Kiểm tra tiếng Anh số 8

onships	D. terms
13.	This young author has already received the sort of ____ that others have to try lifetime.
	A. attentiveness	B. note	C. recognition	D. notoriety
14.	I hope this headache _____ soon.
	A. goes out	B. comes away	C. wears off	D. passes away
15.	They began constructing the bridge in 1960, but several years ___ before the project was completed.
	A. advanced	B. elapsed	C. proceeded	D. progressed	
16.	After the accident and the subsequent appearance in court, he was ____ from driving for a year.
	A. dispossessed	B. forfeited	C. disqualified	D. invalidated
17.	At first the shelves in the kitchen were very simple, we just had to ___ a few holes on the wall.
	A. stab	B. drill	C. pierce	D. saw
18.	When she was taken to hospital, two ambulance men carried her out of the house on a ___.
	A. stretch	B. hammock	C. mattress	D. hoarse
19.	As a result of the company’s ____ policy, there are now many more supermarkets built.
	A. magnification	B. increase	C. intensification	D. expansion
20.	My cousin’s main ____ for going abroad was his poor health.
	A. need	B. reason	C. cause	D. desire
21.	He parked in the wrong place and the police ____ his car away.
	A. hoisted	B. hitched	C. towed	D. lifted
22.	The work keeps ____ and I seem to get very little done.
	A. piling on	B. growing up	C. heaping on	D. piling up
23.	I’m not ____ to your plan but it needs modifying.
	A. objected	B. opposed 	C. disputed	D. conflicted
24.	Luggage may be placed here ___ the owner’s risk.
	A. by	B. under	C. at	D. with
25.	He doesn’t ____ to take a holiday this summer.
	A. suppose	B. determine	C. plan	D. suggest
26.	A coach carrying football ___ crashed into a lorry on the motorway.
	A. watchers	B. fans	C. people	D. lovers
27.	He ran down the beach and ____ into the sea.
	A. dived	B. sank	C. headed	D. bathed
28.	She was born in Japan, but has now _____ in the United States.
	A. fixed	B. planted	C. settled	D. stuck
29.	His business is growing so fast that he must take ____ more workers.
	A. up	B. on	C. over	D. out
30.	Since he was a boy, one of his ____ has been stamp-collecting.
	A. hobbies	B. cares	C. sports	D. professions
31.	She has a lot of free time and wants to know how best to ____ it.
	A. waste	B. spend	C. make 	D. save
32.	The examiners will test your ___ to drive under normal conditions.
	A. ability	B. advantage	C. wisdom	D. virtue
33.	It is dangerous to _____ out of the windows of the train.
	A. hold	B. slope	C. lean	D. bend
34.	He hated his job, as a ______ of fact he has now given it up.
	A. nature	B. matter	C. condition	D. type
35.	Fat people should ____ the temptation to eat a lot of sweet things.
	A. disobey	B. resist	C. deny	D. refuse
IV. Chọn một từ để hoàn tất mỗi khoảng trống trong đoạn văn sau:
Researchers in the United States have discovered a powerful drug, pregnenolon, that can improve __(36__ in mice. In the laboratory, mice were trained to associate a sound with a shock a few second later. They ahd to __(37)__ their way through a maze to avoid the shock. Then some of the mice were given pregnenolon. The mice that had been injected with the drug showed such a __(38)__ improvement in memory that the researchers were astonished. It was already known that pregnenolon can help people __(39)__ from spinal cord __(40)__ after car crashes or falls, but __(41)__ this new research shows is that it plays an even more important role. The results suggest that it may one day be possible to treat people __(42)__ memories have been affected by old age or disease.
Scientists have already tried out the drug on a number of patients __(43)__ had been __(44)__ affected by Alzheimer’s disease and who were __(45)__ of __(46)__ members of their own family. __(47)__ they only show a __(48)__ improvement, if any, but the scientists believe that the doses they used __(49)__ have been either too high or too low. They are confident that they will reach their __(50)__ aim of producing a drug that will be safe and effective for humans.
