Ôn Thi HKI 8

ĐỀ CƯƠNG ÔN THI HKI LỚP 8
Đề 1
I/ Pick out one word that has the underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
1) a. wisdom b. wife c. tiger d. fire
2) a. beneath b. destroy c. upset d. planet
II/ Pick out one word that has the stress on the first syllable:
1) a. mobile b. movie c. machine d. theater
2) a. sociable b. reserved c. generous d. humorous
III/ Pick out the word that doesn’t belong to the group with the others:
1) a. soccer b. swimming c. volleyball d. math
2) a. games b. chatting c. talking d. experiment
IV/ Read the passage then write TRUE (T) or FALSE (F) for the following sentences:
Once a poor farmer had a daughter named Little Pea. After his wife, the farmer married again. His new wife had a daughter, Stout Nut. Unfortunately, the new wife was very cruel to Little Pea. Little Pea had to do chores all day. This made Little Pea’s father very upset. He soon died of a broken heart.
1) Little Pea’s mother died when she was young
2) Little Pea had to do the housework all day after her father married again
3) The new wife was very friendly
V/ Fill in each blank with one word:
sentences / by / list / learner / right / order / mother / instead / revision
Language (1) learn words in different ways. Some learners make a (2) and put into it the meanings of new words in their (3) tongue, and try to learn them (4) heart. However, others do not. (5), they write one or two example (6) with each new word in (7) to remember how to use the words in the (8) way.
VI/ Choose the correct word in parentheses to complete each sentence:
1) Mary likes (Play / plays / played / playing) the piano
2) Hung is (better / most better / the best / more better) student in my class
3) Alexander Graham Bell was born (in / on / at / during) March 3, 1847
4) Can you fill (out / on / over / down) this form for me ?
5) They have studied English (in / at / for / to) three years
6) Could you (make / give / bring / do) me a favor
7) I used to live on a farm when I (am / was / will be / were) a young girl
8) he advised you (should work / work / to work / should to work) harder on it
9) Tom, you’ll have to cook dinner (yourself / himself / myself / herself)
10) He’s out now. Would you like to leave a (straw / wisdom / tale / message) ?
11) Bell (invents / invented / inventing / invent) the telephone in 1876
12) Sometimes my jokes (cover / choose / fit / annoy) them
VII/ Write the complete sentences, using the cues given:
1) Lan / like / learn / English 3) Her dictionary / more expensive / Huong’s
2) Minh / goes / the market / the morning 4) They / buy / the new house / April
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Đề 2
I/ Read the passage and answer the questions:
Alexander Graham Bell, born in Edinburgh, was a Scotsman although he late emigrated to the USA in the 1870s. In America, he worked with deaf-mutes at Boston University. Soon, Bell started experimenting with ways of transmitting speech over a long distance. Bell and his assistant, Thomas Watson, conducted many experiments and finally came up with a device which they fist introduced in 1876. Traveling all over America, Bell demonstrated his invention to the public at countless exhibitions, and by 1877 the fist telephone was in commercial use.
1) Was Mr. Bell born in the USA ? 4) Who was Thomas Watson ?
2) Where was Boston University ? 5) When did the new phone device appear ?
3) What did he do at Boston University ? 6) When did Mr. Bell do at exhibitions in America ?
II/ Replace each number with one word:
locked / straw / injures / electricity / put / dangerous / let / grazed / matches / sockets
You must put all chemicals and drugs (1) cupboards
You must not (2) children play in the kitchen, a (3) place
Children must not play with (4) because each year fire destroys homes and (5) children playing with matches
You must cover electrical (6) because children often (7) anything into