Đề cương ôn tập kiểm tra cuối kỳ môn Tiếng Anh 8 - Năm học 2020-2021 - Trường THCS Nguyễn Trãi

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1. NGUYEN TRAI JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH 8 - 1 REVISION FOR THE FINAL TEST – GRADE 8 SCHOOL YEAR: 2020-2021 I/ Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part. 1. A. ideal B. item C. idiom D. identical 2. A. valentine B. imagine C. magazine D. discipline 3. A. knowledge B. flower C. coward D. shower 4. A. community B. common C. command D. complete 5. A. famine B. determine C. miner D. examine 6. A. myth B. thigh C. breath D. breathe 7. A. promised B. caused C. increased D. practiced 8. A. encourage B. garage C. shortage D. storage 9. A. chemist B. champagne C. chaos D. chiropodist 10. A. hobby B. comfort C. knowledge D. popular II/ Find the word which has a different stress pattern from the others. 11. A. guarantee B. cheetah C. Japanese D. pioneer 12. A. Polish B. Canada C. China D. Chinese 13. A. national B. iconic C. Japan D. Korean 14. A. Portuguese B. Japanese C. Malaysian D. Indonesian 15. A. Chinese B. Finnish C. English D. Spanish 16. A. sociable B. volunteer C. photograph D. beautiful 17. A. exhibition B. introduction C. emigration D. stationery 18. A. opportunity B. creativity C. generosity D. community 19. A. dramatic B. tornado C. injury D. historic 20. A. competitive B. activity C. interactive D. attractive III/ Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) 1. We should . informal words when writing to your teachers. A. avoid to use B. to avoid use C. avoid using D. avoiding using 2. My colleague suggested . a video meeting instead of a face-to- face meeting to reduce cost. A. to hold B. holding C. to be held D. being held 3. Communicating with foreigners is usually difficult because of . A. language barriers B. English barriers C. barriers language D. barriers English 4. . in communication can be caused by cultural differences. A. down break B. downs break C. breakdown D. breaks down. 5. In Australia, it is not disrespectful to call people by their . A. middle names B. given names C. last names D. first names 6. I prefer texting messages to making a phone although it’s not sometimes. A. comfortable B. convenient C. inconvenient D. uncomfortable 7. At this time next month, we . next to each other in the same class. A. will sit B. will be sit C. will be sitting D. sit 8. Don’t call her between 8 - 9 pm tonight. She . her homework then. A. is doing B. will be doing C. will do D. will being do 9. Linh . shopping at around 8 pm, so let’s come to see her at 9 pm. A. is going B. will go C. will be going D. both A & C 10. . your laptop this evening? May I borrow it to do my homework? A. Were you using B. Will you use C. will you be using D. both A & C 11. I am interested in natural science . like Chemistry and Physics. A. subjects B. objects C. topics D. themes
2. NGUYEN TRAI JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH 8 - 2 12. Steam engine has been known as a remarkable in science and technology. A. breakdown B. break-up C. breakthrough D. outbreak 13. We will . chips in the brain to control devices in the future. A. implant B. add C. include D. attach 14. The . of penicillin, one of the world’s first antibiotics, marks a true turning point in human history A. generation B. exploration C. invention D. discovery 15. The group of doctors has spent 8 months the side - effects of this new vaccine. A. having examined B. to examine C. examining D. to have examined 16. The doctor said that this disease . prevented by vaccine. A. can B. can be C. could D. could be 17. Her teacher told her that there still room for her improvement in her work. A. has been B. had been C. is D. was 18. A mechanical calculator which could do additions or subtractions very quickly was . by Little Pascal. A. found out B. discovered C. found D. invented 19. Science and technology have . the life safe, secure and