Ôn tập học kì 1 Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 (Chương trình mới)

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1. ON TẬP HỌC KÌ 1- LỚP 8 (CHƯƠNG TRÌNH MỚI) A. PHONETICS I. Choose the words that have the bold part has different pronunciation from the others. 1. A. sound B. cloud C. found D. favourite 2. A. tool B. noon C. door D. school 3. A. know B. show C. now D. low 4. A. crafts B. comics C. streets D. stamps 5. A. mention B. question C. action D. education 6. A. leisure B. pleasure C. ensure D. measure 7. A. minority B. ethnic C. tradition D. religion 8. A. recognised B. designed C. displayed D. entered 9. A. country B. cloud C. loudly D. mouse 10. A. camel B. cattle C. paddy D. buffalo 11. A. populated B. loaded C. harvested D. lived 12. A. normal B. visitor C. transport D. chore 13. A. nomad B. badly C. adore D. language 14. A. behaved B. bored C. hoped D. tried 15. A. looked B. cooked C. naked D. booked II. Choose the words that has the different stress from the others. 1. A. reflect B. fable C. spindle D. legent 2. A. ancestor B. origin C. stepmother D. continue 3. A. capture B. granny C. command D. swallow 4. A. rescue B. replay C. servant D. tortoise 5. A. emperor B. woodcutter C. announce D. suddenly 6. A. incense B. ritual C. preserve D. fortune 7. A. scenery B. invader C. childhood D. archway 8. A. historian B. speciality C. oriental D. preparation 9. A. belonging B. fisherman C. procession D. performance
2. 10. A. commemorate B. companion C. reunion D. ceremony B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR I. 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? A. What B. Which C. Why D. Who
3. II. Use the gerund of the verbs in the box to complete the sentences. play; listen; eat; do; collect; ride; take; wash; watch; write 1. My sister enjoys ___ aerobics in the morning. 2. Lucia fancies ___ emails after dinner. 3. In his free time, Quang likes ___ photographs. 4. Are you interested in ___ handball, Peter? 5. Vinh’s brother loves ___ foreign coins, doesn’t he? 6. David hates ___ a bike to school on rainy days. 7. I prefer ___ DVDs to going to cinema. 8. Nam detests ___ the dishes every day. 9. We don’t mind ___ to classical music. 10. The Robinsons adore ___Vietnamese food. III. Put the verbs in the brackets into infinitive (V/to V) or gerund (V-ing) 1. John dislikes (work) ___ in front of a computer all day. 2. I’d like (visit) ___ the Viet Nam Museum of Ethnology this weekend. 3. I’d rather (make) ___ crafts than listen to music. 4. Minh loves (help) ___ her parents with DIY projects. 5. Quang hates (take) ___ the dog for a walk. 6. We all adored (do) ___ aerobics when we were young. 7. You should (play) ___ sports to keep fit. 8. They don’t need (watch) ___ that programme if they don’t like it. 9. Do you fancy (socialize) ___ with friends? 10. My brother prefers (surf) ___ the Internet. IV. Complete the sentences. Put the verbs into the correct form. Affirmative or negative.
4. 1. I knew Sarah was very busy, so I ___ her. (disturb) 2. I was very tired, so I ___ to bed early. (go) 3. The bed was very uncomfortable. I ___ well. (sleep) 4. Sue wasn’t hungry, so she ___ anything. (eat) 5. We went to Kate’s house but she ___ at home. (be) 6. It was a funny situation but nobody ___. (laugh) 7. The window was open and a bird ___ into the room. (fly) 8. The hotel wasn’t expensive. It ___ very much. (cost) 9. I was in a hurry, so I ___ time to phone you. (have) 10. It was hard work carrying the bags. They ___ very heavy. (be) V. Complete these sentences with used to or didn’t use to. 1. My father gave up smoking two years ago. He (smoke) ___ a packet of cigarettes a day. 2. There (be) ___ a movie theater here but it closed a long time ago. 3. Mr. An (not/ drink) ___ coffee when he was young but he likes it now. 4. Peter (have) ___ a motorbike, but last month he sold it and bought a car. 5. I (not/ like) ___ her but we are best friends now. 6. They came to live in the city last year. They (live) ___ in a small village in the country. 7. My sister (play) ___ tennis a lot but she doesn’t play very often now. 8. When I was a child I (not/ study) ___ hard. C. READING I. Read the following passage then choose the correct words. Dear Grandma and Grandpa, Hi. I'm on holiday (1) Majorca with my friends, Tracy and Sharon.We arrived last Saturday. The first two days the weather wasn't very (2) ., so we did some sightseeing.We (3) lots of photographs.
