I love my house for many reasons: the garden, the flowers in summer, the fire in winter, but the best thing is the view from my bedroom window.. Where does the author live.[r]
Trang 1ENGLISH 8 UNITS 1,2 VOCABULARY UNIT 1 My Friends:
fair adj trắng (da), vàng nhạt (tóc)
outgoing adj cởi mở, thân thiện, dễ hòa đồng
pleasure n điều thú vị, niềm vui thích
Trang 2west n phía Tây
VOCABULARY UNIT 2 Making arrangements
appointment n cuộc hẹn
arrange v sắp xếp, sắp đặt, thu xếp
assistant n người giúp đỡ, người phụ tá
commercial adj (thuộc) buôn bán, thương mại
concert n buổi trình diễn âm nhạc
conduct v tiến hành, thực hiện (nghiên cứu, thí nghiệm )
countless adj vô số, không đếm xuể
deaf mute n người câm điếc
delivery n sự phân phối, phân phát
demonstrate v chứng minh, trình bày,
device n thiết bị, dụng cụ, máy móc
directory n danh bạ (điện thoại)
downstairs adv xuống cầu thang
exhibition n cuộc triển lãm, trưng bày
experiment n cuộc thí nghiệm
fax machine n máy fax
fishing rod n cần câu
furniture n đồ đạc trong nhà, nội thất
invention n sự phát minh, vật phát minh
message n thông báo, lời nhắn
outside adv bên ngoài
public n công chúng, công cộng
questionnaire n bản thăm dò ý kiến
racket n vợt (bóng bàn, quần vợt)
Trang 3service n dịch vụ
stationery n văn phòng phẩm
transmit v truyền, phát (tín hiệu)
upstairs adv ở trên gác, lên cầu thang
EXERCISE
I/ Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1 a patient b address c assistant d distance
2 a fishing b cousin c invent d furniture
3 a conduct b customer c upstairs d introduce
4 a upstairs b fair c straight d downstairs
5 a face b.city c center d commercial
II/ Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
6 I have to leave to pick up the kids at school
a must b should c ought to d need to
7 Come _ and see the garden!
a inside b outside c insides d outsides
8 They buy a new car next month
a are going to b will c Ø d a & b
9 He fell and broke his leg
a upstair b upstairs c downstair d downstairs
10 I with some friends until I find a flat
a live b am living c lives d lived
11 I said it was a good film, but Jason with me
a agrees b disagrees c agreed d disagreed
12 Are you going to visit anybody _ ?
a last night b tomorrow c yesterday d yesterday morning
13 _ is a building in which movies are shown
a Movie theater b University c Aquarium d Restaurant
14 There was a(n) _ about the meeting
a message b news c advice d information
15 I _ town next Saturday
a am going to b am going c go to d am going to go
III/ Supply the correct tense or form of the verbs
16 The Sun (rise) _ in the east
17 .Lan must (tidy) _ her bedroom
18 Mars (be) _ near the Earth
19 I’m lucky (have) _ a lot of friends
20 Nga has a movie ticket She is _ (see ) a movie tonight
Trang 4IV/ Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
Dear Jan and Robin,
How are you (21) _ ? Well, I hope We're OK, working (22) _, as usual Can I ask you a favor? I'm (23) _London for two (24) _ next week, Thursday and Friday Can you (25) me a bed? I would
be really grateful Give me a ring (26) _ there's a problem Book that Greek restaurant again! It's my turn to pay!
Love to the kids See you soon
Peter
book (v): đặt chỗ
21 a all b both c each d every
22 a hard b hardly c careful d lately
23 a in b.at c on d when
24 a hours b nights c weeks d months
25 a give b to give c giving d to giving
26 a when b if c so d although
V/ Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.
Jim,
Meg Shaw called She and her family want to go to Bar Harbor, Maine, from July 19 to 26 Their two children are three and five, so they need baby-sitting They want a hotel with a restaurant, but they'd also really like a refrigerator in the room
The Shaws are very interested in exercise They like to play tennis and swim, and they really want a health club They'd like to spend under
$1,000 for the week Please call Meg with some recommendations Her number is 721-8297 Nellie
baby-sitting (n): việc giữ trẻ hộ
refrigerator (n): tủ lạnh
recommendation (n): lời khuyên; lời gợi ý
27 This is a/ an _
a letter b paragraph c dialogues d telephone message
28 How many people are there in Meg Shaw's family?
a two b three c four d five
29 What do the Shaws want?
a They want to go to Bar Harbor, Maine, from July 19 to 26
b They want a hotel with a restaurant
c They want a health club
d all are correct
30 Which sport do the Shaws like?
a tennis b soccer c swimming d a & c are correct
31 What do you think Jim does?
a He's a tennis player b He's a hotel clerk
c He's a travel agent d He's a swimmer
VI/ Word form:
Trang 51 People in my country are very warm and (friend) _
2 An (orphanage) is a child whose parents are dead
3 L.A Hill is a (humor) writer
4 I'm (extreme) _ sorry for the delay
5 She looks more (beauty) _ than her sister
6 They were very (luck) to survive a shipwreck
7 I love the (peaceful) _of summer evenings in the countryside
8 Those cats look (love)
VII/ Arrange these words into sentences.
