Bộ đề thi Tiếng Anh lớp 8 Giữa học kì 1 năm 2021 – 2022

Phòng Giáo dục và Đào tạo .....

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)

Exercise 1: Choose the best answer A, B, C or D

1. Yoga helps us learn ___________ to co-ordinate breathing and movement.

A. what       

B. when      

C. why        

D. how

2. Don’t worry. It is ____________ to travel to that village event at night.

A. safe        

B. unsafe    

C. difficult  

D. inconvenient

3. Life in a small town is __________ than that in a big city.

A. peaceful 

B. much peaceful  

C. less peaceful     

D. much more peaceful

4. In the Central Highlands, the biggest and tallest house in the village is the ___________ house.

A. communication

B. community       

C. communal        

D. commune

5. The Viet people have many ___________ customs and crafts.

A. tradition 

B. traditional         

C. culture    

D. customary

6. ____________ month is the Hoa Ban Festival of the Thai people held in?

A. When     

B. Which    

C. How many       

D. How often

7. There are lots of ____________ objects displayed in Vietnam Museum of Ethnology

A. value

B. valued

C. valuable

D. valuably

8. Many ethnic minority students have to ___________ a long way to their schools everyday.

A. travel

B. ride

C. pass

D. get

Exercise 2: Fill in each blank with the appropriate form of the word in brackets

1. He spoke __________ about the life in the countryside in Viet Nam. (optimistic)

2. All of us can realize the ____________ atmosphere in the countryside life. (peace)

3. Some of the ____________ have lived here all their lives. (village)

Exercise 3: Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others

Exercise 4: Choose the word which has a different stress from the other words

Exercise 5: Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank in the following passage

 My village is about 50 kilometers from the city center. It is a very (1)_________ place where people (2)_________ flowers and vegetables only. It is very famous of its pretty roses and picturesque scenes. The air is quite fresh, however, the smell of the roses make people (3)___________ cool. In spring, my village looks (4)____________ a carpet with plenty of colors. Tourists come to visit it so often. Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn’t take the villagers much time (5)___________ the roses.

Exercise 6: Supply the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.

1. The first Brau _______________(come) to Vietnam about a century ago.

2. The majority of people in Vietnam _______________(belong) to the Kinh ethnic group.

3. Hoa Ban festival ____________(start) on March 17thand ____________(end) on March 19th.

Exercise 7: Choose the item among A, B, C or D that best answer the question about the passage.

The thing I liked most when I was small was the change of seasons. Spring, summer, autumn and winter – I could see them all come and go and each one was completely different. Now in the city, you can buy summer flowers in winter ad eat the same vegetables all the year round. Whereas, in the country, I could only eat things at certain times of the year, for example, strawberries in June and turnips in winter. I lived my childhood with the seasons.

We also made most of our food and would never eat frozen or tinned food. Everything was fresh, so it must be better than the type of food I am taking now in the city. City people may think people in the country miss a lot of things about modern life. In fact, in my opinion they miss a lot more than people in the country, they miss real life.

1. What did the writer like most about living in the country?

A. Flowers in spring        

B.Leaves in autumn.

C.The wild animals and plants. 

D.The change of seasons.

2. What does the word “them” in line 2 refer to?

A.Four season       

B.Winter and autumn

C.Countryside people     

D.Plants

3. In the countryside which season can we buy strawberries?

A.Spring     

B.Summer

C.Autumn   

D.Winter

4. Why did the writer never eat tinned food when living in the country?

A.Because it was frozen  

B.Because it was contaminated

C.Because it was very fat

D.Because it wasn’t very fresh

5. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?

A.People in the city can grow vegetables all year round.

B.In the countryside turnips are grown in winter

C.The writer often eat frozen and tinned food now.

D.Many city people think they live better than those in the country.

