Ex5. Read the following passage and choose the best answer.

Do you like seasons?

    The four seasons in Britain are very different. Read about what Daniel and Fiona think about winter, spring, summer and autumn.

Daniel

   Autumn is very beautiful time of the year. The leaves on the trees go brown, red and yellow and they go down. I love to watch it! We play in the parks a lot but we wear warm clothes, because the days get cold. School starts again in autumn, at the beginning of September. I don’t like school!

   Summer is the time for me! School finishes in July and we can play in the parks all the time. Sometimes it is very hot. People are happier and they talk with their friends and go for a walk more. The days are very long. In July, for example, it gets dark only about 10 o’clock. It’s very difficult to go to sleep at night! Fiona

   It’s very cold in winter! Sometimes, we have a lot of snow and we can make snowmen. I don’t like winter because we can’t go for a walk very much. We wear thick clothes and in our house it sometimes gets cold. When we come home from school at 4 o’clock, it is already dark. I don’t like it at all! But there is one good thing about winter - Christmas!

   After the long winter, spring is great! There are new leaves on the trees and the birds start to sing.

We can go for long walks again and play in the park. The days are longer and it doesn’t get dark until about six o’clock. It’s much warmer but it rains a lot and the days are very windy.

1.            A. Daniel likes autumn because the trees are beautiful.

B.  Daniel likes autumn because school starts in September.

C.  Daniel doesn’t play in the park in autumn because the days are cold.

D.  Daniel goes to school with great pleasure.

2.            A. School in Britain finishes in May.

B.  Daniel doesn’t like to meet his friends in the park in summer.

C.  People in Great Britain sometimes have hot summers.

D.  In July it is dark at nine.

3.            A. Daniel always goes to sleep at eight in summer because the days are shorter than in winter. B. It is always very hot in Britain in summer.

C.  Daniel doesn’t like autumn at all!

D.  In summer Daniel is happier than in autumn because he doesn’t go to school.

4.            A. Fiona makes snowmen every day in winter.

B.  Fiona likes to go for a walk with her friends.

C.  Fiona doesn’t like winter because it is cold in winter.

D.  It never gets cold in Fiona’s house.

5.            A. Winters are short in Britain.

B.  Fiona comes home in the afternoon.

C.  Fiona doesn’t like winter at all!

D.  It never snows in Great Britain.

6.            A. Fiona likes spring very much. B. Fiona likes dark winter days.

C.  It gets dark at 5 in the afternoon in spring.

D.  In Great Britain it doesn’t rain much in spring.

X. Read the passage below and then choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.

SPRING FESTIVAL

From (1) ______ times people have celebrated the end of winter and the new life that spring brings. One of the most important Christian festivals is Easter, (2) ______ Christians remember the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Easter, however, is not the (3) ______ spring festival. In Sweden, people celebrate the end of the winter by making (4) ______ bonfires. Fire also plays an important part in the Hindu festival of Holi. In some villages children are (5) ______ round bonfires by their mothers to protect them (6) ______ danger in the coming year. Buddhists in Thailand soak (7) ______ in water when celebrating their New Year, which (8) ______ in the middle of April. In Antigua in Guatemala they carpet the streets with flowers. Chinese spring parades are (9) ______ colourful, but (10) ______ flowers they have large dragon puppets which dance in the streets. 

1. A. earliest B. latest C. previous D. old

2. A. which B. when C. because D. by then

3. A. single B. one C. only D. lonely

4. A. giant B. tremendous C. extreme D. huge

5. A. gone B. carried C. brought D. run

6. A. in B. out of C. against D. from

7. A. through B. one other C. each other D. mutually

8. A. falls B. appears C. happens D. occurs

9. A. the same B. as C. not less D. equally

10. A. instead of B. on behalf of C. in spite of D. place of

II. Read the text and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each of the gaps.

Spring festivals

From (1) _________ times people have celebrated the end of winter and the new life that spring brings. One of the most important Christian festivals is Easter, (2) ________Christians remember the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Easter, however, it is not the (3) ____________spring festival. In Sweden, people celebrate the end of the winter by (4) _____________huge bonefires. Fire also plays an important part in the Hindu festival of Holi. In some villages children are carried around bonefires (5) _________their mothers to protect them (6) _________danger in the coming year. Buddists in Thailand soak each (7) __________ water when cellaring their New Year, which falls in (8) _________middle of April. In Antigua in Guatemala they carpet the streets with flowers. Chinese spring parades (9) ________equally colourful, but instead of flowers they have large dragon puppets (10) __________ dance in the streets.

I.

