Tự chọn TA 8 (nâng cao)

Töï choïn naâng cao Tieáng Anh 8 Unit 1 : DESCRIBING PEOPLE (Naâng cao)  I. Read : President Ho is a great man but he had a very simple life. He devoted his whole life to the liberation of our nation. The first impression of the meeting with the leader of the Vietnam people was the complete informality, the warmth and simplicity of it all. President Ho or Uncle Ho as he is to millions of people throughout Vietnam had the ability to make one feel in ease from the first moment and to present the most complex question in a few clear words and gestures. Everyone who is received by president Ho comments on these characteristics, and above all their feeling of being immediately “at home” with him. Answer the questions : 1. What do you call president Ho ? 2. How was his life ? 3. What did he devote his whole life to ? 4. What was the first impression of the meeting with the Uncle Ho of the Vietnamese people ? 5. How do people feel when they meet Uncle Ho ? Give the adjective form of the words : - warmth : - ability : - simplicity : - ease : II. Practice the dialogue : Lan : Hi, Hoa. Hoa : Hello Lan. My friend, Nien is going to visit me next week. Lan : Really ? I saw her photo. She’s a lovely girl. Hoa : Yes. She’s good looking with long black hair. Lan : I see. She has an oval face and a small nose. Hoa : She’s a kind and sociable girl. She’s willing to help others. Lan : She’s your close friend. Do you know her hobbies ? Hoa : She likes playing sports, reading books and listening to music. She enjoys traveling, too. Lan : Oh, I’m eager to meet her. • Talk to you friends about your close friend friend. III. Make some questions to ask your friends : - Name : - Age : - Address : - Family : - Friends : • Tell something to describe your appearance and character and your favorite activities. Trang 1 Töï choïn naâng cao Tieáng Anh 8 IV. Listen to answer True or Fase. Correct the false sentences : 1. Yesterday, Shannon Johnes and two of her friends went to the movies. 2. Sandra is Shannon’s best friend. 3. Sandra has fair hair and she wears glasses. 4. Anne has short black hair. 5. Lizzie is Shannon’s next-door neighbor. 6. Yesterday Lizzie wore a beautiful green blouse. • Tape transcript : Yesterday, Shannon Johnes and three of her friends, Sandra, Anne and Lizzie, went to the movies. Sandra is Shannon’s best friend. She has brown hair and she wears glasses. Yesterday she has on a blouse dress. Anne, Shannon’s friend since Kindergarten, has very short back hair. She always wears Jeans and yesterday she wore agreen blousewith her jeans.Lizzie is Shannon’s nextdoor neighhbor. She prefers dresses to jeans and yesterday she worea beautiful green dress. V. Write a paragraph about famous person (about 50-60 words) - Body build (appearance, weight, heigh) - Character - Hobbies VI. Using the present simple tense or past simple tense : 1. Peter (go) ………………………… to the park on Tuesdays. 2. When yourfather usually (come) ………………………… home from work ? 3. Why you (arrive) ………………………… so late ? I (forget) ………………………… to set my alarm clock last night. 4. Your hands (be) ………………………… very cold. 5. You (hear) ………………………… me well now ? 6. While I was watching TV last night, a mouse (run) ………………………… across the floor. 7. My father sometimes (drink) a glass of milk before he (go) to bed. 8. The sky had been black for sometime before the rain (begin) to fall. 9. Carlo (have) a sister and a brother. 10. I’ve found my pen. Oh, good. Where you (find) it ? VII. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of verbs : 1. Elephants don’t ………………………… meat. 2. Explorers believed that the river ………………………… in to the Alantic. 3. Nothing ………………………… faster than the speed of light. 4. Winter nights ………………………… long. 5. Pasteur …………………………in 1985. be run die Eat live Trang 2 Töï choïn naâng cao Tieáng Anh 8 Unit 2 : DESCRIBING PLACES (Naâng cao)  I. Practioce the dialogue : Mrs Lan : Hi, I am Lan. Mrs Lien : Hello, Lan, I’m Lien. I’m a visitor and how about you ? Mrs Lan : I live here. Where do you come from ? Mrs Lien : Nha Trang. Have you ever been there ? Mrs Lan : Yes. It’s an interesting place with the beaitiful beaches. Mrs Lien : That’s right. But now it’s very hot there so I want to enjoy the fresh air in DaLat. Mrs Lan : Do you live near the sea ? Mrs Lien : Yes. I live in a house near the sea. Mrs Lan : I think your house is lovely. Is it big ? Mrs Lien : No, it isn’t very big. It’s an old house. There are two bedrooms upstairs. The bathroom is downstairs next to the kitchen and there’s a living room where our family gather to enjoy the happiness every night. Mrs Lan : Great ! Does your house have a garden ? Mrs Lien : Yes. The garden goes down to the beach and in the