Hanoi Star Primary and Secondary School WEEKLY HANDOUT

Name:……………………………………………. GRADE 8 - Week: 10

Class:………………………………...………………….. Date:……………………………..
HD.G8.E.W10
UNIT 3
VOCABULARY: ADVENTURE
A. PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other
three in each question.
1. A. learn B. hear C. fear D. clear
2. A. swan B. sweat C. swing D. sword
3. A. animal B. adventure C. family D. fantastic
4. A. yacht B. cheese C. reach D. couch
5. A. dived B. stopped C. surfed D. shocked
II. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the other three in each
question.
6. A. exotic B. creation C. equipment D. origin
7. A. rainforest B. sky-diving C. opponent D. natural
8. A. oceanic B. naturally C. interesting D. scuba-diving
9. A. caveman B. wildlife C. valley D. event
10. A. binocular B. incidental C. adventurous D. participate
B. LEXICAL AND GRAMMAR
III. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence below.
11. What’s the longest time you’ve been ______ from home?
A. on B. into C. away D. out of
12. Coconut oil for hair is a really ______ item for ladies.
A. should-have B. can-have C. must-have D. may-have
13. We ______ in Egypt to visit Abu Simbel temples.
A. carried on B. stopped off C. sailed around D. hiking across
14. The next talk show will be about how to inspire others to ______ their dreams.
A. take B. run C. see D. live
15. The permanent ______ to environmental pollution lies in the purification of human
conscience.
A. news B. advantage C. ecology D. solution
16. The idea of ______ insects is not new. In fact, Asian and African people have already
created many specialties from them.
A. eating B. jumping C. climbing D. driving

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17. I’d prefer to sail _________ the world alone before I have kids.
A. on B. around C. up D. down
18. Do you think cycling _________ a mountain at 222 kilometers per hour is dangerous?
A. down B. through C. off D. under
19. Have you ever tried to dive _________ a 30-meter-high cliff into a river?
A. over B. off C. down D. to
20. He cannot go _________ because he has acrophobia, which is a fear of height.
A. cycling B. skydiving C. surfing D. snorkeling
21. I haven’t seen you for _________. What have you been _________?
A. age/up to B. ages/up to C. years/down to D. year/down to
22. Going _________ means travelling in a light narow canoe with a covering over the top.
A. cycling B. sailing C. kayaking D. skydiving
23. We’ve just got back from an adventure _________ in Egypt.
A. holiday B. photos C. trips D. climb
24. My Khe beaches are famous for their _________ clear water.
A. crystal B. diamond C. jewel D. mirror
25. She’s going to meditate by _________ yoga next to a stream.
A. going B. taking C. doing D. playing
26. There are some _________ popping up on your homescreen. I think you should check them.
A. pictures B. websites C. accounts D. notifications
27. Our teacher _________ a video of our last meeting in our forum for everyone to see.
A. browsed B. uploaded C. connected D. logged on to
28. We tried to meet our parents’ _________, but we found it hard.
A. dreams B. interests C. hopes D. expectations
29. He’s a big _________ and scares his weaker classmates.
A. bully B. ally C. comrade D. side kick
30. We have _________ from our exams, peers, and parents. This makes us feel very stressed.
A. pressure B. friends C. excitement D. tournament
IV. Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the part in each of the
following sentences.
31. I took numerous pictures of the exotic flowers I saw on my last trip to Japan.
A. beautiful B. crazy C. colourful D. unusual and interesting
32. Have you ever joined a run through the dunes of the Gobi Desert before?
A. cliffs B. valleys C. streams D. hills of sand
V. Choose the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in
each of the following sentences.
33. She set off her journey to the North last month.
A. arrived B. depart C. left D. called off

