KIỂM TRA CHẤT LƯỢNG HỌC KÌ II
MƠN : TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8

Full name: ................................................Class: .................................................................
Mark

Teacher’s opinion

PART A. LISTENING. LISTENING
I. Listen to Annie talking about the Internet. Decide if the statements are true (T) or
false (F). Circle T or F. You will listen TWICE.
1. Annie thinks the Internet is the greatest invention.

T

F

2. Annie does her homework on the Internet.

T

F

3. Annie loves emails.

T

F

4. Annie spends little time on the Internet.

T

F

5. Annie puts a lot of her personal information on Facebook.

T

F

PART B. PHONETIC

I. Choose the letter A, B, C or D the word that has the underlined part different
from others.
6.
A. concerned
B. received
C. attached
D. concealed
7.
A. bulb
B. umbrella
C. underground
D. suppose
8.
A. diverse
B. inconvenient C. minority
D. mine
9.
A. moves

B. stops
C. walks
D. wants
PART B. LANGUAGE FOCUS

I. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.
10. I think I ..................... soccer with my friends this time next weekend.
A. am going to play
B. will be playing C. are playing
D. was playing
11. After three hours of considering, we have decided .................. the final decision.
A. making
B. to make
C. to making
D. make
12.The teacher…………me that I had better devote more time to English.
A. told
B. said
C. spoke
D. talked
13. My sister enjoys……………..….on the phone with her friends.


A. chat
B. to chat
C. chatting
D. chats
14. Scientists say that in the future people………………..longer.
A. live
B. will live

C. living
D. to live
15. Ten new houses……………..in this village every year.
A. will be built
B. have been built C. are built
D. were built
16. “How about meeting face-to-face next week?”
A. “Bless you!” B. “That’s a good idea!” C. “Shocking!” D. “I can’t believe!”
17. At the moment, my mother .........................in the kitchen.
A. is cooking
B. cook
C. cooks
D. has cooked
18. If the factory ……..… dumping poison into the lake, all the fish and other aquatic
animals will die.
A. continues
B. continued
C. will continue
D. continue
II. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form.
19. Do you fancy ..................(come) on a day trip to my uncle’s farm next Saturday?
20. I (watch) ..................................... a science fiction film on TV at 9 .00 tonight.
21. Many houses (destroy) .................................in the hurricane last night in Nghe An.
22. Would you go to his party if he (invite)........................ you?
23. We (not meet) ............................. since last year.
24. By the time I arrived the airport, my husband (wait)….....……..for me for an hour.
PART C. READING

I. Read the text and choose one word/ phrase from the list to fill each gap.
activity

information
says
because
addictive
It is estimated that about three billion people use the Internet around the world. Most
people use the Internet to get (25) _____________ or for entertainment. A new study,
however, shows us that almost ten percent of Internet users are using it so often that it is
seriously harming their lives. The study (26) ____________ that these people may find it
difficult to stop using the Internet (27)___________they have become addicted. Someone
who is addicted finds it extremely difficult to stop doing that (228) ____________.
According to a psychologist in the field, thirty percent of Internet users claim that they
use the Internet to escape from their problems. The study also says that having a chat, or
discussion, with strangers on the Internet is one of the most (29)_____________
activities.
II. Read the passage and choose the best answer A, B, C or D.
Scientists have discovered a new planet, Hero. They are very confident that human
beings will be able to live there, as it has water, light, oxygen and the temperature and air
are similar to those on Earth. They have done tests and known that plants can grow there.
They have not seen any alien life there, but they cannot be sure that it doesn’t exist.


They have decided to send a spaceship of people there from Earth, to start a space
colony and a new human society. But there is space for only six people. These people
will have to stay there for the rest of their lives. No one else will be able to join the space
colony for at least a hundred years. They will take enough food tablets for five years,
together with four guns to protect themselves, and blankets, space-tents, etc. The
spaceship will be controlled from Earth so there will not be a pilot. The journey to Hero
will last about ten weeks.
The organizers have asked for volunteers but unfortunately, only ten people have
volunteered. The spaceship must leave in two days’ time so there is no time to find new

volunteers.
30. Scientists cannot be sure that....................doesn’t exist.
A.water
B.alien life
C. plants
D. oxygen
31. How many people are ready for the journey to Hero?
A.men new volunteers
B. more than ten volunteers
C. 10 volunteers
D. many people
32. The word “alien” in this passage is closet meaning to.................. ?
A. planet
B. plant
C. animal
D. strange
33. It is estimated that the trip to the planet will take..................
A.more than ten weeks
B. around ten weeks
C.as long as five years
D. as long as ten weeks
PART D: WRITING

I. Re arrange the words to make meaningful sentences.
34. you / If / were / what/ the president,/help/to/would/do/you/the environment?/
-> ..........................................................................................................................................
35. run out of /the house/We/managed to/the street/ into/ collapsed./ before/walls/the/
-> ...................................................................................................................................
36. breakdown/Communication/ happen/may/ due to/differences./cultural/
-> ...................................................................................................................................

II. Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning with the first one.
37.“I like to do physics experiment.”, said Nam
Nam said…………………………………………………………………
38. Scientists have invented new devices to help people live a longer life.
New devices ........................................................................................................................
39. I don’t have enough time, so I can’t go on holiday this summer.
If .........................................................................................................................................
40.The man had a broken leg. He tried to save his wife.
In spite of .............................................................................................................................


ĐÁP ÁN
KIỂM TRA CHẤT LƯỢNG HỌC KÌ II
MƠN : TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8

PART A. LISTENING. LISTENING
Listen to Annie talking about the Internet. Decide if the statements are true (T) or
false (F). Circle T or F. You will listen TWICE.
1. T; 2. F; 3. T; 4. F; 5. FA
PART A. PHONETIC

I. Choose the letter A, B, C or D the word that has the underlined part different
from others.
6. C
7. D
8. B
9. A
PART B. LANGUAGE FOCUS

I. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.

10. B
11. B
12. A
13. C
14. B
15. C
16. B
17. A
18. A
II. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form.
19. coming
20. will be wacthing
21. were destroyed
22. invited
23. haven’t met
24. had waited
PART C. READING

I. Read the text and choose one word/ phrase from the list to fill each gap.
25. information 26 says
27. because
28. activity
29. addictive
II. Read the passage and choose the best answer A, B, C or D.
30. B
31. C
32. D
33. B
PART D: WRITING


I. Re arrange the words to make meaningful sentences.
34. If you were the president , what would you do to help the envinronment?
35. We managed to run out of the house into the street before the walls collapsed.
36. Communication breakdown may happen due to cultural differences.
II. Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning with the first one.
37. Nam said (that) he liked to do physics experiment.
38. New devices have been invented to help people live a longer life.


39. If I had enough time , I could go on holiday this summer.
40. In spite of having a broken leg , the man tried to save his wife.
In spite of the fact that the man had a broken leg , he tried to save his wife.
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