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<b>ĐỀ CƯƠNG ƠN THI HỌC KÌ 2 LỚP 8 MÔN TIẾNG ANH</b>
<b>NĂM 2019 - 2020</b>
<b>A. NGỮ ÂM</b>
<b>Exercise 1. Circle the word with a different stress pattern from the others. </b>
1. A. industry B. nature C. injure D. climate
2. A. typhoon B. tropical C. debris D. document
3. A. animal B. destroy C. erupt D. exploit
4. A. documentary B. preparation C. scientific D. photography
5. A. eruption B. science C. destroy D. volcano
<b>Exercise 2. Circle the word with a different stress pattern from the others. </b>
1. A. rescue B. supply C. erupt D. damage
2. A. mudslide B. earthquake C. typhoon D. debris
3. A. hurricane B. tornado C. volcano D. eruption
4. A. disaster B. injury C. tsunami D. provision
5. A. tropical B. natural C. terrible D. destructive
<b>Exercise 3. Circle the words with the underlined parts pronounced differently from </b>
<b>the others. </b>
1. A. prepares B. erupts C. stops D. photographs
2. A. typhoon B. goose C. food D. flood
5. A. table B. climb C. cube D. stab
<b>Exercise 8. Circle the word with a different stress pattern from the others. </b>
1. A. situation B. environment C. community D. immediate
2. A. intrusive B. connection C. customer D. dramatic
3. A. implementation B. generosity C. possibility D. automatically
4. A. entertainment B. population C. innovative D. temporary
5. A. numerous B. industry C. portable D. variety
6. A. economy B. economic C. industrial D. committee
<b>Exercise 9. Circle the word with a different stress pattern from the others. </b>
1. A. charity B. reality C. quality D. density
5. A. transitive B. effective C. positive D. sensitive
<b>Exercise 10. Circle the word with a different stress pattern from the others. </b>
1. A. unaffected B. undrinkable C. uncountable D. unsuitable
2. A. unpopular B. unorganized C. unfortunate D. unambitious
3. A. imperfect B. immature C. immobile D. immoral
4. A. translator B. director C. editor D. spectator
5. A. consumer B. performer C. shopkeeper D. believer
<b>Exercise 11. Circle the word with a different stress pattern from the others. </b>
1. A. unaffected B. undrinkable C. uncountable D. unsuitable
2. A. unpopular B. unorganized C. unfortunate D. unambitious
3. A. imperfect B. immature C. immobile D. immoral
4. A. translator B. director C. editor D. spectator
4. A. mineral B. pilot C. five D. size
5. A. mineral B. life C. pipe D. sight
<b>Exercise 15. Circle the word with a different stress pattern from the others. </b>
1. A. education B. devolvement C. economic D. preparation
2. A. chocolate B. structural C. important D. natural
3. A. attractive B. perception C. cultural D. expensive
4. A. literature B. entertainment C. recreation D. information
5. A. attend B. option C. percent D. become
<b>B. TỪ VỰNG VÀ CẤU TRÚC NGỮ PHÁP</b>
<b>Exercise 1. Give the correct forms of the words in brackets to complete the sentences. </b>
1. This beach is very for swimmers because tornadoes often start there.
2. Her family live near an active volcano, so she's always worried about the
of her family. (safe)
3. Don't leave the light on. It wastes . (electric)
4. Mount. Phu Si in Japan some years ago. (eruption)
5. We need some to cope with natural disasters before they happen.
(prepare)
6. Protecting our resources especially rainforests is very important to
prevent some natural disasters such as landslides, floods, so on. (nature)
1. Our coffee is a very products in the international market due to the
high quality and the reasonable price. (competition)
2. We both admired his in helping other people. (generous)
3. The dress was , so I did not have a look on it. (attract)
4. He with most of the people in last night's face-to-face meeting. He was so
talkative. (communication)
5. They were very surprised when they knew his . (nation)
6. He is so to his community because he never misses an opportunity to help
people. (activity)
7. In addition to hand gestures, facial also belongs to non-verbal
communication. (express)
8. Despite the of chatting online, we will still be using face-to-face meetings to
communicate with each other in the year 2050. (popular)
2. Smartphones can vary from day to day due to new _____________________ by different
companies in the world. (invent)
