PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO
HUYỆN VŨ THƯ
TRƯỜNG THCS TÂN PHONG

KIỂM TRA GIỮA KÌ II NĂM 2021-2022
Môn: TIẾNG Anh LỚP 8

Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút
NAME: ………………………………………………………
CLASS: ………
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. stadium               B. contact                  C. thanks                   D. pancake
2. A. effect                   B. delicious               C. exhibition               D. selection
3. A. concern               B. customer               C. contact                   D. convenient
4. A. organized            B. lived                      C. concerned                D. established
5. A. discount             B. resident                  C. serve                     D. tasty
II. Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others.
6. A. traffic
B. agree
C. noisy
D. student
7. A. listen
B. visit
C. borrow
D. obey
VI. Choose A,B,C or D for each gap in the following sentences.
8. Don't drink that water. It's .......................
A. damaged
B. dumped
C. contaminated
D. contamination
9. I often drink coffee, but today I ...................... tea.
A.am drinking B. drink
C. drank
D. is drinking
10. By the time we got to the cinema, the film ....................
A. started
B. had started
C. has started
D. starting
11. All English teachers in the college are ................... speakers.
A. original
B. foreign
C. overseas
D. native
12. If you ............ the president, what would you do to help the environment?
A. are
B. had been
C. were
D. was
13.Eating too much sugar can .............. to health problem.
A. cause
B. lead
C. make
D. result
14. Emergency teams are still removing the ................ from the plane crash.
A. dirt
B. dust
C. debris
D. waste
15. The heavy rain has caused.....................in many parts of the country.
A. volcanoes
B. storms
C. drought
D. floods
16. What can be done to protect people from ............... disasters?
A. environmental
B. environment
C. environmentally D. environmentalist
17. The victims on the roofs of the houses ......... with food and water by the rescue workers.
A. provided
B. will be provides
C. had provided
D. were provided
18. The government is sending ............... to the flood victims.
A. touch
B. aid
C. accommodation
D. provision
19. New Zealand rescue services carried out several searches for ...............
A. survivors
B. movers
C. helpers
D. rescuers
20. Our city …… from different kinds of pollution: water, air and noise.
A. is suffering
B. are suffering
C. suffer
D. had suffered
21. Several tropical storms …….. our country recently.
A. struck
B. have struck
C. are striking
D. strike
22. Does your bike ever …… down on the way to school?
A .break
B. take
C.do
D. turn
23. If we ……. soon, the pollution will get much worse.
A. don't act
B. didn't act C. will not act
D. hadn't acted
24. Learnt from the news on TV that the earthquake ….. hundreds of houses.
A. destroys B. were destroyed
C. had destroyed D. are destroying
25. Look at your weekly schedule. Your presentation on visual pollution ….. at 9.45. Don't be late.
A.is starting B. starts
C. had started
D. has started
26. Everybody attends the festival …… fun.
A. with
B. for
C.in
D. of
27. On Thanksgiving, families and friends ….to have a feast.

A. meet
B. arrive
C. gather
D. appear
III. Read the text and choose the correct answer A,B,C or D for each question:
New Orleans, in Louisiana, is known as the most unique city in the United States with distinctive architecture,
cross-cultural heritage and annual music festivals. However, due to its location along the Mississippi River
with lakes on the other side, and nearly half of the city below sea level, the city faces the danger of flooding.
So, a levee system and drainage canals were built to protect the city. Early in the morning of August 29, 2005,
Hurricane Katrina, the most destructive natural disaster in the history of New Orleans, struck the city. The
storm brought strong winds and heavy rain for several days. As a result, water from the river and lakes rose,
breaking the levees and poured directly into the city. Soon 80 percent of the city was under the water. People
scrambled to rooftops for safety, desperate for food and drinking water. The winds were so strong that even
beds in Hyatt Hotel were seen flying out of the hotel windows. The loss was tremendous. Most of the major
roads and bridges were destroyed, and houses collapsed. Nearly 2,000 people were killed. After the storm,
several natural grounds for the breeding and migrating of different species of animals and birds were
permanently lost.
28. New Orleans is famous for ................
A. its modern architecture
B. its location
C. its Mississippi River
D. its cross-cultural heritage
29. Which statement is NOT correct about New Orleans?
A. Most of the city is below sea level.
B. One of its attractions is its annual music festivals.
C. The city is surrounded by water
D. It lies between the Mississippi River and lakes
30. Which one is NOT mentioned as being damaged by Hurricane Katrina?
A. major roadsB. the levee system
C. distinctive architecture D. houses
31. The word “tremendous” means .......................
A. puzzling B. huge
C. unique
D. legendary
IV. Read the paragraph, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to fill in the blanks:
Australia is a country in the Southern Hemisphere which comprises the mainland of the Australian continent,
the island of Tasmania, and many smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Neighboring countries
(32)............... Indonesia, East Timor, and Papua New Guinea (33)................. the north, the Solomon Islands,
Vanuatu, and New Caledonia to the northeast, and New Zealand to the southeast. Australia has six states, and
two major mainland territories. The (34)............... city of Australia is Canberra. With a (35)..................of over
380,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth largest Australia city overall. The largest city in
Australia and Oceania is Sydney, with a population of over 4,700,000. It is also the state capital of New South
Wales, and is located on Australia's southeast coast along the Tasman Sea. Other large cities are the mainland
state capitals: Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide.
32. A. divide
B. include
C. contain
D. has
33. A. to
B. on
C.by
D. at
34. A. suburb
B. urban
C. capital
D. rural
35. A. pollution
B. people
C. climate
D. population
V. Combine each pair of sentences using the word/phrase in brackets.
36. Noise pollution happens. There is a change in animals' living pattern.(causes)
……………………………………………………………………………………
37. Radioactive pollution is very dangerous. It can cause abnormal growth. (since)
……………………………………………………………………………………
38. Acid rain is dangerous. Trees' leaves are damaged.( because of)
........................……………………………………………………………………
39. Fossil fuels such as coal or oil are burned. Acid gases are produced.(so)
……………………………………………………………………………………
40. I'm not you, but I think you should recycle these plastic carrier bags. (if)
……………………………………………………………………………………