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34. He decided to leave behind his friends and family to travel to America.
A. bring along B. abandon C. separate D. bring up
VI. Supply the correct form of the word given in each sentence.
35. We were surprised by the ______ of the portions. (ENORMOUS)
36. How many ______ are joining the race? (COMPETE)
37. Her ______ blog bores me so much that I stopped reading it immediately. (INSPIRE)
38. My father is pretty ______ in cooking. He loves trying new recipes. (ADVENTURE)
39. It is an ideal place for ______ fishing or boating. (EXPLORE)
40. One of the mountain ______ passed out on the way. (CLIMB)
VII. Choose the underlined part that needs correcting in each sentence below.
41. The 250-kilometer (A) run is part of (B) a four-races (C) desert challenge (D).
42. Would you prefer to travel (A) to (B) American (C) or Australia (D)?
43. Her inspired (A) speech motivates (B) us to study (C) harder (D).
44. She got (A) very alone (B) in the middle of her trip, but (C) she kept going (D).
45. Of (A) the country (B) she’s visited (C), she loves Mexico the most (D).
C. READING
VIII. Choose the correct answers to complete the passage.
(46)_____ in the limestone mountains of Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, Son
Doong Caves were first found in 1991 by Ho Khanh, a local man. Son Doong Cave was
formed from 2 to 5 million years ago, when the river (47)_____ through the limestone
mountain area and was buried. The water eroded limestone and created an
underground tunnel. In soft limestone areas, the collapse of tunnel ceiling formed large
holes which became giant domes (48)_____. The cave is about 200m high, 200m wide
and at least 8.5 km long. Especially, Son Doong (49)_____ of two entrances, which is
unique among explored caves in Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park. Deep inside the
cave exists a grandiose tropical jungle called “Garden of Eden” by the explorers. The
jungle is home to a (50)_____ system of fauna and flora.
46. A. Locating B. Located C. Location D. Locate
47. A. ran B. flowed C. travelled D. went
48. A. afterward B. finally C. before D. towards
49. A. includes B. contains C. consists D. has
50. A. diverse B. diversified C. diversity D. diversify
IX. Read the following passage and choose the option (A, B, C or B) that best
answers each of the questions below.
In late 1946 or early 1947, three Bedouin teenagers were tending their goats and sheep
near the ancient settlement of Qumran, located on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea
in what is now known as the West Bank. One of these young shepherds tossed a rock
into an opening on the side of a cliff and was surprised to hear a shattering sound. He
and his companions later entered the cave and stumbled across a collection of large clay

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jars, seven of which contained scrolls with writing on them. The teenagers took the
seven scrolls to a nearby town where they were sold for a small sum to a local
antiquities dealer. Word of the find spread, and Bedouins and archaeologists eventually
unearthed tens of thousands of additional scroll fragments from 10 nearby caves;
together they make up between 800 and 900 manuscripts. It soon became clear that
this was one of the greatest archaeological discoveries ever made.

The origin of the Dead Sea Scrolls, which were written around 2,000 years ago between
150 BCE and 70 CE, is still the subject of scholarly debate even today. According to the
prevailing theory, they are the work of a population that inhabited the area until Roman
troops destroyed the settlement around 70 CE. The area was known as Judea at that
time, and the people are thought to have belonged to a group called the Essenes, a
devout Jewish sect.

The majority of the texts on the Dead Sea Scrolls are in Hebrew, with some fragments
written in an ancient version of its alphabet thought to have fallen out of use in the fifth
century BCE. But there are other languages as well. Some scrolls are in Aramaic, the
language spoken by many inhabitants of the region from the sixth century BCE to the
siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE. In addition, several texts feature translations of the Hebrew
Bible into Greek.

The Dead Sea Scrolls include fragments from every book of the Old Testament of the
Bible except for the Book of Esther. The only entire book of the Hebrew Bible preserved
among the manuscripts from Qumran is Isaiah; this copy, dated to the first century BCE,
is considered the earliest biblical manuscript still in existence. Along with biblical texts,
the scrolls include documents about sectarian regulations and religious writings that do
not appear in the Old Testament.

