Hỏi đáp Unit 4 Tiếng Anh lớp 8 phần Language Focus

1. A. musician B. confusion C. companion D. competition

2. A. procession B. politician C. competition D. preservation

3. A. accept B. costume C. follow D. mention

4. A. presentation B. decision C. generation D. similarity

5. A. giant B. cruel C. princess D. ogre

6. A. heritage B. distinguish C. delicious D. imagine

7. A. minority B. majority C. diversity D. curious

8. A. costume B. recognize C. significant D. terraced

9. A. speciality B. activity C. satisfactory D. creativity

10. A. Internet B. cultural C. socialise D. communicate

11. A. generous B. electrical C. appliance D. nomadic

12. A. disturb B. local C. pasture D. grassland

13. A. diversity B. speciality C. minority D. majority

14. A. satisfied B. socialize C. volunteer D. exercise

15. A. information B. technology C. community D. activity

16. A. library B. museum C. melody D. favourite

17. A. protection B. addicted C. computer D. goldfish

18. A. skateboard B. sticker C. adore D. leisure

19. A. nomadic B. generous C. colorful D. countryside

20. A. popular B. calculus C. beehive D. disturb

21. A. harvest B. collect C. peaceful D. whisper

22. A. statue B. transport (n) C. expect D. paddy

23. A. opportunity B. inconvenient C. facility D. optimistic

24. A. imagination B. recreation C. application D. competition

25. A. exhaustion B. opinion C. pollution D. maintenance

find the word which has a different stress pattern from that of the others

-citizenship

-drawing

-awareness

interest

''Don't believe these things'', he warned

Give the correct form of the word in brackets.

1. Being caught in the act, the thief had no ……………………………………. but to admit stealing the money.   (alter )

2. He didn’t appear to like to see us. He greeted us with a …………………………….…… smile. ( constrain )

3. This is an informal meeting, therefore, everyone is ……………………………………… dressed. ( casual )

4. He used all his …………………………………………….. to force the door open. ( strong )

5. The wind moved ………………………………………….…….. through the trees all the night. ( rest )

There is one mistake in each sentence. Find the mistake and write your correction in the space provided below.

6. It’s essential that every examinee summarizes the important knowledge for the exam.

………………………………………………………………………………………

7. They got to the nearest village after walk for five hours.

…………………………………………………………………………………………                               

8. Jane looked sadly and worried this morning. I wonder what happened to her.    

…………………………………………………………………………………………

9. The house is not very big but there is a lot of furnitures.

……………………………………………………………………………………..

10. The door was too heavy for the child to push it open.

………………………………………………………………………………………..

The reading passage has seven paragraphs A-G. Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below.

List of Headings

i Time and technological development

ii A problem for those researching attitudes to time

iii Learning the laws of time for intercultural

understanding

iv Time and individual psychology

v Comparing the value of time for different groups

of workers

vi Research and conclusions on the speed different

nationalities live at

vii The history of time measurement

viii Attitudes to time and authority - a cross-cultural

relationship

ix Variation in theoretical views of time

x Attitude to time as an indication of cultural and

individual differences

 

                                     Answer

 

1 Paragraph A          ......................

2 Paragraph В          ......................

3 Paragraph С          ......................

4 Paragraph D          ......................

5 Paragraph E           ......................

6 Paragraph F           ......................

7 Paragraph G          ......................

CLOCKING CULTURES

What is time? The answer varies from society to society

A If you show up a bit late for a meeting in Brazil, no one will be too worried. But if you keep someone in New

York City waiting for ten or fifteen minutes, you may have some explaining to do. Time is seen as relatively flexible in some cultures but is viewed more rigidly in others. Indeed, the way members of a culture perceive and use time tells us about their society's priorities, and even their own personal view of the world.

 

B Back in the 1950s, anthropologist Edward T Hall described how the social rules of time are like a 'silent

language' for a given culture. These rules might not always be made explicit, he stated, but 'they exist in the

air'. He described how variations in the perception of time can lead to misunderstandings between people

from separate cultures. 'An ambassador who has been kept waiting by a foreign visitor needs to understand that

if his visitor "just mutters an apology", this is not necessarily an insult,' Hall wrote. 'You must know the

social rules of the country to know at what point apologies are really due.'

