Giải bài tập tiếng Anh 8 - Pearson [Unit 6: Folk tales]

A. PHONETICS
 
1.  What a beautiful princess My Chau was!
2.  What a cunning prince Trong Thuy was!
3.  What a strong and kind young man Thach Sanh was!
4.  What a cunning merchant Ly Thong was!
5.  What a magical guitar Thach Sanh had!
6.  What a wonderful rice pot Thach Sanh had!
7.  What a wonderful lamp Aladdin had!
8.  What a beautiful voice the Little Mermaid had!
9.  What a big bamboo Khoai had!
10.  What delicious food chung and day cakes are!
 
B. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
 
I. 1. C     2. A     3. B     4. A      5. D    6. C     7. A    8. B
 
II. 1. was reading – heard                2. came – was having       3. went – was raining 
4. Were you watching – phoned      5. met – was wearing        6. broke – were playing
7. were waiting – arrived                 8. was not driving – happened
9. fell – was painting                       10. were you doing
 
III. 1. saw – were trying           2. was walking – felt          3. were driving – appeared 
4. was she driving – happened  5. was waiting – came       6. invited – was visiting
7. didn’t want – was waiting     8. rang – was watching
9. began – was sitting                10. went – were having
 
IV. 1. came – were watering           2. was talking                        3. was practicing – was reading
4. were climbing – visited               5. was talking – entered         6. was making – went
7. was crossing – stepped – fell      8. began – was planting
9. arrived – was writing                   10. were walking – heard
 
V.
1. was doing       2. were shopping     3. was chatting     4. were driving 5. was making
6. were cooking  7. was sleeping    8. were having   9. were drinking   10. was trying
 
VI. 1. was cutting         2. slipped             3. fell             4. was        5. started
       6. appeared         7. asked                8. cried          9. told       10. felt
       11. dived             12. appeared        13. refused      14. was not        15. dived
       16. appeared        17. was               18. shook          19. told             20. was
        21. came             22. cried               23. thanked      24. was            25. gave
 
VII.
1. were you doing        2. were you playing      3. wasn’t playing     4. wasraining
5. was shining              6. wasn’t shining          7. was watching       8. was helping
9. were cleaning          10. was cleaning          11. Was he getting  12. was winding
 
VIII. 1. B    2. D       3. B      4. D     5. A     6. B     7. B     8. D    9. B    10. A
 
C. SPEAKING

I. 1. E    2. G     3. C      4. A      5. H     6. F     7. D      8. B
 
II.1. by Hans Christian Andersen
2. it is a fairy tale
3. the Emperor, the two strangers, the Chief Minister and the small boy
4. didn’t spend any time doing the things an emperor should do,but he was only interested in trying on new clothes and parading them in front of his people
5. the Emperor that they could make magic cloth
6. ordered a suit of magic cloth
7. a small boy said what everyone was thinking: the Emperor was wearing nothing
8. The Emperor just carried on with his parade – thinking the people were all be the fools
 
III.
1. Hansel and Gretel
1.  They are Hansel, Gretel, and the witch.
 
2.  It is about two smart children, Hansel and Gretel.
 
3.  A  woodcutter  and  his  second-wife  couldn’t  afford  to  feed  his  own  children.  The stepmother suggested leaving them in the forest for a while. The children, Hansel and Gretel, heard that and they left their home. Hansel used small rocks to mark the way back home. The two kids had no food when they found a witch’s house made of bread, cake and sugar. Of course, they ate a lot and didn’t die.
 
4.  The witch asked them to stay. After that, she locked up Hansel to fatten him, and made Gretel work hard around the house.
 
5.  This went on for a while until the witch decided to eat both ofthem. She asked Gretel to check the oven’s heat from inside. Gretel tricked the witch into doing that instead. The witch was burned up and the children went home with a lot of her treasure. Unluckily, the mother died. The kids and the father lived happily ever since.
 
2. The Bronze Pig
1.  The small boy, the glove-maker and his wife, and the artist.

2.  It is a story about a poor young boy in Florence, Italy.

3.  First, the boy was begging for money, but was not successful. He slept on top of a bronze pig which is actually a fountain. At night, the pig camealive and brought the boy into the museum where he saw a lot of famous paintings.

