Đề cương ôn tập Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Unti 1,2,3

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1. Review unti 1,2,3 A.PHONETICS I Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part. 1. A. butcher B. good C. flood D. foot 2. A. autumn B. corner C. operate D. drawing 3. A. comfort B. knowledge C. popular D. hobby 4. A. filled B. suited C. stayed D. waved B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR III Choose the odd one out. 1. A. skiing B. ice-skating C. ice-hockey D. scuba-diving 2. A. tranquil B. polluted C. spacious D. picturesque 3. A. common B. unique C. typical D. highlighted 4. A. paddle field B. cottage C. zoo D. kite 5. A. stilt B. cottage C. hut D. sky-scraper IV Fill in the blank with a suitable word or phrase, using the first letter(s) given. 1. Because more and more people are moving to Hanoi for their jobs, it is d p 2. Our big cities are seriously p because of industrial factories and means of transport. 3. My Son is a famous h s in Quang Nam province. 4. Doing DIY is one of her most favorite I a 5. All special events of the village such as meetings, guest welcomes and festivities are held in the c h V Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D). 1. Actually I don’t really listening to music when I have a headache. It doesn’t make me feel better. A. like B. dislike C. hate D. want 2. She is an active person, so she prefer to live in big cities live in the countryside. A. to B. than C. rather D. rather than 3. I prefer having a few close friends having a lot of normal friends. A. than B. to C. rather D. rather than 4. I the idea of eating rats. It is so disgusting that I can’t bear it. A. dislike B. don’t like C. detest D. like 5. It is very easy for children to get on the Ipads, Iphones and other technological stuff. A. familiar B. close C. hooked D. addicted 6. to computer games results in many negative effects on teenagers. A. Addicted B. Addictive C. Addict D. Addiction 7. Because of his difficult life in the countryside, the man has decided to move to the city to earn a . A. life B. job C. living D. money
2. 8. After a time living in one place, nomads move to another one. They never . A. settle in B. settle down C. settle on D. settle about 9. should we spend this holiday, on a beautiful beach or at a resort? A. what B. which C. where D. when 10. If we want to join the night party, we will have to work and to finish the work before 6 p.m. A. more harder – more faster B. more hardly – more fastly C. hardlier – fastlier D. harder – faster VI Fill in the gap with the comparative form of the adjective or adverb. 1. I was really excited about the music show last night. My favorite singer sang (beautiful) than ever. 2. I speak English (fluent) now than I did last year. 3. At weekends, we prefer listening to my grandmother tell stories. To tell the truth, our mother tells stories (interesting) than her. 4. This year the harvest time occurred (early) than we had thought, so we missed it. 5. It is much (densely populated) in my city than in his city. VII Fill in the blank with the correct form of the given word. 1. Tugging rituals and games were recognized as the world’s tangible cultural heritage in 2015. 2. Linh is about producing short films. passion 3. Taking part in activities is essential part of the ethnic rite minority peoples. 4. Doing favorite leisure pastimes help us avoid the state of being balance 5. In way of thinking of the Thai, their traditional musical instruments communicate are tools which connect them with their ancestors. VIII Find one mistake in each sentence and correct it. 1. I don’t mind to go skating in the evening at all because it is very A B C exciting to me. D 2. Identifying costumes of different ethnic groups is one of most ABC interesting things when learning about them. D 3. You cannot drive very fastly when travelling in a big city. ABCD 4. Machinery has made farm production easily and has liberated ABCD labor work. 5. What do you like to take up between badminton and table tennis?
3. A B C D C. READING IX Read the passage. Decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F). Terraced rice fields are located in the northern mountainous provinces. Local ethnic minority peoples can grow rice and establish terraced rice fields, one after another, from the foot to nearly top of mountains. In distance, the terraced rice fields look like a picture of nature with heart-catching beauty keeping tourists to stay for admiration for a while. This picture however has its colour changed seasonally. As usual in April and May, the local people water their fields at full to prepare for a new crop. At this time, the surface of terraced fields shines like a mirror. In June and July, the terraced rice fields with fully-grown paddy rice and forest trees spread the green out to the entire area. In September and October when autumn ends, the terraced rice fields look like golden silk scarves flying over in the wind above green mountain slopes. Famous terraced rice fields can be found in Yen Bai, Ha Giang. Especially, the fields in Sa Pa (Lao Cai Province) were voted as one of seven most beautiful and impressive terraced rice fields of Asia. 1. Terraced fields are established from the middle to the top of mountains. 2. Tourists are amazed with the beauty of terraced fields. 3. Terraced fields keep its color the same all year round. 4. Harvest time falls in September and October. 5. Sapa’ terraced fields were among the most beautiful fields of the world. X Read the passage. 1 1 Fill in the blank with a suitable word. My first camera was a Canon Snappy 50 given to me by my mom when I (1) 8. It’s unusually long frame and that little orange tab to make the flash fire were icing on the cake for an 8-yo! I wanted the star-spangled version but that was unavailable (2) Asia back then. Anyway, my mom was a shutter bug, not in a technical or artistic sense, however. Like most moms, she snapped everything and records every little embarrassing memorable moment that (3) sister and I went through. It was (4) a diary for her, and she ended up having suitcases of photo prints sorted in plastic bags and labels. Fast forward to my grade school and high school years, my camera adventures circled around taking (5) of friends, skateboarding antics, and martial art events. I became much more interested (6) photography. Now that I’m a father, my camera’s job circled back to what my mom used to (7) , documenting my son’s adventures. My son’s daily photo diary started four years (8) and I’m still doing it now. I wished I was able to start the daily photo project earlier, but at least I took enough pictures of him since birth that my collection can still be considered ‘complete’. 2 1 Decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F). 1. He himself bought the camera.