 

C Social psychologist Robert V Levine says 'One of the beauties of studying time is that it's a wonderful window on culture. You get answers on what cultures value and believe in.' Levine and his colleagues have conducted so-called pace-of-life studies in 31 countries. In A Geography of Time, published in 1997, Levine describes how he ranked the countries by measuring three things: walking speed on urban sidewalks, how quickly postal clerks could fulfill a request for a common stamp, and the accuracy of public clocks. From the data he collected, he concluded that the five fastest-paced countries are Switzerland, Ireland, Germany, Japan and Italy; the five slowest are Syria, El Salvador, Brazil, Indonesia and Mexico.

 

D Kevin Birth, an anthropologist, has examined time perceptions in Trinidad. In that country, Birth observes, 'if

you are meeting friends at 6.00 at night, people show up at 6.45 or 7,00 and say, "any time is Trinidad time".'

When it comes to business, however, that loose approach works only for the people with power, A boss

can show up late and just say 'any time is Trinidad time', but those under him are expected to be on time. Birth

adds that the connection between power and waiting time is true for many other cultures as well,

 

E The complex nature of time makes it hard for anthropologists and social psychologists to investigate.

'You can't simply go into a society, walk up to someone and say, "Teli me about your concept of time",' Birth

says. 'People don't really have an answer to that. You have to come up with other ways to find out.'

 

F Birth attempted to get at how Trinidadians regard time by exploring how closely their society links time and

money. He surveyed rural residents and found that farmers - whose days are dictated by natural events,

such as sunrise - did not recognise the phrases time is money, budget your time or time management even

though they had satellite TV and were familiar with Western popular culture. But tailors in the same areas

were aware of such notions. Birth concluded that wage work altered the tailors' views of time. 'The ideas of

associating time with money are not found globally,' he says, 'but are attached to your job and the people you

work with.'

 

G In addition to cultural variations in how people deal with time at a practical level, there may be differences in

how they visualise it from a more theoretical perspective. The Western idea of time has been compared to that of an arrow in flight towards the future; a one-way view of the future which often includes the expectation that life should get better as time passes. Some cultures see time as closely connected with space: the Australian

Aborigines' concept of the 'Dreamtime' combines a myth of how the world began with stories of sacred sites and orientation points that enable the nomadic Aborigines to find their way across the huge Australian landscape. For other cultures, time may be seen as a pattern incorporating the past, present and future, or a wheel in which past, present and future revolve endlessly. But theory and practice do not necessarily go together. 'There's often considerable variation between how a culture views the mythology of time and how they think about time in their daily lives,' Birth asserts.

Exercise 5. Cirle the best option to complete each sentence:

1. Mickey Mouse Cartoons _________ into sixty languages

a. have translated                                            b. translated               

c. have been translated                                    d. were being translated

2. Today many kinds of electric devices _________ in Japan

a. produced                 b. were produced        c. are produced           d. will produce

3. The room _________ when I arrived

a. was cleaning            b. is cleaned                c. was cleaned             d. was being cleaned

4. Oh, No! My camera isn’t here. It _________ stolen!

a. has been                   b. is                              c. is being                    d. has

5. Fiat _________ a group of Italian businessmen

a. is started for                        b. is started by             c. was started by         d. was started for

6.  Unless we can find new sources of energy, our life will certainly _________

a. affect                       b. be affected              c. affected                   d. be affecting

7. The World Health Organization _________ in 1948 in order to carry out medical research and improve international health care

a. was established       b. had established       c. established               d. had been established

8. This atlas _________ in the classroom yesterday

a. was leaving              b. left                           c. was left                    d. leaves

9. Glass is usually _________ sand

a. made from               b. made of                   c. made by                   d. made with

10. The manager _________ the cheque recently

a. has been signed       b. has signed               c. sign                          d. signed

