Đề cương học kỳ 1 môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 thí điểm

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1. ĐỀ CƯƠNG HỌC KỲ 1 NĂM HỌC TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8 THÍ ĐIỂM ĐỀ SỐ 1 PART A: PHONETIC(1pt) I: Pick out the word which has different sound in the underlined part in each line. (0.5pt) 1. A. end B. pencil C. open D. bench 2. A. wanted B. washed C. watched D. stopped II. Pick out the word which has the stress pattern different from that of the other words.(0.5pt) 1. A .teacher B. doctor C. expect D. father 2. A enjoy B. listen C. adore D. detest PART B: LANGUAGE FOCUS (4.0pts) I. Write the words in the correct boxes. (1.0 pt) Climb blue class bread present brush president block Cluster Words /br/ /pr/ /bl/ /cl/ II: Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D.(2.0pts) 1. The farmer rides the buffalo -___ carts loaded full of rice home. A. draw B. drawing C. drew D. drawn 2. My dad doesn’t mind my mom from work every day. A. pick up B. picked up C. picking up D. picks up 3. Using computers too much may have harmful effects ___ your minds and bodies. A. on B. to C. with D. onto 4. People in the countryside live ___ than those in the city. A. happier B. happily C. happy D. more happily 5. Does she fancy a book to the younger children? A. reads B. reading C. to read D. read 6. I love the people in my village. They are so ___ and hospitable. A. friendly B. vast C. slow D. inconvenient 7. We help load the rice ___ carts on the first day of our trip to the countryside. A. addict B. addictive C. addicted D. addicting A. in B. onto C. by D. on 1
2. 8. I’ve been kind of ___ to the net. III. Supply the correct Tense or Form of the Verbs in parentheses : (1pt) 1. Tuan loves ___ to music every day. (listen) 1/. 2. ___ you ever ___ a buffalo ? (ride) 2/. 3. The children used to ___ a long way to school. (go) 3/. 4. They hate ___ their son texting his friends all day. (see) 4/. PART C: READING( 2.5pts) I: Read the passage carefully. (1.5pts) MY VILLAGE I live in a village by Mekong River. Every day, like most of my friends, I walk to school. It is three kilometres away. After class, I often help my mother to collect water from the river and feed the chickens. At the weekend, the villagers often gather at the community hall where there is a TV. The adults watch TV, but more often they talk about their farm work and exchange news. The children run around, playing games and shouting merrily. Laughter is heard everywhere. My father sometimes takes me to the market town nearby where he sells our home products like vegetables, fruits, eggs He then buys me an ice cream and lets me take a ride on the electric train in the town square. I love those trips. On starry nights, we children lie on the grass, looking at the sky and daring each other to find the Milky Way. We dream of faraway places. 1. Read the passage and tick () True or False (0,5pt) T F 1/ The boys helps his parents to collect water from the village well. 2/The villagers gather at the community hall at the weekend. 2. Answer the following questions.(1.0pt) 1/ Does the boy like riding on the electric train in the town square? 2/ What do the children do on starry nights? 3/ Do you like to live in the countryside or in the city ? Why? II: Fill the gaps with the words in the box. More than one word can be suitable for some gaps. (1.0pt) festivals celebrate lunar best happy most activity celebrated Spring is the time when there are many (1) ___ in our country. Among them, 1. Hoa Ban festival is the (2)___ beautiful and interesting, and it takes place in Lai 2 Chau. It is typical of the cultural life of the Thai people. In the second (3) ___ month of the year, when it gets warmer and Hoa Ban – a kind of beautiful flower in 3. 2
3. the northwest mountainous area - blossoms, Hoa Ban Festival is (4) ___. This is 4. a great time for everyone, especially for boys and girls. D. WRITING (2.5pts) I. Use the adjectives in brackets in their correct forms of comparison to complete the sentences. (1,0pt) 1/ Some people think that country folk are . than city people. ( friendly) 2/ Which one is , Red River or Mekong River? (long) II. Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one (1.5 pt) 1. My house is taller than your house.  Your house . . . . . . 2. I love listening to music.  I like . . . . . . . . 3. The black dress is more expensive than the white one.  The white dress . . . . . . . . 4. We don’t use oil lamps any more.  We used . . . . . . . . 5. No one in my group is more intelligent than Mary.  Mary . . . . . . . . . 6.He works much. He feels tired.  The more . . . . . . . . The end. 3
