Đề cương ôn thi học kì 1 Tiếng Anh Lớp 8

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1. ĐỀ CƯƠNG ÔN THI HỌC KÌ 1 LỚP 8 A. PHONETICS I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined. 1. A. looked B. watched C. carried D. stopped 2. A. study B. success C. surprise D. sugar 3. A. unite B. underline C. university D. uniform 4. A. danger B. angry C. language D. passage 5. A. character B. children C. teacher D. change II. Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern. 1. A. realize B. improve C. possible D. comfortable 2. A. important B. especially C. prefer D. influence 3. A. general B. opinion C. abroad D. surprise 4. A. comfort B. nation C. apply D. moment 5. A. medical B. advise C. vegetables D. physical III. Find the word which has different sound in the part underlined. 1. A. leisure B. eight C. celebrate D. penalty 2. A. fun B. sun C. surf D. cut 3. A. bracelet B. cake C. cake D. hat 4. A. although B. laugh C. paragraph D. enough 5. A. comedy B. novel C. princess D. cinema IV. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others. 1. A. harmful B. slowly C. cloudy D. unique 2. A. worship B. belong C. enjoy D. behave 3. A. alternative B. entertain C. symbolize D. cultivate 4. A. heritage B. museum C. decorate D. blackberry 5. A. minorities B. populated C. activity D. experience V. From each number, pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. 1. A. out B. round C. about D. would 2. A. chair B. check C. machine D. child 3. A. too B. soon C. good D. food
2. 4. A. though B. enough C. cough D. rough 5. A. happy B. hour C. high D. hotel B. GRAMMAR I. Use the adjective in brackets in their correct forms of comparison to complete the sentences. 1. Tea is ___ coffee. (cheap) 2. The new harvest machine is ___ than the old one. (effective) 3. The countryside is ___ the town. (beautiful) 4. A tractor is ___ a buffalo. (powerful) 5. My sister is ___ me. (tall) 6. Blue whales are ___ elephants. (heavy) 7. The Mekong River is ___ the Red River. (long) 8. Do you think English is ___ French in grammar? (easy) 9. My new bed is ___ my old bed. (comfortable) 10. The film about my village town is ___ than the book. (interesting) II. Complete the sentences with suitable forms of the adverbs given in the brackets. 1. I am a faster worker than Tom is. (fast) I work ___. 2. Mai’s singing is more beautiful than Mi’s. (beautiful) Mai sings ___. 3. We were earlier at the party than the Smiths last night. (early) We arrived ___. 4. Phong’s voice is louder than Nick’s. (loudly) Phong speaks ___. 5. My English is more fluent than my sister’s. (fluently) I speak English ___. III. Complete the sentences, using the comparative from of the adverbs from the correspondent adjectives in the brackets. 1. It usually rains ___ in Central Viet Nam than in other regions. (heavy) 2. I will have to try a bit ___ than this. (hard) 3. The hall was lighted ___ than the corridors. (bright) 4. Time goes by ___ when we are busy. (quick) 5. Our family has lived ___ in the country than in the tower since last year. (happy) 6. The boys were playing the game ___ than the girls. (noisy) 7. This task can be completed ___ than that one. (easy) 8. A tractor can plough ___ than a buffalo or a horse. (good) IV. Complete the sentences with suitable forms of the adverbs given in the brackets.
