People in the countryside live ……… than those in the city.. Life in a small town is ……… than that in a big city.. In the Central Highlands, the biggest and tallest house in the village i
Trang 1ĐỀ CƯƠNG ÔN TẬP HỌC KỲ 1 - TIẾNG ANH 8 Name: ……….
I Find the word which has different sound in the part underlined
1 A wanted B washed C danced D played
3 A pictures B watches C buses D brushes
5 A populated B loaded C harvested D lived
6 A mention B question C action D education
7 A populated B opened C played D lived
8 A community B computer C museum D customs
11 A minority B ethnic C tradition D religion
13 A missed B designed C displayed D entered
16 A end B pencil C open D bench
17 A wanted B washed C watched D stopped
18 A listened B opened C wanted D lived
II Choose the best answer
1 My dad doesn’t mind ……… my mom from work every day
A pick up B picked up C picking up D picks up
2 Using computers too much may have harmful effects …… your minds and bodies
3 I love the people in my village They are so……… and hospitable
A friendly B vast C slow D convenient
4 Among the ………, the Tay people have the largest population
A groups B cultures C ethnic minorities D ethnic
5 People in the countryside live ……… than those in the city
A happy B more happily C happily D less happy
6 Viet Nam is ………… multicultural country with 54 ethnic groups
A a B an C the D A and C
Trang 27 Tet is an occasion for family………… in Viet Nam.
A visiting B meeting C reunions D seeing
8 Saint Giong was unable to talk, smile, or walk………… he was three years old
9 We do not have many carnivals in Viet Nam;………., we have many tradition festivals
A nevertheless B while C although D because
10 Would you like to go……… a walk………… the park this afternoon?
11 At school, the teacher and students………… follow the rules
12 Children need a caring environment to develop…… mentally………… physically
A and- and B both-and C the-the D in- and
13 ……… you study harder, you won’t be able to pass the examination
14.The buses were very ….… this morning We can’t go to the church with you in time
15 He ………… cross the street when the traffic light is green for pedestrians
16 You……….… use your mobile phone on the plane
A must B mustn’t C don’t have to D have to
17 The farmer rides the buffalo - ……… carts loaded full of rice home
18 Does she fancy ……… a book to the younger children?
19 We help load the rice ……… carts on the first day of our trip to the
countryside
A addict B addictive C addicted D addicting
20.The US is a………… … country with over 80 ethnic groups
A multi-cultural B bi-lingual C rich D ethnic
21 So many people nowadays are……computers and mobile phones They use them a lot
Trang 3A addicted B bored C worried about D afraid of
22 Tam is a beautiful girl; ……… , she’s kind-hearted
A therefore B however C moreover D otherwise
23 While I……….…the performance, I met one of my old friends
A watched B was watching C watch D am watching
24 In 2010, Ha Noi ……… its 1000th anniversary
A celebrated B commemorated C worshipped D remembered
25 Tet is an occasion for family……… in Viet Nam
A visitings B Meeting C reunions D visited
26 Life in a small town is ……… than that in a big city
A peaceful B much peaceful C less peaceful D much more peaceful 27.The boys often help their parents to ………water from the village well
28 In the Central Highlands, the biggest and tallest house in the village is the
……… house
A communication B community C communal D commune
29 The Viet people have many ……… customs and crafts
A tradition B traditional C culture D customary
30 Nam enjoys ……… so early in the morning
A getting up B get up C to get up D gets up
31 The exhibition in the museum shows the ……… of different cultural groups
A diversity B community C tradition D richness
32 Mary is ………responsible as Peter
A more B the most C much D as
33 It is ……… in the city than it is in the country
A noisily B more noisier C noisier D noisy
34 ……… month is the Hoa Ban festival of the Thai people held in?
