Đề thi cuối kì 2 lớp 8 môn Tiếng Anh nâng cao năm 2020

Super Typhoon Haiyan is one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever observed. It ripped through the Philippines, and the destruction across the islands was disastrous and widespread. Houses and buildings were leveled by the storm's powerful winds. Trees fell down and neighborhoods were under flood water. One CNN reporter, upon seeing the hard-hit city of Tacloban, said: “It is like a tsunami has hit here.” About 9.5 million people have been affected by the typhoon. Typhoon Haiyan weakened to a tropical storm, but at least five people died in Vietnam when Haiyan hit the country. Recovery from the monster typhoon, locally known as Yolanda, would be long and difficult.

1. What is Super Typhoon Haiyan considered?

Speech is one of the most important (1).................................. of communicating. It consists of far more than just making noises. To talk and also to be understood by other people, we have to speak a language, that is, we have to use combinations of (2)................................. that everyone agrees stand for a particular object or idea. Communication would be impossible if everyone made up their own language. Learning a language properly is very important. The basic (3).............................. of English is not very large, and only about 2000 words are needed to speak it quite well. But the more words you know, the more ideas you can (4)............................. and the more precise you can be about their exact meaning. Words are the main thing we use in communicating what we want to say. The way we (5)............................. the words is also very important. Our tone of voice can express many emotions and shows whether we are pleased of angry, for instance.

1. “Did you see that car?” he asked me

He asked me ___________

“I saw Susan in a local shop last week.”

Paul _________________

The traffic was bad. However, I arrived on time

Though ___