1 enough/ Jane/ stay / to/ alone/ old/ isn't/ at home
2 you/ going/ to/ are/ what/ do /next weekend?
3 she/ hair/ black/ has/ long/ straight
4 in the east/ rises/ sun/ the/ in the west/ sets/ and
5 table/ large/ was/ in the kitchen/ there/ a/ wooden/ round
6 awful/ an/ what/ house!
VIII/ Read and answer:
Do you have any close friends? I think everybody at least has one close friend
in their life And so do I I have two close friends, Hanh and Mai We are in the same class at the primary school, and then secondary school We are also neighbors so we spend most of our time in learning and playing together Hanh is beautiful girl with big black eyes and an oval rosy face She is an intelligent student who is always at the top of the class She likes reading, and she often goes to the library whenever she has free time Mai isn't as beautiful as Hanh, but she has a lovely smile and looks very healthy Mai is very sporty She spends most of her free time playing sports Mai is a volleyball star of our school She is also very sociable and has a good sense
of humor Her jokes always make us laugh I love both of my friends and I always hope our friendship will never die
Questions:
1 Does the author have any close friends? What are their names?
2 What does Hanh look like?
3 What does she like?
4 What does she often do in her free time?
5 Is Mai more beautiful than Hanh?
6 What is Mai's hobby?
7 Which sport does Mai play in the school team?
8 What is Mai's character?
IX/ Viết một đoạn văn dựa vào các nội dung cho dưới đây.
Name: Nguyen Manh Trung Age: 15
Appearance: tall, fat, curly short hair
Characters: sociable, generous, kind
Address: 24 Nguyen Du street, Ho Chi Minh City
Family: mother, father, and two younger sisters
Friends: Nam, Thanh, Phong
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X/ Read the passage and choose the best answers among a,b,c,d
Trang 6I live in a house near the sea It’s an old house, about 100 years old, and it’s very small There are two bedrooms upstairs but no bathroom The bathroom is downstairs next to the kitchen and there’s a living room where there is a lovely old fireplace There’s a garden in front
of the house The garden goes down to the beach and in spring and summer there are flowers everywhere So, I have a lot of visitors My city friends often stay with me
I love my house for many reasons: the garden, the flowers in summer, the fire in
winter, but the best thing is the view from my bedroom window
1 Where does the author live?
a near the sea b in the country c in the city d.in the mountain
2 How many rooms are there in his / her house ?
3 There’s a garden the house.
a before b behind c beside d beneath
4 The author loves the house because of
a the garden b the flowers c the fire in winter d all are correct
5 What does the author like best ?
a the lovely old fireplace b the garden
c the flowers in spring and summer d the view front his/ her bedroom window
XI/ Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets :
1 The sun always (rise) ……… in the east Look, it (rise)………
2 Where (you spend)your summer holiday last year, Tan ?
3 In my country, it (not rain)……… much in winter
4 Mai (be) ………….very happy when she (receive) ……… a letter from her sister this morning
5 Vegetarians (not eat) ……….meat or fish
6 I (see) a movie tonight Would you like (come)?
7 Don’t (make) ……….noise ! The baby (sleep)………
8 She is not tall enough (touch)……… the light
9 They ( buy)……….… that car tomorrow
10 The sun ( warm) ……….………the air
11 Where ……….…you ( go) ……… last night? – I was at home
12 I must ( tidy ) ……….………… my bedroom
13 What ……….he (be) she like ?
14 Would you like ( leave) ……….………… her a message?
15 The earth ( move ) ……….around the sun
16 It’s a pleasure ( meet) ……… ………… you
XII/ Combine these pairs of sentences, using “(not) enough + to-inf.”
Model: Nam is intelligent He can do this test well.
Nam is intelligent enough to do this test well
1 He is strong He can carry that suitcase
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2 The fire isn’t very hot It won’t boil a kettle
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3 The ladder wasn’t very long It didn’t reach the second floor
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4 The buffalo isn’t big He can’t harm you
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XIII/ Make sentences from these cues :
1 she / long black hair
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Trang 72 he / be / old / enough / go / school
………
3 We / enjoy / tell / jokes
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4 The Browns / buy / new house / next year
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5 Mrs Johnson / wear / new dress / this morning
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6 you / get up / early / every day ?
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XIV/ Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning, beginning with the words given.
1 Her hair is straight, long and black
She has
2 They are very strong They can lift the heavy box
They are strong enough ………
3 He is fat
He ought ………
4 They intend to play soccer in the school yard
They are
5 Nam had to cook dinner because his mother went home late
Why
6 I was happy I met you again
I was ………