Đề thi Giữa kì 1 Tiếng Anh 8 có đáp án (10 đề)

Tuyển chọn 10 Đề thi Giữa kì 1 Tiếng Anh 8 có đáp án năm học 2024 - 2025 chọn lọc được các Giáo viên nhiều năm kinh nghiệm biên soạn và sưu tầm từ đề thi Tiếng Anh 8 của các trường THCS. Hi vọng bộ đề thi này sẽ giúp học sinh ôn tập và đạt kết quả cao trong các bài thi Giữa Học kì 1 môn Tiếng Anh 8.

Phòng Giáo dục và Đào tạo .....

Đề thi Giữa Học kì 1

Năm học 2024 - 2025

Bài thi môn: Tiếng Anh 8

Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút

(không kể thời gian phát đề)

(Đề số 1)

PART 1: LISTENING (2.5pts)

I. Listen to a conversation and match Nam's hobbies and leisure activities with different stages in his life. You will listen TWICE. .(1.25pt)

Stages of life	Hobbies/Leisure activities
1. childhood	A. volunteering
2. primary school	B. playing with toys
3. secondary school	C. playing tennis
4. university	D. reading comics
5. marriage	E. hanging out with classmates

Answer:  1..........   2............      3..............    4.............     5............

II.   Listen to the passage and then complete each blank with one correct word  (1.25pt)

   1. Five-coloured sticky rice is important to northern .............................. region.

2. Five- coloured sticky rice has .................. colours: red, yellow, green, purple and white.

3. It is made using natural roots and ......................... leaves.

4. Purple or black symbolises ................... 

5. Five-coloured sticky rice is usually made and enjoyed at ..................

PART 2: USE OF LANGUAGE (2.5pts)

I. Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences. (1pt)

1. Harvesting the rice is much ……………………. than drying the rice.

     A. more harder                    B. more hardly                 C. hardlier                        D. harder

2. Look! Some children are ………………the buffaloes.

     A. picking                             B. Playing                        C. Driving             D. herding

3. Among the ethnic minorities,................... Tay have the largest population.

     A. a                                      B. An                               C. the           D. Ө

4. ...................... DIY brings you a lot of amazing benefits.

     A. Doing                              B. reading                        C. Playing                   D. Going

5. The 54 ethnic peoples of Viet Nam are _________, but they live peacefully.

     A. diverse                             B. similar                         C. unlike                D. the same

6. ‘Children in my village often fly their kites in dry rice fields.’ ‘_______’

     A. It’s right up my street!                                    B. That’s awesome.

     C. Exactly what I want.                                      D. How interesting!

7. ____________ month is the Hoa Ban Festival of the Thai people held in?

     A. When                               B. Which               C. How many                  D. How often

8. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

    A. princess                            B. president           C. present                   D.broccoli
II- Put the correct form of the word in the blank to complete each  question. (0.5pt)

1. He doesn't fancy ............ beach volleyball because he hates sand. (play)
2. The .................... have a very hard life. They cannot live permanently in one place. (nomadic)

PART 3: READING (2.5 pts)

I. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage. (1.25 pt)

Nowadays, leisure activities are totally different from the past. Many people no longer enjoy (1)__________in outdoor activities after school. In stead, they(2)__________playing computer games or surfing the web in their free time. Some people rely too much on computer and the Internet. For example, they prefer(3)______ messages to having a face-to-face conversation with friends. Even when people (4)________out with their friends, they rarely talk but they use their phones to surf web. However, many people dislike the Internet and the(5)________world. They hate to waste time on the computer and enjoy other activities such as reading, shopping or sporting.