3. 1. Nick is a careful writer than Phuc. (carefully) Nick writes essays ___. 2.A snail is slower than a crab. (slowly) A snail moves ___. 3.My father’s explanation about the subject was clearer than my brother’s. (clearly) My father explained the subject ___. 4.My cousin is a better singer than I am. (well) My cousin sings ___. 5.Phong is faster swimmer than Phuc. (fast) Phong swims ___. V. Complete the sentences, using the comparative form of the adverbs from the correspondent adjective in the box. generous bad optimistic healthy traditional quick sound good 1. A baby can sleep ___ than an adult. 2. People in the country eat ___ than people in the city. 3. Our grandparents got dressed ___ than we do nowadays. 4. Nick speaks English ___ then I do. 5. That old lady donates ___ than her family members. 6. City people seem to apply modern techniques ___ than country people. 7. The scientist talked ___ about the future of young people in the country than local people. 8. The paddy fields in my village were ___ affected by the floods than the next village. VI. Fill each blank with a, an or the to complete the following passage. Vietnam is (1)___ multi-nationality country with 54 ethnic groups. The Viet (Kinh) people account for 87% of (2)___ country’s population and mainly inhabit (3)___ Red River Delta, (4) ___ central coastal delta, (5) ___ Mekong Delta and major cities. (6) ___ other 53 ethnic minority groups, totalling over 8 million people, are scattered over mountain areas spreading from the North to the South. (7) ___ number of ethnic minorities had master some farming techniques. They grew rice plants in swamped paddy fields and carried out irrigation. Others went hunting, fishing, collecting and lived (8) ___ semi-nomadic life. Each group has its own culture, diverse and special. However, (9) ___ evident gap in the material and moral has indeed still existed between peoples living in the deltas and those living in mountain areas as well as among ethnic minorities themselves. (10) ___ Vietnamese government has worked out specific politics and special treatments in order to help mountainous people catching up with lowland people, and made great efforts to develop and preserve traditional cultural identities of each ethnic
4. 9. Are you proud .your country and its tradition ? A. about B. on C. of D. for 10. Do you collect stamps or other things ? - Yes, I am a stamp . A. collecting B. collector C. collect D. collection 11. It is very dangerous in the polluted environment. A. to live B. lives C. living D. live 12. Our resources are limited so we should recycle all used things. A. nature B. natural C. naturing D. naturally 13. His car is the same color . my uncle’s. A. alike B. as C. like D. to 14. This ruler of plastic. A. make B. made C. is making D. is made 15. I take part most youth activities of my school. A. in B. of C. on D. at IV. Choose the best answer. 1. Yoga helps us learn ___ to co-ordinate breathing and movement. A. what B. when C. why D. how 2. Teenagers enjoy ___ to music and ___ out with friends. A. listen – hang B. to listen – to hang C. listening – hang D. listening- hanging 3. ___ should children do yoga too? A. Why B. When C. What D. How 4. Don’t worry. It is ___ to travel to that village even at night. A. safe B. unsafe C. difficult D. inconvenient 5. Life in a small town is ___ than that in a big city. A. peaceful B. much peaceful C. less peaceful D. much more peaceful 6. The boys often help their parents to ___ water from the village well. A. gather B. collect C. give D. find 7. In the Central Highlands, the biggest and tallest house in the village is the ___ house. A. communication B. community C. communal D. commune 8. The Viet people have many ___ customs and crafts. A. tradition B. traditional C. culture D. customary 9. ___ month is the Hoa Ban Festival of the Thai people held in?
5. A. When B. Which C. How many D. How often 10. The ___ on display in Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture are very interesting. A. items B. goods C. products D. shows V. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. 1.The Gong Festival is held ___ in the Central Highlands. A. year B. yearly C. annual D. annually 2.___ does Hoa Ban Festival take place? – In Lai Chau. A. What B. Where C. When D. How 3.It is typical of the cultural life of ___ Thai people. A. some B. a C. the D.  4.___ do the cattle provide for the nomads? – Dairy products, meat, and clothing. A. What B. Where C. Why D. How 5.The crops ___ on the weather. A. depend heavy B. depend heavily C. affect heavy D. affect heavily 6.Mai studies Maths a little bit ___. A. bad B. badly C. good D. smartly 7.During the festival, they fly many ___ kites in different shapes and sizes. A. colour B. colourless C. colourful D. colouring 8.An old woman was ___ the goats up the mountainside. A. riding B. taking C. herding D. running 9.___ is the festival celebrated? – Every year. A. When B. How often C. How D. What 10. There are no high buildings to block ___ in our village. A. view B. a view C. some view D. the view VI. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. 1. The wai is the traditional ___ of people in Thailand. A. goodbye B. hello C. greeting D. greetings 2.When two Maori people meet, they ___ each other’s noses. A. touch B. feel C. take D. kiss 3.Do you know the ___ way to welcome people in Tibet? A. custom B. customer C. customary D. tradition 4.The xoe dance is a spiritual ___ of Thai ethnic people. A. customs B. tradition C. habit D. dance 5.In Viet Nam you shouldn’t use only the first name to ___ people older than you. A. speak B. talk C. say D. address 6.We are going to prepare ___ sticky rice served with grilled chicken for the celebration. A. five coloursB. five-coloursC. five-colour D. five-coloured 7.A tradition is something special that is ___ through the generations.