3. The _____________________ of a nuclear power plant costs a lot of money. (construct)
4. Space _____________________ brings about many benefits to science. (explore)
5. Life is become easy and _____________________ through science and technology.
(comfort)
8. The Internet is a very useful means of . (communicate)
<i><b>Exercise 7. Complete the sentences, using the suffix –ful or –less with the words given </b></i>
<b>in brackets. Practise saying the sentences.</b>
1. The man does not take care. He is ______________. (care)
2. The picture has many colours. It is very ______________. (colour)
3. We enjoyed the party. It was very ______________. (joy)
4. She did not show any fear. She was ______________. (fear)
5. The pan is very hot. She must be ______________. (care)
6. He does not have any friends. He is ______________. (friend)
7. He always has a big smile. He is always ______________. (cheer)
8. Now she is very tired, because she spent a ______________ night. (rest)
9. That old man has a bad memory. He is ______________. (forget)
10. He does not care about his actions. He is often ______________. (thought)
12. You should throw this pen away. It is ______________. (use)
<b>Exercise 8. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D in each line. </b>
1. I have to do this job because I have no .
A. choose B. choice C. choosing D. chosen
2. English is used by pilots to ask for landing in Cairo.
A. instruct B. instructors C. instructions D. instructive
4.How ……….….. going to Vinh Market this afternoon ?
5.Mr John is very interested ………… the history of Viet Nam.
6.When my parents arrived home, I was waiting………….a phone call.
7.Mary regretted not bringing a lot of clothes…………..her. It was very cold.
8.Hoa got up late as her alarm clock didn’t go………..
9.Would you mind if I had a look ……… your luggage ?
10. Because of the heavy storm, the ship moved up and………..the water.
<b>Exercise 10. Fill each gap in the following sentences with a suitable preposition or</b>
<b>adverb particle. </b>
1. I talked...her...the phone yesterday.
2. It’s very kind...you to help me...my homework.
3. Shall we stop...the book store...the way home?
4. He has been absent...class because...his illness.
8. The storm swept...the village...the night.
39. When his aunt passed..., he came...a lot of money.
10. Is it all right if I pay... cheque or... cash?
<b>Exercise 11. Fill in each space with a suitable preposition.</b>
1. Tell me what is wrong………doing this job.
<i><b>………. him.</b></i>
<i><b>3. My car is not worth much ………. most $ 50.</b></i>
<i>4. I’d better not drink that milk, Joe. It’s gone ………..</i>
<i><b>5. Clive was really cut ………. when he failed his proficiency exam.</b></i>
<b>Exercise 14. Fill in the blank in the following sentences with ONE suitable preposition.</b>
<b>1. Mary was very impressed _____ the beauty of Hue.</b>
<b>2. What do usually have _____ breakfast?</b>
<b>3. He still keeps in touch _____ us.</b>
<b>4. Malaysia is divided _____ two regions, East Malaysia and West Malaysia.</b>
<b>5. We’ll have a meeting _____ 8 am and 10 am tomorrow.</b>
<b>Exercise 15. Use the verbs in the box in the correct form to complete the sentences.</b>
<i>bury</i> <i>evacuate</i> <i>rage</i> <i>take</i>
<i>recover</i> <i>scatter</i> <i>provide</i> <i>suffer</i>
1. The government ______________ health and other services to the affected regions.
2. Action were ______________ to limit the effects of the floods in Quang Ninh.
4. The majority of concerned areas have ______________ from cholera epidemics after the
floods and landslides in Central America.
5. Early September, mudslides caused by heavy rains ______________ an entire village of
8. Australia has a range of different ______________, including urban areas, mountain
ranges, deserts and rain forest.
