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(Ôn thi HSG Tiếng Anh 8) Chuyên đề Guided Cloze Text (có đáp án)

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1.

Man has always depended on plants for food (1) ___________ many other useful products. For this reason, farming is one of the world’s most important industries. At first, (2) ___________ man did not know how to plant seeds and raise crops. He (3) ___________ wild fruits and vegetables where he found them.

The man discovered how to grow his own food. He (4) ___________ seeds and waited for the crop to grow. For the first time, he could be reasonably sure of his food supply. He could settle down and set up shelters in the places (5) ___________ he grew food.

As populations began to increase, the (6) ___________ for food became greater. Old-fashioned tools and farming methods were insufficient in (7) ___________ the demand, so man cultivated more and more land and invented complicated machines to make his work easier. Tractors replaced horses and other farm animals. Scientists studied and (8) ___________ with plants. They told farmers how to control plant diseases, and how to grow bigger and better crops. Now one man, (9) ___________ a wide knowledge of plants and the help of machines, can cultivate (10) ___________ acres. He can raise plants which did not originally grow in the soil or climate of his community.

1.

A. yet

B. so

C. and

D. but

2.

A. early

B. initial

C. primary

D. original

3.

A. complicated

B. gathered

C. assembled

D. amassed

4.

A. brought up

B. raised

C. grew

D. planted

5.

A. which

B. where

C. that

D. when

6.

A. demand

B. request

C. requirement

D. necessity

7.

A. taking

B. getting

C. meeting

D. achieving

8.

A. practiced

B. tried on

C. tested

D. experimented

9.

A. on

B. in

C. at

D. with

10.

A. hundreds

B. thousand of

C. hundreds of

D. ten of

 

2.

Letter to the editor

The Prime Minister's comments yesterday on education spending (1) __________ the point, as the secondary education system also needs a major overhaul. Firstly, the system only views the weakest learners as having special needs. The brightest and most conscientious students are not encouraged to develop to their full (2) __________. Secondly, there's too much testing and not enough learning. My fifteen-year-old daughter, for example, has just spent the last month or so (3) __________ for exams. These aren't even real, important exams, as her GCSEs will be next year. They're just (4) __________ exams. Is the work she's been doing really going to make her more knowledgeable about her subjects, or will she forget it all tomorrow? I suspect the (5) __________.       

Thirdly, the standard (6) __________ doesn't give students any tuition in developing practical work-related, (7) __________ and social skills, or in skills necessary for higher education. How many students entering university have the first idea what the difference is between (8) __________ someone else's work and (9) __________ good use of someone else's ideas? Shouldn't they have been taught this at school? How many of them are really able to go about (10) __________ - a skill that's essential at university because there are no teachers to tell you what to do - in an efficient way? Indeed, how many students graduate from university totally unable to spell even simple English words correctly? The system is letting our children down.

1.

A. lose

B. escape

C. miss

D. fail

2.

A. capacity

B. ability

C. achievement

D. potential

3.

A. cramming

B. lecturing

C. reading

D. practising

4.

A. false

B. mock

C. fake

D. artificial

5.

A. latter

B. frontier

C. later

D. second

6.

A. timetable

B. lecture

C. seminar

D. curriculum

7.

A. life

B. alive

C. living

D. live

8.

A. writing

B. going over

C. plagiarising

D. repeating

9.

A. taking

B. making

C. having

D. creating

10.

A. reviewing

B. revision

C. distance learning

D. self-study

3.

Marrakech

Where can you go in January for almost guaranteed sunshine without travelling for most of the day to get there? The answer is Marrakech in Morocco, a four-hour (1) __________ from Britain, where the average temperature is a pleasant 66°F.

Marrakech is a city of (2) __________ beauty, with its pink buildings and green palm trees with the snow-covered peaks of the Atlas Mountains in the distance. For tourists, there's the added attraction of excellent food at reasonable prices, and high quality accommodation, such as Hotel La Momounia, (3) __________ as one of the top hotels in the world.

(4) __________ Marrakech is one of Morocco's busiest and most modern cities, the influence of the Middle Ages is still very evident. Sightseers can admire the battlements, towers and mosques, which were built (5) __________ centuries ago. And forget about shopping malls - for pertimes, fabrics, antique, spices and crafts, (6) __________ the souks, open-air marketplaces where you'll almost (7) __________ find something to take back home.

For those who want to (8) __________ sport, Marrakech has plenty to offer. (9) __________ to golf and tennis, there is also skiing on the slopes of the High Atlas Mountains, where the (10) __________ of the surrounding area are quite spectacular. Alternatively, you could just relax by a heated swimming pool and dream of your next visit.

1.

A. travel

B. trip

C. flight

D. voyage

2.

A. big

B. great

C. large

D. high

3.

A. thought

B. regarded

C. believed

D. guessed

4.

A. Because

B. However

C. Despite

D. Although

5.

A. several

B. plenty

C. other

D. all

6.

A. work out

B. put up with

C. head for

D. make up for

7.

A. likely

B. certainly

C. probably

D. possibly

8.

A. do

B. exercise

C. take off

D. go in

9.

A. As well

B. Apart

C. In addition

D. Moreover

10.

