Besides transportation, rivers ___4___ food, water for crops, water to drink, and opportunities for recreation for people who live along their ____5____.. And in order to get water for c[r]
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Name: ………
Class: ………
KIỂM TRA 1 TIẾT LẦN 3
Subject: English 8 Time: 45 minutes ( Chương trình thí điểm )
A LISTENING: Listen and complete the sentences (1,0pt)
1 A _ hit Nghe An Province last night
2 _ of people were left homeless
3 Heavy rain is expected to continue and _ warnings have been issued
4 Temporary _ will be built to house them
B LANGUAGE FOCUS: (3pts)
I Choose the word which has a different sound in the part underlined (0,5pt)
II.Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others (0,5pt)
3 A ecology B environment C autography D residential
III Choose A, B, C, D for each gap in the following sentences (2pts)
1 Air _, together with littering, is causing many problems in our cities today
A pollute B pollution C polluting D polluted
2 The road in front of my office is always when it rains heavily
A to flood B flooding C flood D flooded
3 Singapore is famous for its and green trees
A cleanliness B cleanly C cleaning D clean
4 In some English speaking countries, turkey and pudding are _ food at Christmas
A national B historical C traditional D possible
5 The USA has a population of 304 million, and it’s the third _ country in the world
A smallest B largest C narrowest D highest
6 The roof of the building _ in a storm a few days ago
A damaged B was damaged C has damaged D has been
damaged
7 A severe tropical _ is called a typhoon
A drought B rain C flood D storm
8 As soon as the floodwater _ down, people their houses
A went - cleaned B had gone – cleaned C went - had cleaned D had gone – had cleaned
C READING: (3pts)
I Choose the correct answer for each gap to complete the following passage (2,5pts)
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on large rivers, and (2) every country has at least one river that _(3) _ an
important part in the lives of its people
Besides transportation, rivers _(4) _ food, water for crops, water to drink, and
opportunities for recreation for people who live along their (5) And in order to get
water for crops, engineers sometimes build a dam (đập, đê) across a river and let the water
become a lake (6) the dam Then people can use their water not only to _(7) _ fields but also to make electricity for homes and industries
(8) _, the water often becomes polluted when cities on river banks grow (9) size and the number of industries increases We are learning that it is necessary to
(10) _ rivers clean if we want to enjoy the benefits of the natural resources
II Answer the questions about you (0,5pt)
1 Is there a river near your house?
→………
2 Why don’t people swim in the river anymore?
→………
D WRITING: (3pts)
I Combine each pair of sentences using the words given in brackets (1pt)
1 Hundreds of houses destroyed after a tornado hit the small town of Texas
A B C D
2 The earthquake occurred at midday when many people had had lunch
A B C D
II Rewrite the following sentences so that their meaning stays the same, using the words given (2pts)
1 There was a loud noise next to my door last night, so I couldn’t sleep
→ Because ………
2 Tornadoes can move objects as big as a car
→ Objects……….……
3 Your parents are happy because you behave yourself well
→ If ……….……
4 They provided food then cleared up the debris
→ After ……… ……
THE END
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A LISTENING: Listen and complete the sentences (1,0pt)
1 A _typhoon hit Nghe An Province last night.
2 Hundreds of people were left homeless.
3 Heavy rain is expected to continue and _flood warnings have been issued.
4 Temporary _accommodation will be built to house them.
B LANGUAGE FOCUS: (3pts)
I Pronunciation: (1pt)
1) Choose the word which has a different sound in the part underlined (0,5pt)
2) Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others (0,5pt)
3 A ecology B environment C autography D residential
II Choose A, B, C, D for each gap in the following sentences (2pts)
2 Air _, together with littering, is causing many problems in our cities today
A pollute B pollution C polluting D polluted
2 The road in front of my office is always when it rains heavily
A to flood B flooding C flood D flooded
3 Singapore is famous for its and green trees
A cleanliness B cleanly C cleaning D clean
4 In some English speaking countries, turkey and pudding are _ food at Christmas
A national B historical C traditional D possible
5 The USA has a population of 304 million, and it’s the third _ country in the world
A smallest B largest C narrowest D highest
6 The roof of the building _ in a storm a few days ago
A damaged B was damaged C has damaged D has been
damaged
7 A severe tropical _ is called a typhoon
A drought B rain C flood D storm
8 As soon as the floodwaters _ down, people their houses
A went - cleaned B had gone – cleaned C went - had cleaned D had gone – had cleaned
C READING: (3pts)
I Choose the correct answer for each gap to complete the following passage (2,5pts)
Rivers are (1) of the world’s most important natural resources Many cities are
on large rivers, and (2) every country has at least one river that _(3) _ an
important part in the lives of its people
Besides transportation, rivers _(4) _ food, water for crops, water to drink, and
opportunities for recreation for people who live along their (5) And in order to get
Trang 4become a lake (6) the dam Then people can use their water not only to _(7) _ fields but also to make electricity for homes and industries
(8) _, the water often becomes polluted when cities on river banks grow
(9) size and the number of industries increases We are learning that it is necessary to (10) _ rivers clean if we want to enjoy the benefits of the natural resources
II Answer the questions about you (0,5pt)
1 Is there a river near your house?
→Yes, there is / No, there isn’t.
2 Why don’t people swim in the river anymore?
→Because the water isn’t clean enough for us to swim and it’s seriously polluted now.
D WRITING: (3pts)
I Combine each pair of sentences using the words given in brackets (1pt)
1 Hundreds of houses destroyed after a tornado hit the small town of Texas
A B C D
2 The earthquake occurred at midday when many people had had lunch
A B C D
II Rewrite the following sentences so that their meaning stays the same, using the words given (2pts)
1 There was a loud noise next to my door last night, so I couldn’t sleep
→ Because there was a loud noise next to my door last night, I couldn’t sleep
2 Tornadoes can move objects as big as a car
→ Objects can be moved as big as a car by tornadoes.
3 Your parents are happy because you behave yourself well
→ If you behave yourself well, your parents will be happy
4 They provided food then cleared up the debris
→ After they had provided food, they cleared up the debris
THE END