ĐỀ CƯƠNG ÔN TẬP KỲ 2 - TIẾNG ANH 8

NĂM HỌC 2023-2024

I. PRONUNCIATION
1. A. baskets B. cloths C.products D. aprons
2. A. heat B. bean C.bread D. peach
3. A. attends B. teens C. works D. jets
4. A. musician B.journalist C. sports car D. yachts
5. A. attended B. fitted C.decided D. worked
6. A. celebrity B. helicopter C. engineer D. dentist
7. A. space B. sale C.tablet D. plate
8. A. lifted B. completed C. decided D. finished
9. A. waste B.camera C. nature D. paper
10. A. pay B. land C.take D. make
II. Circle the word that has a stress pattern different from the others.
1. A. pretty B. central C. simple D. alone
2. A. common B. special C. alike D. handsome
3. A. direct B. ethnic C. perfect D. famous
4. A. healthy B. unclear C. sticky D. scary
5. A. boring B. funny C. happy D. alive
II/ VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the following questions.
1. The firemen arrived just in time to ______________ the child stuck in the fire.
A. assist B. help C. rescue D. provide
2. Robots can search for people after earthquakes ______________ than humans can.
A. faster B. slowly C. slower D. quickly
3. Without modern science and ______________, humans cannot travel to the moon.
A. technological B. technician C. technology D. technologically
4. 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!
5. If we check our tests ______________ carefully, we can get higher scores.
A. much B. more C. a lot D. well
6. My mom cleans the floor ______________ than a vacuum cleaner.
A. more fastly B. more slowly C. slowlier D. more faster
7. Cleaning is a simple job, and robots don’t get ______________.
A. crazy B. mad C. bad D. tired
8. My father prefers this robot because its battery can ______________.
 A. run fast B. last longer C. move slowly D. keep it hotter
9. The farmer ______________ in the field when he saw a UFO.
A. is working B. was working C. worked D. works
10. Scientists float in a space station because there’s no ______________.
A. technology B. science C. gravity D. air
11. 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
12. A: What is the word that means 'very small'?
B: I think it's '______________'.
A. huge B. strange C. tiny D. scary
13. The magician was standing on the stage, but then he suddenly ______________.
A. saw B. heard C. appeared D. disappeared
14. The UFO hovered ______________ our house for a few minutes then disappeared into
the clouds.
A. above B. under C. inside D. on
15. Those aliens looked really scary. I was ______________ when I saw them!
A. delighted B. terrified C. happy D. bored
16. I think she is sick. She ______________ to school tomorrow.
A. will go B. won't go C. is going D. doesn't god
17. My brother is a ______________. He writes the articles to the local newspaper.
A. designer B. journalist C. engineer D. flight attendance
18. Look! Peter is doing ___________ homework. We should do _______________.
A. his - ours B. him - hours C. her - ours D. his - our
19. My friend dreams of becoming a _____________ because he wants to be famous and popular.
A. musician B. game designer C. celebrity D. millionaire
20. A __________ is a type of aircraft that can travel really fast.
A. helicopter B. yacht C. plane D. jet
21. He said that he ____________ a special game room and a home theater.
A. have B. had C. has D. will have
22. Anna said: “ I think I can’t live without music”.
Anna said that she __________ she ___________live without music.
A. think – couldn’t B. thought – can’t C. thought – could D. thought – couldn’t
23. I want to live in a large and beautiful __________________, but I think it’s really expensive.
A. mansion B. home stay C. building D. home theater
24. He told me he _____________ to the island by helicopter to visit ___________ every year.
A. travels - my B. travelled - his C. travel – his D. travelled – her
25. We phoned ____________ last night, but no one answered.
A. them B. us C. our D. ours
READING
READING
I. Read the text about the Muong people. Circle the best options.
The Muong are (1) ethnic group in Vietnam. Their population is about 1,452,095
people (2019). They mainly live in northern provinces such as Hoa Binh, Thanh Hoa, Phu Tho and
Son La. There (2) different Muong groups, and they wear different clothing styles. Some wear
similar clothing to the Thai, and others wear (3) same clothing as the Kinh.
Muong women wear clothes with (4) robe, headscarf and skirt. Muong women wear
neck rings, and Muong men wear tunics and pants. (5) the Kinh and other ethnic
groups, the Muong celebrate Tet. During Tet, the Muong people pray to their ancestors and eat their
traditional dishes.
1. A. ⱷ B. a C. an D. the
2. A. is B. are C. was D. were
3. A. ⱷ B. a C. an D. the
4. A. ⱷ B. a C. an D. the
5. A. like B. same C. similar D. different
II. Read the text about the Tay people. Answer each question with ONE WORD AND/ OR A
NUMBER.
With an estimated 1.7 million people, the Tay are among the largest minority in Vietnam. They
mainly live in the northern Vietnam, in provinces such as Cao Bang, Lang Son, Bac Can, Thai
Nguyen, Quang Ninh and some parts of Bac Ninh and Bac Giang. The Tay are also well-known by
another name, Tho, which means land and local.
Like other ethnic groups, the Tay practice various beliefs and lifestyles. The Kinh’s culture and
language also influence them. For example, they paint their teeth black, and thirty percent if their
language is derived from Vietnamese. The Tay are famous for their traditional arts and crafts. They
make beautiful brocade. The Tay often use this type of cloth to make blankets, pillows or costumes
for special occasions. While their clothing is not as colorful as that of other ethnic minorities, it is
made of cotton with indigo colors and has little embroidery or decoration. Tay men typically wear
pants and a shirt or T-shirt while women wear skirts or pants, a polo shirt and a black scarf.
* brocade (n): a type of thick heavy cloth
6. What area of Vietnam do most of the Tay people live?
in the northern Vietnam
7. By what name the Tay people are also commonly called?
Tho
8. How much of the Tay language is from Vietnamese?
thirty percent if their language is derived from Vietnamese.
9. What material do the Tay people use to make blankets and special costumes?
brocade
10. What is the main color of the Tay people’s clothing?
indigo colors

