ĐỀ KIỂM TRA TRẮC NGHIỆM TIẾNG ANH - TEST 8
A. Structure
1. The consistency of protoplasm and that of glue .
A) they are alike B) are similar to
C) are similar D) the same
2. The lights and appliances in most homes use alternating current
A) instead direct current B) instead of direct current
C) that instead direct current D) for direct current instead
3. When Franklin Roosevelt decided to run for a fourth term, the opposition said that
he was .
A) so old B) too old
C) oldest D) very older
4. The decomposition of microscopic animals at the bottom of the sea results in an
accumulation of in porous rocks.
A) the oil B) oil
C) an oil D) oils
5. The U.S. postal service policy for check approval includes a requirement that two
pieces of identification .
A) must present B) presented
C) be presented D) for presentation
6. Nerve impulses to the brain at a speed of about one hundred yards per
second.
A) sending sensations B) to send sensation
C) send sensations D) sensations
7. Although exact statistics vary because of political changes, separate nation
states are included in the official lists at any one time.
A) more than two hundred B) as much as two hundred
C) many as two hundred D) most that two hundred
8. owe much of their success as a group to their unusual powers of migration.
A) That birds B) A bird
C) The bird D) Birds
9. Research in the work place reveals that people work for many reasons .
A) money beside B) money besides
C) beside money D) besides money
10. Seals can because they have a thick layer of blubber under
their fur.
A) keep them warm B) keep themselves warm
C) they keep warm D) keep their warm
11. Both liquids and gases flow freely from a container because they have
.
A) not definite shape B) none definite shape
C) nothing definite shape D) no definite shape
12. One of Shaw's , Pygmalion, was the story that formed the basis for the
musical play My Fair Lady.
A) greatest work B) greatest works
C) the greatest work D) the greatest works
13. Although the scientific community had hoped that the field of
transplantation , the shortage of organ donors has curtailed
research.
A) progress B) had progress
C) would progress D) progressing
14. The seed heads of teasel plants raise the nap on coarse tweed cloth
than do the machine tools invented to replace them.
A) more efficiently B) efficiently
C) more efficient D) most efficient
15. unknown quantities is the task of algebra.
A) To found B) Find
C) The find D) Finding
B. Written Expression
16. The prime rate is the rate of interest that a bank will (A. charge) when (B. it) (C.
borrows) money to (D. its) best clients.
17. When a pregnant woman (A. smokes), the (B. blood supply) to the uterus is (C.
affected), (D. reduction) oxygen to the fetus.
18. The area (A. where) (B. a microchip) is manufactured must (C. be) the (D. most
cleanest) environment possible.
19. Before his death (A. in 1943), in an effort to encourage (B. less dependence) on
one crop by the South, George Washington Carver (C. is) responsible for developing
hundreds of industrial (D. uses) for peanuts and sweet potatoes.
20. (A. Sodium), usually a metal, and chlorine, usually a gas, (B. they) react (C. to
form) the solid sodium cloride, or (D. table salt)
21. Mathematics (A. is) (B. such important) field and serves so many of the sciences
that (C. it) is a prerequisite (D. for studying) every scientific discipline.
22. Studies of job satisfaction are unreliable because there (A. is) so (B. many)
variables and (C. because) the admission of dissatisfaction (D. may be viewed) as a
personal failure.
23. Champlain (A. founded) a base at Port Royal (B. in 1605), and (C. builds) a fort
(D. at Quebec) three years later.
24. (A. A calorie) (B. is) the quantity of heat (C. required) (D. to rise) one gallon of
water one degree centigrade at one atmospheric pressure.
25. Natural gas often (A. occurs) (B. both together) with petroleum (C. in) the minute
pores of rocks (D. such as) sandstone and limestone.
26. There is (A. no) limit to the diversity to be (B. finding) in the (C. cultures) of (D.
people) throughout the world.
27. Sloths spend (A. must) of (B. its) time hanging upside down from trees and (C.
feeding) on leaves and (D. fruit)
28. Although (A. blood) (B. lets) a residue in urine and stool samples, (C. it) cannot
always (D. be detected) without the aid of a microscope.
29. The native people in the Americas were (A. referred to) as Indians became, (B.
according to) the (C. believe) at the time, Christopher Columbus (D. had reached) the
East Indies.
30. (A. A barometer) is a device with a (B. sealed) metal chamber designed to (C.
reading) the changes in the pressure of (D. air) in the atmosphere.
31. Cotton fiber, (A. like) (B. other) vegetable fibers, (C. are) composed (D. mostly)
of cellulose.
32. (A. Almost all) life (B. depends to) chemical reactions with oxygen (C. to
produce) (D. energy)
33. It may be (A. argued) that modern presidents have far (B. great) responsibilities
than (C. their) predecessors (D. did)
34. The concept of lift in aerodynamics (A. refer to) the relationship (B. among) the
(C. increased) speed of air over the top of a wing and the higher pressure of (D. the
slower air) underneath)
35. (A. Many) grasshoppers can (B. produce) (C. sounds) by (D. rub) their hind legs
against their wings.
36. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was not only a poet and an author but (A. also) (B.
presided) the modern language department at Harvard University (C. for) (D. more
than) eighteen years.
37. Some important characteristics of the Baroque style (A. was) (B. a renewed
interest) in ornamentation and a powerful (C. use) of both light (D. and) shade.
38. (A. The understanding) electricity (B. depends on) a knowledge of atoms and the
subatomic particles of which (C. they) (D. are composed)
39. (A. If) England had not (B. imposed) a tax on tea two hundred and twenty years
(C. ago), (D. will) the United States have remained part of the British
Commonwealth?
40. Scientific fish farming, (A. known as) aquaculture, has existed for (B. more than)
4000 years, but scientists who (C. make) research in this field are only recently
providing the kind of information that growers need (D. to increase) production
Answer Sheet
1 C) 2 B) 3 B) 4 B) 5 C) 6 C) 7 A) 8 D) 9 D) 10 B)
11 D) 12 B) 13 C) 14 A) 15 D) 16 C) 17 D) 18 D) 19 C) 20 B)
21 B) 22 A) 23 C) 24 D) 25 B) 26 B) 27 B) 28 B) 29 C) 30 C)
31 C) 32 B) 33 D) 34 C) 35 D) 36 B) 37 A) 38 A) 39 D) 40 C)