4. ĐỀ SỐ 2 A.LISTENING Question I. Listen to the passage and choose the correct answers: (1point) 1.What percentage of Britain’s population dream of living in the country ? A. 80 B. 18 C. 20 2.English village communities are often small and . A. close B. poor C. unknown 3. People in English villages use private transport . A. a little B. less C. more 4.The environment of English villages is A. spoil B. not spoilt much C. not safe Question II. Listen to the passage again and complete the sentences.(1 point) Life in the English countryside According to a recent survey by Country Life magazine, about 80 percent of Britain’s (1) dream of living in the countryside. In fact the countryside of England today shows the wealth of landowners and those who can afford to escape the busy and (2) . city life. English village communities are often small and close. They are warm and usually welcoming. Maggie, who lives in North Yorkshire, says: “ Village life is (3) and safe for the kids. There is a great sense of community here. It is more relaxing and you can’t tell who has money and who doesn’t”. People in the English (4) . use private transport more, and the environment hasn’t been spoilt much. 4
5. B- USE OF LANGUAGE: Question III. Find the word which has different sound in the part underlined. ( 1 point) 1. A. wanted B. washed C. decided D. needed 2. A. fun B. sun C. surf D. cut 3. A. leisure B. eight C. celebrate D. penalty 4. A. A. although B. laugh C. paragraph D. enough Question IV. Choose the best answer. ( 2.0 points ) 1. My dad doesn’t mind my mom from work every day. A. pick up B. picked up C. picking up D. picks up 2. Using computers too much may have harmful effects your minds and bodies. A. on B. to C. with D. onto 3. I love the people in my village. They are so and hospitable. A. friendly B. vast C. slow D. inconvenient 4. The people in the village are very friendly. A. ethnic minority B. majorities C. ethnic minorities D. ethnic cultures. 5. Can you speak English .My English is not good. A. slow B. more slowly C. quickly D. more quickly 6. Viet Nam is . Multicultural country with 54 ethnic groups. A. a B. an C. the D. A and C 7.Which ethnic groups has the largest population in Viet Nam? A. Kinh B. Muong C. Tay D. Hmong 8.The Lao are one of many Thai- speaking peoples. A. the B. a C. an D. A and C Question V. Give the correct form of the following verbs: ( 1.0 point) 1. Children in this village love ___ kites on summer afternoons. (fly) 2. The children used to ___ a long way to school. (go) 3. They___ a nomadic life for six years. (live) 4.The Hmong boys like___ the game “danh quay” in spring. ( play) C-READING: Question VI 1.Fill the gaps with the words/ phrases in the box: In addition Also As I have noted In my opinion Besides I think My favorite leisure activity is listening to music. (1)___, listening to music not only helps me relax but also provides me with musical knowledge. I (2)___ like the time that I can lie lazily in bed, put on the small earphone with my iPod and enjoy any favorite songs of many kinds of music: pop, hip-hop, rock or jazz. I like pop music very much because I think it is gentle and suitable for teenagers. I listen to rock music when I am sad and after that I feel cheerful and happy. (3)___ music from other countries is also good for teenagers to understand other cultures. (4)___ that, the 5
6. lyrics are easy to understand and interesting. (5)___, it can improve my English and listening skills. (6)___, music is an important part of my life and it helps me love my life more. 2. Read the following passage, and answer the questions below: ( 1point) Duong Lam: An ancient Vietnamese village Duong Lam Village is located in Duong Lam Commune at a 45km distance from Hanoi. It is the birthplace of two kings in the history of Vietnam, Phung Hung and Ngo Quyen, who opened up the long-term self-control and independence period of Vietnam after Bach Dang Victory in the year 938. All houses, gates, village gates and wells are built of laterite creating an architectural complex, a unique village that is typical for villages in the midlands in the North of Vietnam. At present, there are still nearly old 200 houses and many other historical monuments such as Phung Hung Temple, Ngo Quyen Royal Tomb, MongPhu Communal House, Ho Gam Hill at which Phung Hung liked tigers to rescue villagers and the temple at which the diplomat Giang Van Minh is worshiped. 1. Where is Duong Lam village? ___ 2. Who were the two kings whose birthplace is Duong Lam Village? ___ 3. What is Duong Lam typical for? ___ 4. How many old houses are there in Duong Lam? ___ D-WRITING: Question VII. Reorder the words to make the meaningful sentences. a. Use the adjectives in brackets in their correct forms of comparison to complete the sentences. (0,5point) 1/ The new bed is . than my old bed. ( comfortable) 2/ The Mekong River is the Red River . (long) b. Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one (1.0 point) 1. Tea is cheaper than coffee.  Coffee . . . . . . . 2. I adore listening to music every day. 6
