                      B. the wolf

C. the girl’s grandfather                            D. no information

4. Little Red Riding Hood ____________ .

A.  walks through the woods                    

B.  wants to give her grandmother some food

C.  picks some flowers                              

D.  all are correct

5. Which of the following is not true?

A.  The wolf gives Little Red Riding Hood some flowers.

B.  Sometimes, there are woodcutters in the wood.

C.  A woodcutter saves the girl and her grandmother.

D.  The girl and her grandmother are not dead.

III. Arrange the following words into a complete sentence.

1.  We / study / ought / harder / to.

………………………………………………………………………………

2.  The weather / enough / fine / is / for them / a picnic / to have / in the countryside.

………………………………………………………………………………

3.  Mr Nam/ in / now / his office/ is.

………………………………………………………………………………

4.  They / going / to / are / see / a movies / tonight.

……………………………………………………………………………

5.  Alexander Graham Bell / in 1876  / introduced / the telephone

……………………………………………………………………………

IV. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1.   A. tiger              B. fire            C. stripe        D. prince                                          

2.   A. graze             B. past        C. tale          D. name

3.   A. folder            B. cover       C. mobile    D. wardrobe

4.   A. drug              B. cupboard  C. sure         D. buffalo

5.   A. looked          B. happened C. appeared  D. tied

V. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.

6.   Mark__________ long hair when he was a teenager.

A. had                    B. have                   C. has              D. was having

7. Many people wear new clothes__________ Easter too.

A. in                         B. at                      C. on                      D. when

8. I ___________ gardening, but I don’t have time for it now.

A. use to enjoy       B. use to enjoying     C. used to enjoy        D. used to enjoying

9. Look!Namis playing very well. He ____________

A. is winning          B. is going to win               C. will win                 D. wins

10. He spends most of his time___________ charity work.

A. did                      B.  do                          C. doing                     D. does

11. We’ll organize a party ____________ May 27^th.

A. between             B. in                            C. on                           D. at

VI. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.

1.  Late at Christmas Eve, Santa comes down the chimney and puts presents under the tree.

2.  My sister uses to play tennis a lot but she doesn’t play very often now.

3.  How could you be so cruel with someone who never did you any harm?

4.  Mozart start composing at the age of five and wrote more than 600 pieces of music.

5.  I used to live on the farm when I am a small boy.

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Đề thi Giữa Học kì 1

Năm học 2021 - 2022

Bài thi môn: Tiếng Anh lớp 8

Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút

(không kể thời gian phát đề)

(Đề số 4)

A. Listening

I. Listen and fill 1 word in each blank. 

Pete: (1) ______.

Linda: Can I speak to Pete, please?

Pete: Hello, Linda.

Linda: I’m going to (2) ______ the movie Dream City at 6.45 this evening. Would you like to come?

Pete: Of course, but wait a minute. I have to ask my aunt and she’s (3) _____. Hold on... ok, Linda Aunt Mary says I can go. Oh, where's it on?

Linda: At National Cinema Centre. It's a bit far from your house, I'm afraid.

Pete: Well, I know where it is, but I'm using my (4) _____'s bike tonight.

Linda: OK, Pete. Let’s meet (5) ______ the theatre.

Pete: Is 6.30 all right?

Linda: That's fine. See you at 6.30. Bye.

Susan: Bye, Linda. 

Question 1. ______

Question 2.  ______

Question 3.  ______

Question 4.  ______

Question 5.  ______

II. Listen and decide if the following statements are True (T) or False (F)  

Question 6.  Online games bring lots of advantages and disadvantages.

Question 7.  Most parents object to their children playing online games.

Question 8.  Playing online games is bad for children’s learning.

Question 9.  Online games help us expand the relationship.

Question 10.  More and more teenagers have to wear glasses because of playing games too much.

B. Grammar 

III. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.

Question 11.

A. harmful                          B. slowly

C. cloudy                            D. unique

Question 12.

A. worship                          B. belong

C. enjoy                              D. behave

Question 13.

A. alternate                        B. entertain

C. symbolize                      D. cultivate

Question 14.

A. heritage                         B. museum

C. decorate                        D. blackberry

Question 15.

A. minorities                      B. populated

C. activity                          D. experience

IV. Use the correct form of the words in brackets to finish the sentences.

Question 16. Terraced rice fields in Sa Pa are slopes claimed for cultivation in hilly or ________ areas. (mountain)

Question 17. For the Muong, rice is also the main _________ crop. (agriculture)

Question 18. The Muong call their ___________ calendar “sach doi”, which is made from 12 bamboo sticks that represent the 12 months. (tradition)

Question 19. Viet Nam is a country of tremendous ___________ with 54 ethnic groups. (diverse)

Question 20. The ethnic minority groups in Viet Nam have been living in ______ coexistence. (peace)

V. Fill in each blank with “a”, “an”, or “the” to complete the following passage.

(21)__________ history of Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture started in 1891 when (22)____________ French scientist began to collect Cham sculptures that had been discovered in scattered areas of Quang Nam Province and brought them to Da Nang.

(23)___________ first museum building was designed by French architects, and construction began in 1915 and was finished by May 1916. (24)___________ Museum has played (25)_________ important role in preserving sculpture items featuring the cultural, spiritual and ritual lives of the Cham people.

VI. Complete each blank in the following passage with the correct word/ phrase from the box.

use          designs         colors           slope

stream         tribe          takes           image

Cat Cat Village – Sa Pa

Cat Cat Village is located on the Muong Hoa Valley, this is the village of Hmong hill (26)____________. It’s not far from Sa Pa Town, about 3 km and it (27)__________you 45 minutes to walk here. The village is on the (28)___________ of the hill and easy walking, rice and corn are grown here. Visiting Cat Cat Village, we can have a chance to visit a big waterfall on the (29)__________ and the old Hydro-electric Power Station built by the French here. We can also see the (30)____________ of young women sitting by looms with colourful pieces of brocade decorated with designs of flowers and birds. When these pieces of brocade are finished, they are dyed and embroidered with beautiful (31)___________. It is interesting that Hmong women (32)__________ plants and leaves to dye these brocade fabrics. And then they roll a round and smooth section of wood covered with wax on fabrics to polish them, making their (33)___________ durable.

VII. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank in the following passage.

I live in a small village called Northville. There are about 2000 people here. I love the village (34)__________ it is very quiet and life is slowly and easy. The village is always clean; people look (35)_____________ it with great care. The air is always clean, too. People are much more friendly here than in city because everyone (36)_________ the others, and if someone has a problem, there are always people who can help.

There are only a few things that I don’t like about Northville. One thing is that we have  not  got  many  things  to  do  in  the  evening;  we  haven’t  got  (37)___________ cinemas or theaters. The other thing is that people always talk about (38)___________, and everyone knows what everyone is doing. But I still prefer village life to life in a big city.

Question 34.

A. so                                   B. although

C. because                          D. but

Question 35.

A. for                                  B. at

C. up                                  D. after

Question 36.

A. knows                            B. know

C. is knowing                      D. knew

Question 37.

A. little                              B. some

C. any                               D. few

Question 38.

A. others                           B. other

C. another                         D. one another

VIII. Complete the following sentences using the cue words

Question 39. Women/ dance and beat/ rhythm/ the same time.

________________________

Question 40. They/ embroider and decorate/ clothes/  beautifully.

________________________

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