6. A. passed B. passed to C. passed down D. passed out 8.According to the ___ in England, we have to use a knife and folk at dinner. A. table ways B. table manners C. behaviours D. differences 9.We have to ___ our shoes when we go inside a pagoda. A. take off B. give off C. turn off D. put on 10. In Australia, you shouldn’t ___ on a person’s accent. A. comment B. criticize C. hate D. dislike VII. Complete the following sentences with proper prepositions: 1. Could I help you ___ your bag? 2. Na got up late this morning because her alarm clock didn’t go ___ . 3. I’m looking forward ___ seeing you in June. 4. In the competition, everyone fell ___ the deep and dangerous water. 5. Ha Long Bay is recognized ___ UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. 6. They have a meeting ___ 6.30 and 9.30. 7. My mother often picks me ___ from the school. 8. I’m going to invite my friends to come over ___ dinner tonight. 9. Next summer, my family will have a vacation ___ Thailand and stay there ___ one week. VIII. Complete the following sentences with proper prepositions: 1.We’ll buy a smaller house when the children have grown ___ and left home. 2. The computer isn’t working. It broke ___ this morning. 3. My headaches have been much better since I gave ___ drinking coffee. 4. I turned ___ their offer because they weren’t going to pay me enough money. 5. It was not a problem. We looked ___ his number in the telephone book. 6. Helen takes ___ her mother in many ways. 7. We need to set ___ early tomorrow. 8. The plane took ___ very quickly. 9. Anne’s leaving ___ London tomorrow morning. 10. Your friend is always complaining ___ her job. IX. Complete the following sentences with proper prepositions: 11. If there was a technical failure, Gagarin might never get ___ to the Earth. 12. Courses like shoemaking or glass engraving provide people ___ practical skills they can do with their hands. 13. She is famous ___ her beautiful face and sweet voice.
7. 14. We are all aware ___ the importance of the environment protection. 15. His opinion is different ___ mine. 16. If you don’t pay attention ___ the teacher, you won’t understand the lesson. 17. I’m not familiar___ his name, but his face seems familiar___ me. 18. We were very grateful___ our friends for all of their assistance. 19. No one knew precisely what would happen ___ a human being in space. 20. How would the mind deal ___ the psychological tension? X: Choose the underlined words or phrases that are not correct in standard written English. 1. I feel really tired. I wish I didn’t go to the party last night. A B C D 2. I have broken my pencil. May I borrow one of your? A B C D 3. When I was on holiday last summer, I was going to the beach everyday. A B C D 4. Tom used to going to school by bus. Now he goes by bike. A B C D 5. Mary is used to do her homework by herself. A B C D 6. On winter day, we all used to sit around the fire and told stories. A B C D 7. The Chinese build the Great Wall over two thousand years ago. A B C D 8. We get used to live in the countryside before we moved to Ho Chi Minh City. A B C D 9. In the modern world, people can easily communicate with telephone, radio, and computer. A B C D 10. The package containing books and records were delivered last week.
