Đề cương ôn tập học kì I môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Năm học 2017-2018 - Trường THCS Tân Bình

 UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS 
 (TC) 
I. LISTENING: 
Listen to the tape and write TRUE or FALSE to each of the following sentences: 
 A. 1.Thu is Hoa‟s cousin. 
 2. The student introduced his father to his teacher. 
 3. Ba said to his grandmother that Bao was his classmate. 
 4. Mr Thanh is Nga‟sfather. 
 B. 1. Lan seems happy. 
 2. Hoa has a lovely smile. 
 3. Nien was old enough to be in Hoa‟s class. 
 4. Nien will visit Hoa at Christmas. 
II. PRONUNCIATION: 
Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as the others: 
1. A. humorous B. character C. classmate D. tomorrow 
2. A. enough B. pleasure C. Christmas D. lucky 
3. A. however B. generous C. customer D. restaurant 
4. A. neighbor B. organize C. attract D. careful 
5. A. annoy B. delicious C. helpful D. appearance 
6. A. different B. remember C. reserved D. forget 
7. A. receive B. important C. dangerous D. forget 
8. A. humor B. introduce C. excellent D. local 
9. A. pretty B. sociable C. cousin D. volunteer 
10. A. orphan B. summer C. friendly D. extremely 
III. MULTIPLE CHOICE: 
1. You .................happy, David. – Yes. I received a present from my girlfriend . 
 A.are looking B. seem B. are seeming D. B &C 
2. She feels ..................to continue her work. 
 A.sleepy enough b. so sleepy c. too sleepy d. enough sleepy 
1. Each of us has a .......................character. 
a. differ b. different c. difference d. differently 
2. Would you like to go to the movies with me tonight? - ........................ 
 a.Yes, please b. No, thanks c. Yes, I‟d love to. d. I‟m sorry. I‟d love to. 
3. She is pretty ..................long hair and a straight nose. 
a. in b. of c. with d. for 
4. She spends most of her free time .........................volunteer work. 
a.to do b. doing c. does d. did 
5. My sister is wearing a ........................dress. 
a. pink new pretty b. new pretty pink c. pretty pink new d. pretty new pink 
6. What does your teacher look like? – He is tall and rather ........................ . 
a. humorous b. thin c. generous d. kind 
7. A child whose parents have died is called a(n) ........................... 
a. cousin b. neighbor c. orphan d. nephew 
8. They have different characters .....................they are very close friends 
a. although b. but c. therefore d. so 
9. Although his friends enjoy his funny stories, they are sometimes ................... by his 
jokes. D. Loud voice is permitted if all agree. 
 4. What does the sign mean ? 
 A. Glasses – not necessary . 
 B. Please remove glasses . 
 C. Cool people doing cool things . 
 D. Safety glasses must be worn in this area . 
 5. What does the sign mean ? 
 A. Dancing is not permitted here . 
 B. No loose clothing while operating this machine . 
 C. Do not stand near the machine . 
 D. Do not enter . 
 6. What does the sign mean ? 
 A. Do not leave children alone . 
 B. Do not make children laugh here . 
 C. Do not make any noise . 
 D. Sitting here is not unsafe . 
7. What does the sign mean ? 
 A. Do not wear black things . 
 B. Please remove all head coverings and sunglasses before entering . 
 C. Do not make yourself different . 
 D. Beware of your clothing . 
 8. What does the sign mean ? 
 A. Do not let children sit in car . 
 B. Do not hold children too tight in car . makes us laugh that hard. Sometimes I think it is like we have been best mates since forever, 
(5) _____ I hope that we (6) ______ happy like this for a very long time. 
 1. A. nose B. leather C. cheek D. skin 
 2. A. like B. such as C. likely D. such 
 3. A. with B. for C. about D. of 
 4. A. talking B. to talk C. talked D. to talking 
 5. A. but B. though C. because D. and 
 6. A. are B. were C. will be D. was 
VI. Reading the following passage. Decide if the statements from 1 to 4 are True or False, 
and choose the correct answers (A, B, C or D) for the questions 5 and 6. 
 A) Friendship is the most valuable relationship in the life of a person instead of having 
many important things in life. No one of us has a complete and satisfied life if we lack faithful 
friendship. Everyone needs a good and loyal friend to share bad or good life events, enjoy 
happy moments and share unbearable events of the life. A good and balanced human 
interaction is very necessary for the survival of everyone. Good friends share each other‟s 
emotions or sentiments which bring feeling of well being and mental satisfaction. A friend is a 
person whom one can know deeply, like and trust forever. Instead of being some similarity in 
the nature of two persons involved in the friendship, they have some different traits but they 
need each other without changing their uniqueness. Generally, friends motivate each other 
without criticizing but sometimes good friends criticize to bring some positive changes in each 
other. 
 1.Everyone has a complete and satisfied life without faithful friendship. 