comfortable. A. transformed B. made C. done D. changed 20. Facebook was built on the of earlier social network sites like MySpace and Bebo. A. succeed B. successful C. successfully D. success 21. The scientists believe that there might be some planets to human life. A. provide B. accommodate C. replace D. support 22. Mercury after the Roman God Mercury. A. named B. called C. is named D. is called 23. The prerequisite condition for a planet is water supplies, appropriate temperatures and breathable air. A. habitable B. inhabitable C. habitant D. inhabitant 24. I have a look at the photos of outer space in your computer ? A. Might B. Could C. Shall D. May 25. Mercury is very close to the sun, and it is very hot. Therefore, there not be life on it. A. might B. could C. can D. will 26. My friend asked me I had ever seen any unidentified flying object. A. if B. whether C. where D. both A& B 27. She wondered a space buggy looked like. A. what B. how C. which D. what things 28. I am not sure food tablets might supply enough energy for astronauts or not. A. what B. why C. how D. if 29. The teacher asked us what the essential conditions for human life A. is B. are C. was D. were 30. The little boys wondered if he would meet an alien in his dream A. tonight B. this night C. that night D. that day’s night * Identify mistakes 31. The earthquake happened at midday when many people had had lunch A B C D 32. Water pollute in the lake has made the fish die. A B C D
3. NGUYEN TRAI JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH 8 - 3 33. If I am you, I would choose another country to visit in this summer holiday A B C D 34. If the factory doesn’t stop pollute the lake, no fish will be able to survive A B C D 35. Landslide has never occur in my region since 1995. A B C D 36. By the time I had went to India, I had known about its Holi festival A B C of Colors through my English book. D 37. If I save enough money for my Europe tour at the end of this year, A B I won’t waited until the next year to make it. C D 38. The destruction of the storm was so serious that it had taken local A B C people two weeks to turn back to a normal life. D 39. This water contains quite a lot of contaminants, but it should be A B C refined before drinking. D 40. My niece memorized the names of most English-speaking countries A B before she was six. C D IV. READING: A. Choose the word (A, B, C, D) which best fits each gap. 1/ Telephone, television, radio, and the Internet help people (1) ___ with each other. Because of these devices, ideas and news of events spread (2) ___all over the world. For example, within seconds, people can know the results of an election in another country. An (3) ___ football match comes into the homes of everyone with a television set. News of a disaster, such as a flood, can bring help from (4) ___ countries. Within hours, help is on the way. This is because modern (5) ___ information travels fast. 1. A. communicate B. communicating C. to communicate D. A&C 2. A. quickly B. quick C. slowly D. slow 3. A. rural B. international C. nation D. urban 4. A. close B. space C. distant D. rich 5. A. technology B. technological C. technique D. technical 2/ New Orleans, in Louisiana, is known as the (1) ___city in the United States with distinctive architecture, cross-cultural heritage and annual music festivals. However, due to its location along the Mississippi River with lakes on the other side, and nearly half of the city below sea level, the city faces the (2) ___ of flooding. So, a levee system and drainage canals were built to protect the city. Early in the morning of August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina, the most destructive natural disaster in the history of New Orleans, (3) ___the city. The storm brought strong winds and heavy rains for several days. As a result, water from the river and lakes rose, breaking the levees and poured directly (4) ___the city. Soon 80 percent of the city was under the water.
