Đề cương ôn tập giữa kì 2 Tiếng Anh 8 iLearn Smart World có đáp án - Đề thi tham khảo số 2

Bluebot can complete the tasks much _______ than Greenbot. 

Give the correct form of the words in brackets.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following questions. 

Anne: I think the Robolympics are fun. I'd like to watch them and see how robots do different things. – Bob: _______.

Read the following text and choose the correct answers.

    Computers can do lots of jobs. They can (26) _______ maths, store information, or play music. You can use a computer to write or to play games. What do you know about the history of computers?

    The first computers were very big. They were the size of a room! They were so big (27) _______ people didn't have them at home. Early computers could also only do simple maths, like a calculator. In the 1930s Alan Turing had the idea for a computer you could program to do different things.

    In 1958 Jack Kilby (28) _______ the microchip. Microchips are tiny but can store lots of information. They helped make computers smaller. In the 1970s computers were smaller and cheaper so people started to use them at home. In the 1980s computer games were very popular. Lots of people bought computers just (29) _______ games.

    In 1989 Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, which is a way to organise information on the internet. Now people all over the world can look (30) _______ and share information on websites.

    Today people can use smartphones to play games, email and go on the internet. In the past a simple computer was the size of a room. Now it can go in your pocket!

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. 

Life in the Future

Planet Earth has many problems. Different kinds of pollution are harming the planet. The world's population is continuing to grow each year. Many people believe that in the future, we will have to find a new place to live.

Space stations are one place where people could live. People can build parts of a space station on Earth and then put them together in space. It will be easier for people to live on space stations than different planets. One bad thing is there won't be any gravity, and people won't be able to move much. 

Some scientists think that Mars is the best option. People won't be able to go outside on Mars, but we can build new cities there. We need to build better spaceships because they cost too much money now. Some people think that Venus will also be an option because the gravity is similar to Earth's. However, the weather on Venus is too hot for people to live there.

The passage is mainly about _______.

The word “them” in paragraph 2 refers to _______.

The writer thinks people won’t live on Venus because _______.

Rewrite the sentences without changing their meanings.

This new laptop starts up more quickly than that one.

→ That laptop _______________________________________________________________.

Zippo’s battery doesn’t last as long as Floppy’s.

→ Floppy’s battery ___________________________________________________________.

The farmers were working on the farm; they saw a flying saucer in the sky.

→ When ___________________________________________________________________.

Make questions for the underlined words.

This computer’s battery can last up to 20 hours.

→ ________________________________________________________________________.

People will live on Mars in the 2300s.

→ ________________________________________________________________________.