Đề thi HK2 Tiếng Anh 8 - Đề số 2

You will hear five short conversations. You will hear each conversation twice. There is one question for each conversation. Listen and choose the right answer.

Listen and Write.

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

Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from that of the others.

Circle the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete sentences below.

Read the following passage then choose the best answer A, B, C or D.

Beer and Cheese

When you are drinking a cold beer on a hot day, or eating a delicious cheese sandwich, you can thank biotechnology for the pleasure you are experiencing. That's right! Beer, bread and cheese are all produced using biotechnology. Perhaps a definition will be useful to understand how. A standard definition is that biotechnology (or biotech for short) is the application of science and engineering to the direct or indirect use of living organisms.

And as you know, the food and drink above are all produced by the fermentation of micro-organisms. In beer, the yeast multiplies as it eats the sugars in the mixture and turns them into alcohol and CO2. This ancient technique was first used in Egypt to make bread and wine around 4000BC!

Rewrite the following sentences as directed (using the suggested words) so that the meanings stay the same.

Combine each pair of sentences using the conjunction in brackets.