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Bài tập Tiếng Anh 8 Unit 1: Leisure Time - Global success

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.

Đáp án

1 - D; 2 - A; 3 - D; 4 - D; 5 - A;

II. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the others in each group.

Đáp án

6 - B; 7 - A; 8 - B; 9 - D; 10 - A;

III. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.

11. She ______ working with children.

A. would like

B. adores

C. would love

D. wants

12. Speech is the fastest method of ______ between people.

A. communicate

B. communicates

C. communicated

D. communication

13. Do you mind ______? I’m feeling pretty tired.

A. driving

B. drives

C. drove

D. driven

14. I had a really ______ dream last night.

A. important

B. fantastic

C. weird

D. light

15. The technology has enabled development of an online ______ library.

A. virtual

B. real

C. funny

D. fast

16. I like ______ up as soon as I finish eating.

A. wash

B. to wash

C. washes

D. washed

17. I’m trying ______ Chinese though it’s very difficult.

A. learn

B. learning

C. learnt

D. to learn

18. We should stop ______ because it is harmful to our health.

A. smoke

B. smokes

C. smoking

D. to smoke

19. John isn’t here. Try ______ his home number.

A. phoning

B. to phone

C. phones

D. phoned

20. Did you remember ______ that letter for me?

A. post

B. to post

C. posting

D. posted

21. They enjoy _____ on Sundays.

A. garden

B. gardened

C. gardening

D. gardens

22. I love the people in my village. They are so ________ and hospitable.

A. friendly

B. vast

C. slow

D. inconvenient

23. For lunch I had _____ sandwich and _____apple.

A. an – a

B. an – an

C. the – a

D. a – an

24. Among the ________, the Tay people have the largest population.

A. majorities

B. ethnic minorities

C. groups

D. ethnic cultures

25. Most ethnic minority peoples are good_______ farming techniques.

A. of

B. in

C. on

D. at

26. We________ there tomorrow.

A. will come

B. came

C. comes

D. have come

27. The US is a __________ country with over 80 ethnic groups.

A. multi-cultural

B. bi-lingual

C. rich

D. Ethnic

28. Among the __________, the Tay people have the largest population.

A. groups

B. majorities

C. ethnic minorities

D. ethnic cultures

29. So many people nowadays are _______ computers and mobile phones. They use them a lot.

A. addicted to

B. bored with

C. worried about

D. afraid of

30. The volunteers have to work much ________ usual to save the dying animals from the forest fire.

A. as hard as

B. more hard than

C. harder than

D. the hardest

Đáp án

11 - C; 12 - D; 13 - A; 14 - B; 15 - A;

16 - B; 17 - D; 18 - C; 19 - A; 20 - C;

21 - C; 22 - A; 23 - D; 24 - B; 25 - D;

26 - A; 27 - A; 28 - C; 29 - A; 30 - C;

IV. Give the correct form of the word in brackets to complete the following sentences.

31. She has the most ____________ two- year old girl. (ADORE)

32. He’s ____________ to computer games. (ADDICT)

33. The ideal candidate will be an effective ____________. (COMMUNICATE)

34. The best films are those which transcend national or ___________ barriers. (CULTURE)

35. Her time at collage was the most ____________ period of her life. (EVENT)

36. All terrorist crime is ____________, whoever the victims. (DETEST)

37. Couples strolled ____________ along the beach. (LEISURE)

38. She listens to classical music for ____________. (RELAX)

39. You haven’t yet given us a ____________ explanation. (SATISFY)

40. The ____________ party has been in office for almost ten years. (SOCIETY)

Đáp án

31. She has the most ______adorable______ two- year old girl. (ADORE)

32. He’s ____addicted________ to computer games. (ADDICT)

33. The ideal candidate will be an effective _____communication_______. (COMMUNICATE)

34. The best films are those which transcend national or _______cultural____ barriers. (CULTURE)

35. Her time at collage was the most ______eventually______ period of her life. (EVENT)

36. All terrorist crime is _____detestable_______, whoever the victims. (DETEST)

37. Couples strolled _______leisurely_____ along the beach. (LEISURE)

38. She listens to classical music for ________relaxing____. (RELAX)

39. You haven’t yet given us a ______satisfied______ explanation. (SATISFY)

40. The _______social_____ party has been in office for almost ten years. (SOCIETY)

V. Rewrite the sentence without changing the meaning of the first sentence.

Question 41: I am interested in learning English.

I like……………………………………………………………………………

Question 42: Lan likes using the computer best in her free time

Lan's favorite………………………………………………………………………

Question 43 :I am interested in going camping with my close friends.

I fancy……………………………………………………………………………

Question 44 : Mr Pike is a big fan of water polo.

Mr Pike is fond……………………………………………………………………

Question 45 : It is not a problem to me whether I have to pick her up to the cinema or not.

