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Business managers and rich people ordered 8 …………… but they didn’t know how to use them.. In many countries, however, the situation has now completely 9 …………… Lots of people not only own [r]

ĐỀ SỐ 1

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

3 A damage B massage C message D carriage

II Choose the best answer

1 Her skirt is ……… mine

A the same to B same to C the same as D as

2 Would you like ……… and visit us next summer?

3 Yesterday, I was arriving home from hospital when it ………

A raining B was raining C rain D rained

4 We want to go to the USA ……… learn English

A in order B so that C so as to D as to

5 She asked me ……… a driving test

A if I have B whether I have C if I had D whether I have had

6 She is too old to have any more ………

7 He is over seventy years old, but he is very ………

8 The accident happened because of the driver’s ………

A care B carelessly C carelessness D carefully

9 The shirt should be ……… after my mother repairs it

10 Do you remember the ……… of the simple present tense?

III Supply the correct word form

1 You ……… must work harder and harder for the coming examinations (real)

2 What is your ………? (old)

3 She worked ……… so that she could pass the final exams (hardly)

4 The baby doesn’t look ……… She is going to cry (unhappily)

5 You should do something to help ……… people (home)

IV Combine each pair of sentences into a compound sentence

1 A man is standing near the window He is my brother

………

2 The bridge is very small It joins the two mountainous tribes

………

3 Do you know the man? The man is wearing black sunglasses

BỘ 10 ĐỀ THI HK2 ANH VĂN 8 (+KEY)

V Read and fill a suitable word in each blanket

The world’s (1) ……… famous clock is Big Ben standing (2) ……… to the Houses of Parliament in London

Big Ben is the (3) ……… of the bell which chimes every hour The bell (4)

……… named after Sir Benjamin Hall, the man (5) ……… was given the task

of hauling the bell up the clock tower

The clock (6) ……… four faces and keeps accurate time It can (7)

……… adjusted by the removal or addition of coins (8) ……… a stray attached to the clock’s pendulum

One interesting thing about the clock is (9) ……… the light shines above the belfry at night, it (10) ……… that the House of Common is still in session

KEY 1

I

1 D 2 D 3 B 4 D 5 C

II

1 C 2 B 3 D 4 C 5 C

6 A 7 B 8 C 9 C 10 B

III

1 really 2 age 3 hard 4 happy 5 homeless

IV

1 The man standing near the window is my brother

2 The bridge joining the two mountainous tribes is very small

3 Do you know the man wearing black sunglasses?

4 The woman cooking in the kitchen is my aunt

V

1 most 2 next 3 name 4 was 5 who

6 has 7 be 8 on 9 that 10 means

ĐỀ SỐ 2

I Choose one work whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other

in each group

II Choose the best answer

1 He is happy ……… her

2 Many young people are fond ……… playing football

3 No one else in the class plays the guitar ……… Mark

A as far as B as well as C as soon as D as well

4 Her oldest sister is good a t ……… short stories

5 John saw the doctor because he ……… sick

6 Would you like ……… more coffee?

7 We should use cloth bags ……… of plastic bags

A instead B besides C apart D without

8 The film was too ……… for us to see We went home before it ended

A bored B boring C very bored D very boring

9 We were ……… at her presence

A surprise B surprising C surprisingly D surprised

10 ……… wait a moment, please?

A Would you mind B Do you mind C Could you D Do you want to

III Fill in each gap with a suitable preposition

1 It isn’t safe to leave medicine ……… the house

2 There is a desk ……… the left of the room

3 I have to work harder and harder ……… the coming examinations

4 Who repaired the bicycle ……… you?

5 The headmaster was ill so David went ……… his place

IV Rewrite the following sentences beginning with the words given

1 What color are your brother’s clothes?

Please tell me ………

2 They have changed the time of the meeting

The time ………

3 Tim is both tired and hungry

Tim is not only ………

4 My friend and my younger sister are the same height

Computing is now at the same stage as printing was when the first printing presses were used Before printing presses were invented, only rich people like Kings and dukes could afford to buy books Often these people were unable to read and hadn’t (1)

……… time to learn In any case, the books were (2) ……… big that it was difficult for anyone to relax with a book as we do today They wanted books because they were expensive and there was something magical about them Only a (3) ……… people were able to write, and it (4) ……… an extremely long time to write a book Monks and other people (5) ……… could write said ordinary people could (6)

……… learn to read

The position with computers is very similar today A few (7) ……… ago, computers were very large and expensive Business managers and rich people ordered (8)

……… but they didn’t know how to use them In many countries, however, the situation has now completely (9) ……… Lots of people not only own micro-computers (10) ……… know how to use them

9 A changed B exchanged C charged D recharged

10 A and B but also C to D as well

KEY 2

I

1 B 2 C 3 A 4 D 5 A

II

1 C 2 D 3 B 4 A 5 C

6 C 7 A 8 B 9 D 10 C

III

1 around 2 on 3 for 4 for 5 in

IV

1 Please tell me what color your brother’s clothes are

2 The time of the meeting has been changed

3 Tim is not only tired but also hungry

4 My friend is as tall as my younger sister

V

1 B 2 A 3 C 4 D 5 A

6 B 7 C 8 D 9 A 10 B