8. A B C D XI: Each line has a mistake, find and correct it. 1.Thank you for inviting me to the party. I wish I can but I can’t. 2. He is used to drink coffee for breakfast but now he drinks milk. 3. The kitchen is not very big but there’s a lot of cupboards. 4. Lukas can play the piano when he was two and now he practices it. 5. We were very poor when we were first in America, we can’t buy anything. 6. They are going on a sightsee tour of New York. 7. We have lived in Vietnam for a long time, so we used to the hot. 8. Liverpool is an industry city in the North of England. 9. Primary school children can learn three language at school in Malaysia. 10. The West and the East Malaysia are separate by about 640 km of the sea. D. READING I. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage. The country and the city have advantages and (1)___. People in the country live in more beautiful surroundings. They enjoy (2) ___ and quietness, and can do their work at their (3) ___ pace because no one is in a (4) ___. They live in larger, more comfortable houses, and their neighbours are more friendly, and ready to help them (5) ___ they need it. their life. However, can be (6) ___ and they may be isolated, which is a serious problem (7)___ they are ill or want to take children to school. The city has all the services that the country lacks, but it (8) ___ has a lot of disadvantages. Cities are often polluted. They not (9)___ have polluted air bit also have noisy streets. Everyone is always in a hurry and this (10) ___ that people have no time to get to know each other and make friends. 1. A. joy B. enjoyment C. happiness D. disadvantages 2. A. quiet B. quietly C. peace D. peaceful 3. A. less B. own C. just D. only 4. A. hurry B. hurried C. hurriedly D. hurrying 5. A. when B. which C. what D. that 6. A. bore B. bored C. boring D. bores 7. A. unless B. because C. although D. if 8. A. also B. yet C. already D. so 9. A. never B. ever C. hardly D. also 10. A. aims B. means C. asks D. said
9. II. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage. The country and the city have advantages and (1)___. People in the country live in more beautiful surroundings. They enjoy (2) ___ and quietness, and can do their work at their (3) ___ pace because no one is in a (4) ___. They live in larger, more comfortable houses, and their neighbours are more friendly, and ready to help them (5) ___ they need it. their life. However, can be (6) ___ and they may be isolated, which is a serious problem (7)___ they are ill or want to take children to school. The city has all the services that the country lacks, but it (8) ___ has a lot of disadvantages. Cities are often polluted. They not (9)___ have polluted air bit also have noisy streets. Everyone is always in a hurry and this (10) ___ that people have no time to get to know each other and make friends. 1. A. joy B. enjoyment C. happiness D. disadvantages 2. A. quiet B. quietly C. peace D. peaceful 3. A. less B. own C. just D. only 4. A. hurry B. hurried C. hurriedly D. hurrying 5. A. when B. which C. what D. that 6. A. bore B. bored C. boring D. bores 7. A. unless B. because C. although D. if 8. A. also B. yet C. already D. so 9. A. never B. ever C. hardly D. also 10. A. aims B. means C. asks D. said III. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage. Communal House (Rong House) The Rong House can only be (1)___ in villages to the north of the Central Highlands, especially in Gia Lai and Kon Tum provinces. It is a large, imposing, beautifully decorated stilt house built (2) ___ the middle of the village. It is where community activities (3) ___, meetings, wedding ceremonies, or playing ceremonies. It is also the place for reception of guests. The Rong house of each ethnic group has it own architectural style, design, and decor. Yet there are shared (4) ___. In the village, it is often (5) ___ house roofed with yellow-dried thatch leaves and having 8 big wood columns. The rafters are decorated with patterns of bright colour, depicting religious scenes, legendary stories about ancient heroes, stylized animals, and other familiar things of the village life. The most distinction of the decor of the Rong House is the (6) ___ of the brilliant God of Sun. The Rong House is a (7) ___ of the culture of Central Highlanders, an age-old and stable culture. The bigger the house, the wealthier the village is. It is a (8) ___ of the whole village. 1. A. find B. found C. to find D. finding 2. A. on B. at C. in D. under 3. A. take place B. take on C. happens D. occurs 4. A. designs B. cultures C. customs D. features
