Bài tập Tiếng Anh lớp 8 Unit 8 thí điểm

Bài tập Tiếng Anh lớp 8

Unit 8 nâng cao: English speaking

countries

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Exercise 1: Choose the words that have the different stress from the others

1. A. refugee B. committee C. absence D. Taiwanese 2. A. iconic B. monument C. territory D. difficulty3. A. native B. perhaps C. whisky D. accent4. A. official B. excursion C. Thanksgiving D. spectacle

Exercise 2: Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differentlyfrom the others

1. A. wood B. thousand C. procedure D. hairdryer2. A. whiten B. fiber C. zipper D. conveyor3. A. vanilla B. vacuum C. a dd D. facsimile4. A. follow B. powder C. show D. borrow

Exercise 3: Choose the correct answer

1. The Lord of the Rings movies were filmed in ____________.A. England

B. AustraliaC. CanadaD. New Zealand

2. The name Canada comes from the word “kanata” which means “settlement” or
“____________” in the language of the St Lawrence Iroquoians.

A. countryB. villageC. townD. nation

A. SaxonB. CelticC. CymruD. Galle

4. In 1893, _____________ became the first country in the world to give all women theright to vote.

A. CanadaB. New ZealandC. AmericaD. Singapore

5. You can see _____________ on the Canadian national flag.A. the maple leaf

B. the red leafC. the roseD. the oak tree

Exercise 4: Complete the sentences with the appropriate present tense of the verbsin brackets

1. For over 130 years, Akubra hats ________ its legendary stories in Australia. [make]2. Aberdeen in Scotland ________ an important centre for the oil industry since thefinding of oil in the North Sea. [become]

3. Canada _________ the longest land border in the world with the United States. [share]4. Ireland _________ the Eurovision Song Contest seven times. [win]

5. In Canada you should maintain eye contact while you __________ hands. [shake]

Exercise 5: Choose the item among A, B, C or D that best answer the question aboutthe passage

You are sure to enjoy the beauty of the Scottish varied landscape: the hills covered withpurple heather, its beautiful lakes [here they are called lochs], its green and narrowvalleys.

The biggest and the most beautiful lake in Scotland is Loch Lomond, but the mostfamous one is Loch Ness with its mysterious monster Nessie. Nessie sometimes appearsto scare the tourist but only in fine weather!

But what can be more curious and attractive for tourist than a man in the kilt, playing thebagpipes? The Celts of Scotland made the chequered pattern of tartan – the national dressof the country. The earliest Scots formed themselves into clans [family groups] and thetartan became a symbol of the sense of kinship. There are about 300 different clans inScotland, and each has its own colour and pattern of tartan together with the motto.

Scotland is a land of many famous people: writer and poets, scientist and philosophers,such as Robert Burns, Arthur Conan Doyle, Alexander Graham Hell, or AlexanderFleming.

1. The tallest mountain peak, Ben Nevis, is located in ______________.A. Lowlands

B. UplandsC. HighlandsD. England

2. Scotland has beautiful landscape with all of the following except ___________.A. the hills

B. the lakesC. the valleysD. the beaches

3. All of the following are true about Loch Ness except ___________.A. it is the most famous lake in Scotland

B. it is the biggest and the most beautiful lake in ScotlandC. its mysterious monster Nessie makes the lake famous D. Nessie sometimes appears to scare the tourists

A. its own colour and pattern of tartan together with the mottoB. the chequered pattern of tartan and the sense of kinshipC. its green and narrow valley where they lived

D. its area and population and beautiful landscape

5. The word “kinship” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to____________.A. the family group and its symbol

B. the own colour and pattern of tartanC. the relationship between clan membersD. the national dress of the country

Exercise 6: Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blankspace in the following passage

London‟s Tower Bridge is one of the most famous [1] _________ in the world. Thebridge, designed [2] _________ [by] the architect Horace Jones together with John WolfeBarry, was finally completed in 1894. It [3]_________ 11,000 tons of steel to build theframework of the 265-meter-long bridge. Over time, the bridge has become one ofLondon‟s most famous [4]_________.

[5] _________ photographs of the Tower Bridge is a favorite London tourist activity, butyou can also go inside the bridge, [6] _________you‟ll have a magnificent viewover London from the walkway [7] _________ the two bridge towers.

In 2014, glass floors were installed in the walkways, giving visitors another, unusualview from the bridge. The long glass floors, more than 40 meters above the river, allowyou to [8]_________ the traffic over the Tower Bridge from above. It is particularly[9]_________ to see the bridge [10] _________and close below your feet.

1. A. bridges B. bridge C. tower D. towers

2. A. or B. and C. as D. but

3. A. took B. built C. brought D. gave4. A. landscapes B. views C. symbols D. scenes5. A. To take B. Take C. To taking D. Taking 6. A. when B. where C. what D. whose

7. A. at B. on C. between D. in

9. A. fascinate B. fascinating C. fascinated D. fascination10. A. opened B. to open C. open D. be opened

Exercise 7: Reorder the words to make the sentences.

1. Washington D.C/ opens/ Museum/ a.m./ at Children’s/ in/ 10.00/ National/ The.___________________________________________________

2. monument/ San Francisco/ Bridge/ of/ The/ an/ iconic/ Gate/ is/ Golden.___________________________________________________

3. its/ years/ language/ for/ considered/ Malaysia/ as/ has/ official/ English.___________________________________________________

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end-Đáp án bài tập Tiếng Anh lớp 8

Unit 8 nâng cao: English

speaking countries

Exercise 1: Choose the words that have the different stress from the others

1. B 2. A 3. B 4. D

Exercise 2: Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differentlyfrom the others

1. C 2. D 3. A 4. B

Exercise 3: Choose the correct answer

1. D 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. A

Exercise 4: Complete the sentences with the appropriate present tense of the verbsin brackets

1.For over 130 years, Akubra hats ____has made____ its legendary stories in Australia.[make]

2.Aberdeen in Scotland ___has become_____ an important centre for the oil industrysince the finding of oil in the North Sea. [become]

3.Canada ____shares_____ the longest land border in the world with the United States.[share]

5.In Canada you should maintain eye contact while you ____are shaking______ hands.[shake]

Exercise 5: Choose the item among A, B, C or D that best answer the question aboutthe passage

1. C 2. D 3. B 4. A 5. C

Exercise 6: Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blankspace in the following passage

1. A 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. D

6. B 7. C 8. D 9. B 10. C

Exercise 7: Reorder the words to make the sentences.

1. The National Children‟s Museum in Washington D.C. opens at 10.00 a.m.2. The Golden Gate Bridge is an iconic monument of San Francisco.

3. Malaysia has considered English as its official language for years

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