Exercise 8: Rewrite the sentence that has the same meaning with the previous sentence

1. It is 5 years since Tom and Mary got married

Tom and Mary ____________________________________________

2. The film was so boring that I fell asleep

Because _________________________________________________

3. They built a new bridge over the river

A new bridge _____________________________________________

-The end-

ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI

Exercise 1: Choose the best answer A, B, C or D

Exercise 2: Fill in each blank with the appropriate form of the word in brackets

1. optimistically

2. peaceful

3. villagers

Exercise 3: Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others

1. B

2. A

3. D

Exercise 4: Choose the word which has a different stress from the other words

1. B

2. B

Exercise 5: Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank in the following passage

Exercise 6: Supply the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.

1. came

2. belong

3. starts - ends

Exercise 7: Choose the item among A, B, C or D that best answer the question about the passage.

Exercise 8: Rewrite the sentence that has the same meaning with the previous sentence

1. Tom and Mary have got married for 5 years

2. Because the film was so boring, I fell asleep

A new bridge was built over the river by them

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Phòng Giáo dục và Đào tạo .....

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)

Fill in the blank with a suitable article. If unnecessary, leave a blank.

1. I like …………… T-shirt over there better than …………… red one.

2. Where’s …………… USB drive I lent you last week?

3. Is your uncle working in …………… old office building?

4. Her father works as …………… farmer.

5. After this tour you have …………… whole afternoon free to explore the city.

6. He said that he wanted to become …………… electrician.

7. Do you still live in …………… Bristol? 

8. Not only farmers but also city people have to work hard to earn …………… living.

9. I’m tired. I need to sleep for …………… hour.

10. Dancing around the bonfires is one of …………… most common activities of this ethnic people.

Find one mistake in each sentence and correct it.

1.  He adores (A) to go (B) to the parties (C) in weekends (D) with his close friend.

2.  Flying kites (A) on the paddle field (B) with other kids is (C) very excited (D) to him.    

3.  She can (A) swim much (B) more well (C) than anyone else (D) in my class.

4.  What (A) she is truly (B) keen in (C) is classical music not (D) modern music.

5.  Why (A) should (B) we learn (C) about the life of Vietnam’s ethnic minority people (D)?

Read the passage.

No matter (1) ………………. well you take care of your pet, sometimes it runs away or gets lost. Its collar may have broken, or it was scared and ran off. To (2) ………………. loosing your pet, you need to take care of your house and yard first.

If you use a fence, be sure that there is no way the animal can get under or over it. Make (3) ………………. the gate is locked at all times. Second, don’t let your cat or dog run (4) ………………. the neighborhood. Keep it on a leash or in a cat (5) ………………. at all times. This is important when you take your animal to the vet, too. Loud noises can scare it (6) ………………. . If the animal is on a leash or in a carrier, it is harder for it to run away from you.

In case, your pet runs away, you need to look for it as soon as you (7) ………………. it is missing. Check around your house first. You have to check everywhere. Make sure to listen, too. Your cat could be stuck and the only way you will find it is to hear it (8) ………………. . Alternatively, you should go to the place where your pet was lost and talk to everyone. Describe it to them and give your phone number.

Choose the most suitable word to fill in the blank.

     1. A. how                   B. what                 

        C. why                     D. when

     2. A. keep                   B. prevent             

          C. avoid                    D. stop

     3. A. certain               B. sure                   

        C. unsure                 D. uncertain

     4. A. along                 B. down                

          C. around              D. about

     5. A. keeper                B. container          

          C. carrier                  D. box

     6. A. easily                 B. easy                  

        C. difficult               D. difficultly

     7. A. find                    B. see                    

       C. realize                 D. look

     8. A. shouting            B. talking              

        C. whispering         D. crying

Choose the odd one out.

     1.  A. horror                B. romantic           

         C. serial                 D. novel

     2.  A. scuba-diving     B. ice-skating       

         C. swimming          D. wind-surfing

     3.  A. the Ede              B. the Kinh           

          C. the H’Mong      D. the Tay

     4.  A. populous           B. modern             

         C. peaceful      D. industrialized

     5.  A. love                   B. fancy                

           C. adore      D. dislike

Fill in the blank with a suitable word or phrase, using the first letter(s) given.

