glassware III/ Circle the word or phrase A, B, C or D that best complete each sentence : 3ps 5.. A contest in which participants have to fetch water from the river is called a……… A.. Com
Trang 1thi h c kì 2 môn ti ng Anh l p 8 n m 2015 huy n
Tân Châu
I/ Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others ( 0,5p)
1 A burned B stopped C asked D promised
2 A sight B florist C stream D island
II/ Circle the letter that has the different stress pattern from the others: ( 0,5p)
3 A deposit B remember C recognize D immediate
4 A plastic B reduce C metal D glassware
III/ Circle the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best complete each sentence : (3ps)
5 Have you any news about Lan since her bike accident ?
A hear B hearing C to hear D heard
6 The glass bottle will be broken small pieces
A into B to C in D by
7 Cool the burns immediately so as to tissue damage
A ease B relieve C minimize D Maximize
8 Don’t overheat the victim with the blankets or coats (Choose
the phrase that has the same meaning as the underlined words)
A make someone too cool B make someone too hot C hurt someone
D destroy someone
9 The Paramid of Cheops in Egypt is one of the seven of the world
A landmarks B historical places C ancient structures D wonders
10 “I promise I won’t do that again.” “- ……… ”
A Sure B Yes, please C I hope so D OK
11 The boss is angry because Jane .the office telephone for personal calls
A is used B used C is always using D using
12 Nga saw her old friend when she the street
A is crossing B was crossing C crossed D crossing
13 He asked me I liked coffee
Trang 2A which B as C if D what
14 ……… is an area of land between hills or mountains
A Valley B Beach C Bay D.Island
15 A contest in which participants have to fetch water from the river is called a………
A fetching-water contest B water-fetching contest
C fetch-water contest D contest water fetch
16 Santa Claus is based on the of Saint Nicholas in a poem
A performance B description C invention D tradition
IV Complete the passage with the words given and do the tasks below: (3 ps)
born finished age taken if
BIRTH OF THE COMPUTER Most people think of computers as very modern inventions, products of our new technological (17) _ But actually the idea for a computer was worked out over two centuries ago by a man called Charles Babbage
Babbage was (18) in 1791 and grew up to be a brilliant
mathematician He drew up plans for several calculating machines which he called “engines” But despite the fact that he started building some of these he never finished any of them Over the years people have
argued (19) _ his machines would ever work Recently, however, the Science Museum in London has (20) building an engine based on one of Babbage’s designs It has taken six years to complete and more than four thousand parts have been specially made Whether it works or not, the machine will be on show at a special exhibition in theScienceMuseum
to remind of Babbage’s work
* Decide whether the senteces are true (T) or false (F).
_21 Charles Babbage was the first person who had an idea for the
computer
_22 Babbage studied mathematics well
Trang 3_23 Babbage designed some calculating machines
_24 His machines were widely used over the years
V/ Underline ONE mistake in each sentence and supply the correct one (1p) EX: The boy stand under the tree is Ba
Your answer: stand -> standing
25 Susan has studied Vietnamese very hard since 3 years because she likes this country
Your answer: ………
26 Life in the city is much different with that in the country Your
answer: ………
27 Would you mind get me some coffee? Your
answer: ………
28 The Statue ofLibertyis presented to theUnited StatesbyFrancein 1876
Your answer: ………
VI Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meaning: ( 2ps)
29 My mother decorated the Christmas tree yesterday ( Change into the passive voice)
->
30 “I am waiting for the bus now”, Ba said ( change into reported speech) ->
31 Could you give me the bag, please? ( rewrite the sentence )
-> Would you mind ?
32 Learning English is very interesting ( Rewrite the sentence)
-> It’s