Đề thi học kì 1 Tiếng Anh 8 Right on! - Đề số 5

I. PRONUNCIATION

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

1. A sea B. head C. meat D. meal

2. A. reads B. eats C. cooks D. hopes

3. A. popular B. cottage C. boring D. modern

Choose the word that has a stress pattern different from the others.

4. A. capital B. pollution C. skyscraper D. countryside

5. A. earthquake B. landslide C. collapse D. shipwreck

II. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences.

6. Kate: “Big cities are special in some ways. Look! A two-floor bus ________.” – Peter: “Wow. It looks

great.”

A. comes B. come C. is coming D. are coming

7. Lisa lives in a village by the sea. She often ________ a bus to the city centre to buy food.

A. catches B. catching C. catch D. to catch

8. I don’t often go to the mall on Sunday because it’s very ________ and noisy.

A. interesting B. crowded C. quiet D. convenient

9. There aren’t many places for ________ such as theatres, game centres or theme parks in the countryside.

A. interest B. scenery C. traffic D. entertainment

10. My house ______ at midnight yesterday because of the storm.

A. shake B. shook C. shakes D. shaking

11. They luckily escaped the ________ in a storm in the North Sea.

A. shipwreck B. eruption C. earthquake D. flood

12. She was seriously ________ in a car crash, and people took her to the hospital.

A. destroyed B. injured C. caused D. escaped

13. The children _______ when the fire started. It was terrible.

A. was sleeping B. were sleeping C. are sleeping D. is sleeping

14. Does your school have ___________ environmental club?

A. a B. an C. the D. –

15. The main cause of pollution and global warming is the _______ gases from cars and other vehicles.

A. peaceful B. quiet C. harmful D. fresh

Give the correct forms of the words in the brackets.

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16. The river is _________, so we can take a safe ride on it. (PEACE)

17. I like _________ up early because I want to enjoy the quiet moments of the mornings. (GET)

18. We all felt terrified when we heard the __________ from the nearby building. (EXPLODE)

19. Many _______ groups are working hard to help save our planet. (ENVIRONMENT)

20. Students can learn ________ practices and how to collect data when they visit the aquarium next week.

(SAFE)

III. READING

Read Rambabu Gupta's story. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D).

My name is Rambabu Gupta. I am from India. Last month, I had a motorbike accident in Thailand when I (21)

________ this beautiful country. On my first day there, I rode a motorbike to a local market. It was my first

time riding a motorbike. The road was narrow and bumpy. I hit a big rock in the middle of the road while I

(22) ________ slowly. I lost control (23) ________ fell off the motorbike. I felt hurt in my right arm. Luckily,

a nice man came and took me to the hospital. The doctor said my arm was (24) ________ and needed a cast.

I had to spend my other days in Thailand with a hanging arm. However, I felt lucky (25) ________ I didn't

have to take surgery.

21. A. visit B. visited C. to visit D. visiting

22. A. ride B. rode C. riding D. was riding

23. A. but B. or C. and D. for

24. A. broken B. break C. broke D. breaking

25. A. so B. but C. and D. because

Read the text about pollution. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D).

POLLUTION!

Pollution occurs when there are many pollutants or dangerous substances in the ecosystem. Pollutants can be

from nature, such as gases from volcanic eruptions or forest fires. They may also be the result of human

activities, such as garbage or waste from factories. Pollutants have a negative impact on the quality of the air,

water and land.

There are many human-made products that contribute to pollution. Vehicles like cars, trucks and planes release

harmful gases and cause air pollution. The garbage from homes and factories …