I don’t mind ………………………………………………………………………

Đáp án

Question 41: I am interested in learning English.

I like……………learning English.………………….

Question 42: Lan likes using the computer best in her free time

Lan's favorite…………leisure activity is using computer……………….

Question 43 :I am interested in going camping with my close friends.

I fancy……………going camping with my close friends………………

Question 44 : Mr Pike is a big fan of water polo.

Mr Pike is fond……………of water polo…………..

Question 45 : It is not a problem to me whether I have to pick her up to the cinema or not.

I don’t mind ……………picking her up to the cinema.……………..

VI. Choose the correct option A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.

46. Mai enjoys __________ to music, especially pop music in her free time.

A. hearing

B. playing

C. listening

D. taking

47. My grandparents love  __________ very much. There are a lot of beautiful flowers and fresh vegetables in their garden.

A. doing garden

B. doing gardening

C. do gardening

D. to do garden

48. You should avoid  __________  too much TV. It’s not good for your eyes.

A. seeing

B. looking

C. watching

D. glancing

49. Nga likes  __________ with her close friend on Saturday evenings. She feels relaxing.

A. window shop

B. window to shop

C. window shops

D. window shopping

50. Lan used to love  __________ in front of the computer for hours but now she doesn’t. she takes part in a judo club.

A. using

B. sitting

C. doing

D. having

51. Minh is very hard-working boy. He doesn’t mind  __________ a lot of homework in the evenings.

A. making

B. reading

C. seeing

D. doing

52. Do you fancy  __________ around the West Lake with me this Sunday morning?

A. going

B. having

C. staying

D. moving

53. I don’t like  __________up early in the winter days. I love  __________ in bed late.

A. getting/ stay

B. get/ stay

C. getting/ staying

D. get/ staying

54 Mai’s dad likes __________ spring rolls when her family has parties.

A. doing

B. making

C. cooking

D. trying

55. Why don’t we __________ our parents with some DIY projects? I think it’s useful.

A. help

B. do

C. make

D. give

Đáp án

46 - C; 47 - B; 48 - C; 49 - D; 50 - B;

51 - D; 52 - D; 53 - C; 54 - B; 55 - A;

VII. Complete the following sentences with the correct form (ing- form or to- infinitive)of the verbs in brackets.

56. I couldn’t possibly afford (eat) ____________ in that restaurant.

57. The college principal promised (look) ____________ into the matter.

58. They built a wall to avoid soil (be) ____________ washed away.

59. He flatly refused (discuss) ____________ the matter.

60. Would you mind (explain) ____________ that again?

61. I was beginning (think) ____________ you’d never come.

62. I enjoy (play) ____________ tennis and squash.

63. We’ve decided (not go) ____________ away after all.

64. I didn’t fancy (swim) ____________ in that water.

65. We’re considering (buy) ____________ a new car.

Đáp án

56. I couldn’t possibly afford (eat) ______to eat______ in that restaurant.

57. The college principal promised (look) ______to look_____ into the matter.

58. They built a wall to avoid soil (be) ______being______ washed away.

59. He flatly refused (discuss) ____to discuss________ the matter.

60. Would you mind (explain) _____explaining_______ that again?

61. I was beginning (think) ______to think______ you’d never come.

62. I enjoy (play) ____playing________ tennis and squash.

63. We’ve decided (not go) ______not to go____ away after all.

64. I didn’t fancy (swim) ___swimming_________ in that water.

65. We’re considering (buy) ___buying_________ a new car.

VIII. Read the following text and use the words given in the box to fill in the blanks.

arrange ; invented ; later ; first ; on ;

instead ; from ; was ; crossword ; horizontal

Arthur Wynne’s first crossword puzzle was initially called word- cross and was diamond- shaped. The name (66) ___________ switched to dropped, and the name became(67) ___________. Wynne based his crossword puzzle (68) ___________ a similar but much older game played in ancient Pompeii that translated (69) ___________ Latin to English was called Magic Squares. In Magic Squares, the player is given a group of words and has to (70)___________ them on a grid so that the words read the same way across and down. A crossword puzzle is very similar, except (71) ___________ of being given the words the player is given clues. Arthur Wynne added other innovations to the crossword puzzle. While the first puzzle was diamond- shaped, he later invented (72) ___________ and vertical shaped puzzles; and Wynne (73) ___________ the use of adding blank black squares to a crossword puzzle. The crossword puzzle in a British publication (74) ___________ published in Pearson’s Magazine in February 1922. The (75) ___________ New York Times crossword was published on February 1, 1930.

Đáp án

66 - later; 67 - crossword; 68 - on; 69 - from; 70 - arrange;

71 - instead; 72 - horizontal; 73 - invented; 74 - was; 75 - first;