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 LAI THANH SECONDARY SCHOOL THE MID SECOND TERM TEST
 SUBJECT: ENGLISH 8
Full name:  SCHOOL YEAR: 2022-2023 - TIME: 60'
Class:9 
I.Listening (2pts).
PART ONE: Listen to the recording and circle the appropriate answer A, B or C. You will hear 
the conversation twice. (1 pt)
1. Which boy is Ben’s brother? 
 A. He’s wearing a blue sweater 
 B. He’s wearing a black sweater
 C. He’s wearing a blue sweater and a hat
2. Which girl is Ann’s sister? 
 A. She’s on the balcony B. She’s skipping C. She’s playing with the leaves
3. How does Sue’s mum go to work? 
 A. By bike B. By bus C. By car
4. Where does Jill live?
 A. Next to a lake B. In the mountains C. In the city
PART TWO. Listen and fill in the missing information in the numbered space. You will hear the 
recording twice. (1 pt)
 WESTWOOD ENGLISH SCHOOL
- Evening class on Thursday
- Next course starts on (1) 22nd____________________________
- Name of the teacher (2) Miss____________________________
- Cost for 12 classes (3) ____________________________pounds
- School next to the (4) ____________________________
II.CirclethewordA,B,CorDwhoseunderlined partispronounceddifferentlyfromothers.(0.5pt)
1. A.invent B. debris C. chemical D. newspaper
2.A. earthquake B. thermal C.although D. thunderstorm
III.CirclethebestansweramongA,B,CorDtocompletethefollowingsentences.(2pts)
 1.English is an _______________ language in Singapore
A. office B. official C. officer D. officially
 2.She wouldn’t go out if she _______________ the weather forecast.
A. listens to B. listened to C. listening to D. is listening to
 3.This beautiful house _______________ by Mark.
A. buy B. bought C.buying D.was bought
4. The plane _______________ at 5.00 tomorrow morning.
A.takes off B. taking off C. will take off D. taking off
5.“Waiter! I’d like a menu, please?” – “ _______________ ”
A. But I don’t like. B. Here you are, Sir C. Here are you, Sir D. Yes, Thank you
 6.When I got up this morning, my wife _______________ 
A. has already left B. already has left C. had already left D. already had left
7. “Why don’t we buy Tim a book as a birthday present?” - _______________ ”
A. Tim will be fourteen next week B. Thank for the present
C. Do you like it? D. That’s a good idea!
8.People who live in the diferent regions can speak their languages with different________.
A.accent B.voices C.voice D. accents
IV.Give the correct tense/ form of the verb in brackets.(0.5 pt) Answers:
1. When I came to the threatre, the film (start) _______________ 
2. If I (have)_______________ more time, I would do more on my websites. 
V.Read the passage and choose the best answer(1.25 pt).
The City of London , the capital of United Kingdom is a year-round tourist destination. London is 
the (1)_______________ city in Europe and located astride the famous (2)_______________ of 
Thames. This is the home for(3)_______________ of the international organisations and the city is 
headed by the Lord Mayor of London. The City of London is considered as both business and tourist destination and(4) _______________ by millions of people annually.You can visit London 
museums,Royal palaces and London parks and much more places for bed and dine. London is 
considered an expensivecity in the world and even though its home for many foreign migrants , still 
keeping (5)_______________ traditional heritage and surrounding.
1. A. largest B. larger C. large D. largely
2. A. mountain B. river C. bridge D. road
3. A. little B. a little C.more D. most
4. A. visit B. visited C. visiting D. to visit
5. A. it B. its C.they D. their
VI.Read the passage and choose the best answer. (1.25pt)
 A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground and is 
often – although not always – visible as a funnel cloud. Lighting and hails are common in 
thunderstorms that produces tornadoes.Tornadoes cause extensive damages to structures and disrupt 
transportation, power, water, gas, commmunications and other services in its direct path and in 
neighbouring areas.Related thunderstorms can cause heavy rains, flash flooding and hail.
About 1,200 tornadoes in the United States every year and every state is at risk. Most tornadoes in the 
United States occur east of the Rocky Mountain with concentrations in the central and southern plains, 
the Gulf Coast and Florida.