10. 5. A. a big B. a bigger C. the biggest D. biggest 6. A. painting B. photo C. image D. portrait 7. A. signal B. symbol C. sign D. scene 8. A. design B. respect C. proud D. pride IV. Choose the word or phrase among A, B C or D that best fits the blank in the following passage. My village is about 50 kilometers from the city center. It is a very (1) ___ place where people (2) ___ flowers and vegetables only. It is very famous for it pretty roses and picturesque scenes. The air is quite fresh, however, the smell of the roses make people (3) ___ cool. In spring, my village looks (4) ___ a carpet with plenty of colors. Tourists come to visit it so often. Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn’t take the villagers much time (5) ___ the roses. 1. A. beauty B. beautiful C. beautify D. beautifully 2. A. plant B. plants C. grow up D. grows up 3. A. feel B. feeling C. felt D. to feel 4. A. as B. like C. alike D. same 5. A. water B. watering C. to water D. watered V. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank in the following passage. I live in a small village called Northville. There are about 2000 people here. I love the village (6) ___ it is very quiet and life is slow and easy. The village is always clean; people look (7) ___ it with great care. The air is always clean, too. People are much more friendly here than in a city because everyone (8) ___ the others, and if someone has a problem, there are always people who can help. There are only a few that I don’t like about Northville. One thing is that we have not got many things to do in the evening; we haven’t got (9) ___ cinemas or theaters. The other thing is that people always talk about (10)___, and everyone knows what everyone is doing. But I still prefer village life to life in a big city. 6. A. so B. although C. because D. but 7. A. for B. atC. up D. after 8. A. knows B. know C. is knowing D. knew 9. A. little B. some C. any D. few 10. A. others B. other C. another D. one other VI. Read the following passages, and answer the questions below. Duong Lam: An ancient Vietnamese village Duong Lam Village is located in Duong Lam Commune at a 45 km distance from Ha Noi. It is the birthplace of two kings in the history of Vietnam, Phung Hung (or Bo Cai Dai Vuong) and Ngo Quyen, who opened up the long-term self-control and independence period of Viet Nam after Bach Dang Victory in the year 938. All houses, gates, village gates and wells are built of laterite creating an architectural complex, a
11. unique village that is typical for villages in the midlands in the North of Vietnam. At present, there are still nearly old 200 houses and many other historical monuments such as Phung Hung Temple, Ngo Quyen Royal Tomb, Mong Phu Communal House, Ho Gam Hill at which Phung Hung killed tigers to rescue villagers and the temple at which the diplomat Giang Van Minh is worshiped. 1. Where is Duong Lam Village? 2. Who were the two kings whose birthplace is Duong Lam Village? 3. What is Duong Lam typical for? 4. How many old houses are there in Duong Lam? 5. What are the famous historical monuments there? E. WRITING I. Make question for the underlined words of these answers. 1. ___ ___? The Ha Nhi ethnic group has about 12,500 inhabitants. 2. ___ ___? They live in the provinces of Lai Chau and Lao Cai. 3. ___ ___? The Ha Nhi mainly worship their ancestors. 4. ___ ___? They live on rice cultivation of burnt-over land or terraced fields. 5. ___ ___? They use ploughs and harrows pulled by oxen and buffaloed to work in the fields. 6. ___ ___? The gardens are often close to their house. II. Combine the two sentences into one. 1. Minh does morning exercises regularly. He wants to be healthy (so as to) 2. I’m learning English. I want to read book in English. (in order to) .
12. 3. She said nothing . She didn’t want to make him angry (so as to) 4.The man was taken to the local hospital. He was injured in the accident. (past participle) 5. The musician is internationally famous. He appeared in the concert last night. (present participle) . III. Rewrite the following sentences. 1. Keeping the environment clean is very important. - It’s 2. They will show the time machine to the public when they finish it. - The time machine 3. He was delighted to receive his aunt’s letter. - He was delighted that 4. Old car tires are recycled to make shoes and sandals. - People 5. I’m very sad that I wasn’t accepted in that group. - I’m very sad not . 6. It’s three years since I last spoke to her. - I haven’t 7. Tam doesn’t type as fast as she used to. - Tam used 8. “ Please turn down the radio for me”, said my father. - My father asked 9. Lan will be fifteen next week. - It is Lan’s 10. How long is it since you used the pen?
13. - When .? IV: Rewrite sentences, using “I wish ” 1. I don’t know many English words. I wish 2. My friend can not stay with me longer. I wish 3. I don’t have time to go around the city. I wish 4. We don’t have a computer therefore we cannot get access to the Internet. I wish 5. I can not go to the car show at the city show ground I wish V: Rewrite sentences, using the provided word keep meaning as that of the root one 1. Thousands of people have to build that castle for him for years. That castle 2. She has never read this book before. It is 3. He failed in the examination last year. He did not 4. I haven’t eaten this kind of food before. This is the first 5. His parents made him study for his exam. He was made 6. I don’t really want to go to the museum. I’d rather 7. The fire has destroyed many houses. Many houses
14. 8. May I borrow your pen? Would you mind ? 9. I started work for the company a year ago. I’ve 10. She didn’t say a word as she left the room. She left