* Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

1. Kate is concerned about water ……………………….
2. There are two candidates for the ……………………….
3. If I were you, I would accept his ……………………….
4. The Boy Scouts of America is a youth ……………………….
5. He failed his oral ………………………and has to take it again.
6. This is the 4 th ………………………of the book and it is still a best-seller.
7. The continued advance of ………………………can be seen everywhere.
8. After ………………………he was awarded a scholarship to do research.
9. The university has an international ………………………as a center of excellence.
10. I am interested in learning Vietnamese and I would like some ………………………about your school.

I.                Complete these sentences with the appropriate words from the box

 1.     You’d better learn by ……….all the new words.

2.     What ……….of learning English do you find difficult?

3.     Most foreign students live in ………. on campus.

4.     His novel won the Booker Prize and established his ……….

5.     You can take the exam at intermediate or advanced ……….

6.     If you want to sell your car, why not put an ……….in the daily paper?

7.     On the way, we stopped 3 times to admire mountain ……….

8.     I’ve never seen this word before. Use a ……….to look it up.

Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

26. It took us 12 hours to get to the ……………………….

27. Tourism is destroying the animal’s native ………………………

28. He had made an ………………………to Spain to study wild plants.

29. Could space tourism become ………………………within a decade?

30. She is a bit tired because she’s still suffering from ……………………….

31. My class is going on a one-day ………………………to the Grand Canyon.

32. I’m interested in ………………………of coastal rain forests ecosystems.

33. Our planet is an astonishing place and full of ………………………beauty.

34. She said those prices are very ………………………for the distance of the trip.

35. We were impressed by the splendor and ………………………of the Pyramids.

VI. Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

         initial                       boom                        trench                       privacy         nuclear

         facilities                   disobedient              mushroomed            compartment         astonishment

41. ……………………include a large indoor pool, jacuzzi and sauna.

42. He is a bright child, but often rowdy, ……………………and rough with others.

43. After some ……………………hesitation, teachers seem to have accepted the new system.

44. Over the last 2 decades, Vietnam has experienced a rapid construction …………………….

45. A ……………………family is a family group consisting of two parents and their children.

46. In recent years, the number of skyscrapers has ……………………in Ho Chi Minh City.

47. People in my place don’t build high walls round their estate to protect their …………………….

48. They are digging a ……………………to hold a water pipe which will divert water from the river.

49. On the way home we shared our first-class ……………………with a group of businessmen.

50. He visited his town after ten years, and to his ……………………, the place had changed so much.

VI. Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

         initial                       boom                        trench                       privacy         nuclear

         facilities                   disobedient              mushroomed            compartment         astonishment

41. ……………………include a large indoor pool, jacuzzi and sauna.

42. He is a bright child, but often rowdy, ……………………and rough with others.

43. After some ……………………hesitation, teachers seem to have accepted the new system.

44. Over the last 2 decades, Vietnam has experienced a rapid construction …………………….

45. A ……………………family is a family group consisting of two parents and their children.

46. In recent years, the number of skyscrapers has ……………………in Ho Chi Minh City.

47. People in my place don’t build high walls round their estate to protect their …………………….

48. They are digging a ……………………to hold a water pipe which will divert water from the river.

49. On the way home we shared our first-class ……………………with a group of businessmen.

50. He visited his town after ten years, and to his ……………………, the place had changed so much.

6. Complete the passage with words from the box. conclude crime diverse impactindustrial influence lifestyle localsranks reaction reputation surround The city where I live has a bad 1……… because of its high 2……….rate. If you believeeverything you read in the newspapers, you might3……….that everyone who visits the city hastheir wallet stolen or gets attacked in the street themoment they arrive. In recent years this has hada negative 4……..on the number of touristswho come to the city, since news stories can really5………people when they are thinking of visitinga place. I won’t pretend that my city is the bestplace in the world. It’s noisy and crowded, and ugly6…….estates 7…….it on all sides. Infact, it 8……as sixth on a national list of thecountry’s worst places to live, and for most visitors,their first 9…….is ‘Oh no, what a horribleplace!’ However, I think this is unfair. There are someattractive old buildings in the city, the 10……….populationgives the place a colourful, internationalfeel, most of the 11………are friendly andwelcoming, and because prices are low, people canafford to enjoy a 12………that is considerablybetter than in many other cities. 

6. Complete the passage with words from the box. conclude crime diverse impactindustrial influence lifestyle localsranks reaction reputation surround The city where I live has a bad 1……… because of its high 2……….rate. If you believeeverything you read in the newspapers, you might3……….that everyone who visits the city hastheir wallet stolen or gets attacked in the street themoment they arrive. In recent years this has hada negative 4……..on the number of touristswho come to the city, since news stories can really5………people when they are thinking of visitinga place. I won’t pretend that my city is the bestplace in the world. It’s noisy and crowded, and ugly6…….estates 7…….it on all sides. Infact, it 8……as sixth on a national list of thecountry’s worst places to live, and for most visitors,their first 9…….is ‘Oh no, what a horribleplace!’ However, I think this is unfair. There are someattractive old buildings in the city, the 10……….populationgives the place a colourful, internationalfeel, most of the 11………are friendly andwelcoming, and because prices are low, people canafford to enjoy a 12………that is considerablybetter than in many other cities. 

 Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

11. The plane is now flying at an ……………………of 30,000 feet.

12. When ……………………go to space, they float due to the lack of gravity.

13. The astronauts became ……………………on going into orbit round the earth.

14. After the Earth, Mars is the most ……………………planet in our solar system.

15. NASA intends to land its first manned ……………………on Mars in 10 years’ time.

16. ……………………is a natural science that studies celestial objects and phenomena.

17. The space station requires routine ……………………and safety checks on most days.

18. ……………………is the condition in which people or objects appear to be weightless.

19. Astronauts wash their hair with a ……………………shampoo so they don’t need to get their hair wet.

20. The Museum of ……………………in Moscow collects, stores and displays items of space exploration.

Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

1.   She                                    her uniform every chance, keeping it crisp and fresh.

2.   These baskets are                                      from strips of willow.

3.   I’ve                                    a sweater for John, and now I’m making one for me.

4.   The dragon pattern was sometimes                                   on the cloth.

5.   The statue was                              out of a single piece of stone.

6.   This video shows how to                          a cup from clay.

7.   Dong Son drums were                              in bronze and designed with traditional patterns.

8.   Every year, a lot of products are                           from the workshop ofPhong’s family.