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PHÒNG GD – ĐT ………… TRƯỜNG THCS ……………… ĐỀ THI CUỐI HỌC KỲ 2 - ĐỀ SỐ 4 NĂM HỌC: 2023 – 2024 MÔN: Tiếng Anh 8 Thời gian: 60 minutes I. LISTENING Listen to some information about emojis. Complete a student’s note. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER in each blank. You will listen TWICE. Emoji Invention: in the 1990s in (1) ____________ Popularity: can be found on every smartphone, (2) ____________ platform and communication application. Quantity: more than (3) ____________ emojis Recognition: 2015’s (4) ____________of the Year Criticisms: encourages laziness and (5) _________________ II. READING Read the following passage, and answer the questions that follow Alexander Graham Bell is widely known as inventor of the first telephone. He was born on March 3rd, 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’. TASK 1. Decide if the statements are T or F 1. _________ Alexander Graham Bell is Scottish.

TASK 2. Write a paragraph (80 - 100 words) about the possible prolems of having a home robot. IV. LANGUAGE FOCUS TASK 1. Choose the letter A, B, C or D the word that has the underlined part different from others. 1. A. disaster B. damage C. collapse D. rage 2. A. erupt B. disaster C. scatter D. worker TASK 2. Choose the letter A, B, C or D the word that has the different stress pattern from others. 1. A. forest B. erupt C. rescue D. worker 2. A. victim B. damage C. bury D. divide TASK 3. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences 1. We tried to ______ the aliens and managed to stop them from invading our planet. A. oppose B. support C. strike D. struggle 2. Animals are living ______; therefore, we should not hurt them needlessly. A. types B. aliens C. creatures D. breeds 3. There is a strong ______ that it will rain this afternoon. A. possibility B. occasion C. trace D. opportunity 4. It's exciting to discover ______ of earlier civilizations. A. chances B. opportunities C. possibilities D. traces