Đề chẵn t a 8 hkii (hệ 10năm)

Đề thi HK2 - Môn: Tiếng Anh lớp 8 - (Năm học 2017 – 2018)
Họ và tên: ____________________________________________________ ĐỀ CHẴN
Question I: Listen to the passage and tick (√) T (true) or F (false).
1. A typhoon hit Nghe An Province last night.
2. Only a few people were seriously injured in the storm.
3. There was extensive damage to property in Cua Lo, a coastal town in Nghe An.
4. The storm had not weakened when rescue workers arrived in the area.
5. According to the weather bureau, heavy rain will continue over the next few days.
Question II: Listen to the passage and choose the correct answer (A, B or C).
1. Noise is ________________.
A. any sound that makes you relaxed and peaceful
B. any sound that is loud and constant
C. any sound you hear in the street
2. A unit used to measure the loudness of sounds is a decibel (dB). Noise pollution
happens when a sound's loudness is ________________ .
A. more than 30 dBs

B. more than 50 dBs

C. more than 70 dBs

3. Which of the following noises can cause permanent hearing loss after eight hours ?
A. Motorcycle

B. Ocean wave

C. Whistling

4. Which of the following noises can cause immediate and permanent hearing loss ?
A. Motorcycle

B. Concert

C. Vacuum cleaner

5. If you experience noise pollution for a long time, you can have ……… and hearing loss.
A. headaches

B. high blood pressure

C. both A and B

Question III: Circle the best answer A, B, C or D.
1. Singapore is famous for its ________________ and green trees.
A. cleanliness

B. cleanly

C. cleaning

D. clean

2. On Christmas Eve, most big cities, especially London are ________________ with coloured
lights across the streets and enormous Christmas trees.
A. hang

B. decorated

C. put

D. made

3. In the United States, there are 50 ____________ and six different time zones across the country.
A. states

B. nations

C. towns

D. countries

4. I once tried to ________________ apple pie when I was in London. It was really delicious.


A. do

B. cook

C. make

D. show

5. You should go to Canada in summer because it is the most popular time for visitors to ________
Niagara Falls and see the beautiful sights there.
A. stay

B. look

C. tour

D. visit

Question II: Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. Many houses ________________ (build) in the city every year.
2. Most people ________________ (leave) before the volcano erupted.
3. If I were a president I ________________ (buy) you a new car.
Question III: Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete these sentences.
1. Technology will probably help to ________________ natural disasters. (prediction)
2. The victims of the __________________ village were provided with food and medicine.
(flood)
Question IV: Fill each blank with a suitable word in the box to complete the passage.
down

up

deserts

victims

effective

effects

off

More than a billion people all over the world are under the threat of desert expansion,
but few of them are aware that they themselves cause it and are also its (1) _______________
People cut (2) __________________ trees for fuel and farmland. Their herds eat (3)
__________________ the grass covering valley floors and hillsides. The climate and soil
quality, therefore, are affected and forests are turned into (4) __________________. In some
places, many people had to leave their homes when their wells became dry and sand buried

their houses and crops. If people don’t find more (5) __________________ methods, their
homes and land will be lost. The fight against the desert is continuing.
Question V: Read the passage and answer the questions.
In 1969, Hurricane Camille hit my three - storey blocks of flats near the Gulf of
Mexico. First, the sea hit the building and all the windows broke. Then the rooms
flooded. Five minutes later, my bed was floating near the ceiling. Then it floated out of
the window. It was dark and the wind was howling. I was terrified. The building was
falling down all around me. The wind was awful. It reached a speed of 234 miles per
hour. I was cut and bleeding from head to toe. Finally, someone found me 8 km from
my house and they took me to hospital.
1. When did Hurricane Camille hit the Gulf of Mexico?


- ____________________________________________________________________ .
2. What happened after the rooms flooded?
- ____________________________________________________________________ .
3. Was the writer terrified?
- ____________________________________________________________________ .
4. How fast was the wind?
- ____________________________________________________________________ .
5. How far did the water carry the writer?
- ____________________________________________________________________ .
Question VI: Rewrite each sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one.
1. Volunteers helped the flood victims to rebuild their house.
 The flood ___________________________________________________________.
2. She said: “I’ll buy a robot when I have enough money.”
 She ________________________________________________________________.
3. This factory doesn’t treat its waste well, so there is a lot of water pollution.
 If _________________________________________________________________.
Question VII: Rearrange the words to make meaningful sentences.

1. tomorrow/ English/ They/ will/ at 8 o’clock / be learning/./
 ___________________________________________________________________.
2. doesn’t like/ ice-skating/ because/ my brother/ dangerous/ he/ it is/ thinks/./
 ___________________________________________________________________.
Question III: Write a paragraph (70 - 100 words) about a place you visited.
You should include: - The name of the place and the time you visited it.
- Why did you go there?

- Who did you go with?

- What did you do there?

- Your feelings about the place.

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