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Many tourists who visit Central America find (1).............. surprising to learn that the Mayas still live there. (2)............... it is tue that their country was (3).................. over by the Spanish conquistadors, the Mayan people carried (4).................. living in the area. Today there are an estimated 1.2 million Mayas (5).................. live in the southern Mexico, and many other areas of Central America states have large Mayan popoulations as (6)..................

Many of their stories and art forms have remained (7).................. over time, and today, women weave clothing and carpets that have signs and symbols that have the same as (8).................. found in ancient temples.

The different patterns and symbols onthese brightly coloured (9).................. not only look attractive, (10).................. also communicate important informationsuch as marital (11)..................

Even though the majority of the Mayas are nor Catholics, many of the festivals that they (12).................. part in are a mixture of the old rituals that their ancestors (13).................. to practise and more modern Christian elements. It was perhaps the Maya's ability to (14).................. and change that made it possible for them to survive to the (15).................. day.

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Robots now have many uses. Many factories use robots to ..... lots of hard work quickly and without many mistakes. These ..... 'industrial' robots. The military uses robots to find and get ruf of bombs. If a robot ......a mistake , the robot is damaged or destroyed, which is better ...... A person being killed. There are also robots that help at ........, to vacuum or cut grass, for example. Such robots must ....... about the area of work. There are two robots on Mars. Because it ...... a long time to send a signal from earth to mars, the robots do much on their work alone, ....... commands from earth. People still think of robots as having a shape ...... a person-two legs, two arms , and a head. ASIMO is one robot that is helping scientists learn ......... to design and program robots. It can walk, which is not easy to program.

III. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word. (2.0 points)
It is not easy for (1)………..……students of English to improve their accent. Unlike children, who are flexible, adults often find (2)…………..….hard to change the way they speak. This is (3)………………..even the top or smartest adult students have difficulty with pronunciation. There are several things that (4)……………..…..international student can do to improve his or her (5)………………..
One method is to sign up for a pronunciation class. Studying pronunciation can (6)……………….…students understand the rules of English, but in (7) ……………..…. to practice speaking, students often need to be opposed to English outside the classroom as well. This is why many students say that studying  in an English – speaking (8)………..………greatly affects their English. Living with native (9) …..………. can help students to learn new vocabulary as (10)……………….…as improve their accents. International students can also learn important cultural information. This can help to prevent misunderstandings  that can occur when people from different cultures live together.

VII. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with one suitable word.

It fascinates me to observe the way in …1… children so often react against their parents’ ideas, while at the same time …2… their parents’ characteristics. That is to say, the children grow up to …3… different views from their parents, yet to have …4… personalities. There is a …5… going on in the toy world at present over whether children should be …6… to have war toys, but I do not see any …7… in forbidding them when I think of the …8… of my friend Harry.

Harry is the ....9... of strict parents who were totally opposed to war. He was never allowed toy soldiers …10… a boy, never allowed toy guns. Harry grew up and went into the army, becoming a first-class soldier and …11… all sorts of military honours in a rather fierce unit. He became the opposite in …12… way of what his parents might have expected …13… their son. And yet there is a gentleness about Harry which shows a …14… personality. There is a sympathetic element about the man which I can see …15… have come from his family. In …16… of doing things differently from our parents, a lot of the spirit get passed on.

Parents in all conscience have to …17… their children what they believe to be right; but it is not so much your ideas that the children …18… as your example. Perhaps the …19… way to teach one’s child gentleness is not to forbid toy guns, but to be gentle in one’s …20… everyday life.

VIII. Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. (2 pts)

            Television  owes its origins to many inventors. But it was the single -minded determination of an amateur’ 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 (3)……..sent by radio waves. Baird became convinced that a similar system could transmit a picture. He spent most of (4)……..spare time working on his ideas in his tiny workshop without any commercial support. He had to use his own earnings to continue his research. In 1924 ‘Baird successfully transmitted the general outline of a figure over more (5)……… three meters. He continued to experiment and (6) ………October 25 ‘1925  transmitted a recognizable image of a doll. He ran down to the office on the office on the ground floor and persuaded one of the boys to come upstairs. (7)………boy became the first  living image transmitted by television. Overnight ‘Baird became famous and the money (8) ……..he needed to continue his research was at (9)……...made one from London to New York. He continued experimenting  (10) ………spent his last years exploring the possibility of color television.

XI . Fill in each blank space in the following passage with only one suitable word .

There are many way (1 ) animals Hausa Heine learning English words . Some people like learning by making a list with Vietname meaning while orther(2) by reading stories . This is a good way because it is easy to renenber ( 3 ) . . . . . . . . to use words in the right ways . Besides , to remember words better some learners even write each word ( 4 ) a piece of paper and stick somewhere in their house to learn it anytime . To many others , they do not study all words ( 5 ) . . . . . . . . . they meet . They just underline the words that they want to lear . This helps the learners to remember important Words casily .

XI. Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word in the following passage. (20 points)

       Most people know that cigarette smoking is harmful to their (1)_______. Scientific research shows that it can (2)________ many kinds of diseases. In (3)________, many people who smoke get lung cancer. Doctors believe that it may also cause lung cancer in people who do not  (4)_________. Nonsmokers often breathe in the smoke from (5)_________ people’s cigarettes. This is secondhand smoking. People are becoming very aware of the danger of (6)________ smoke. As a result, they have passed laws that prohibit (7)________ from smoking in many public places. Besides, many government tend to put taxes on cigarette (8)________ as to discourage people from smoking. With all the concerted efforts (9)________by  the authority and non-smokers, we can look (10)_________ to the world without smoking.

XI. Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word in the following passage. (20 points)

       Most people know that cigarette smoking is harmful to their (1) _______ Scientific research shows that it can (2) ________ many kinds of diseases. In (3) ________, many people who smoke get lung cancer. Doctors believe that it may also cause lung cancer in people who do not  (4)_________. Nonsmokers often breathe in the smoke from (5)_________ people’s cigarettes. This is secondhand smoking. People are becoming very aware of the danger of (6)________ smoke. As a result, they have passed laws that prohibit (7)________ from smoking in many public places. Besides, many government tend to put taxes on cigarette (8)________ as to discourage people from smoking. With all the concerted efforts (9)________by  the authority and non-smokers, we can look (10)_________ to the world without smoking.

Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passages. Use only ONE word for each space

Many people dream of (1)..... in a foreign country. It can be an amazing experience (2)....... those who have the courage to leave their family and friends and settle down in a new place. (3)......., there's one potential problem you should be aware of: culture shock. Culture shock is the feeling we get from living in a place that is so different to where we grew up that we are not sure (4)....... to deal with it. Societies are organized in many different ways, and we can often (5)...... taken aback by some of the things we find in foreign countries. Customs and traditions can be very different and that can sometimes make (6)...... difficult to get on with local people and to make friends. They migt not approve of things you do or might object to things you say. You might even be banned from doing things in another country that are perfectly legal in your own. (7)...... you were to move to a country such as Singapore, say, you might find some of the laws very (8)..... There, people can be forced to pay a large fine just for dropping litter. Eventually, (9)....., most people who live abroad fall in love with their adopted country and learn to accept its differences. It does take real courage to make such a big change (10)..... your life, but many people agree that it is worth it in the end