Đề cương ôn thi học kì 1 môn Tiếng Anh Khối 8

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1. REVIEW FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER- class 8 I. Choose the word which has a different sound in the part underlined. 1. A. camel B. buffalo C. cattle D. paddy 2. A. lived B. populated C. harvested D. loaded 1. A. wanted B. washed C. decided D. needed 2. A. fun B. sun C. surf D. cut 3. A. leisure B. eight C. celebrate D. penalty 4. A. although B. laugh C. paragraph D. enough 5. A. mention B. question C. action D. education 6. A. listened B. opened C. wanted D. lived 7. A. community B. computer C. museum D. customs 8. A. needed B. opened C. wanted D. decided 9. A. fable B. brave C. dragon D. tale 10.A. scream B. read C. reach D. hear 11. A. walked B. filled C. swallowed D. screamed 12. A. eyes B. ogres C. stories D. cakes 13. A. character B. church C. choose D. cheerful 14. A. procession B. confusion C. production D.tradition 15. A. looked B. stopped C. screamed D. missed 16. A. honest B. human C. hero D. historical II. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others. 1. A. ancestor B. curious C. heritage D. tradition 2. A. buffalo B. recognise C. convenient D. cultural 3. A. preservation B. communicate C. commemorate D. participate 4. A. tradition B. possession C. confusion D. communication 5. A. vegetarian B. magician C. electrician D. politician III. Choose A, B, C, D for each gap in the following sentences. 1. My mother enjoys___ traditional food for our family, especially at Tet holiday. A. cook B. to cook C. cooking D. cooked 2. My father sometimes goes ___ in the forests. He’d like to find some more food for our family. A. hunt B. hunting C. to hunt D. hunted 3. Look! Some children are ___the buffaloes. A. picking B. herding C. driving D. playing 4. The sky is ___here in the countryside because there are no buildings to block the view. A. tidy B. close C. dense D. vast 5. Is living in the city ___ than living in the country? A. more convenient B. as convenient C. most convenient D. so convenient 6. He is surprised ___that there are 54 ethnic groups in our country. A. to understand B. to study C. to know D. find 7. The Viet (or Kinh) have___ number of people, account for about 86% of the population. A. large B. the large C. larger D. the largest 8. ___ ethnic group has a larger population, the Tay or the Ede? 9. The Giong Festivals is held ___ in the Central Highlands. A. year B. yearly C. annual D. anually 10. YMoan was the greatest pop singer of the ___ group in Dak Lak Province. A. Tay ethnic B. Thai ethnic C. Ede ethnic D.Muong 11. He was called “___ singer of the great woods”. A. the B. a C. an D. the best 12.Teenagers enjoy listening to music and___ out with friends. A. hang B. to hang C. hanging D. hangs 13. Life in a small town is ___ than that in a big city. A. less peaceful B. much more peaceful C. much peaceful D. peaceful 14. My mother always tells me that I ___ be home by 9 p.m.
2. A. has to B. have to C. have not to D. mustn’t 15. When you eating in India, you___ use the right hand. Never use the left hand. A. must B. should C. shouldn’t D. mustn’t 16. ___ month is the Hoa Ban Festival of the Thai people held in? A. Which B. When C. How many D. However 17. You should ___ information about a custom or tradition. A. finds B. found C. finding D. find 18. A tradition is something we do that is special and ___ down through the generations. A. to passed B. passed C. passing D. is passing 19. In the UK, there are lots of customs for table manners. For example, We ___ use a knife and fork at dinner. A. have to B. are having C. has to D. having to 20. In Viet Nam, you___ use only the first name to address people older than you. A. should B. must C. shouldn’t D. have to 21. At the Mid-Autumn Festival ,kids can sing, dance, and enjoy moon-cakes ; _, every child likes it very much. A. However B. Moreover C. Because D. Therefore 22. In 2010, Ha Noi___ its 1000th anniversary. A. celebrated B. commemorated C. worshipped D. remembered 23. Tet is an occasion for family___ in Viet Nam. A. visitings B. Meeting C. reunions D. seeings 24. ___ spring comes, many Vietnamese villages prepare for a new festival season. A. While B. When C. Nevertheless D. However 25.People burn incense to show respect to their ___ during Tet. A. relatives B. ancestors C. friends D. neighbors 26.The Le Mat Festival ___ the founding of the village. A. worships B. commemorates C. performs D.preserves 27. While I ___the performance, I met one of my old friends. A. watched B. was watching C. watch D. am watching 28. You should buy the blue sweater. It suits you than the red one. A. good B. well C. better D. the best 29. The ___of quan ho singing has been recognized as a world heritage. A. preservation B. procession C. song D. performance 30. Saint Giong was unable to talk, smile, or walk ___he was three years old. A. even though B. because C. while D. if 31. It’s a rule, so everyone ___strictly follow it. A. doesn’t have to B. shouldn’t C. has to D. should 32. The 54 ethnic peoples of Vietnam are ___, but they live peacefully. A. similar B. unlike C. diverse D. like 33. I detest ___so early in the morning. A. get up B. getting up C. gets up D. to get up 34. Both my brother and I help___ our family’s goats. We feed them on the pastures by the edge of the village. A. herds B. to herd C. herding D. to herding 35. Lang Lieu couldn’t buy any special food___he was very poor. A. although B. when C. while D. because 36. The girl was crying when a fairy ___ A. appears B. was appearing C. appeared D. is appearing VI. Identify a mistake in each sentence and correct it. 1. Vietnam is an multicultural country with 54 ethnic group. 2. We speak English fluent now than last year. 3. We broke with tradition by make sponge cakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival instead of moon cakes. 4. You has to take off your hats when you go to the pagoda.