35 It is typical of the cultural life of ……… Thai people
Trang 436 During the festival, they fly many ……… kites in different shapes and sizes
A colour B colourless C colourful D colouring
37 What do most ethnic peoples in Viet Nam live on ?
A hunting B rice farming C fishing D herding
38 The Gong festival is held ……… in the Central highland
39.“……… is the festival celebrated ?” – “Every year”
40 While I ……….…the performance, I met one of my old friends
A watched B was watching C watch D am watching
41 You should buy the blue sweater It suits you ……… than the red one
42 The ……….… of quan ho singing has been recognized as a world heritage
A preservation B procession C song D performance
43 Saint Giong was unable to talk, smile, or walk ……… he was three years old
44 I detest……… ….so early in the morning
A get up B getting up C gets up D to get up
45 Both my brother and I help ……… our family’s goats We feed them on the pastures by the edge of the village
46 Lang Lieu couldn’t buy any special food……… he was very poor
47 The girl was crying when a fairy………
A appears B was appearing C appeared D is appearing
48 The volunteers have to work much ……… usual to save the dying animals from the forest fire
A as hard as B more hard than C harder than D the hardest
48 In 2010, Ha Noi ……… its 1000th anniversity
A celebrated B commemorated C worshiped D remembered
Trang 550 The ……… of quan ho singing has been recognised as a world heritage.
A preservation B procession C performance D song
III Give the correct form of the following words:
1 Mai enjoys ……… (make) crafts, especially bracelets
2 ……… you ever ……… (ride) a buffalo?
3 The children used to ……… (go) a long way to school
4 They hate ……… (see) their son texting his friends all day
5 Do you fancy ……… (skateboard) in the park this Sunday?
6 Peter ……… (play) football yesterday
7 When I came, the whole family ……… (have) dinner around a big dining table
8 Children should……… (take) things from adults with both hands
9 My father and I ……… (get) up at 5 o’clock every morning
10 They ……… ( learn) English at the moment
11 We ……… (go) to Hung King Festival since last Sunday
12 I’m so ……… (excite) about your trip It’s going to be amazing
13 Ao dai is our ……… ( tradition) dress We wear it every Monday at school
14 After ……… ( take) food from the plate, you should put it into your bowl before eating
15 We all adored ……… (do) aerobics when we were young
16 30 years ago, we ……… ( not have) mobile phone
17 The girl (cry) ……… when a fairy (appear) ………
18 My close friend gave me a ……… ( wonder) present on my
birthday I like it so much
19 Tuan loves ……… (listen) to music every day
20 When I ……… ,the whole family was having dinner around a big dining table (come)
21 We postpone the picnic because it (rain) ………heavily
22 I didn’t interrupt Phuong because he (speak) ………to the teacher
23 When I was a small child I fancied (fly)……… kites in the field
Trang 624 They (live)……… a nomadic life for six years.
25 Thien Nhan (win)………The Voice Kids 2014
26 Their teacher (sing)……… an English song now
27 The horse (herd) ……… by Vang every day
28 Peter ……… football yesterday
29 John dislikes (work)………in front of a computer all day
30 I’d like (visit)……… …………the Viet Nam Museum of
Ethnology this weekend
31 I’d rather (make)………crafts than listen to music
32 Minh loves (help)………her parents with DIY projects
33 Quang hates (take)………the dog for a walk
34 We all adored (do)………aerobics when we were young
35 You should (play) ………sports to keep fit
36 They don’t need (watch) ………that programme if they don’t like it
37 Do you fancy (socialize)………with friends?
38 My brother prefers (surf)………the Net
39 When I came, the whole family (have) ………dinner around a big dining table
40 Children should (take)……… things from adults with both hands
C READING
* MY VILLAGE: I live in a village by Mekong River Every day, like most of my friends, I walk to school It is three kilometres away After class, I often help my mother to collect water from the river and feed the chickens At the weekend, the villagers often gather at the community hall where there is a TV The adults watch TV, but more often they talk about their farm work and exchange news The children run around, playing games and shouting merrily Laughter is heard everywhere
My father sometimes takes me to the market town nearby where he sells our home
products like vegetables, fruits, eggs… He then buys me an ice cream and lets me take a ride on the electric train in the town square I love those trips
Trang 7On starry nights, we children lie on the grass, looking at the sky and daring each other to find the Milky Way We dream of faraway places