1.A.participate                     B.to participate                          C. participating                   D. participates

2.A.fancy                             B.don’t mind                              C.dislike                              D.hate

3.A.send                              B.to send                                   C.to sending                       D. sends

4.A.play                               B.rely                                          C.meet                               D.hang

5.A.virtual                            B.real                                          C.fake                                D.new

II. Read the following passage then answer the questions (1.25 pt): 

        Gong culture in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam has been recognized by UNESCO as a Masterpiece of the Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Gong culture covers five provinces of the Central Highlands: Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong and Lam Dong. The masters of gong culture are the ethnic groups of Bahnar, Sedang, Mnong, Coho… The Gong Festival is held annually in the Central Highlands. In the festival, artists from these provinces give gong performances, highlighting the gong culture of their own province. For the ethnic groups of the Central Highlands, gongs are musical instruments of special power. It is believed that every gong is the symbol of a god who grows more powerful as the gong gets older. Therefore, gongs are associated with special occasions in people’s lives, such as the building of new houses, funerals, crop praying ceremonies… The gong sound is a way to communicate with the gods.

Answer the questions:

1.Where does Gong culture exist?

………………………………………………………………………………………………......................................

2.How often is the Gong Festival held?

………………………………………………………………………………………………..................................

3.What do artists do in the Gong Festival?

………………………………………………………………………………………………................................

4.Are Gongs pieces of folk music?

………………………………………………………………………………………………...............................

5. Is the gong sound a way to communicate with the ancestors?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………..........................

PART 4: WRITING (2.5pts)

I. Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one (0, 75pt)

1. My house is smaller than your house.

-> Your house .……….……….……….……….……….………………………….……………

2. Jenny finds reading poetry boring.

->Jenny dislikes.................................................................................................................

II. Write questions for the underlined parts. (0, 75pt)

1. Ethnic people often hold festivals in spring.                                                  

...............................................………………………………………………………………………………?

2. They often gather together at the communal house in special occasions.

.............................................................................................................................................................?

III. Write a passage of (120-150 words ) about the change of Vietnamese countryside or your village , hometown. (1pt).

You may write it with your own ideas or answer the questions below as some clues for your passage.

• Has the countryside changed positively or negatively or both of them ?
• How about positive changes to the countryside ?
• What about negative ones ?

PART 1: LISTENING (2pts)

I. Listen to a conversation and match Nam's hobbies and leisure activities with different stages in his life. You will listen TWICE.

1. B 2. D 3. E 4. A 5. C

Audio script:
Joan: Nam, could you tell me about your hobbies and leisure activities?
Nam: No problem. When I was a very little child, I liked playing with toys. I had hundreds of toys at home. When I attended primary school, I loved reading comics. I had a very big collection of comics that I still keep until today.
Joan: What about when you attended secondary school?
Nam: As a teenager, I preferred socialising with friends than being on my own. So I often hung out with my classmates after school.
Joan: That was a significant change! What leisure activities did you do when you became a student at university?
Nam: During my student life I became interested in helping people, so I often attended volunteering activities in hospitals to help elderly people.
Joan: What about now, when you have married?
Nam: Oh now I don’t have time for volunteering activities. In my free time I often play tennis. I try to keep fit because health is very important for an enjoyable life.

II.   Listen to the passage and then complete each blank with one correct word  (1pt)

1. Five-coloured sticky rice is important to northern mountainous region.

2. five- coloured sticky rice has five colours: red, yellow, green, purple and white.

3. It is made using natural roots and leaves.

4. Purple or black symbolises water

5. Five-coloured sticky rice is usually made and enjoyed at Tet

Audio script:

Five-coloured sticky rice is an important traditional dish of many ethnic minorities in the northern mountainous regions. People call the dish five- coloured sticky rice because it has five colours: red, yellow, green, purple and white. The things that create the colours are not chemicals but natural roots and leaves. The five colours of the dish represent five elements of life according to Vietnamese beliefs: yellow is earth, red is fire, green is plants, white is metal, and purple or black is water. People believe that these five elements create harmony between heaven and earth. Five-coloured sticky rice is usually made and enjoyed at Tet, in festivals and ceremonies, on special occasions, and whenever the family has guests.

