Giải bài tập tiếng Anh 8 - Pearson [Unit 5: Festivals in Viet Nam]

A. PHONETICS
I.

Verbs	Nouns	Verbs	Nouns
1. concentrate	concentration	16. organize	organization
2. compose	composition	17. compare	comparison
3. consider	consideration	18. attend	attention
4. construct	construction	19. recognize	recognition
5. coordinate	coordination	20. animate	animation
6. depress	depression	21. consume	consumption
7. donate	donation	22. explode	explosion
8. erect	erection	23. discuss	discussion
9. found	foundation	24. celebrate	celebration
10. locate	location	25. educate	education
11. apply	application	26. commemorate	commemoration
12. generate	generation	27. invade	invasion
13. oblige	obligation	28. preserve	preservation
14. reflect	reflection	29. recommend	recommendation
15. converse	conversation	30. present	presentation

 

Stress on 2nd syllable	Stress on 3rd syllable	Stress on 4th syllable
depression, donation, erection, foundation, location, attention, consumption, explosion, discussion, reflection, invasion	concentration, composition, construction, comparison, recognition, animation, celebration, education, application, generation, obligation, conversation, preservation, presentation	consideration,coordination, organization, commemoration, recommendation,

 
II. 1. C        2. A         3. C          4. A            5. D            6. D     7. D      8. C
 
B. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
 
I. 1. because          2. Moreover          3. Although         4. but
    5. When              6. While               7. and                  8. So
 
II. 1. C       2. A        3. D        4. A        5. B        6. C      7. A      8. C
 
III. 1. pray                 2. celebrate          3. honour/ worship         4. commemorate
     5. symbolizes      6. hold                 7. perform                       8. honour/ worship
 
IV. 1. C       2. E         3. B        4. A        5. D
 
C. SPEAKING
 
I. 1. H     2. D     3. F      4. A     5. I     6. J     7. G     8. B     9. E     10. C
 
II. 1. E      2. F      3. D      4. B         5. A       6. C
 
D. READING
 
I. 1. D      2. C          3. B         4. E          5. A
 
6. It is held on the 6^th day of the Lunar New Year in Nem Thuong Village, in Bac Ninh Province.
 
7. This festival is held to commemorate a general in the Ly Dynasty – Doan Thuong, who reclaimed this land.
 
8.  It  originated  from  the  legend  that  the  general  brought  his  troops  to  this  land  and slaughtered wild male pigs to feed his soldiers.
 
9. It is believed to symbolize prosperity, vitality and good harvest.
 
10. Because the festival is known as the most brutal in the country.
 
II. 1. B     2. A      3. D     4. C     5. B     6. C     7. A     8. D    9. A   10. C
 
III. 1. C     2. E       3. F      4. B      5. D      6. A
7. It is Chol Chnam Thmay Festival.
8. It is held in mid-April, in 3 days (4 days for the leap year).
9. They prepare new clothes, food and drinks for whole festivaldays, and they also repair, clean and decorate their house.
10. On the altar, they present 5 flower branches, 5 candles, 5 incense, 5 cereal seeds and fruit crops.
11. Major activities are bathing, dressing nice, bringing sacrifice gifts to the temple in good time which has been selected.
12. They cook rice and bring it to the temple on the second NewYear day.
13. They do Buddha bathing and monk-bathing ceremony on the third day.
14. They go to the grave to pray for the souls of those who died.
 
E. WRITING
I.
1.  On  New  Year’s  Eve,  the  Vietnamese  put  fruits  on  the  altar, and they  also  arrange watermelon and traditional cakes such as chung cakes.
 
2.  While many people go to pagodas or churches on New Year’s to pray for the coming year, many others remain in their home in front of the altar towelcome the ancestors through prayer.
 
3.  Although people  from  Western  countries  do  not  follow  ancestor  worship, ancestor worship is considered a type of religious practices in some Asian countries.
 
4.  Because xoan singing  is  still  in  the  memory  of  folk  artists  in  Phu  Tho  province,  they always try their best to hand down offspring the old style of singing in the activities of the clubs. (because)
 
II.
1.  The  Giong  Festival  is  held  from  the  6^th  to  the  12^th of the 4^th lunar  month  in  several venues around Ha Noi.
 
2.  The festival commemorates Saint Giong who defeated the An.
 
3.  It is also an opportunity to hopefor abundant harvests and happy lives, and express patriotism.
 
4.  During the festival, villagers do the statue bathing, processions of bamboo flowers to Soc Temple.
 
5.  The  festival  also  provides  many  entertaining  activities,  including  folk  games  and traditional singing performances.

6.  The festival has been recognized by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of mankind.
 
TEST (UNIT 5)
 
I. 1. C      2. B       3. B          4. B         5. A
 
II. 6. B    7. C    8. A     9. D    10. B   11. C    12. C    13. C    14. C   15. A
 
III. 16. because   17. when   18. and   19. Moreover    20. and   21. Therefore
       22. First        23. Then    24. because     25. because/when   26. if    27. If
 
IV. 28. G   29. D    30. H    31. C    32. E    33. A    34. F    35. B
 
V. 36. B    37. C     38. A     39. D     40. B     41. C    42. B    43. A    44. D   45. B
 
VI. 46. T    47. T    48. F    49. T    50. T    51. F     52. F    53. F    54. T   55. F
 
VII. 56. and           57. When       58. Moreover        59. so
      60. Because    61. when       62. Therefore         63. although
64. It is held on 15^th day of the eighth lunar month to celebrate biggest full moon in the year.
65. They prepare many different foods – moon cakes, candies, biscuits, jellies, and fruit.
66. They are given many nice lanterns and diverse funny masks.
67. They can light the lanterns during the Mid-Autumn night.
68. Because it takes place when people have had good crops.
69. It is a good example of the traditional culture of the Vietnamese.
 
VIII.
70. While the establishment of the club of Xoan singing in Phu Tho has brought new energy and strength, villagers in these communes give great contribution to the development of the clubs.
 
71. Valentine Day is not very popular in Viet Nam, yet people in big cities send gifts on that day.
 
72.  Flower  buds  and blossoms are  the  symbols  for  new  beginning because these two distinctive flowers are widely sold and purchased during Tet.

73. Homes are often cleaned and decorated before New Year’s Eve, and the kitchen needs to be cleaned before the 23^rd night of the last month.
 
74. When street  vendors  rush  into  the  city  center  with  peach  trees  on  their  bicycles,  the  streets look like moving pink forests.
 
IX. King Hung Temple Festival
 
75.  King  Hung  Temple  Festival  takes  place  yearly  at  King  Hung  Temple  from  the  8^th to 11^th day of the third lunar month.
 
76.  During  the  festival,  Vietnamese  people  go  to  King  Hung  Temple  on  Nghia  Linh Mountain, Phu Tho Province to take part in this festival.
 
77. The festival features many folk games such as bamboo swings, rice cooking competitions, lion dance, human chess, water puppet performance, wrestling, crossbow shooting, etc.
 
78. On the 10^th day, a national ceremony is held with participation of about 40 villages.
 
79. Governmental leaders will lead the procession up to Upper Temple.
 
80. There is a ceremony of offering incense, five-fruit trays, and specialities such as chung cakes and day cakes, which are two traditional foods of Vietnam.