PHÒNG GD&ĐT TRIỆU PHONG BÀI KIỂM TRA GIỮAKÌ II, NĂM HỌC: 2024-

2025
TRƯỜNG TH&THCS TRIỆU TRUNG MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 8 (global
success)
Thời gian làm bài: 60
phút
Họ và tên thí sinh: …………………………………
Lớp: …………. SBD: …………………. (Đề thi này gồm
02 trang)
SECTION A. LISTENING (2,5 points/0.25 each)
Part 1: Listen and give short answers to the following questions. Use
no more than THREE words.
1. What is the listening text about?
___________________________
2. How many sources of water pollution are there?
___________________________
3. What are two common sources of drinking water?
___________________________
4. What type of effect does water pollution have on our life?
___________________________
5. What products can we use to reduce water pollution?
___________________________
Part 2: Listen to a talk about online shopping and fill in each blank
with a suitable word.
1. You can buy a product or ____________ online.
2. When shopping online, you visit a ____________ website.
3. Online shopping helps you save time and _____________.
4. If you return a product, you still must pay for the _____________.
5. Shopping online can make you become a _____________.
SECTION B: LANGUAGE FOCUS (3 points/0.25 each)
Part I. Choose the word whose underline part is pronounced
differently from the rest. Circle A, B, C or D to indicate your answer.
1. A. access B. coral C. damage D. habitat
2. A. then B. them C. thing D. their
Part II. Fill each blank with the correct form of the word in brackets.
1. After the tornado occurred, many people ___________ (lose) all their
valuable property.
2. She often ___________ (sell) home-grown vegetables online when they are
excessive.
3. ___________ you ___________ (travel) in Paris when I called you last week? -
Yes, I was.
4. According to his schedule, he ___________ (have) an important speech on
Saturday.
5. Don’t worry. I ___________ (take) a leave of absence for you tomorrow.
Part III. Choose the best option to complete each sentence. Circle A,
B, C, or D.
1. The field trip to Con Dao National Park aims to ___________ the awareness
of local students about environmental protection.
 A. contain B. rise C. cover D. raise
2. In this shop, there is a wide ___________ of decorative products that
customers can buy before Christmas.
A. range B. sale C. convenience D. access
3. She is ___________ aimlessly around the shops to enjoy the hustle and
bustle of city life.
A. complaining B. offering C. reducing D. wandering
4. When she was playing on the beach, she saw the ocean drain away
suddenly causing her to think of an imminent ___________.
A. tornado B. tsunami C. earthquake D. volcanic
eruption
5. It would be very hard to ___________ a natural disaster without the help of
advanced technology.
A. foretell B. predict C. imagine D. concentrate
SECTION C. READING (2.5 points/0.25 each)
Part I. Read the text and choose the best answer A, B, or C for each
of the following questions
One of the most important reasons of global warming is air (1) __________ .More and
more factories are being built in different countries. They add more carbon dioxide to the
atmosphere. Cars also influence the atmosphere badly (2) __________ burning many liters of oil
and releasing (3) __________ gases into the air. As a result, the ozone layer of our Earth is being
destroyed.
All these activities unfavorably change (4) __________ Earth’s heat balance. This is what
we get in return: the ground becomes very dry, a lot of rivers and lakes dry up, the forests start
burning, the glaciers melt, people and animals start to faint. Nature becomes really angry with us.
We need to be more attentive and caring to it if we want to (5) __________ our planet.
1. A. pollute B. polluted C. pollution D. polluting
2. A. by B. with C. to D. towards
3. A. useful B. harmful C. delicious D. good
4. A. an B. a C. Ø D. the
5. A. build B. save C. live D. destroy
Part 2: Read the passage. Circle the best answer A, B, or C to each of
the questions.
Nowadays, Vietnamese shopaholics are in favour of purchasing
products from e-commerce floors due to their significant benefits. To begin
with, users can easily find a wide range of products, including electronic
devices, clothes, food and drink, etc. on these shopping platforms; therefore,
they are really paradises for those who are addicted to shopping. They can
spend a whale of time looking for products, comparing their prices among
multiple online stores and reading customers’ reviews to make a final
decision on what they will buy. Furthermore, cheaper prices are a big
advantage of buying online products. On special occasions these online
markets supply compulsive shoppers heaps of promo codes, helping them
enjoy the feeling of obtaining items at reduced prices. Another outstanding
feature of e-commerce websites attracting new buyers every day is its
convenience. With a few mouse clicks at home, customers can own
everything available on e-commerce websites. They neither hastily browse
through the products nor waste their time bargaining like in the outside
stores. This new way of shopping clearly satisfies frequent shoppers’
demand.
1. What is the passage mainly about?
A. How Vietnamese people spend their time on purchasing online
B. Why purchasing on e-commerce websites is popular in Viet Nam
C. What Vietnamese young shoppers do on e-commerce floors
2. What does the word They in line 6 mean?
A. Shopaholics B. Paradises C. Products
3. According to the passage, what is NOT the shopping practice of
Vietnamese online shoppers?
A. Looking for products B. Bargaining over the prices of products
C. Consulting product reviews
4. Why do compulsive shoppers prefer promo codes?
A. Because they can use them to buy good bargains.
B. Because they can enjoy shopping whenever they want.
C. Because they can buy brand-name items free of charge with them.
5. How convenient is online shopping?
A. Customers have to browse hurriedly through the products.
B. Customers can buy things with a lot of mouse clicks.
C. Customers don’t take time to bargain.
SECTION D: WRITING (2.5 pts)
Part 1: Reorder the words to make correct sentences.
1. always/ 8a.m/ every day. / supermarket/ opens/ This/ at
2. she/ listening/ While/ heard/ doorbell/ music, / she/ was/ to/ the
Part 2: Rewrite the following sentences based on the given words.
(1,0 pt)
1. The bell rang. Everyone raced out of the classroom.
=> When ………………………………………………………………………..
2. If we don’t stop using so much energy, we won't save the environment.
=> Unless we ……………………………………………………………………………….
3. It would be a great idea for you to see a doctor.
=> You should ……………………………………………………………………….
4. Shop owners usually allow customers to try on clothes and shoes.
=> Shop owners usually let……………………………………………………………………
5. The English-speaking countries exhibition finishes at 8 p.m. (ENDS)
=> …………………………………………………………………
Part 3: Write a short paragraph in about 60-80 words talk about something to do before,
during and after a natural disaster. The following ideas may be helpful to you. (1,0 pt)
- Name of this disaster
- Before: preparing emergency kit, moving to safe area,…
- During: listening to authority’ information,…
- After: listening to weather forecast, clearing up debris,…