1. He likes being indoors. He spends most of his free time playing c................... g.................

2. My grandparents want to move to the countryside to live because it is not n...................

3. The children are looking forward to helping their aunts at the h................... t...................

4. Vi and Giạm folk songs of NgheTinh was r................... by UNESCO in 2014.

5. Sapa is very famous for its special market. It is l................... m...................       

RITING  

Make complete sentences based on the given words.

1. Jonny/ like/ play/ drum/ room/ whereas/ Kenny/ enjoy/ gym/ fitness center/ weekends.

2. Drive/ city/ be/ much/ stressful/ drive/ countryside.      

3. People/ countryside/ seem/ have to/ work/ hard/ people/ city.  

4. Clothing/ the Muong women/ diversified/ that/ men

5.  Muong/ be/ fourth/ largest/ ethnic minority group/ Vietnam/ Viet/ Tay/ Thai.         

ĐÁP ÁN

Fill in the blank with a suitable article. If unnecessary, leave a blank.

1. the – the        2. the            3. an

4. a                    5. the            6. an

7. Ø                   8. a               9. an

10. the

Find one mistake in each sentence and correct it.

1. B (going)                2. D (exciting) 

3. C (better)                 4. C (on)

5. (peoples)

Read the passage.

1. A         2. C    3. B    4. C    5. C

6. A         7. C    8. D

Choose the odd one out.

1 - D; 2 - B; 3 - B; 4 - C; 5 - D;

Fill in the blank with a suitable word or phrase, using the first letter(s) given.

1. computer games      2. noisy

3. harvest time            4. recognized

5. love market

Make complete sentences based on the given words.

1. Jonny likes playing the drum in his room whereas Kenny enjoys doing gym in the fitness center at weekends.

2. Driving in a city is much more stressful than driving in the countryside.

3. People in the countryside seem to have to work harder than people in cities.

4. The clothing of the Muong women is more diversified than that of men.

5. The Muong is the fourth largest ethnic minority group in Vietnam after the Viet, the Tay and the Thai.

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Phòng Giáo dục và Đào tạo .....

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)

III. Tìm lỗi sai trong mỗi câu sau.

1.    That man is (A) going to gets (B) wet because (C) he doesn’t (D) have an umbrella.

2.    Once when I was (A) ten, I used to get sick (B) and went (C) to (D) the hospital.

3.    Lan is (A) not going to (B) buy a big (C) house yesterday (D).

4.    Nam doesn’t have to (A) take his (B) medicine yesterday because (C) he was better (D).

5.    We took all (A) the rubbish outside (B) and burn (C) it (D).

IV. Đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn đáp án đúng cho mỗi thông tin.

     Once a poor farmer had a daughter named Little Pea. After his wife died, the farmer married again. His new wife had a daughter, Stout Nut. Unfortunately, the new wife was very cruel to Little Pea. Little Pea had to do chores all day. This made Little Pea’s father very upset. He soon died of a broken heart.

     Summer came and went. In the fall, the village held its harvest festival. That year, everyone was excited as the prince wanted to choose his wife from the village. Stout Nut’s mother made her new clothes for her, but poor Little Pea had none.

     However, before the festival started, a fairy appeared and magically changed Little Pea’s rags into beautiful clothes.

     As Little Pea ran to the festival, she dropped one of her shoes and lost it. When the prince found the shoe, he decided to marry he girl who owned it. Of course the shoe fitted Little Pea, and the prince immediately fell in love with her.

6.    Little Pea’s father was a ……… and her mother died when she was young.

     A. rich farmer              B. poor farmer                 

   C. rich worker                D. poor worker

7.    What does “His” in the first line refer to?

A. Little Pea’s father.          B. Little Pea’s brother     

C. A fairy                            D. The prince

8.    Stout Nut’s mother made new clothes for ……… before the festival.

A. herself                                   B. Stout Nut                    

C. Little Pea                              D. the prince

9.    The village held its harvest festival in the ……..

A. fall                                       B. summer                       

C. spring                                     D. winter

10. Which following sentence is NOT true?

A. Little Pea’s father died of a broken heart because he was very upset about his new wife.

B. Little Pea’s step mother made her do chores all day.

C. Little Pea’s mother made new clothes for Little Pea and Stout Nut before the festival.

D. The prince decided to marry Little Pea.

V. Chọn đáp án đúng để điền vào chỗ trống trong đoạn văn.

      Once a farmer lived a (31)……….. life with his family. His chicken laid many eggs which the farmer used (32) ……… to buy food and clothing for his family.

