Bài tập bổ trợ Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 Global Success - Test 12 (Kèm đáp án)

 19. Titan, one of Saturn’s ____________, has a thick atmosphere. 
A. satellite B. spaceships C. moons D. comets
20. Scientists believe that Mars also ____________ seasons just as the Earth does. 
A. spends B. experiences C. experiments D. takes
IV. Complete the sentences with the words given.
 collect back from watch first
 suits speed work transported understanding
Lunar Roving Vehicle
In the late 1960s, NASA began a series of missions to the moon. On the 21 ____________ three missions 
the astronauts explored on foot only a few hundred meters around then spacecraft, but on the last 
three missions, they used a small electric car which allowed them to see and do much more on their 
short visits.
The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) was an electric car which had a top 22 ____________ of 8 mph, and 
allowed the astronauts to visit sites five miles away from their landing, and to 23 ____________ samples 
from a much wider area to help scientists get a better 24 ____________ of the moon’s surface.
The LRV had to be 25 ____________ to the moon in the bottom part of the spacecraft. A camera was set 
up in the LRV so that NASA could control remotely 26 ____________ the Earth, allowing them to 
27 ____________ the astronauts as they explored the moon’s surface in the LRV.
NASA plans to go 28 ____________ to the moon from the year 2022. This time they aim to explore 
thousands of miles of the surface, staying for months at a time. Right now, NÁSA is working on new 
ideas for moon cars in which astronauts can live and 29 ____________ for up to two weeks. They will be ___________________________________________________________________________________
50. I said to her, ‘What will you buy for your father’s birthday?’
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VII. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following 
passage.
Long ago a lot of people 51 _______________ the moon was a god. Other people thought it was just a 
light in the sky. And others thought it was a big 52 _______________ of cheese!
The telescopes were made, and men saw that the moon was really another world. They wondered 
53 _______________ it was like. They dreamed of going there. On July 20, 1969, that dream came 
54 _______________. Two American astronauts landed on the moon. 55 _______________ names were 
Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin.
The first thing the men found was that the moon is covered 56 _______________ dust. The dust is so 
thick that the men left 57 _______________ where they walked. Those were the first marks a living 
thing had ever made on the moon. And they could 58 _______________ there for years and years. There 
is no wind or rain to wipe them off. The two men 59 _______________ rocks to bring back to Earth for 
study. They dug up dirt to bring back. They set up machines to find out things people wanted to know. 
Then they were off on their long trip 60 _______________ the earth.
51. A. thought B. guessed C. told D. said
52. A. form B. stone C. ball D. round
53. A. how B. which C. that D. what
54. A. real B. true C. unreal D. untrue
55. A. Their B. His C. Its D. Theirs
56. A. by B. for C. to D. with
57. A. fingerprints B. footprints C. handprints D. prints
58. A. go B. remain C. put D. run
59. A. got up B. gave up C. picked up D. set up
60. A. back to B. from to C. into D. onto
VIII. Read the following passage carefully, then write True (T) or False (F) for each statement.
People have been talking about UFOs for ages. Millions of normal people keep saying that they were 
caught and taken into UFOs.
The first case was in the 1950s when George Adamski said a UFO had taken him to the far side of the 67. How many percent of all reported sights are not identified? 
A. 10-20% B. 20-30% C. 30-50% D. 80-90%
68. Most UFOs are identified as one of the following things except. 
A. balloons B. rains C. stars D. clouds
69. Which of the following sentences is NOT true? 
A. UFO means Unidentified Flying Object. 
B. UFO is often used to talk about alien objects. 
C. Many UFO sightings are hoaxes. 
D. Over half of all reported UFO sightings are identified.
70. What does the word “figure out” in paragraph 1 mean? 
A. explain B. observe C. calculate D. require
X. Match the responses to the questions, and then practise the dialogue with your partner. There is 
one extra response that you do not need.
 A. It should hold an atmosphere. 
 B. It must rotate on its axis and move around the star. 
 C. It should contain liquid water and other compounds that are necessary for life. 
 D. It has a reasonable distance away from a star. 
 E. It must be with too much mass or too low in mass. 
 F. It doesn’t have a very low or very high mass.
 What Are the Factors that Make a Planet Habitable?
71. How about the distance from the planet to the nearest star?
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72. What about its mass?
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73. How about its movement?
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74. Does it need an atmosphere?
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75. What should it have to support life?
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XI. Write the description of aliens using the words given below.