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MA TRẬN ĐỀ THI GIỮA KỲ VÀ CUỐI KỲ MÔN TIẾNG ANH KHỐI 8

Chủ đề Nhận biết Thông hiểu Vận dụng Tổng

TN TL TN TL TN TL

I. Listening 3 3 6

0,75 0,75 1,5

II. Language 10 6 1

Focus 2.5 1.5 4,0

III. Reading 4 6 10

1.0 1.5 2.5

IV. Writing 2 3 5

0,5 1.5 2.0

Total 17 17 3 37

4.25 4.25 1.5 10.0

Binh Long education training office THE FIRST MID – SEMESTER EXAMINATION Marks
Thanh Luong Primary-Secondary School School year: 2022 – 2023
Class: 8…….. Subject: English 8
Full name: ………………………… Time allowed: 45’ minutes

PART 1: LISTENING (1.5pts)

I. Listen to a conversation and match Nam's hobbies and leisure activities with different
stages in his life. You will listen TWICE. .(0.75pt)
Stages of life Hobbies/Leisure activities
1. childhood A. volunteering
2. primary school B. playing with toys
3. secondary school C. playing tennis
D. reading comics

E. hanging out with classmates

Answer: 1.......... 2............ 3..............
II. Listen to the passage and then complete each blank with one correct word (0.75pt)
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.

PART 2: USE OF LANGUAGE (3.5pts)

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. (1.0pt)

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

2. A. today B. collect C. world D. together

3. A. played B. asked C. covered D. opened

4. A. weighed B. laughed C. wrapped D. forced

II. Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences. (1.5pts)
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. ____________ month is the Hoa Ban Festival of the Thai people held in?
A. When B. Which C. How many D. How often
III. Communication (0.5 pt)

1. ‘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!
2.What do you usually do to help your community ?
A. It’s right up my street! B. Donating books for street children.
C. Exactly what I want to do. D. How interesting!

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. (1.5 pts)
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 (6) as reading, shopping or sporting.
1.A.participating B.to participate C. participate 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
6.A. such B.like C.same D.so
II. Read the following passage then answer the questions (1. 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.
True /False:
True /False
1.Five provinces of the Central Highlands are coverd with Gong culture.
2.Artists from the cities give gong performances, highlighting the gong culture of
their own province.
3.It is believed that every gong is the symbol of a god who grows more powerful
as the gong gets older.
4.The gong sound is a way to communicate with the gods.

PART 4: WRITING (2.0pts)

I. Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one (1,5pts)
1. My school is smaller than your school.
Your school .
2. Jennifer finds reading comics boring.
Jennifer dislikes .
3. "You should stay in bed for a few days" The doctor said to me.
 The doctor advised .
II. Write questions for the underlined parts. (1,0pt)
1. Ethnic people often hold festivals in spring.
………………………………………………………………………………?
2. They often gather together at the communal house in special occasions.
.........................................................................................................................................?
 Answer key

PART 1: LISTENING (1.5pts)

I. Listen to a conversation and match Nam's hobbies and leisure activities with different stages
in his life. You will listen TWICE.
1. B 2. D 3. E
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
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.
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 (3.5pts)
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. (1.0pt)

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

2. A. today B. collect C. world D. together

3. A. played B. asked C. covered D. opened

4. A. weighed B. laughed C. wrapped D. forced

II. Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences. (1.5pts)
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. ____________ month is the Hoa Ban Festival of the Thai people held in?
A. When B. Which C. How many D. How often
III. Communication (0.5 pt)

1. ‘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!
2.What do you usually do to help your community ?
A. It’s right up my street! B. Donating books for street children.
C. Exactly what I want to do. D. How interesting!

IV- 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. (1.5 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.sending D. sends
4.A.play B.rely C.meet D.hang
5.A.virtual B.real C.fake D.new
6.A. such B.like C.same D.so
II. Read the following passage then answer the questions (1.0 pt):
True /False:
True /False
1.Five provinces of the Central Highlands are coverd with Gong culture. True
2.Artists from the cities give gong performances, highlighting the gong culture of False
their own province.
3.It is believed that every gong isn’t the symbol of a god who grows more False
powerful as the gong gets older.
4.The gong sound is a way to communicate with the gods. True

PART 4: WRITING (2.5pts)

I. Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one (1, 5pts)
1.  Your house is bigger than my house.
2.  Jenny dislikes reading poetry.
3.  The doctor advised me to stay in bed.
II. Make sentences using the cue words: (1,0pt)
1. When do ethnic people often hold festivals?
2. Where do they often gather together in special occasions?