PART 2: USE OF LANGUAGE (2pts)

I. Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences. (2pts)

1. Harvesting the rice is much ……………………. than drying the rice.

     A. more harder  B. more hardly                 C. hardlier                        D. harder

2. Look! Some children are ………………the buffaloes.

     A. picking                             B. Playing                        C. Driving        D. herding

3. Among the ethnic minorities,................... Tay have the largest population.

     A. a                                                 B. An                               C. the           D. Ө

4. ...................... DIY brings you a lot of amazing benefits.

     A. Doing                    B. reading                        C. Playing                   D. Going

5. The 54 ethnic peoples of Viet Nam are _________, but they live peacefully.

     A. diverse                             B. similar                         C. unlike           D. the same

6. ‘Children in my village often fly their kites in dry rice fields.’ ‘_______’

     A. It’s right up my street!                                    B. That’s awesome.

     C. Exactly what I want.                                      D. How interesting!

7. ____________ month is the Hoa Ban Festival of the Thai people held in?

     A. When                               B. Which               C. How many                  D. How often

8. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

    A. princess                            B. president           C. present                   D.broccoli

 

II- Put the correct form of the word in the blank to complete each  question. (0.5pt)

1. playing   2. nomads

PART 3: READING (2,5 pts)

I. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage. (1.25 pt)

Nowadays, leisure activities are totally different from the past. Many people no longer enjoy (1)__________in outdoor activities after school. In stead, they(2)__________playing computer games or surfing the web in their free time. Some people rely too much on computer and the Internet. For example, they prefer(3)______ messages to having a face-to-face conversation with friends. Even when people (4)________out with their friends, they rarely talk but they use their phones to surf web. However, many people dislike the Internet and the(5)________world. They hate to waste time on the computer and enjoy other activities such as reading, shopping or sporting.

1.A.participate                     B.to participate                            C. participating                      D. participates

2.A.fancy                             B.don’t mind                             C.dislike                                     D.hate

3.A.send                             B.to send                                   C.to sending                              D. sends

4.A.play                               B.rely                                         C.meet                                       D.hang

5.A.virtual                          B.real                                         C.fake                                        D.new

II. Read the following passage then answer the questions (1.25 pt): 

     1. It exists in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam.

     2.It is held once a year / annually.

     3.They give gong performances, highlighting the gong culture of their own province. 

     4.No, they aren’t.

     5.No, it isn’t.

PART 4: WRITING (2.5pts)

I. Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one (0, 75pt)

1. ->Your house is bigger than my house.

2. ->Jenny dislikes reading poetry.

II. Make sentences using the cue words: (0, 75pt)

1. When do ethnic people often hold festivals?                  

2. Where do they often gather together in special occasions?

III. Answer the questions (1pt)

1. S’ answer

2. S’ answer

Phòng Giáo dục và Đào tạo .....

Đề thi Giữa Học kì 1

Năm học 2024 - 2025

Bài thi môn: Tiếng Anh 8

Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút

(không kể thời gian phát đề)

(Đề số 2)

Exercise 1: Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the rest

1.A. ethnic	B. unique	C. basic	D. diverse
2.A. camel	B. cattle	C. paddy	D. buffalo
3.A. normal	B. visitor	C. transport	D. chore

Exercise 2: Choose the word that has different stress pattern

1. A. reduction	B. popular	C. financial	D. romantic
2. A. simple	B. polite	C. formal	D. instant

Exercise 3: Choose the correct answer

1. The Gong Festival is held ___________ in the Central Highlands.

A. year         

B. which

C. annual     

D. annually

2. The crops ___________        on the weather.

A. depend heavy    

B. depend heavily

C. affect heavy      

D. affect heavily

3. People in rural areas live ________ than those in cities.

A. simplier   

B. more simply      

C. more simple      

D. simpler

4. Mrs. Lan went to _________ school to meet her son’s teacher.

A. none        

B. a    

C. an  

D.the

5. Ymoan is a ___________ singer with songs about Central Highlands.

A. fame

B. famous

C. famousness

D. famously

6. Minh is a very hard-working boy. He doesn’t mind __________ a lot of homework in the evenings.

A. making

B. reading

C. working

D. doing

7. I am _____ on visiting my grandparents on the weekend

A. fond

B. keen

C. interested

D. bored

8. _______ the bad weather, farmers still work in their fields

A. In spite of

B. Although

C. Because of

D. However

Exercise 4: Supply the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets.

