Name:………………………………………………………….

ĐỀ CƯƠNG CUÓI HỌC KÌ 2 ANH 8

I. PRONUNCIATION
A. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.
1. A. pollution B. transport C. waste D. plastic
2. A. child B. machine C. chocolate D. chair
3. A. disappear B. planets C. Mars D. Venus
4. A. product B. province C. population D. homestay
5. A. ethnic B. clothes C. with D. northern
6. A. measure B. theater C. idea D. fear
7. A. designer B. attendant C. dentist D. education
8. A. exciting B. living C. gravity D. billion
B. Choose the word that has a different stressed syllable from the rest.
1. A. carefully B. happily C. intelligently D. normally
2. A. designer B. gamer C. director D. musician
3. A. culture B. highland C. language D. dessert
4. A. utensils B. exciting C. pottery D. tradition
5. A. engineer B. journalist C. article D. teenager
6. A. population B. similar C. temperature D. terrified
7. A. gravity B. alien C. prediction D. oxygen
8. A. directly B. usually C. happily D. finally

II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the following questions.
1. My dream is to be a ______________ because I love animals and want to help them.
A. doctor B. veterinarian C. nurse D. dentist
2. Our house is bigger, but ______________ has a swimming pool.
A. they B. theirs C. their D. there
3. The rock star decided to buy a ______________ in order to explore beautiful islands and
shores.
A. bus B. coach C. trolley D. yacht
4. Flight attendants always take care ______________ passengers during the flight.
A. to B. for C. of D. with
5. Can you see the helicopter over there? It's ______________.
A. my B. mine C. me D. me's
6. Some teenagers volunteer to help the elderly ______________ their household chores.
A. with B. on C. at D. for
7. I want to be a ______________ like my father. He works for the New York Times.
A. florist B. flight attendant C. teacher D. journalist
8. I love the ______________ on H'mong clothing. They look like flowers, animals, and stars.
 A. patterns B. signs C. materials D. colors
9. My friend gave me a bamboo ______________ set on my birthday. The set included a spoon, a
fork and chopsticks.
A. clothing B. utensil C. cooking D. pottery
10. After nearly a thousand years, the Chăm villagers still make pottery completely ______ hand.
A. in B. with C. by D. for
11. With ______________ population of 1.7 million people, ______________ Tày are the
biggest ethnic minority group in Vietnam.
A. a / no article B. a / the C. no article / the D. no article / no article
12. Every chef in this restaurant has to wear an ______________ while cooking so they can keep
their clothes clean.
A. apron B. blouse C. coat D. jacket
13. Trang asked me ______________ I was free that afternoon.
A. what B. how often C. did D. if
14. The reporter asked him ______________ best.
A. which team he liked B. which team did he like
C. which team he likes D. which team does he like
15. The farmer ______________ in the field when he saw a UFO.
A. is working B. was working C. worked D. works
16. Scientists float in a space station because there’s no ______________.
A. technology B. science C. gravity D. air
17. The world’s ______________ is growing more quickly every year. Our planet is becoming
more and more crowded.
A. pollution B. popularity C. population D. pollutant
18. A: What is the word that means 'very small'?
B: I think it's '______________'.
A. huge B. strange C. tiny D. scary
19. The magician was standing on the stage, but then he suddenly ______________.
A. saw B. heard C. appeared D. disappeared
20. The UFO hovered ________ our house for a few minutes then disappeared into the clouds.
A. above B. under C. inside D. on
21. Those aliens looked really scary. I was ______________ when I saw them!
A. delighted B. terrified C. happy D. bored
22. I think she is sick. She ______________ to school tomorrow.
A. will go B. won't go C. is going D. doesn't go
23. The firemen arrived just in time to ______________ the child stuck in the fire.
A. assist B. help C. rescue D. provide
24. Robots can search for people after earthquakes ______________ than humans can.
A. faster B. slowly C. slower D. quickly
25. Without modern science and ______________, humans cannot travel to the moon.
 A. technological B. technician C. technology D. technologically
26. Jane’s mom: Robots can recognize people’s voices and do what they say.
Jane: ______________
A. How amazing! C. I know. It’s a new one.
B. What a great robot! D. Don’t worry! It’s easy!
27. If we check our tests ______________ carefully, we can get higher scores.
A. much B. more C. a lot D. well
28. My mom cleans the floor ______________ than a vacuum cleaner.
A. more fastly B. more slowly C. slowlier D. more faster
29. Cleaning is a simple job, and robots don’t get ______________.
A. crazy B. mad C. bad D. tired
30. My father prefers this robot because its battery can ______________.
A. run fast B. last longer C. move slowly D. keep it hotter
31. Kayla: How was your vacation? – Katie: ______________.
A. I stayed in a beautiful homestay.
B. I spent a whole week in Da Lat.
C. We tried all the local food and visited lots of tourist attractions there.
D. It was amazing. Everything was great.
32. He is in a band. He said he ______________ the guitar well.
A. could play B. can play C. could have played D. could be played