5. (4) . Wednesday we hired a car and (5) out into the country. We (6) . for lunch at a lovely little village and then in the (7) . we found a beautiful beach. Last night, we went to (8) disco. We didn't (9) back till about 4 am, so we got up (10) this morning and we decided to have a relaxing day by the hotel swimming pool. So that’s where I am now. II. There is one mistake in the line marked with a number in the following passage. Underline and correct it: Correction Spring is a time when there is many festivals in our 1 country. Among them, Hoa Ban Festival is a most 2 . beautiful and interesting, and it takes place in Lai 3 Chau. It is typical of the cultural life of the Thai 4 people. In the second lunar month of the year, when 5 it get warmer and hoa ban – a kind of beautifully flower in the northwest mountainous area - blossoms, Hoa Ban Festival is celebrate. III. Read the following passage then answer the questions: Gong culture in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam has been recognized by UNESCO as a Masterpiece of the Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Gong culture covers five provinces of the Central Highlands: Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong and Lam Dong. The masters of gong culture are the ethnic groups of Bahnar, Sedang, Mnong, Coho The Gong Festival is held annually in the Central Highlands. In the festival, artists from these provinces give gong performances, highlighting the gong culture of their own province. For the ethnic groups of the Central Highlands, gongs are musical instruments of special power. It is believed that every gong is the symbol of a god who grows more powerful as the gong gets older. Therefore, gongs are associated with special occasions in people’s lives, such as the building of new houses, funerals, crop praying ceremonies The Gong sound is a way to communicate with the gods.
6. Answer the questions: 1. Where does Gong culture exist? 2. How often is the Gong Festival held? 3. What do artists do in the Gong Festival? 4. Are Gongs pieces of folk music? 5. Is the gong sound a way to communicate with the ancestors? IV. Read the passages and write True for (T) of False for (F). His early life George was born in Virginia. His family owned a big farm and had slaves. George didn't have much education. During his life he had three jobs: he was a farmer, a soldier, and a politician. He loved the life of a farmer. He grew tobacco and owned horses. He worked hard but he also liked dancing and going to the theatre. In 17S9 he married a widow called Martha Custis. They were happy together, but didn't have any children. His later life He was Commander-in-Chief of the army and fought the British in the War of Independence. When the war ended in 1781 he was happy to go back to the farm, but his country wanted him to be President. Finally, in 1789, he became President, and gave his name to the new capital dry. He started the building of the White House, but he never lived in it. By 1797 he was tired of politics. He went back to his farm and died there two years later. 1. ___ He came from a rich family. 2. ___ He loved being a politician. 3. ___ He worked hard. 4. ___ He had a lot of other interests. 5. ___ He had a good education. 6. ___ He married, but didn't have any children.
