the company is investing much money in modernizing and (industry)..............the factories
Tokyo, the capital of Japan, is a big city. The city is filled with factories, large office buildings. banks, restaurants, and shops of all sizes. It is a (21)____ for Japanese art, and is home to more than 100 colleges and universities. The city is (22) _______ an important seaport. Most Japanese companies have (23)______main offices in Tokyo. At the heart of Tokyo is the Imperial Palace. This is the place where the Emperor of Japan lives (24)_____ his family. Tokyo is one of the world's biggest and (25)_____ crowded cities.
21. A. house B. city C. center D. capital
22. A. and B. also C. but D. so
23. A. its B. their C. theirs D. some
24. A. in B. at C. with D. for
25. A. most B. more C. much D. many
complete each of the following sentences so that it is closet in meaning to the iriginal sentences
1 he spent too much money on clothing
--> if i were ______________________________
2 he suggest seeing Trang An, a natural wonder of our area
--> what about __________________________
3 i find it hard to remember people`s name
--> i have difficulty _______________________
4 it is 3 months since the windows were cleaned
--> the windows have not ____________________
Read the text below and fill in each blank with the correct word(s)
The United States and United Kingdom are warning about the danger of sugar to public health. They say that people eat too much sugar and this is harrnful to people's well-being. On Thursday, the US. printed new dietary guidelines. These strongly recommend people get less than 10 per cent of their daily calories frorm added sugar. On the same day, Britain's Prime Minister said he did not rule out the idea of a tax on sugar so people would buy food with less sugar in it. Politicians in the U.K, are discussing how less sugar in food could help reduce Britain's rising rates of obesity.
The governments both cite a study carried out in Mexico that showed how a tax on carbonated drinks reduced consumption. The tax meant sales of sugary drinks went down by 12 per cent in 2014. Sales of mineral water went up by four per cent in the same year. An alternative to taxing sugared drinks is to reduce the level of sugar in them. Researchers at a London university said that cutting the sugar content in drinks by 40 per cent over five years could prevent one million cases of obesity in the UiK, Researchers say people might not even notice this.
16. Which country reduced consumption of sugary drinks following a tax?
A. Mexico B. India C. the UK D. the USA
17. How much did sales of mineral water rise after a tax on sugary drinks?
A.40% B.12% C. 10% D.4%
18. What could be an alternative to taxing sugary drinks?
A. education B. reducing levels of sugar C. sweeteners D.lwney
19. How many cases of obesity did researchers say could be prevented?
A.1,000,000,000 B. 100,000,000 C. 10,000,000 D. 1,000,000
20. What did researchers say people might not notice?
A. Changes in sugar levels B. A ban on sugar D. Sugar replaced by honey C. A tax on sugar
Until the nineteenth century, the ownership of land was the only certain basis of power in England. It is true that both power and money (1) ________ be acquired by (2) ________ means: by trade, by commerce, by fighting, by useful services to the government or by personal service to the king and queen. But wealth unsupported by power was (3) ________ to be plundered, power based only on personal abilities was at the mercy of time and future, and the power to be (4) ________ through trade or commerce was limited. Before the nineteenth century (5) ________ wealth of England lay in the countryside as opposed to the towns; landowners (6) ________ than merchants were the dominating (7) ________ and ran the country so that their own interests were the last to suffer. Even (8)________ the economic balance began to change, they were so thoroughly in (9) ________of administration and legislation, that their political and social supremacy continued. As a rule, from the Middle Ages until the nineteenth century, anyone who had made money by whatever means, and was ambitious for (10)________ and his family, automatically invested in a country estate.