III/ ERROR CORRECTION

Find the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
1. She asked if I know Komorebi homestay in Da Lat.
A. asked B. I know C. homestay D. in
2. For Mông ethnic group in the northern province of Hà Giang, mèn mén (steamed minced corn)
is a special part of their culture.
A. For Mông ethnic B. the northern C. steamed minced D. their culture
3. When Mia went to a vacation in Hà Giang, she could experience local food as well as the
tradition of people living there.
A. to B. in C. could D. food
4. We had the chance visit some famous Chăm buildings and watch a traditional Chăm dance
performance in Nha Trang.
A. visit B. watch C. traditional D. in
5. Kelly said me that she had won the lottery.
A. said me B. she C. had won D. lottery
6. Henry enjoys to go on a holiday in Đà Lạt, but he doesn't have enough money.
A. to go B. on C. but D. enough
7. He told me he often go to school in a limousine.
A. me B. he C. go D. in
8. Mrs. Cooper said that her son spent too much time using his smartphone and didn't focus in his
school work.
A. spent B. too much C. using D. focus in

III. READING
A. Read the following passage. For each question, circle the correct option A, B, C, or D that
best suits each blank.
Choose your career!
What do you want to do when you leave school? There are so many jobs in the world, but it is
good to choose a job that you will be interested in.
• Are you good with colors? Perhaps you could be a house (1)___________, or perhaps you could
make paintings of people, like Leonardo Da Vinci or Rembrandt, but remember, very few people
make money from art.
• Do you like working with machines? Every town and city needs (2)___________ to fix cars in
garages.
• Medicine is a good career. You will have a job for life. If you love animals, the work of a
(3)___________ may be perfect for you.
• Working in a shop or a hotel can be fun, but perhaps the best job serving customers is … flight
(4)___________. See the world and get paid for it!
• Would you like to be on television – not as an actor or someone reading the news, but as an
(5)___________ who talks to celebrities? The job is not easy, because you must think of good
questions and then listen to the answers.

(1) A. painter B. drawer C. artist D. designer

(2) A. engineers B. explorers C. mechanics D. factory workers
(3) A. dentist B. doctor C. veterinarian D. nurse
(4) A. assistant B. attendant C. actor D. receptionist
(5) A. journalist B. announcer C. reporter D. interviewer

B. Read the following passage. For each question, circle the correct option A, B, C, or D.
The Martian

I’m not a fan of science fiction, so can you imagine how I felt when my friends choose Screen 2
on the movie theater website? It was showing this film. Much better choices for me were Screen
1, with a film about the early days of America, Screen 3, which was showing a comedy, or Screen
4, which had a film about the first landing on the Moon.

But, I hear you say, the Screen 4 film was about science. Yes, but science fact. And that is why,
in the end, I really liked The Martian because you don’t see any green men with two heads.
Instead, you learn things from the astronaut, like how to make oxygen and how to grow plants
with no soil. We find out how to live on a desert planet with no water and low gravity using the
knowledge and technology which we already have.

The astronaut is left on Mars when his spaceship takes off suddenly because a huge storm is
coming. He is caught in the storm and loses communication with the ship, so they think he is
dead. He nearly dies in several accidents, but a spaceship comes to rescue him after nearly 600
days.

I loved the film, because it wasn’t about a man who is frightened all the time and worried about
his future. In many ways, it is really a comedy, and you know, and the astronaut knows, from his
funny lines when things go wrong, that everything will be all right in the end.

