Đề kiểm tra cuối học kì 2 Tiếng Anh 8 có đáp án (Mới nhất) (Đề 18)

Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the rest.

Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the rest.

Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern.

Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern.

I _____ very surprised if Melissar came to Bob’s party. Normally, she hates parties.

– “What a nice T-shirt!” – “___________________”.

It _____ for months, so farmers can’t start their crops.

By _____ used paper, plastic and metal you can minimize the amount of waste produced at home.

I suggest _____ lessons to the poor children in the neighborhood.

Home lighting can _____ for 10 percent to 50 percent of the electricity bill.

_____ they live a poor life, they always feel happy.

A _____ is a violent tropical storm with very strong winds, especially in North and South American.

Let me congratulate you _____ winning the first prize in the English Speaking Contest.

Lan has to stay home to _____ her sick mother.

The house in _____ she was born and grew up was destroyed in an earthquake ten years ago.

_____ putting garbage bins around the schoolyard?

Have you ever seen a _____ eruption? (VOLCANO)

_____, the flood didn’t cause much damage to the local residents. (LUCKY)

They first met on a _____ from Atlanta to Massachusetts. (FLY)

Scientists around the world are searching for the most _____ source of power. (EFFECT)

Scientists are now looking for cheaper way to use solar energy to heat air and water. Many buildings are using solar energy to heat water now. Solar units on the (1) _____ of buildings collect the energy and use it to heat water. (2) _____ these units are still very expensive, more and more people are buying solar hot water heaters. Universities and colleges give solar energy courses where students learn to build their own solar collectors. There are also many books (3) _____ explain the construcstion of solar collectors. (4) _____ the future, there will be more and more solar collectors, especially in the sunny desert areas of the world.

Solar units on the (1) _____ of buildings collect the energy and use it to heat water. (

(2) _____ these units are still very expensive, more and more people are buying solar hot water heaters.

There are also many books (3) _____ explain the construcstion of solar collectors.

(4) _____ the future, there will be more and more solar collectors, especially in the sunny desert areas of the world.

BOXING DAY

Boxing Day in the United Kingdom is the day after Christmas Day and falls on December 26. Traditionally, it was a day when employers gave money, food, cloth (material) or other valuable goods to their employees. In modern times, it is an important day an an opportunity to spend time with their family, friends and neighbors. Some people choose to go for a walk in the countryside, while others gather and wait in a line for the post-Christmas sales in large stores that often begin on Boxing Day. Boxing Day is also an important day for sporting events. Traditionally, using dogs to hunt for foxes was a popular sport among the upper class. Pictures of hunters on horseback dressed in red coats and surrounded by hunting dogs are often seen as symbolic of Boxing Day. Nowadays, fox hunting is allowed. Horse racing and football (soccer) are now popular sports.

When is Boxing Day celebrated?

What was Boxing Day by traditional?

Who do people usually spend time with?

Is fox hunting a popular sport nowadays?

Do you eat all the ice-cream or you will be sick.

→ If you ______________________________________________________.

The children receive a good education. They attend that school.

→ The children who _____________________________________________.

People cut down many trees in the forests, so there are often big floods every year.

→ There are ____________________________________________________.

Why don’t we use public buses instead of motobikes to reduce exhaust fume?

→ He suggested _________________________________________________.

teacher/ pleased/ students/ passed/ final test.

Tet/ festival/ occurs/ late January/ early Februaly.