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ĐỀ KIỂM TRA CUỐI HỌC KỲ II NĂM HỌC 2022-2023
Môn: Tiếng Anh 8 - Thí điểm
TRƯỜNG THCS LTV
Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút.
ĐỀ ÔN THI HKII SỐ 1
(Học sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào tờ đề thi này)
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs
from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions
Question 1
A. healthy
B. weather
C. therefore
D. although
Question 2.
A. family
B. disaster
C. damage
D.language
Question 3.
A. places
B. houses
C. lakes
D. buses
Question 4.
A. saved
B. helped
C. looked
D. washed
Question 5.
A. environment
B. recycle
C. decide
D. decorate
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others.
Question 6.
A. magical
B.useful
C. Japanese
D. national
Question 7.
A. pollution
B. traditional
C. decorate
D. official
Choose the best answer ( A,B,C or D) to complete the sentences:
Question 8. She always plays badminton after school,___________?
A. is she
B. doesn't she
C. does she
D. isn't she
Question 9. I think health is____________most important of all.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. nothing
Question 10. We have learnt English____________nearly 6 years now.
A since
B. in
C. for
D. before
Question 11. Would you mind not___________noise, my little brother is sleeping.
A. making
B. make
C. made
D. to make
Question 12. He went to bed after he_____________all his homework.
A. finished
B. have finished
C. had finish
D. had finished
Question 13. If you were the principal, what _________you do to help poor students in our school?
A. will
B. can
C. should
D. would
Question 14. Living in the city is very_____________because there are many entertainment centers.
A. boring
B. interested
C. interesting
D. excited
Question 15. I want to go out with my friends at weekend. __________, I have many things to do
A. However
B. but
C. Therefore
D. because
Question 16. The boy is very happy because he__________a new bike on his birthday,
A. give
B. gave
C. wa s given
D. giving
Question 17. We are looking___________seeing him then.
A. forward to
B. after
С. up
D. for
Question 18. The patient is very weak, so the doctor told him__________ .
A. relaxing
B. relax
C. relaxed
D. to relax
Question 19. The air in a big city is often______________polluted than the air in the countryside.
A. most
B. as
C. more
D. the more
Question 20. A: "Many people died in the accident" B:"______________ ”
A. Oh dear!
B. How wonderful!
C. Yes, please
D. Thanks
Question 21. Environmental pollution has___________ to health problems.
A. made
B. caused
C. led
D. gone
Question 22. My teacher asked me ____________ I finished my test,
A. what
B. whether
C. if
D. B&C
Choose the letter A, B, C or Dro indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning fathe underlined word(s) in
each of we following sentences:
Question 23. The storm caused extensive damage to property
A because
B. led to
C. got
D. had
Question 24. Young people still like wearing jeans nowadays.
A. enjoy
B.hate
C.dislike
D.mind

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Choose the letter 4, B, D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in
each of the following sentences:
Question 25. The water in this river is very dirty. You shouldn't swim in it.
A. polluted
B. clean
C. untreated
D. contaminated
Question 26. Please drive carefully ; accidents regularly happen on this street.
A. luckily
B.slowly
C. carelessly
D.quikly
Read the following passage and then fill in the banks with A, B, C or D:
Once upon a time there a girl called Cindy. She had to work very hard all day while ler lazy sisters did
nothing. One night her sister went to a party at the palace. Cindy was very sad (27)________she had to be
at home. (28)_________a fairy appeared and told her that she could go to the party, but turn back by
midnight. She also changed Cindy's rags (29)_________beautiful clothes. Then she went to the party and
danced with the Prince At midnight she ran back home, leaving one of her shoes on the dance floor. The
prince wanted (30) ________her again and went to every house in the capital until he found that the shoe
was the right size for Cindy. She and the Prince were married and lived (31) ________ ever after.
Question 27. A. because
B. so
C. because of
D. although
Question 28. A. Sudden
B. Suddenly
C. Lucky
D. Fortunate
Question 29. A. with
B. from
C. in
D. into
Question 30. A see
В. saw
C. to see
D. seeing
Question 31. A. happy
B. happiness
C. happily
D. unhappily
Read the following passage and the answer the questions with A, B, C or D:
I often hear or read about "natural disaster"- the eruption of Mount St Helen, a volcano in the state of
Washington: Hurricane Andrew in Florida; the floods in the American Midwest, terrible earthquakes all
over the world; huge fires, and so on. But I'll never forget my first personal experience with the strangeness
of nature – the London Killer Fog" of 1952. It began on Thursday, December 4 th when a high-pressure
system (warm air) covered southem England. With the freezing-cold air below, heavy fog formed.
Pollution from factories, cars, and coal stoves mixed with the fog. The humidity was terribly high, there
was no breeze at all. Traffic (cars, trains, and boats) stopped . People couldn't see, and some walked onto
the railroad trucks or into the river. It was hard to breathe, and many people got sick. Finally on Tuesday,
December 9, the wind came and the fog went away. But after that even more people got sick, many of them
died.
Question 32. Which natural disaster isn't mentioned in the text?
A. a volcanic eruption B. a flood
C. a hurricane
D. a tornado
Question 33. What didn't happen during the time of the "London Killer Fog"?
A. pollution
B. humidity
C. heavy rain
D. heavy fog
Question 34. The word "II" in the passage refers to ...
A. the London Killer Fog
B. a volcano
C. a hurricane
D. the flood
Question 35. How long did "the London Killer Fog" last?
A. for four days
B. for six days
C. for five days
D. for seven days
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
Question 36. Tom wants (buy)____________ a gift for his Mom on her birthday.
Question 37. I (do) ______________ my homework at 8pm last night
Rewrite the following sentences so that the meanings stay the same as the ones given.
Question 38. Hanoi is smaller than Ho Chi Minh city.
Ho Chi Minh city _______________________________________________________
Question 39. Tuan passed the exam because he studied very hard.
Tuan studied___________________________________________________________
Question 40. “ Where do you live ?” I asked Mary.
I asked Mary___________________________________________________________
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