1. Sa Pa’s love market ______________ (be) an unique aspect in the culture of the Mong and Dao ethnic groups for a long time.

2. ______________ (your family/ move) to the city in 2008?

3.I’ve got the tickets. Next week we ______________ (visit) Hanoi.

Exercise 5: Choose the underlined word or phrase, A, B, C or D that needs correcting.

1. She goes (A) to the (B) dance club with (C) her friends every evening Sunday (D).

2. Playing (A) team sports gives (B) you much (C) fun than individual (D) sports.

3. Co Tu people love to share (A) with guests about (B) their live (C) and tradition (D).

Exercise 6: IV.Read the following passage and choose the item (A, B, C or D) that best answers each of the questions about it.

Hi! My name is John. I live in Liverpool. Liverpool is a large city in the north of England. I live with my parents, my two brothers and my sister. We live in a large house. 

In our house, there is a big kitchen, a dining room, a large living room, and a toilet. There is also a separate room for our washing machine and freezer. Upstairs there are five bedrooms, two bathrooms, and another toilet. Outside, there is a large garden. There are two garages.

1.Where does John live?

A. In England        

B. In Wales  

C. In Scotland        

D. In France

2.How many people are there in John‟s family?

A. 4   

B. 5    

C. 6    

D. 7

3.How many rooms are there in John‟s house?

A. 10 

B. 11  

C. 13  

D. 14

4.Dining room is the room in a house where you __________.

A.usually relax in comfortable chairs  

B. eat meals

C. cook food and wash dishes    

D. wash your body

5.Which of the following is not true?

A. John’s family live in a large house.

B. John’s house is big but doesn‟t have any gardens.

C. The kitchen in John‟s house is big.

D. John’s house has two garages.

Exercise 7: Choose the word which best fits each gap.

There are nine sub-groups that are (1)_________ by the ethnic minority M’Nong, such as Bru Dang, Preh, Ger, Nong, Prang, PJam, Kuyenh, Chil Bu Nor, and M’Nong Bu Dang,with combined estimate of 105,300 populations. They are concentrated (2)_________ southern parts of the provinces of Binh Phuoc and Dak Lak and in parts of Lam Dong. They live in houses built on (3)_________ or level with the ground, in every village where they usually have dozens of households. (4)_________ is observed and the children take the family name of their mother. The wife holds the key position in (5)_________ household. This group likes to have many children, (6)_________ daughters and speak the language traced tothe Mon-Khmer Group. The M’Nong use the slash-and-bum method of (7)_________.The M’Nong in Ban Don are well known for their elephant hunting and domestication. Women handle the weaving of cotton cloth, (8)_________ the men work on basketry.

1. A. order	B. represented	C. expressed	D. symbolized
2. A. on	B. at	C. for	D. in
3. A. bricks	B. stilts	C. slabs	D. stones
4. A. Monarchy	B. Patriarchy	C. Matriarchy	D. Democracy
5. A. a	B. the	C. every	D. some
6. A. special	B. specially	C. especially	D. especial
7. A. transport	B. working	C. researching	D. farming
8. A. while	B. when	C. which	D. where

Exercise 8: Rewrite the sentence without changing its meaning

1. No river in the world is longer than the Nile.

    The Nile _____________________________________________

2. I fed the chickens this morning

    The chickens _________________________________________

3. The film was so boring that I fell asleep

    Because _____________________________________________

4.Let’s go to my uncle farm at the weekend.