9. The United States is a ______________ country with a multicultural society.
10. The US was the leading force behind the ______________ of the Internet.
<b>Exercise 17. Use the given words/phrases to complete the following sentences. </b>
Extraterrestrial space geometric Solar system
orbit gravity minerals plant
1. The Earth is a much larger object with high and a very high escape velocity (a
bit less than 12 km per second).
2. Jack plotted the of the moon.
3. Let's flowers in the garden.
4. The astronauts walked in without a tether.
5. are the foundation of industries ranging from construction to manufacturing
to agriculture to technology and even cosmetics.
6. He also claims numerous ground features are evidence of ancient
structures.
7. Hoagland believes that NASA did indeed uncover evidence on the moon of an
civilization.
8. The is full of planets, moons, asteroids, comets, minor planets, and many
3. She (make) herself a cup of coffee before (sit down) on her
chair and (finish) her works.
4. It looked like someone (break) the window with a hammer some time
before.
6. My family (built) a basement to shelter when I (be) young
because at that time, hurricanes (happen) commonly.
7. We (go) to the doctor yesterday because we (be) sick.
8. It was the first time I (see) a tornado in my country.
9. Her grandfather (die) 20 years ago. She (never meet) him
before.
10. The storm (become) stronger after the plane (take off) for
several minutes.
<b>Exercise 20. Complete the sentences, using the correct passive form of the verbs in </b>
<b>brackets.</b>
1. Severe damage to environment ___________ by prolonged droughts in Central Viet
Nam last July. (cause)
2. Tomorrow the dam _____________ to prevent salt water from entering the fields in Tien
Giang Province. (close)
3. The hot weather _____________________ to continue while there were longer hours of
sunshine. (expect)
<b>Exercise 22. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verb in the brackets. </b>
1. Do you enjoy (write) letters to your friends?
2. He has decided (install) the Internet to look for information more easily.
3. She intends (participate) in the program called "The survivor” to experience the
life in an isolated island.
4. We’ll need (bring) more food and drinks for the trip.
5. You should avoid (spend) much time (play) computer games
because you can lose your skills to communicate with people face to face.
7. Our teacher didn't mind (explain) the exercise until we understood it
yesterday.
8. Peter denied (steal) that mobile phone.
<b>Exercise 23: Write the correct form of verb in the bracket to fill in the blank</b>
<i><b>1. Nam is very happy (1-help) </b></i>……… <i><b>his grandfather with (2- plant) </b></i>…………
roses in the garden.
<i><b>2. He says he detests (3- read) </b></i>……… science fiction.
<i><b>3. Listen to this! I think this news (4-surprise) </b></i>………you.
<i><b>4. The statue (5-break) </b></i>……… <i><b>while it (6-move) </b></i>……… to another room
in the museum.
3. Car-makers (design) __________ self-driving cars to offer extreme safety and ease of
transport.
4. The US military officials say that navy ships (run) _____________________ on 50
percent of biofuels by 2020.
5. We (implant) __________ chips in the brain to control devices by the year 2050.
6. With commercial space travel, we (take) ___________ minerals from the moon at this
time in 2030.
7. Universal translation (become) _____________________ common in mobile devices.
8. We (create) _____________________ a synthetic brain that functions like the real one in
the year 2050.
<b>Exercise 26. Put the verbs into the correct form (will, going to, simple present or</b>
<b>present progressive). </b>
1. If it rains, they (not/ go) to the seaside.
2. In my opinion, she (fail) the exam.
3. He (sell) the car if he doesn't have enough money to build a new house.
4. She is very tired, she (take) a rest.
6. If you lose your job, what (you/ do) ?
7. In your opinion, (she/ be) a good teacher?
8. What time (the sun/ set) today?
A. dust B. debris C. waste D. piece
A. earthquake B. tornado C. tsunami D. landslide
8. A often occurs in the mountainous areas because many trees have been cut
down.
A. forest fire B. flood C. tornado D. landslide
9. often happen in rainy season especially in the center of Vietnam.
A. droughts B. storms C. floods D. sandstorms
10. Deforestation leads to which can be defined as the changes in the
average temperature.
