12 A
13 D
14 A
15 B
16 B
17 D
18 C
19 D
20 C
II
1 B
2 A
3 C
4 B
5 C
6 D
12 A
13 D
14 A
15 B
16 B
17 D
18 C
19 D
20 C
II
1 B
2 A
3 C
4 B
5 C
6 D
Supply the most suitable word for each blank.
The country is (1).............beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in. Many people think so, and go to the country (2)...............the summer holiday though they can’t live (3)..............all the year round. Some have cottage built in a village (4)...............that they can go there whenever they (5).................find the time.
English villages aren’t all alike, but (6)................some ways they are not very different from (7)................other. Almost every village (8)..................a church, the round or square tower of which can (9).................seen from many miles around. Surrounding the church is the church yard, (10)..................people are buried.
Make sentences
1. Young people /detest /live /countryside /because /there /nothing /them/do/ evening.
2. disasters /influence /lot /people /live/ the countryside.
3. It /custom /country dwellers /go /city /make money /when /have /noting /do /home.
4. They /detest /struggle /natural disasters /the countryside /they /go /find /better life /city.
5. If Richard want/become /professional musician, he / have /practise music /every day.
6. When /police officer /ask /see your driver license, you/ must/ him.
7. As soon/ she open / eyes/ she decide /that she /go and see Granny.
8. travel /train /slow /but /comfortable /than /travel /plane.
9. when /I /see /her /talk /John /boyfriend.
10. despite /fact /he /study /hard /he fail /entrance exam.
11. Forest fires /cause /the pollution /the air.
12. The environmentalists /discussing solutions /the polluted atmosphere /our city.
We send our children (1) school to prepare them (2) the time when they will be big and will have to work (3) themselves. They learn their own language so that they will be able to tell others clearly what they want and they know and understand what others tell them. They learn foreign languages (4) order to be able to benefit (5) what people (6) other countries have written and said, and in order to make people (7) other countries understand what they themselves mean. Nearly everything they study (8) school has some practical use (9) their life. We go to school (10) all to learn how to learn, so that, when we have left school, we can continue to learn.
Nowadays, people dress ______, so it's difficult to say which country they are from.
A.traditionally
B. traditionalier
C.more traditionally
D.less traditionally
IX. Circle best option A, B, C or D to complete the following passage
BIRTH OF THE COMPUTER
Most people think of the computers as very modern inventions, products of our new technological age. But actually the idea for a computer (1) ……………. worked out over two centuries ago by a man (2) ……………. Charles Babbage.
Babbage was born (3) …………….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 (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 based on one of Babbage’s designs. (8) ……………. has taken six years to complete and more (9) ……………. four thousand parts have been specially made. Whether it works or not, the machine will be shown at a special exhibition in the Science Museum (10) ……………. remind people of Babbage’s work.
1. A. has B. was C. had D. is
2. A. known B. recognized C. written D. called
3. A. on B. by C. in D. for
4. A. which B. who C. these D. whose
5. A. wanted B. made C. started D. missed
6. A. until B. whether C. while D. though
7. A. some B. the C. an D. that
8. A. One B. He C. They D. It
9. A. than B. therefore C. when D. then
10. A. to B. as C. for D. so
substance light pollution Earth's surface acid water temperature dumping poison poisonous waste |
1. If this factory continues......... Into the lakes, all the fish and other aquatic animals will die
2. I think there is....... around here because all trees and plants turn yellow and dry
3. When thermal pollution happens, the......... in the rivers, lakes and oceans changes
4. Soil pollution happens when people destroy the........
5. Poison is a......... that can make people or animals ill or kill them if they eat or drink it
6. They are all....... to see that all the fish they grow on their farm are dead
7. You can see starts at night in the countryside because there isn't any......... there
8. Many household around the West Lake dump.......... into it so the water is polluted
9. The vegetable price is increasing because the....... rain has caused damage to almost vegetable in this area
10. The....... chemical waste in his factory is dumped into the river so its water now becomes almost black
1. information / bringing / entertainment / also / is / only / but / TV / not /
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2. village / the / definitely / better / Life / the / changing / is / for / in / .
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3. look for / more money / Farmers / when / family / often / other work / their / need / they / for / .
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4. people / still / a week / work / in / Many / days / the countryside / seven.
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5. back / in / months / going / England / They / two / are / .
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Put in order
1. of Ha /terrible storm /Yesterday, a /struck the /Giang Province. /rural area
2. public shelters /volcano /Villagers /into /as soon/ erupted. /rushed /as the
3. destroyed /Hundreds/ shook /were completely /when the /the city. /of buildings /earthquake
4. in /village /The mudslide /the whole /while people /still sleeping /houses. /buried /were /their
5. or /hours and /The forest /for eight/ some animals /injured /killed. /fire raged /were badly/
6. into /We /to run /the house/ before /out of /collapsed./managed /the street /the walls
7. because there /in the /Noise /occurs /are too /sounds /environment. /pollution/ many loud
8. billboards, overhead /The sign of too /visual pollution. /advertising /power lines, /may cause/many telephone poles, /or shop signs
9. the Earth's /Soil /happens /activities /surface. /pollution /when human /destroy
10. steams, rivers, /When thermal pollution /temperature in /changes. /happens, the water /lakes, or oceans
11. idea about /She /up with an /the /project. /has come/ environmental
12. health /contaminated /If the /drink /they /have /problems. /local people /will/ water,
Everything ________________ to move more slowly in the countryside than in the city.
A.seem
B.to seem
C. seems
D.seeming