7.  I enjoy . . . . . . . . . 3. The red car is more expensive than the black one.  The black car . . . . . . . . 4. No one in my group is more intelligent than Long.  Mary . . . . . . . . . . 5. Son Tung M-TP performs the song “Chung ta khong thuoc ve nhau” very beautifully. The song “Chung ta khong thuoc ve nhau” . THE END Đáp án và thang điểm chấm: A- LISTENING : Question I: ( 0,25đ/ câu đúng) 1.A 2.A 3.C 4. B Question II: ( 0,25đ/ câu đúng) 1. population 2. noisy 3. wonderful 4. countryside B- USE OF LANGUAGE Question III. ( 0,25đ/ câu đúng) 1.B 2.C 3.B 4.A Question IV. ( 0,25đ/ câu đúng) 1.C 2.A 3.A 4.B 5.B 6.A 7.A 8.A Question V. ( 0,25đ/ câu đúng) 1. flying 7
8. 2. go 3. have lived 4. playing/ to play C.READING Question VI: ( 0,25đ/ câu đúng) 1. Fill the gaps with the words/ phrases in the box: 1. In my opinion 2. Also 3. I think 4.Besides 5.In addition 6.As I have noted 2. Answer the following questions: 1.It is located in Duong Lam commune at a 45 km distance from Hanoi. 2. It is the birthplace of two kings in the history of Vietnam, Phung Hung and Ngo Quyen. 3. It is typical for villages in the midlands in the North of Vietnam. 4. There are still nearly old 200 houses D. WRITING Question VII: a. Mỗi câu 0.25 điểm/ câu 1.more comfortable 2. longer than b. Mỗi câu 0.2 điểm/ câu 1. Coffee is more expensive than tea. 2. I enjoy listening to music. 3, The black car is not as expensive as the red car. Or The black car is cheaper than the red car. 4. Mary is the most intelligent in my group. 5. The song “Chung ta khong thuoc ve nhau” is performed very beautifully by Son Tung M-TP. The end. ĐỀ SỐ 4 PART A. LISTENING: (2. 5 points) Listen to a boy talking about changes in his village and say if the sentences are True (T) or False (F) Statements T F 1.Nobody lives in an earthen house now 2.The village has electricity now 8
9. 3.Horses are still the only means of transport in the village 4.The children used to go a long way to school 5.More visitors are coming to see them PART B. LANGUAGE FOCUS: (2.5 points) I. Choose the words that have the bold part has different pronunciation from the others. 1. A. school B. architect C. change D. chemical 2. A. buffalo B. minority C. gold D. close II. Choose the correct answer: 1. Feeling tired, Ba went to bed .usual last night. A. late than B. less early than C. more early than D. earlier than 2. He doesn’t mind .his classmates when they are in a trouble. A. helping B. to help C. helped D. help III. Give the correct form or tense of the words given to complete these sentences: 1. If you write more (care) , you will make more mistakes. 2. When I was a small child I fancied (fly) kites in the field. 3.They (live) .a nomadic life for six years. 4.Thien Nhan (win) The Voice Kids 2014. 5.Their teacher (sing) an English song now. 6. The horse (herd) by Vang every day. PART C. READING (2.5 points) I. There is one mistake in the line marked with a number in the following passage. Underline and correct it: Correction Spring is a time when there is many festivals in our country. Among them, Hoa 1 Ban Festival is a most beautiful and interesting, and it takes place in Lai Chau. 2 . It is typical of the cultural life of the Thai people. In the second lunar month of 3 the year, when it get warmer and hoa ban – a kind of beautifully flower in the 4 northwest mountainous area - blossoms, Hoa Ban Festival is celebrate. 5 II. Read the following passage then answer the questions: 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. 9
10. 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 D. WRITING: (2.5points) I. Rewrite these sentences starting with the words given: 1. A fish swims faster than a duck. A duck 2. My house is bigger than your house. Your house 3. Son Tung M-TP performs the song “Chung ta khong thuoc ve nhau” very beautifully. The song “Chung ta khong thuoc ve nhau” . 4. I moved to Ha Noi five years ago. I have II. Write a short paragraph (70-80 words) giving your opinion about life in the countryside: You can use these clue questions: What is your opinion about the life in the countryside? How are the people, landscape, weather or air? How is the life there? How is the food ? What activities can you do there? ĐÁP ÁN CHẤM ĐIỂM PART A. LISTENING (2.5 pts) 1.F 2.T 3.F 4.T 5.T PART B. LANGUAGE FOCUS (2.5pts) I. Choose the words that have the bold part has different pronunciation from the others 1.C 2.B II. Choose the correct answer: 10
