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<b>ĐỀ THI GIỮA HỌC KÌ 2 LỚP 8 NĂM 2019 - 2020</b>

<b>MƠN TIẾNG ANH CĨ ĐÁP ÁN</b>

<b>I. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.</b>

1. A. emergency B. astrology C. scientific D. environment
2. A. survivor B. property C. resident D. government
3. A. historic B. iconic C. spectacle D. attraction
4. A. official B. together C. koala D. popular
5. A. poisonous B. pollutant C. artistic D. aquatic

<b>II. Choose the correct option A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence.</b>

6. A person who __________ the bagpipes is called a piper.
A. plays

B. performs
C. entertains
D. celebrates

7. Don’t drink that water. It’s __________.
A. damaged

B. dumped
C. contaminated
D. caused

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A. because
B. due
C. since

D. lead

9. I often drink coffee, but today I __________ tea.
A. am drinking

B. drink
C. drank
D. had drunk

10. By the time we got to the cinema, the film __________.
A. started

B. had started
C. starting
D. starts

11. All our English teachers are __________ speakers.
A. native

B. original
C. foreign
D. active

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B. had been
C. were
D. will be

13. Eating too much sugar can __________ to health problems.
A. cause

B. lead
C. make
D. result

14. Emergency teams are still removing the __________ from the plane crash.
A. dirt

B. debris
C. dust
D. accident

15. The heavy rain has caused __________ in many parts of the country.
A. storms

B. floods
C. drought
D. hunger

<b>III. Put the words in brackets in the correct form to complete these sentences.</b>

16. Yuri Gagarin was one of the pioneers of space _________. (explore)

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18. Many animals were burnt to _______ in the forest fire. (die)
19. Buckingham Palace is a major tourist ________. (attract)
20. This hill is the ________ home of King Arthur. (legend)

<b>IV. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.</b>

21. If everyone spoke the same language, do you think life (be) _________ better?
22. I (never witness) ________ any natural disaster in my life.

23. The Kyoto protocol (sign) _______ in 2003.

24. The concert (begin) ________ at 7.30 p.m. and lasts two and a half hour. Don’t be late!
25. If I can arrange one week off work, I (travel) _______ to Korea.

<b>V. Read the passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each of the gaps.</b>

Australia is a country in the Southern Hemisphere (26)_____ comprises the mainland of the
Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and many smaller islands in the Indian and
Pacific Oceans. Neighbouring countries (27)_____ Indonesia, East Timor, and Papua New
Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia to the northeast, and New
Zealand to the southeast. Australia (28)______ six states and two major mainland territories.
The capital city of Australia is Canberra. With a population of over 380,000, it is Australia’s
largest inland city and the eighth largest Australian city overall. The (29)_____ city in
Australia and Oceania is Sydney, with a population of over 4,700,000. It is also the state
capital of New South Wales, and is located on Australia’s southeast coast along the Tasman
Sea. (30)_____ large cities are the mainland state capitals: Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and
Adelaide.

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29. A. large B. larger C. largest D. more larger
30. A. Other B. Others C. Another D. The others

<b>VI. Read the passage and decide if the following statements are True (F) or False (F).</b>

Lotus flower has been regarded as Vietnam’s national flower. Lotus symbolizes the beauty,
commitment, health, honor and knowledge. Lotus flowers grow from the muddy pond but
their seed grow toward the direction of the sun light, which represent the purity of spirit.
Lotus is said to be the symbol of summer as it often blossoms in summer time when there is a
lot of bright sunlight. At night the flower closes and sinks underwater, at dawn it rises and

opens again.

Lotus flowers are beautiful in both appearance and smell. The color of lotus flowers usually
are pink, red, white, blue and purple, each color has different meaning but they all have
pleasant smell and people simply love them at first sight.

Different part of lotus can be used for different purpose: the flowers are used for praying; the
seeds are used for making lotus tea and medicine while the green leaves are used to wrap
chicken rice- a very delicious dish. If you visit Viet Nam next time, remember to pay a visit
to the lotus pond and you will definitely be amazed by its beauty.

31. Lotus is a symbol of the beauty, commitment, health, honor and knowledge. ______
32. Lotus often blossoms when there is no bright sunlight. ______

33. Lotus flowers are beautiful in both appearance and smell. ______
34. All colors of lotus have the same meaning. ______

35. Different parts of lotus can be used for different purposes. ______

<b>VII. Rewrite the following sentences based on the given words so that it has the same </b>
<b>meaning as the first one.</b>

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37. Emma came first because she worked hard. (result)
=> _____________________________________________
38. Eating too much sugar can result in health problems. (lead)
=> _______________________________________________

39. All flights had to be cancelled as a result of the pilots’ sudden strike. (so)
=> ________________________________________

40. They invited me to travel to Los Angeles with them after I had planned my trip to
England. (By the time)

=> ___________________________________________

<b>ĐÁP ÁN</b>

1 - C 2 - A 3 - C 4 - d 5 - A

6 - A 7 - C 8 - B 9 - A 10 - B

11 - A 12 - C 13 - B 14 - B 15 - B

16 - exploration 17 - damaging 18 - death 19 - attraction 20 - legendary
21 - would be 22 - have never

witnessed 23 - was signed 24 - begins 25 - will travel
26 - B 27 - A 28 - A 29 - C 30 - A

31 - T 32 - F 33 - T 34 - F 35 - T
36 - If I were you, I would recycle these plastic carrier bags.

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39 - The pilots went on a sudden strike so all flights had to be cancelled.

40 - By the time they invited me to travel to Los Angeles with them, I had planned my trip to
England.

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