3. 5. I don’t like this performance although it’s too boring 6. Xo Dang men are good at architecture, sculpting and paint. 7. We have recently visited some of the remote communities in the north highlands. 8. Nomadic children learn riding a horse when they are very small. 9. Life in the countryside is much peaceful and the life is also slower. 10. She is boring with the silent surrounding because she used to live in a big city. V. Give the correct form of the following verbs: 1.Peter ___ ___(play) football yesterday. 2. When I came, the whole family ___ ___(have) dinner around a big dining table. 3. Children should___ (take) things from adults with both hands. 4. My father and I ___ (get) up at 5 o’clock every morning. 5. They ___( learn) English at the moment. 6.We ___(go) to Hung King Festival since last Sunday. 7. Before leaving the dinner table, ___your son ___ ask for permission? (have to) 8.When I ___(come) ,the whole family was having dinner around a big dining table. 1. While I ___(watch)the performance, I met one of my old friends. 10. The prince ___(walk) along the road when he met a princess, so he ___(stop) and ___(have) a chat with her. 11.When Saint Giong ___(lie) on the bed, he ___(hear) an annoucement. 12. When the crow ___(drop) the cheese, the fox ___(eat) it. 13. They ___(dance) merrily when Cinderella suddenly ___(leave) the party. 14. In the past , men ___(have to) wear ao dai, but to day they ___(not, have to) wear it 15. She doesn't mind ___( do ) homework. 16. I enjoyed ___( meet ) her last week in the library. 17. We ___(not see) each other for a long time. 18. When you ___( meet) me yesterday, I ___( not go ) to school I ___(go) to the doctor VI. Combine each pair of sentences to make one sentence, using the words given in brackets 1. We won’t hold the festival. It costs too much money. (IF) => 2. The tortoise was running. The hare was sleeping. (WHILE) => . . 3. The girl worked hard. Her stepmother wasn’t happy. (ALTHOUGH) => . . 4. The Buffalo- fighting Festival took place in Do Son last Saturday. There were so many people. (BECAUSE) => 5.Lang Lieu couldn’t buy any special food . He was very poor. (BECAUSE) 6.During Tet, Vietnamese people buy all kinds of sweets. They make Chung cakes as well.(SO) 7.The Hung King Temple Festival was a local festival. It has become a public holiday in Viet Nam since 2007.(HOWEVER) 8.At the Mid-Autumn Festival, kids can sing, dance, and enjoy moon-cakes. Every child like it very much.(THEREFORE) VII. Rewrite these sentences 1. A lion can run 100km/hr while a horse can run 80km/hr. (fast) => A lion can run 2. They are both good at speaking English, but Hung speaks better than Nam. (badly) => Nam speaks English 3. The Eagle team performed more successfully than the Tiger team. (successfully) => The Tiger team performed
4. 4. A sports car goes faster than an ordinary car. (slowly) => An ordinary car goes 5. Cats cannot swim as well as dogs. → Dogs can swim 6. Minh really loves to hang out with friends. → Minh really enjoys 7. Playing beach games is very interesting. → It is 8. He uses all his free time to look after his garden. → He spends 9. You won't pass the exam unless you study harder. If 10. I have been learning English for years. I started 11. While we were going home, we had an argument.(way) We 12.This film is not as interesting as the novel was. (much) The novel 13. It is not good idea for you to refuse the offer or that job. (down) You should VIII. Make sentences, using the words and phrases provided 1. Tippping/ not/ custom/ Viet Nam/ so/ you/ not/ have/ tip/ if/ don’t want. 2. In Brazil/ standard/ tip/ in/ restaurant/ be 10 percent. . 3. The xoe dance/ performed/ the boys and girls/ the hamlets. 4. We/ have/take/ shoes/ when/ we/ inside/pagoda. . 5.Nowadays/ teenagers/ rely/ technology/ than/ the/ past. 6.Life/ the countryside/ changed/ a lot/ the/ ten /years. 7. You/ sleep/ when I /phone/ you/ last night? 8. What/ Jack/ do/ while/ you/ cook/ dinner? 9. We/ have/ dinner/ when Tim arrived. 10. Sid/ not clean/ his room/ at 8 p.m last night/ IX. READING I. Read the fairy tale Cinderella and do the tasks below. Once upon a time there was a young girl called Cinderella. Cinderella was living happily with her family when her mother died. Her father married an evil widow with two daughters. Cinderella’s stepmother and two stepsisters mistreated her. She had to wear old clothes and work hard while the sisters wore fancy clothes and had fun. A good witch helped Cinderella. She turned Cinderella’s old dress into a beautiful gown. Cinderella went to a party and a handsome prince politely invited her to dance with him. He fell in love with her and wanted to find out who she was. Cinderella left the party in a hurry and didn’t tell the prince her name. but she left a glass slipper, and the prince used that to find her. They got married and lived happily ever after. 1. Answer true (T) or false (F) True False a. Cinderella was living happily with her family when her mother died.
