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. ĐỀ KHẢO SÁT CHẤT LƯỢNG HỌC KÌ II Môn: TIẾNG ANH 8 Thời gian: 60 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Số báo danh :……………………………………… A. LISTENING (2.25 POINTS) Task 1. Listen and circle the best answer A, B, or C. You will listen TWICE. 1. Hurricanes and tornadoes are the most dangerous storms which affect ____________. A. America B. Australia C. Russia D. Sweden 2. Floods are caused along the ____________ by both the heavy rain and a storm tide. A. boats B. coasts C. roads D. sea 3. Tornadoes are ____________ low-pressured storms. A. heavy B. destructive C. silent D. violent 4. Today hurricanes and tornadoes can be ____________ more easily than in the past, A. tested B. seen C. predicted D. looked Task 2. Listen to the passage and tick True (T) or False (F) statements. Statement T F 1. “Future world” is the title of the book which is introduced at the bookshop. 2. 3D printing of human organs will help diabetes patients to build new organs and body parts. 3. It is written in the book that in 2015, we will primarily use the energy generated from the Sun. 4. The author mentions cruise control as a device which help to cut down the accidents. 5. New advanced technology in transportation isn’t written in the book. B. LANGUAGE FOCUS (2.75 POINTS) I. Phonetics (0.5 points) 1. Circle the letter A, B , C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. A. considerated B. protected C. accessed D. evacuated 2. Circle the letter A, B , C or D to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress. A. creature B. explore C. erupt D. invent II. Circle the letter A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences. (1.25 points) 1. “Let’s go to Ha Long Bay on the weekend” - “__________.” A. You’re welcome B. That’s a good idea C. That’s a fine day D. Yes, please 2. Global communication was changed by the __________ of the Internet. A.  inventable B. inventor C. invention D. inventive

. makes the air pollution even worse. Secondly, because of the increasing urbanization, it can be easily seen that there is always a lot of traffic in rush hour and dust on the road these days. The smoke from vehicles and manufacturing exhaust increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the air which makes US feel really hard to breathe. The consequences are very bad. Smog and dust can do serious harm to our health, especially our lungs. We have thousands of asthma and adult respiratory distress cases each year which raise concern about the air quality. Moreover, acid rain is becoming more and more popular which damages crops and fields. Many people believe that air pollution is also causing global warming and it is difficult to improve the air without the efforts of all countries around the world. 1. According to the passage, where do a large amount of dust and poisonous air come from? __________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Do developing countries take the air treatment process into careful consideration? __________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Why is it difficult for us to breathe when travelling on the roads or streets? __________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Which particular part of our body is seriously affected by smog and dust? __________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Does acid rain damage crops and fields? __________________________________________________________________________________ D. WRITING (2.5 POINTS) I. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the sentence before. (1.5 points) 1. “You must decide what you want to do”, Mr. Brown said to his daughter.  Mr. Brown _______________________________________________________________ 2. When the taxi comes, we will able to to leave for the airport.  As soon as ______________________________________________________________ 3. Nancy and I go out for coffee once or twice a year.  Nancy and I _____________________________________________________________ 4. “Can we go to the National Museum tomorrow?”   Sally asked her best friend __________________________________________________ 5. The lights in the stadium went out while they were playing football.  When __________________________________________________________________ 6. Face-to-face communication is better than texting.  Texting isn’t _____________________________________________________________ II. Write a paragraph (about 80-100 words) to describe the way of modern communication. (1pt) - What is it?/ What are its advantages?/ What are its disadvantages?/ Will people use it in the future? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________
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