11. 1.D 2.A III. Give the correct form or tense of the words given to complete these sentences: 1. carelessly 2. flying 3. have lived 4. won 5. is singing 6. is herded PART C. READING (2.5 pts) I.There is one mistake in the line marked with a number in the following passage. Underline and correct it: 1. is =>are 2.a =>the 3. get =>gets 4. beautifully =>beautiful 5.celebrate =>celebrated II. Read the following passage then answer the questions: 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 D. WRITING (2.5 pts) I. Rewrite these sentences starting with the words given. ( 1point) 1. A duck swims more slowly than a fish. ( A duck can’t swim as fast as a fish.) 2. Your house is smaller than /isn’t as big as my house. 3.The song “chung ta khong thuoc ve nhau” is performed very beautifully by Son Tung M-TP. 4. I have lived in Ha Noi for 5 years. II. Write a short paragraph (70-80 words) giving your opinion about life in the countryside. (1.5 points) SAMPLE WRITING In my opinion, I think that life in the countryside has many good points. Firstly, country folk are friendlier than city folk. Secondly, life is slower and simpler than in the city. The food is fresher and the air is cleaner. Finally, there are a lot of traditional activities that we can do in the countryside such as horse-riding, swimming in the river or kite-flying. In short, I like the country life The end. 11
12. ĐỀ SỐ 5 A. LISTENING: Listen and complete the passage. (1p) I live in a (1) . village. My parents often tell me stories about their life in the past. It’s not much like the village I can see nowadays. Some villagers now live in brick houses instead of (2) . ones. Our houses are better equipped with electric fans and TVs. Thanks to the TV, we now know more about life outside our village. We don’t use oil lamps any more. We have (3) . lights which are much brighter. More villagers are using (4) . for transport instead of riding a horse or walking. We – village children - no longer have to walk a long way and cross a stream to get to school, which is dangerous in the rainy season. Now there’s a new school nearby. We also have more (5) . from the city. They come to experience our way of life. B. LANGUAGE FOCUS: (3ps) I. Pronunciation: (1p) Choose the word which has a different sound in the part underlined. (0,5p) 1. A. camel B. buffalo C. cattle D. paddy 2. A. lived B. populated C. harvested D. loaded Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others. (0,5p) 3. A. ancester B. curious C. heritage D. tradition 12
13. 4. A. buffalo B. recognise C. convenient D. cultural II. Choose A, B, C, D for each gap in the following sentences. (2ps) 1. My mother enjoys___ traditional food for our family, especially at Tet holiday. A. cook B. to cook C. cooking D. cooked 2. My father sometimes goes ___ in the forests. He’d like to find some more food for our family. A. hunt B. hunting C. to hunt D. hunted 3. Look! Some children are ___the buffaloes. A. picking B. herding C. driving D. playing 4. The sky is ___here in the countryside because there are no buildings to block the view. A. tidy B. close C. dense D. vast 5. Is living in the city ___ than living in the country? A. more convenient B. as convenient C. most convenient D. so convenient 6. He is surprised ___that there are 54 ethnic groups in our country. A. to understand B. to study C. to know D. find 7. The Viet (or Kinh) have___ number of people, account for about 86% of the population. A. large B. the large C. larger D. the largest 8. ___ ethnic group has a larger population, the Tay or the Ede? A. What B. Which C. Why D. Who C. READING: (3ps) I. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer for each gap. (2,5ps) I go on the Internet every day, but I’ve never (1) ___ more than an hour at a time online. I’ve got laptop and also a smartphone, so I can (2)___ the Internet anywhere. Today, for instance, I’ve been (3) ___ three times. Mainly I just (4) ___ my friends. I read online magazines and I look (5) ___ information, too. I also compare prices of things, (6) ___ I’ve never bought anything online because I don’t think it’s safe. I’m not an Internet addict, but some of my friends (7) ___. One friend of mine always looks (8) ___ because he spends all night online. Although he’s got a lot of bad marks for the exams, he hasn’t (9) ___ his habits. In my experience, it’s very useful for people who use the Internet (10) ___. 1. A. spend B. spending C. spent 2. A. have B. use C. play 3. A. online B. Internet C. computer 4. A. write B. email C. send 5. A. at B. in C. for 6. A. because B. but C. although 13