36.	A. recollection	B. recognition	C. reminder	D. memory
37.	A. remember	B. remind	C. review	D. realize
38.	A. grand	B. significant	C. decisive	D. important
39.	A. recover	B. return	C. rescue	D. regain
40.	A. harm	B. damage	C. hurt	D. injure
41.	A. which	B. what	C. who	D. that
42.	A. who	B. their	C. whose	D. which
43.	A. who	B. they	C. which	D. whom
44.	A. badly	B. wrongly	C. hardly	D. heavily
45.	A. disable	B. incapable	C. unaware	D. unconscious
46.	A. reviewing	B. recognizing	C. reminding	D. realizing
47.	A. Improbably	B. Unfortunately	C. Unlikely	D. Importantly
48.	A. petty	B. mean	C. poor	D. small
49.	A. should	B. ought	C. will	D. might
50.	A. long-distance	B. long-time	C. long-sight	D. long-term
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test xii
I. Chọn một từ có phần in nghiêng được phát âm khác so với các từ trong cùng nhóm:
1.	A. agent	B. change	C. blame	D. champion	
2.	A. music	B. future	C. public	D. cubic
3.	A. laughter	B. bought	C. drought	D. caught
4.	A. chorus	B. chairman	C. chronicle	D. scholar
5.	A. patient	B. efficient	C. precision	D. appreciate
II. Chọn một từ có vị trí trọng âm khác so với các từ còn lại trong nhóm:
6.	A. dismiss	B. destroy	C. discount	D. district
7.	A. competent	B. museum	C. musician	D. computer
8.	A. intelligent	B. apprentice	C. preferential	D. potential
9.	A. mountain	B. maintain	C. fountain	D. maintenance
10.	A. shuttlecock	B. cyclist	C. athletics	D. helmet
III. Chọn một từ, hoặc cụm từ thích hợp để hoàn tất mỗi câu sau đây:
11.	She came in quietly ____ not to wake the baby.
A. as if	B. so as	C. such as	D. if so
12.	The child was told to eat all his vegetable or ____ he would get no ice-cream.
	A. in case	B. else	C. instead	D. in fact
13.	Sport is sometimes used by government as a tool of foreign ____ .
	A. policy	B. political	C. politics	D. politician
14.	Violence at football matches is a symptom of problems in ____ .
	A. nation	B. society	C. fraternity	D. sate
15.	Sportsmen ____ their political differences on the sport field.
	A. take part	B. put aside	C. take place	D. keep apart
16.	Please accept our ____ congratulations!
	A. finest	B. warmest	C. dearest	D. deepest
17.	It is difficult for museums to find funds to protect the nation’s ____ .
	A. inheritance	B. heritage	C. possessions	D. legacy
18.	A part-time job give me freedom to ____ my own interest.
	A. pursue	B. chase	C. seek	D. catch
19.	She’s ____ interrupting me when I’m talking.
	A. sometimes	B. never	C. always	D. just
20.	In his first game for Newcastle, Keegan _____ a goal after 58 minutes.
	A. scored	B. won	C. earned	D. gained
21.	 Shy people often find it hard to ____ group discussion.
	A. take place in	B. take part in	C. get on with	D. get in touch with
22.	It ____ a lot of patience to be a nurse.
	A. uses	B. takes	C. spends	D. costs
23.	I couldn’t decide between the two records, so I bought ___ of them.
	A. each	B. both	C. either	D. all
24.	People still haven’t _____ how dangerous pollution can be.
	A. remarked	B. noted	C. realized	D. minded
25.	After I ____ finished working, I switched off the machine.
	A. have	B. had	C. having	D. to have
26.	I think access to cinemas and theaters is the main ____ of city life.
	A. amenity	B. attraction	C. leisure	D. recreation
27.	I don’t want to go, but there is no way of getting ____ it.
	A. from	B. off	C. out of	D. away
28.	That child is really ____ by his grandparents.
	A. stained	B. polluted	C. spoilt	D. naughty
29.	When they got back from holiday, they found their house had been ____ by burglars.
	A. broken into	B. broken up	C. broken down	D. broken off
30.	His bad behavior was put _____ his upbringing.
	A. up	B. with	C. off	D. down to
31.	What he told me was a ___ of lies.
	A. pack	B. load	C. mob	D. flock
32.	Dentists recommend brushing teeth with a fluoride toothpaste to _____ them from decay.
	A. defense	B. protect	C. arm	D. guard
33.	In some parts of the world the indigenous population has been completely ____ .
	A. wiped up	B. wiped out	C. wiped away	D. wiped off
34.	____ through the attic and see if you can find anything for the jumble sale. 
	A. Rummage	B. Ravage	C. Forage	D. Salvage
35.	The rain seems to have set ____ for the evening.
	A. upon	B. about	C. in	D. down
IV. Chọn một từ để hoàn tất mỗi khoảng trống trong đoạn văn sau:
A climber whose heart had stopped beating in a snowstorm on Mont Blanc was reviewed by French doctors during a five-hour operation yesterday. Alan Haywood, 41, had set off with four friends on Saturday to climb Mont Blanc. Early on Saturday morning the __(36)__ had set off for the summit, and although the skies were __(37)__ at first, it soon began to snow heavily. As the storm get worse, they __(38)__ see where they were going. They had no __(39)__ but to dig a hole in the snow to keep the __(40)__ in and wait for the storm to pass. They were __(41)__ for 24 hours. During the night, Mr. Haywood’s body temperature began to fall, and when it drops to below 25*C, his heart stopped beating. His friends feared the worst and thought he was __(42)__. The men were found the following day by the Chamonix mountain __(43)__ team, who had been sent up the mountain to find two other climbers who had disappeared. All seven were then lifted off the mountain by helicopter and taken to Chamonix hospital, where doctors __(44)__ to get Mr. Haywood’s heart beating again __(45)__ in time. A doctor said there was a good chance that he would __(46)__, and explained that the effects of the extreme cold would have help to __(47)__ serious damage.
So far this year there has been a __(48)__ number of emergencies in Chamonix. The mountains around the town have __(49)__ 93 lives and left 726 people injured. Eleven people are still __(50)___ .
36.	A. party	B. set	C. crew	D. pack
37.	A. clean	B. clear	C. pure	D. calm
38.	A. didn’t manage	B. couldn’t	C. did