1, Fall means.................in British English

A. Summer B. Winter C. Spring D. Autumn

2, They buy some fruit but.......................vegetables.

A. Some B. any C. litter D.no

3. How ................kilos of beef does she want?

A. Many B. Much C. often D. About

II. Supply the correct form of the word in capital.

1) Choose the correct answers.

0) Our dad buys us two new_________every Saturday. ( toys, books, comics, drinks )

1) September, October and November are the monthsof the____________( winter, autumn, spring, summer )

2) The bus is__________than the car ( slower, faster, smaller, bigger )

3)____________is a colder season than spring. ( Autumn, Spring, Summer, Winter )

4) What's about_____________videos ?- Sorry, I'm busy now. ( wathes, watching, to watch, watch )

5) Does she play__________sports in her free time ? ( any, the, a, every )

Fill in the blank with one suitable word

Vietnam,our country,is very beautiful.It has four seasons :spring,summer,autumn and (1)............................is cool in the fall,and in the winter it is cold and windy.I like hot weather(2)...............In the spring it is often warm.Sometimes it is rainy.In the summer it is often hot and sunny.The (3)................... I can do many activities.(4)...............I usually go swimming and play soccer.Sometimes I go fishing with my brother.

There are four (1) …………….. in a year. (2) ………………are spring, summer, fall (3) ………………...winter. The weather in the spring is usually warm. In the summer, it is (4) ………………. The fall is cool. It is cold in the winter. I like summer and fall (5) ……………. I can play sports and do (6) ……………… activities. In the summer, I go swimming and fishing (7)……………….. my brother. When it is cool, I play badminton and tennis. I often play (8) ………………… in the winter.

Grade 8                     The mid- first semester

Choose the item among A, B, C or D that best answer the question about the passage.

The thing I liked most when I was small was the change of seasons. Spring, summer, autumn and winter – I could see them all come and go and each one was completely different. Now in the city, you can buy summer flowers in winter ad eat the same vegetables all the year round. Whereas, in the country, I could only eat things at certain times of the year, for example, strawberries in June and turnips in winter. I lived my childhood with the seasons.

We also made most of our food and would never eat frozen or tinned food. Everything was fresh, so it must be better than the type of food I am taking now in the city. City people may think people in the country miss a lot of things about modern life. In fact, in my opinion they miss a lot more than people in the country, they miss real life.

1. What did the writer like most about living in the country?

A. Flowers in spring                                   B. Leaves in autumn.

C. The wild animals and plants.                D. The change of seasons.

2. What does the word “them” in line 2 refer to?

( Từ “ them” ở dòng 2 đề cập đến điều gì? )

A. Four season                       B. Winter and autumn

C. Countryside people            D. Plants

3. In the countryside which season can we buy strawberries?

A. Spring             B. Summer           C. Autumn           D. Winter

4. Why did the writer never eat tinned food when living in the country?

( Tại sao tác giả không bao giờ ăn thức ăn đóng hộp khi sống ở nông thôn? )

A. Because it was frozen                  B. Because it was contaminated

C. Because it was very fat                D. Because it wasn’t very fresh

5. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?

( Câu nào dưới đây không đúng theo nội dung bài đọc? )

A. People in the city can grow vegetables all year round.

B. In the countryside turnips are grown in winter

C. The writer often eat frozen and tinned food now.

D. Many city people think they live better than those in the country.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

6. She is very keen at drawing and she really wants to have her own gallery

          A                B                                     C                        D

7. This house is more spacious as that white house I bought in HCM City

                    A                         B                               C        D

Choose the correct answer

8.We are all hook ________ making star lanterns.

A.in                               B. off                    C.on                     D.to

9. An old woman was ________ the goats up the mountainside.

A. riding              B. taking              C. herding            D. running

10. We found the film ……………………..because of the excellent actors and actresses.

A. interest            B. interested                   C. interesting                 D. interests

11. The church near our school…………. in the 16^th century.

A. was built                   B. was building    C. built                           D. builds

12. His parents feel very sad and upset because he’s __________ to computer games.

A. addiction                  B. addicted           C. addictive                    D. addict

13. __________ a horse is one of the skills every child in Mongolia has to learn.

A. Ride                B. Riding              C. Rides                         D. Rode

14. My dad doesn't mind ________ my mom from work every day.

A. picks up                   B. picking up       C. pick up                      D. picked up

15. He did the test ……………………than I did.

A.as bad as                   B. more worse      C. worse                        D. badder

16. We will go swimming today…………it is very hot.

A. so                    B. so that             C. because                      D. although

17.Using the computer as your hobby can be……………..to both your health and your social life.