1. September 2nd is our …………………………. Day. (depend)
2. She always spends her money on life …………………………. (economy)
3. Good ………………………… were the key to success. (prepare)
4. Passover is celebrated in Israel and all …………………… people family. (Jew)
5. Recently, health food has increased in ………………………… (popular)
6. The remote area of our country were all ……………………….. many years ago. (electricity)
7. He is very ………………………. in looking after animals. (experience)
8. Some hundred years ago, there was no ………………… between men and women. (equal)
9. This company is testing the …………………… of water. (pure)
10. Jim always does what he says, he is very …………………………. (rely)
11. Issac Newton is one of the most ……………………… scientists in the world. (stand)
12. Lat year, there were more than 15000 …………………….who took part in London Marathon. (compete)
13. You owe Helen an ……………………… for the things you said last night. (apologetic)
14. I won’t use that airline again. The air hostesses were most …………………… when we last traveled with the children. (help)
15. Oh ! I’ve just cut myself. My finger is ……………………. (blood)
16. There have been many wonderful …………………………. in the field of …………………… in the last twenty years. (develop – communicate)
17. Vehicles also account for air ……………………. In cities. (pollute)
18. What …………… of students you are ? Are you a………………… college student ? (type)
19. …………………….. is the personality of whom I hate.(honest)
20. Many dead soldiers are praised for their …………………………before the gun and the sword of the enemy. (yield)
21. I didn’t go out last night because I was ……………………… and I didn’t want to see anyone. (depress)
22. Nha Trang is a …………………… city lies near the sea of Vietnam. (coast)
23. Good ………………………… were the keys to ……………………. (prepare / succeed)
24. The teacher stressed the need for regular ………………………. (attend)
25. You shouldn’t tell anyone about this information. It’s …………………….. (confidence)
26. Tet is the time for everyone in their family to be …………………… after a hard-working year faraway from their home. (unite)
27. Her flowers …………………………… won the first prize. (arrange)
28. We call the person who works in a library a ………………………. (library)
29. Don’t believe anything she says, she tends to ……………………… things. (dram)
30. Everyone …………………… Dong Phuong and Thien Ly Baby sitter for their …………...…. (critic / cruel)
31. I can’t find the ……………………… between these two words. (distinguish)
32. So as not to be ……………………… by paparazzi, Angelina Jolie wore a veil. (recognition)
33. Have you finished the ………………………… given by the teacher last week ? (assign)
34. ………………………., the police caught the thief a little while later. (fortune)
35. Kimonos are the ………………………. Clothes in Japan. (tradition)
36. There are many ……………………… around the year in Vietnam. (festive)
37. That man was so …………………………. that he lost the ob. (organization)
38. Her …………………….. to Philip didn’t last very long. (marry)
39. The first ………………… system,…………………… by the Phoenicians (3000 – 2000 BC) in the Middle East went from right to left. (write – invention)
40. Linda made a more rapid ……………………… from illness than expected. (recover)
41. During his speech, he kept on ……………………… his tie. (straight)
42. Travel is said to …………………. the mind. (broad)
43. Marie Curie’s husband sudden death didn’t make her life……………………… (mean)
44. Vietnam is ……………………… for its cultural heritage sites. (know)
45. Nobody can measure the …………………… of this lake. (deep)
46. He made some minor ……………………… before printing the report. (revise)
47. The girl on the elephant looks ……………………… All the audiences clap their hands to express their …………………………. (attract / admire)
48. The chief of the police demanded from his …………………….an orderly …………………… (assist / investigate)
49. ………………… is based on shared interest. (friend)
50. You must ……………………… money and labor savings. (economy)
Choose the best answer A, B, C or D.
1. Factories and companies should be constructed in ………………. places only.
A. rural B. cultural C. urban D. coastal
2. After I found all the information I needed, I ………………. the laptop.
A. take over B. put off C. turned off D. switched on
3. Japan is the ………………. developed country in the world.
A. most two B. two most C. second most D. second in most
4. This computer is much more user-friendly, but it costs ………………. the other one.
A. as many as B. as much as C. twice as much as D. twice as many
5. When my children ………………., I’ll teach them how to study English.
A. turn up B. grow up C. get up D. think up
6. That city has one of the most ………………. underground rail networks in the world.
A. efficient B. fashionable C. cosmopolitan D. fascinated
7. He turned ……………. the new job in the city center because she didn’t want to move.
A. up B. down C. over D. off
8. My university has recently set ………………. a new library near the school’s gate.
A. off B. out C. at D. up
9. My grandfather decided to pull ………………. his house to build a new one.
A. up B. down C. over D. off
10. You have to take your hat ………………. when you go to HCM mausoleum.
A. in B. off C. up D. along
1.As _______________________as he is, it’s not surprising that he believed their lies. (impress)
2.Our factories, cars and power stations may poison the environment with ___________________ gases and chemical waste. (pollute)
3.Being a career woman, Angelina devoted herself exclusively to _________________her career. (far)
4.The invention of software by Bill Gates brought ___________________wealth to him when he was 25. (tell)
5.It is still a bit _____________________to use the Internet in everyday life. (cost)
6.Despite the _____________________weather, thousands of soldiers helped protect the area. (storm)
7.My friend Tuan has been nominated as one of the most effective ___________________ in the town charity program. (active)
8.The goods in this shop were ___________________displayed on the shelves. (attract)
9.Since ___________________has been so poor the class is being closed. (attend)
10.The firm closed down because of __________________situation. (economy)
Exercise 1.
1. My friend, Jenny is a promising fashion__________ in this company. (design)
2. These documents are not__________ to the public. (access)
3. Unluckily, the new printer he bought last week works__________. (effective)
4. My father__________ the electricity before he started mending light switches. (connection)
1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________
Exercise 2.
1. Many people are very concerned about the__________ of the rain forests. (destroy)
2. We took part in the__________ activity at school last week. (culture)
3. You shouldn't behave__________ to the elderly people like that. (polite)
4. He__________ the books he had taken from the bookshelves, so I had to rearrange them. (place)
1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________
Exercise 3.
