BAI TAP BOI DUONG HSG AV8 ( TEST 18 - TEST 19)

THE EXERCISES FOR EXERLLENT STUDENTS.

TEST 18
I. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
1. a message b. furniture c. cousin d. invent
2. a. countless b. service c. transmit d. answer
3. a. invention b. agreement c. arrangement d. demonstrate
4. a. exhibition b. introduction c. emigration d. stationery
5. a. orphanage b. delivery c. experiment d. directory
II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or
substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
6. Mary, you _____ the exam if you don’t work more.
a. will fail b. are failing c. fail d. failed
7. I thought I heard a noise_______ .
a upstair b. upstairs c. Ø d. b & c
8. I’ll ask my personal ______ to deal with this.
a.ssist b. assistant c. assistance d. assisting
9. Look! The baby______ going to eat the dog’s food!
. is b. was c. are d. were
10. Don’t come in. Please wait______ for a few minutes.
. inside b. outside c. insides d. outsides
11. I’ll come _____ to pick her up.
. in b. on . c. over d. up
12. There are many ways______doing it.
. of b. for c. to d. about
13. They found some electrical _______ in the room.
. devices b. device c. advices d. advice
14. The school decided to try an ________ in language teaching.
a. experimented b. experiment c. experiments d. experimental
15. I tried to phone him countless times but he wasn’t there.
. few . little . much d. many

20. He was born in Oxford, or somewhere near to here.
A B C D
IV. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
Dear Sir or Madam,
I would like (21) _____ a single room at your hotel for the nights of 12, 13 and 14 April.
Could I possibly have a (22) _____ room with a bath? I understand you have a restaurant.
Could you (23) _____ me what time the (24) ____closes?
Please let (25) _____ know if you (26) ____ a deposit or a credit card number.Thank
you very much. I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully,
Peter West
book (v) :đặt chỗ deposit (n) : tiền đặt cọc
credit card number (n) : số thẻ tín dụng
21. a. book b. booking c. to book d. to booking
22. a. quiet b. quite c. big d. a & c
23. a. talk b. say c. speak d. tell
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24. a. hotel b. restaurant c. shop d. room
25. a. I b. me c. my d. mine
26. a. needs b. need to c. are needing d. need
V. Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each
of the questions about it.
Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father was an
expert in phonetics, the study of the sounds of languages. As a boy, Bell became interested in
sounds and speech.
In 1870 the Bells decided to emigrate to America. They lived in Boston, where Alexander
taught in a school for the deaf. There he began experimenting with a machine to help the deaf
hear. While experimenting with this machine, Bell had an idea. Why not use electricity to

send the human voice from one place to another? Bell began work on a new invention.
expert (n): chuyên gia
27. When was Alexander G. Bell born?
a. In 1847 b. In 1870 c.In 1870s d.no information
28. He went to live _______ .
a. in Scotland b. in America c. in Boston d. b & c are
correct
29. What does the word ‘emigrate’ in line 4 mean?
a. leave somebody’s country to live in another country
b. to go to a place for a short time
c. travel a long way from home to work every day
d. get away from something dangerous
30. What does the word ‘they’ in line 4 refer to?
a. sounds b. the Bells c. the American d.the deaf.
31. Which of the following is not true?
a. Bell’s father was an expert in phonetics.
b. Bell became interested in sounds and speech since he was a boy.
c. Bell learned in a school for the deaf.
d. He experimented a machine to help the deaf hear.
TEST 19.
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
others.
1. a. message b. arrange c. emigrate d. stationery
2. a. mobile b. telephone c. hold d. commerce
3. a. much b. club c. furniture d. introduction
4. a. countless b. cousin c. about d. outside
5. a. answer b. always c. wrong d. write
II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or
substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
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6. We are going to visit my American aunt_______ .
a. next Wednesday b. last Wednesday c. at Wednesday d. in
Wednesday
7. I went upstairs to bed.
a. to or on a higher floor of a building b. to or on a lower floor of a building
c. in or to the inside of something d. in or to a place that is not inside a
building
8. Are Chris going to close his shop early ________?
a. last night b. tonight c. last month d. yesterday
9. Let’s go to the theater this evening.
a. Let me b. Let us c.You should d. Would you like
10. ____________ Rome next week?
a. Will they visit b. Are they going to visit
c. Are they visiting d. all the answes are correct
11. I can see something moving out_______ .
a. here b. there c. near d. nearby
12. We all have our favorite _____ of doing certain things.
a. roads b. paths c. ways d. streets
13. I can’t reach him by phone.
a. arrive at b. achieve c. contact d. come to
14. She came _____ with a new idea for increasing sales.
a. in b. on c.to d. up
15. He agreed_______ our suggestion.
a. of b. to c. in d. for
IV. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
Dear sir,
I (21) ______ Alexandria with my brother from October 21st to 23rd. Have you got a
double room with a shower for these dates? How (22) _______ is the room?

We would like a (23) _______ facing the sea, if it is possible. (24)_______ there a restaurant
in the hotel? We don’t eat meat (25) _______ ,we like all other kinds of food.
We are arriving in Alexandria (26)______ about six o’clock on Friday (27) ________ . We
plan to leave the hotel (28)_______ Sunday morning.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours faithfully,
James Brown
21. a. visit b. visits c. am visiting d. visited
22. a. much b. many c. lot d. more
23. a. room b. hotel c. house d. flat
24. a. Are b. Is c. Have d. Do
25. a. because b. but c. however d. a & b are correct
26. a. in b. at c. on d. when
27. a. morning b. evening c. night d. a & b
28. a. in b. at c. on d. since
V. Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each
of the questions about it.
You may use the telephone every day but how much do you know about it? The telephone
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was invented by Alexander Bell in 1876. Bell was born in Scotland in 1847. But later he went
to live in the USA.
Bell was always interested in sound. He wanted to be able to send sound through a wire.He
had a workshop in his house in America and did many experiences there.
One day, he was doing an experiment in his workshop. He was careless and spilt some
burning liquid onto his clothes. Talking into his telephone, Bell said, ‘Mr. Watson, I want you
to come over here immediately please.’ His assistant was in another room far away from the
workshop. However, he heard Bell clearly on his own telephone. Quickly, he ran to Bell’s
workshop. ‘Mr. Bell, I heard every word you said!’ Watson shouted excitedly. Bell

succeeded. He invented the first telephone. Later, other inventors made better ones.
liquid (n) : chất lỏng
29. We can replace the phrase ‘went to live in’ in line 3 with_______ .
a. ‘came up with’ b. ‘emigrated to’ c. ‘led to’ d. ‘traveled all over’
30. What does the word ‘assistant’ in line 10 mean?
a. a person who helps b. a person who teaches
c. a person who learns d. a person who works
31. Mr. Watson ________ .
a. was Bell’s brother b. heard Bell clearly on his own telephone
c. was careless d. was born in Scotland
32. What does the word ‘ones’ in line 15 refer to?
a. rooms b. workshops c. telephones d. inventions
33. Which of the following is not true?
a. Alexander G. Bell invented the telephone in 1876. b. Bell had a workshop in his
house in America.
c. Bell didn’t conduct many experiments. d. Bell was always interested in sound.
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