Đề thi học kì 1 Tiếng Anh 8 English Discovery - Đề số 2

I. PRONUNCIATION

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.

1. A. alarm B. awful C. material D. mature

2. A. poster B. landscape C. unusual D. adolescent

3. A. scene B. escape C. scary D. screen

Choose the word that has a different stressed syllable from the rest.

4. A. charger B. cable C. adult D. degree

5. A. entertaining B. technology C. peninsula D. traditional

II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the following sentences.

6. My grandma made me this sweater, but I don’t really like it – it’s a bit __________.

A. unusual B. disgusting C. awful D. old-fashioned

7. When your __________ is dead, your phone doesn’t work.

A. charger B. battery C. speaker D. cable

8. A __________ happens when too much rain falls and rivers become too full, for example.

A. tsunami B. flood C. drought D. earthquake

9. What happened in the film was so __________ that I couldn’t sleep afterwards.

A. entertaining B. funny C. scary D. childish

10. I can’t wait to see the next __________ of this Korean drama!

A. series B. production C. stage D. episode

11. The __________ in a room can be at least 12°C in winter. It’s freezing!

A. temperature B. degrees C. minus D. atmosphere

12. As we __________, we realize it becomes less important to have more friends than to have real ones.

A. get together B. get along C. give up D. grow up

13. Nothing can grow if there’s __________ because there’s no rain.

A. drought B. earthquake C. typhoon D. hurricane

14. A _________ film uses drawings rather than real people.

A. documentary B. horror C. cartoon D. action

15. There is tremendous _________ to wear fashionable clothes, and it is especially strong among young

people.

A. parental pressure B. threatening C. peer pressure D. bullying

Write the correct forms of the words in brackets.

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16. Some __________ are practicing in the skate park at the moment. (SKATE)

17. Thousands of buildings collapsed in the __________. It was very heartbreaking. (EARTH)

18. She has made a television __________ on poverty in our cities, which offers an insight into the everyday

lives of many poor people. (DOCUMENT)

19. During __________, significant changes in sleep occur. (ADULT)

20. My sister is a(n) vlogger. She makes videos for _________ on the internet. (VIEW)

III. READING

Read the passage and decide if the following statements are True (T) or False (F).

Apple Watch

The Apple Watch was released in early 2015 by the Apple technology company. It is a very useful device for

many reasons.

When you have a message or social media update, the strap will vibrate in different ways to inform you. The

watch on the back has some sensors and knows how much exercise you are doing, your heart rate, and how

many calories you have burned. The idea for this function is to help people live a healthier lifestyle.

The watch is also said to be very accurate as it checks the time against global time and always changes the

time wherever you are by using GPS. As well as this you can of course make phone calls on the watch, send

texts, emails, and you can use it to buy things. It also works to control the music on your iPhone or see what

your iPhone camera sees.

However, there is one problem. The battery life is said to probably be about a day, so you need to be charged

every night.

21. When you travel, you will need to set the time on the watch yourself.

22. The watch knows how much exercise you are doing.

23. The strap of the watch will vibrate when there are new messages.

24. Apple Watch also has a camera so you can take pictures with it.

25. The watch doesn’t need to be recharged every day.

Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to fill in each blank in the following passage.

Tornadoes

A tornado is a kind of storm which looks like a huge funnel. Tornados are the strongest winds …