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.
A. finds B. found C. finding D. find
18. A tradition is something we do that is special and ____________ down through the generations.