Chọn một từ / nhóm từ thích hợp cho mỗi chỗ trống trong những câu sau.. Lựa chọn và cho dạng đúng của các từ dưới đây để hoàn thành câu.. Tìm một từ thích hợp cho mỗi chỗ trống dưới đây.
Trang 1Đề luyện thi Tốt nghiệp và Đại học Năm 2011 – Đề 16
Exercise 1 Chọn từ có phần gạch dưới có cách phát âm khác với từ còn lại
1 a leisure b pleasure c sure d measure
3 a passion b collision c occasion d decision
4 a age b engage c marriage d stage
5 a decision b profession c explosion d illusion
Exercise 2 Chọn một từ / nhóm từ thích hợp cho mỗi chỗ trống trong những câu sau
1 My cousin’s main _ for going abroad was his poor health
2 Luggage may be placed here _ the owner’s risk
3 He doesn’t to take a holiday this summer
a suppose b determine c plan d suggest
4 A coach carrying football crashed into a lorry on the motorway
a watchers b fans c people d lovers
5 She was born in Japan but has now in the United States
a fixed b planted c settled d stuck
6 His business is going so fast that he must take more workers
7 She has a lot of spare time and wants to know how best to _ it
8 The examiner will test your to drive under normal conditions
a ability b advantage c wisdom d virtue
9 It is dangerous to _ out of the windows of the train
10 He hated his job : as a of fact he has now given it up
a nature b matter c condition d type
Exercise 3 Lựa chọn và cho dạng đúng của các từ dưới đây để hoàn thành câu
hesitate – employ – capable – ill – apply – encourage – mystery – invest – seperate – sympathetic
1 There is no cure for mental (1) , only treatment
2 Putting your money in stocks and shares is a risky (2)
3 I accepted his offer without (3) _ It was more money than I had expected
4 A (4) _ object rather like a UFO was seen in the district
5 The government will lose the next election because of the high rate of (5)
6 After a two – year (6) , divorce is automatic
7 I have no (7) for him He deserves to go to prison
8 People have different (8) for learning foreign languages
9 Although both (9) were good, we decided on the one with more experience
10 I don’t want to (10) _ you from becoming a nurse, but the hours are long and the pay isn’t good
Exercise 4 Tìm một từ thích hợp cho mỗi chỗ trống dưới đây
A - Television owes its origins to many inventors But it was the single – minded determination of an amateur
inventor, John Logie Baird, that led (1) the first live television broadcast
Born in Scotland in 1888 and educated in Glassgow, John Logie Baird earned a living (2) a razor – blade salesman In the 1890s Guglielmo Marconi showed that sound could be (3) _ by radio waves Baird became convinced that a similar system could transmit a picture He (4) most of his time working on his ideas in his tiny workshop without (5) commercial support He (6) to use his (7) _ earnings to continue his research In 1924, Baird successfully transmitted the general outline of a figure over more (8) _ 3 metres He continued to experiment and (9) October 25, 1925 transmitted a recognisable image
of a doll He (10) to the office on the ground floor and persuaded one of the office boys to come upstairs (11) _ boy became the first living image transmitted by television Overnight, Baird became famous and the money (12) _ he needed to continue his research was at (13) made available In 1927 he made a tranmission from London to Glassgow and in 1928 he made (14) _ from London to New York He
continued experimenting (15) spent his last years exploring the possibility of colour television
B – Television now plays such an important role in so many people’s (1) that it is essential for us to try
to decide (2) it is good or bead First of all, television is not only a convenient source of entertainment , but also a rather cheap one For a family of our, for example, it is more convenient as (3) as cheaper to
Trang 2sit comfortably at home than to go out There is no transport to arrange They don’t have to pay for expensive (4) at a theatre or in the cinema All they have to do is to turn a switch, and they can see plays , films of every kinds, not to (5) political discussions and the latest exciting football match Some people, (6) _, say that this is just where the danger is.The TV (7) _ needs to do nothing He doesn’t even use his legs He (8) _ no choice He is completely passive and has everything presented to him Television, people often say, informs one about current events, the latest developments in science and politics, and presents an endless series of (9) The most faraway countries and the strangest customs are brought into one’s living room Yet, here again there is a danger We get to like watching T.V so much that it begins to dominate our lives, and we don’t have time to talk to each other and do (10) things There are many arguments for and against TV I think we must understand that TV itself is neither good nor bad TV is as good or as bad as
we make it
Exercise 5 Đọc đoạn văn dưới đây rồi trả lời câu hỏi
While radio broadcasting was still in its infancy the marvel of television was already being developed The first step towards its invention was taken in 1873 but the person responsible for developing it was John Logie Baird In 1926 he gave the first demonstration of a television picture
As a home entertainment, television rapidly became more popular than any other form A news broadcast became more immediate when people could actually see the scene in question and the movements of the
figures Films could be viewed in the comfort of the home and variety shows were also available One of the advantages of travel progarmmes was the glimpse of far – away places which many viewers would not
otherwise have seen Though much of the entertainment was of a popular kind like quiz competitions, some remarkable cultural programmes were also broadcast Just as with radio in earlier days, the publicity given to actors and actresses on the screen meant that a group of personalities became familiar in every household One
of the most popular programmes was the televised coverage of sports and an interesting result of the television broadcast was the increased attendance at the actual events How far this was due to a growth in interest in the game and how far out of the spectators’ desire to appear on the screen is not clear
1 Why is John Logie Baird famous in the history of television ?
2 Why did the TV news attract more viewers than that broadcast on radio ?
3 What explanation is gven for the popularity of travel programmes ?
4 In what way did actors benifit from television ?
5 What effect did the televising of sport have ?
Exercise 6 Viết lại câu sao cho nghĩa câu không thay đổi, bắt đầu bằng các từ cho sẵn
1 The only thing that makes this job worthwhile is the money
Were _
2 He became ill because he not only worked too hard but ate too little
What with _
3 I was greatly relieved to hear that her condition was not serious
I was with _
4 I’d rather you hadn’t written that letter
It’s a _
5 We must continue our efforts, whether there are problems or not
Regardless
Exercise 7 Sử dụng những từ / cụm từ cho sẵn dưới đây để viết thành câu hoàn chỉnh
Dear Sir
1 Three months ago / I / buy / new / washing machine / your shop
2 Machine / give me / good service / since / buy / until yesterday
3 I / sorry / you / something / now / go wrong / it
4 There / be / strange noise / come / machine / and it not work
5 You / please / send / engineer / look / it ?
6 I / be / home / mornings / all / week / until one p.m
7 I / glad / you / come / before / end / week
Your sincerely
Exercise 8 Trong mỗi câu dưới đây có một lỗi sai Tìm và sửa lỗi sai đó
1 Being that he was a good swimmer, John jumped into the water and rescued the drowning child
2 The carpenters tried to joined together the pieces of the broken beam, but found it impossible to do
3 The teacher repeated the assignment again, since they didn’t understand what to do for the first time
4 Having finished his term paper before the deadline, it was delivered to the teacher before the class
5 The new student’s progress advanced forward with such speed that all his teachers were amazed
Trang 36 The company has so little money that it can’t hardly operate anymore
7 Because they have moved away, they hardly never go to the beach anymore
8 After learning all the details about the plans, John told us them at the planning meeting