Dimitrios Plastiras was cleaning the floor at a McDonald’s in London when he came (1) ____________ an envelope filled with a thousand pounds in cash. Plastiras’ efforts to find the owner failed. So he called the police to report the (2) __________. At the time, the Cypriot immigrant was working just under a hundred hours (3) ___________ week inn three jobs, saving money to buy a house. Even though he had had the (4) ___________, it never (5) ___________ to him to keep the money. Plastiras explained that he had grown up in (6) __________ poor village in Cyprus, and that his parents had taught him that the most important thing in the world was to be honest. But Plastiras’ actions went beyond honesty. When the police called him recently to tell him that nobody had claimed the money and that it was now his, he donated the whole amount to a cancer research programme. ‘Life has been kind to me,’ he said to reporters. ‘I’m healthy and I have enough money to live on. Other people are not (7) _________ lucky. Finding this money has given me a(n) (8) ______________ to help those people.
1​A. about​B. apart​C. across​ ( come across: băng qua) D. down
2​A. case​B. happening​C. occasion​D. incident ( sự việc) 
3​A. a​B. of​C. the​D. in
4​A. likelihood​B. opportunity​ ( cơ hội) C. event​D. case
5​A. thought​B. happened​ ( happen to do st: tình cờ làm 1 việc gì đó) C. considered​D. occurred
6​A. such​B. very​C. a​D. so
7​A. enough​B. so​C. too​D. such
8​A. chance​ ( cơ hội) B. likelihood​C. occasion​D. event

​1. C

2​. D

3​. C

4​. B

5. A

6​. D

7​. C

8​. A