ĐỀ CƯƠNG ÔN THI HỌC KÌ 2 TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8

I. Rewrite
1. "Can you help us?" They asked me.
2. The nurse asked me:" What is your name?"
3. "Why are you so sad?", my classmate asked Ba.
4. "Did you bring the mosquito - net along?", my cousin asked Lan.
5. The workman asked my father:"How high is that building?"
6. "Whose is this strip of land?", the millionaire asked landlord.
7. "Are you angry with me?", I asked the typist.
8. The clerk asked me:"Which book do you want to buy?".
9. The performer said:"I shall go to the next village tomorrow"
10. My friend asked us:"Do you enjoy your Spanish class?"
11. “Will everyone be ready to leave by 6?", the driver asked us.
12. My classmate asked him:"Did you hand in your paper to the professor?"
13. "Are you going to join that organization?" Tom asked Ba.
14. Virginia asked Jane:"Do you like to wear your Sunday clothes?"
15. "Can you go to the meeting with me tonight?" ,John asked us.
16. Mr Smith asked the students:"Have you taken the other two courses yet?"
17. The fireman asked my roommate:"Did you ring the fire alarm?"
18. She asked me:"Did you break this window last night?"
II. Find the word which has different stress pattern from the others.
1. A. person B. father C. teacher D. enjoy
2. A. prefer B. enjoy C. mother D. agree
3. A. doctor B. father C. picture D. prefer
4. A. pollution B. visit C. listen D. open
5. A. depend B. advise C. affect D. listen
6. A. affect B. father C. teacher D. picture
7. A. prefer B. enjoy C. mother D. affect
8. A. lazy B. happen C. pollution D. fancy
9. A. pollution B. picture C. village D. factory
10. A. occur B. believe C. affect D. village
11. A. artistic B. historic C. dramatic D. scientific
12. A. medical B. national C. chemical D. historical
13. A. athletic B. dramatic C. scientific D. heroic
14. A. medical B. hospital C. politics D. electric
15. A. chemical B. physical C. environmental D. medical
III. Choose A, B, C, D for each gap in the following sentences.
1. Air......................, together with littering, is causing many problems in our cities today.
A. pollute B. pollution C. polluting D. polluted
2. The road in front of my office is always .................... when it rains heavily.
A. to flood B. flooding C. flood D. flooded
3. Singapore is famous for its .................... and green trees.
A. cleanliness B. cleanly C. cleaning D. clean
4. In some English speaking countries, turkey and pudding are ............... food at Christmas.
A. national B. historical C. traditional D. possible
5. The USA has a population of 304 million, and it’s the third ............. country in the world.
A. smallest B. largest C. narrowest D. highest
6. The roof of the building .......................... in a storm a few days ago.
A. damaged B. was damaged C. has damaged D. has been damaged
7. A severe tropical ...................... is called a typhoon.
A. drought B. rain C. flood D. storm
8. As soon as the floodwater ...................... down, people ........................ their houses.
A. went - cleaned B. had gone – cleaned C. went - had cleaned D. had gone – had cleaned
9. If I were you, I ..................... do something to prevent him from littering.
A. would B. did C. will D. do
10. Earth .................. by the gravity of the Sun and orbits around it.
A. holds B. is held C. is holding D. held
13. All people who were without homes in the flood were provided with .................. accommodation.
A. short B. temporary C. present D. instant
14. Seven of ten people prefer face-to-face ............... when having a date.A. languageB. contact C. code
D. sign
15. When thermal pollution happens, the water temperature in streams, rivers, lakes and oceans .....................
A. changes B. keeps C. remains D. stays
16. Australia is home to ..................... animals like kangaroos and koalas.
A. only B. rare C. unique D. precious
17. If you were the president, what ..................... you do to help the environment?
A. will B. did C. would D. do
18. The Maori in New Zealand greet each other by ........................ their noses.
A. touching B. punching C. blowing D. rubbing
19. The village’s drinking water ................... with poisonous chemicals since the factory came into operation.
A. contaminates B. is contaminated C. has contaminated D. has been contaminated
21. All people who were without homes in the flood were provided with ..................... accommodation.
A. short B. temporary C. present D. instant
22. I believe that our new manager has the ............ to work well in this business environment.
A. inflexible B. flexibly C. flexibility D. flexible
23. If the factory .................. dumping poison into the lake, all the fish and other aquatic animals will die.
A. continues B. continued C. will continue D. continue
