Bài tập nâng cao tiếng anh 8

Grade 8
TEST 17
I, Chọn từ có phần gạch chân phát âm khác các từ còn lại
1, A. recycle B. sky C. why D. century
2, A. resources B. beaches C. lakes D. oranges
3, A. meal B. ahead C. reading D. please
4, A. youth B. thank C. thirsty D. there
5, A. favor B. glad C. bank D. happy
II, Chọn đáp án đúng để hoàn thành các câu sau
1, Take this medicine three ________ a day.
A. times B. tablets C. once D. hours
2, I’d like to see Mr. Ban ________ and not his wife.
A. him B. himself C. his D. he
3, They blamed ________ for the accident.
A. them B. together C. themselves D. themselves
4, You like the movie “The Kids in Town”, ________?
A. you do B. do you C. you don’t D. don’t you
5, Alexander Graham Bell was a Scotsman ________ he later emigrated to the USA.
A. despite B. in spite C. although D. even
6, It was raining ________ we cancelled the trip to Mount Faber.
A. although B. because C. so D. but
7, Everybody was here, including ________ Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
A. with B. Ø C. of D. in
8, I ________ a lovely holiday in Da Lat last summer.
A. passed B. had C. brought D. make
9, - Would you mind ________ of the lights? – I’d rather you didn’t.
A. if I turn B. I turn C. if I turned D. turning
10, Keiko has $100. Betty has $75. Betty has less money than Keiko.
A. more B. a lot of C. not as much as D. the same as
III, Cho dạng đúng của các từ trong ngoặc
1, My mother doesn’t like me wearing short skirts to church. She thinks they’re ____________. (suitable)

2, Can you give a brief ________________ of the festival? (describe)
3, At Christmas, millions of ______________ cards are sent to friends and ______________. (greet/ relate)
4, The police are interested in the sudden ______________ of the valuable painting. (appear)
5, She is one of the greatest ________________ to appear in this theater. (perform)
6, As he is so ________________ with his present job he has decided to leave. (satisfy)
7, May I have your ________________ on this form? (sign)
8, The village looks quiet and ________________. (peace)
9, The prince and the poor girl had a happy ________________. (marry)
10, You must put all ________________ objects out of children’s reach. (danger)
IV, Mỗi câu sau có một lỗi sai. Hãy tìm và sửa lại cho đúng.
1, The football match is becoming more and more excited.
2, You should do the work myself and you can learn a lot from it.
3, Ba always gets excellent grades because he studies hardly.
4, My mother has cooked the meal for a quarter of an hour.
5, Mr. Ba’s house is big and more comfortable than Mr. Nam’s.
6, Many of the world’s seas, rivers and lakes are becoming much and more polluted.
7, Nam couldn’t answer all the questions because he didn’t have time enough.
8, Are you gone to have a meeting on Thursday or Friday?
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9, It took me a hour to learn all the old lessons.
10, Strangely, it stopped to rain when she got into her classroom.
V, Điền từ thích hợp vào chỗ trống để hoàn thành các đoạn sau
 The coastal village of Breedon today welcomed home Frank Davies at the end of his two-year voyage
(1)____ the world. Mr. Davies, who is 75, was born in a village and was a (2) ____at school for 50 years. When
he retired, he (3) ____ his house to buy a boat and see the world. Now he has returned to the village where he
has (4) ____ many friends.
When asked what he was going to do (5) ____, Frank replied that he wanted to write a book about (6) ____
travels. He has kept a diary (7) ____ the voyage and taken over 600 photographs of the (8) ____ places he had
visited. Frank (9) ____ the book will encourage people of all ages to take (10) ____ the sport of sailing.

1, A. around B. through C. on D. over
2, A. student B. professor C. officer D. teacher
3, A. sell B. sale C. sold D. selled
4, A. too B. so C. such D. very
5, A. then B. next C. recently D. last
6, A. him B. his C. he’s D. himself
7, A. at B. for C. with D. during
8, A. exciting B. usual C. interested D. excited
9, A. wishes B. wants C. likes D. hopes
10, A. up B. off C. in D. to
something made later on it anything
sausage sandwiches with phoned left them
 One morning last summer Jane (1) ________________ some sandwiches for her husband’s lunch. They
were sausage sandwiches. There was one small sausage (2) ____________ over, so Jane gave (3)
________________ to Curly, her little dog. Curly ate it up. Half an hour (4) ________________, the dog got ill.
He kept (5) ________________ shaking his head, and rubbing it (6) ________________ his foot. Jane thought
“He’s ill. He must have eaten (7) ____________ that didn’t agree with him. Maybe that (8) ________________
was bad.” Then she remembered her husband’s (9) ________________. She ran to the telephone and (10)
____________ Jim at his office in town.
night about can clock has London named was next to the
 The world’s most famous (1) ____________, Big Ben, stands (2) ________________ the Houses of
Parliaments in (3) _____________. Big Ben is the name of (4) ______________ bell which chimes every hour.
The bell was (5) ______________ after Sir Benjamin Hall, the man who (6) ____________ given the task of
hauling the bell up the clock tower. The clock (7) _______________ four faces and keeps accurate time. It (8)
______________ be adjusted by removal or addition of coins on a tray attached to the clock’s pendulum. One
interesting thing (9) ____________ the clock is that when the light shines above the belfry at (10)
______________, it means that the House of Commons is still in session.
VI, Đọc kĩ các nội dung sau rồi điền True/ False
 THE BRITISH CLIMATE
Britain has a variable climate. The weather changes so frequently that it is difficult to forecast. It is not