spring and summer there are flowers. Mrs Lan : What an interesting garden ! I think you live happily in your house. Mrs Lien : Thank you. And how about your house ? Mrs Lan : It’s near here. Would you like to come to my house ? Mrs Lien : Yes, I’d love to. • Make a similar dialogne to describe your house or flat. II. Choose the appropriate words to complete the passage : off in on through turn left over round from to We live in a small house …………………… the country. When you get …………………… the bus, you have to walk …………………… the village. Across the square, through the narrow streets and across the market place to the church. Then you …………………… and go …………………… the bridge. Don’t jump over the stream _ it’s deep ! Walk through the wood and across the ploughed field. There’s a fence …………………… it, but you can jump over that. You’ll see the farmhouse …………………… the top of the hill. Read the passage again then answer “True” or “False” : ………… 1. To go to Bill’s house you can go by bus. ………… 2. There is a church and a ploughed field on the way to Bill’s house. ………… 3. When you walk to the bridge, turn left and cross the market. ………… 4. You can jump over the stream _ it’s shallow. Trang 3 Töï choïn naâng cao Tieáng Anh 8 ………… 5. You can jump over the fence. ………… 6. Bill’s house is on the hill. III. Listen. Then answer the questions : 1. Where is the school ? 2. Is it large or small ? 3. Is it a new school ? 4. How are the teachers ? 5. Why are the library, the play ground and the hall large ? 6. Where can students learn ? play ? Tape transcript. My school is situated in the central of the town. It is a large school. It is old but beautiful. There are many classrooms in it. The principal is kind. The teachers are all clever and hard working teachers. All the students like them very much. As there are many students in my school, the library, the play ground and the hall are very large. Many students can read and learn in the library, play in the play ground. I am proud of my school. IV. Write a paragraph to describe your house. V. Using the prepositions of place to describe your house or your school. VI. Fill in each blank with a correct reflexive pronoun : 1. Mr Nam …………………… will take this particular lesson. 2. I shall do the job …………………… 3. Look after …………………… ! 4. We gave …………………… a lot of troubles. 5. Mary often looks at …………………… in the mirror in the morning. 6. Susan, you …………………… do this, don’t you ? 7. Miss Hoa and I …………………… saw that accident yesterday. 8. I think little of …………………… 9. One should praise …………………… 10.Sometimes we can’t understand …………………… VII. Make the sentences with “must” or “ought to” : 1. You / your exercises / regularly. 2. We / stop / cars when / traffic lights / on red. 3. Men / have oxygen / live. 4. You / obey / parents’ words. 5. You / keep silent / exam room. 6. You / not walk / grass / park. 7. Lan / tidy / room / more often. 8. We / ride / the right. Trang 4 Töï choïn naâng cao Tieáng Anh 8 9. Nam / help / father / when / have / free time. 10.He / stay / bed / because / be / sick. IX. Make the questions with “Why” and answer : 1. Lan / stay up late last night ? She / do / homework. 2. Ba / look / happy ? He / recive / letter / this mornning. 3. Hoa / be / unhappy ? She / miss / parents and friends. Practice asking and answering “Why _question” with your friends. Unit 3 : MAKING PREDICTIONS (Naâng Cao)  I. Complete Bill’s letter to Marie with these words : reparing while Introduce at of forward never Sincerely sounds well people driving Hope exams trip speak studying don’t the (x2) months join old for, from ago several 5 Sandy Lane, London SW12 4 YJ 17 May Marie Gregg Thrill Seekers Tours 67 Brom ley way Oxford OX3/6TY Dear Marie First let me ……………… myself. My name’s Bill Rey wolds and I’m ………………… London. I’m 21 years ……………… and at the moment I’m still ………………… University. I’m ………………… Modern Languages. I’m taking my find ……………… next free, so I’m going to look ……………… a job to earn a bit of money. I saw your advertisement in a magazine ……………… I was waiting for a dental appointment. The expedition ……………… very exciting and I’d really like to ……………… the group. I love travelling and I’ve been to ……………… Trang 5 Töï choïn naâng cao Tieáng Anh 8 countries in Europe and to ……………… United states, too, but I’ve ……………… been to Africa before. If I was accepted to go to the ……………… I’m sure I would be a useful member ……………… the group. I can ……………… three languages. English, French, and Spanish, and I like meeting other ……………… I can cook quite ……………… and I can play ……………… guitar, too I passed my ……………… test a couple of years ………………, but I’m afraid I ……………… know very much about cars, so I wouldn’t be much help with ……………… the car if it broke down. I ……………… you will