The writing on the Dead Sea Scrolls is mostly in black or occasionally red ink, and the
scrolls themselves are nearly all made of neither parchment (animal skin) or an early
form of paper called ‘papyrus’. The only exception is the scroll numbered 3Q15, which
was created out of a combination of copper and tin. Known as the Copper Scroll, this
curious document features letters chiselled onto metal – perhaps, as some have
theorized, to better withstand the passage of time. One of the most intriguing
manuscripts from Qumran, this is a sort of ancient treasure map that lists dozens of
gold and silver caches. Using an unconventional vocabulary and odd spelling, it
describes 64 underground hiding places that supposedly contain riches buried for
safekeeping. None of these hoards have been recovered, possibly because the Romans
pillaged Judea during the first century CE. According to various hypotheses, the

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treasure belonged to local people, or was rescued from the Second Temple before its
destruction or never existed to begin with.

Some of the Dead Sea Scrolls have been on interesting journeys. In 1948, a Syrian
Orthodox archbishop known as Mar Samuel acquired four of the original seven scrolls
from a Jerusalem shoemaker and part-time antiquity dealer, paying less than $100 for
them. He then travelled to the United States and unsuccessfully offered them to a
number of universities, including Yale. Finally, in 1954, he placed an advertisement in
the business newspaper The Wall Street Journal – under the category ‘Miscellaneous
Items for Sale’ – that read: “Biblical Manuscripts dating back to at least 200 B.C. are for
sale. This would be an ideal gift to an educational or religious institution by an
individual or group” Fortunately, Israeli archaeologist and statesman Yigael Yadin
negotiated their purchase and brought the scrolls back to Jerusalem, where they remain
to this day.

In 2017, researchers from the University of Haifa restored and deciphered one of the
last untranslated scrolls. The university’s Eshbal Ratson and Jonathan Ben-Dov spent
one year reassembling the 60 fragments that make up the scroll. Deciphered from a
band of coded text on parchment, the find provides insight into the community of
people who wrote it and the 364-day calendar they would have used. The scroll names
celebrations that indicate shifts in seasons and details two yearly religious events
known from another Dead Sea Scroll. Only one more known scroll remains
untranslated.
A. Complete the notes below.
Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in blanks 61-65.
The Dead Sea Scrolls
Discovery
Qumran, 1946/7
● three Bedouin shepherds in their teens were near an opening on side of cliff
● heard a noise of breaking when one teenager threw a (61) ________________
● teenagers went into the (62) ________________ and found a number of containers made
of (63) ________________
The scrolls
● date from between 150 BCE and 70 CE
● thought to have been written by group of people known as the (64) ________________
● written mainly in the (65) ________________ language
● most are on religious topics, written using ink on parchment or papyrus

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B. Do the following statements agree with the information given in the reading passage?
In blank 66 - 73, write
TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
66. ______ The Bedouin teenagers who found the scrolls were disappointed by how little
money they received for them.
67. ______ There is agreement among academics about the origin of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
68. ______ Most of the books of the Bible written on the scrolls are incomplete.
69. ______ The information on the Copper Scroll is written in an unusual way.
70. ______ Mar Samuel was given some of the scrolls as a gift.
71. ______ In the early 1950s, a number of educational establishments in the US were
keen to buy scrolls from Mar Samuel.
72. ______ The scroll that was pieced together in 2017 contains information about annual
occasions in the Qumran area 2,000 years ago.
73. ______ Academics at the University of Haifa are currently researching how to
decipher the final scroll.

D. WRITING
X. Rewrite the sentemces using the given words.
74. You should visit the spectacular falls at Iguazu. (WORTH)
 ________________________________________________________________________________________________.
75. Her professor let her borrow his yacht for as long as she wanted it. (LENT)
 ________________________________________________________________________________________________.
76. I am looking for a partner to go on the next trip with me. (SEEKING)
 ________________________________________________________________________________________________.
77. Seeing you again is good. (IT)
 ________________________________________________________________________________________________.
78. We think pets like snakes and tropical birds are very exotic. (FIND)
 ________________________________________________________________________________________________.
79. Her sister stayed with her as she continued her journey around the world. (CARRIED)
 ________________________________________________________________________________________________.
80. I have been her follower on Instagram for 3 years. (FOLLOWING)
 ________________________________________________________________________________________________.

_____The end_____

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