Đề thi giữa HK1 môn Tiếng Anh 8 năm 2021-2022 - Trường THCS Bế Văn Đàn

Read the following passage then answer the questions Gong culture in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam has been recognized by UNESCO as a Masterpiece of the Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Gong culture covers five provinces of the Central Highlands: Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong and Lam Dong. The masters of gong culture are the ethnic groups of Bahnar, Sedang, Mnong, Coho… The Gong Festival is held annually in the Central Highlands. In the festival, artists from these provinces give gong performances, highlighting the gong culture of their own province. For the ethnic groups of the Central Highlands, gongs are musical instruments of special power. It is believed that every gong is the symbol of a god who grows more powerful as the gong gets older. Therefore, gongs are associated with special occasions in people’s lives, such as the building of new houses, funerals, crop praying ceremonies… The gong sound is a way to communicate with the gods.

Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage. Nowadays, leisure activities are totally different from the past. Many people no longer enjoy (11)__________in outdoor activities after school. In stead, they (12)__________playing computer games or surfing the web in their free time. Some people rely too much on computer and the Internet. For example, they prefer (13)______ messages to having a face-to-face conversation with friends. Even when people (14)________out with their friends, they rarely talk but they use their phones to surf web. However, many people dislike the Internet and the (15)________world. They hate to waste time on the computer and enjoy other activities such as reading, shopping or sporting.

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