Tornadoes can strike any seasons, but occur most often in the spring and summer months . They can 
occurs at all hours of the day or night but are most likely to occur between 3 pm and 9 p.m.
1.A tornado is a violently rotating column of_______________ 
 A. water B.air C. wind
2.Tornadoes cause _______________ damages to structures
. A. slight B.small C. big
 3. How many tornadoes hit the United States every year?
 A.1,2000 B.1,200 C. 120
4.Most tornadoes in the United States occur in the _______________ of the Rocky Mountain
 A.central B.south C. east
5. Tornadoesoccur most often in _______________ 
 A. the sping B.the fall C. the winter
VII.Rewrite the sentence so that it means the same as the first one, beginning with the given 
words. (1pt)
1. They have discussed the pollution problems since last month
 The pollution problems ____________________________________________________.
2. I had lunch,then I watched an interesting film.
 Before _________________________________________________________________.
3. If you don’t take the taxi , you will be late for the meeting
Unless__________________________________________________________________.
4.Mr. Nam started teaching English 20 years ago
Mr. Nam has______________________________________________________________.
VIII.Arrange the given words or phrases to make meaningful sentences(1pt)
1.the/of the fish/ water/can/ The death / lead to/ polluted.
 _______________________________________________________________________.
2.Lan/ at the office/yet/hasn’t finished/ work / her.
 _______________________________________________________________________.
3. rain /it / If / heavily / didn’t, could / the / we / to / market/ go.
 _______________________________________________________________________.
4.was / in/ The telephone / invented /1876/ Alexander G.Bell/ by.
 _______________________________________________________________________.
IX. Use the given words to write the complete sentences(0.5pt)
1.Canberra / be/ capital city / Australian.
 _______________________________________________________________________.
2.Ann and David / not eat / by the time / I / arrive
 _______________________________________________________________________. TRƯỜNG THCS LAI THÀNH ĐÁP ÁN THI BÁN HỌC KỲ II 
 NĂM HỌC 2022-2023
 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 8
 Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút
I. LISTENING 
PART 1: (1.0 pt) – 0.25 point for each correct answer.
 1. C 2. C 3. B 4. A
PART 2: (1.0 pt)– 0.25 point for each correct answer.
 1. September 2. Jarvis 3. 78 4. bookshop
II. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. (0.5 pt)
0.25 points for each correct answer.
 1. D 2. C 
III. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete the passage . (2pts)
0.25 points for each correct answer.
 1. B 2. B . 3. D 4. A 
 5. B 6. C 7. D 8.D 
IV.Give the correct tense/ form of the verb in brackets.(0.5 pt) 0.25 points for each correct answer.
1.had started 2.had 
V. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete the passage . (1.25pts)
0.25 points for each correct answer.
1. A 2. B . 3. D 4. B 5.B
VI. Read the text carefully, then choose the most suitable answers (A, B, C or D). (1.25 pt)
0.25 points for each correct answer
1. B 2. C 3.B 4. C 5. A
VII. Finish the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, beginning with 
the the given words (1 pt) 0. 25 points for each correct answer
1. They have discussed the pollution problems since last month
 The pollution problems have been discussed since last month
2. I had lunch,then I watched an interesting film.
 Before I watched an interesting film, I had had lunch
3. If you don’t take the taxi , you will be late for the meeting
 Unless you take the taxi , you will be late for the meeting
4. Mr. Nam started teaching English 20 years ago
 Mr. Nam has taught English for 20 years
VIII.Arrange the given words or phrases to make meaningful sentences(1pt)
0. 25 points for each correct answer
1.Thedeath of the fish can lead to the polluted water.
2.Lan hasn’t finished her work at the office yet.
3. If it didn’t rain heavily,we could go to the market.
4. The telephone was invented byAlexander G.Bell in 1876.
IX. Use the given words to write the complete sentences(0.5pt) 0. 25 points for each correct answer
1.Canberra is the capital city of Australian.
2.Ann and David had not eaten by the time I arrived
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