7. 7. ___ He was in office for eight years. 8. ___ He was happy to live and work on the farm. 9. ___ Finally he was tired of politics and resigned. 10. ___ Americans loved him very much. D. WRITING I. Put a suitable preposition in each blank. 1. I was born ___ January 1st, 1965. 2. When did you meet him? - ___ lunch today. 3. It often rains ___ October ___ Vietnam. 4. What are you going to do ___ 2020? 5. I don’t know but I am going to go to college ___ September this year. 6. You want to watch the sky ___ sunset? 7. Sure. And I like to go for a walk ___ sunrise, too. 8. Well, let’s go for a walk ___ the weekends. 9. I don’t know what he is doing ___ the moment. 10. What did he do ___ the ninth of April, 2000? 11. She often hears some strange noise ___ midnight. 12. Does it rain ___ Spring? in II. Read the text, correct the underlined verbs if they are wrong. Some verbs are correct. I rememeber a trip I once (1) made to my 1. ___ grandmother’s house. She (2) would live about 30 2. ___ kilometres awy from us and we (3) used to going 3. ___ there quite often with our mother. On this occation 4. ___ we (4) set off to my grandmother’s after school on 5. ___ a cold winter’s day. When we were about to leave 6. ___ we (5) were noticing that some snow was 7. ___ beginning to fall, and as we (6) were driving along 8. ___ we (7) were realizing that it (8) moved more and 9. ___ more heavily. Suddenly we had to brake hard as 10. ___
8. the car in front stopped suddently. We (9) were skidding and (10) went off the road into a ditch! It was pretty scary, but we were lucky and none of us were hurt III. Complete each sentence so it means the same as the sentence above. 1. Cats cannot swim as well as dogs. → Dogs can swim 2. Minh really loves to hang out with friends. → Minh really enjoys 3. Playing beach games is very interesting. → It is 4. He uses all his free time to look after his garden. → He spends IV. Complete each sentence so it means the same as the sentence above. Use “Used to”. 1. They once started these machines by hand. → They used to 2. He doesn’t get up late any more. → He used to 3. I don’t listen to the radio any more. → I used to 4. They don’t have a dog any more. → They used to 5. My brother doesn’t serve in the army any longer. → My brother used to 1. Barbara is not as keen on travel as she used to be. → Barbara used to 2. When he was young, he usually did morning exercise in the park. → He used to 3. The man often spent his holiday in the mountain when he was young.
9. → The man used to 4. Before he had the car, he went to work by bike. → Before he had the car, he used to 5. When I was young, I usually get up early. → I used to V. Read the passage and fill in the correct words. Our library is (1) the ground floor. It is a big (2) It is about thirty metres (3) and fifteen metres (4) It has (5) windows and lights. There (6) a fan in thelibrary. There is a clock (7) the wall.There are many (8) of books in the library.They are on the (9) There is a shelf for dictionaries, too. Some of the books are instore.There are some newspapers, magazines and (10) in the library, too. VI. Use the words or phrases to complete the sentences. 1. my/ went/ mother/ shopping/ yesterday. 2. father/ mother/ watches/ on TV/ goes/ my/ and/ in/ afternoon/ the/ walking / my/ football. 3. back/ at/ I/ often/ home/ come/ weekends. 4. teacher/ dances/ English/ gracefully/ my/ very. 5. enjoys/ she/ in/ walking/ rain/ the. 6. back/ at/ I/ often/ home/ come/ weekends. 7. hasn’t/ done/ his/ homework/ he/ yet.
10. 8. passion/ swimming/ favourite/ my/ is. 9. because/ I / help/ you/ you/ too/ are/ can’t / lazy. 10. I / love / basketball / volleyball/ watching/ and. VII. Complete these sentences with the correct form of adjectives and adverbs comparison. 1. Mary is (pretty) as her sister. 2. A new house is (expensive) than an old one. 3. His job is (important) than mine. 4. Of the four ties, I like the red one (well). 5. Nobody is (happy) than Miss Snow. 6. Today English is the (international) of languages. 7. Jonh is much (strong) than I thought. 8. Benches are (comfortable) than arm- chairs. 9. Bill is (good) than you thought. 10. Mr Bush is the (delightful) person I have ever known. 2. Dick is the (careful) of the three workers. 3. Is the book (interesting) than the one you read last week?
