+ Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.

Recycling

In Tokyo, there are five main categories of trash, with multiple (1) ________  (CATEGORY) and exceptions. Each category is collected only on certain days. The apartment manager puts out the proper cans on the proper days, and if you don't take the stuff out in time, it's like missing a ferry, only (2) ________ (SMELL).

That is the height of (3) ________ (RESPONSIBILITY). The catchall category is (4) ________ (COMBUSTION) waste. This is for stuff that should go to the (5) ________ (INCINERATE). Plastic is not just any plastic. It has to be (6) ________ (CYCLE) and clean without food stains.

It is your obligation as a citizen to make a good-faith effort to wash food (7) ________ (RESIDUE) off the plastic before putting it in the plastic bin. Not all plastic is Plastic, but the paper is the worst. You're supposed to bundle your newspapers and then slip small pieces of paper in between the newspapers to act as (8) ________ (SEPARATE). These parcels are then tied up and placed at group collection points for collection by voluntary community groups.

Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only ONE word in each gap.

Until the late 1920s, motion pictures were silent except (1) ________ the musical accompaniment

provided by theater owners in the form of live orchestras. Up (2) ________ this point, movies had enjoyed a wide

degree of popularity, but they still remained a secondary form of entertainment, largely (3) ________ to their lack

of sound. Everything changed (4) ________ 1926 when Warner Brothers introduced a new sound-on-disc system.

In this system, sound effects and music were (5) ________ on wax record. In order to exhibit this new (6)

________, Warner Brothers showed “Don Juan”, the first (7) ________ picture to have a pre-recorded score and

sound effects. Although “Don Juan” was enjoyed very much, many movie studios still refused to adapt (8)

________ talking picture technology, believing that “talkies” would never replace silent pictures. (9) ________,

“The Jazz Singer”, an interesting film with sound, in October (10) ________ 1927 changed these options, and in

doing so, changed the history of motion pictures forever.

     Read the text and think of the correct word for each gap. Use only ONE word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning.

The lunches at school ⁰ aren’t very good, in fact they’re horrible! There’s always too ¹ ____________ salt and not ² ____________ pepper in the food! Oh, and there are too ³ ____________ vegetables as well. I’ ⁴ ____________ got enough time to make a sandwich to take to school, but my mum is against this idea. There ⁵ ____________ a fast food
⁶ ____________ near the school, but it’s very
⁷ ____________ and I haven’t got much money.

Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word in capitals.

Sugar is not an _________ food because we need it to live.             HEALTH

The nurse wanted to know Nga’s ________ and weight.                  HIGH

Mr. Hung has a very ________ tooth.                                     PAIN

Last year Mr. Hoang drove very ________.                                       CARE

This room is very _________.                                         COMFORT

What is the correct ___________ of this word?           PRONOUNCE

More and more young people want a university ________.              EDUCATE

When I go to the library, I sit and read about ________ things.        WONDER

The most popular ________ at recess is talking.                               ACT

A fairy appeared and ________ changed her old clothes.                  MAGIC

Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word in capitals.

1. In the future, many buildings will be ……………………by solar energy. (HOT)

2. These ……………………will conserve the earth’s resources. (INNOVATE)

3. Environmental ……………………is everybody’s responsibility. (PROTECT)

4. We must learn about keeping the environment ……………………. (POLLUTE)

5. We’ll live a happier and ……………………life if we keep our environment clean. (HEALTH)

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

Exercise 27                       GENIUS

We all know stories about people with (0)    ......................   EXCEPTION

memories who have the (1)..................................................              ABLE

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 (2)............about nine             REPETITION

numbers if they are read out one a second. In one

experiment, ten hours' training (3)................only                      PRODUCT

a small (4)........................., but the results after practising         IMPROVE

for a thousand hours were (5)....................: some                           AMAZE

people remembered 80 or even 100 numbers. Similarly,

 most adults can (6)...............only about 5 out                            IDENTITY

of a set of 21 colours that are only(7).................................            SLIGHT

different. But after 80 training hours one person

could recognise 18 of them. Studies of 76 major

(8)..................show that it took at least ten years of                   COMPOSE

(9).................training before any of them wrote a                            MUSIC

major work. Psychologists are therefore raising
the (10).............that genius is the product of  teaching.              POSSIBLE

Exercise 28                   HEALTHY EATING

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

her children were round and slightly fat. Those

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

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

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

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

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

range of foods, and their general health could                             

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

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

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

that children do not lose muscle in addition to                                 

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

, spread butter thinly and avoid putting sugar

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

Read the passage and choose a word from the box to fill in each blank. Write the correct word next to the number. There is one example

từ để điền: In the name of     culture       drops          in fact

                        Nerves          cosmetics           therefore          dangerous

Although (0) _____ cosmetics have been used all throughout history, not all of them have been safe. (1) ______, some of them have been quite (2) _______ to people. For example, long ago in Italian (3) _____, people thought women with big eyes were beautiful. Therefore, (4) _____ beauty, women began to put (5) ______ of belladonna in their eyes to make their pupils larger. Belladonna, however, is poisonous, and it can affect the (6) _____ in the body.

Fill each gap of the following sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. 
1. Water _________are things such as detergents, pesticides, oil, and other chemicals. (POLLUTE)
2. There are so many swear words in this article that I think it’s________.  (PRINT)
3. Under her fine editorship, ________ has increased by 100,000. (CIRCULATE)
4. Deaths caused by reckless driving are ________.  (AVOID)
5. In electronics, we learn to repair______ appliances.  (HOUSE)
6. A recent report has warned of global food _______ unless the current system of farming and food distribution is changed. (SHORT)
7. Increasing world ______ will lead to the rise in demand for energy, food and fresh water. (PROSPEROUS)
8. The spiral and the helix are everywhere, ______, curving shapes whose incredible regularity contrasts so sharply with the random world around them. (GRACE)
9. ______ people stand to benefit most from these policies. ( EMPLOY)
10. His English is not the  ______ in the class. (BAD)