ĐỀ KIỂM TRA CUỐI KỲ - ĐỀ 8 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH pdf

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ĐỀ KIỂM TRA CUỐI KỲ - ĐỀ 8
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
1. a. different b. terrorist c. contrary d. domestic
2. a. future b. burden c. device d. certain
3. a. development b. security c. pessimistic d. particular
4. a. threaten b. appear c. modern d. instance
5. a. experience b. technology c. environment d. optimistic
6. a. powerful b. medical c. dangerous d. computer
7. a. influence b. confident c. disappear d. terrorism
8. a. corporation b. electronic c. responsibility d. electricity
9. a. ahead b. system c. paper d. shuttle
10. a. history b. depression c. invention d. completely

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
11. a. future b. mature c. pasture d. nature
12. a. chore b. technology c. much d. exchange
13. a. threaten b. earth c. healthy d. breathe
14. a. wipe b. allow c. powerful d. answer
15. a. service b. practice c. office d. device

Choose the best answer:
16. Many teenagers show signs of anxiety and _______ when being asked about their future.
a. depress b. depression c. depressing d. depressed
17. Constant _______ of attack makes everyday life dangerous here.
a. threat b. threaten c. threatening d. threateningly
18. No one can predict the future exactly. Things may happen _______.
a. expected b. unexpected

c. expectedly d. unexpectedly
19. Someone who is _______ is hopeful about the future or the success of something in particular.
a. powerful b. optimistic
c. stagnant d. pessimistic
20. A _______ is a spacecraft that is designed to travel into space and back to earth several times.
a. plane b. corporation
c. telecommunication d. shuttle
21. In the future many large corporations will be wiped out and millions of jobs will be lost.
a. companies b. services c. supermarkets d. farms
22. The more powerful weapons are, the more terrible the _______ is.
a. creativity b. history c. terrorism d. technology
23. The medical community continues to make progress in the fight against cancer.
a. speed b. expectation
c. improvement d. treatment
24. Let's put off that meeting to next Monday.
a. postpone b. schedule c. arrange d. appoint
25. A nuclear station may take risk going off due to unexpected incidents.
a. demolishing b. exploding
c. developing d. running
26. She is looking ________ a new place to live because she does not want to depend _______ her parents any
more.
a. for / on b. after / with c. up / forward d. at / into
27. I was brought _______ in the countryside by my aunt after my parents had pass _______.
a. on / over b. for / on c. on / off d. up / away
28. Boys! Put your toys ______. It is time to go to bed. Don't stay _____ late.
a. off / on b. away / up c. down / off d. around/ for
29. She intended to quit her job to stay _______ home and look _______ her sick mother.
a. in / at b. at / after c. for / over d. up / on

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30. He is very worried _______ his new job because he is not quite prepared _______ working.
a. on / over b. to / off c. about / for d. in / at
31. Instead _____ petrol, cars will only run ____ solar energy and electricity.
a. of / on b. for / by c. in / over d. from/ upon
32. She has a promising future ahead _______ her.
a. for b. from c. on d. of
33. What are your plans for _______ future?
a. a b. an c. the d. Ø
34. What will the relationship between computing and _______ bring us over the next 15 years?
a. science b. scientific c. scientifically d. scientist
35. Someone who is _______ thinks that bad things are going to happen.
a. optimistic b. pessimistic
c. threatened d. hopeful
36. Domestic chores will no longer be a burden thanks to the inventions of laborsaving devices.
a. Official b. Household
c. Schooling d. Foreign
37. The ______ of the future will no longer be remedial. It will be preventive.
a. communication b. education c. medicine d. technology
38. Doctors and pharmacists have to assume _______ for human life.
a. responsibility b. achievement
c. optimism d. aspect
39. If you have ever watched television, you have seen plenty ___ drug ads.
a. with b. of c. for d. about
40. The space shuttle crashed and went _______ in flames.
a. of b. for c. over d. off
41. Elevators in tall building make the top floors accessible _____ everybody
a. to b. with c. about d. at
42. While I am waiting _______ my bus, I often listen _______ music.
a. on / at b. for / to c. toward / about d. upon / in