14. 7. A. is B. were C. are 8. A. tired B. hard C. happily 9. A. change B. to change C. changed 10. A. sensible B. sensibly C. sensibleness II. Read the text and answer the questions: (0,5p) 1. Is the writer an Internet addict? → . 2. Why has he never bought anything online? → . D. WRITING: (3ps) I. Complete each sentence so it means the same as the sentence above. (2ps) 1. Cats cannot swim as well as dogs. → Dogs can swim 2. Minh really loves to hang out with friends. → Minh really enjoys 3. Playing beach games is very interesting. → It is 4. He uses all his free time to look after his garden. → He spends II. Write questions for the underlined parts of the following sentences. (1p) 3. The Hani people live in Lai Chau and Lao Cai. → 4. The Hoa ethnic group has the most colourful clothing. → - THE END - ANSWER KEY: A. LISTENING: Listen and complete the passage. (1p) – Skills 2(P.23) I live in a mountain village. My parents often tell me stories about their life in the past. It’s not much like the village I can see nowadays. 14
15. Some villagers now live in brick houses instead of earthen ones. Our houses are better equipped with electric fans and TVs. Thanks to the TV, we now know more about life outside our village. We don’t use oil lamps any more. We have electric lights which are much brighter. More villagers are using motorcycles for transport instead of riding a horse or walking. We – village children - no longer have to walk a long way and cross a stream to get to school, which is dangerous in the rainy season. Now there’s a new school nearby. We also have more visitors from the city. They come to experience our way of life. B. LANGUAGE FOCUS: (3ps) I. Pronunciation: (1p) Choose the word which has a different sound in the part underlined. (0,5p) 1. A. camel B. buffalo C. cattle D. paddy 2. A. lived B. populated C. harvested D. loaded Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others. (0,5p) 3. A. ancester B. curious C. heritage D. tradition 4. A. buffalo B. recognise C. convenient D. cultural II. Choose A, B, C, D for each gap in the following sentences. (2ps) 1. My mother enjoys___ traditional food for our family, especially at Tet holiday. A. cook B. to cook C. cooking D. cooked 2. My father sometimes goes ___ in the forests. He’d like to find some more food for our family. A. hunt B. hunting C. to hunt D. hunted 3. Look! Some children are ___the buffaloes. A. picking B. herding C. driving D. playing 4. The sky is ___here in the countryside because there are no buildings to block the view. A. tidy B. close C. dense D. vast 5. Is living in the city ___ than living in the country? A. more convenient B. as convenient C. most convenient D. so convenient 6. He is surprised ___that there are 54 ethnic groups in our country. A. to understand B. to study C. to know D. find 7. The Viet (or Kinh) have___ number of people, account for about 86% of the population. A. large B. the large C. larger D. the largest 8. ___ ethnic group has a larger population, the Tay or the Ede? A. What B. Which C. Why D. Who C. READING: (3ps) I. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer for each gap. (2,5ps) 15
16. I go on the Internet every day, but I’ve never (1) ___ more than an hour at a time online. I’ve got laptop and also a smartphone, so I can (2)___ the Internet anywhere. Today, for instance, I’ve been (3) ___ three times. Mainly I just (4) ___ my friends. I read online magazines and I look (5) ___ information, too. I also compare prices of things, (6) ___ I’ve never bought anything online because I don’t think it’s safe. I’m not an Internet addict, but some of my friends (7) ___. One friend of mine always looks (8) ___ because he spends all night online. Although he’s got a lot of bad marks for the exams, he hasn’t (9) ___ his habits. In my experience, it’s very useful for people who use the Internet (10) ___. 1. A. spend B. spending C. spent 2. A. have B. use C. play 3. A. online B. Internet C. computer 4. A. write B. email C. send 5. A. at B. in C. for 6. A. because B. but C. although 7. A. is B. were C. are 8. A. tired B. hard C. happily 9. A. change B. to change C. changed 10. A. sensible B. sensibly C. sensibleness II. Read the text and answer the questions: (0,5p) 1. Is the writer an Internet addict? → No, he isn’t. 2. Why has he never bought anything online? → Because he doesn’t think it’s safe. D. WRITING: (3ps) I. Complete each sentence so it means the same as the sentence above. (2ps) 1. Cats cannot swim as well as dogs. → Dogs can swim better than cats. 2. Minh really loves to hang out with friends. → Minh really enjoys hanging out with friends. 3. Playing beach games is very interesting. → It is very interesting to play beach games. 4. He uses all his free time to look after his garden. → He spends all his free time looking after his garden. II. Write questions for the underlined parts of the following sentences. (1p) 3. The Hani people live in Lai Chau and Lao Cai. → Where do the Hani people live? 4. The Hoa ethnic group has the most colourful clothing. → Which ethnic group has the most colourful clothing? - THE END - 16