4. NGUYEN TRAI JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH 8 - 4 People scrambled to rooftops for safety, desperate for food and drinking water. The winds were so strong that even beds in Hyatt Hotel were seen (5) ___ out of the hotel windows. 1. A. uniquer B. most unique C. uniquest D. more unique 2. A. dangerously B. endanger C. danger D. dangerous 3. A. striked B. had struck C. strike D. struck 4. A. for B. off C. with D. into 5. A. to fly B. flying C. flew D. has flown B/ Read the passage and decide which sentence is “True” (T) or “False” (F). 1/ THE UNITED STATES - The United States is a large country. It is the third largest in the whole world! It is located in a continent called North America. Parts of the United States touch three different oceans. The United States has tall mountains, wide plains, deserts, hills, rivers, lakes, volcanoes, and even rainforests! People from all over the world have come to live the United States. There are 50 states in the United States. The newest states, Alaska and Hawaii, are not connected to the other states. Alaska is the largest state and Hawaii is a chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean. 1. The United States is the ___ country in the world. A. second largest B. largest C. smallest D. third largest 2. Alaska is ___ and Hawaii is ___. A. a chain of islands, the largest state B. the largest state: a chain of islands C. a chain of islands; the largest state D. not connected to the other states, the largest state. 3. The United States does not have ___. A. 50 states B. volcanoes C. mountains D. continents 4. Parts of the United States touch ___ different oceans. A. 1 B. 2 C. 4 D. 3 5. What continent is the United States in? A. North America B. Australia C. Africa D. Europe 2/ Marie Curie was a famous Polish scientist. She was born in 1867. Her father and mother were both teachers. Marie herself proved to be a very bright child and did very well at school. Unfortunately, at that time women were not allowed to go to university. She tried her best to find a way to study abroad. Maris did very well at Sorbonne University in Paris and she gained a degree in Maths. In the same year, she met Pierre Curie and married him in 1895. Then they had a daughter called Irene. In 1897 Marie Curie started investigating uranium. In 1903 Marie and Pierre Curie were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics along with Henri Besquerel. Winning the prize brought them fame. Then in 1904 Marie Curie had a daughter called Eve. Unfortunately, in the next year, her husband died because of a horse-drawn vehicle. 1. Marie Curie is French. ___ 2. At that time, women in her country couldn’t study after high school. ___ 3. She met her husband in 1894. ___ 4. They had two daughters. ___ 5. Her husband died in the laboratory. ___ V. DO AS DIRECTED: 1. Mr. Smith will collect the tickets. (Rewrite, using Passive voice) → 2. “I come from a small town in England.” (Rewrite, using Reported speech) →Nick said that 3. We can’t go to Julia’s party. We’re going away that weekend. (Combine using “because”) →
5. NGUYEN TRAI JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH 8 - 5 4. If / I / you / I / wear / earplugs / when / go / the concert // (Write a conditional type 2 ) → 5. Rescue teams have saved hundreds of people from floods in Metro Manila.(Passive voice) → 6. “Will we be able to live on Mars in 2050?” (Rewrite, using reported speech) →Debbie asked her father 7. If/ there/ be/ no more pollution/ the world/ be/ a better place? (conditional type 2) → 8. Sue is suffering from skin cancer. She was exposed to radiation when she was young. (Combine the two sentences into one, using “so”) → . 9. My son watches TV a lot, so he is short-sighted now. → If 10. I will visit Los Angeles first, and I will move to New York right after that. → As soon as 11. He came to my house at 9 am. I went out for shopping at 8.30 a.m. → By the time 12. Would you mind lending me your new laptop within 2 hours? → May I 13. It is unlikely that Jenny will stop using Facebook. → Jenny might . 14. “I will be introducing my latest technological invention to public next month”, the famous scientist said. → The famous scientist said that 15. It is likely that they will hold a conference call meeting this Friday. → They may 16. She will organize a workshop on using some useful websites for education. → A workshop 17. “If you could invent something new, what would you develop?” Write a paragraph in 50 – 60 words to answer that question. 18. Write a paragraph (in 50 - 60 words) to answer the question: What ways of communication do you like to use now? ___ ĐỀ THAM KHẢO 1 I. LISTENING: (2pts) PART 1: Listen to Anne asking her friend about going to a shopping center, choose the best answer. 1. At the moment, the shopping center sells ___. A. clothes B. books C. food 2. You can take a coach to the shopping centre on___. A. Mondays B. Tuesdays C. Saturdays 3. The nearest coach stops to Anne’s house is___. A. in the bus station B. in the market square C. outside the museum 4. The coach journey takes___. A. 10 minutes B. 20 minutes C. 40 minutes PART 2: Listen and complete questions. Finchester Zoo Closed on: Monday Closing time in summer: (5) .p.m Meeting place for tour: (6) At 2 p.m., see: (7) eat their food. Child’s ticket costs: (8) £