    Amy suggested _______________________________________

5. It took me two hours to walk to her village.

    I spent ______________________________________________

-The end-
 

ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI

Exercise 1: Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the rest

1. D
2. D
3. B

Exercise 2: Choose the word that has different stress pattern

1. B
2. B

Exercise 3: Choose the correct answer

D	B	B	A
B	D	B	A

Exercise 4: Supply the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets.

1. Sa Pa’s love market _____has been_________ (be) an unique aspect in the culture of the Mong and Dao ethnic groups for a long time.
2. ____Did your family move__________ (your family/ move) to the city in 2008?
3. I’ve got the tickets. Next week we ______are going to visit________ (visit) Hanoi.

Exercise 5: Choose the underlined word or phrase, A, B, C or D that needs correcting.

1. D (evening Sunday => Sunday evening)
2. C (much => more)
3. C (live => life)

Exercise 6: Read the following passage and choose the item (A, B, C or D) that best answers each of the questions about it.

1. A

2. C

3. C

4. B

5. C

Exercise 7: Choose the word which best fits each gap.

1. B	2. D	3. B	3. C
4. B	5. C	6. D	6. A

Exercise 8: Rewrite the sentence without changing its meaning

1. The Nile is the longest river in the world
2. The chickens were fed this morning
3. Because the film was so boring, I fell asleep
4. Amy suggested going to her uncle’s farm at the weekend
5. I spent two hours on walking to her village

Phòng Giáo dục và Đào tạo .....

Đề thi Giữa Học kì 1

Năm học 2024 - 2025

Bài thi môn: Tiếng Anh 8

Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút

(không kể thời gian phát đề)

(Đề số 3)

Exercise 1: Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others

1 A. tasty	B. mall	C. stadium	D. change
2. A. exhibition	B. neighborhood	C. hot	D. humid
3. A. just	B. summer	C. much	D. ruler

Exercise 2: Choose the word which has a different stress from the other words

1. A. simple	B polite	C. formal	D. instant
2. A. suspicion	B. telephone	C. relation	D. direction

Exercise 3: Choose the best answer A, B, C or D

1. Yoga helps us learn ___________ to co-ordinate breathing and movement.

A. what        

B. when       

C. why         

D. how

2.Don’t worry. It is ____________ to travel to that village event at night.

A. safe         

B.unsafe     

C.difficult   

D. inconvenient

3.Life in a small town is __________ than that in a big city.

A.peaceful  

B. much peaceful   

C. less peaceful      

D. much more peaceful

4.In the Central Highlands, the biggest and tallest house in the village is the ___________ house.

A. communication 

B.community        

C.communal         

D. commune

5. The Viet people have many ___________ customs and crafts.

A. tradition  

B. traditional          

C. culture     

D. customary

6.____________ month is the Hoa Ban Festival of the Thai people held in?

A. When      

B. Which     

C. How many        

D. How often

7. There are lots of ____________ objects displayed in Vietnam Museum of Ethnology

A. value

B.valued

C. valuable

D. valuably

8. Many ethnic minority students have to ___________ a long way to their schools everyday.

A.travel

B. ride

C. pass

D. get

Exercise 4: Fill in each blank with the appropriate form of the word in brackets

1. He spoke __________ about the life in the countryside in Viet Nam. (optimistic)

2. All of us can realize the ____________ atmosphere in the countryside life. (peace)

3. Some of the ____________ have lived here all their lives. (village)

Exercise 5: Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank in the following passage

 My village is about 50 kilometers from the city center. It is a very (1)_________ place where people (2)_________ flowers and vegetables only. It is very famous of its pretty roses and picturesque scenes. The air is quite fresh, however, the smell of the roses make people (3)___________ cool. In spring, my village looks (4)____________ a carpet with plenty of colors. Tourists come to visit it so often. Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn’t take the villagers much time (5)___________ the roses.

