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countries
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Exercise 1: Choose the words that have the different stress from the others
1 A refugee B committee C absence D Taiwanese
2 A iconic B monument C territory D difficulty
3 A native B perhaps C whisky D accent
4 A official B excursion C Thanksgiving D spectacle
Exercise 2: Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others
1 A wood B thousand C procedure D hairdryer
2 A whiten B fiber C zipper D conveyor
3 A vanilla B vacuum C a dd D facsimile
4 A follow B powder C show D borrow
Exercise 3: Choose the correct answer
1 The Lord of the Rings movies were filmed in
A England
B Australia
C Canada
D New Zealand
2 The name Canada comes from the word “kanata” which means “settlement” or
“ ” in the language of the St Lawrence Iroquoians
A country
B village
C town
D nation
3 Another name for Wales is _
Trang 2A Saxon
B Celtic
C Cymru
D Galle
4 In 1893, _ became the first country in the world to give all women the right to vote
A Canada
B New Zealand
C America
D Singapore
5 You can see _ on the Canadian national flag
A the maple leaf
B the red leaf
C the rose
D the oak tree
Exercise 4: Complete the sentences with the appropriate present tense of the verbs
in brackets
1 For over 130 years, Akubra hats its legendary stories in Australia (make)
2 Aberdeen in Scotland an important centre for the oil industry since the finding of oil in the North Sea (become)
3 Canada _ the longest land border in the world with the United States (share)
4 Ireland _ the Eurovision Song Contest seven times (win)
5 In Canada you should maintain eye contact while you hands (shake)
Exercise 5: Choose the item among A, B, C or D that best answer the question about the passage
If we travel all over Scotland, we can see that it consists of three main parts: Lowlands, Uplands and Highlands with their Grampian Mountains, where the tallest mountain peak, Ben Nevis, is located
Trang 3You are sure to enjoy the beauty of the Scottish varied landscape: the hills covered with purple heather, its beautiful lakes (here they are called lochs), its green and narrow valleys
The biggest and the most beautiful lake in Scotland is Loch Lomond, but the most famous one is Loch Ness with its mysterious monster Nessie Nessie sometimes appears
to scare the tourist but only in fine weather!
But what can be more curious and attractive for tourist than a man in the kilt, playing the bagpipes? The Celts of Scotland made the chequered pattern of tartan – the national dress
of the country The earliest Scots formed themselves into clans (family groups) and the
tartan became a symbol of the sense of kinship There are about 300 different clans in
Scotland, and each has its own colour and pattern of tartan together with the motto
Scotland is a land of many famous people: writer and poets, scientist and philosophers, such as Robert Burns, Arthur Conan Doyle, Alexander Graham Hell, or Alexander Fleming
1 The tallest mountain peak, Ben Nevis, is located in
A Lowlands
B Uplands
C Highlands
D England
2 Scotland has beautiful landscape with all of the following except _
A the hills
B the lakes
C the valleys
D the beaches
3 All of the following are true about Loch Ness except _
A it is the most famous lake in Scotland
B it is the biggest and the most beautiful lake in Scotland
C its mysterious monster Nessie makes the lake famous
D Nessie sometimes appears to scare the tourists
4 In early times, each family groups was different from each other in
Trang 4A its own colour and pattern of tartan together with the motto
B the chequered pattern of tartan and the sense of kinship
C its green and narrow valley where they lived
D its area and population and beautiful landscape
5 The word “kinship” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to
A the family group and its symbol
B the own colour and pattern of tartan
C the relationship between clan members
D the national dress of the country
Exercise 6: Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage
London‟s Tower Bridge is one of the most famous (1) _ in the world The bridge, designed (2) _ (by) the architect Horace Jones together with John Wolfe Barry, was finally completed in 1894 It (3) _ 11,000 tons of steel to build the framework of the 265-meter-long bridge Over time, the bridge has become one of London‟s most famous (4) _
(5) _ photographs of the Tower Bridge is a favorite London tourist activity, but you can also go inside the bridge, (6) _you‟ll have a magnificent view over London from the walkway (7) _ the two bridge towers
In 2014, glass floors were installed in the walkways, giving visitors another, unusual view from the bridge The long glass floors, more than 40 meters above the river, allow you to (8) _ the traffic over the Tower Bridge from above It is particularly (9) _ to see the bridge (10) _and close below your feet
1 A bridges B bridge C tower D towers
3 A took B built C brought D gave
4 A landscapes B views C symbols D scenes
5 A To take B Take C To taking D Taking
6 A when B where C what D whose
8 A consider B follow C record D watch
Trang 59 A fascinate B fascinating C fascinated D fascination
10 A opened B to open C open D be opened
Exercise 7: Reorder the words to make the sentences.
1 Washington D.C/ opens/ Museum/ a.m./ at Children’s/ in/ 10.00/ National/ The
_
2 monument/ San Francisco/ Bridge/ of/ The/ an/ iconic/ Gate/ is/ Golden
_
3 its/ years/ language/ for/ considered/ Malaysia/ as/ has/ official/ English
_
-The end-Đáp án bài tập Tiếng Anh lớp 8 Unit 8 nâng cao: English
speaking countries Exercise 1: Choose the words that have the different stress from the others
Exercise 2: Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others
Exercise 3: Choose the correct answer
Exercise 4: Complete the sentences with the appropriate present tense of the verbs
in brackets
1.For over 130 years, Akubra hats has made its legendary stories in Australia (make)
2.Aberdeen in Scotland _has become _ an important centre for the oil industry since the finding of oil in the North Sea (become)
3.Canada shares _ the longest land border in the world with the United States (share)
4.Ireland _has won the Eurovision Song Contest seven times (win)
Trang 65.In Canada you should maintain eye contact while you are shaking hands (shake)
Exercise 5: Choose the item among A, B, C or D that best answer the question about the passage
Exercise 6: Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage
Exercise 7: Reorder the words to make the sentences.
1 The National Children‟s Museum in Washington D.C opens at 10.00 a.m
2 The Golden Gate Bridge is an iconic monument of San Francisco
3 Malaysia has considered English as its official language for years
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