REVISION OF ENGLISH 8 (cont)
I. READING COMPREHENSION
1. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer the questions
Nam is in grade 8A. He (1)...........his report card for the last school year. He got good grade (2)............Literature and Math, but his English was poor. His English teacher said, "Nam, you must work harder on your English". He`ll try his best to study well next year. He loves (3).................., and he likes sports, too. He enjoys (4)............... soccer a lot. This summer vacation, he is enrolling for the summer activities in his home town. They`ll plant trees, clean the streets and participate in the city`s sport programs.
1. A. received B. have received C. has received D. receive
2. A. in B. during C. for D. since
3. A. study B. studies C. studied D. studying
4. A. play B. plays C. will play D. playing
2. Read the passage again and write T or F
Statements
T/F
Nam is in grade 8A.
His English was excellent.
He ought to work harder on his English
This summer vacation he is going to clean his school.
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3. Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space
farm being near play
to play chores nearby with
A Vietnamese girl named Hoa is living (1) _________ the Parker family in the American State of Texas. Mr. Parker is a farmer and Mrs. Parker works part time at a grocery store in a (2) _________ town. They have two children, Tom and Mary. Hoa often does (3) ____________ after school. Sometimes, she also helps on the (4) _________. The family relaxes on Sunday afternoons and watches Tom (5)___________ baseball. Hoa likes the Parkers, and she enjoys (6)________ a member of their family.
4. Read the passage and write T or F
Marie was born in Poland in 1876. She learnt to read when she was 4 years old. She was intelligent and hard an excellent memory. She finished high school when she was 15 years old. When she grew up, Marie went to Paris to study Mathematics and Chemistry at the University. She won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 and 8 years later she received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Marie Curie died in 1934.
1. ______ Marie finished high school in 1891
2. ______ She studied Mathematics and Chemistry at the University in Paris.
3. ______ She won the Nobel Prize for Physics when she was 28.
4. ______ Marie Curie died in 1943.
II. CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER
1. I often play soccer _______ Sunday afternoon.
A. in B. at C. on D. for
2. We should wait here _______ our teacher comes back.
A. before B. until C. after D. during
3. Mr. Brown is the same age ________ Mrs. Brown.
A. as B. like C. from D. with
4. The little boy is not _________ to lift the suitcase.
A. enough strong B. strong enough C. too strong D. so strong
5. My father was good at swimming. He used to ______ swimming in summer.
A. go B. goes C. went D. going
6. Kate hates ______ to classical music.
A. listens B. listened C. listen D. listening
7. Hung is ______ student in my class.
A. good B. better C. the best D. a best
8. Ho Chi Minh City is larger and ______ beautiful than Hanoi.
A. more B. as C. most D. the most
9. Mr. Smith likes _______ to music in his free time.
A. listens B. listened C. listen D. listening
10. They built this house _______1990.
A. from B. in C. at D. for
. The boy had to cook dinner _________because his mother came home late.
A. yourself B. himself C. herself D. themselves
. My brother speaks English very __________.
A. easy B. bad C. fluently D. fluent
13. Mrs. Brown asked John ________ her a cup of tea.
A. get B. to get C. getting D. got
14. The boy _________ that film yet.
A. has not seen B. has seen C. saw D. does not see
15. I am sure he will enjoy ____________ on his trip.
A. herself B. ourselves C. itself D. himself
16. I was born in Viet Nam. So Vietnamese is my____________.
A.
I. Read Mary Ann’s story, and answer the questions.
In 1969, Hurricane Camille hit my three-storey blocks of flats near the Gulf of Mexico. First, the sea hit the building and all the windows broke. Then the room flooded. Five minutes later, my bed was floating near the ceiling. Then it floated out of the window. It was dark and the wind was howling. I was terrified. The building was falling down all around me. The wind was awful. It reached a speed of 234 miles per hour. I was cut and bleeding from head to toe. Finally, someone found me 8 km from my house and they took me to hospital.
1. When did Hurricane Camille hit the Gulf of Mexico?
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2. What happened after the rooms flooded?