1.A. beauty	B.beautiful	C.beautify	D. beautifully
2. A. plant	B. plants	C. grow up	D. grows up
3. A. feel	B. feeling	C. felt	D. to feel
4. A. as	B. like	C. alike	D. same
5. A. wate	B.watering	C.to water	D.watered

Exercise 6: Supply the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.

1. The first Brau _______________(come) to Vietnam about a century ago.

2. The majority of people in Vietnam _______________(belong) to the Kinh ethnic group.

3. Hoa Ban festival ____________(start) on March 17thand ____________(end) on March 19th.

Exercise 7: Choose the item among A, B, C or D that best answer the question about the passage.

The thing I liked most when I was small was the change of seasons. Spring, summer, autumn and winter – I could see them all come and go and each one was completely different. Now in the city, you can buy summer flowers in winter ad eat the same vegetables all the year round. Whereas, in the country, I could only eat things at certain times of the year, for example, strawberries in June and turnips in winter. I lived my childhood with the seasons.

We also made most of our food and would never eat frozen or tinned food. Everything was fresh, so it must be better than the type of food I am taking now in the city. City people may think people in the country miss a lot of things about modern life. In fact, in my opinion they miss a lot more than people in the country, they miss real life.

1. What did the writer like most about living in the country?

A. Flowers in spring        

B.Leaves in autumn.

C.The wild animals and plants.  

D.The change of seasons.

2. What does the word “them” in line 2 refer to?

A.Four season        

B.Winter and autumn

C.Countryside people      

D.Plants

3. In the countryside which season can we buy strawberries?

A.Spring      

B.Summer

C.Autumn    

D.Winter

4. Why did the writer never eat tinned food when living in the country?

A.Because it was frozen  

B.Because it was contaminated

C.Because it was very fat 

D.Because it wasn’t very fresh

5. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?

A.People in the city can grow vegetables all year round.

B.In the countryside turnips are grown in winter

C.The writer often eat frozen and tinned food now.

D.Many city people think they live better than those in the country.

Exercise 8: Rewrite the sentence that has the same meaning with the previous sentence

1. It is 5 years since Tom and Mary got married

    Tom and Mary ____________________________________________

2. The film was so boring that I fell asleep

    Because _________________________________________________

3. They built a new bridge over the river

    A new bridge _____________________________________________

-The end-

ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI

Exercise 1: Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others

1.B

2. A

3. D

Exercise 2: Choose the word which has a different stress from the other words

1.B

2. B

Exercise 3: Choose the best answer A, B, C or D

1. D	2. A	3. D	4.C
5. B	6 .B	7. C	8. A

Exercise 4: Fill in each blank with the appropriate form of the word in brackets

1. optimistically

2. peaceful

3. villagers

Exercise 5: Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank in the following passage

1. B

2. A

3. A

4. B

5. C

Exercise 6: Supply the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.

1. came

2. belong

3. starts - ends

Exercise 7: Choose the item among A, B, C or D that best answer the question about the passage.

1. D

2. A

3. B

4. D

5. A

Exercise 8: Rewrite the sentence that has the same meaning with the previous sentence

1. Tom and Mary have got married for 5 years

2. Because the film was so boring, I fell asleep

3. A new bridge was built over the river by them

Phòng Giáo dục và Đào tạo .....

Đề thi Giữa Học kì 1

Năm học 2024 - 2025

Bài thi môn: Tiếng Anh 8

Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút

(không kể thời gian phát đề)

(Đề số 4)

Exercise 1: Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the rest

1.A. sure	B. soundly	C. simple	D.stilt
1.A. ethnic	B. unique	C. basic	D. diverse
1. A. terraced	B. satisfied	C. hooked	D. relaxed

Exercise 2: Choose the word that has different stress pattern

1. A. active	B. commune	C. diverse	D. heritage
2. A. community	B. identify	C.expensive	D. social

Exercise 3: Choose the correct answer

1.We are all hook ________ making star lanterns.

A.in  

B.off 

C.on 

D.to

2.The Hmong of Sa Pa are called Black Hmong ________ their mainly black clothing.

