III. Read the text below. Use the word given at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.

       Example: (0) impossible

   These days it is(o)………….......................to open a newspaper without                 POSSIBLE

reading about the damage we are doing to the environment.

The earth is being(1)…………...threatened ..................and the future looks bad.                         THREAT

What can each of us do?

   We cannot clean up our(2)…………....polluted ..................rivers and seas overnight.         POLLUTION

Nor can we stop the(3)…………….........disappearance..........of plants and animals. But                  APPEAR

we can stop adding to the problem while(4)…………scientists …….................        ..........           SCIENCE

search for answers, and laws are passed in nature’s(5)………dependence ……...............                       DEFEND

   It may not be easy to change your lifestyle(6)…………completely….................., but               COMPLETE

some steps are easy to take: cut down the amount of(7)………driving…..................           DRIVE

you do or use as little plastic as possible. It is also easy to save energy,

which also reduces(8)……………household.................bills. We must all make                           HOUSE

a personal (9)…………decision…................... to work for the future of our planet if             DECIDE

we want to (10)………ensure…....................a better world for our grand- children

III. Read the text below. Use the word given at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.

       Example: (0) impossible

   These days it is(o)………….....impossible..................to open a newspaper without                 POSSIBLE

reading about the damage we are doing to the environment.

The earth is being(1)…………..threatened...................and the future looks bad.                         THREAT

What can each of us do?

   We cannot clean up our(2)…………......polluted................rivers and seas overnight.         POLLUTION

Nor can we stop the(3)……………disappearance...................of plants and animals. But                  APPEAR

we can stop adding to the problem while(4)……………scientists….................        ..........           SCIENCE

search for answers, and laws are passed in nature’s(5)…………….dependence ..............                       DEFEND

   It may not be easy to change your lifestyle(6)……………..completely................, but               COMPLETE

some steps are easy to take: cut down the amount of(7)…………drving..................           DRIVE

you do or use as little plastic as possible. It is also easy to save energy,

which also reduces(8)……………household.................bills. We must all make                           HOUSE

a personal (9)……………....decision............... to work for the future of our planet if             DECIDE

we want to (10)…………....ensure................a better world for our grand- children.           SURE

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We all know stories about people with exceptional memories who have the ability to remember hundreds of numbers after hearing them only once .Now experts are saying that such feats can be taught.
For example, most people can repeat about nine numbers if they are read out one a second. In one experiment, ten hours' training produced only a small improvement, but the results after practising for a thousand hours were amazing: some people remembered 80 ar even 100 numbers. Similarly, most adults can identify only about five out of a set of 21 colours that are only slightly different. But after 80 training hours one person could recognise 18 of them. Studies of 76 major composers show that it took at least ten years of musical training before any of them wrote a major work. Psychologists are therefore raising the possibility that genius is the product of teaching

Exercise 28                   HEALTHY EATING

In the past, any mother would be (0).........proud..........if                            PRIDE

her children were round and slightly fat. Those

days are gone. (1)........Researchers.............have now reached the              RESEARCH

(2)........conclusion........that too much fat and sugar in her children's      CONCLUDE

diets are a major factor in the (3)..........development..........of heart                DEVELOP

diseases and other(4)............illnesses.............when they are older.                     ILL

However, (5)................growing ......children need to eat  a wide                   GROW

range of foods, and their general health could                             

be(6).......... endangered..........by cutting out particular ones. Psychologists   DANGER

say that the (7).......... solution ............is not to change                                   SOLVE

eating habits too fast, but to do it (8)........... carefully..........., so                      CARE        

that children do not lose muscle in addition to                                 

fat. Parents should present food a little (9)........... differently........        DIFFERENCE

, spread butter thinly and avoid putting sugar

on the table. Children should also be(10)....... encouraged ......                     COURAGE

to take part in sports: this way they will be using

the calories that they have eaten.

Exercise 29        COLLECTING EGGCUPS

People collect a large (0)..........................of objects:                         VARY

stamps, postcards, dolls. Some people collect

objects which are connected with (1).................                          HISTORY

events or with (2)..................people. But one of                                FAME

the strangest(3).............is that of eggcups.                                 COLLECT

Kenvin Murphy of Bradford in Yorkshire has

10.000 of them. Not (4)..................., his favorite                       SUPPRISE

eggcup is one in the shape of a (5)...................  Yorkshire man          TYPE

. Kenvin's hobby began seven years ago                         

,  after he (6)..................an elephant eggcup to                                  LOAN

a granddaughter who took such a (7)............................                       LIKE

to it she insisted on keeping it. Kenvin saw a few

eggcups he liked at a (8)......................at a local shop,                        SELL

and started collecting them.

Others like Kenvin's eggcup too. " I have just

bought a ( 9)................for one of my favorites,                           REPLACE

which (10)................disappeared last week, " he said               MYSTERY

1. Variety         2. historical         3. famous          4. collection          5. surprisingly

6. Strangest     7. sale                   8. Others            9. replacement    10. Mysteriously

Ten per cent of the population is left-handed. There is a lot of social

(1)..............discrimination........... against left-handed people. How difficult is it for                      DISCRIMINATE

them to live in a right-handed world?

