Đề thi giữa kì 1 Tiếng Anh 8 English Discovery - Đề số 5

I. PRONUNCIATION

Choose the word whose underlined parts pronounced differently from the others.

1. A. province B. problem C. ignore D. shopping

2. A. cap B many C. plan D. carry

3. A. air B. entertain C. rain D. afraid

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

4. A. heavy B. traffic C. earthquake D. protect

5. A. pollution B. rainforest C. tsunami D. volcano

II. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

Choose the correct options.

6. We went on holiday to the countryside to enjoy the_________air.

A. peaceful B. clean C. quiet D. calm

7. The building was shaking for 2 minutes during the ___ last night.

A. earthquake B. landslide C. tsunami D. storm

8. _______ need to be caring because they took after animals.

A. Road sweepers B. Zookeepers

C. Forest firefighters D. Landscape gardeners

9. People in big cities are often_________, so they don't have much time to relax.

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

10. Did you see the car_________in Merritt Street this morning?

A. flood B. eruption C. disaster D. crash

11. They ______ to Việt Nam tomorrow.

A. travelled B. travel C. were travelling D. are travelling

12. Do you like __________ in the city?

A. living B. to live C. live D. are living

13. Lots of animals live in____ Sonoran Desert in___ Arizona, USA.

A. -, the B. -, - C. the, - D. the, the

14. They ________ when the volcano erupted.

A. didn't sleep B. weren't sleeping C. aren’t sleeping D. don't sleep

15. We _________to the countryside for our holiday at the moment.

A. are going B. were going C. go D. went

Give the correct form of the word in the brackets.

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16. Forest firefighters need to be brave because their job is _________. (DANGER)

17. Macaws are endangered because of ________ pet trade. People sell and keep them as pets. (LEGAL)

18. The air will become more ________ if we use lots of cars on roads. (POLLUTE)

19. The volcanic _________ destroyed the village with lava. (ERUPT)

20. Life in the city is exciting because there’s a lot of _________. (ENTERTAIN)

III. READING

Read the text and decide if the statements are True, False or Not given.

Hello readers! I just moved to a new city. I want to tell you all about it. I live in Toronto, Canada. It's a big

city with lot of people. I like walking through the city and looking at the historic buildings. Not everything is

old, though. There are lots of modem malls and shops, too. The busy streets and lifestyle make it a fun place

to live. Why don't you leave a comment below about where you live? Bye for now!

Hi Jo, Brian here! Toronto sounds great. Let me tell you about where I live! I live in a small town, Nagara-

on-the-Lake in Canada. We don’t have busy streets and there isn't much entertainment, but we have lots of

historic buildings and modem shops. In fact, my town is very popular with tourists. They like the friendly

local people and the beautiful scenery with full of trees and flowers.

21. Toronto is very crowded.

22. Jo likes looking at the historic buildings.

23. Jo often visits the malls.

24. Not many tourists visit Niagara-on-the-Lake.

25. The two places have historic buildings and modern shops.

Read the text and choose the correct answer to fill in each blank.

Landslides are the mass movement of rocks or earth (26) _________ a slope. Landslides occur more frequently

in some mountainous areas. They may come suddenly (27) _________ a storm or heavy rain. When you hear

a warning about a landslide in your area, you (28) _________ do the following:

- Follow the instructions about emergency information given by authorities.

- Go to a public shelter if you feel it is (29) _________ to remain in your home.

- Listen to unusual sounds, such as trees cracking, or rocks knocking together.

- Stay away from the slide area. There may be a danger of additional slides.

- (30) _________ for flooding, which may …