Giải bài tập tiếng Anh 8 - Pearson [Unit 3: Peoples of Viet Nam]

A. PHONETICS
 

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B. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
 
I. 1. cultural heritage         2. information         3. ethnic groups     4. research
    5. a tour                         6. display area      7. stilt house         8. little bridges
 
II. 1. home     2. dress             3. at              4. with            5. ethnic
     6. for          7. valleys          8. provide     9. villages      10. Their
 
III. 1. a     2. the     3. the       4. the      5. the    6. the     7. A     8. a   9. an   10. The
 
IV. 1. The    2. the     3. The      4. The     5. an     6. The     7. The     8. the   9. a  10. a
 
V.
1.  When was the house chosen for the background of the film?
2.  Where is the house?
3.  What is the film about?
4.  Why was she raised by her stepmother?
5.  When did she begin to look for her birth mother?
 
VI.
1.  How many inhabitants does the Ha Nhi group have?
2.  Where do they live?
3.  Who do they (mainly) worship?
4.  What do they live on?
5.  What do they use to work in the fields?
6.  Where are the gardens?
 
C. SPEAKING

1.  Which language do the Hmong speak?
2.  What do they mainly grow?
3.  Besides that what else do they grow?
4.  What (animals) do the Hmong raise?
5.  What is the most effective sourceof transportation for the Hmong/ in the mountainous areas?
6.  What is the Hmong handicraft famous for?
7.  When is the Hmong's New Year?
8.  What do villagers play during the New Year's Festival?
 
D. READING
 
I. 1. B    2. C      3. A      4. D      5. C      6. A      7. B       8. D
 
II.
1.  It is located in Duong Lam commune at a 45 km distance from Hanoi.
2.  It is the birthplace of two kings in the history of Vietnam, Phung Hung (or Bo Cai Dai Vuong) and Ngo Quyen.
3.  It is typical for villages in the midlands in the North of Vietnam.
4.  There are still nearly old 200 houses.
5.  Phung Hung Temple, Ngo Quyen Royal Tomb, Mong Phu communal house, Ho Gam Hill, and the temple at which the diplomat Giang Van Minh is worshiped.

E. WRITING
 
1.  The Cham ethnic group has a population of about 100,000.
2.  They live mostly on the coast between Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuanprovinces, or on the Cambodian border around Chau Doc.
3.  The Cham have a tradition of wet rice cultivation.
4.  Handicrafts  are  fairly  well-developed,  especially  silkworm  textiles  and  handmade pottery wares.
5.  Both men and women wear long one-piece sarongs or cloth wrappers.
6.  The main color of their daily dress is cotton white.
7.  The chief means of transporting goods and farm produce is the back-basket.
8.  The most important festival, called Bon Kate, is held near the Cham towers in the tenth month of the Lunar year.

TEST (UNIT 3)
 
I. 1. D      2. B    3. C     4. A      5. B      6. B     7. C    8. C     9. B   10. D
 
II. 11. speech     12. spend      13. ask       14. sports       15. stone     16. skill
     17. spelling    18. speak     19. disk     20. school       21. best       22. Stamps
 
III. 23. mountainous     24. agricultural     25. traditional  26. diversity 27. peaceful
 
IV. 28. What is the population of the Khmer ethnic group?
29. It is over one million.
30. Where does the Khmer live?
31. They live in Soc Trang, Tra Vinh, Can Tho, Kien Giang, and An Giang provinces.
32. What are their customs?
33. Young Khmer people often go to pagodas to study and improvetheir virtuesand knowledge.
34. What do they do to live on?
35. They live on wet rice cultivation, animal husbandry, weaving, pottery and sugar making from the “Thot Not” tree.
36. What are their main festivals?
37. They are “Chon Cho Nam Tho May” (New Year Festival), Buddha’s Birthday, “Don Ta” (Forgive the Crimes of the Dead), and “Ooc Om Bok” (Moon Worship).
 
V. 38. ethnic minority      39. branch    40. share       41. stilt house
     42. marriage         43. musical instruments  44. ceremonies 45. a funeral house
 
VI.
46. The     47. a          48. The         49. The         50. an        51. the     52. the  53. the
 
VII. 54. What custom do ethnic groups in Central Highlands have?
55. What do people in the Central Highlands believe?
56. What would the dead do if they were not buried in beautifulgraves?
57. What is the purpose of making funeral houses and cutting wooden statues?
58. How many tools do people in the Central Highlands use to make statues?
59. What topics for funeral statues are taken from?
 
VIII. 60. B     61. C      62. A      63. D      64. C    65. B          66. A            67. B           68. D          69. B
 
IX. 70. C      71. A         72. C         73. B      74. D
 
X. 75. It is quite simple to cook Thang Co.
76. The horse meat and organs are washed and mixed with 12 traditional spices: cardamom, anise flower, cinnamon, ginger and some secret species…
77. Then all meat and organs are put in a large pan and fried.
78. Wait until the meat becomes dry, and pour water in the pan and simmer within more than an hour.
79.  The  organs  such  as  heart,  liver,  blood,  bowel,  meat,  bone  are  added  later  and  then simmered and put more vegetables.
80. The pans of Thang Co in highland market fairs are usually enough for a few dozen of people.