III.Read part of a website article about computer technology. Choose the best word or
phrase for each space. (5 questions)
In 1965, a computer engineer called Gordon Moore said, ‘The number of items in a computer
chip will double every year.’ In other words, chips will become more and more powerful
while, at the same time, becoming smaller and smaller. Ten years later, he changed the
doubling time (1)___________ every four years. For the next 45 years, his idea proved to be
correct, so people now call it Moore’s Law. Although some people say the speed of change
(2)___________ lower now, as a result of Moore’s Law, the power of modern computers is
unbelievable. One example will show this.

Apollo 11 was the American spacecraft (3)___________ took astronauts to the Moon and
back in 1969. It is clear that the computer on this spacecraft (4)___________ able to do a lot
of very difficult things. However, it had a lot less power than your present smartphone! Your
phone has at least one million times more RAM than the spacecraft had. It also works at a
speed which is 100,000 times (5)___________ than Apollo 11’s computer.
So if you can find someone to program your phone for a trip to the Moon and back, all you
will need to make the trip then is a spacecraft!
(1) A. to B. at C. with D.on
(2) A. are B. was C. is D.were
(3) A. who B. which C. whose D. where
(4) A. was B. is C. were D. are
(5) A.fast B. more faster C. fastest D. faster
IV. Choose the best word or phrase for each space. (5 questions)

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

V.Read the website article. Write ONE suitable word in each space. (5 questions)
Should you follow your dream?
Many websites for teenagers (1) ..... encourage....... their readers to follow their
dreams. But what does that advice mean? We all have dreams, especially when we are
teenagers. What are (2) ..........they..............?

Dreams are a good thing. However, when we leave school and get a job, it will not be a
dream job in most cases. Even if it is a dream job, there will be parts which are boring.

Perhaps your dream is to be a musician. You want to play in front of hundreds or

thousands of people. (3) ...........That..............is great! However, all musicians must
practice for hundreds of hours before they play in front of people. Sometimes, their
practice is interesting. Sometimes, it is boring.

Or perhaps your dream job is to be an engineer. You want to repair machines to help
people. However, you must learn all about maths, physics, (4) ...........and............... many
other things before you can begin to do the job. Sometimes, this learning will be
boring.

Live your dream (5).........if......... it is possible. But remember that getting to your dream
may not always be fun!
VI.Read the three texts about traditional events. For each question, choose the
correct person. (5 questions)

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.

