Unit 11: Traveling around Viet Nam – Sách bài tập Tiếng Anh lớp 8

1. Nam and his American friend James met Trang at the airport. Put the sentences into the correct order to make a complete conversation. Decide who said what.

a) Thank you. They are a little heavy.

b) How do you do? Welcome to Los Angeles.

c) James, I’d like you to meet my friend, Trang.

d) Go ahead. Could you give me one copy?

e) How was the trip?

f) It was nice. I slept almost all the flight.

g) Thank you. I’m pleased to meet you.

h) No problem. Do you mind if I take a picture of you two?

i) A taxi’s coming. Let’s go.

j) Can I help you with your bags, Trang?

k) OK. I will.

2. Country Quiz. Read the following sentences and decide which city or province in Viet Nam they are about.

a) It’s a Southern city established a bit more than three hundred years ago.

b) It’s a Coastal province one hundred and twenty-eight kilometers Northeast of Ho Chi Minh City.

c) This Central city was Viet Nam’s Capital during the Nguyen Dynasty from 1802 to 1945.

d) This province is famous for 60 wooden statues in Vinh Trang Pagoda which was built in 1849.

e) It is a northern province which is famous for its Dong Ho Folk Drawing Village.

Now write another five quizzes about places in Viet Nam you know.

3. Use Do/Would you mind + verb-ing and Do/Would you mind if …? to make the following requests more polite.

a) Can I tum on the TV?

b) Can you correct this composition for me?

c) Can I take a photo of your study comer?

d) Can I give some advice on your study habits?

e) Can you play the tape once more?

f) Can I borrow your dictionary?

g) Could I have a look at your homework?

h) Could you tell me how you learned English at school?

i) Can I use your Computer for one hour?

j) Could you solve this math problem for me?

4. Insert a suitable participle in column B into a sentence in column A.

Example:

1.g. The woman holding a brown handbag was Nam’s mother.

5. Fill in each of the gaps in the passage below with one suitable word from the box.

Ha Long Bay of the Descending Dragon – is very (1)_____________ with both Vietnamese and (2)________ tourists. One of the (3)________ of Ha Long is the Bay’s calm (4)_________ and limestone mountains. The Bay’s water is (5)________ during the spring and early summer. Upon arriving (6)__________ Ha Long City, the visitors will go along Chay Beach. From the beach, visitors can hire a (7)________ and go out to the Bay. It is here that visitors will find some of Southeast Asia’s most (8)_________ sites. Dau Go Cave is one of the most beautiful (9)__________ at Ha Long. It was the cave in which General Tran Hung Dao hid (10)_________ stakes to beat the Mongols on Bach Dang River in 1288.

6. Underline and rewrite the misspelt words.

7. Underline and rewrite the inappropriate words.

a) On their way from the airport to Ha Noi Shannon and Tim saw sugar cans in the fields.

b) Jones prefers going to the vegetable restaurant on Le Loi Street.

c) When you go to Nha Trang, you should visit the Ocean Institute. It’s a fantastic place.

d) There are quite a lot of low-priced customer houses in Ha Long City.

e) Tim is fond of walking along the bank of Hoan Kiem Waterfall in Ha Noi early in the morning.

8. List the words in the box under the appropriate headings. Then you can add more words that you know to each heading.

waterfall, mini-hotel, Ha Long Bay, tribal villages, Hoi An, railway station, mini-bus, cave, guest house, Hue, airport, pagoda, lake, motel, My Son, taxi, botanical garden, jungle stream, island, hotel, Phong Nha – Ke Bang, hostel

9. Write, from the following sets of words and phrases, complete sentences which together make up a story. You can make all the necessary changes and additions.

a) Last year Class 11B/ have/ terrible experience.

b) One weekend/ they decide/ go/ a picnic/ Cuc Phuong National Park.

c) Soon after/ arrive/ the park/ start to rain/ cats and dogs.

d) They/ have to wait/ four hours/ bus/ before rain/ stop.

e) They/ get out of/ bus/ lunch/ because everybody/ very hungry.

f) After lunch/ they/ begin to explore/ park/ groups of four or five students.

g) Unfortunately/ it begin/ rain heavily again.

h) Everybody/ get really wet/ when they could/ back/ bus.

i) They decide/ leave park/ without/ watch anything.

10. Read about different places in Vietnam and decide where these people should go. Fill in each gap in the sentences with a name of place.

a) Sophia loves mountain-climbing. She must go to _______ .

b) Antony likes studying war-time tunnels in Vietnam. He should go to _________.

c) Yoko is from Japan and she enjoys visiting pagodas. She should visit

d) Thomas wants to spend his summer where he can swim and sunbathe on

the beach. He can go to __________ .

e) Goya is a painter and he wants to paint some beautiful lakes in Vietnam.