III. Underline the correct answer.

1. They wouldn’t allow / forbid / let him go out with his friends. 

2. Leslie assisted / helped / taught me set up the new computer.

3. Their parents make them staying / to stay / stay home on weekdays. 

4. They wouldn’t allow / let / make us to go into the building.

5. What caused / forced / made you change your mind?

6. The factory lets / makes / allows eating in the canteen only.

7. Bad health forced / let / made him to leave his job.

8. She likes / expects / imagines to finish the project by January.

I was shocked to see her going / to go / go through my bag

V. Complete the e-mail. Use the correct form of the words in the box.

aim / save

complicated / work out

easy / work

great / have

someone / replace

place / stay

time / apply

important / get

sure / be

welcome / share

wonderful / hear

 

 

Hi Tasha,

Thanks for your letter. It was (0) …wonderful to hear… from you. Sorry I haven’t been in touch for a while - the new job is keeping me busy. I thought it would be (40) ………………………………………  as a hotel receptionist but the job is more demanding than I expected. Some of the bills are quite (41) ………………………………………  and of course it’s (42) ………………………………………  for me ………………………………………  them right. Having said that, it’s (43) ………………………………………  a job. My (44) ………………………………………  is ………………………………………  £500 by the end of the holidays - that will go a long way towards paying my tuition fees next year.

What are your plans? Why don’t you come here to work? It’s a good (45) ………………………………………  for work in the restaurant. One of the waitresses left last week and they’re looking for (46) ………………………………………  her. Don’t worry about finding a(n) (47) ………………………………………  - you’re (48) ………………………………………  my flat with me. They keep you busy here but there’s (49) ………………………………………  time for us to enjoy ourselves too. Think about it.

Erica.

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8/ He advised me( consider) ______all the facts before (decide) ______ (accept) _______ the job.

            9/ They refused (allow) _______ us (go) _______ in without (sign) _______ the book.

            10/ My uncle used to (show) _________ me where (go) _________ and what (buy) ________.

            11/ There’s nothing like (walk) _________ as a means of (keep) _________ fit.

            12/ Your doctor advised (go) _ to bed early, so I really can’t understand your (want) _ (stay) _ up late.

            13/ We considered (give) _ her a dress for her birthday, but couldn’t help (buy) _ her some flowers, too.

            14/ There’s nothing (be) _________ done about it now except (tell) _________ the police the truth.

            15/ I remember (hear) ________ him (say) ________ the grass needed (cut) _______.

            16/ Would you mind (keep) _________ quiet for a moment ? I’m trying (fill) _________ in a form.

       - It’s no use (ask) ______ children (keep) ______ quiet. They can’t help (make) ______ noise.

17/ The miser spent all his time (count) ______ his money and (think) _______ up new hiding places. He kept (move) _____ it about because he was terrified of (be) _______ robbed. He used to (get) _________ up at night (make) _________ sure it was still there.

            18/ They don’t allow (smoke) ____ in the auditorium; they don’t want (risk) ____ (set) ____ it on fire.

            19/ Would you like me (turn) _________ down the radio a bit ?

       - No, it’s all right. I’m used to (work) _________ with the radio on.

20/ We couldn’t help (laugh) ________ when he was making fun of himself.

When I (come) __________ home yesterday, my father was watching TV.

He (play) __________________ football when his mother came.

We (go) _____________ to Hung King Festival since last Sunday.

The girl (cry)_____________ when a fairy appeared.

The US is a_________country with over 80 ethnic groups.

A. multi-cultural

B. bi-lingual

C. rich

D. ethnic

We do not have many carnivals in Viet Nam; ________, we have many tradition festivals.

A. nevertheless

B. while

C. although

D. because

Saint Giong was unable to talk, smile, or walk_________he was three years old.

A. if

B. because

C. while

D. even though

Among the_________, the Tay people have the largest population.

A. groups

B. cultures

C. ethnic minorities

D. ethnic

Rita is exhausted today because she didn’t get any sleep last night.

→ If Rita ………………………………………………………

He didn’t work hard at school, so he didn’t get a good job when he left

If _____________________

If I had sold my house, I______________ (get) 4 million pounds.

____________ (You, come ) , if you had had more time ?