24. You will recognize Jenny when you see her. She .................... a red hat.
A. wears B. is wearing C. will wear D. will be wearing
25. The farmer rides the buffalo-........................ carts loaded full of rice home.
A. draw B. drawing C. drew D. drawn
26. Little Pascal .................. a mechanical calculator which could do additions or subtractions very quickly.
A. discovered B. found C. found out D. invented
27. Robots save workers from .................. dangerous tasks.
A. making B. having C. performing D. carrying
28. Many people believe that robots have made workers jobless .................. that is not necessarily true.
A. but B. and C. so D. or
29. Recent ............... developments have made robots more user-friendly and intelligent.
A. science B. scientist C. scientific D. scientifically
30. Teenagers spend most of their time playing computer games, .... they lost their interests in daily activities.
A. moreover B. so C. however D. as a result
31. Science and technology have .................. the life safe, secure and comfortable.
A. transformed B. made C. done D. changed
32. The teacher .................... me that I had better devote more time to science subjects such as physics,
chemistry, and biology.A. said B. talked C. spoke D. told
33. Science is used in all corners of the world for the ...............of people.
A. interestB. needC. profits D. benefit
34. If you .................... something, you should patent it as quickly as possible.
A. invented B. will invent C. have invented D. are inventing
35. Sciences and technology have enormous ............................ on economic development.
A. affects B. effects C. affect D. effect
IV. Rewrite the following sentences so that the second sentence means the same as the first one.
2. I don’t have enough time, so I can’t go on holiday this summer.If.......................................
3. The man had a broken leg. He tried to save his wife.In spite of............................................
4. I can’t tell you because I don’t know the answer. If..............................................................
5. They will do the test well. They will review it hard. If
8. The people will protect the environment now. The environment will be nice. If..................
9. They don’t have a map, so they get lost. If............................................................................
12. Although the weather was bad, the football match was not canceled. Despite.....................
16. Many rivers and lakes are poisoned. Factories produce waste and pour it into rivers and lakes. (because)
17. Plastic bags are a major source of waste. We should
18. We won’t hold the festival. It costs too much money. (if).....................................................
19. The tortoise was running. The hare was sleeping. (while).....................................................
20. The girl worked hard. Her stepmother wasn’t happy. (although)..........................................
21. “I will tell you the answer tomorrow.” Mai said to me
22. “What time do you go to school everyday?” Nam asked Ba
23. “Have you finished your homework, Ba?” I asked Ba
24. “Does your sister study Maths everyday?” She asked me if my sister studied .....
V. Give the correct tense or form of the following verbs.
1. I (watch)............... a science fiction film on TV at 9.00 tonight.
2. Our teacher says that new technology (make)............. many workers jobless in the future.
3. Look at those clouds – I think it (rain)..............
4. If you use robots to do the housework, you (become)........ lazy and you (not get)............ enough exercise.
5. People say that technology (change) ...........up entire rooms small enough to put on desktops and into
wristwatches.
6. We’ll need (call)........... him more often
7. This time next week, I (lie)............... on the beach on Phu quoc Island
8. Thomas Edison said that none of his inventions (come)........ by accident. They (be)......... all the result of
hard work
10. If the trees (be not)............................watered daily, they will die.
11. Air (pollute)..................is not good for our health.
12. Many houses (destroy)...........................in the hurricane last night in Nghe An.
13. If the students reviewed all lessons, they (do).......................the test well.
14. After the thief (leave).........................the house, the police (come).......................
15. He (not go).................... out last night. He (stay)............................. at home.
16. ............... Lan (learn)............. English for 2 years? - No, she (learn)...................... for 3 years.
17. .............. you (wear).................... uniform yesterday? No. I (not wear)....... yesterday.
18. ................ your mother (read)......... book every night? - No, she (watch).....................TV.