5. b. Her father married a kind woman. c. Her stepmother and two stepsisters were very kind to her. d. The prince got married to the girl who fitted the left glass slipper. 2. Answer the questions. 1. What did Cinderella’s father do when his wife died? 2. How did Cinderella’s stepmother and two stepsisters treat her? 3. Who turned Cinderella’s old clothes into a beautiful gown? 4. What did the prince use to find Cinderella? 5. What happened in the end? . II. Read the passage and answer these questions below. TET holiday is celebrated on the first day of the Lunar New Year in Viet Nam. Some weeks before the New Year, the Vietnamese clean their houses and paint the walls. New clothes are bought for the occasion. One or two days before the festival, people make Banh Chung, which is the traditional cake, and kinds of jam. On the new Year’s Eve, the whole family get together for a reunion dinner. Every member of the family should be present during the dinner in which many different kinds of dishes are served. On the New Year morning, the young member of the family pay their respects to the elders. And the children receive lucky money wrapped in red tiny envelops. Then people go to visit their neighbors, friends and relatives. 1. Is TET holiday celebrated on the second day of the Lunar New Year in Viet Nam? - 2. What do the Vietnamese often do some weeks before the New Year? - 3. Who do people often visit on TET holiday? - . 4. How many kinds of dishes are served in the reunion dinner? - III. Read the passage and choose the suitable work to fill in each gap Spring is a time when there are many festivals in our country. Among them, Hoa Ban Festival is the most beautiful and interesting and it takes place in Lai Chau. It is typical of the (1) life of the Thai people. In the second lunar month of the year, when it (2) warmer and hoa ban - a kind of beautiful flower in the northwest mountainous area - blossoms, Hoa Ban Festival is (3) This is a great time for everyone, (4) for boys and girls. The boy (4) the most beautiful flower and gives it to his girlfriend. This is not only a time for love but also for the Thai people to (5) for good crops, for happiness, and express their special thanks to the Gods and (6) The festival is always full of songs and prayers. 1. A .minor B. cultural C. custom D. festival 2. A. gets B. goes C. comes D. runs 3. A. seen B. arranged C. observed D. celebrated 4. A. largely B. especially C. generally D. typically 5. A. ask B. look C. pray D. call 6. A. fathers B. relatives C. families D. ancestors
6. Answer true (T) or false (F). (1 point) 1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 2. Answer the questions: (1 point) 1. He married an evil widow with two daughters. 2. they treated her badly. 3. A good witch did. 4. He used a glass slipper that Cinderella left behind. 5. Cinderella and the prince got married and lived happily ever after lop 8 UNIT 1 LEISURE ACTIVITY Talk about one leisure activity that you often do in your free time (nói về 1 hoạt động trong thời gian rảnh rỗi của em) Reading book is one of my leisure activities. It is both interesting and useful. I can get knowledge of all areas that I need and relax after school. Whenever I have free time, I read books. I like many kinds of book such as novels, comic stories and science books. I really fancy reading science books which my father gave me on my 12th birthday. It helps me know more about the world where I live. In short, reading books not only helps me become smarter but also brings me happiness. UNIT 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE Talk about the advantages of living in the countryside?