11. 4. Gold is (precious) than iron. 5. The weather today is (warm) than the weather yesterday. 6. This film is not (good) as the one we saw last week. 7. Holidays are (pleasant) than working days. 8. Which is (high) mountain in your country? 2. A house is (strong) than a dog. 3. Robert is (fat) than his brother. 4. The Pacific is (large) ocean in the world. VIII. Read the passage and complete the sentences below. A horse on board the Enterprise was perhaps the first and only horse ever to save the livesof its shipmates. The Enterprise was sailing for North Carolina. She carried a mixedcargo, and there were fifteen passengers on her. She was making good time until at dawn, she struck something. Water poured into the ship. The holds were soon flooded. Frightened men and women climbed the rigging to save their lives. The crew tried to pump the holds out, but with no luck. Then the cargo caught fire. All those on board thought they would die. The captain knew the coast was near. But how near? Perhaps if the horse could reach land, the people could, too. The horse was led to the side and pushed over. The horse did reach land. In fact, it almost waded ashore! The people soon followed. All were saved, thanks to a nameless horse. 1. There were people on the Enterprise. 2. The ship was wrecked at 3. When water poured in, the crew tried to the holds.
12. 4. The horse was pushed overboard in the hope that it could 5. The horse got ashore almost by IX. Read the passage then answer the questions. The Youth and Young Pioneers Organization was founded in Vietnam on March 26th, 1931. It builds character, and encourages good citizenship and personal fitness. The Y & Y has many plans to help the community. It encourages all members to take part in different programs. The recycling program can help people save natural resources. The “Rosy Smile” program helps raise fund for the poor children. The “Green Sunday” program makes the city more beautiful with clean streets, plenty of trees and flowers. It gives more green color to the city and it is done on Sunday so it has the name “Green Sunday”. There are some more helpful programs such as “helping the elderly and street children”, “supporting cultural-sport”, “young scientists”, etc 1. When was the Y & Y founded? -> 2. What does it build? -> 3. What does it encourage? -> 4. Why is it named “Green Sunday”? -> 5. What does the recycling help? ->
13. X. Read the passage and fill a suitable word in each blank to complete its sumary below Nasreddin's Visitors One day a visitor came to Nasreddin's house. "I am your cousin from Konya," he said, "and I have brought you a duck to celebrate the visit." Nasreddin was delighted. He asked his wife to cook the duck, and served the visitor a fine dinner. The next day another visitor arrived. "I am the friend of the man who brought you the duck," he said. Nasreddin invited him in and gave him a good meal. The next day another visitor arrived, and said he was the friend of the friend of the man who had brought the duck. Again Nasreddin invited him in for a meal. However, he was getting annoyed. Visitors seemed to be using his house as a restaurant. Then another visitor came, and said he was the friend of the friend of the friend of the man who had brought the duck. Nasreddin invited him to eat dinner with him. His wife brought some soup to the table and the visitor tasted it. "What kind of soup is this?" asked the visitor. "It tastes just like warm water." "Ah!" said Nasreddin, "That is the soup of the soup of the soup of the duck." One day, Nasreddin had a (1) who claimed to be his . (2) from Konya. The visitor brought a . (3) as a gift, and Nasreddin's (4) made some (5) with it, and served a fine meal. Then another visitor arrived, saying he was a . (6) of the cousin; then a third, who said he was a friend of the friend of the cousin. They didn't bring any . (7), but Nasreddin gave them a meal anyway. However, when the (8)visitor arrived, Nasreddin became angry. Instead of soup, he served . (9) water. He told the friend of the friend of the friend of the cousin that it was soup of the soup of the soup of the (10).
