* Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition.
1. Years of fighting have left the area ………………ruins.
2. It’s expected that the rate of crime will go ………………soon.
3. It has been claimed that wine helps protect ………………heart disease.
4. North American literature is the main theme ………………this year’s festival.
5. Ba Den Mountain is located ………………the northeast of Tay Ninh Province.
6. It is said that China dug ………………the ocean floor to build artificial islands.
7. It was reported that some foreigners had collected rubbish ………………Cat Ba Beach.
8. In 1978, the south and north Cat Tien parts were put ………………the state’s protection.
9. The public suggested that the factories should be equipped ………………waste treatment system.
10. The local government suggested building a road ………………the Nam Cat Tien National Park.

Fill in each blank with a sultable preposition

1. A home for the elderly will be built ............ the site of the old hospital.

2. Years of fighting have left the area ........ ruins .

3. North American literature í the main theme ..... thí year's festival.

4. Hung KIng festival is held annually from March 8th to MArch 10th ..... the lunar calender.

5. Notre-Dame Cathedral and Ben Thanh Market are .............. the center of HCM city .

6. At 3,143 meters ..........sea level , Fansipan í proclamed the roofof the Indochina peninsula .

7. MY son Sanctuary í regarded á one ò the main reliious centens ò Hinduism .................. Southeast Asia .

8.Ba Den Mountain ís Located .......... the northeast of TayNinh Province .

9. It has bên claimed that wine helps protet ........ heart disease

10. IT is all the royal alaces .......... the Hue Citadel that drws international tourist attention .

IX. Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition.

1. He felt that they were making fun ..... him, though he could not understand why.

2. He wasn’t able to cope ... the stresses and strains of the job.

3. We have to improve and increase mass participation... sports.

4. This goes beyond the boundaries ... what is accepted.

5. My parents never put any pressure... me to get a job.

6. You can dial 114 in case of fire ... dealing area codes.

7. She gave up German in order to concentrate.. her French.

8. Parents need to continue to empathize ... the child.

* Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition.
1. It took a long time for the British economy to recover ………………the effects of the war.
2. Jennifer has looked ………………her new dictionary for several days but she hasn’t found it yet.
3. This report goes ………………the causes of rising unemployment rate and offers some solutions.
4. The players were substituted because they failed to live ………………to their coach’s expectations.
5. Seeing the heavy traffic jam from a distance, Eric turned ………………and took an alternate rout.
6. Phong was putting ………………his shoes while chewing some bread – he was late for school again.
7. When university students come to the city to start the new school year, the rent will go ……………….
8. The prices have gone ………………rising recently despite the government’s efforts to bring them down.
9. Lots of houses along this street will be pulled ………………soon to make way for the new metro project.
10. City dwellers are more likely to suffer ………………stress and anxiety than people who live in the countryside.

VII. Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition.

1. Despite the high cost living, London is a great place to live.

2. There has been an increase the number of tourists visiting Thailandthese days.

3. City dwellers are more likely to suffer stress and anxiety than peoplewho live in the countryside.

4. West Indian culture has had a big influence me.

5. It took a long time for the British economy to recover the effects ofthe war.

6. The historic city Melaka is 122 kilometers Kuala Lumpur.

7. West Hampstead has a variety good shops and supermarkets.

8. The hotels were packed tourists during high season.

IV. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

Television first appeared some fifty years ago in the 1950s. Since then, it has been one of the most (26)________ sources of entertainment for both the old and the young. Television offers (27)__________ for children, world news, music and many other (28) _______. If someone is interested in sports, for example, he can just choose the right sports (29)______. There he can enjoy a broadcast of an international football match while it is actually happening. Television is also a very useful way for companies to advertise their products. It is not too hard for us to see why there is a TV set in almost every home today. And, engineers are developing interactive TV which allows communication (30) _______ viewers and producers.

26.

A. cheap               

B. popular                  

C. expensive               

D. kind

27.

A. news                

B. sports                     

C. cartoons                 

D. plays

28.

A. programs         

B. channels                 

C. reports                   

D. sets

29.

A. athletes            

B. time                       

C. studio                    

D. channel

30. A. with                 

B. among                    

C. between                 

D. like

  Fill in each blank of the passage with ONE suitable word :

      Many young men in America and in other (1) ________________ will always remember of 1953. That was the summer of the big Boy Scout Jamboree (2) __________________ California.

      (3) _________________ a hot morning in July the Scouts began to arrive by special trains and in long (4) _____________ of cars and busses. All day long they unloaded, and marched (5) _

_______________ flags flying through the entrance to the camp. Above their heads across the entrance (6) _______________ twelve big banners to welcome (7) _______________. On these banners were the (8) _________________ that every Scout knows well.