One day, he went to collect the eggs and discovered one of the chickens (33) …….. a gold egg. He shouted excitedly to his wife, “We’re rich! We’re rich!”

His wife ran to him and they both looked at the egg in amazement. The wife wanted more, so her husband decided (34) …….. 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 (35) ……… no more eggs of any kind for the foolish farmer and his greedy wife.

11. A. comfort                  B. comfortable            C. unhappily                    D. happily

12. A. sell                          B. selling                     C. sold                                     D. to sell

13. A. lay                          B. laid                         C. to lay                                     D. laying

14. A. to cut                      B. cutting                    C. cut                                     D. to cutting

15. A. wasn’t                    B. was                         C. weren’t                                     D. were

I. Chọn từ mà phần gạch chân có cách phát âm khác các từ còn lại trong mỗi câu sau.

16. A. equipment              B. socket     C. customer    D. sentence 

17. A. enough                   B. brought    C. ought         D. course  

18. A. choose                    B. kitchen    C. chemical     D. chore

19. A. buffalo                    B. wisdom    C. clothes        D. rope

20. A. match                     B. sauce pan   C. transmit    D. safety

II. Chọn đáp án đúng cho mỗi câu sau.

21. Yesterday, I ……… to the cinema.

A. go                      B. will go    

C. went                     D. gone

22. On the left …… the picture, you can see his grandmother, Jane Cryer.

A. to                     B. from          

C. on                       D. of

23. She fell and hurt ………

A. her                       B. herself    

C. himself                  D. myself

24. Let’s go to the theater this evening.

A. Let us                     B. Let me      

C. You should               D. Would you like

25. They ……… buy a new car next month.

A. are going to             B. will     

C. Æ                            D. A & B

26. My sister and I ……… the cartoons on TV every Saturday last summer.

A. watch                      B. watched   

C. watches                   D. watching

27. Water ……… at 100⁰ C.

A. boil                       B. boiling       

C. boils                       D. is boiling

28. I live ……… 20 Oxford Street.

A. at                        B. in     

C. on                        D. from

29. Her new glasses change her ………..

A. appear                    B. appearance    

C. appears                   D. appearances

30. I tried ……… her name but I couldn’t.

A. remember                B. remembering    

C. to remember            D. remembered

31. I ……… badminton but I don’t time have for it now.

A. use to play              B. used to playing   

C. use to playing           D. used to play

32. He decided ………. what would happen.

A. to stay and see                 B. staying and seeing      

C. to stay and seeing             D. saying and see

33. He was late, but fortunately his friends waited for him.

A. luckily               B. magically   

C. cruelly                D. lately

34. You …….. write on the walls.

A. have to                         B. must  

C. don’t have to               D. must not

35. Are Christ going to close his shop early ……..?

A. last night              B. tonight  

C. last month             D. yesterday

VI. Viết các câu sau theo gợi ý.

36. I didn’t go to school in the morning last year so I got up late.

I used …………………………………………………………………………

37. Lan is only ten years old. She isn’t in my class. (enough)

Lan isn’t …………………………………………………………

38. Last night / she / come home / 10.30 and 11.00.

      ………………………………………………………………………

39. They plan to invite him for dinner tonight. (be going to)

They …………………………………………………………………

40. Driving too fast is dangerous.

It’s ………………………………………………………………………

ĐÁP ÁN

1. B              2.C               3.CD            4.A               5.C                     6.B               7.A

8. B              9. A              10.C             11.B             12.D                     13.B             14.A

15. D            16.A             17.A             18.C             19.B                     20.D             21.C

22. D            23.B             24.A             25.D             26.B                     27.C             28.A

29. B            30.C             31.D             32.A             33.A                     34.D             35.B

36. I used to get up late last year because I didn’t go to school in the morning.

37. Lan isn’t old enough to be in my class.

38. Last night she came home between 10.30 and 11.00.

39. They are going to invite him for dinner tonight.

40. It’s dangerous to drive too fast.

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Phòng Giáo dục và Đào tạo .....

