Đề khảo sát giữa học kì I môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Năm học 2024-2025 - Trường THCS Giao Xuân (Kèm đáp án)

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1. II. Supply the correct tense or form of the verb in parentheses: 1. Hi, Tom. Do you fancy ___ (collect) coins? 2.The buffaloes ___(graze) on the green pastures right now. 3. In the past, they ___(organize) a lot of activities to promote the culture of ethnic groups. 4. Nick would like ___(visit) the countryside at the harvest time. 5. My mother often ___(go) shopping by car. PART C: READING (3,0 POINTS) I. Read the following passage and put a word in the box in each of the numbered blanks: Swedish teenagers enjoy (1)___to music and (2)___ out with friends, just like most children around the world. Everyone is encouraged to develop his or her own interests. Singing and playing a musical instrument are (3)___leisure activities. According to a government website, almost one in three Swedish children aged 13-15 play an instrument in their spare time. Doing sports is also (4)___. 68 per cent of 13- to 15-year-olds are members of a sports club. Football is the most popular sport among both girls and boys. Then comes horse riding (5)___girls. Boys prefer football, swimming, and ice hockey. 1. A. reading B. listening C. writing D. speaking 2. A. hanging B. hang C. hanged D. speaking 3. A. famous B. boring C. expensive D. popular 4. A. encouraging B. played C. encouraged D. used 5. A. of B. for C. in D. at II. Read the following passage and do the tasks below: The British spend their free time in different ways. People generally use it to relax, but many people also do voluntary work, especially for charities. A lot of free time is spent at home, where the most popular leisure activity is watching television, with the average viewing time being 25 hours per week. Reading is also a favorite way of spending leisure time. The British spend a lot of time reading newspapers and magazines. In the summer gardening is popular, and it is often replaced by ‘do-it-yourself’ in winter when people spend time improving or repairing their homes. Some leisure activities are mostly or entirely social. Inviting friends for a drink or a meal at home is the most usual one. Sometimes people join friends for a drink in a pub or have dinner in a restaurant. The extra time available at weekends means that some leisure activities, many of them to do with sport, normally take place only then. Traditional spectator sports include football, cricket, horse racing, motor racing, and motorcycle racing. Popular forms of exercise are swimming, tennis, ice skating or roller-skating, cycling, climbing, and hill or country walking. Families often have a 'day out' at the weekend, especially in summer, with a visit to a local event such as a festival, fair, or show. Young people especially go to 2