ĐỀ LUYỆN THI VÀ ĐÁP ÁN - TIẾNG ANH ( Số 8 )
I Verb form :
1. What I found ( surprise / surprising / surprised ) was his lack of confidence .
2. What do you suppose ( happen / happening / happened )
3. No-one is opposed to ( reduce / reducing / have reduced ) taxes .
4. So stupid ( he is / he was / is he ) that he can’t remember his lesson .
5. Tom’s face ( showed / warmed / lit ) up when she heard the good news
6. When the police examined the house , they found that the lock ( was / was being / had
been ) tampered with .
II. Multiple choice :
1. If you don’t know the language . You may use ( hand / signal / gesture ) language .
2. A part-time job gives me the freedom to ( chase / seek / pursue ) my own interest .
3. When he woke up , he realized that what he had dreamt about couldn’t ( likely /
possible / certainly ) have happened .
4. This ticket ( enters / admits / allows ) only one person
5. Our hotel is ( within / inside / near ) walking distance from the sea .
6. I’ve only seen a ghost once, but it nearly made my hair (stand up/ stand on end / lift
up).
7. “Do you think the book is expensive?”
“Yes, it is not (worth / worthy / worthwhile) what we paid for us”.
III. Word formation:
1. He has never been the ( society ) type .
2. He bought it ( pure ) as an investment
3. Oneil is a ( decide ) adventurous woman .
4. He works for an ( advise ) body of employment .
5. He fell off his motorbike , but his ( injure ) were not serious .
6. The family managed to get out of the burning house but they lost nearly all their (
possess).
IV. Rewriting :
1. Marry didn’t begin to read when she was 8 years old .
It was

2. The new lecture was unpopular with the student .
The student didn’t take
3. Everyone heard about the accident before I did .
I was the
4. No sooner had he been appointed to the post than the new editor fell ill .
Immediately after
5. Although both his legs were broken in the crash , he managed to get out of his car
before it exploded.
Despite
6. The house in that district will cost you at least $20,000 .
You won’t buy
7. Keeping calm is a secret of passing your exam.
As long as
8. Their chances of success are very small. It is not

ĐỀ - ĐÁP ÁN LUYỆN THI TIẾNG ANH ( Đề 8 )
I. Verb form :
1. What I found ( surprise / surprising / surprised ) was his lack of confidence .
Những gì tôi nhận ra là sự thiếu tự tin của anh ta .
Surprising - (adj)
Tobe surprised at st
To find + O + adj
Những gì tôi nhận ra là sự thiếu tự tin của anh ta .
2. What do you suppose ( happen / happening / happened )
3. No-one is opposed to ( reduce / reducing / have reduced ) taxes .
To be opposed to st/V-ing = tobe against = to object to doing st - chống , phản đối
Reduce - giảm
Reduction + by + percent
4. So stupid ( he is / he was / is he ) that he can’t remember his lesson .
= He is so stupid that he can’t remember his lesson

= So stupid is he that
5. Tom’s face ( showed / warmed / lit ) up when she heard the good news
light up - thắp sáng , làm cho khuôn mặt ai đó sáng lên
show up = appear - xuất hiện , đến tới
warm up - làm vui nhộn
6. When the police examined the house , they found that the lock ( was / was being / had
been ) tampered with .
to tamper with sb/st - can thiệp vào chuyện riêng của ai
II. Multiple choice :
1. If you don’t know the language . You may use ( hand / signal / gesture ) language .
gesture - cử chỉ điệu bộ
2. A part-time job gives me the freedom to ( chase / seek / pursue ) my own interest .
pursue (v) theo đuổi ( hạnh phúc )/ pơsju/ ; pursuit (n)
chase (n) (v) theo đuổi , săn đuổi( với nghĩa xấu)
3. When he woke up , he realised that what he had dreamt about couldn’t ( likely /
possible / certainly ) have happened .
4. This ticket ( enters / admits / allows ) only one person
admit (v) công nhận , thừa nhận
admit of - có chổ cho ; admittance (n) - sự công nhận ;
admitted (a) + by (adv) thừa nhận
allow sb to do st = allow sb doing st - cho phép ai đó làm gì
enter + địa điểm = come into
enter for the exam / a race - đăng kí dự thi
ex: What university are you going to enter for ?
5. Our hotel is ( within / inside / near ) walking distance from the sea .
within - trong khoảng
inside - bên trong
6. I’ve only seen a ghost once,but it nearly made my hair(stand up/ stand on end / lift up
)
lift up - hồi phục lại , ngóc đầu dậy

7. “Do you think the book is expensive ?”
“ Yes , it is not ( worth / worthy / worthwhile ) what we paid for it” .
worth (n) , (a) đáng giá
worthwhile (a) = valuable - đáng giá , bõ công , có giá trị lớn
worthy (a) xứng đáng
III. Wordformation :
1. He has never been the ( society ) type .
sociable (n) - dễ gần , dễ chan hoà
sociability (n)
sociable person - thích xã giao , giao du , thích kết bạn ;
socialize - xã hội hoá ; society (n) social (a)
thuộc về xã hội
2. He bought it ( pure ) as an investment .
purely
purely as = merely as - chỉ là
3. Oneil is a ( decide ) adventurous woman .
decidedly (adv) - kiên quyết ,không do dự , dứt khoát
adventurous (a) thích phiêu liêu mạo hiểm
decisive(adj) >< indecisive - do dự
decided(adj) ><undecided - chưa được quyết định
4. He works for an ( advise ) body of employment .
advisory (a) cố vấn , tư vấn
body - cơ quan
tobe advisable + clause - nên
5. He fell off his motorbike , but his ( injure ) were not serious .
injuries (n) - chổ bị thương
injured person - người bị thương
injurious (a) job - nghề nguy hiểm
6. The family managed to get out of the burning house but they lost nearly all their (
possess).

Possess st - sở hữu cái gì ; possession(n) - sự sở hữu ;
possessions - của cải ; possessive (a) - sở hữu
burning house - ngôi nhà đang cháy
boiling water - nước đang sôi
boiled water - nước nguội
IV.Rewriting :
1. Marry didn’t begin to read when she was 8 years old .
It was only when Marry was 8 years old that she began to read .
not until Marry was
only when = not until
2. The new lecture was unpopular with the student .
The student didn’t take to the new lecture
to take to doing st - bắt đầu có thói quen làm gì
ex : She takes to drinking - cô ấy bắt đầu nghiện rượu
to take to sb = to like sb
to take to st - dùng đến , cần đến , nhờ cậy đến
3. Everyone heard about the accident before I did .
I was the last to hear about the accident / who heard about the accident
4. No sooner had he been appointed to the post than the new editor fell ill .
Immediately after his appointment to the post , the new editor fell ill .
Editor staff - ban biên tập
Editor - biên tập viên
To appoint to st
To appoint sb to do st - được bổ nhiệm
To appoint as a director
To fall ill = to be taken ill - bị ốm
5. Although both his legs were broken in the crash , he managed to get out of his car
before it exploded.
Despite his both broken legs , he managed to get out of the car before it exploded
6. The house in that district will cost you at least $20,000 .

You won’t buy a house in that district for less $ 20,000 quận , huyện
at least - ít nhất >< at most - tối đa
7. Keeping calm is a secret of passing your exam.
As long as you (can) keep calm , you will pass your exam.
8. Their chances of success are very small.
It is not ( very ) likely that they will succeed / be successful.
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