Bài tập môn tiếng anh lớp 8 (27)

BÀI TẬP BỔ TRỢ TIẾNG ANH 8 UNIT 14
I. Complete the following passage, using the words given (Hãy hoàn thành đoạn văn
sau, sử dụng những từ cho sẵn): that, excluding, China, nor, become, Europeans,
extended, myths, had, with.
THE MYTH OF THE GREAT WALL
Neither the Qin wall (1) ......................................... the Ming fotifications were called
the “Great Wall of (2) .......................“ by their Chinese contemporaries. That label, and
the (3) ........................ that have come with it, appear to have originated in the West.(4)
................................... who visited China in 17th and 18th centuries confused the Ming
fortifications (5)......... the Qin wall or walls mentioned in dynastic histories. They also
assumed incorrectly (6) .................... impressive masonry walls like those surrounding
Beijing at the time also (7).................far the west. As a result, a description developed in
the West of vast wall that (8) ...........secured peace for the civilized Chinese for
thounsands of years by (9)........................................ the nomads. This idea captured the
imagination of Westerners, and by the late 19th century a visit to “Great Wall of China”
had (10) ............................................ a stape of the Western tourist’s itinerary…
II. Match the wonders of the world in column A with descriptions about them in
column B (Hãy ghép những kỳ quan của Thế Giới ở cột A với những sự mô tả về
chúng ở cột B):
A

B

1. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia

A. a monumental marble tomb in
Asia Minor built of King Mausolus
of Caria, who died in 353 BC

2. The Temple of Artemis at
Ephesus in Asia Minor

B. an ancient lighthouse located on
an island in the harbor of
Alexandria, Egypt

3. The Mausoleum of
Harlicarnassus

C. built after 365 BC, combined
great size with elaborate


ornamentation
4. The Colossus of Rhodes

D. perhaps built by King
Nabuchadnezzar II about 600 BC,
were a mountainlike series of
planted terraces

5. The Pharos of Alexandria

E. built on the west bank of the
Nile River at Giza during the 4th
Dynasty (about 2575 to about 2467
BC)

6. The Hanging Gardens of
Babylon

F. carved in the mid-5th century BC
by the Greek sculptor Phidias

7. The Pyramids of Egypt

G. a huge bronze statue of the
Greek sun gold Helios, was erected
about 280 bc to guard the entrance
to the harbor at Rhodes, a Greek
island off the coast of Asia Minor

III. Read the reading below carefully, then fill in the blanks with the most suitable
words (Hãy đọc kĩ bài đọc sau, sau đó điền từ thích hợp nhất vào chỗ trống):
THE URBAN LANDSCAPE
(1)
covers an area of 2146 sq km (829 sq mi). The city proper is divided into
four administrative sectors: Hoan Kiem, Ba Dinh, Dong Da, and Hai Ba Trung. (2). , the
oldest and most densely populated sector, is located on the bank of the (3) ..............
. This area is characterized by French colonial-style buildings and wide
boulevards. Picturesque (4)
...................................is located here, and (5) ......... stands on one of the lake’s two
islands. Northwest of Hoan Kiem is the (6) .............sector, where the (7) ................ . the
tomb og the 20th-century Vietnamese Communist leader (8) ..............., is located. The
National Assembly and Party Headquarters buildings and Tran Quoc Toan Pagoda, are
also located in Ba Dinh. South of Ba Dinh is (9) ....., the lagest sector of metropolitan
Hanoi,noted for its hospitals and schools. The (10) . sector lies eats of Dong Da and
south of Hoan Kiem along the Red River bank.


VI. Make questions to the underlined short answers (Hãy đạt câu hỏi cho những trả

lời ngắn được gạch dưới):
Hai Phong, (1) city and seaport, (2)northern Vietnam, on the delta of the Red River,
near the Gulf of Tonkin. The port has (3) modern facilities for handling waterborne
freight and is visited by (4) ships from various countries. Hai Phong is liked to Hanoi by
rail and to other inland points (5) by roads and waterways. The chife industrial
enterprises in and near the city include (6) zinc and coal mines. Certain industrial and
transportation facilities in and near the city were damaged (7) during the Vietnam
War.Population (2000 estimate) (8) 1,679,000.