 2. A good and loyal friend will help us to share our sadness and happiness in our life. 
 3. We can trust our friends forever if they are really good friends. 
 4. Good friends never criticize each other. 
 5. What is the passage mainly about? 
 A. The most valuable relationships. B. Disadvantages in friendship 
 C. Friendship D. Changes in friendship. 
 6. The word “unbearable” in the passage is closest in meaning to ________ . 
 A. acceptable B. too painful C. avoidable D. bored 
 B) Individual has several relationships in their studying and working environment. To me, it 
is necessary to maintain friendship in daily life. As friend has no age limit everyone has 
friends, some are best friends other are friends. Having good friends brings people many 
advantages. They help us in different aspects of life, whenever we are in trouble or whatever 
we do. Friend is the one we can freely share opinion, thought, emotion and confidence. One 
feels better, trustful and comfortable when having a suitable friend. There are a large number 
of things friends can do together such as: traveling to new lands, going shopping in addition to 
sharing hobbies. Friendship is priceless and it has to be built on love, trust, caring without any 
exaggeration, flattery and pretensions. Therefore, a true friendship stands by you through thick 
and thin and makes you feel not lonely when being in a crowd. Besides, friendship has positive 
and negative effects in life. If we have good friends, they make us a happier and worthy life. In 
contrast, they may ruin our career and living if we choose bad friends. Therefore, no matter 
how often we meet each other, but how much you care and feel for another in good times as 
well as in bad times. Since famous saying states that: “To live life without the experience of 
friendship, is life without living”. 
 1.When we study and work, we often have some relationships. 
 2. Elderly people can‟t make friends with each other. 
 3. A suitable friend helps us feel better, trustful and comfortable. Mike is ______________________________________________________________. 
7. at home / Jane / alone / old enough / isn‟t / to stay . 
 Jane ________________________________________________________________. 
8. a letter / from / yesterday / I / my old friend / received . 
 I ___________________________________________________________________. 
9. the peace /the local library /of /We like / quiet /and. 
 We like ______________________________________________________________. 
10. Nien around /introduced her/ yesterday /Lan showed/ and / to many new friends . 
 Lan showed __________________________________________________________. 
III. Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the 
same as the sentence printed before it. 
1.She can‟t ride a motorbike because she is still young. 
→She isn‟t________________________________________ 
2. The weather is too cold for us to go swimming. 
→The weather isn‟t_______________________________________ 
3. This exercise is too difficult for me to do. 
→This exercise isn‟t_________________________________________ 
4. I am very lucky because I have many good friends. 
→I am lucky___________________________________________________ 
5. The bag isn‟t light enough for the boy to carry. 
→The bag is________________________________________________ 
6. The gate is too high for me to reach. 
→I am not_______________________________ 
7. The book was so interesting that I read it twice. 
→The book was_______________________________________ 
9. The garden is too small for us to play football in. 
→The garden is__________________________________________________ 
10. He was so tired that he fell asleep before the end of the film. 
→He was too____________________________________________________ 
11. The children couldn‟t go swimming because the sea was very rough. 
→The sea was too___________________________________________ 
13. The film is not interesting enough for us to see. 
→The film is too________________________________________ 
14. Lan lives next to my house. 
→Lan is__________________________________________________ 
15. You can‟t put this book in your pocket because it is too big. 
→This book isn‟t________________________________________ 
16. They spent two years building this house. 
→It____________________________________________________________ 
17. It takes me two hours to do my homework every day. 
→I ________________________________________________________________ 
18. We have quite different characters. 
→Our characters_________________________________________________ 
19. My friend‟s hair is long, curly and black. 
→My friend has____________________________________________________ 
20. What a lovely smile you have ! 
→How_____________________________________________________________ 3. We did a(n).. to test the acidity of the soil. 
A. stationery B. experiment C. orphanage D. volunteer 
4. He received permission to .. to Canada. 
A. emigrate B. agree C. reach D. deliver 
5. June, let me .. you to Bob. 
A. speak B. invite C. introduce D. arrange 
6. He .. a message saying he would probably be a little late. 
A. took B. left C. followed D. called 
7. When we got up, it was still dark ... 
A. on B. there C. here D. outside 
8. The college is having an .. of the students‟ work in April. 
A. fax machine B. exhibition C. delivery D. directory 
9. Marconi was the .. of radio. 
A. inventor B. principal C. assistant D. customer 
10. My son was born .. July 1st, 1998. 
A. in B. at C. on D. until 
11. We started .. English in 2000. 
A. learning B. learn C. to learning D. learned 
12. I enjoyed German .. I wasn‟t very good at it. 
A. but B. and C. although D. because 
13. Anybody know .. Earl Varney is these days? 
A. when B. where C. why D. who 
14. How would you like .. the summer in Italy? 
A. spend B. spending C. to spend D. to spending 
15. Cultural values are .. from parent to child. 
A. transmit B. transmiting C. transmitted D. transmited 
16. The laboratory began doingexperiments on rats. 
A. conducting B. carrying out C. performing D. All are correct. 
17. .. were waiting for the shop to open. 
A. Customers B.Emigrant C. Assistant D. Orders 
18. - “My mother is ill in hospital.” - “...” 
A. I don‟t think so B. Oh, she is unlucky C. No problem D. I‟m sorry to 
hear that 
19. - “Can I speak to Mr. Johnson, please?” - “.” 
A. I‟m Mr. John B. Hold on, please C. No, you can‟t D. Yes, you can. 
20. - “ Will you come to our party tonight?” - “, but I‟ll have an important 
meeting.” 
A. I like it B. I will come C. I‟d like coming D. I‟d love to 
IV. CAUTION SIGNS – WARNINGS 
1. What does the sign want us to know?