consider me for a place on the tour and I look ……………… to hearing from you. Yours Bill Reynolds Questions : Find examples of these grammar points in Bill’s letter ? . The present simple tense. . The present continuous tense. . The past simple tense. . Two negative forms. II. Read. Look at the twelve texts. There are 6 predictions for the 21 st century 6 likely results. Read the texts and match the predictions to their results. Many of the larger mammals may become extinct in the wild. And some, sunch tigers and black rhinos, will possibly survive only in zoos. A. The earth’s climate will become warmer. This will create major problems for agricultureand we will see droughts and famine in Africa. We might ever see these problems in Southern Europe. B. Attempts to produce an electric vehicle will fail and we’ll coutinue to use our normal cars. Around the middle of the century, however, the world’s supplies of petroleum will run out. C. There will be serious racial conflicts as large numbers of people move to try and find food. Water will become a valuable resource and we might see wars over the control of rivers and lakes. D. The world’s population will increase from thepresent 6 billion to 10 billion. Most of this increase will be in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. E. This could produce a change in the international balance of power, as the countries in these regions demand more control in international organisations like theUnited Nations and the World Bank. F. In the industrialized countries there will be more and old people. The costs of providing pensions and medical care for than will rise steeply. Trang 6 Töï choïn naâng cao Tieáng Anh 8 G. With new technology people won’t need to be in the same place to communicate easily. They’ll be able to stay at home and do everything by computer and video phone. H. At the sametime .Howover,the expensive social problems ofa young society_ crime, drugs, divorce, could decline. I. But this probably won’t matter, because scientists will use genetic engineering to produce oil from plants like sun flowers. J. The future looks bad for the world’s animals.We will continue to destroy huge areas of the rain forest and other important natural habitats. K. Patterns of wark may change. People might decide that they don’t actually need to go to banks, offices, schools, Universities or shops, any more. ✫ What do you think the future holds for the world in 2050 ? . Work with a parter. Make some predictions. . Discuss your predictions with the class. EXERCISE Comebine each pair of sentences into a new one using the conjuctions in brackets. 1) Nam gave me a present. Then he said “Happy birthday” to me (before). 2) We sit and wait here. She comes (until). 3) You get acquainted then. Let me introduce then to you (before) . 4) She got a serious accident. She drank too much beer at the party (after). 5) We left our house. It rained heavily (as soon as). Write complete sentece from the given words. 1) where / you / go / this weekend ? 2) you / free / tonight ? 3) hope / everything / happen / beautiful. 4) Think / there / heavy rain / tomorrow. 5) You / to school / tomorrow afternoon. Write 5 activitiesyou are going to do on this weekend. And then tell them your partner. Unit 4 : TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENCES (Naâng cao)  LISTEN AND READ: Hoa : Hello. Nice to see you again. Lan : Hi. Nice to meet you. Hoa : You look happy. Where did you go last summer? Lan : I went to Vung Tau beach with my parents. Hoa : How long have you stayed there ? Lan : I have stayed for one month. Hoa : That sounds interesting. What did you do there ? Trang 7 Töï choïn naâng cao Tieáng Anh 8 Lan : I visited many beautiful sights in Vung Tau. Every morning, I sunbathed on the beach. I sometimes went fishing with my new friends who lived near my uncle , s house. Hoa : You look fatter.So you are different from after the trip. Do you think so ? Lan :Yes. I had a lot of fun. I like that place very much. Hoa : What about your uncle? How long has he lived there? Lan : He has lived there since 1988.He was very happy to meet me because That was the first time he met me. Hoa:Do youthink you will visit your uncle next summer vacation? Lan : I am very happy to come there again. Will you join us? Hoa :Great. I will ask for my parents ‘ permission. Practice the dialogue with a partner. Complte the sentences .Use the words from the dialogue: Lan went to Vung Tau beach _______________. She has stayed there ____________once monh. Lan ‘ s uncle has lived there ___________1988. Hoa likes to ___________there next summer vacation. PRACTICE I.Using the comparative form of adjective to write the sentences My neighborhood is as