UBND QUẬN TÂY HỒ ĐỀ THAM KHẢO GIỮA HỌC KỲ 1

TRƯỜNG THCS XUÂN LA NĂM HỌC: 2020-2021 MÔN: ANH VĂN 8

A. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:

I. 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:
1. A. addicted B. complicated C. hooked D. needed
2. A. cattle B. speciality C. craft D. custom

II. Mark the letter A, B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the
other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions:
3. A. unique B. slowly C. cloudy D. harmful
4. A. minorities B. activity C. experience D. populated

III. Mark the letter A, B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that
needs correction in each of the following questions:
5. She adores to hang out with her friends at the weekends
A. to hang B. out C. her D. at
6. I love farm work, such as digging holes, sowing seeds and I pick fruit.
A. farm work B. digging holes C. sowing seeds D. pick fruit
7. He learns much more well than anyone else in my class.
A. much B. more well C. than D. anyone else

IV. Mark the letter A, B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of
the following questions:
8. ____________ is the Hoa Ban festival of the Thai people held? - Next month.
A. When B. What C. Where D. How often
9. My sister adores ________________ crafts, especially bracelets.
A. to make B. making C. makes D. make
10. They like____________ with their friends.
A. to eat out B. having eaten C. eat out D. ate out
11. My dad doesn’t mind ___________ my mom from work every day.
A. pick up B. picked up C. picking up D. picks up
12. I love the people in my village. They are so ______________ and hospitable.
A. friendly B. vast C. slow D. inconvenient
13. Life in a small town is _________ than that in a big city.
A. more peaceful B. much peaceful C. less peaceful D. peace
14. Teenagers enjoy ___________ to music and _____________ with friends
A. listen/ hang B. to listen/ to hang C. listening/ chatting D. listening – chat
15. Among the _________ ,the Tay people have the largest population.
A. groups B. majorities C. ethnic minorities D. ethnic cultures
16. People in the countryside live __________ than those in the city.
A. happy B. more happily C. happily D. less happy
17. Viet Nam is ________ multi-cultural country with 54 ethnic groups.
 A. a B. an C. the D. ø
18. Chaul Chnam Thmey is _________________ biggest festival of the Khmer people.
A. a B. an C. the D. ø

V. Mark the letter A, B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to
complete each of the following exchanges:
19. A: “Look at the terraced fields!” - B: “_________________”
A. Do you mean the terrible garbage? B. I can’t not see it.
C.Is the read over there? D. How spectacular!
20.A: “ _____________________” - B: “They’re speaking their ethnic language.”
A. Is Vietnamese their mother tongue? B. Which language can they speak?
C. I don’t understand what they are saying. D. What are they talking about?

VI. Mark the letter A, B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:
21. I think we have solved this problem once and for all
A. in the end B. forever C. temporarily D. for everybody
22. Tony was so absorbed in his assignment that he forgot all about his dinner in the oven.
A. busy B. interested C. obliged D. distracted

VII. Mark the letter A, B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:
23. They detest getting up so early in the morning.
A. enjoy B. dislike C. hate D. don’t mind
24. Machines can help farmers harvest more quickly.
A. faster B. slowly C. confused D. calm

VIII. Read the following passage and mark the letter A,B, C or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
In a small village in the north, there is a stilt house. In the house, (25)______ Tay family are
living together: the grandparents called Dinh and Pu, the parents called Lai and Pha, and three
children called Vang, Pao and Phong. Every day the grandparents stay at home to (26)_______
the house. Mr Lai and Mrs Pha work in the (27)______. They grow rice and other plants. Mrs
Pha goes to the market twice a week to buy food for the family. Mr Lai sometimes goes
(28)______ or cutting wood in the forests. Pao and Phong go to the primary school in the
village, but Vang studies at the boarding school in the town about 15 kilometres away. He goes
home at the weekend.
25. A. a B. an C. the D. ø
26. A. look at B. look for C. look up D. look after
27 A. factory B. highlands C. pasture D. field
28 A. fishing B. swimming C. hunting D. window shopping

IX. Read the following passage mark the letter A, B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the following questions:
The country is more beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in. Many people think so and
go to the country for the summer holidays though they cannot live there all the year round. Some
have a cottage built in a village so that they can go there whenever they can find the time.
English villages are not all alike, but in some ways they are not very different from one another.
Almost every village has a church, the round or square tower of which can be seen from many
miles around. Surrounding the church is the church yard, where people are buried. The village
green is a wide stretch of grass, and houses or cottages are built round it. Country life is now
comfortable, and many villages have running water brought through pipes into each house. Most
villages are so close to some small towns that people can go there to buy what they can’t find in
the village shops.
29. When do city people often go to the country?
A. At the weekends B. all the year round C. At Christmas D. The summer holidays
30. What is the advantage of city people when they have a cottage built in the village?
A. They can have their houses rented. B. They can go to the country at
weekends.
C. They can go to the country whenever they can find the time.
D. All are correct.
31. What is the common feature of English villages?
A. They have a church. B. They have a church with a tall tower, and a village green.
C. They have a village green. D. They have running water.
32. What is NOT mentioned in the life of English village?
A. The village green B. the church C. running water D. The Internet

B. WRITING
X. Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.
33. I love going to the museum at the weekends.
A. I fancy to going to the museum at the weekends.
B. I fancy going to the museum at the weekends.
C. I don’t mind going to the museum at the weekends.
D. I like go to the museum at the weekends.
34. Ethnic people in the mountainous regions live more simply than people in the city.
A. People in the city live more simple than Ethnic people in the mountainous regions
B. People in the city live more complicated than Ethnic people in the mountainous regions
C. People in the mountainous regions live more complicated than people in the city.
D. People in the mountainous regions live more simple than people in the city.
35. I have done voluntary work for three years.
A. I have did voluntary work for three years.
B. I did voluntary work three years ago.
C. It started to do voluntary work three years ago
D. It started to do voluntary work for three years.
36. She liked to hang out with friends on Saturday.
A. She is interested in hanging out with friends on Saturday.
B. She is interested hanging out with friends on Saturday.
C. She hanging out with friends on Saturday.
D. She hangs out with friends every Saturday.
XI. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct order of the
sentence:
37. which ethnic group/ second largest population/ Vietnam?
A. Which ethnic groups have the second largest population in Vietnam?
B. Which ethnic group has the second largest population in Vietnam?
C. Which ethnic group has second largest population at Vietnam?
D. Which the ethnic groups have the second largest population in Vietnam?
38. Most/ ethnic minorities/ Vietnam/ live/ mountainous areas/ north.
A. Most the ethnic minorities live in the mountainous areas in north.
B. Most of the ethnic minorities lives in the mountainous areas in the north.
C. Most of the ethnic minorities live in the mountainous areas in north.
D. Most of the ethnic minorities live in the mountainous areas in the north.
39. because/ the air/ People/ living/ fresh/ the villages/ enjoy/ is/ clean/ in/ and.
A. People enjoy the air is clean and fresh because living in the villages.
A. People enjoy living in the villages because the air is clean and fresh.
A. Because people enjoy living in the villages, the air is clean and fresh.
A. Because people enjoy living in the villages, so the air is clean and fresh.
40. many teenagers/ addicted/ Internet/ computer games.
A. Many teenagers are addicted to the Internet and computer games.
B. Many teenagers are addicted with Internet and computer games.
C. Many teenagers have addicted to the Internet and computer games.
D. Many teenagers are addicted from the Internet to computer games.

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