DÊ CUONG ON TAP KHI TA 8

ĐỀ CƯƠNG ÔN TẬP TA 8
(Năm học: 2009-2010)
I/ READING:
1/ Read the passage, then decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F),
Graham Bell was born in Scotland in 1847, but when he was a young man of twenty- three he moved with his parents to Canada. Before the year was over, young Graham had left his family and gone to Boston .Though Bell was a dreamer, he was also a practical thinker and a man of action. In Boston, where he worked by day as a teacher of the deaf, he worked far into the night experimenting with the electrical transmission of the sound. This led to the invention of the telephone.
1/ Alexander G. Bell was born in England.
2/ He emigrated to Canada in 1865.
3/ He went to Boston when he was twenty – three.
4/ He worked with the deaf in Boston.
5/ He experimented with the electrical transmission of the sound by day.
6/ Graham Bell invented the telephone.
2/ Read the passage carefully, and answer the questions below.
Do you have any close friends? I think everybody at least has one close friend in their life. And so do I. I have two close Friends, Hanh and Mai .We are in the same class at the primary school, and then secondary school. We are also neighbors so we spend most of our time in learning and play together. Hanh is a beautiful girl with big black eyes and an oval rosy face .She is an intelligent student who is always at the top of the class .She likes reading, she often goes to the library .Mai isn’t as beautiful as Hanh, but she has a lovely smile and looks very healthy .Mai is a volleyball star of our school. She is also very sociable and has a good sence of humor .I love both of my friends and I always hope of my friends and I always hope our friendship will never die.
Questions:
Does the author have any close friends? What are their names?
What is Hanh’s hobby?
3. What’s Mai character?
4. Which sport does Mai play in the school team?
3/ Read the passage carefully, and answer the questions below.
Hello! My name is David. I work for a construction company. I have worked for this company for nearly 5 years. We build roads, dams, bridges and things like that. At the moment my company is producing a plan for a new motorway. I usually work in the roads department, but this month I am working in the department that builds. So my whole working day is different just now. I normally spend a lot of time outdoors, because I have to go the construction sites. But with this new project I spend a lot of time in the workshop. Now I am testing a model of the new bridges. I enjoy it a lot, because I have learned a lot of new things.
How long has David worked for his construction company?
What is his company doing at the moment?
Where does he usually work?
Is he working in the roads department this month?
Why does he normally spend a lot of time outdoors?
What is he testing now?
4/ Read the passage carefully, and answer the questions below.
Ha Long – Bay of the Descending Dragon- is popular with both Vietnamese and international tourists. One of the attractions of Ha Long is bay’s calm water with limestone mountains. The Bay’s water is clear during the spring and early summer. Upon arriving in Ha Long city, visitors can go along Chay Beach. From the beach, they can hire a boat and go out to the Bay. It is here that the visitors can find some of Southeast Asia’s most beautiful sites. Dau Go Cave is one of the most beautiful caves at Ha Long. It was the cave in which General Tran Hung Dao hid wooden stakes to beat the Mongols on Bach Dang River in 1288.
1. Who (m) is Ha Long popular with?
2. What is one of the attractions of Ha Long?
3. What is the Bay’s water like?
4. What can visitors do when they arrive in Ha Long City?
5. Which is one of the most beautiful caves at Ha Long?
6. Where did General Tran Hung Dao hide wooden stakes to beat the Mongols on Bach Dang River in 1288?
II/ Use the correct form of the verbs:
1. The sun (rise) in the East.
2. Last year, I (not visit) Huong pagoda.
3. He (learn) English since 2001.
4. You (have) a test tomorrow?
5. We should (underline)