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LUYỆN TẬP TỔNG HỢP 8

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Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D.

161. You will have to ______ your holiday if you are too ill to travel.

A. call off B. cut down C. back out D. put aside

162. Is there any chance ______ the machinery repaired?

A. to have B. of having C. for having D. with having

163. Everyone suggested Andrea ______ in touch with the organizers.

A. getting B. will get C. may get D. get

164. The thief's girlfriend persuaded him to give himself ______ to the police.

A. away B. up C. off D. out

165. ______ the coming of autumn, thousands of tourists follow the Blue Ridge Trail to

observe the brilliant autumnal foliage.

A. As soon as B. With C. Arrived D. When

166. Ancient people believed that ______ with a sun and a moon rotating around it.

A. the earth was the center of the universe

B. the earth is the center of the universe

C. the center of the universe is earth

D. the universe has earth at the center

167. The rains of 1993 ______ the Missouri river to overflow resulted in one of the worst

floods of this century.

A. the cause of B. causing C. they caused D. caused

168. The speaker is ______.

A. very well acquainted with the subject

B. recognized as an authotity who knows a great deal in terms of the subject

C. someone who knows well enough about the subject which he has undertaken to do the

speaking

D. a person who has close awareness of the subject that he speaks about so much

169. The people of Western Canada have been considering ______ themselves from the rest

of the provinces.

A. to separate B. separated C. separate D. separating

170. Chemists are not sure ______.

A. how precisely can cold fusion occur

B. cold fusion can occur precisely how

C. precisely how cold fusion can occur

D. can cold fusion occur precisely how

171. By careful seeding, weather makers can encourage two small clouds to merge into one

big cloud ______ produce a powerful thunderstorm.

A. so B. these C. which D. and

172. It is usually ______ lava but gas that kills people during volcanic eruptions.

A. not only B. not C. neither D. no

173. The more hemoglobin one has, the more oxygen is carried to ______ cells.

A. one B. its C. their D. one's

174. The human body has four jugular veins, ______ each side of the neck.

A. there are two on B. it has two on

C. two are on D. two on