6. NGUYEN TRAI JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH 8 - 6 II. MULTIPLE CHOICE: (2.5 pts) * Choose the word which has the underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. 1. A. increase B. provide C. diverse D. science * Choose the word whose main stress pattern is different from the others. 2. A. unfriendly B. improbable C. demography D. Japanese * Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D). 3. We’ve have decided ___in Ho Chi Minh City for three months days. A. stay B. staying C. to stay D. stays 4. Using telepathy is a way to ___ instantly by thought. A. communicate B. communication C. communicant D. communicating 5. Simon got lost because he ___a map with him. A. didn’t take B. took C. hadn’t taken D. hasn’t taken 6. The bus for the excursion to the chocolate factory ___at 8.00 a.m on April 14th. A. leaves B. will leave C. has left D. left 7. In 50 years’ time we may be living___ the moon. A. to B. at C. in D. on 8. Scotland is an interesting place to visit with its rich___. A. disasters B. culture C. pollution D. rainstorm 9. A: Our house was destroyed by the storm. B: ___ A. Oh no! B. That’s a relief. C. How wonderful! D. Wow! * Choose the underlined word that needs correcting. 10. My cousin told me that he spends a lot of time studying physics. A B C D III. READING: (2.5 pts) PART 1. Choose the word (A, B, C, D) which best fits each gap. New Orleans, in Louisiana, is known as the (1) ___city in the United States with distinctive architecture, cross-cultural heritage and annual music festivals. However, due to its location along the Mississippi River with lakes on the other side, and nearly half of the city below sea level, the city faces the (2) ___ of flooding. So, a levee system and drainage canals were built to protect the city. Early in the morning of August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina, the most destructive natural disaster in the history of New Orleans, (3) ___the city. The storm brought strong winds and heavy rains for several days. As a result, water from the river and lakes rose, breaking the levees and poured directly (4) ___the city. Soon 80 percent of the city was under the water. People scrambled to rooftops for safety, desperate for food and drinking water. The winds were so strong that even beds in Hyatt Hotel were seen (5) ___ out of the hotel windows. 1. A. uniquer B. most unique C. uniquest D. more unique 2. A. dangerously B. endanger C. danger D. dangerous 3. A. striked B. had struck C. strike D. struck 4. A. for B. off C. with D. into 5. A. to fly B. flying C. flew D. has flown PART 2. Read the passage and decide which sentence is “True” (T) or “False” (F). Marie Curie was a famous Polish scientist. She was born in 1867. Her father and mother were both teachers. Marie herself proved to be a very bright child and did very well at school. Unfortunately, at that time women were not allowed to go to university. She tried her best to find a way to study abroad. Maris did very well at Sorbonne University in Paris and she gained a degree in Maths. In the same year, she met Pierre Curie and married him in 1895. Then they had a daughter called Irene. In 1897 Marie Curie started investigating uranium. In 1903 Marie and Pierre Curie were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics along with Henri Besquerel. Winning the prize brought them fame. Then in 1904 Marie Curie had a daughter called Eve. Unfortunately, in the next year, her husband died because of a horse-drawn vehicle. 6. Marie Curie is French. ___ 7. At that time, women in her country couldn’t study after high school. ___ 8. She met her husband in 1894. ___ 9. They had two daughters. ___ 10. Her husband died in the laboratory. ___ IV. DO AS DIRECTED: (3 pts)