A. flood B. climate change C. sandstorm D. erosion
<b>Exercise 28. Choose the best answer A, B. C or D to complete the sentences.</b>
1. A _______ is sudden flooding that occurs when water rises quickly within several hours
of a heavy rain.
A. quick flood B. rapid flood C. flash flood D. hot flood
2. Monsoon rains across Thailand _______ millions of people in 61 of its provinces.
A. has affected B. have affected C. have effect D. have influenced
3. Typhoon Haiyan made the damaga, and _______ of life became great in the Philippines.
A. lose B. loses C. losing D. loss
A. strike B. scatter C. bury D. struck
<b>Exercise 29. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete each sentence. </b>
1. When a volcano , hot gases and lava run down.
A. blows B. erupts C. throws D. escapes
2. Penicillin was by Alexander Fleming.
A. discovered B. invented C. created D. explored
3. After an earthquake, many people and to hospital.
A. was injured/ taken B. injured/ took
4. is a storm in a desert during which strong winds blow sand blow into the air.
A. sandstorm B. thunderstorm C. cyclone D. hurricane
5. After a mudslide, authorities have confirmed five dead and a hundred of people still
.
A. miss B. missed C. misses D. missing
6. A forest fire quickly and many trees.
A. raged/ killed B. burst/ harmed C. spread/ destroyed D. occurred/ cooked
7. The tornado caused a massive to the town.
A. destruction B. extension C. danger D. mishap
8. The flood victims are being sent by the government.
A. innovate B. innovation C. innovations D. innovating
<b>Exercise 31. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.</b>
1. Facebook was built on the _______ of earlier social network sites like MySpace and
Bebo.
A. succeed B. successful C. successfully D. success
2. It is thought that driverless cars will transform the way we move _______ cities in the
future.
A. around B. away C. along D. ahead
3. Little Pascal _______ a mechanical calculator which could do additions or subtractions
very quickly.
A. making B. having C. performing D. carrying
5. Many people believe that robots have made workers jobless, _______ that is not
necessarily true.
A. but B. and C. so D. or
6. Recent _______ developments have made robots more user-friendly, and intelligent.
A. science B. scientist C. scientific D. scientifically
7. Teenagers spend most of their time playing computer games; _______, they lose their
interests in daily activities.
6. In the mid-19th<sub> century, scientists discovered that Mars had some similarities _______ </sub>
Earth.
A. to B. with C. of D. from
7. Neptune is bright blue _______ it is named after the Roman God of the sea.
A. because B. but C. so D. or
8. There is a lot of interest in doing experiments in the _______ conditions.
A. weigh B. weighing C. weight D. weightless
9. Titan, one of Saturn’s _______, has a thick atmosphere.
A. satellite B. spaceships C. moons D. comets
10. Scientists believe that Mars also _______ seasons just as the Earth does.
A. spends B. experiences C. experiments D. takes
<b>Exercise 33. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D in each line. </b>
1. She often drives very so she rarely causes accidents.
A. carefully B. careful C. caring D. careless
2. You are old enough to take for what you have done.
3. The more you think, the better you feel.
A. negative B. negatively C. positive D. positively
4. means communicating by expressing thoughts with words.
A. ways – care B. lifestyles – care C. life – cares D. lifestyles – medicine
5. Many people think the cyberworld will _______ the real world.
A. take B. provide C. take place D. replace
6. The invention of penicillin is very useful because it has _______ lots of lives.
A. lost B. brought C. saved D. solved
7. It is said that in a couple of decades, we _______ telepathy and holography.
A. use B. will be used C. have used D. will be using
8. Mars is named _______ the Roman God of war.
A. to B. about C. after D. under
9. By 2050 we _______ in smart homes.
A. will live B. will be lived C. will have lived D. are living
10. The Earth seems too small to _______ the increasing population.
A. provide B. accommodate C. supply D. stand
<b>C. TÌM LỖI SAI</b>
<b>Exercise 1. Each of the sentences below has at least one mistake. Identify and correct</b>
<b>the mistakes. </b>
1. "I'll finish the work by the end of this week.”
