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EX1:
Environmental pollution is a term that (1) to all the ways by which man pollutes his surroundings Man dirties the air with (2) gases and smoke, (3) _ the water with chemicals and other substances, and damages the (4) _ with too many fertilizers and pesticides Man also pollutes his surroundings (5) _ various other ways For example, people ruin natural beauty by (6) _ junk and litter on the land and in the water
Environmental pollution is one of the most serious problems facing mankind today Air, water and soil are necessary to the (7) _ of all living things Badly polluted air can cause illness, and (8) _ death Polluted water kills fish and other (9) _ life Pollution of soil reduces the amount of land that is available for growing food Environmental pollution also brings ugliness to man’s (10) _ beautiful world
1 A means B refers C provides D reduces
3 A purifies B pumps C sprays D poisons
4 A soil B forests C streets D beaches
5 A on B in C by D with
6 A spoiling B leaving C scattering D gathering
7 A survival B environment C development D growth
8 A so B ever C too D even
9 A animal B marine C human D plant
10 A nature B natural C naturally D natured
1 B refers 6 C scattering
EX2:
Do you want to (1)… part in the battle to save the world’s wildlife? Animal Watch
is a book which will involve you (2)… the fight for survival that (3) … many of our endangered animals and show how they struggled on the (4) … of extinction As you enjoy the book’s 250 pages and over 150 colour photographs, you will have the satisfaction of knowing that part of your purchase money is (5) … used
to (6) … animals (7) … From the comfort of your armchair, you will be able to observe the world’s animals close-up and explore their habitats You will also discover the terrible results of human greed for land, flesh and skins
Animal Watch is packed with fascinating facts Did you know that polar bears
cover their black noses (8) … their (9) … so they can hunt their prey in the snow without being seen, for example? Or that (10) … each orangutan which is captured, one has to die?
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1 C 2 B 3 D 4 A 5 C 6 B 7 D 8 A 9 C 10 C
EX3:
Asia is the biggest (56)…………in the world From east to west, it (57)…………almost half way around the globe, from north to south it spreads from the frozen Arcticto the sweltering, tropical heat of Southeast Asia All 17 of the world’s mountains over 8,000 m (26,246 ft) can (58)……in Asia, as well as the largest and (59)………lakes-the Caspian Sea and the Lake Baikal.The world’s first civilizations (60)………here, many of the most important inventions were made here, and all the world’s major religions began here Much of Asian (61)
……….uninhabited, yet its 48 countries are (62)…………to 3,672,342,000 people- more than half the world’s population The (63)………of oil in countries such as Saudi Arabia has made some people very rich, while many of those (64)……live on the Indian subcontinent live in rural areas and are (65)……poor
59 A the shortest B the deepest C the hugest D the vastest
EX4:
BIRTH OF THE COMPUTER
Most people think of computers are very modern (1) , products of our new
Technological age But actually the idea for a computer (2) worked out over two centuries ago by a man (3) _ Charles Babbage
Babbage was born in 1791 and grew up to be a brilliant mathematician He drew up plans for several calculating machines (4) he called “engines” But despite the fact that he started building some of these he never finished (5) of them Over the years people have argue (6) _ his machines would ever work (7) _, however, the Sience Museum in London has finished building an engine based on one of Babbage’s designs (8) has taken six years to complete and more than four thousand part have been specially made Whether
it work or not, the machine will be (9) show at a special exhibition in the Science Museum to remind people (10) Babbage’s work
1 A discoveries B inventions C equipments D.means
2 A was B has C had D is
3 A known B recognized C written D named
4 A whose B who C which D these
5 A some B any C both D most
6 A until B whether C while D though
7 A Fortunately B Traditionally C Recently D Hardly
8 A One B He C They D It
9 A in B at C on D from
10 A for B of C about D with
EX5:
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In March 1999, Amy Clink, a Brazilian yachtsman and polar adventurer, became the first man to circle Antarctica while staying south of 50 degrees latitude.
He (1) _ the most dangerous sea route in the world Klink was already (2) _ known because in 1984 he had rowed across the Atlantic in a small boat The book which he wrote, based on his (3) _ on that trip, had by then sold millions of copies.
For his popular adventure, Clink built his (4) _ boat He (5) _ off in 1998 from South Georgia and arrived back there 88 days later- although he (6) _ eleven of those days on dry land in Antarctica He did not stop there out of necessity, but because he wanted to see the Antarctic Peninsula.
