Đề thi học kỳ 1 tiếng anh lớp 8

Name: ………………………………; Class:…………

ĐỀ SỐ 1: 

I. Circle the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of others. (1pt)

1. A. around                  B. house                    C. youth                     D. sound

2. A. virus                      B. marine                   C. science                   D. lifestyle

3. A. university             B.  unit                      C. discuss                   D. computer

4. A. wanted                  B. raised                    C. needed                   D. waited

II. Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others. (1 pt)

1.  A. harmful               B. slowly                   C. cloudy                    D. unique

2.  A. cooperation         B. activity                  C. mechanic               D. provide

3.  A. performance        B. procession             C. damage                 D. musician

4.  A. invention            B. musician                C. education               D. arrangement

III. Choose the best answer. (2pts)

1. The left hand is customarily used for cleaning, _____ Indian people never eat with their left hand. 

     a. so                         b. but                           c. however                  d. therefore

2. The girl was crying when a fairy _______ 

      a. appear                  b. appearing                   c. appears                  d. appeared

3. Tam is a beautiful girl; ___________, she‘s kind- hearted.

    a. therefore             b. however                     c. moreover                 d. otherwise

4. According to the ____________, we give lucky money to children at Tet.

    a. custom                 b. table manners           c. customs                   d. traditions

5. Their ______________ to the God including  incense, fruit and cakes.

    a. ceremony             b. ritual                         c. offerings                 d. worship

   6. I don’t mind ______________you with this assignment.

    a. help                       b. to help                      c. helping                   d. helped

7. If the teacher were here now, we’d ask him the difference………… ‘science’ and ‘technology’.

       a. of                         b. among                       c. for                           d. between

  8. In my family, all the traditions of our ancestors are _______ followed.

       a. strict                    b. strictly                       c. strictured                 d. strictness

IV. Match the words on the right with the explanations.(1pt)

  V. Give the correct form of the verbs. (1.5pts)

  1. The lights ( go ) _______ out while we ( have ) ___________ dinner.

  2. He (read)_____________two books recently.

  3. You shouldn’t ( break )___ ____ your promise to the children.

  4. The Hung King Temple Festival ( take) _________ place from the 8^th to 11^th  day of the third Lunar month in Phu Tho.

  5. Duy wants (become)………………………a chemist when he grows up.

 VI. Read the passage carefully. Then answer True(T) or False (F)? (1pts ) 

The Hung Temple is on the top of Nghia Linh mountain in  Phu Tho province. The Festival makes it possible for Vietnamese people to visit their land of origin. A day before the festival, you can see ancient and modern flags along the road from Viet Tri to Hung mountain. On the day before the festival, people let 100 sky lanterns fly into the sky. The main worship service is held the following morning. A flowers ceremony starts the festival. In the upper Temple, there is a ceremony of offering a five-fruit tray, banh chung ( square cakes ) and Banh day ( circle cakes) to the 18 ^th  Hung King. Also, there is an elephant march followed by the cross- bow shooting, rice- cooking, swinging contests, cockfights and dragon dances.

1. The Hung Temple is at the bottom of Nghia Linh mountain.                                                 ______
2.  About 100 sky lanterns fly into the sky on the day before the festival.                    ______
3. There is a buffalo march during  the festival.                                                             ______
4. A flower ceremony starts the Festival.                                                                       ______

VII. Circle the best option A, B, C, D to complete the following passage. (1pts )

                                                Vu Lan Festival

 Vu Lan Festival takes (1)_______on 15 ^th    of the seven lunar month. It is one of the largest festivals  of Viet nam. Vietnamese people consider that it is an occasion for family gatherings as (2) ______ as  expressing love and gratitude to ancestors and parents. Vu Lan festival is known as Mother’s Day in Viet Nam. First, in the morning of that day, a lavish tray with various (3)________dishes is set on the altar, and the householder will burn incense and invite ancestor to come back home and celebrate with family. Then, at night the Vietnamese hold a ceremony of releasing lighted lanterns on the river, they believe by doing that their wishes for parents will come true. They also go to the pagoda, wearing either a red rose if their mothers are (4) _________ or white rose if their mothers have passed away.

            1. A. away                   B. part                         C. much                       D. care

             2. A. good                  B. bad                          C. soon                        D. well

             3. A. terrible               B. delicious                 C. tasty                        D. B & C are correct

             4. A. dead                   B. lived                        C. alive                        D. old  

VIII. Rewrite the sentences as directed. (1.5pts)

1. Lan started studying English five years ago and she still studies it.

-> Lan has………………………………………………………………………...

2. The sun was shining. It wasn’t very warm.

-> Although………………………………………………………………………………..

3. Nam doesn’t live with his parents any more.

-> Nam used …………………………………………………………………….

4. Never talk with food in your mouth.

-> You ……………………………………………………………………………………..

5. I like traditional dances better than modern ones.

-> I prefer………………………………………………………………..

6. Our grandmother usually tells us folk tales.

-> We…………………………………………………………………………

IX. Writing:(1pt)

Write a short paragraph about a festival you like best ( 80-100 words )

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