Questions:
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
C.ERROR CORRECTION
Find the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
1. Kelly said me that she had won the lottery.
A. said me B. she C. had won D. lottery
2. Henry enjoys to go on a holiday in Đà Lạt, but he doesn't have enough money. -->
going
A. to go B. on C. but D. enough
3. He told me he often go to school in a limousine.
A. me B. he C. go D. in
4. 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 focus on

5. A veterinarian is coming to repair our phone tomorrow morning.

A. veterinarian B. is C. to repair D. tomorrow
6. 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 on B. in C. could D. food
D.WRITING
A. Use the given words or phrases to make a complete sentence.
1. Although / my best friend / I / have / same characters and interests / my dream /
different / hers.
 Although my best friend and I have the same characters and interests, my
dream is different from hers
2. He / tell me / his dream / is / be / famous soccer player /.
 He told me his dream was to be a famous soccer player.
3. It / difficult / students / focus / their school work / if they / not have / enough time /
sleep /.
 It is difficult for students to focus on their school work if they don’t have
enough time to sleep.
4. Annie / love / do makeup / so / she want / become / beauty blogger / future.
→ Annie loves doing makeup so she wants to become a beauty blogger in the
future.
5. We / not think / robots / can do / any / the jobs / good / than humans /.
→ We don’t think that robots can do any of the jobs better than humans.
Keywords: to learn/want/more/what/I/to travel/Chăm people/about/do every day.
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. → I want to travel to learn more about what Cham people do every day.
B.Rewrite the following sentence without changing its meaning. Use the given
word(s) if any.
1. Her dream is to become a ballerina and mine is to be a singer. (HERS)
 My dream is to be a singer and hers is to become a ballerina.
2.My mom told me, “You must finish your homework before playing games.” (HAD
TO)
 My mom told me that I had to finish my homework before playing games
3. Mrs. Smith wants to buy that smartphone. Its memory is not so large. (HOWEVER)
→ Mrs. Smith wants to buy that smartphone. However, its memory isn’t so large
4. My sister asked me, "Do you want to spend your holiday in an ethnic village in
SaPa?" ASKED
→ My sister asked me if I would to spend my holiday in an ethnic village in Sapa.
5. "My sister is a singer and she earns a lot of money", said Isabella.
→ Isabella said that her sister was a singer and she earned a lot of money
6. Mars is called “the Red Planet”.
→ “The Red Planet” is another name of Mars
C.WRITING :
1.Write an email to your friend about the smartphone you choose . Write
about 60-80 words . You can use these questions to help you :
1. Do you want to have a smart phone ?
2. What do you want to use the smart phone for ?
3. Which type of phone do you choose /
4. Can you give me some good points and bad points about it ?
5. Why do you choose to buy it ?
2. Write a proplem and solution passage about the teenagers in your school .
Write about 60 words – 80 words . . You can use these questions to help you
1. Do you think what the biggest problems for teenagers is in your school ?
2.. Can you talk about its causes or effects ?
3. What is the solution of this problem?
1.

Hi Tam,
How are you?
I talked to my brother yesterday. He knows a lot about phones and computers,
and he help me choose which smartphone I want for my birthday.
I want to get a smartphone for listening to music. I’m going to ask my mother for
the Royal 1000. I’m really excited! It looks beautiful, but the screen isn’t good.
However, it has lots of storage, so I can store lots of songs, and it also has really
good speaker. The best part is that it’s not too expensive, so I’m sure my mother
will agree to buy it for me.
I hope you can come to my birthday party next Sunday. It’s going to be fun!
Your friend,
Vy.
2.
The teenagers problem.
These day, many teenagers in my city spend too much time doing homework.
After school, they should have lots of homework to do. They spend most of their
time at home on their homework. When they finish their homework, they have to
help their parent do houseworks. Many teenagers attend extra classes, too. This
means that many young people don’t have time to relax, so they find difficult to
sleep, focus on their school work or feel stressed.
I have some solutions for teenagers need to spend more time relaxing after school.
I think teachers should give them less homework. Teenagers need to spend more
time to relaxing after school. They should do exercise, hang out with friends and
join clubs to relax and reduce stress.
I really believe that if more young people do exercise and relax, they will be
stronge and learn better.