Bài tập ôn hè Tiếng Anh 8 – Unit 16 – Test 3

TEST 3

I. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.

1. a. toaster           b. fiber            c. zipper               d. defrost
2. a. cocoa            b. concrete        c. remove            d. process
3. a. vanilla         b. intention        c. utensil              d. liquefy
4. a. papyrus         b. microwave        c. hairdryer          d. instrument
5. a. ingredient       b. chemically       c. facsimile        d. development

II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

6. All her letters_____by her secretary.
a. is typed b. were typed c. is typped              d. were typped

7. First Lewis will give a TV interview, comes the main news conference.
a. Then b. Soon c. After d. Behind

8. Please taste the soup and tell me if it needs more salt.
a. eat or drink a little of something
b. give a certain feeling when you put it in your mouth
c. use your teeth to make food soft
d. drink something slowly, taking only a little each time

9. Wine is made_____grapes.
a. in b. off c. from d. into

10. _____ is a tall plant with big yellow seeds that
a. Maize b. Papyrus c. Cacao d. Sugar cane

11. What do you think this button is____?
a. so that b. for c. to d. in order to

12. We stayed home _____ the cold weather.
a. because b. due to c. therefore d. when

13. I was tongue-tied. I didn’t know what
a. say b. to say c. to be said d. for saying

14. The man looks_____.
a. angry b. happiness c. angrily d. happily

15. This ordinary-looking sofa can be made_____a bed.
a. in b. into c. for d. to

III. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.

15. The bicycle has been invented by Karl D. Sauerbronn in 1816..
16. Mix yellow and blue to make green.
17. After invented the light bulb, Thomas Edison went on to create many other useful inventions.
18. The music was very loud and could hear from a long way away.
19. Thanh Ha School closed for two days last week because a flood.

III. Choose the, word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.

Chocolate is made from up to 12 different types of cocoa (21)____. First, the beans are sorted by hand before being (22)__. Each type of bean (23)___roasted separately.

Next, the shells of the beans are (24)_____. After this, the beans are mashed into a thick paste and sugar and vanilla are added. This paste is called the ‘chocolate liquor’. Then the chocolate (25) _____ is heated for up to 72 hours. Following this, the liquor is repeatedly heated and then cooled (26)___several hours.

(27)___, the chocolate is allowed to cool and harden before (28)___packaged.

21. a. beans         b. peas             c. plants           d. fruits
22. a. roast        b. roasts             c. roasting             d. roasted
23. a. is          b. are             c. was                      d. were
24. a.removed              b. invented             c. stirred         d. poured
25. a.liquor          b.candy            c.powder               d. flavor
26. a.on          b.at             c.of             d. for
27. a.Daily        b.Hardly         c.Finally            d. Nearly
28. a.be        b.being      c.to being         d.ø

IV. Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.

Papyrus was made from the papyrus reed that grew near the Nile. First, strips of papyrus reed were laid side by side on a large tray. Other strips of reed were then put across these strips. The tray that contained the reeds was then covered with water to help the reeds to stick together. After the strips were stuck in this way, the sheet of papyrus was beaten with a hammer and left to dry in the sun. Finally, the sheet of papyrus was poiished with ivory or a smooth shell in order to remove any roughness.

tray (n) cái khay                                    beat (v) đập, nện

hammer (n) cái búa                             ivory (n) ngà (voi, v.v.)

smooth (adj) nhẵn mịn                       roughness (n) sự xù xì

29. Which of the following could be the best title of the passage?
a. How Paper is Made b. How to Grow Papyrus Reed
c. How to Make Papyrus d. Where did Papyrus Reed Grow?
30. What does the word ‘help’ in line 4 mean?
a. do something useful for somebody b. make something easier c. do something for somebody d. let somebody do something
31. Water was used to ______.
a. cover the tray that contained the reeds
b. help the reeds to stick together
c. to polish sheets of papyrus
d. a & b are correct
32. We can replace ‘in order to’ in line 7 with _____.
a. ‘to’ b. ‘so that’ c, ‘so as to’ d. a&c are correct
33. Which of the following is not true?
a. People used ivory to polish sheets of papyrus.
b. Sheets of papyrus didn’t have to be beaten with
c. Sheets of papyrus were left to dry in the sun.
d. Papyrus was a kind of paper.

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TEST 3

I. 1d 2c 3d 4a 5b
II. 6b 7a 8a 9c 10a 11b 12b 13b 14a 15b
III. 16b 17b 18a 19c 20d
IV. 21a 22d 23a 24a 25a 26d 27c 28b
V. 29c 30b 31d 32d 33b

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