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3. What happened to the building?
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4. How fast was the wind?
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5. How far did the water carry Mary Ann?
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I. Choose the word or phrase that needs correcting :
1. They are working at weekends so as to not delay the project.
A B C D
2. Would you like coming and stay with us while you are in the town ?
A B C D
3. Mary enjoys to be able to meet a lot of interesting people during her vacation.
A B C D
4. Hoa helps Mrs. Jones by her luggage.
A B C D
5. OK. I will give it to him when I will see him tomorrow afternoon.
A B C D
6. John didn’t write to me since he came back to his country.
A B C D
7. She learned English so that she can study in the United States.
A B C D
8. Today we go on an eight-hours tour around the valley.
A B C D
II. Use the correct preposition :
1. Don’t overheat the victim ___________ blankets or coats.
2. Put the affected part __________ under a running cold tap if possible.
3. She fell ________ her bike and hit her head _________ the road.
4. What do you know __________ a first-aid course ? Please tell me what to know.
5. The rescue team tried to take them out _________ the fire.
6. Will you inform your classmate _________ the change _________ schedule ?
7. You shouldn’t take _________ warm clothes. It starts to be colder than before.
8. Will you come _________ to my place _________ the weekend ?
9. The police asked me to phone __________ an ambulance.
10. You had better put pressure _________ the wound.
11. Ngo Si Lien lane is ___________ Quang Trung street and Tran Hung Dao street.
12. After the accident, I spent six months _________ crutches.
13. How did we make contact _________ you ?
14. The ambulance will be here ________ about 10 minutes.
15. Thanks __________ your praise. It really cheers me ________.
III. Use the correct tense or form of the verb in parentheses :
1. I am sorry what (happen) _________________ last week.
2. He always (travel) _______________ to work by motorbike.
3. Many people (attend) _________________ the meeting tomorrow night.
4. She (be) ______________ here since Christmas.
5. When we (come) _____________ to the party last night, many people (dance) _______________.
6. The sea (cover) ______________ most of the world’s surface.
7. You must (meet) ________________ before.
8. She’ll come and visit her old grandparents before she (leave) _____________ here.
9. John moved into a new flat so that he could (perfect) _______________ his English.
10. My father (turn) ________________ on the television so that he could see the news.
11. You will be late if you (not hurry) ___________________.
12. What time (your train / leave) __________________________ tomorrow ?
13. It’s a secret between them. He promises he (not tell) ________________ anybody.
14. “Did you phone Kate ?” – Oh no. I forgot. I (phone) ________________ her now.
15. I (get up) _________________ early yesterday so as to catch the first bus.
16. Who (look after) ________________ the children when your sister (be) ____________ away ?
17. He promised he (leave) _______________ before the sun (rise) _______________.
18. When I (see) _______________ Mr. Pike tomorrow, I (give) ______________ him your message.
19. They (move) _______________ to their new house at Christmas last year.
20. Thanks for (let) _____________ me (borrow) _____________ your camera. I (bring) _____________ it back to you after I (return) ________________ from the library.
IV. Use the correct form of the word in parentheses :
1. Always wear a safe helmet so as to _______________ the danger of head ______________. (minimum / injure)
2. Oh no ! My finger is _________________ quite badly. (blood)
3. The ________________ of water caused the dam to burst. (press)
4. They want ___________________ answer. (immediately)
5. She is waiting ________________ before his mother’s room. (anxiety)
6. My friend who has had a dog bite needs an anti-tetanus _________________. (inject)
7. Come by the fire. You must be ________________ to the bone. (chill)
8. Her speedy _________________ after the operation amazed all the nurses and doctors. (revive)
9. Make sure that the needles are ________________. (sterile)
10. He was _______________ for many days after the fainting. (consciousness)
11. Most ______________ are written in English. (instruct)
12. The _____________ player was carried out of the football ground on a ______________. (injury / stretch)
13. The man who had an accident was rushed to the _______________ room in an ambulance. (emergence)
14. Doctors have succeeded in finding a better ______________ for rabies. (treat)
15. He felt _______________ when listening to the _____________ lecture. (sleep / bore)
V. Reading comprehension :
a. Choose the best answer and check True or False :
This is the emergency room in a large hospital. A paramedic is wheeling a (1) ___________ on a stretcher into the (2) ____________ room where the doctor is waiting to treat a patient. The patient doesn’t look well. His head is (3) ____________ and his eyes are closed.