A. because of        

B.in spite of          

C.in order to         

D.according to

3.________ drop that mobile phone and do your homework?

A.Why don’t you  

B.How about        

C.Would you mind

D.When did you

4.Their family have moved to the city ________ 2001.

A.horn        

B.for 

C. in  

D. since

5.The crops __________ on the weather.

A.depend heavy    

B. depend heavily

C. affect heavy      

D. affect heavily

6. During the festival, they fly many ___________ kites in different shapes and sizes.

A. colour     

B. colourless          

C. colourful 

D. colouring

7. An old woman was ________ the goats up the mountainside.

A. riding      

B. taking      

C. herding    

D. running

8. __________does Hoa Ban Festival take place? - In Lai Chau.

A. What       

B. Where     

C. When      

D. How

Exercise 4: Write the correct form of the words in brackets

1. The Internet has already changed the way people ______________. (social)

2. Red River Delta is an agriculturally rich area and densely ______________. (populate) 

3. Who lives more happily, ______________ or city dwellers? (nomadic)

Exercise 5: Choose the best answer

Are you a screenager? Are you (1)________ glued to the TV, texting your friends,chatting online, or perhaps trying to move (2)________ another level in one of your favourite video games? Well, if you are, you are in the majority.

Most teenagers do almost (3)________ electronically. They watch digital TV, listen to music on a digital MP3 player and (4)________ with friends through email, instant messaging or by mobile phone. Teenagers even do most of their reading online now. When they need help with their homework, it’s often the Internet that they (5)________.

Experts from all over the world worry that teenagers’ addiction to technology is having an effect (6)________ on their health and on their behaviour. In some countries,teenagers are getting help. In Asia, there are even boot camps (7)________ children receive psychological help and treatment. It’s (8)________ that these types of camps will become common in other countries in the future.

1.A. definitely	B. constantly	C. hardly	D. finally
2. A. in	B. off	C. out	D. up
3. A. everything	B. something	C. anything	D. nothing
4. A. relate	B. socialize	C. join	D. communicate
5. A. carry on	B. get off	C. turn to	D. find out
6. A. either	B. all	C. both	D. whether
7. A. which	B. where	C. what	D. that
8. A. probable	B. difficult	C. comfortable	D. satisfied

Exercise 6: Rewrite the following sentences without changing its meaning

1. I have done voluntary work for three years.

    I started _____________________________________________

2. It took me two hours to walk to her village.

    I spent ______________________________________________

3. Flying a kite in the countryside is very exciting.

    It’s _________________________________________________

Exercise 7: Choose the underlined word or phrase, A, B, C or D that needs correcting.

1. She goes (A) to the (B) dance club with (C) her friends every evening Sunday (D).

2. Playing (A) team sports gives (B) you much (C) fun than individual (D) sports.

3. Wonderful (A) family days (B) are (C) some of most (D) special memories

-The end-

ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI

Exercise 1: Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the rest

1.A

2.D

3.B

Exercise 2: Choose the word that has different stress pattern

1.C

2. D

Exercise 3: Choose the correct answer

1. C	2. A	3. A	4.D
5. B	6. C	7. C	8. B

Exercise 4: Write the correct form of the words in brackets

1. The Internet has already changed the way people ______socialize________. (social)

2. Red River Delta is an agriculturally rich area and densely ______populated________. (populate) 

3. Who lives more happily, ______nomads________ or city dwellers? (nomadic)

Exercise 5: Choose the best answer

1. B	2. D	3. A	4.D
5. C	6. C	7. B	8. A

Exercise 6: Rewrite the following sentences without changing its meaning

1. I started to do/ doing voluntary work three years ago.

2. I spent two hours walking to her village.

3. It’s very exciting to fly a kite in the countryside.

Exercise 7: Choose the underlined word or phrase, A, B, C or D that needs correcting.

1. D (Sunday evening)

2. C (more)

3. D (of the most)

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