Klink knew that his (7) _ would be dangerous On the way he had
to be careful to (8) _ huge floating blocks of ice These icebergs, as they are called, were everywhere and hitting one of them would have been a disaster As Clink knew that any rescue mission would have been impossible in the rough seas,
he did not bother to take a life-boat.
When he sailed into (9) _ winds 750 miles south of Tasmania, he met waves that were twenty-five meters high This meant staying awake most of the time He only managed to sleep for twenty-minute periods at a stretch But he succeeded in the end, (10) _ all the difficulties that he had to face.
3 a events b incidents c happenings d experiences
10.a as far as b apart from c according tod in spite of
1. b took 2. b widely 3. d experiences 4. c own 5. a set
6. c spent 7. c voyage 8. b avoid 9. b strong 10 d in spite of
EX6:
Computer (1) enormous impact on our life nowadays We do shopping, work, or visit places of scenic beauty with help of computers We pay bill prepared by computers We read newspapers and magazines which have been produced on computers We (2) _ letters from and send letters to almost every part of the world with the help of the computers And we can (3) _learn foreign languages on computers
What makes computer a miraculous device ? Each time ( 4) it on, with appropriate hardware and software, it is capable of doing almost (5) _ you ask It is a calculating machine (6) speeds up calculations : it can add, subtract, multiply, and (7) with lightning speed and perfect accuracy It is a personal communicator which helps you to interact ( 8) _other computers and with people around the world And if you (9) _ to entertain, you can (10) _ with computer games or computer CD music
1 A have B have had C are having D had
2 A receive B post C borrow D lend
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4 A put B let C take D turn
5 A thing B anything C something D all things
9 A interested B want C would D ought
10 A relax B revive C reset D repeat
EX7:
ANIMALS IN DANGERS
Nowadays people are more aware that wildlife all over the world is in (51)
……… Many species of animals are threatened, and could easily become extinct if we do not (52) ………an effort to protect them There are many seasons for this In some cases, animals are hunted (53) ……… their fur
or for other valuable parts of their bodies Some birds, such as parrots, are caught alive, and sold (54)………pets For many animals and birds, the problem
is that their (55)……….- the place where they live – is disappearing More land is (56)………for farms, houses or industry, and there are fewer open spaces (57)………there once were Farmers use powerful chemicals to help them grow better crops, (58) ………these chemicals polute the environment and harm wildlife The most successful animals on earth – human (59)
………- will soon be the only ones left, unless we can (60)
………this problem.
51 D danger 52 B make 53 A for 54 B as 55 A habitat
56 C used 57 C than 58 A but 59 D beings 60 C solve
EX8:
Every year, the village of Pettineo celebrates its arts festival For a few years each summer, artists from all over Europe (1) ……….at this village near the north coast of Sicily
to (2) …… the creative atmosphere During their stay, the artists get together with the local people to paint a one-kilometer long picture that runs the (3) ……… of the high street (4)
……… the painting is done, each visiting artists joins a local family for a big lunch and, in exchange for the meal, the family receives the (5) …… of the painting that the artist has painted As a result, (6) ………few villagers are rich, almost every home has at least one painting by a well-known European artist Visitors to the village are eagerly (7) …… into homes to see these paintings The festival was the idea of Antonia Presti, a local businessman
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EX10:
A WELSH FESTIVAL
Wales has a population of about three millions English is the main language and only
twenty per cent speak both Welsh and English Every year _(1) August there is a Welsh – speaking festival It _ (2) place in a different town each year so everyone has the chance for it to be near them Local people (3) years making plans for when the festival will be in _ (4) town Each festival is (5) by about 160,000 people They travel not only from nearby towns and villages _(6) also from the rest of the British Isles and _ (7) from abroad There are concerts, plays and _(8) to find
best singers, poets, writers, and so on Shops sell Welsh music, books, pictures and clothes as
(9) as food and drink The festival provides a chance for Welsh – speaking people to
be together for a whole week, with _ (10) Welsh language all around them
5 A arrived B attended C joined D come
8 A tests B examinations C competitions D races
EX11:
Although some groups of people have always lived outdoor in tents, camping as we know it today only began to be (1) about 50 years ago The increase in the use of cars and improvement in camping equipment have (2) _ more people to travel longer (3) _ into the countryside and to stay there in greater comfort
Many campers like to be (4) themselves in quiet areas, so they (5) their tent and food, and walk or cycle into the forests or the mountains Others, preferring to be near people, drive to a public or privately-owned campsite (6) has up-to-date facilities, (7) _ hot showers and swimming pools Whether campers are (8) _ in the mountains
or on a busy site, they should remember to (9) the area clean and tidy In the forests, they must put out any fires and keep food hidden to avoid attracting (10) _ animals
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EX12:
THE FAMILY
Statesmen define a family as "a group of individuals having a common dwelling and related by blood, adoption or marriage, (1) _ includes common-law relationships." Most people are born into one of these groups and (2) _ live their lives as a family in such a group.