4.  The next morning, the boy woke up and went home. His mother made him go away for not bringing in any money, so he ran away. A glove-maker and his wife took him in. The boy met an artist and he taught the boy to draw.

5.  He grew up to become a very talented artist who painted many beautiful pictures, including a painting of the bronze pig.
 
D. READING
 
I. 1. One night her sisters went to a ball at the palace.
2. She felt very sad.
3. Her/The fairy godmother appeared and helped her.
4. She danced with the prince.
5. The prince and Cinderella were married and lived happily ever after.
 
II. 1. C        2. A             3. D            4. B
5. Because he saw them raise their heads to listen to the prayer coming from the nearby temple.
6. He raised his bow and shot the cobra to save the snakes.
7. The male snake gave him a beautiful white pearl as a gift ofits gratitude.
8. Because it allowed one to understand the language of animals.
9. Because he dropped the magic pearl into the sea.
10.  He  ordered  an  army  of  workmen  who  brought  hundreds  of  cartloads  of  sand  to  the seashore to fill up the sea to find his lost pearl.
11. kind      12. harmless         13. grateful        14. cruel          15. hunter
16. passed  17. tried                18. and               19. interested  20. while/when
 
E. WRITING

The Legend of the Milky Way
0. Once upon a time, there was a very beautiful and charming princess, named Chuc Nu.
00. She was a very hard-working lady and she was often sitting on the shore of the Silver River to sew clothes.
1.  One day, a young man, named Nguu Lang, herded his buffaloes to the river.
2.  He fell in love with the princess at first sight, and she lovedhim, too.
3.  The King of Heaven did not allow the daughter to marry Nguu Lang.
4.  But the couple had to promise to continue their work after their marriage.
5.  They enjoyed being married so much and they forgot their promise.
6.  The King became furious and ordered them to separate.
7.  Each of them would live on one side of the river and could onlylook at each other from across the river.
8.  The King allowed them to meet once a year in the seventh month of the lunar year.
9.  When they meet each other, they usually cry for joy.
10. They cry even more bitterly when it is time for separation.
11. That is why it rains heavily at the beginning of the seventh lunar month in Vietnam.
12. If you look at the sky on clear nights, you may see the Silver River which looks like a long milky white strip.
 
TEST (UNIT 6)
 
I. 1. A         2. C        3. B       4. C         5. A         6. D
 
II.
7. lived            8. was performing             9. caught              10. said           11. was
12. agreed       13. didn’t like                   14. told                   15. came       16. was not
17. sent            18. were                          19. wanted              20. found      21. was sitting
 
III. 22. B      23. D         24. E          25. F         26. C             27. A
 
IV. 28. B        29. A         30. E        31. G        32. F        33. C       34. D
 
V. 35. G          36. E            37. C          38. F          39. B        40. D
 
VI. 41. B    42. C       43. A     44. C    45. D    46. B    47. C  48. B    49. D   50. B
 
VII. 51. B      52. E         53. D       54. A       55. C
 
56. Because one day her husband beat her with a stick and dismissed her from home.
57. He was deeply sad and regretful, so he decided to go away to find her until he spent all money and became a beggar.
58.  Because  she  found  that  the  stack  of  straw,  where  her  drunk former  husband  was sleeping, had been being burning with a deer roasted it.
59. He jumped into the fire to die beside his wife.
60. God turned them into three parts of the earthen tripod so that they could live side by side forever.
61. faithful       62. regretful      63. loved      64. come/move to another place 
65. lived in harmony     66. felt sorry for     67. decided to go away  68. because it was 
69. jumped into the fire            70. what to do
 
VIII. 71. Twenty-five tin toy soldiers are given to the boy as a birthday present.
72. The last toy soldier had only one leg because they ran out of tin.
73. The one-legged soldier saw the paper dancer on the table, and fell in love with her.
74. The soldier was placed on the window sill and knocked out of the window.
75. He was put in a paper boat and washed away.
76. The soldier was eaten by a fish.
77. When the fish was caught, sold, and cut open, the soldier was found inside.
78. The soldier was taken back to the playroom, and he was thrown onto the fire.
79. The paper dancer was blown onto the fire.
80. The soldier melted into a heart shape.