Đề 1 Đề kiểm tra học kì 1 Tiếng Anh 8: The child lost the power of … from birth

A. Listening

I. Listen and fill 1 word in each blank.

1. The child lost the power of ___________ from birth.

2. I am going to __________ the weekend at the grandparents’ house.

3. I got lost and I had to __________ somebody the way.

4. Which ___________ do you like playing?

5. The boy picked up a __________ and threw it into the river.

II. Listen and decide if the following statements are True (T) or False (F)

6. The Gong Festival is held yearly in the Central Highlands.

7. The Hoa Ban festival takes place in Lai Chau

8. The crops depend heavily on the Government.

9. During the festivals, they fly many colorful planes in different shapes and sizes.

10. An old woman was herding the deer up the moutainside

B. Grammar

III. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.

11.

A. harmful                          B. slowly

C. cloudy                            D. unique

12.

A. worship                          B. belong

C. enjoy                              D. behave

13.

A. alternate                        B. entertain

C. symbolize                      D. cultivate

14.

A. heritage                         B. museum

C. decorate                        D. blackberry

15.

A. minorities                      B. populated

C. activity                          D. experience

IV. Use the correct form of the words in brackets to finish the sentences.

16. Terraced rice fields in Sa Pa are slopes claimed for cultivation in hilly or ________ areas. (mountain)

17. For the Muong, rice is also the main _________ crop. (agriculture)

18. The Muong call their ___________ calendar “sach doi”, which is made from 12 bamboo sticks that represent the 12 months. (tradition)

19. Viet Nam is a country of tremendous ___________ with 54 ethnic groups. (diverse)

20. The ethnic minority groups in Viet Nam have been living in ______ coexistence. (peace)

V. Fill in each blank with “a”, “an”, or “the” to complete the following passage.

(21)__________ history of Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture started in 1891 when (22)____________ French scientist began to collect Cham sculptures that had been discovered in scattered areas of Quang Nam Province and brought them to Da Nang.

(23)___________ first museum building was designed by French architects, and construction began in 1915 and was finished by May 1916. (24)___________ Museum has played (25)_________ important role in preserving sculpture items featuring the cultural, spiritual and ritual lives of the Cham people.

VI. Complete each blank in the following passage with the correct word/ phrase from the box.

use          designs         colors           slope

stream         tribe          takes           image

Cat Cat Village – Sa Pa

Cat Cat Village is located on the Muong Hoa Valley, this is the village of Hmong hill (26)____________. It’s not far from Sa Pa Town, about 3 km and it (27)__________you 45 minutes to walk here. The village is on the (28)___________ of the hill and easy walking, rice and corn are grown here. Visiting Cat Cat Village, we can have a chance to visit a big waterfall on the (29)__________ and the old Hydro-electric Power Station built by the French here. We can also see the (30)____________ of young women sitting by looms with colourful pieces of brocade decorated with designs of flowers and birds. When these pieces of brocade are finished, they are dyed and embroidered with beautiful (31)___________. It is interesting that Hmong women (32)__________ plants and leaves to dye these brocade fabrics. And then they roll a round and smooth section of wood covered with wax on fabrics to polish them, making their (33)___________ durable.

VII. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank in the following passage.

I live in a small village called Northville. There are about 2000 people here. I love the village (34)__________ it is very quiet and life is slowly and easy. The village is always clean; people look (35)_____________ it with great care. The air is always clean, too. People are much more friendly here than in city because everyone (36)_________ the others, and if someone has a problem, there are always people who can help.

There are only a few things that I don’t like about Northville. One thing is that we have  not  got  many  things  to  do  in  the  evening;  we  haven’t  got  (37)___________ cinemas or theaters. The other thing is that people always talk about (38)___________, and everyone knows what everyone is doing. But I still prefer village life to life in a big city.

34.

A. so                                   B. although

C. because                          D. but

35.

A. for                                  B. at

C. up                                  D. after

36.

A. knows                            B. know

C. is knowing                      D. knew

37.

A. little                              B. some

C. any                               D. few

38.

A. others                           B. other

C. another                         D. one another

VIII. Complete the following sentences using the cue words

39. Women/ dance and beat/ rhythm/ the same time.

________________________

40. They/ embroider and decorate/ clothes/  beautifully.

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1: speech;  2: spend

3: ask

4: sport

5: stone

6: T

7: T

8: F

9: F

10: F

11: D

12: A

13: B

14: B

15: B

16: mountainous

17: agricultural

18: traditional

19: diversity

20: peaceful

21: the

22: a

23: the

24: the

25: an

26: tribe

27: takes

28: slope

29: stream

30: image

31: colors

32: use

33: design

34: C

35: D

36: A

37: C

38: D

39. The women dance and beat the rhythm at the same time.

40. They embroider and decorate the clothes beautifully.