John promised finishing the work by the end of this week.
<b>A. the</b> <b>B. have </b> <b>C. looking </b> <b>D. for </b>
8. Don't put your elbow on the table.
She told me not to put your elbow on the table.
<b>A. told </b> <b>B. me</b> <b>C. your </b> <b>D. the</b>
<b>1. Peter, I’d would like you to meet some very special people</b>
<b>2. It is greatly to be with you on such a lovely day</b>
<b>3. Would you mind to go to the local bookshop to get me some papers?</b>
<b>4. I think I prefer country life more than city life </b>
<b>5. Thanks for invite me to the water - fetching contest of your school</b>
<b>Exercise 3. Choose the underlined words or phrases that are not corect in standard </b>
<b>written English. Find and correct it</b>
1. Lan seemed happily when she received her aunt’s letter.
2. My brother didn’t have money enough to buy the dictionary he liked
3.We should put the coffee table among the armchair and the couch.
4.The driver of the car was serious injured in the accident.
5. Everyone was exciting as the prince wanted to choose his wife from the village.
<i>a</i> <i>because of</i> <i>blown</i> <i>causes</i> <i>normal</i>
<i>dry</i> <i>suffer</i> <i>irrigated</i> <i>wells</i> <i>drops</i>
Drought is a condition that results when the average rainfall for a fertile area (1)
______________ far below the normal amount for (2) ______________ long period of
time. In areas that are not (3) ______________, the lack of rain (4) ______________ farm
crops to wither and die. Higher than (5) ______________ temperatures usually accompany
periods of droughts. The soil of a drought area becomes (6) ______________ and crumbles.
Often the rich topsoil is (7) ______________ away by the hot, dry winds. Stream, ponds,
and (8) ______________ often dry up during a drought, and animals (9) ______________
and may even die (10) ______________ the lack of water.
El Nino is a weather phenomenon of the Pacific Ocean which is (1) _______ by an
abnormal (2) _______ of water on the surface of the ocean. It has the (3) _______ to
influence global weather patterns as it brings drought to some continents and (4) _______
rain to others. It was first (5) _______ by fishermen coming from Spanish ports in the
Pacific in the 17th<sub> century. It got its name (Spanish for “boy child”) because it usually takes </sub>
(6) _______ near Christmas time. It can cause catastrophic (7) _______. The 1982 El Nino
(8) _______ in 1,500 deaths, but it can be a lot worse than that. Sea animals, (9) _______
fish and birds, also die in large numbers. It is (10) _______ that sailors in the Pacific can
smell the dead sea-life during El Nino.
1. A. happened B. caused C. origin D. done
2. A. increase B. extra C. heater D. warming
According to WHO, 21 per cent of all (7) _______ diseases in India are water-borne
diseases. Oil is the main pollutant of the sea water. Huge tankers often dump oil into the sea.
This act of dumping (8) _______ kills sea plants and animals.
1. A. harm B. harmful C. harmless D. unharmed
2. A. At B. Of C. In D. With
3. A. increase B. increasing C. increased D. to increase
4. A. most B. more C. major D. hard
5. A. success B. successful C. unsuccessful D. succeeded
6. A. effect B. effects C. affect D. affects
7. A. communicate B. communicative C. communicable D. communication
8. A. poisons B. poisonous C. poisoning D. poisoned
<b>Exercise 4. Choose the correct answer to complete the passage.</b>
countries. Within hours, help is on the way. This is because modern (7)
information travels fast.
