Đề số 1 học kỳ II lớp 8

1.Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. (1-5)

The Earth Day comes from the idea of a former US politician Gaylord Nelson. He was worried about the world pollution, and the health of plants and animals. In 1969, he decided that the world should have a special day to teach people about how to make environment better.

His idea became popular and on 22 April 1970 the first Earth Day was celebrated. Since then, environmentalists have used the day to educate people about their roles in protecting our planet.

Earth Day finally became a global celebration around the world. On this day, people come together to talk about global warming, protecting rare animals and saving energy sources.

• 1970

• 1969

• before 1969

• 2015

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

The Earth Day comes from the idea of a former US politician Gaylord Nelson. He was worried about the world pollution, and the health of plants and animals. In 1969, he decided that the world should have a special day to teach people about how to make environment better.

His idea became popular and on 22 April 1970 the first Earth Day was celebrated. Since then, environmentalists have used the day to educate people about their roles in protecting our planet.

Earth Day finally became a global celebration around the world. On this day, people come together to talk about global warming, protecting rare animals and saving energy sources.

• unaware of the world pollution

• worried about the environment

• trying to pollute the environment

• not concerned about global warming

His idea became popular and on 22 April 1970 the first Earth Day was celebrated. Since then, environmentalists have used the day to educate people about their roles in protecting our planet.

3.The word “their” in the second paragraph refers to ______.

• environmentalists’

• politicians’

• people’s

• Dr. Nelson’s

The Earth Day comes from the idea of a former US politician Gaylord Nelson. He was worried about the world pollution, and the health of plants and animals. In 1969, he decided that the world should have a special day to teach people about how to make environment better.

His idea became popular and on 22 April 1970 the first Earth Day was celebrated. Since then, environmentalists have used the day to educate people about their roles in protecting our planet.

Earth Day finally became a global celebration around the world. On this day, people come together to talk about global warming, protecting rare animals and saving energy sources.

4.Environmentalists have used the Earth Day to ________.

• get people around the world to play together

• carry their research

• ban people from using energy sources

• educate people about their roles of protecting our planet

The Earth Day comes from the idea of a former US politician Gaylord Nelson. He was worried about the world pollution, and the health of plants and animals. In 1969, he decided that the world should have a special day to teach people about how to make environment better.

His idea became popular and on 22 April 1970 the first Earth Day was celebrated. Since then, environmentalists have used the day to educate people about their roles in protecting our planet.

Earth Day finally became a global celebration around the world. On this day, people come together to talk about global warming, protecting rare animals and saving energy sources.

5.The best title for the passage can be ______.

• The meaning of the Earth Day

• Gaylord Nelson, the politician

• Preserving our energy sources

• The celebration of Earth Day

Choose the sentence is closest in meaning to the given sentence.

I don’t have enough money, so I don’t buy seafood.

• If I have enough money, I will buy seafood.

• If I had had enough money, I would buy seafood.

• If I had enough money, I would buy seafood.

• If I didn’t have enough money, I wouldn’t buy seafood.

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentence.

I think the waste from the factory has ___________ the lake.

• polluted

• damage

• pollution

• damaged

Choose the sentence A, B, C or D that best combines the given sentences.

We shouldn’t swim in this lake. Water is highly polluted.

• We shouldn’t swim in this lake although water is highly polluted.

• We should swim in this lake because water is highly polluted.

• We shouldn’t swim in this lake so that water is highly polluted.

• We shouldn’t swim in this lake because water is highly polluted.

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

• bread

• measure

• pleasure

• untreated

Choose the word whose stressed pattern is pronounced differently from the others.

• pollute

• effect

• litter

• affect