Review for the first semester - Class 8

REVIEW FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER- class 8 I. Choose the word which has a different sound in the part underlined. 1. A. camel B. buffalo C. cattle D. paddy 2. A. lived B. populated C. harvested D. loaded 1. A. wanted B. washed C. decided D. needed 2. A. fun B. sun C. surf D. cut 3. A. leisure B. eight C. celebrate D. penalty 4. A. although B. laugh C. paragraph D. enough 5. A. mention B. question C. action D. education 6. A. listened B. opened C. wanted D. lived 7. A. community B. computer C. museum D. customs 8. A. needed B. opened C. wanted D. decided 9. A. fable B. brave C. dragon D. tale 10.A. scream B. read C. reach D. hear 11. A. walked B. filled C. swallowed D. screamed 12. A. eyes B. ogres C. stories D. cakes 13. A. character B. church C. choose D. cheerful 14. A. procession B. confusion C. production D.tradition 15. A. looked B. stopped C. screamed D. missed 16. A. honest B. human C. hero D. historical III. 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? 9. The Giong Festivals is held ____________ in the Central Highlands. A. year B. yearly C. annual D. anually 10. YMoan was the greatest pop singer of the ____________ group in Dak Lak Province. A. Tay ethnic B. Thai ethnic C. Ede ethnic D.Muong 11. He was called “____________ singer of the great woods”. A. the B. a C. an D. the best 12.Teenagers enjoy listening to music and____________ out with friends. A. hang B. to hang C. hanging D. hangs 13. Life in a small town is ____________ than that in a big city. A. less peaceful B. much more peaceful C. much peaceful D. peaceful 14. My mother always tells me that I ___________ be home by 9 p.m. A. has to B. have to C. have not to D. mustn’t 15. When you eating in India, you_______ use the right hand. Never use the left hand. A. must B. should C. shouldn’t D. mustn’t 16. ____________ month is the Hoa Ban Festival of the Thai people held in? A. Which B. When C. How many D. However 17. You should ____________ information about a custom or tradition.

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A. finds B. found C. finding D. find 18. A tradition is something we do that is special and ____________ down through the generations. A. to passed B. passed C. passing D. is passing 19. In the UK, there are lots of customs for table manners. For example, We ____________ use a knife and fork at dinner. A. have to B. are having C. has to D. having to 20. In Viet Nam, you____________ use only the first name to address people older than you. A. should B. must C. shouldn’t D. have to 21. At the Mid-Autumn Festival ,kids can sing, dance, and enjoy moon-cakes ; _, every child likes it very much. A. However B. Moreover C. Because D. Therefore 22. In 2010, Ha Noi____________ its 1000th anniversary. A. celebrated B. commemorated C. worshipped D. remembered 23. Tet is an occasion for family____________ in Viet Nam. A. visitings B. Meeting C. reunions D. seeings 24. ____________ spring comes, many Vietnamese villages prepare for a new festival season. A. While B. When C. Nevertheless D. However 25.People burn incense …