A. harm               B. to harm            C. harmful            D. harmless

18.– It isn’t a long way from Britain, isn’t it?” – “Yes, but it isn’t as ……………as HongKong.”

A. far                             B. farther              C. farthest            D. further

19. He ………… lots of old books for 5 years.

A. recycled                B. is recycling           C. has recycled         D. will recycle

20. When I was a child, I …………. follow my Mom to the market.

A. used to                  B. use to                     C. get used to            D. usually

21. They’ll arrive ………. Monday, 14 July.

A. in                           B. at                           C. during                   D. on

22. You look very _________- today.

A. happiness             B. happy                    C. happily                  D. happiest.

23. Using computers too much may have harmful effects____________ your minds and bodies.

A. on                 B. to                   C. with                   D. onto

24. I love the people in my village. They are so __________and hospitable.

A. friendly         B. vast                 C. slow                     D. inconvenient

25. People in the countryside live ___________than those in the city.

A. happy            B. more happily    C. happily                   D. less happy
26. We will start our trip ________6 o’clock _________the morning.

A. in / in                      B. at / in              C. in / at                    D. at / at

27. We __________anything from James since we left school.

A. haven’t heard         B. heard                  C. don’t hear              D. didn’t hear

28. It is ....................... in the city than it is in the country.

A. noisily             B. more noisier                C. noisier                D. noisy

29. Teenagers enjoy ............... to music and ............... out with friends.

A. listen – hang                                               B. to listen – to hang

C. listening – hang                                          D. listening – hanging
30."Do you love it?" can be abbreviated:

A. WBU                 B. J4F                  C. NUFF                      D. DYLI

31. Steven dislikes …………, so he usually takes a bus to work.

A. to drive             B. to be driven       C. be driven               D. driving

32. Thanh is ………..lazy to pass the next exam.

A. very                 B. too                   C. enough             D. so

33. I ……………..watch the football match on TV last night because I …………busy.

A. didn’t watch/ was                         B. didn’t watch / am

C. haven’t watched / was                           D. haven’t watched / am

34. She …………….to have a new computer.

A. enjoys              B. dislikes            C. would like                 D. adores

35. Look ! There are many………………kites in the sky.

A. color                B. colorful            C. colorfully                            D. colorless

36. I can’t run as……………..Huy.

A. fastly as           B. fastly than       C. fast as                        D. fast than

37. Quang’s parents are thinking of banning him from……………. the computer.

A. use                            B. to use               C. used                           D. using

38. No one can help her solve that problem. She must do it………….

A. sheself             B. yourself              C. herself                     D. himself

39. They hate ……………their sin texting his friends all day.

A. texting             B. to texting           C. texting                     D. A + C are correct

40.  I can see many boys……………..buffaloes .

a. herding             B. playing               C. collecting                 D. driving

41. Yesterday, we went on an……………..tour around the village.

A. eight hours      B. eight hour          C. eight – hours           D. eight- hour

42. Would you like……..and ……………with us while you are in town?

A. to come/ staying        B. coming/ staying                   C. to come / stay            D. coming/ to stay

43.A new bridge over the river……………at the moment.

A. is built             B.  is being built    C. has been built                    D. will be built

44. She enjoys looking at goods displayed in the shop windows, so she goes………very often.

A . window- shop                              B. shop- window                                       

C. window-shopping                      D. shopping- window
45. Teenagers prefer……………….

A. to play computer games to read books.
B. playing computer games to read books.
C. playing computer games to reading books.
D. to play computer games to reading books.

46.  Please don’t smoke in the kitchen.

A. Do you mind smoke in the kitchen?

B. Do you mind not smoke in the kitchen?

C. Do you mind not smoking in the kitchen?

D. Do you mind smoking in the kitchen?

47. He is working in a factory that makes cars.

A. He is working in a cars- making factory.

B. He is working in a car- making factory

C. He is working in a cars  making factory

D. He is working in a car making factory

48. My daughter adores doing DIY .

A. My daughter is fond on doing DIY.

B. My daughter is keen on doing DIY.

C. My daughter detests doing DIY.

D. My daughter is fond to doing DIY.

49. She spends 2 hours each day using the computer.

A. It takes her 2 hours each day using the computer.

B. It takes she 2 hours each day using the computer.

C. It takes her 2 hours each day to use the computer.

D. It takes she 2 hours each day to use the computer.

50.  This test is easier than the test we did last month.

A. This test is not as difficult as the test we did last month.

B. This test is less difficult than the test we did last month.

C. The test we did last month was more difficult than this test.

D. All are correct.