Goya should go to____________.

f) Kenneth is studying Vietnamese resistance war against the French. He

must go to ______________ .

1. The Huong Pagoda sightseeing area consists of 18 beauty-spots including temples, pagodas and caves scattered in four hamlets Yen Vi, Duc Khe, Hoi Xa and Phu Yen which belong to Huong Son – My Duc of Ha Tay province. Most of them were discovered and built in the 17th to 19th century on the side of mountains or in the valley.

2. The freshwater Lake Ba Be is the only significant natural upland lake in the North of Viet Nam. From Thai Nguyen City, Capital of Bac Thai province, you drive along Highway 3 to the towns of Bac Can and Phu Thong. After another 16 km you will arrive at Ba Be Lake which is about 225 km from Hanoi. Ba Be is some 145m above sea level, 8km long, 3km wide and about 20 – 30m deep.

3. 45 miles northwest of Ho Chi Minh City is the town of Cu Chi, one of the most famous battlegrounds of the Vietnam war. It is here between the early 1940’s and mid 60’s that the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong built the main sections of tunnels that became a vital catalyst in their victory over the Americans and South Vietnamese. It is also claimed to be the most bombed and devastated area in the history of warfare after the Americans used all their firepower to destroy them.

4. Dien Bien Phu is a town established in the middle of the 19th century. Its remote location in the extreme northwest of Vietnam deterred both visitors and development, apart from becoming a French garrison during the colonial period. The major attraction is the battlefield, its associated museum and relicts, and more recently, the largest statue in Vietnam erected to commemorate the 2004 anniversary.

5. Ba Ria – Vung Tau is located in the Southern Vietnam, to the northeast of the Mekong Delta. There are beautiful beaches, such as Back, Front, and Dau Beaches, located in the Southern part of Vung Tau. Con Dao Island, approximately 90km southeast of Vung Tau, ‘has a dense forest with various kinds of animals. The sea in this area is home to various valuable marine spẹcies. Economic strengths are marine resources.

6. Fansipan Mountain is located 9km southwest of Sapa Townlet in the Hoang Lien Mountain Range. Fansipan is branded “the Roof of Indochina” at the height of 3,143m; Fansipan is to be approved as one of the very few eco-tourist spots of Vietnam, with about 2,024 floral varieties and 327 faunal species. The summit of Fansipan is accessible all year round, but the best time to climb there is from mid-October to mid-November, and again in March.

11. Fill in each gap with one word from the box.

Ha Long Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage site located in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam. The (1)_________ Kas thousands of limestone karsts (or limestone caves) and isles in various (2)_________ and shapes. Hạ Long Bay is a (3)________ of a larger zone which includes Bai Tu Long bay to the northeast, and Cat Ba islands to the southwest. These larger zones (4)________ similar geological, geographical, (5)____________ and cultural charaeters. Ha Long Bay has an area of (6)  1553km², including 1,960 islets, most of which are limestone. The core of the bay has an of 334km² with a high density of 775 islets. The limestone in this bay has gone through 500 million (8)_________ of formation in different conditions and environments. The evolution of the karst in this bay has taken 20 million years under the (9)___________ of the tropical wet climate. The diversity of the environment, climate, (10)___________ and geography in the area have created biodiversity, (11)_________ tropical evergreen biosystem, oceanic and seashore biosystem. Ha Long Bay is home to 14 endemic floral species and 60 endemic faunal species. Historical research surveys show the presence of (12)_________ human beings in this area ten of thousands years ago. The successive ancient (13)__________ are the Soi Nhu Culture around 18,000 – 7,000 BC, the Cai Bo Culture 7,000 – 5,000 BC and the Ha Long Culture 3,500 – 5,000 years (14)_____________ . Ha Long Bay also marked important (15)__________ in the history of Vietnam with many artifacts (16)________ in Bai Tho Mount, Dau Go Cave.

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1. Nam and his American friend James met Trang at the airport. Put the sentences into correct order to make a complete conversation. Decide who said that. (Trang 94 sách Bài tập Tiếng Anh 8)

Nam: James, I’d like you to meet my friend, Trang.

James: How do you do? Welcome to Los Angeles.

Trang: Thank you. I’m pleased to meet you.

Nam: How was the trip?

Trang: It was nice. I slept almost all the flight.

James: Can I help with your bags, Trang?

Trang: Thank you. They are a little heavy.

James: No problem. Do you mind if I take a picture of you two?

Trang: Go ahead. Could you give me one copy?

James: OK. I will.

Nam: A taxi’s coming. Let’s go.