4. 2. His mom was good at using technical things. 3. His mom took many photos of the children. 4. The camera was never used at his school. 5. He didn’t take photos of his son when the son was born. F. WRITING XV Reorder the following words to make meaningful sentences. 1. associated/ characterized/ forms/ and/ their/ of/ the Vietnamese ethnic groups/ antiphonal singing/ are/ with/ musical instruments/ by/ dances. 2. to/ grow/ mountain dwellers/ and/ certain/ money/ types/ obtain/ rice/ rubber trees/ of. 3. many/ or/can’t/ to/ electricity/ have/ rural families/ afford/ running water. 4. the central highlands / people/ self-sufficient/ and/ the northern mountains/ who/ are/ in/ very/ live. 5. can/ recognize/ we/ different/ easily/ based/ their/ ethnic groups/ in/ on/ Vietnam/ clothing. XVI Rewrite the following sentences. 1. Some people of the Vietnamese ethnic groups living in tourism areas can speak English very fluently. Some students in big cities cannot speak English fluently. → (more) 2. People in the countryside live in a simple way, but people in a city don’t. → (more) 3. Children in big cities tend to know a lot about technology, but children in the countryside tend to know a little. → (more) 4. She loves to learn about the traditions and customs of Vietnam than anything else. → (most) 5. It is really interesting for him to talk with his music teacher about Jazz. → (fancy) VIII Find one mistake in each sentence and correct it. 1. He adores to go to the parties in weekends with his close friend. A B C D 2. Flying kites on the paddle field with other kids is very excited to him. ABCD 3. She can swim much more well than anyone else in my class. ABCD
5. 4. What she is truly keen in is classical music not modern music. ABCD 5. Why should we learn about the life of Vietnam’s ethnic minority people? A B C D C. READING IX Read the passage. Decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F). The Space of Gong culture in Central Highlands of Viet Nam covers 5 provinces of Kon Turn, Gia Lai, DakLak, DakNong and Lam Dong. The masters of gong culture are the ethnic groups of Ba Na, Xo Dang, M’Nong, Co Ho, Ro Mam, E De, GiaRai The gong performances are always closely tied to community cultural rituals and ceremonies of the ethnic groups in Central Highlands. Many researchers have classified gongs as ceremonial musical instrument. The gongs are made of a mixture of brass and gold, silver, bronze. Their diameter is from 20cm to 60cm or from 90cm to 120cm. A set of gongs consists of 2 to 12 or 13 units and even to 18 or 20 units in some places. In most of ethnic groups, namely GiaRai, Ede Kpah, Ba Na, Xo Dang, Brau, Co Ho, etc., only males are allowed to play gongs. However, in others such as Ma and M’Nong groups, both males and females can play gongs. Few ethnic groups (for example, E De Bih), gongs are performed by women only. 1. The gong is the cultural heritage of only one ethnic group. 2. The gong is used in special communal activities. 3. The gong is be made of only one type of material. 4. There are some different sizes for a gong. 5. In M’Nong groups, women are not allowed to play the gong. X Read the passage. 1 1 Match the heading with the paragraph. One heading is not used. Headings Paragraphs 1. Economy A 2. Education B 3. Customs and habits C 4. Costumes D 5. Culture A. Ancestor worship is a religious rite of the Tay. The altars for the ancestors are placed in a central location in the house. The altar room is such a sacred place that guests is not allowed to sit on the bed in front of the altar. After giving birth, women are also not allowed to sit on the bed in front of the altar. Tay villages are always built at the foot of a mountain and are often named after a mountain, field, or river. Each village contains about 15-20 households. B. The Tay language belongs to Tay-Thai Group. There is a rich traditional folklore with all kinds of poems, songs, dances, and music. Tay songs include the “Hat Luon” (a kind of duet between lovers), wedding songs, and lullabies. C. Tay women wear knee-length dresses, which are split at the right side with five buttons along the armpit, and narrow sleeves. D. The Tay has developed agricultural practices quite well and are able to cultivate all kinds of plants including rice, maize, and sweet potato.
6. 2 1 Answer the questions below. 1. What is the religious rite of the Tay? 2. What kind of place is the altar room in the Tay’s house? 3. Who are not allowed to sit in front of the altar? 4. What word in paragraph B means songs for babies? 5. What word in paragraph D means “grow”? VI Choose the correct article 1. The ethnic minority that I know best about is (a/ an/ the/ Ø) Tay. 2. Their communal house is located in (a/ an/ the/ Ø) center of the village. 3. Many people think consider (a/ an/ the Ø) Gong sounds as (a/ an/ the/ Ø) means to communicate with the deities and Gods. 4. (a/ an/ the/ Ø) Thai have (a/ an/ the/ Ø) valuable legacy of myths, legends, ancient tales, versed stories, and folksongs. 5. People in this village (a/ an/ the/ Ø) weave cloth, and produce (a/ an/ the/ Ø) ceramic ware. VIII Find one mistake in each sentence and correct it. 1. I prefer to come back to my hometown on the harvest time. ABCD 2. Last summer holiday, I had a very forgettable time with my cousin ABC because we had a lot of fun together. D 3. I think that people living in the countryside have to work hard than A B C people in cities. D 4. Sometimes city people talk much pessimistically than country people. ABCD 5. Some people like living in big cities because of its excited life with ABC a lot of entertainments and modern facilities. D