A nurse is (4) __________ an empty wheelchair towards the exit. She is probably taking it to a patient in the ambulance.
The eye (5) ___________ on the wall is used to check people’s (6) ___________. The chart consists of about 28 letters ranging in size from about 5 centimeters in (7) __________ at the top of the chart to about 1 centimeter at the (8) _________.
Choose the best answer
1. A. doctor B. patient C. nurse D. suitcase
2. A. emergency B. class C. meeting D. waiting
3. A. broken B. bandaged C. cleaned D. washed
4. A. pulling B. holding C. pushing D. cleaning
5. A. notice B. book C. chart D. board
6. A. head B. arm C. body D. eyesight
7. A. height B. high C. tall D. B & C are correct
8. A. below B. bottom C. between D. back
Check True or False
1. A paramedic is wheeling a patient on a stretcher into the emergency room.
2. A nurse is pushing an empty wheelchair towards the emergency room.
3. A doctor is trying to weigh a crying baby on the scale.
4. Shy is trying to stop her child from crying.
b. Choose the best answer :
You are cutting something and you accidentally (1) _________ your finger. A little blood begins to come out. Your finger
will bleed for a few minutes, but you will not lose (2) _________ blood if the cut is small. Losing a little blood is not serious because your body has about four and three-fourths liters of blood.
(3) __________ is the most important part f body’s transportation system. It transports oxygen, blood, water and (4)
_________ substances. It takes away waste products such as carbon dioxide as well.
Human blood, like all living things, has cells. There are three kinds of blood cells : red, white and platelets. Red blood cells carry oxygen. White blood cells carry oxygen. White blood cells fight germs and therefore give (5) ________ to the body. Platelets help your blood to clot, which helps stop (6) __________.
All three kinds of blood cells float in the liquid part of blood, (7) ____________ is called plasma. Plasma is about ninety percent water. It is colorless. (8) _________ plasma contains things such as proteins and salts, it is thicker than water.
1. A. burn B. hit C. cut D. sting
2. A. less B. little C. much D. many
3. A. Blood B. Water C. Body D. Bone
4. A. others B. together C. another D. other
5. A. instruction B. information C. pollution D. protection
6. A. dressing B. bleeding C. letting D. standing
7. A. that B. it C. which D. they
8. A. Because B. But C. So D. And
Cám mơn trước!!!!
DDieenfn từ vào chỗ chấm :for, injection, first-aid, scared, countryside, out, cleansed, suddenly, covered, hospital
Yesterday Lan and Lien went to visit their aunt in the (1)_________ She took them out (2) __________ a walk. When they passed by one of her aunt’s neighbors’ house, a dog came running (3) __________ and barked unceasingly. They wanted to stop it but they couldn’t. It ran after them and (4) __________ bit Lan. It was so terrible. They had to bring Lan to the nearest (5) __________ which is only half a kilometer from her aunt’s house. There the nurse (6) __________ Lan’s wound with warm water and soap. She (7) __________ the wound with a clean and dry dressing. Lan got an antitetanus (8) __________ as soon as possible. She went home after she got (9) __________. She felt better, but she still got (10) __________.
V. Read the letter below, then answer the question (Hãy đọc kĩ lá thư sau, sau đó trả lời các câu hỏi):
Dear Sir, In reply to your advertisement in the Saigon Times for a typist. I beg to apply for the post. I’m nineteen years old, and I have passed my Form II examination. I have been attending a wellknown commercial school for more than six month to learn Typewriting and Bookkeeping. At the moment I can type thirtyfive words per minute. Before I left school, I was the editor of my class magazine for tow years. My teachers have spoken well about my knowledge of English. I therefore feel confident that I can carry out my dirties to your satisfaction,if you offer me the post. I shall be grateful if you would appoint me to post.
