ÔN TẬP LỚP 8 CUỐI HKII

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

• explore

• restore

• contract

• therefore

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

• authority

• predict

• generation

• emergency

When the earthquake began, the ground started to ______.

• freeze

• tremble

• burn

• melt

A ______ is a huge wave caused by an underwater earthquake.

• tornado

• hurricane

• tsunami

• drought

The ______ destroyed hundreds of houses as it moved through the town.

• tornado

• flood

• storm

• lightning

The earthquake was so strong that buildings ______ to the ground.

• floated

• collapsed

• stopped

• disappeared

Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined words in each of the following questions. 'The small town was destroyed by a powerful tornado last night.'

• hurricane

• earthquake

• tsunami

• drought

Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined words in each of the following questions. 'A tornado can cause severe damage to buildings and trees.'

• storm

• breeze

• cyclone

• whirlwind

I ______ TV when the earthquake started.

• watch

• was watching

• watched

• am watching

While we ______ in the living room, the tornado hit the house.

• sit

• sat

• were sitting

• have sat