De thi giua HK 2 20182019

ĐỀ THI GIỮA HỌC KỲ 2
NĂM HỌC 2018-2019
Môn: Tiếng Anh 8 (45')
I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined. (1pt)
1. A. thermal
B. earthquake
C. there
D. death
2. A. evacuate
B. accent
C. effect
D. erupt
2. A. goes
B. watches
C. misses
D. brushes
4.A. health
B. team
C. tea
D. beach
II. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.
(0.5pt)
1. A. electronic
B. scientific
C. geography
D. preparation
2. A. specific
B. technical
C. general
D. absolute
III. Choose the correct answer. (2pts)

1. If this factory continues ……………poison into the lake. All the fish will die.
A. pouring
B. dumping
C. pumping
2. All our English teachers are ……………. Speaker.
A. native
B. nation
C. original
3. If the air wasn’t dirty, I ……………so much.
A. wouldn’t sneeze
B. sneeze
C. would sneeze
4. The government is sending ……………to the flood victims.
A. touch
B. aid
C. accommodation
5. A severe tropical……………is called a typhoon.
A. drought
B. rain
C. flood
6. Emergency teams are still clearing up the ……………from the plane crash.
A. debris
B. dust
C. piece
7. I like ……………back my home village on holiday.
A. comes
B. come
C. came
8. Water pollution is the ……………in the lake has made the fish die.
A. contaminating

B. contaminate
C. contaminated
IV. Supply the correct word forms. (1pt)
9. If we use water……………, more people will have fresh water.
2. The street doesn’t look……………because it has a lot of rubbish.
8.Examples of primary……………are exhaust fumes from cars,
4. Are all types of pollution……………to the health of humans and animals?

D. sacking
D. foreign
D. to sneeze
D. provision
D. storm
D. waste
D. coming
D. contamination

CARE
ATTRACT
POLLUTE
HARM

V. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct verb tense. (2.5pts)
1 . They (come) ……………back home after they (finish) ……………their work.
2. Two houses (build) ……………in the city every years.
3. Vietnam’s Independence Day …………… (celebrate) on September 09th.
4. If you (be) ……………the president, what would you do to help the environment ?


VI. Read the passage and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fit each

space. (1.5pts)
Environmental pollution is a term that (1).......... to all the ways by which man pollutes his
surroundings. Man dirties the air with gases and smoke, (2) .......... the water with chemicals and other
substances, and damages the (3) .......... with too many fertilizers and pesticides. Man also pollutes his
surroundings in various other ways. For example, people ruin natural beauty by (4) .......... junk and litter on
the land and in the water.
Environmental pollution is one of the most serious problems facing mankind today. Air, water and
soil are necessary to the survival of all living things. Badly polluted air can cause illness, and (5) ..........
death. Polluted water kills fish and other marine life. Pollution of soil reduces the amount of land that is
available for growing food. Environmental pollution also brings ugliness to man’s (6) .......... beautiful world.
1. A. means
2. A. purifies
3. A. soil
4. A. spoiling
5. A. so
6. A. nature

B. refers
B. pumps
B. forests
B. leaving
B. ever
B. natural

C. provides
C. sprays
C. streets
C. scattering
C. too
C. naturally

D. reduces
D. poisons
D. beaches
D. gathering
D. even
D. natured

VII. Rewrite the sentences with the same meaning. (1.5pt)
1. Eating too much sugar can result in health problem. (lead to)
=> ...................................................................................................................................
...........
2. They don't drive out the cattle to the field in the winter.
=> The cattle .............................................................................................................................
3. We had lunch then we took a look around the shops.
=> Before ..................................................................................................................................