1. A. communicate B. communicating C. to communicate D. A&C
2. A. Although B. Because of C. Despite D. Because
3. A. quickly B. quick C. slowly D. slow
<b>Exercise 1. Change these sentences into passive voice. </b>
1. Vietnam sent some aid to earthquake Japanese victims in 2014.
___________________________________________________________________________
2. Heinrich Hertz discovered radio waves.
___________________________________________________________________________
3. People prepared enough food and wafer for a disaster.
___________________________________________________________________________
4. A tornado hit many houses and buildings.
___________________________________________________________________________
5. We had bought some raincoats before we heard the weather forecast.
___________________________________________________________________________
6. My father is going to repair our windows tomorrow.
___________________________________________________________________________
7. The earthquake damaged almost my entire house.
___________________________________________________________________________
8. We should plant more trees to prevent some natural disasters.
9. My e-pal had told me a story about a tsunami occurring in his country.
___________________________________________________________________________
10. A mechanic is going to service my car tomorrow because yesterday's storm damaged it
<b>Exercise 3. Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning of the first</b>
<b>sentence. </b>
1. "Open your book" he said to them.
He told them _______________________.
2. "Where are you going?" Jim asked Linda.
Jim asked Linda where _______________________ .
3. "Which way did they go?" John asked.
John asked _______________________ .
4. "Bring it back if it doesn't fit", I said to her.
I told _______________________ .
5. "Don't try to open it now," she said to us.
She told _______________________ .
6. "Is it going to be a fine day today?" I asked her.
I asked her _______________________ .
7. "He's not at home", she said.
She said that _______________________ .
8. "Is the bus station far away?" the girl asked.
The girl wanted to know _______________________ .
9. "Don't stay out late, Ann" Tony said.
10. "Please let me borrow your bike," he said to her.
10. “You had better not lend him any more money, Amanda" said John.
John advised Amanda _______________________ .
<b>Exercise 5. Complete the second sentences without changing the meaning of the first</b>
<b>sentences. </b>
1. The doctor said to me, "You shouldn't lose weight”
The doctor advised me _______________________
2. Mary said, "Let's go to the park."
Mary suggested _______________________
3. "I didn't break the car", Jack said.
Jack denied _______________________
4. "You told a lie, Michael", she said.
She accused Michael _______________________
5. “I can't go to your birthday party next Sunday evening, Jack", said Jane.
Jane apologized for _______________________
6. "I won't help you with your homework. Never!” Katarina said to me.
Katarina refused _______________________
7. John said, "Please come to my party.”
John invited _______________________
8. Mr. Brown said, "Don't play on the street.”
3. Despite his age, Mr. Thanh runs five kilometres every morning.
Even...
.
4. He didn’t finish his work until the bell rang.
Not until...
5. When he is asked about his past, he hates it.
He hates...
6. Without Tom’s help, Bill couldn’t have finished the work.
If it...
7. William said to Mary “Why don’t you put your luggage under the seat?”
William suggested...
8. “It’s time we went to bed” they said. (Rewrite, using reported speech)
...
9. The robbers made the bank manager hand over the money.
The bank manager ...
<i>The coffee is too ...</i>
5. Somebody repaired his car yesterday.
<i>He had...</i>
6. It was thought that the painting had been destroyed.
<i> The painting ……….</i>
7. Our house is going to be rebuilt by a local firm.
<i>We are ………..</i>
8. I can’t buy the tickets. They are too expensive.
<i>The tickets ………</i>
<i>It ...</i>
10. Leave now or you will miss the train.
<i>Unless ………...</i>
<b>Exercise 9. Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first</b>
<b>one.</b>
1. The movie was very bad. I couldn’t see it.
I haven’t………
3.“Where is the post office?” A visitor asked Lan.
A visitor asked Lan………
4.May I borrow your ruler?
Would you mind………
5.We spent five hours getting to London.
It took us ……….
6.Some one is going to tune my piano tomorrow.
I am going………
7.Nam keeps forgetting his homework.
Nam is……….
8.My mother gave me a very nice watch yesterday.
I was ……… ………
9.We’d prefer you not to smoke.
We’d rather……….
10. “ You should not believe him, Minh” said Toan
Toan advised………..
1.You should review your lessons for the exam.
It’s time__________________________________________________________________
If __________________________________________________________________
10. Why don’t you ask her yourself?
I suggest that _________________________________________________________
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