Grade 8-Unit 1: Reading

Grade 8-Unit 1:

READING

Read the paragraph and underline the words you don't know

Ba talks about his best friends

I am lucky enough to have a lot of friends.

Each of us, however, has a different character.

Bao is the most sociable. He is also extremely kind and generous. He spends his free time doing volunteer work at a local orphanage, and he is a hard-working student who always gets good grades.

Unlike Bao, Khai and Song are quite reserved in public. Both boys enjoy school, but they prefer to be outside the classroom.

Song is our school’s star soccer player, and Khai likes the peace and quiet of the local library.

I am not as outgoing as Bao, but I enjoy telling jokes. My friends usually enjoy my sense of humor. However, sometimes my jokes annoy them.

Although we have quite different characters, the four of us are very close friends.

Multiple Choice

1) Ba talks about _______ of his friends.

• three

• four

• none

• all

Multiple Choice

2) Bao’s volunteer work _______.

• A. helps him make friends

• B. causes problems at exam time

• C. does not affect his school work

• D. takes up a lot of time

Multiple Choice

3) Khai and Song_______.

• A. like quiet places

• B. don’t talk much in public

• C. dislike school

• D. enjoy sports

Multiple Choice

4) Ba's friends sometimes_______his jokes.

• A. answer

• B. do not listen to

• C. laugh at

• D. get tired of

Multiple Choice

5) How does Ba feel having a lot of friends?

• A. Lucky

• B. Annoying

• C. Tired

• D. Bored

Multiple Choice

6) Who is the most sociable?

• A. Ba

• B. Khai

• C. Bao

• D. Song

Multiple Choice

7) Who likes reading?

• A. Ba

• B. Khai

• C. Bao

• D. Song

Multiple Choice

8) What is a bad thing about Ba’s jokes?

• A. They are boring.

• B. They can be offensive sometimes.

• C. Sometimes they annoy his friends.

• D. All A,B,C are correct.

Multiple Choice

9) Where does Bao spend his free time?

• A. At an internet café.

• B. At school.

• C. At a convinient store near his school.

• D. At a local orphanage

Vocabulary

1. Character (n.) = Characteristics = Personality: tính cách

2. Lucky (adj): may mắn. >< Unlucky

- Luckiness (n.): Sự may mắn.

- Luck (n.): điềm may.

- Luckily (adv): một cách may mắn. >< Unluckily

3. sociable (adj): hòa đồng = outgoing

4. extremely (adv): vô cùng, cực kỳ = quite (adv): khá là

- extreme (adj): cực đoan

-extremeness (n.): tính cực độ.

5. kind (adj): tốt bụng >< unkind

- kindness (n.): lòng tốt

- kindly (adv): một cách tử tế

6. generous (adj): rộng lượng

- generously (adv): một cách rộng lượng

-generosity (n.): sự rộng lượng

7. local (n.): địa phương/ bản địa

8. orphanage (n.): trại trẻ mồ côi

- orphan (n.): trẻ mồ côi

9. hard-working (adj): chăm chỉ >< lazy (adj): lười biếng

10. Unlike (adj): không giống/khác với

11. reserved (adj): dè dặt = shy

12. in public: nơi công cộng

13. peace (n.): sự bình yên

- peaceful (adj): yên tĩnh/bình yên

- peacefully (adv): một cách bình yên

14. quiet (adj): trầm tĩnh/ ít nói

15. as adj as ( so sánh bằng): như là

16. enjoy + V_ing: thích làm một việc gì đó = like + V_ing

- enjoy + Nouns: thích một cái gì/một ai đó = like + Nouns

17. annoy (v.): gây khó chịu/gây bực mình

- annoying (adj): khó ưa/làm phiền

18. prefer (v.): thích

prefer sthing/sb to sthing/sb: thích cái gì/ai đó hơn cái gì/ai đó

Do you and your best friends have the same or different personalities?

Write a paragraph (at least 5 sentences) about your best friends