43. Those spacecrafts are used ______ taking photographs _______ space.
a. about / through b. for / in c. of / at d. in / off
44. Will you take care _______ my little dog when I am _______ business?
a. through / away b. about / at c. for / over d. of / on
45. According _______ Bill, there's something wrong _______ my computer.
a. after / for b. on / about c. to / with d. upon / at
46. He depends _______ his sister _______ assistance.
a. to / from b. from / in c. on / for d. at / with
47. He usually travels to _______ Philadelphia by _______ train.
a. Ø / Ø b. the / a c. the / the d. Ø / a
48. You frequently see this kind of violence on _______ television.
a. a b. an c. the d. Ø
49. How do we know what _______ universe is supposed to look like?
a. a b. an c. the d. Ø

50. I will take up golf this year.
a. I will begin to play golf this year.
b. I will stop playing golf this year.
c. I will build a golf court this year.
d. I will enter a golf competition this year.

51. Housewives do not have to spend a lot of time doing housework any more.
a. Housework will never be done by housewives any more.
b. Housewives have to spend more and more time to do housework.
c. Never have housewives spent as much time doing housework as they do now.
d. No longer do housewives have to spend a lot of time doing housework.


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52. Go over the report before you submit it.

a. Before you submit the report, you should be finished writing it.
b. Type the report quickly and then submit it.
c. Read the report carefully before you submit it.
d. Before you write the report you have to find enough information.

53. We always stand by you when you are in need.
a. Whenever you are in need, we stand next to you.
b. We cannot do anything for you though you are in need.
c. We always continue to support and help you when you are in need.
d. We can never stand your necessity.

54. The sign says, "Keep off the grass."
a. The sign says, "Have someone cut the grass immediately."
b. The sign says, "Don't walk on the grass."
c. The sign says, "Grass should not be grown here."
d. The sign says, "Water the grass, please."
55. There is a wide _______ of computers in that shop for you to choose.
a. vary b. various c. variety d. variously
56. There are several places where residents face the threat of _______ every day.
a. terrorist b. terrorism c. terrorize d. terror
57. Telecommunication is bound to have a huge influence on various aspects of our lives.
a. depression b. technique c. expect d. impact
58. We sometimes go away from the city to the countryside for a ______ of fresh air.
a. feeling b. sip c. swallow d. breath
59. Those companies were closed due to some seriously financial problems.
a. taken off b. put away
c. wiped out d. gone over
60. They arrived _______ that train station late because their taxi had broken _______.
a. at / down b. for / off c. on / over d. on / up
61. Those workers are in difficulty because wage increases cannot keep up _______ inflation.

a. with b. for c. over d. on
62. They argued ________ us ________ the problem last night, but we could not find _______ the solution.
a. with / about / out b. on / for / off
c. upon / with / in d. to / on I up
63. Is Miss Wilson very fond _______ French food?
- No, she is not used _______ having French food.
a. over / with b. of / to c. off / for d. in / about
64. Look _______! The tree is going to fall.
a. over b. off c. in d. out
65. I think we maybe run _______ natural resources some day.
a. in to b. up to c. out of d. away from
66. _______ whom do these English books belong?
a. From b. To c. For d. With
67. Thanks ____ the inventions _____ labor-saving devices, women have more free time to take part _______
social work.
a. through / over / for b. on / from / with
c. forward / for / from d. to / of / in
68. _________ computers will continue to get smaller, faster and more affordable.
a. a b. an c. the d. Ø
69. ________ aspirin is recommended to many people as _____ good pain killer.
a. An / the b. The / Ø c. Ø / a d. A / the
70. Many people believe that ________ human beings will never used up all _________ natural resources on
earth.
a. Ø / the b. the / a c. the / Ø d. a / the