Yours fathfully,
David Solary
1. Who wrote the letter above?
2. What did he write the letter for?
3. How old is he?
4. What about his study?
5. How fast can he type?
6. What did he do before he left school?
7. how will he feel if he gets the job?
UNIT 9 (GETTING STARTED , A CLOSER LOOK 1 & 2)
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I.Match a word in column A with its description in column B, writing the answer in each blank.
Answer |
A |
B |
______ |
1. A thunderstorm |
A. It is created when the surface layer of the ground collapses. It varies in size and are found all over the world. It is an area of ground that has no natural external surface drainage. When it rains, all of the water stays inside it and typically drains into the subsurface. It can vary from a few feet to hundreds of acres and from less than 1 to more than 100 feet deep. |
______ |
2. A tornado |
B. The Earth has a crust under the oceans and the land that we live on. This crust made of massive areas of flat rock called tectonic plates, which float on the Earth’s mantle, the inside layer of the Earth. When the plates move slowly together, this movement forces energy through the crusts to the Earth’s surface. The energy causes the Earth to tremble and shake. |
______ |
3. A hurricane |
C. It is a very bright flash of electricity that happens in a thunderstorm. It is actually a spark that crosses the gap between two clouds or between a cloud and the Earth. It carries an enormous charge of electricity. Trees are burned, metal can be melted and people can be killed. |
______ |
4. An earthquake |
D. It is caused by earthquakes at sea. It forms when energy from an earthquake displace hundreds of cubic kilometers of water from the seabed. Large waves begin moving through the ocean from their epicenters. When it reaches shallow water near coastal areas, it increases in height. The sign comes before it strikes when the waterline suddenly retreats, exposing hundreds of meters of beach and seabed. |
______ |
5. A volcano |
E. It is a very violent windstorm. The air is concentrated and whirls up rapidly. It is grey in colour and looks like an elephant’s trunk swaying down from the clouds to touch the ground with its tip. |
______ |
6. A tsunami |
F. It is a hill or mountain formed when molten material or lave from the inside of the Earth is forced through the Earth’s crust by gases. It can produce vast clouds of very fine volcanic dust which looks like smoke. |
_____ |
7. A sinkhole |
G. It is a storm where you hear thunder and see lightning. There is usually heavy rain. It is an electric storm. |
______ |
8. Lightning |
H. It is the most violent storm known on Earth. It is a tropical storm. It forms at sea and causes dangerous, stormy seas. It can reach the land and destroy buildings and trees. It can blow high waves onto the land and cause flooding. |
II. Complete each sentences with the correct word from the box.
drought |
flood |
hurricane |
landslide |
tornado |
1. When there is a ___________, a lot of water covers an area where there usually isn’t water.
2. A ___________ refers to a long time without rain.
3. When there is a ______________, a lot of rocks and earth fall down a hill.
4. A____________ is a storm with a lot of wind that moves over water.
5. A____________ is a storm in which the air moves very quickly in a circle.
III. Use the verbs in the box in the correct form to complete the sentences.
bury |
evacuate |
rage |
take |
recover |
scatter |
provide |
suffer |
1. The government _____________ health and other services to the affected regions.
2. Action were _____________ to limit the effects of the floods in Quang Ninh.
3. The Red Cross helped homeless families to ____________ from the disaster through the project.
4. The majority of concerned areas have ___________ from cholera epidemics after the floods and landslides in Central America.
5. Early September, mudslides caused by heavy rains _____________ an entire village of 480 inhabitants.
6. Thousands of villagers ____________ from flood-prone areas after the warnings from the weather bureau.
7. Tiny particles of dust, smoke, salt or pollution droplets that ___________ through the air to cause haze.
8. The fires ____________ for more than a week in the southern region of Chile, which has been hit by a severe drought.