quiet as the country. My father / busy / my mother. Lan’s house / small / my house. His bike / cheap / Tan’s bike. Sugar / sweet / honey. This river / deep / that lake. II. Make the sentences by using comparisons of adjectives (like, as … as, different from, the same as, …” : Life in the countryside / Life in the city. Buildings in the town / Buildings in the city. My school / Lan’s school. The bridges in the country / The bridges in the city. The streets in the country / not wide / The streets in the city. City dwellers / People in the country. Means of transport in the country / not modern / means of transport in the city. Entertainment in the city / Entertainment in the country. Schools in the country / not much / Schools in the city. The air in the country / not pollute / the air in the city. READ THE TEXT Trang 8 Töï choïn naâng cao Tieáng Anh 8 Although I was born and brought in the country I spent most of my time in the city, however, a comfortable life in the city has never appealed to me at all. And the country with its advantages still has a call to me for good. Living in the country, the fresh and clean air of the country makes you feel healthier. How relaxed and pleasant you are when you can enjoy the pure air wafted with soft fragrance of areca and grape fruit trees as you leisurely take a stroll around your garden. Morever, living in the country you may feel safer while in town, the city dwellers are in a state of continuously being afraid of committing violent deaths caused by careless drivers or foolhardy motor-cyclists. In the country you can rest from the noise and bustle of the town. Even though you have to get up early to catch buses to get to work in town, you can sleep better at night without being disturbed by deafening sirents of cars or machines running noisily all the time. Questions: What is the country life ? Describe the advantages of living in the country and the disadvantages of living in the city. Where do you live ? In the city or in the country. WRITE Look at Hoa’s letter to Nga. Write a letter to your friend to tell about the life in your countryside. Dear Nga, Thanks for your letter. I’m pleased to hear you had an enjoyable summer vacation. I’ve just spend my holiday on my uncle’s farm. I had a lot of fun there. The air is fresh and clean. The people are friendly. Every morning I and my uncle fed the cattles and watered the vegetables. Then I and my friends who made friend with me, went swimming in the river near my house. This river flows as slowly as the river that you told me. In the evening, the members in the family gathered to chat or watch TV like your family often did. Now, I’m busy, I’ll tell you more next letter and I’ll send you a postcard from there. Write soon and tell me all your news. Regards, Hoa. I. Correct the verb tense with the present progressive tense : Mr Nam is the man that we (look) for. Don’t make much noise ! Our father (sleep). Hoa and Lan (read) books in the library at this moment. Trang 9 Töï choïn naâng cao Tieáng Anh 8 Where is your father ? He (plant) trees in the garden. Be careful ! the boy (cross) the street. II. Answer the questions with the words given : What is he doing ? (newspaper) What are the girls doing ? (rope) What are the boys doing ? (marble) What are they doing ? (trees) What is Hoa doing ? (English) Read the passage and write T (True) or F (False) for each sentence : London is a very important city in the United Kingdom. It is not only the capital of England, but the capital of Britain as well. It is considered the cultural capital with a lot of world - famous buidings, the British Museum, the National Gallery, the BBC, and the Royal Opera Huose. London is also a city of contrasts a city with a mixture of the old and the new. Just as famous is the amount of green space, especially public parks. All of them are free to everyone. True (T) or False (F) ? London is the capital of Britain. London has many world-famous buildings. It is an old city. Everyone has to buy tickets when entering public parks. Make questions and answers about the passage. Unit 5 : MAKING AND RESPONDING TO REQUESTS (Naâng cao)  Listen and read : Ngoc :Tomorrow will be my birthday.Would you like to come to my house for A party ? Hoa : I’d love to. What time will the party start ? Nga :It ‘ll start at 7 p.m .who will you invite to your birthday party ? Hoa : I’ll invite our classmates. What will you prepare for the party ? Nga : I’ll make a birthday cake. I will have my mother cook something. Hoa : What will you do after the party ? Ngoïc : We’ll play some games. Can you sing ? Hoa : Yes, I can. Ngoïc : Shall we sing Karaoke together ? Hoa : Yes. That ‘ll be nice. 1. Practice the dialogue with a partner. 