A. visions

B. views

C. aspects

D. appearances

 

4.

NEW HUNT FOR LIFE IN SPACE

British space scientists are planning to join the American in the race to find evidence of life on (1) ______________ planets. Alan Penny and his team at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory have designed a telescope that is 40 times more powerful than Hubble. Known as 'Darwin', his telescope could tell if planets 50 (2) ______________ years away have any kind of life on them. Two days (3) ______________ NASA scientists had shown a proof that one of Jupiter's moons could support life, Penny announced that his telescope may be included in a European Space Agency mission. The Darwin project, with a (4) ______________ of 500 million, is on a short list of two proposals. If approved it will probably be (5) ______________ around 2015, its destination somewhere between Mars and Jupiter. The blueprint is actually for five telescopes positioned 50 meters apart in space, slowly circling a (6) ______________ processing station. The combined data from these telescopes would build up a full picture of a planet, picking out faint images that have never been seen before. Darwin would not be able to take detailed photographs of the planets it (7) ______________, but Penny believes a second- generation telescope could be sent up to do this. He claims it is worthwhile mapping the universe around our (8) ______________ galaxy, even though these planets lie (9) ______________ our reach for the moment. The European Space Agency will make its decision (10) ______________ Darwin within three years.

1.

A. another

B. other

C. others

D. the other

2.

A. light

B. lighten

C. lightening

D. lighting

3.

A. following

B. after

C. next

D. later

4.

A. price

B. schedule

C. charge

D. budget

5.

A. driven

B. fetched

C. launched

D. taken

6.

A. central

B. centre

C. middle

D. heart

7.

A. invents

B. searches

C. discovers

D. looks

8.

A. alone

B. same

C. one

D. own

9.

A. out

B. toward

C. beyond

D. over

10.

A. of

B. on

C. about

D. with

 

5.

Money is something we all take for granted in our lives. Some of us may (1) __________ we had more of it but we all recognize it when we see it, whether in the form of coins, notes or cheques. It is difficult to imagine how people (2) __________ without money. In the earliest periods of human history, people used to exchange goods directly. They would exchange things they had (3) __________ of things that they were in (4) __________ of. For example, they might offer food for tools. This (5) __________ of exchange, which is known as "barter", has many disadvantages. Certain goods may be difficult to carry, they may not last long, or may be impossible to (6) __________ into smaller units. It can also be difficult to know the worth of something compared with other goods. (7) __________ historians, the first money, in the sense we understand it today, (8) __________ of gold coins produced about 2,500 years ago. Gold, being a very precious metal, was a (9) __________ material. The introduction of gold coins was acceptable to everyone and they were still being used at the beginning of this century, although they have now been (10) __________ by paper money and coins made of ordinary metals.

1.

A. wish

B. hope

C. expect

D. desire

2.

A. arranged

B. spent

C. dealt

D. managed

3.

A. sufficient

B. plenty

C. supply

D. amount

4.

A. demand

B. want

C. lack

D. need

5.

A. method

B. procedure

C. operation

D. business

6.

A. divide

B. reduce

C. decrease

D. share

7.

A. Agreeing with

B. Judging from

C. Depending on

D. According to

8.

A. created

B. composed

C. developed

D. consisted

9.

A. suitable

B. right

C. just

D. correct

10.

A. taken over

B. replaced

C. put away

D. reformed

 

6.

In the western customs shaking hands is the customary form of greeting, but in China a nod of the head or (1) _____________ bow is sufficient. Hugging and kissing when greeting are (2) _____________. Business cards are often (3) _____________ and yours should be printed in your own language and in Chinese. Also, it is more respectful to present your card or a gift or any other article using (4) _____________ hands. The Chinese are (5) _____________ applauders. You may be greeted with group clapping, even by small children. When a person is applauded in this practice it is the custom for that person to return the applause or a "thank you." When walking in public places, direct eye (6) _____________ and staring is uncommon in the larger cities, especially in those areas accustomed to foreign visitors. (7) _____________, in smaller communities, visitors may be the subject of much curiosity and therefore you may notice some stares. (8) _____________ speaking, the Chinese are not a touch-oriented society, especially true for visitors. So, avoid touching or any (9) _____________ form of body contact. Public displays of affection are very rare. On the other hand, you may note people of the same sex walking hand-in-hand, which is simply a gesture of friendship. Do not worry about a bit of pushing and shoving in stores or when groups board public buses or trains. In this case, (10) _____________ are neither offered nor expected. The Chinese will stand much closer than Westerners.

(Adapted from sachmem.vn)

1.

A. small

B. bit

C. slight

D. few

2.

A. uncommon

B. usua

C. regular

D. rarely

3.

A. changed

B. exchanged

C. transferred

D. converted

4.

A. pair

B. couple

C. double

D. both

5.

A. enthusiast

B. enthusiasm

C. enthusiastic

D. enthusiastically

6.

A. look

B. contact

C. stare

D. watch

7.

A. However

B. Furthermore

C. Moreover

D. Whatever

8.

A. Generally

B. Successfully

C. Fortunately

D. Expectedly

9.

A. shorten

B. lengthen

C. short

D. prolonged

10.

A. Contacts

B. Apologies

C. Gestures

D. Saying goodbye

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