1. Where did the writer see the film?

A. At a movie theatre B. On the TV in his own house
C. On the TV at a friend’s house D. On a website
2. The writer doesn’t like films ______________.
A. about aliens B. about space
C. which are funny D. about the past
3. The astronaut in the film ______________.
A. invents a lot of new things
B. learns to live on the planet
C. uses a lot of technology which we don’t have yet
D. doesn’t explain how he lives on the planet
4. How long is the astronaut alone on Mars?
A. Less than a year B. The film does not give a time period
C. The writer does not say. D. Nearly two years
5. According to the writer, the main character in the film ______________.
A. is scared most of the time B. does not think people will come to rescue him
C. makes jokes about his situation D. is sure that he will die

C. Read the three texts about traditional events. For each question, choose the correct person.
Chuck
Many people in my region celebrate something called carnival. The name comes from two Latin
words meaning ‘say goodbye to meat’. The festival happens just before a month where we try not
to eat so much. A lot of people enjoy the festival, but then they don’t follow the rule about eating!
People wear amazing clothes in bright colors, and there is a big parade in most cities.

Jane
At Christmas in my country, people give each other gifts on the actual day, 25th December.
Many children get lots of gifts, so it was my favorite time of year when I was younger. I also
loved the special things made of paper, called crackers. I take one end and you take the other and
pull. The cracker breaks with a bang, and one person gets a paper hat and a little present from the
cracker.

Ali
In my culture, we have a holiday every year after the month which is called Ramadhan. During
that month, we do not eat or drink from sunrise to sunset. This is very difficult in my own
country, where one day only lasts about 12 hours, even in summer, but now I live in Britain, and
summer days are more than 16 hours long.

1. Who does not talk about food?

A. Chuck B. Jane C. Ali
2. Who says a tradition is easier to follow in their own country?
A. Chuck B. Jane C. Ali
3. Who writes about reasons for liking a festival?
A. Chuck B. Jane C. Ali
4. Who says costumes are part of a festival?
A. Chuck B. Jane C. Ali
5. Who says presents are part of a festival?
A. Chuck B. Jane C. Ali

IV. WRITING
A. Circle the mistakes in the sentences.
1. In my dream, I talked to an alien from another planet by a very strange language.
A. In B. to C. from D. by
2. We walked down that empty street when a UFO appeared in front of us.
A. walked B. that C. a D. front
3. Where do people live in the future if there is not enough room for everyone on Earth?
A. do B. in C. enough D. for
4. The gravity on the moon is different of that on Earth.
A. on B. is C. of D. that
5. These robots can still function normal in extreme weather.
A. These B. function C. normal D. extreme
6. The new tablet is modern, and the screen is a little too small.
A. new B. is C. and D. a little too
7. The robot Eve is moderner than Wall-E in the movie "Wall-E".
A. is B. moderner C. in D. movie
8. If you want a device for playing games, I think you should buy a computer instead for a
smartphone.
A. playing B. buy C. computer D. for
B. Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meaning. Use the given word(s) if
any.
1. The Chăm spend up to 15 days making a special piece of cloth.
→ It takes the Chăm …………………………………………………………………..
2. “Where are you going to stay when you visit the Red Dao village?” she asked me.
→ She asked me …………………………………………………………………..
3. All the students in my class cleaned the floor more slowly than a robot. (QUICKLY)
→…………………………………………………………………..
4. My phone can capture high-quality photos because it has 5 cameras. (SO)
→…………………………………………………………………..
5. Her dream is to become a ballerina and mine is to be a singer. (HERS)
→ …………………………………………………………………..
6. I will always remember the day the first man set foot on the moon. (NEVER)
→ …………………………………………………………………..
7. We were driving down the hill. A strange object suddenly appeared in the sky. (WHEN)
→…………………………………………………………………..
8. My mom told me, “You must finish your homework before playing games.” (HAD TO)
→ …………………………………………………………………..

C. Writing:
Write a letter/ an email to a friend or a paragraph/ a narrative passage (80 - 100 words)
about: Science and Technology, Life on Other Planets, Teens, Traditions of Ethnic Groups in
Vietnam.

V. LISTENING
Nghe về các chủ đề:
Science and Technology, Life on Other Planets, Teens, Traditions of Ethnic Groups in Vietnam.

VI. SPEAKING
Nói về các chủ đề:
Science and Technology, Life on Other Planets, Teens, Traditions of Ethnic Groups in Vietnam.