2. Make the similar dialogue with your friends. Trang 10 [...]... …………………… Europeans usually go to work …………………… or …………………… Trang 18 Tự chọn nâng cao Tiếng Anh 8 * Complete the dialogue using a suitablefrom of the verb in brackets : Ba : …………………… you …………………… (know) Hung ? Tam : Yes, I do Ba : How long …………………… you …………………… (know) him ? Tam : For six year Ba : When was the last time you …………………… (meet) him ? Tam : I …………………… (not / see) him since June VI Match the two... the living room Fill in the gap in each of the following sentences one suitable compound wordsfrom the box : - two storeys - 210 passengers - six years old Trang 21 Tự chọn nâng cao Tiếng Anh 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - 42,000 seats - two months - seven pages - two meters tall - five miles long - four hours The match will be held in a stadium which has ……………………… Their holiday will last ……………………… The actress...  Your salary  The birthrate in your country  Life expectancy Trang 26 Tự chọn nâng cao Tiếng Anh 8  The number of car users Example : I think the pollution will start to decrease … B Get talking Make prediction about your own and each other’s liver Think about education, jobs, family, sports, hobbies and travel etc Complete the following table Years Me My partner By 2010 By 2015 Get married By 2020... 5 It’s their golden wedding tomorrow 6 By 8. 30 tonight By the time this flight lands his train (reach) Rome so they (be) married for 50 years Trang 25 Tự chọn nâng cao Tiếng Anh 8 we (live) here for 10 years and then I (read) all her books by tonight READING COMPREHENSION A The future of toys In the future, toys will give us excitement, entertainment and wonderful learning opportunities What... single • Read the passage and check whether these statements are true (T) or false (F) : T F Frank is Ben’s grandfather Peter’s daughter has black hair Adam is Bobby’s brother Milie hasn’t a husband Bobby is married Frank and Maureen’s granddaughter’s are twins Peter hasn’t got any sisters Ben’s brother has darl hair Unit 8 : TALKING ABOUT PROBLEMS (Nâng cao)  LISTEN AND READ I want everyone to listen... ấy và bảo cô ấy đợi ở phòng đợi Unit 7 : EXPRESSING INTEREST AND MAKING SUGGESTIONS (Nâng cao)  I The Hai Van pass rises from the blue waters of the south china sea 30 kilometres, north of ĐaNang A high mountainous pass conduits to VietNam 1600 km long coastal plain The HaiVan pass is a climatic barrier between the monsoon climates of VietNam ‘s tropical south and more... but I want / learn / read and write it Could you please / send / details of courses and fees ? I can / complete / a spoken VietNam test / if necessary III Questions 1 : Put in the correct tense of each verb in brackets : Yesterday, I (go) …………………… to my daughters dance recital (be / never) …………………… to a clauce recital before I (not / take) …………………… dancing lessons when Iwas a child In the evening I... (come) …………………… to live here ten years Trang 17 Tự chọn nâng cao Tiếng Anh 8 ago He (be) …………………… here all his life He (inherit) …………………… the house from his father , another great chess player Question 2 : Change the verbs in brackets into thesimple past as the past continuous : My father and I (go) …………………… To Salonika by air yesterday morning The aircraft (take) …………………… off from Athens Airport at 9:15... …………………… out of our window and (be) …………………… surprised to see it far away in the distance to our left We (not fly) …………………… over it as we had expected, we (fly) …………………… over an expause of sea IV England is in the south of Great Britain The longest river in England is the severn, and the deepest is Thames on which stands its capital, London.England is a high developed industrial country It exports machinery,... the box They ……………… takes those magazines out of the library Read the passage and answer the questions : Dam Sen Park With the area of 52 ha, lying on the corner of the 2 roads Lac Long Quan and Hoa Binh, Dam Sen park is composed of various area : Area for entertainment, including many west Highland houses, central flower garden, water fountains, fun house, house for ball-games, stand for electronic . : London is a very important city in the United Kingdom. It is not only the capital of England, but the capital of Britain as well. It is considered the cultural capital with a lot of world -. words from the dialogue: Lan went to Vung Tau beach _______________. She has stayed there ____________once monh. Lan ‘ s uncle has lived there ___________1 988 . Hoa likes to ___________there next. These Trang 15 Tự chọn nâng cao Tiếng Anh 8 medicines (5) ……………………… cure a cold, but they do (6) ……………………… the symptoms. (7) ……………………… you do, your cold will last for a few days and then (8) ……………………… I.Use