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)

Exercise 1: Choose the correct answer

1.  We are all hook ________ making star lanterns.

A. in 

B. off

C. on

D. to

2. The Hmong of Sa Pa are called Black Hmong ________ their mainly black clothing.

A.  because of       

B. in spite of         

C. in order to        

D. according to

3. ________ drop that mobile phone and do your homework?

A. Why don’t you 

B. How about       

C. Would you mind

D. When did you

4. Their family have moved to the city ________ 2001.

A. horn       

B. for

C. in 

D. since

5. The crops __________ on the weather.

A. depend heavy   

B. depend heavily

C. affect heavy      

D. affect heavily

6. During the festival, they fly many ___________ kites in different shapes and sizes.

A. colour     

B. colourless         

C. colourful

D. colouring

7. An old woman was ________ the goats up the mountainside.

A. riding     

B. taking     

C. herding   

D. running

 8. __________does Hoa Ban Festival take place? - In Lai Chau.

A. What      

B. Where    

C. When     

D. How

Exercise 2: Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the rest

Exercise 3: Choose the word that has different stress pattern

Exercise 4: Write the correct form of the words in brackets

1. The Internet has already changed the way people ______________. (social)

2. Red River Delta is an agriculturally rich area and densely ______________. (populate)

3. Who lives more happily, ______________ or city dwellers? (nomadic)

Exercise 5: Choose the underlined word or phrase, A, B, C or D that needs correcting.

1.      She goes (A) to the (B) dance club with (C) her friends every evening Sunday (D).

2.      Playing (A) team sports gives (B) you much (C) fun than individual (D) sports.

3.      Wonderful (A) family days (B) are (C) some of most (D) special memories

Exercise 6: Choose the best answer

Are you a screenager? Are you (1)________ glued to the TV, texting your friends,chatting online, or perhaps trying to move (2)________ another level in one of your favourite video games? Well, if you are, you are in the majority.

Most teenagers do almost (3)________ electronically. They watch digital TV, listen to music on a digital MP3 player and (4)________ with friends through email, instant messaging or by mobile phone. Teenagers even do most of their reading online now. When they need help with their homework, it’s often the Internet that they (5)________.

Experts from all over the world worry that teenagers’ addiction to technology is having an effect (6)________ on their health and on their behaviour. In some countries,teenagers are getting help. In Asia, there are even boot camps (7)________ children receive psychological help and treatment. It’s (8)________ that these types of camps will become common in other countries in the future.

Exercise 7: Rewrite the following sentences without changing its meaning

1. I have done voluntary work for three years.

I started _____________________________________________

2. It took me two hours to walk to her village.

I spent ______________________________________________

3. Flying a kite in the countryside is very exciting.

It’s _________________________________________________

-The end-

ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI

Exercise 1: Choose the correct answer

Exercise 2: Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the rest

1. A

2. D

3. B

Exercise 3: Choose the word that has different stress pattern

1. C

2. D

Exercise 4: Write the correct form of the words in brackets

1.      The Internet has already changed the way people ______socialize________. (social)

2.      Red River Delta is an agriculturally rich area and densely ______populated________. (populate)

3.      Who lives more happily, ______nomads________ or city dwellers? (nomadic)

Exercise 5: Choose the underlined word or phrase, A, B, C or D that needs correcting.

1. D (Sunday evening)

2. C (more)

3. D (of the most)

Exercise 6: Choose the best answer

Exercise 7: Rewrite the following sentences without changing its meaning

1. I started to do/ doing voluntary work three years ago.

2. I spent two hours walking to her village.

3. It’s very exciting to fly a kite in the countryside.

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