Đề thi giữa kì 1 Tiếng Anh 8 English Discovery - Đề số 4

I. LISTENING

Listen to five different conversations. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D).

1. What does Mary want to be in the future?

A. a forest firefighter B. a zookeeper C. a vet D. a designer

2. What does Mark like best about his city?

A. the traffic B. the museum C. the local dishes D. the entertainment

3. What are the students going to do this weekend?

A. recycle plastic bottles B. go to the beach

C. collect rubbish D. join the clean-up day

4. Which animal did the girl decide to write about?

A. the lemur B. the gorilla C. the sea turtle D. the macaw

5. Where did the car crash happen?

A. in front of the restaurant B. in front of the shop

C. in front of the school D. in front of the library

II. PRONUNCIATION

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

6. A. perform B. rocky C. boring D. important

7. A. leaves B. enjoys C. pollutes D. avoids

8. A. happened B. appeared C. erupted D. destroyed

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

9. A. design B. village C. shelter D. province

10. A. important B. historic C. exciting D. beautiful

III. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

Choose the best option (A, B, C or D).

11. Many people love going to Hội An for its _____________ buildings. They are old and unique.

A. modern B. historic C. friendly D. busy

12. The building _________ while my family was sleeping at this time yesterday.

A. shook B. blew C. erupted D. overflowed

13. Kim is planning __________ the Times Square in New York City.

A. visit B. visits C. to visit D. visiting

14. In May 2010, heavy rains caused floods in _____ Nashville, the USA. The flood waters covered all the

areas of _________city.

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15. I suggest _________ clean-up events at the beach every week.

A. join B. joins C. to join D. joining

16. John: "Hey, did you hear about the plane crash yesterday? Many people were lost." - Sarah:

"________________”

A. How terrible! B. It's nice of you to say so.

C. Thank you. D. I'm well.

17. The emergency lighting __________ as soon as the electricity_________ cut.

A. work / is B. will work / will be

C. will work/ is D. work / will be

18. The documentary about the Titanic shipwreck ___________ at 8 p.m on Channel 4.

A. starts B is going to start C. will start D. is starting

19. Everybody was___________ when the disaster happened.

A. terrified B. relieved C. relaxed D. excited

20. The town was ________ with a lot of volunteers from different places.

A. quiet B. crowded C. beautiful D. empty

Give the correct form of the words in brackets.

21. Henry doesn’t like living in the cities because there’s too much _______ in the air. (POLLUTE)

22. We can save many endangered animals if we stop _________ hunting. (LEGAL)

23. In West End, you can enjoy the _______ city life and go shopping in the crowded high streets.

(EXCITE)

24. Everyone was relieved after the __________ put out the fire. (FIRE)

25. Dolphins are friendly animals, but you must be ________ when you are around them. (CARE)

IV. READING

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

GLOBAL WARMING

Many natural (26) __________, such as floods, storms and heat waves, are caused by global warming. The

question is what causes global warming? Most scientists agree that human activities are to blame For warming

the Earth. The increased temperature can cause a number of environmental issues. Firstly, this causes rain to

come more frequently and makes storms (27) __________even stronger.

Secondly, global warming makes ice caps melt. When ice caps melt, the sea level will (28) __________–

which is dangerous to people living near the sea. Finally, global warming also causes changes in (29)

__________ environment, which destroys many animals habitats. Many animals are now threatened by …