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PHÒNG GD – ĐT ………… TRƯỜNG THCS ……………… ĐỀ THI GIỮA HỌC KỲ 1 - ĐỀ SỐ 5 NĂM HỌC: 2023 – 2024 MÔN: Tiếng Anh 8 Thời gian: 60 minutes I. LISTENING Listen again and write the missing word. Playing games on mobile phone has also many disadvantages. Firstly, it can (1) …………. eye’s problems. Secondly , mobile phone can change their way to some unwanted things. Thirdly , using many functions on mobile phone can make students to be (2)…………. They don’t care about time for study and family. (3)…………., radiation from mobile phones can lead brain damage and cause bad health (4)……………. For these reasons, parents should be considered before buying a mobile phone for your school children. II. READING TASK 1. Read the following passage and then decide whether the statements that follow are True or False. Frank is now the head of a very large business company, but as a boy he used to work in a small shop. It was his job to repair bicycles and at the time he used to work fourteen hours a day. He saved money for years and in 1938, he bought a small workshop of his own. During the war Frank used to make spare parts for planes. At that time, he had two helpers. By the end of the war, the small workshop had become a large factory which employed seven hundred and twenty eight people. Frank smiled when he remembered his hard early years and the long road to success. 1. Frank used to work in a large business company. 2. He saved money and bought a small workshop of his own. 3. Now his company has eight hundred people. 4. In the past his company had 3 people. TASK 2. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
Isaac Newton is one of the (1)_______________ men in the history of scientists. He was born in a small village of Wootsphorpe (2) _______________ England. His father was a poor farmer. When the boy was fourteen, his father (3) ______________ . Newton left school and helped his mother on the farm. But the boy didn’t like (4)_____________, he was fond of the poetry and mathematics. Therefore, Newton was sent back to school. (5) ____________ he left school, Newton studied at Cambridge University. He lectured on mathematics at Cambridge University. His greatest discovery is the (6) ____________ of gravitation. 1. A. great B. greater C. the greatest D. greatest 2. A. on B. in C. at D. from 3. A. is dying B. died C. dies D. die 4. A. farming B. farm C. farmer D. farm work 5. A. Before B. After C. During D. Until 6. A. way B. regulation C. law D. rule III. WRITING Finish the second sentences. Keep its meaning similar to the above TASK 1. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the sentence before 1. The hotel we saw first was rather expensive. We decided to look for another. (so) _________________________________________________________________ 2. There are many cars sold every day. The traffic is becoming more and more difficult. (because) _________________________________________________________________ TASK 2. Make sentences using the words and phrases given 1. What/ you/ do/ at 4 p.m./ yesterday afternoon? __________________________________________________ 2. She/ drive/ carefully/ than/ brother. __________________________________________________ IV. LANGUAGE FOCUS TASK 1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently
1. A. enjoyed B. asked C. arrived D. turned 2. A. upstairs B. fair C. straight D. hair TASK 2. Choose the word that has a different stressed syllable from the rest 1. A. precaution B. dangerous C. electric D. excited 2. A. message B. counter C. beneath D. service TASK 3. Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets. 1. They adore (make) ___________________ and eating good food. 2. He’d rather (surf) _____________________ the net than listen to music. 3. We (not contact) ___________________________with him for years. 4. Our kids delay (get) ______________________ out of bed in the morning. 5. He (have) __________________________________whisky last night? TASK 4. Write the correct form of the works in brackets. 1. The Tay people live mostly in the (mountain)______________ regions in the north of Viet Nam. 2. You can taste some (special)_______________ of the local people sold right there at the open-air market. 3. I'm sure you will have an (forget)_______________ time when you attend Hoa Ban Festival 4. Do the Cham people live in the (south)_______________ provinces of the country? 5. The yellow colour of five-coloured sticky rice (symbol)_______________ Earth.
ANSWER KEY I. LISTENING 1. cause 2. addicted 3. Moreover 4. Effects II. READING TASK 1. 1. F 2. T 3. F 4. T TASK 2. 1. D 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. B 6. C III. WRITING TASK 1. 1. The hotel we saw first was rather expensive, so we decided to look for another. 2. The traffic is becoming more and more difficult because there are many cars sold every day. TASK 2. 1. What were you doing at 4 p.m. yesterday afternoon? 2. She drives more carefully than her brother. IV. LANGUAGE FOCUS TASK 1. 1. B 2. C TASK 2. 1. B 2. C TASK 3. 1. making 2. surf 3. have not contacted 4. getting