(kể về những thuận lợi khi sống ở nông thôn) In my opinion, living in the countryside has many advantages that you only find them when you live there. Firstly, village people are more friendly than city folks. Village people build their personal relationship with all people and often take care of each other. You never feel lonely because they often come to see and talk with you. Secondly, village people live much nearer to the nature and breathe in the fresh air, as well as eat fresh foods, vegetables, fruits collected directly from the garden. Finally, there are lots of traditional activities that they can do in the countryside such as fishing, swimming in the river or kite-flying. For these reasons, I prefer living in the countryside. Talk about the disadvantages of living in the countryside? (kể về những bất lợi khi sống ở nông thôn) Beside the advantages of living in the countryside there are many disadvantages of living there. Firstly, Life in the country is slower. People don't need to hurry and have a lot of time. People in the country don't have to work so many hours as they do in the city. On the other hand, they don't earn so much money. Moreover, there aren't such interesting things to do during free time. The unemployment rate is also much higher than in the city. The problem may be also the communication. If you don't have your own car, you may have problem how to commute to work. The same problem concerns the access to the hospitals, schools, police stations and shops, which are usually located far from the village. Last of all, there are some dangers connected with country life such as heavy snowfall or rainfall. UNIT 3 PEOPLES OF VIETNAM & UNIT 4 OUR CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS How to make yellow sticky rice (cách nấu xôi vàng) Sticky rice is a common food of almost Vietnamese. It is an indispensable dish of Vietnamese people. In the full moon days, Tet holidays, weddings, death anniversaries It is very easy to cook sticky rice or yellow sticky rice. The first, you must prepare the following ingredients: sticky rice, turmeric and shredded coconut. The second, you should soak sticky rice in water for about five hours and then you rinse rice and drain it. After that you mix well sticky rice with turmeric extract and wait for 10 minutes. The third, before you cook it you add the rice with coconut and a little salt. You steam the sticky rice in about 30 minutes until it is well-cooked. It will smell very attractive. That is the way to cook yellow sticky rice UNIT 5 FESTIVALS IN VIETNAM Tell about a festival (kể về một lễ hội) Truong Yen Festival is the largest festival in Ninh Binh Vietnam and recognized as a traditional national festival in 2015. The festival takes place annually from 8th to 10th of the third lunar month, in Truong Yen commune, Hoa Lu
7. district – the capital of Dai Co Viet (ancient Vietnam). The festival was held to commemorate the great victory of King Dinh Tien Hoang and King Le Dai Hanh. Like other traditional festivals, the festival of Hoa Lu consists of two parts: the ceremonies and the entertaining activities. The ceremonies consist of two main solemn rituals: the processions, and sacrificial ceremonies. In which, the water procession is considered to be the most meaningful and important activity, The entertaining activities include many folk games associated with the relics of two kings, such as mop flags battle, dragon dancing, camping, wrestling, sword dancing, cooking competition, singing contest, tug of war, etc. I like this festival because it makes me feel proud of our ancestors and our country. What do you like about the countryside? What don’t you like about the countryside? The first thing I like about the countryside is the relaxed pace of life. I often go there for some peace and quietness. I sleep well when I stay in the countryside. Another thing is the beautiful landscapes as well as peaceful hills and forests. I love admiring them. This makes me feel less stressed. I often take a lot of pictures of rural landscapes. However, you don’t have easy access to shops. When you want to buy something, it takes a lot of time because shops are far away. Besides, there’s almost nothing to do at night. No nightclubs, no bars and no amusement parks. Talk about your cultural group in Vietnam (nói về nhóm dân tộc của bạn ở Việt Nam) The Kinh, also called The Viet people, is the majority ethnic group of Vietnam, comprising about 86% of the population. The Kinh people settle along the whole Vietnam. Vietnamese is the native language of the Kinh people, as well as the first or second language for many ethnic minorities of Vietnam. Rice cultivation is the main economic activity of the Kinh. They also raise cattle and poultry. They often celebrate a lot of festivals during the year. They have the traditional costumes such as Ao Dai and Ao Ba Ba.