Bài tập môn tiếng anh lớp 8 (15)

BÀI TẬP BỔ TRỢ TIẾNG ANH 8 UNIT 12
I. Complete the following passage with the words given (Hãy hoàn thành bài đọc sau
với những từ cho sẵn): nuclear, significant, spokesman, down, million, percent, who,
Soviet, Travel, of, switching, estimated, that, industry, such, and, destination, plans,
Greece, because.
EUROPEAN TOURISM DOWN
Many U.S. residents (1) ……………………….made reservations early in the year to
travel to Europe changed their (2) ………………………., with most canceling their trips
entirely or (3) …………………………..to domestic destinations and others choosing a
different foreign (4) ……………………… . According to the European (5)
……………………..Commission, travel by U.S. citizens to Western Europe was (6)
……………………………25,4 percent in the period between January (7)
…………………………July from the same period in 1985.
Countries in the Mediterrianean regon, (8) ………………………..as Greece and Italy,
were especially hard-hit, (9) …………………………..they had been a focus of terrorist
activity. A (10)
…………………….for the Greek tourist agency projected that American tourism in (11)
………………for all of 1986 would be 70 percent below 1085 levels and (12)
………......... that Greece would lose $250 (13) …………………….as a result of
cancellations by U.S. travelers. In Italy, the tourist (14) ………………………….termed
the season “tragic”, estimating (15) …………………………. American tourism through
August was roughly 40 (16) ……………. below 1985 levels. The (17)
……………………Union (and Poland) also saw a (18) …………………………decline
in tourism for a different reason – because (19) ………………… uneasiness in the wake
of the accident in April at the Chernobyl (20)…………………..power plant.
II. Read the passage below carefully and then choose the most appropriate option to
complete it (Hãy đọc kĩ bài đọc sau, rồi chọn từ thích hợp nhất để hoàn thành nó):
U.S. TRAVEL UP
The Air Transport Association, (1) ……………………….represents all major U.S.
airline, reported that, (2) ………………………….the first nine months of 1986, total
traffic on member airlines was 9 percent (3) ………………………the pevious year.

However, during that same time (4) …………………………international business was
down 3.3 percent, with (5) ………………. Sharpest drop-off on North Atlantic routes to
Europe. (6) ……………………increased availability of discounted air fares was a (7)
………………….factor behind the strength of U.S. airline traffic. (8)
…………………….than 90 percent of all passengers flew with (9) …………… priced
more than 60 percent off standard coachfares. (10) ……………………., there were
predictions that the wide availability of low fares (11) ……………………….be curtailed
in coming months, as the airline industry continued to consolidate.
The (12) ……………Hotel and Motel Association was bullish about U.S. (13)
………………. Prospects for 1986, projecting full-year occupancy rates exceeding 65
percent. (14) ……………... September, the year- to-date occupancy rate in the
association’s motels (15) ……………….hotels was 66.3 percent, down slightly from
1985, (16) ………………….there were 70,000 more rooms available this (17)
…………………. . Resorts catering both to the (18) …………………and leisure
markets, as well as inner-city hotels that (19) …………….special weekend packages,
profited (20) …………………..the high occupancy rates.
1. a. which

b. that

c. who

d. whom

2. a. at

b. by

c. for

d. on

3. a. over

b. above

c. in

d. by

4. a. stage

b. age

c. time

d. period

5. a. a

b. an

c. the

d. one

6. a. the

b. an

c. these

d. those

7. a. good

b. exact

c. famous

d. major

8. a. better

b. more

c. less

d. fewer

9. a. papers

b. bags

c. tickets

d. fares

10. a. however

b. in addition

c. indeed

d. moreover

11.a. would

b. might

c. should

d. will

12. a. French

b. European

c. Canadian

d. American

13. a. motel

b. hotel

c. tourism

d. restaurant

14. a. by

b. in

c. through

d. next

15. a. and

b. as well as

c. also

d. with


16. a. for

b. and

c. although

d. but

17. a. month

b. week

c. year

d. century

18. a. work

b. buiness

c. job

d. task

19. a. said

b. gave

c. had

d. offered

20. from

b. to

c. by

d. at