Đề ôn tập học kỳ II môn Tiếng Anh Khối 8

REVISION _ 2ND TERM ENGLISH 8 1. Find the word which has a different position of the main stress (1.0pt)

1. A. average B. aquatic C. athletic D. available 2. A. schedule B. report C. promise D. orbit 3. A. potential B. delicate C. apprentice D. astonished 4. A. signature B. scholarship C. terminus D. transaction 5. A. technique B. treatment C. guidance D. plastic 2. Name the pictures (1.0pt)

3. Complete the sentences using the words in the box (1.0 pts)

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1. Richard is a careful student. He learns …………… 2. Hien is a …………... Typist. She often makes many spelling mistakes. 3. My brother likes reading ……….. stories. 4. Jennifer is a good cook. She can cook ………….. 5. My husband likes watching …………… movies. 6. Sue runs very ………. . She will compete in the care. 7. The lesson is ………… important. 8. Would you like to read this ………….. newspaper? 9. I can see people with a …………… smile in the picture. 10.The man ……………. walked to the station. 4. Choose A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. (1.0pts) 1. Interviewing applicants for an important job can be very time ………… process but it’s worth it in the end.

A. lasting B. developing C. consuming D. taking 2. Before you start applying for any job, you must be absolutely sure you have the right paper ………………..

A. qualities B. qualifiers C. qualifying D. qualifications 3. His invention showed that he understood what was going to happen in the future and proved he was ……………. of his time.

A. in front B. before C. ahead D. forward 4. You have a ticket to the game, ………..?

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A. do you B. haven’t you C. don’t you D. have you 5. Kumar asked me a question but I don’t know what ……………

A. is the answer B. was the answer C. the answer is D. the answer was 5. Read the following paragraph and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each of the gaps. (1.0pt)

Speech is one of the most important (1) …………….. of communicating. It consists of far more than just making noises. To talk and also to (2) …………….. by other people we have to speak a language, that is, we have to use combination of (3) …………… that everyone agree stand for a particular object or idea. Communication would be impossible if everyone made up their own language.

Learning a language properly is very (4) ……………… The basic (5) …………… of English is not very large, and only about 2,000 words are need to speak it quite (6) ……………. But the more words you know, the more ideas you can (7) ……………. and the more precise you can be about their exact meaning.

Words are the (8) ………………. Things we use in communicating what we want to say. The way we (9) …………….. the words is also very important. Our tone of voice can express many emotions and (10) ………………. Whether we are please or angry, for instance. 1. A. ways B. reasons C. rules D. test 2. A. be examined B. be talked C. be understood D. be spoken 3. A. sounds B. languages C. systems D. talks 4. A. important B. expensive C. simple D. easy 5. A. word B. vocabulary C. grammar D. structure 6. A. good B. fluent C. well D. perfect 7. A. grow B. need C. pass D. express 8. A. most B. main C. certain D. full 9. A. tell B. talk C. say D. pass 10. A. asks B. understands C. knows D. shows 6. Read the passage and answer the questions below (2.0pt)

Lightning Every second of every day, all over the world there are more than 100 lightning bolts. That’s about ten million lightning bolts in one day! Lightning amazes us, but it can also frighten us. We have good reason to be afraid of lightning. Every year, about 100 people in the United States and Canada die from lightning and another 300 are injured. It is strange that of all the people who die from lightning, 84 percent are men. Lightning is the main cause of forest fires; it starts more than 9,000 fires each year.

Lightning is electricity inside a cloud. Scientists do not know exactly what makes this electricity. But they know that the …