Review for the first semester - Class 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 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. 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.
2. 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. 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.
3. 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 ___played___ ___(play) football yesterday. 2. When I came, the whole family ___was having___ ___(have) dinner around a big dining table. 3. Children should__take___ (take) things from adults with both hands. 4. My father and I __get___ (get) up at 5 o’clock every morning. 5. They ___are learning___( learn) English at the moment. 6.We ___have gone___(go) to Hung King Festival since last Sunday. 7. Before leaving the dinner table, __Does___your son _have to___ ask for permission? (have to) 8.When I __came___(come) ,the whole family was having dinner around a big dining table. 1. While I __was watching___(watch)the performance, I met one of my old friends. 10. The prince ___was walking___(walk) along the road when he met a princess, so he ___(stop) and ___(have) a chat with her. 11.When Saint Giong ___laid___(lie) on the bed, he ___was hearing___(hear) an annoucement. 12. When the crow __drop___(drop) the cheese, the fox _was eating___(eat) it. 13. They _was dancing___(dance) merrily when Cinderella suddenly _left___(leave) the party. 14. In the past , men ___have to___(have to) wear ao dai, but today they _don’t have to___(not, have to) wear it 15. She doesn't mind _doing___( do ) homework. 16. I enjoyed ___meeting___( meet ) her last week in the library. 17. We ___haven’t seen___(not see) each other for a long time. 18. When you _met___( meet) me yesterday, I __wasn’t going___( not go ) to school I going___(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 faster than a horse 2. They are both good at speaking English, but Hung speaks better than Nam. (badly) => Nam speaks English more badly than Hung 3. The Eagle team performed more successfully than the Tiger team. (successfully) => The Tiger team performed less successfully than the Eagle team 4. A sports car goes faster than an ordinary car. (slowly) => An ordinary car goes more slowly than a sports car
4. 5. Cats cannot swim as well as dogs. → Dogs can swim better than cat 6. Minh really loves to hang out with friends. → Minh really enjoys hanging out with friends 7. Playing beach games is very interestings → It is very interesting to play beach games 8. He uses all his free time to look after his garden. → He spends all his free time to looking after his garden 9. You won't pass the exam unless you study harder. If 10. I have been learning English for years. I started learnd English for years 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. in Brazil, standard tip in the restaurant is 10 percent . 3. The xoe dance/ performed/ the boys and girls/ the hamlets. the xoe dance is performed by the boys and girls in the hamlets. 4. We/ have/take/ shoes/ when/ we/ inside/pagoda. we have to take shoes when we inside the pagoda . 5.Nowadays/ teenagers/ rely/ technology/ than/ the/ past. nowadays, teenagers have relied technology than the past 6.Life/ the countryside/ changed/ a lot/ the/ ten /years. life in the countryside has change a lot for the ten year. 7. You/ sleep/ when I /phone/ you/ last night? Was you sleeping when I phoned you last night? 8. What/ Jack/ do/ while/ you/ cook/ dinner? what was Jack doing while you cooked dinner? 9. We/ have/ dinner/ when Tim arrived. we was having dinner when Tim arrived 10. Sid/ not clean/ his room/ at 8 p.m last night/ Sid didn’t clean his room at 8p.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
5. 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. 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? - no,it isn’t 2. What do the Vietnamese often do some weeks before the New Year? - clean their houses and paint the walls 3. Who do people often visit on TET holiday? - neighbors, friends and relatives. . 4. How many kinds of dishes are served in the reunion dinner? - many different kinds of dishes are served