Đề thi cuối kì 2 Tiếng Anh 8 Global success (Đề 4 kèm file nghe)

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ĐỀ THI CUỐI HỌC KỲ 2 - ĐỀ SỐ 4
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NĂM HỌC: 2023 – 2024 MÔN: Tiếng Anh 8
Thời gian: 60 minutes I. LISTENING
Listen to some information about emojis. Complete a student’s note. Write NO MORE
THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER in each blank. You will listen TWICE. Emoji
Invention: in the 1990s in (1) ____________
Popularity: can be found on every smartphone, (2) ____________ platform and communication application. Quantity:
more than (3) ____________ emojis
Recognition: 2015’s (4) ____________of the Year
Criticisms: encourages laziness and (5) _________________ II. READING
Read the following passage, and answer the questions that follow
Alexander Graham Bell is widely known as inventor of the first telephone. He was born on March
3rd, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. When he was 23, Bell emigrated to Canada with his parents
and the next year moved to the United States to teach deaf-mute children. With his colleague
Thomas Watson, Bell worked very hard on the experimentation to invent devices such as the
harmonic telegraph (used to send multiple messages over a single wire) and phonautograph (used
to draw the shape of the sound waves). The first telephone communication was said to have
happened between Bell and Watson in 1876 while Bell was at one end of the line, and Watson
worked on the telephone in other room. The first transmitted words were, ‘Mr Watson, come here. I want to see you’.
TASK 1. Decide if the statements are T or F


1. _________ Alexander Graham Bell is Scottish.
2. _________ He spent all his life in Canada.
3. _________ He worked with the deaf when he moved to the USA.
4. _________ He wanted to create a device that can transmit human voice.
5. _________ He was able to succeed right from the first experiment.
6. _________ He worked on his inventions all by himself.
TASK 2. Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the passage below
Sir Isaac Newton was an English mathematician and physicist who lived from 1642 to 1727. He
was the (1) of gravity. He discovered gravity in 1666 when he saw a (2) apple. He thought that
there was a (3) of nature moving the apple. Newton called this force "gravity". He then
determined that there are forces between all (4). This discovery is very important and has many (5) in physics. 1. A. discoverer B. inventor C. creator D. developer 2. A. ripping B. falling C. hanging D. rolling 3. A. pull B. push C. force D. press 4. A. distances B. people C. locations D. objects 5. A. applications B. uses C. ativantages D. problem III. WRITING
TASK 1. Write full sentences using the suggested words and phrases
1. professor / ask / students / what / essential conditions / human life / be.
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2. Tom / ask / scientist / what / they / use / catch / signals / aliens.
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3. 1822 / Babbage / start working / first computer / and / it was called / Difference Engine.
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4. 1847-1849 / Babbage / create / second computer.
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TASK 2. Write a paragraph (80 - 100 words) about the possible prolems of having a home robot. IV. LANGUAGE FOCUS
TASK 1. Choose the letter A, B, C or D the word that has the underlined part different from others. 1. A. disaster B. damage C. collapse D. rage 2. A. erupt B. disaster C. scatter D. worker
TASK 2. Choose the letter A, B, C or D the word that has the different stress pattern from others. 1. A. forest B. erupt C. rescue D. worker 2. A. victim B. damage C. bury D. divide
TASK 3. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences
1. We tried to ______ the aliens and managed to stop them from invading our planet. A. oppose B. support C. strike D. struggle
2. Animals are living ______; therefore, we should not hurt them needlessly. A. types B. aliens C. creatures D. breeds
3. There is a strong ______ that it will rain this afternoon. A. possibility B. occasion C. trace D. opportunity
4. It's exciting to discover ______ of earlier civilizations. A. chances B. opportunities C. possibilities D. traces

ANSWER KEY I. LISTENING 1. Japan 2. social network 3. 3000 4. Word 5. destroys languages Script:
Emoji has become integral to digital communication in the past few decades. Invented in the
1990s in Japan, emoji was originally a collection of 176 symbols. These little pictures that people
can send to one another are on every smartphone, social network platform and communication
application. Its popularity exploded after Apple included emojis in their latest smartphone in
2011. By 2021, there will be more than 3000 emojis representing many different emotions,
people, food, jobs… Emoji has become so important to the way we communicate that the Oxford
Dictionary chose the tears-of-joy emoji to be Word of the Year in 2015. Some written phrases
can usually be understood with a single emoji. However, not everyone supports the increasing
usage of emojis. Critics said that this type of communication made people lazy and it destroyed languages. II. READING TASK 1 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. F 6. F TASK 2 1. A 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. A III. WRITING TASK 1
1. The professor asked his students what the essential conditions for human life were.
2. Tom asked the scientist what they used to catch signals from aliens.
3. In 1822, Babbage started working on the first computer and it was called the Difference Engine.
4. From 1847 to 1849, Babbage created the second computer.