Although the definition of a family may not change, (3) _ relationship of people to each other within the family group changes as society changes More and more wives are (4) _ paying jobs, and, as a result, the roles of husband, wife and children are changing Today, men expect to (5) _ for pay for about 40 years of their lives, and, in today's marriages (6) _ which both spouses have paying jobs, women can expect to work for about 30 to 35 years of their lives This means that men must learn to do their share of family tasks such as caring for the children and daily (7) _ chores Children, too, especially adolescents, have
to (8) _ with the numbers of their family in sharing household tasks.
The widespread acceptance of contraception has meant that having (9) _ is a matter of choice, not an automatic result of marriage Marriage itself has become a choice As alternatives (10) _ common-law relationships and single-parent families have become socially acceptable, women will become more independent.
2 A must B need C would D will
4 A taking B making C keeping D performing
7 A home B family C house D household
8 A carry B deal C Cooperate D combine
9 A time B families C Happiness D children
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EX13:
Computer (1) enormous impact on our life nowadays We do shopping, work, or visit places of scenic beauty with help of computers We pay bill prepared by computers We read newspapers and magazines which have been produced on computers We (2) _ letters from and send letters to almost every part of the world with the help of the computers And we can (3) _learn foreign languages on computers
What makes computer a miraculous device ? Each time ( 4) it on, with appropriate hardware and software, it is capable of doing almost (5) _ you ask It is a calculating machine (6) speeds up calculations : it can add, subtract, multiply, and (7) with lightning speed and perfect accuracy It is a personal communicator which helps you to interact ( 8) _other computers and with people around the world And if you (9) _ to entertain, you can (10) _ with computer games or computer CD music
1 A have B have had C are having D had
2 A receive B post C borrow D lend
3 A only B ever C even D just
4 A put B let C take D turn
5 A thing B anything C something D all things
9 A interested B want C would D ought
10 A relax B revive C reset D repeat
EX14:
Do you remember I told you I was trying to get a part-time job as a waiter at a Japanese restaurant? Well, I finally got (1) Of course, I haven’t been working there long, (2) I can already tell it’s a wonderful place (3) All the staff are very friendly and helpful Besides, (4) pay
is good and they let us eat (5) we want after work I work only as a main job is to take orders from the (7) , give the orders to the cooks, and take the (8) to the customers I often have to describe (9) different Japanese dishes Sometimes Japanese customers speak to me in Japanese, (10) me to know the language I love that work experience very much
2 A however B in contrast C but D on the contrary
10 A expected B has expected C to expecting D expecting
EX15:
Trang 8Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland His father was
an expert in phonetics (1) _ a boy , Alexander became interested in sounds and
speech in 1870, The Bells decided to (2) _ to America They lived in Boston, (3)
Alexander taught in a school for the deaf There he began experimenting with a
machine (4) _ help the deaf hear While experimenting with this machine, Bell had
an idea, “Why do not use electricity to (5) _ the human voice from one place to
another ? ” He began to work on a new (6) _ For years , Bell and his assistant,
Thomas Watson , worked day (7) _ night They rented rooms in a boarding house
Bell was on one floor, and Watson was on (8) _ They tried to send (9) _
through a wire Finally, on March 19th, 1876, Watson heard these words very clearly : “
Mr Watson, come here I want you.” Watson rushed upstairs, ran (10) _ Bell’s
room, and shouted , “ I heard you ! ”
6 A invention B inventor C inventive D invent
8 A others B the others C another D other
9 A speaking B letters C speech D telegram
EX16:
More than two hundred years ago, the term “environmental pollution” was quite strange to
people They lived healthily, drank (1) water, and breathed fresh air In those days,
industry was not well-developed Nowadays, the (2) _ is quite different The world today is
faced with many (3) _ threats The most dangerous threat of all is war, and after the threat of
war is (4) _ People all over the world are worried about things that are happening to the
environment Actually it is man that is (5) _ the surroundings with many kinds of wastes
from the devices that make human lives more comfortable and convenient Everybody knows that
cars emit dangerous gases that cause poisonous (6) and cancer, but no one wants to travel
on foot or bicycles Manufactures know that (7) _ from factories make water and (8)
polluted, but they do not want to spend a lot of their money on (9) _ the wastes
safely (10) rubbish is bad for our health, but no one wants to spend time burying it Is it
worth talking a lot about pollution?