# Read the passage and tick True or False
1 The boys helps his parents to collect water from the village well ………
2 The villagers gather at the community hall at the weekend ………
# Answer the following questions.
1 Does the boy like riding on the electric train in the town square?
- ……….………
2 What do the children do on starry nights?
- ……….………
3 Do you like to live in the countryside or in the city ? Why?
- ……….………
* Fill the gaps with the words in the box More than one word can be suitable for some gaps
Spring is the time when there are many (1) ……… in our country Among them, Hoa Ban festival is the (2)………beautiful and
interesting, and it takes place in Lai Chau It is typical of the cultural life of the Thai
people In the second (3) ……… month of the year, when it gets
warmer and Hoa Ban – a kind of beautiful flower in the northwest mountainous area - blossoms, Hoa Ban Festival is (4) ……… This is a great time for everyone, especially for boys and girls
* Read and complete the passage with words in the box
celebrate traditional therefore served
Tet is the biggest festival in Vietnam To (1) ………Tet, Vietnamese people make many tasty (2)………foods The most important food includes Chung cakes, sausages, boiled chicken, spring rolls, and sticky rice Chung cake is made of sticky rice, pork, green beans, and other spices, wrapped in green leaves; (3)
………, this cake needs a lot of preparation This cake can be kept for
Trang 8a long time, even though the weather is often humid during Tet Other significant foods that cannot be missed to worship the ancestors are sausages, spring rolls, and sticky rice Because sausages are difficult to make, people often buy them from famous suppliers However, sticky rice and spring rolls are easier to prepare and must be (4)
………immediately after they are cooked, so they are often made at home
* Read the following passage and complete it using the given words in the box
Which wrapped for of visit clean before members
Tet is celebrated on the first day (1) ……… the Lunar New Year Some weeks before the New Year, the Vietnamese (2) ……… their houses and paint the wall New clothes are brought (3) ……… the occasion One or two days (4) ……… the festival, people make Chung cake, (5) ……… is the traditional cake On the New Year’s Eve, the whole family gets together for a dinner On the New Year morning, all the (6)
………of the family respect to the elders by beautiful words In return, they receive lucky money (7) ……… in red tiny envelopes Then people go to (8) ……… their neighbours, friends and relatives
* Choose the correct word for each blank in the following passage
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
Trang 93 A seen B arranged C observed D celebrated
4 A largely B especially C generally D typically
6 A fathers B relatives C families D ancestors
* Read and complete the passage with words in the box
In addition In my opinion Also Besides As I have noted I think
My favorite leisure activity is listening to music (1) ………, listening
to music not only helps me relax but also provides me with musical knowledge I (2)
………like the time that I can lie lazily in bed, put on the small
earphone with my iPod and enjoy any favorite songs of many kinds of music: pop, hip-hop, rock or jazz I like pop music very much because I think it is gentle and suitable for teenagers I listen to rock music when I am sad and after that I feel cheerful and happy (3)
……… music from other countries is also good for teenagers to
understand other cultures (4)……… that, the lyrics are easy to
understand and interesting (5) ………, it can improve my English and listening skills (6) ………, music is an important part of my life and it helps me love my life more
* 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
# Answer true (T) or false (F).
a Cinderella was living happily with her family when her mother died
………
Trang 10c Her stepmother and two stepsisters were very kind to her ………
d The prince got married to the girl who fitted the left glass slipper ………
# 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?
- ……….………
D WRITING
I Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one
1 My house is taller than your house
Your house ………
2 I love listening to music
I like ………
3 The black dress is more expensive than the white one
The white dress ………
4 We don’t use oil lamps any more
We used ………
5 No one in my group is more intelligent than Mary
Mary ………
6 He works much He feels tired
The more ………
II Identify a mistake in each sentence and correct it.
1 In Australia, you mustn’t to comment on a person’s accent ………