A number of (2) ................practical......... items such as scissors have been                 PRACTICE

designed for right-handed people. It can be very (3) .........inconvenient................                     CONVENIENT

for lefties” to be sitting next to “righties” during dinner.                                               

(4) ..................Commonly....... used computer keys are on the right of the keyboard.          COMMON

Lefties have to use their own sports (5) ............equipment............. .                                            EQUIP

Less (6) ............frequency............... used car controls such as headlight switches FREQUENT

are on the right.                                              

Forcing children to use their right hand can cause (7) .................hatefulness.......                      HATE

Of school, which can then impact their academic (8) ...........development.............                       DEVELOP

It can also result in disastrous learning (9) ...........disability..............like dyslexia. ABILITY

Trying to make “lefties” use their right hand can explain their often

rebellious (10) ............behaviour............. at school, their clumsiness and                  BEHAVE

frustration.

1. regularly

2. modern

3. competition

4. preparation

5. challenging

6. different

7. friendship

8. dedicated

9. ambitious

10. achievement

1. regularly

2. modern

3. competition

4. in preparation for

5. challenging

6. different

7. friendship

8. dedicated

9. ambitious

10. achievement

Chúc em học tốt

1. regularly

2. modern

3. competition

4. preparation

5. challenging

6. different

7. friendship

8. dedicated

9. ambitious

10. achievement

1. regularly

2. modern

3. competition

4. preparation

5. challenging

6. different

7. friendship

8. dedicated

9. ambitious

10. achievement

1. regularly

2. modern

3. competition

4. preparation

5. challenging

6. different

7. friendship

8. dedicated

9. ambitious

10. achievement
 

A

1 collection

2 singers

3 children

4 player

5 musicians

6 collectors

7 entertainment

8 childhood

B

1 join

2 turn

3 sent

4 eat

5 gave

6 carried

7 take

C

1  Jack is crazy about 

2 was a sailor

3 feel like watching

4 took part

5 a game of tennis against

6 used to play

7 really interested in

8 had fun

9 is popular with

10 isn't keen on

D

1 B

2 D

3 C

4 A

5 C

6 A

7 D

8 B

E

35 - D

36 - F

37 - C

38 - A

39 - E

40 - B

1. collection

2. singers

3. children

4. player

5. musicians

6. collectors

7. entertainment

8. childhood

V. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.

1. To the Chinese, 8 is a lucky number, ____ the Vietnamese believe 9 brings luck, and the 1 and 8 of 18, adding up to 9, are considered success.

A. despite                            B. but                                   C. while                               D. and

2. Many people believe that the first person who visits their home on the first day of the New Year will ____ their life.

A. change                            B. afford                             C. effect                              D. affect

3. That year, things were going a lot better for the Pilgrims, thanks to ____ help of Squanto and Samoset.

A. an                                    B. the                                   C. a                                      D. x

4. In ____ Netherlands, singing at ____  dinner table means you are singing to ____ devil for your dinner – which means bad luck.

A. x - the - the                    B. the - the - a                     C. x - a - the                        D. the - the - the

5. In Spain, it is believes to be bad luck to enter ____ room with your left foot.

A. a                                      B. an                                    C. the                                   D. x

6. Cultural diversity makes the United States a ____ interesting place in which to live for all of its inhabitants.

A. much better                    B. more                                C. many more                     D. much more

7. In every culture, there are basic standards for social ____ such as personal space distance, eye contact, amount of body language displayed in public.

A. reaction                          B. interaction                      C. relationship                    D. relation

8. They invited these friends and their families to ____ special meal. It was ____ first Thanksgiving dinner with turkey, fish, green beans, and soup.

A. a - a                                 B. a - the                              C. a - x                                 D. the - a

9. Today, Australia is one of ____ diverse countries in the world.

A. the more culturally                       B. the most culturally        C. most cultural                  D. the most cultural

10. UN World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development on May 21^st is a chance to celebrate the cultural diversity of people around us, and find out more about what we have ____.

A. as usual                          B. as normal                       C. in common                     D. alike

IV. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.

V. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.

1. To the Chinese, 8 is a lucky number, ____ the Vietnamese believe 9 brings luck, and the 1 and 8 of 18, adding up to 9, are considered success.

A. despite                            B. but                                   C. while                               D. and

2. Many people believe that the first person who visits their home on the first day of the New Year will ____ their life.

A. change                            B. afford                             C. effect                              D. affect

3. That year, things were going a lot better for the Pilgrims, thanks to ____ help of Squanto and Samoset.

A. an                                    B. the                                   C. a                                      D. x

4. In ____ Netherlands, singing at ____  dinner table means you are singing to ____ devil for your dinner – which means bad luck.

A. x - the - the                    B. the - the - a                     C. x - a - the                        D. the - the - the

5. In Spain, it is believed to be bad luck to enter ____ room with your left foot.

A. a                                      B. an                                    C. the                                   D. x

6. Cultural diversity makes the United States a ____ interesting place in which to live for all of its inhabitants.

A. much better                    B. more                                C. many more                     D. much more

7. In every culture, there are basic standards for social ____ such as personal space distance, eye contact, amount of body language displayed in public.

A. reaction                          B. interaction                      C. relationship                    D. relation

8. They invited these friends and their families to ____ special meal. It was ____ first Thanksgiving dinner with turkey, fish, green beans, and soup.

A. a - a                                 B. a - the                              C. a - x                                 D. the - a

9. Today, Australia is one of ____ diverse countries in the world.

A. the more culturally                       B. the most culturally        C. most cultural                  D. the most cultural

10. UN World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development on May 21^st is a chance to celebrate the cultural diversity of people around us, and find out more about what we have ____.

A. as usual                          B. as normal                       C. in common                     D. alike