7. NGUYEN TRAI JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH 8 - 7 1. Mr. Smith will collect the tickets. (Rewrite, using Passive voice) - 2. “I come from a small town in England.” Nick said (Rewrite, using Reported speech) - Nick said that 3. We can’t go to Julia’s party. We’re going away that weekend. (Combine sentences, using “because”) - 4. If / I / you / I / wear / earplugs / when / go / the concert // (Write a conditional sentence type 2) - 5. Write a paragraph (in 50 - 60 words) to answer the question: What ways of communication do you like to use now? ĐỀ THAM KHẢO 2 I. LISTENING: (2pts) PART 1: Listen to Diane talking to a friend about a trip to London and choose the correct answer. 1. Diane went to London by ___. A. car B. bus C. underground 2. Diane and her friends ate ___. A. Mexican food B. Chinese food C. Spanish food 3. Diane says the restaurant was___. A. full B. expensive C. quiet 4. After the meal, Diane and her friends ___. A. sat and talked B. saw a film C. walked by the river PART 2: Listen and complete questions. Westwood English School Evening classes on: Thursday Next course starts on: (1) 22 Speaking class with: (2) Miss Cost for 12 classes: (3) £ School is next to: (4) II. MULTIPLE CHOICE: (2.5 pts) * Choose the word which has the underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. 1. A. down B. throw C. nowadays D. how * Choose the words that have the different stress from the others. 2. A. presentation B. radioactive C. environmental D. contamination 3. Last night volcano Maui ___ and the large areas of land were affected. A. erupts B. erupted C. erupting D. erupt 4. Recent ___ developments have made robots more user-friendly, and intelligent. A. science B. scientist C. scientific D. scientifically 5. It’s important ___ wildlife in the area. A. to conserve B. conserving C. conservation D. conserve 6. Many people believe that robots have made workers jobless, that is not necessarily true. A. but B. and C. so D. or 7. America ___Thanksgiving Day on the fourth Thursday of November since 1864. A. celebrates B. has celebrated C. is celebrating D. celebrated 8. With healthier ___ and better medical ___, people will have a longer life expectancy. A. ways – care B. lifestyles – care C. life – cares D. lifestyles – medicine 9. “The weather forecast says it’s going to rain tomorrow.” - “___ What a pity.” A. Looks great! B. Not at all. C. Sounds good! D. Oh no! * Choose the underlined word or phrase, A, B, c or D that needs correcting. 10. By the time the rescue team had arrived, they’d drifted at sea for three days. A B C D
8. NGUYEN TRAI JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH 8 - 8 III. READING: (2.5 pts) PART 1. Choose the word (A, B, C, D) which best fits each gap. Telephone, television, radio, and the Internet help people (1) ___ with each other. Because of these devices, ideas and news of events spread (2)___all over the world. For example, within seconds, people can know the results of an election in another country. An (3) ___ football match comes into the homes of everyone with a television set. News of a disaster, such as a flood, can bring help from (4) ___ countries. Within hours, help is on the way. This is because modern (5) ___ information travels fast. 1. A. communicate B. communicating C. to communicate D. A&C 2. A. quickly B. quick C. slowly D. slow 3. A. rural B. international C. nation D. urban 4. A. close B. space C. distant D. rich 5. A. technology B. technological C. technique D. technical PART 2. Read the passage and decide which sentence is “True” (T) or “False” (F). THE UNITED STATES The United States is a large country. It is the third largest in the whole world! It is located in a continent called North America. Parts of the United States touch three different oceans. The United States has tall mountains, wide plains, deserts, hills, rivers, lakes, volcanoes, and even rainforests! People from all over the world have come to live the United States. There are 50 states in the United States. The newest states, Alaska and Hawaii, are not connected to the other states. Alaska is the largest state and Hawaii is a chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean. 1. The United States is the ___ country in the world. A. second largest B. largest C. smallest D. third largest 2. Alaska is ___ and Hawaii is ___. A. a chain of islands, the largest state B. the largest state: a chain of islands C. a chain of islands; the largest state D. not connected to the other states, the largest state. 3. The United States does not have ___. A. 50 states B. volcanoes C. mountains D. continents 4. Parts of the United States touch ___ different oceans. A. 1 B. 2 C. 4 D. 3 5. What continent is the United States in? A. North America B. Australia C. Africa D. Europe IV. DO AS DIRECTED: (3 pts) 1. Rescue teams have saved hundreds of people from floods in Metro Manila. (Rewrite, passive voice) - 2. “Will we be able to live on Mars in 2050?” (Rewrite, using reported speech) - Mary asked her father 3. If/ there/ be/ no more pollution/ the world/ be/ a better place? (Write conditional sentences type 2) - 4. Sue is suffering from skin cancer. She was exposed to radiation when she was young. (using “so”) - 5. “If you could invent something new, what would you develop?” Write in about 50 – 60 words