2. Country Quiz. Read the following sentences and decide which city or province in Viet Nam they are about. (Trang 94 sách Bài tập Tiếng Anh 8)

a) Ho Chi Minh city

b) Ba Ria – Vung Tau province

c) Hue city

d) Tien Giang province

e) Bac Ninh province

Now write another five quizzes about places in Viet Nam you know.

a. This city has been inhabited since at least 3000 BC and is the second largest city of Viet Nam.

(Answer: Ha Noi)

b. This is the only Central Highlands province which does not share its western border with Cambodia.

(Answer: Lam Dong province)

c. This city is located 1,500 m (4,900 ft) above sea level on the Langbian Plateau in the southern parts of the Central Highlands region.

(Answer: Da Lat city)

d. This city is the capital of Binh Thuan province, in southeastern Viet Nam, where all government offices for the province are located.

(Answer: Phan Thiet city)

e. This province is home to Ha Long Bay, a World Heritage Site.

(Answer: Quang Ninh province)

3. Use Do/ Would you mind + verb-ing and Do/ Would you mind if …? to make the following requests more polite. (Trang 95 sách Bài tập Tiếng Anh 8)

a. Do you mind if I turn on the TV?

Would you mind if I turned on the TV?

b. Do/ Would you mind correcting this composition for me?

c. Do you mind if I take a photo of your study corner?

Would you mind if I took a photo of your study corner?

d. Do you mind if I give some advice on your study habits?

Would you mind if I gave some advice on your study habits?

e. Do/ Would you mind playing the tape once more?

f. Do you mind if I borrow your dictionary?

Would you mind if I borrowed your dictionary?

g. Do you mind if I have a look at your homework?

Would you mind if I had a look at your homework?

h. Do/ Would you mind telling me how you learned English at school?

i. Do you mind if I use your computer for one hour?

Would you mind if I used your computer for one hour?

j. Do/ Would you mind solving this math problem for me?

4. Insert a suitable participle in column B into a sentence in column A. (Trang 95 sách Bài tập Tiếng Anh 8)

1-g     The woman holding a brown handbag was Nam’s mother.

2-d     The girls skipping rope are from Class A3.

3-a     The ruler made of metal is mine.

4-f     The young man carrying two big suitcases in Hien’s elder brother.

5-j     The old man walking with a crutch had an accident last week.

6-c     The house painted in yellow and brown was built in the 18th century.

7-h     The table put upside down needs repairing.

8-b     The teacher talking to the principal is in charge of my class.

9-e     The film shown on TV last night won the first prize in the film festival last year.

10-i     The boys planting trees on the hill are in the volunteer group of Long An school.

5. Fill in each of the gaps in the passage below with one suitable word from the box. (Trang 96 sách Bài tập Tiếng Anh 8)

1. popular 

2. international 

3. attractions 

4. water 

5. clear 

6. in

7. boat

8. beautiful

9. caves

10. wooden

6. Underline and rewrite the misspelt words. (Trang 96 sách Bài tập Tiếng Anh 8)

7. Underline and rewrite the inappropriate words. (Trang 97 sách Bài tập Tiếng Anh 8)

a. On the way from the airport to Ha Noi Shannon and Tim 
saw sugar canes in the fields.

8. List the words in the box under the appropriate headings. Then you can add more words that you know to each heading. (Trang 97 sách Bài tập Tiếng Anh 8)

9. Write, from the following sets of words and phrases, complete sentences which together make up a story. You can make all necessary changes and additions. (Trang 98 sách Bài tập Tiếng Anh 8)

a. Last year Class 11B had a terrible experience.

b. One weekend, they decided to go on a picnic to Cuc Phuong National Park.

c. Soon after they arrived at the park, it started to rain like cats and dogs.

d. They had to wait for four hours for the bus before the rain stopped.

e. They got out of the bus and had lunch because everybody was very hungry.

f. After lunch, they began to explore the park in groups of four or five students.

g. Unfortunately, it began to rain heavily again.

h. Everybody got really wet when they could get back the bus.

i. They decided to leave the park without watching anything else.

10. Read about different places in Viet Nam and decide where these people should go. Fill in each gap in the sentences with a name of place. (Trang 98-100 sách Bài tập Tiếng Anh 8)

a. Sophia loves mountain – climbing. She must go to Fansipan Mountain.

b. Antony likes studying war – time tunnels in Viet Nam. He should go to Cu Chi.

c. Yoko is from Japan and she enjoys visiting pagodas. She should visit the Huong Pagoda.

d. Thomas wants to spend his summer where he can swim and sunbathe on the beach. He can go to Ba Ria – Vung Tau.

e. Goya is a painter and he wants to paint some beautiful lakes in Viet Nam. Goya should go to the freshwater Lake Ba Be.

f. Kenneth is studying Vietnamese resistance war against the French. He must go to Dien Bien Phu.

11. Fill in each gap with one word from the box. (Trang 100 sách Bài tập Tiếng Anh 8)