1. Peter is a fine__________. He has composed a lot of beautiful songs. (music)
2. He is a__________ man who is loved by all friends. (consider)
3. English is a__________ easy language for Swedes to learn. (compare)
4. I partly__________ with the idea that advertising has negatively influenced our life because I recognize several benefits it brings to society. (agree)
1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________
Exercise 4.
1. John is a stamp__________. He has a lot of rare and valuable stamps. (collect)
2. My sister works for a__________ bank in Ho Chi Minh City. (nation)
3. __________ dark clouds appeared and it began to rain, so we couldn't go out. (fortunate)
4. The child__________ at school so he was sent home as a punishment. (behaviour)
1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________
Exercise 5.
1. More and more__________ are leaving the countryside to live in cities these days. (farm)
2. Travelling by public transport very__________ because of its cheap price. (attraction)
3. __________, many houses have to be demolished to make ways for the roads. (fortune)
4. If we don't__________ on electricity, there will be power cut. (economy)
1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________
Exercise 6.
1. Tet holiday is one of the most important__________ for Vietnamese people. (celebrate)
2. It is said that Hue is a__________ city. (peace)
3. Although our team tried hard, we played__________ and lost the game. (success)
4. Last year, we__________ one of our gifted students to take part in the competition. (choice)
1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________
Exercise 7.
1. Many__________ have made lots of changes to the ao dai. (design)
2. The earthquake in Kobe in 1995 caused__________ damage. (disaster)
3. The car was so small that I sat__________ in the back seat. (comfort)
4. The doctor__________ his patients to do more exercise to stay healthy. (advice)
1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________
Exercise 8.
1. For an actor, winning an Oscar is one of the greatest__________. (achieve)
2. We need to make the club__________ to a wider range of people. (attraction)
3. Because the plane was__________ delayed, we all felt very unhappy. (expect)
4. They__________ a new planet on the edge of the solar system last year. (cover)
1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________
Exercise 9.
1. The next stage in the__________ of television is interactive TV. (develop)
2. Thousands of people have been made__________ by the flood. (home)
3. To be polite, we must remember to eat__________. (sensible)
4. They liked the show because the actors' enthusiasm__________ the kids. (inspiration)
1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________
Exercise 10.
1. I saw a very interesting__________ on TV last night. (advertise)
2. I tend to wear clothes that are__________ rather than fashionable. (practice)
3. __________, the ao dai was frequently worn by both men and women. (traditional)
4. Janet has__________ many books for a variety of publishers. (edition)
1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________
Exercise 11.
1. Traffic is the main source of noise__________ in cities. (pollute)
2. They are going to hold many__________ activities next week. (culture)
3. They are learning to live__________ of their parents. (depend)
4. He told us about it when he__________ at the meeting. (arrival)
1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________
Exercise 12.
1. She has always dreamt of having a big stamp__________. (collect)
2. We had a chance to present our__________ festivals to foreigners. (tradition)
3. For so many years, the earth was__________ thought to be flat. (correct)
4. I__________ her to be the finest violinist in the world. (belief)
1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________
Exercise 13.
1. In recent years, there has been much__________ in medical science. (develop)
2. Da Lat is famous because it has lots of__________ flowers. (beauty)
3. Feeling__________ hot, we decided to come home earlier. (comfort)
4. They've__________ the benefits of doing projects. (discussion)
1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________
Exercise 14.
1. The light bulb is the greatest__________ in history. (invent)
2. Students have to be__________ when riding their bikes to school. (care)
3. He is not a good boy; he always talks to his parents__________. (polite)
4. It was__________ that we should take part in the contest. (agreement)
1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________
Exercise 15.
1. There are many new tall__________ in this city. (build)
2. It was__________ so we enjoyed our holiday on the beach last weekend. (sun)
3. Although they had a lot of money, they lived__________. (happy)
4. He has__________ to join the Green movement next summer. (decision)
1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________
Exercise 16.
1. Is the__________ of the stilt house on the side of the hill? (enter)
2. The visitors like the__________ atmosphere during their stay in the village. (peace)
3. Everyone was scared when the witch made the dog__________ disappear. (magic)
4. We’ve__________ books and clothes to the children in remote areas. (donation)
1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________
Exercise 17.
1. One of the________ in my hometown is the traditional market, which is open every Sunday.(attract)
2. My visit to Hoi An was really a________ experience. (memory)
3. My English teacher is very nice and she can sing some French songs ________. (beauty)
4. People________ in the past because they needed more land for farming. (forest)
1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________
Exercise 18.
1. Trinh Cong Son is one of the most well-known __________ in Viet Nam. (music)
2. I enjoy the __________atmosphere while I was on my uncle’s farm. (peace)
3. __________, the step mother was very kind to her. (fortunate)
4. My teachers_______ me to take part in outdoor activities when I was in primary school. (courage)
1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________