19. We (save)................................ electricity if we didn’t pay much money.
20. If we use water carefully, more people (have)............................ fresh water.
22. He wouldn’t be ill if he (not smoke)................................ a lot.
VI. Reading
1. Read the text about Alexander Graham Bell and do the tasks
Alexander Graham Bell is widely known as inventor of the first telephone. He was born on March 3 rd,
1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. When he was 23, Bell emigrated to Canada with his parents and the next year
moved to the United States to teach deaf-mute children. With his colleague Thomas Watson, Bell worked very
hard on the experimentation to invent devices such as the harmonic telegraph (used to send multiple messages
over a single wire) and phonautograph (used to draw the shape of the sound waves). The first telephone
communication was said to have happened between Bell and Watson in 1876 while Bell was at one end of the
line, and Watson worked on the telephone in other room. The first transmitted words were, ‘Mr Watson, come
here. I want to see you’
a. Decide if the statements are T or F
1. Alexander Graham Bell is Scottish.
2. He spent all his life in Canada
3. He worked with the deaf when he moved to the USA
4. He wanted to create a device that can transmit human voice
5. He was able to succeed right from the first experiment
6. He worked on his inventions all by himself
b. Answer the questions
1. What is Bell’s ‘harmonic telegraph’?
2. What is Bell’s ‘phonautograph’?
3. When did the first communication over happened and how did it happen?
2. Read the fairy tale Cinderella and do the tasks below.
Once upon a time there was a young girl called Cinderella. Cinderella was living happily with her family
when her mother died. Her father married an evil widow with two daughters. Cinderella’s stepmother and two
stepsisters mistreated her. She had to wear old clothes and work hard while the sisters wore fancy clothes and
had fun. A good witch helped Cinderella. She turned Cinderella’s old dress into a beautiful gown. Cinderella
went to a party and a handsome prince politely invited her to dance with him. He fell in love with her and
wanted to find out who she was. Cinderella left the party in a hurry and didn’t tell the prince her name. but she
left a glass slipper, and the prince used that to find her. They got married and lived happily ever after.
1. Answer true (T) or false (F).
a. Cinderella was living happily with her family when her mother died.
b. Her father married a kind woman.
c. Her stepmother and two stepsisters were very kind to her.
d. The prince got married to the girl who fitted the left glass slipper.
2. Answer the questions.
1. What did Cinderella’s father do when his wife died?
2. How did Cinderella’s stepmother and two stepsisters treat her?
3. Who turned Cinderella’s old clothes into a beautiful gown?
4. What did the prince use to find Cinderella?
3. Read the following text carefully and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each of the gap.
Ewan McGregor was (29).......... in Scotland in 1971. He decided to be an (30)............ when he was only
nine and he (31)..........his first film in 1992. So far in his career he has appeared (32).......... a lot of different
types of films, including comedies, musical, dramas and the Star Wars movies. In his career Ewan has worked
with (33).......... like Cameron Diaz and Nicole Kidman, and his films have won (34).......... of awards. He
loves acting and when he finished (35).............. the musical, Moulin Rouge, he said, “I have never been
happier to do anything in my life”.
29. A. bear B. born C. bearing D. beared
30. A. acting B. actress C. actor D. action
31. A. made B. played C. worked D. starred
32. A. at B. on C. with D. in
33. A. directors B. actors C. actresses D. writers
34. A. a lots B. lots C. much D. some
35. A. to film B. filmed C. film D. filming
4. Read the text and do the tasks
Almost a hundred thousand people were killed and half a million homes destroyed as a result of an
earthquake in Tokyo in 1923. The earthquake began a minute before noon when the habitants of Tokyo were
cooking their midday meals. Thousand of stoves were overturned as soon as the earth began to shake. As a
result, small fires broke out everywhere and quickly spread. The fire engines were prevented from going to
help because many of the roads had cracked open. It was impossible to use fire fighting equipment as most of
the water pipes had burst. Consequently, over ninety percent of the damage was caused by fire rather than by
the collapse of buildings
These sentences are T (true) or F (false)
1. A hundred thousand people were killed in Tokyo in 1923 because of an earthquake
2. The earthquake began a minute before midnight
3. The fire engines were prevented from going to help because most of the water pipes had burst
4. Over ninety percent of the damage was caused by fire