Đề thi cuối kì 2 Tiếng Anh 8 Global Success có đáp án (Đề 4)
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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) _________________
in the 1990s in (1) ____________
Japan
can be found on every smartphone, (2) ____________ platform and communication application.
social network
more than (3) ____________ emojis
3000
2015’s (4) ____________of the Year
Word
encourages laziness and (5) _________________
destroys languages
Script:
Emoji has become integral to digital communication in the past few decades. Invented in the 1990s in Japan, emoji was originally a collection of 176 symbols. These little pictures that people can send to one another are on every smartphone, social network platform and communication application. Its popularity exploded after Apple included emojis in their latest smartphone in 2011. By 2021, there will be more than 3000 emojis representing many different emotions, people, food, jobs… Emoji has become so important to the way we communicate that the Oxford Dictionary chose the tears-of-joy emoji to be Word of the Year in 2015. Some written phrases can usually be understood with a single emoji. However, not everyone supports the increasing usage of emojis. Critics said that this type of communication made people lazy and it destroyed languages.
II. READING
Read the following passage, and answer the questions that follow.
Alexander Graham Bell is widely known as theinventor 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 the 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.
Decide if the statements are T or F
_________ Alexander Graham Bell is Scottish.
T
_________ He spent all his life in Canada.
F
_________ He worked with the deaf when he moved to the USA.
T
_________ He wanted to create a device that can transmit human voice.
T
_________ He was able to succeed right from the first experiment.
F
_________ He worked on his inventions all by himself.
F
TASK 2. Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the passage below.
Sir Isaac Newton was an English mathematician and physicist who lived from 1642 to 1727. He was the (1) _________ of gravity. He discovered gravity in 1666 when he saw a (2) _________ apple. He thought that there was a (3) _________ of nature moving the apple. Newton called this force "gravity". He then determined that there are forces between all (4) _________. This discovery is very important and has many (5) _________ in physics.
He was the (1) of gravity
discoverer
inventor
creator
developer
A
He discovered gravity in 1666 when he saw a (2) apple
ripping
falling
hanging
rolling
B
He thought that there was a (3) of nature moving the apple
pull
push
force
press
C
Newton called this force "gravity". He then determined that there are forces between all (4)
distances
people
locations
objects
D
This discovery is very important and has many (5) in physics.
applications
uses
ativantages
problem
A
III. WRITING
TASK 1. Write full sentences using the suggested words and phrases.
Write full sentences using the suggested words and phrases
professor / ask / students / what / essential conditions / human life / be.
__________________________________________________________
The professor asked his students what the essential conditions for human life were.
Tom / ask / scientist / what / they / use / catch / signals / aliens.
__________________________________________________________
Tom asked the scientist what they used to catch signals from aliens.
1822 / Babbage / start working / first computer / and / it was called / Difference Engine.
__________________________________________________________
In 1822, Babbage started working on the first computer and it was called the Difference Engine.
1847-1849 / Babbage / create / second computer.
__________________________________________________________
From 1847 to 1849, Babbage created the second computer.
Write a paragraph (80 - 100 words) about the possible prolems of having a home robot.
People can face some problems if they own a home robot. First, robots are expensive, so not every family can afford to have one. Second, people can become lazy because the robot does things for them. In addition, robots can't do all things as well as humans can do. For example, robots can do the cooking but they cannot taste a dish to check if it is good enough. Furthermore, robots cannot do everything. They can only do things that they are programmed. So you should think carefully before buying a robot.
Choose the letter A, B, C or D the word that has the underlined part different from others.
disaster
damage
collapse
rage
D
Choose the letter A, B, C or D the word that has the underlined part different from others.
erupt
disaster
scatter
worker
A
Choose the letter A, B, C or D the word that has the different stress pattern from others.
forest
erupt
rescue
worker
B
Choose the letter A, B, C or D the word that has the different stress pattern from others.
victim
damage
bury
divide
D
Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences
We tried to ______ the aliens and managed to stop them from invading our planet.
oppose
support
strike
struggle
A
Animals are living ______; therefore, we should not hurt them needlessly.
types
aliens
creatures
breeds
C
There is a strong ______ that it will rain this afternoon.
possibility
occasion
trace
opportunity
A
It's exciting to discover ______ of earlier civilizations.
chances
opportunities
possibilities
traces
D