2 A situation B case C circumstance D both A & C
4 A contamination B pollution C dirtying D both A & B
10 A Throwing B Scattering C Distributing D Pouring
1B 2A 3C 4B 5B 6C 7A 8C 9D 10B
EX17:
Trang 9It’s always worth preparing well for an interview Don’t just hope (1)…………the best Here are a (2)………… tips Practice how you say things, as well as what you (3)
………….to say If you don’t own a video camera, perhaps a friend of (4)……… does Borrow it and make a video tape yourself Find (5)……….to watch it with you and give a (6)………of advice on how you appear and behave Before the interview, plan what to wear Find out how the company expects its (7)…………to dress At the interview, believe (8)………….yourself and be honest, open and friendly (9)………… attention and keep your answers to the point The interviewer doesn’t want to waste time and (10)……… do you
7 A colleagues B employees C customers D employers
EX18:
James Cook
James Cook sailed around the world in the late 18th century and because famous as an explorer He first went to sea in 1746 Eleven years later, he (65) the navy He was a very good sailor and (66) was not long before he was given his own ship
In 1768, the Royal Society (67) a scientific voyage to Tahiti Cook was asked
to command the ship, Endeavour, and to take a group of scientists (68) board The
voyage lasted three years Cook made (69) that his sailors ate fresh fruit In this way,
he was able to (70) them from the terrible illnesses (71) by a bad diet Cook was the first European to draw maps of New Zealand and to (72) eastern Australia He also sailed to Antarctica and drew maps of the Pacific and its (73) islands In 1779, he died (74) a fight in Hawaii
EX19:
What is money? The pound, the dollar or the franc are actually just like a gram or a kilometre The difference is that you can exchange money for something (56) A five pound note may buy a book, a huge bag of sweets, or a (57) of cinema tickets But the note itself is only a printed (58) of paper which costs almost nothing to make
Thousands of years (59) people didn't have money as we know (60) There were no banks (61) even shops In those days,
Trang 10Mr Green, the farmer exchanged the corn he (62) grown for Mr Hive's honey This was an exchange arranged between the two (63) , each of whom had something that the other wanted But in time, most societies invented their own
"currencies" (64) that people could exchange more The different currencies began to join together, which is why (65) everyone uses a national currency
65 A tomorrow B today C recently D soon
EX20:
In the U.S., industries that generate hazardous wastes want to dispose of them as cheaply as possible Private companies hired to dispose of these wastes compete with each other to offer the lowest prices to these industries The government does not get involved, beyond setting the minimum safety standard Unfortunately, the (1) of companies that generate and dispose of waste is to save money, (2) guarantee safety These companies usually send wastes to landfills because it is cheaper than recycling or incineration Disposal firms who want to increase their business must cut corners to lower costs and (3) customers At the same time, relatively (4) is done to reduce the volume
of waste generated, because disposal cost (5) _ quite low.
Things are different in Denmark The government there (6) _ in the waste disposal process from the beginning (7) _ the front end Together with industry, the government formed a corporation to establish and (8) waste disposal facilities This company, called Kommunichem, has a (9) on waste disposal Generators of hazardous waste (10) ship their waste to one of Kommunichem’s disposal facilities In this system, there is no price competition in the waste disposal business.
6 A interferes B participates C involves D control
1.D 2.A 3.C 4.D 5.C 6.B 7.A 8.A 9.C 10.D
EX21:
Most people think of computers as very modern inventions, products of our new technological age But actually the idea for a computer was (1) ……….out over two centuries ago by a man (2)
………… Charles Babbage Babbage was born in 1791 and (3) …………up to be a brilliant mathematician He drew up plans for several calculating machines (4) ………he called
“engines” But despite the fact that he (5) ………building some of these he never finished any of them Over the years people have argued (6) ………his machines would ever work Recently, however, the Science Museum in London has finished building (7)
………… engine (8) ………… on one of Babbage’s designs