14. ANSWER KEY A. PHONETICS I. Choose the words that have the bold part has different pronunciation from the others. 1. D 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. B 6. C 7. A 8. A 9. A 10. D 11. D 12. B 13. C 14. C 15. C II. Choose the words that has the different stress from the others. 1. A 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. C 6. C 7. B 8. A 9. B 10. D B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR I. Choose A, B, C, D for each gap in the following sentences. 1. C 2. B 3. B 4. D 5. A 6. C 7. D 8. B II. Use the gerund of the verbs in the box to complete the sentences. 1. doing 2. writing 3. taking 4. playing 5. collecting 6. riding 7. watching 8. washing 9. listening 10. eating III. Put the verbs in the brackets into infinitive (V/to V) or gerund (V-ing) 1. working 2. to visit 3. make 4. helping 5. taking 6. doing 7. play 8. to watch 9. socializing 10. surfing IV. Complete the sentences. Put the verbs into the correct form. Affirmative or negative. 1. didn’t disturb 2. went 3. didn’t sleep 4. ate 5. wasn’t 6. laughed 7. flied 8. cost 9. didn’t have 10. were V. Complete these sentences with used to or didn’t use to. 1. used to smoke 2. used to be 3. didn’t use to drink 4. used to have 5. didn’t use to like 6. used to live 7. used to play 8. didn’t use to study C. READING I. Read the following passage then choose the correct words. 1. in 2. nice 3.took 4.on 5. drove 6. stopped 7. afternoon 8. a 9. get 10. late
15. II. There is one mistake in the line marked with a number in the following passage. Underline and correct it: 1. is =>are 2. a =>the 3. get =>gets 4. beautifully =>beautiful 5. celebrate =>celebrated III. Read the following passage then answer the questions: 1. It exists in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam. 2. It is held once a year / annually. 3. They give gong performances, highlighting the gong culture of their own province. 4. No, they aren’t. 5. No, it isn’t. IV. Read the passages and write True for (T) of False for (F). 1.T 2. F 3.T 4. T 5. F 6. T 7. F 8. T 9. T 10. T D. WRITING I. Put a suitable preposition in each blank. 1. on 2. at 3. in/ in 4. in 5. in 6. at 7. at 8. at 9. at 10. on 11. at 12. in II. Read the text, correct the underlined verbs if they are wrong. Some verbs are correct. 1. True 2. used to live -> lived 3. used to going -> used to go 4. True 5. were noticing -> noticed 6. True 7. were realising -> realized 8. snowed -> was snowing 9. were skidding -> skidded 10. True III. Complete each sentence so it means the same as the sentence above. 1. Dogs can swim better than cats. 2. Minh really enjoys hanging out with friends. 3. It is very interesting to play beach games. 4. He spends all his free time looking after his garden. IV. Complete each sentence so it means the same as the sentence above. Use “Used to”. 1. They used to start these machines by hand.
16. 2. He used to get up late. 3. I used to listen to the radio. 4. They used to have a dog. 5. My brother used to serve in the army. 6. Barbara used to be keen on travel. 7. He used to do morning exercise in the park when he was young. 8. The man used to spend his holiday in the mountain when he was young. 9. Before he had the car, he used to work by bike. 10. I used to get up early when I was young. V. Read the passage and fill in the correct words. 1.on 2.building 3.high 4.wide 5.many 6. is 7. on 8. kinds 9. shelves 10. periodicals VI. Use the words or phrases to complete the sentences. 1. My mother went shopping yesterday. 2. My father watches football on TV and my mother goes walking in the afternoon. 3. I often come back home at weekends. 4. My English teacher dances very gracefully. 5. She enjoys walking in the rain. 6. I often come back home at weekends. 7. He hasn’t done his homework yet. 8. Swimming is my favourite passion. 9. I can’t help you because you are too lazy. 10. I love watching basketball and volleyball. VII. Complete these sentences with the correct form of adjectives and adverbs comparison. 1. as pretty 2. more expensive 3. more important 4. best 5. happier 6. most international 7.stronger 8.more comfortable 9. better 10. most delightful 11. most careful 12. more interesting 13. more precious 14.warm 15.so good 16.more pleasant 17. the highest 18. stronger 19. fatter 20.the largest VIII. Read the passage and complete the sentences below.
17. 1. fifteen 2. dawn 3. pump out 4. find the shore 5. wading IX. Read the passage then answer the questions. 1. It was founded on March 26th,1931. 2. It builds characters. 3. It encourages good citizenship and personal fitness. 4. It is named “Green Sunday” because it gives more green colors to the city and is done on Sunday. 5. The recycling helps people save natural resources. X. Read the passage and fill a suitable word in each blank to complete its summary below. 1. visitor 2. cousin 3. duck 4. wife 5. soup 6. friend 7. food 8. fourth 9. warm 10. duck