unusual for people to complain that the weathermen were wrong. Fortunately, as Britain does not experience
weather conditions, it is never very cold or very hot. The temperature rarely rises above 32
o
C (90
o
F) in summer,
or falls below -10
o
C (14
o
F) in winter.
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Summers are generally cool, but due to global warming they are starting to get drier and hotter.
Newspaper during a hot spell talk of “heatwaves” and an “Indian summer” (dry, hot weather in September or
October). Hot weather causes terrible congestion on the roads as Britain rush to the coastal resorts.
Winters are generally mild, with the most frequent and prolonged snowfalls in the Scottish Highlands,
where it is possible to go skiing. If it does snow heavily in other parts of Britain, the country often comes to a
standstill. Trains, buses and planes are late. People enjoy discussing the snow, complaining about the cold and
the weather conditions with previous winters.
1, The weather in Britain is the same most of the time.
2, People stay at home when the weather becomes too hot and dry.
3, Traffic jams occur during a hot spell.
4, The general warming of the earth affects the summer in Britain.
5, In the Scottish Highlands it rarely snows for a long period of time.
 PARATECIL TABLETS
For headaches, colds and influentza
Dose: (Unless told otherwise by a doctor)
Adults and children over 12 years one to two tablets.
Take the tablets three or four times daily every four hours.

Don’t continue to take the tablets for more than three days.
If you do not get better after this time, see your doctor.
Do not take more than the dose.
Keep out of the reach of young children.
1, Children over 12 years old take two or three tablets.
2, Take two Paratecil tablets every four hours for at least two days.
3, Don’t take Paratecil tablets for longer than three days.
4, See a doctor for help if the Paratecil tablets do not cure you.
5, The label advises people to put the medicines where children cannot reach them.
VII, Chia các động từ trong ngoặc ở thì thích hợp để hoàn thành các đoạn/ câu sau.
1, Robert Wilson (be)___________ a politician. He (go) ___________ to Oxford University in 1960, and in
1976 he (become) ___________ a member of Parliament (an MP). He (be) ___________ an MP since then. He
(be) ___________ Minister of Education from 1980 to 1985. He (write) ___________ many books. He (be)
___________ married and (have) ___________ two children. His family lived in Oxford for 15 years, then they
(move) ___________ to London in 1980. They now (live) ___________ in a house in Kensington Street,
London.
2, They (try) ___________ to mend the broken window for half an hour but they (not succeed)
______________ yet.
3, I don’t think I (go) ___________ out tonight. I (be) ___________ too tired.
4, John (wash) ______________ his hands. He just (repair) _______________ the TV set.
5, Tell him (bring) ___________ his bike inside. If he (leave) ___________ it there, someone (steal)
___________ it.
6, My mother (work) ___________ extremely hard when she was a student.
7, Jane came to London last week. She (stay) ___________ with her sister at the moment until she (find)
___________ somewhere to live.
8, Tea or coffee? I (make) ___________ both now so just which you (prefer) ___________.
9, Martin (look) ______________ forward to a peaceful weekend when his brother arrives with all his friends
from the football club.
10, Why (you, wear) _________________ that thin dress? You (freeze) ______________ to death in this cold.
VIII, Chọn đáp án đúng để hoàn thành các câu sau

1, A: What will you buy/ are you going to buy Jill for her birthday?
B: A CD player.
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A: She has got a CD player.
B: Oh, I’ll buy/ I’m going to buy her a book then.
2, A: Why have you got so many eggs?
B: Because I’ll make/ I’m going to make an omelet.
A: What will you do/ are you going to do today?
B: It’s John birthday so I’ll make/ I’m going to make him a cake.
3, A: I haven’t got any money to go home.
B: I’ll lend/ I’m going to lend you some if you like. How much do you want?
A: Two pounds is enough. I’ll give/ I’m going to give you back tomorrow.
4, A: I have an appointment with the bank managers this morning.
B: Why will you see/ are you going to see him?
A: Because my husband and I will/ are going to start our own business and we need some money.
5, TV program was bored/ boring/ to bore that I fell asleep.
6, The children can’t get a sleep on Christmas Eve. They are too excited/ exciting/ to excite.
7, He is very interesting/ interested/ to interest man.
8, She is frighten/ frightened/ frightening when seeing the spider.
9, Was your father annoy/ annoyed/ annoying when you told him your exam result?
10, I’m very bored/ boring/ bore after hearing that.
IX, Chuyển những câu sau thành câu gián tiếp (1-5), trực tiếp (6-10)
1, “I have just received a postcard from my sister,” my friend said to me.
My friend told me
2, The porter said to me, “I'll wake you up, when the train arrives in Leeds.”

3, “Have you been here long?” the stranger asked me.

4, “I haven't read so interesting a book since I don't remember when”, she said.

5, John said to Marry, “Why don’t you wear your hair a little longer?”

6, Jane asked Bill when he expected to finish his assignment.

7, I asked the children who had taken away the magazines from my desk.

8, She asked her boy friend if it was true that his father had fought in the last war.

9, Helen said that she thought she would have to find a better job because she couldn’t make both ends meet.

10, Fred asked the postman if there were any letters for him that day.

X, Cho dạng phân từ II của các động từ sau
Nguyên
mẫu
PII Nguyên mẫu PII Nguyên mẫu PII Nguyên
mẫu
PII
draw bring catch forgive
grow hear lose sell
smell think wear teach
sleep begin drive forbid
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