Language focus: Choose the best answer by circling A, B, C or D 3 pts.. III.Reading: Read the passage and decide if the following statements are true Tor false F 2.5pts.. London is Brita
Trang 1Nguyen Quoc An secondary school
Full name :
Class 8… No 01
The second semester test
(time 45')
I Listening: Fill in the missing information ( 2 pts ).
THE RICE-COOKING FESTIVAL
The rice-cooking (1) _ was held in the communal house yard about one kilometer a way from a (2) There were three (3) _: water-fetching, fire-making and (4) The festival took one day
In the water-fetching contest one person from each team had to run to the river to get the water
In the fire-making contest two team members had to make a fire in the (5) way They tried to (6) pieces of bamboo together to make the fire
Six people from each team took (7) _in the rice-cooking contest They had to
(8) _ the rice from the husk and then cook the rice
II Language focus: Choose the best answer by circling A, B, C or D (3 pts).
1 The pyramid is the only ……….we can still see today
2 Bao is always ……… his homework
3 I’ll pick you ……… at your hotel
4 What……you………… at eight o’clock last night ?
5 Centuries ago, a Greek man named Antipater of Sidon a list of what he thought were the seven wonders of the world
6 Could you show me how _ this game
A play B played C to play D playing
7 Would you mind if I _ a photo?
A take B took C taking D will take
8 It is _to find an expensive hotel in this town
A difficult B difficultly C difficulty D differ
9 Thanks inviting me to the rice-cooking festival
10 My Dad ……….for this company since 2001
11.The Le family sleeping when the mailman came
A has slept B is C was D have slept
12 It is easy _ English
Trang 2III.Reading: Read the passage and decide if the following statements are true (T)
or false (F) (2.5pts).
London is Britain’s biggest city It is a city of historic building and churches, and it has many beautiful parks It also has some of the best museums in the world London is very crowed in summer It is a popular city with foreign tourists, and has more than eight million visitors a year The city is famous for its shopping and department stores London has an excellent underground railway system so it is easy for tourists to get around In London, there are plenty of good restaurants where you can get excellent Bristish food The city also has lots of good Indian, Chinese, Japanese, French, Italian and Greek restaurants
*True / False statements:
1 …… London is the biggest city in Britain
2 …… some of the best museums in the world are situated in London
3 …… London is crowded in winter
4 …… Foreign tourists like visiting London
5 …… It’s not easy for tourists to travel around London
IV Write: This is the postcard Mrs Quyen sent from the USA (2.5pts)
Dear Sally,
We are having a wonderful time in the USA The people are friendly and the weather has been
warm and sunny
In San Francisco, I visited my friend, Sandra Smith and her family It was lovely to see them.
I bought lots of postcards for the children
See you soon.
Love,
Quyen
Imagine you are a tourist on a vacation Base on the postcard above, use the cues to write a postcard to a friend about your trip.
- Place: Ha Long Bay, In Quang Ninh
- How you feel about the people: hospitable and helpful
- What the weather is like: sunny and hot
- Who/What you visit: relatives, Chay Beach and Dau Go Cave
- What you buy: souvenirs and food
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Trang 3Matrix (Ma Trận)
Theme
(Chủ đề)
Knowledge
(Nhận biết)
Comprehension ( Thông hiểu)
Apllication
(Tổng)
TNKQ TL TNKQ TL TNKQ TL
I Listening
(Nghe hiểu)
8 2
8
2
II Language focus
(Kiến thức ngôn ngữ)
12
III Reading
(Đọc hiểu)
5 2,5
5 2,5
IV Writing
(Viết)
5
Total
(Tổng)
8
* Chữ số phía trên bên trái trong mỗi ô là số lượng câu mà học sinh cần phải làm, chữ số ở góc phải phía dưới là
tổng số điểm cho các câu ở ô đó.
KEY:
I Listen: Listen and fill in the missing information (2pts)
1 festival 2 river 3 competitions 4 rice-cooking 5 traditional 6 rub 7 part 8 separate
II Language focus: Choose the best answer by circling A, B, C or D (3 pts).
1 C wonder 2 B forgetting 3 D up 4 C were/doing 5 B compiled 6 C to play
7 B took 8 A difficult 9 A for 10 D has worked 11 C was 12 C to learn
III
Reading: Read the passage and decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F) (2.5pts).
IV Write: (2.5pts)
Dear _, ( the name of your friend)
We are having a wonderful time in Ha Long Bay The people are hospitable and helpful
and the weather has been sunny and hot
In Quang Ninh, I visited my relatives, Chay Beach and Dau Go Cave It was lovely to see
them
I bought lots of souvenirs and food for you and my family
See you soon/ later
Love,
_( the name of yours)