lI. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of thefollowing seniances.6. 10 fit together the thousands of fragments of the broken vase was a long and ________ task.A. minute B. careful C. painstaking D. minuscule7. Has it ever occurred ________ you that those twins are quite different from each other in many ways?
A. to B with C. at D. on8. The plane was _______ by two hours because of bad weather.A. postponed B. put off C. delayed D. rearranged9. There has been some ________ in the relations between those two countries recently.
A. decomposition B. deterioration C. destitution D. depreciation
10. You must have ______ the examination before Friday, so bring your money to the office as soon as possible.A. passed B. entered for C. sat for D. enrolled for
11. He _______ out of the window for a moment and then went on working.A. glimpsed B. glanced C. regarded D. stared12. I have bought the dress because its color _______ that of the shoes.A. fits B. suites C. matches D. blended13. My mother opened the letter without _______ to read the address on the envelop.A. caring B. worrying C. concerning D. bothering14. If anyone has any _______ concerning the road plan, please contact the Plan Office.A. requests B. investigations C. queries D. demands15. Mum, Dad has just bought you a _______ of flowers.A. bush B. bunch C. bucket D. board16. A person leams a language best _______.A. when being brought up to it B. by being brought up to itC. by being brought among it D. when being brought into it17. The village is nothing out of ________, it’s just an average one.A. typical B. ordinary C. usual D. average18.1 do not have to pay for taxi myself because I put it on my company’s _____ accountA. cost B. value C. expense D. usage 19. The teacher was very annoyed that her student did not meet her deadlines, andshe warned him that his laziness and ________ could result in his bad mark.A. zeal B. fortitude C. procrastination D. carelessness20. Which police officer is _______ this week?A. on emergency B: on call C. on situation D. in condition21. I had been completely exhausted but I felt ________ after watching a funny movie.A. renovated B. refreshed C. renewed D. returned22. Tom always feels jealous _________ his brother because he is handsome and tall.A. in B. on C. at D. of23. The Prime Minister signed the contract ________ of the country.A. on account of B. on behalf of C. for reason D. by means of24. Tim was forced to leave his job but he got a generous golden ________.A. compensation B. handshake C. parachute D. capital25. Nghia has lost a lot of money these last years in the casino. He is a _______ gambler.
A. impulsive B. compelled C. impelled D. compulsive
VI. Insert a suitable word in each of the numbered blanks to complete thefollowing passage.Science as we know it today can be said to have started (61) _______ the ancientGreeks, with the (62) _______ of Herodotus, Aristotle and Theophrastus, all of whomlived from 300 to 500 years before Christ.Their findings were still valid two millenniums later, when science was reborn with the Renaissance following the Dark Ages when after the fall of Rome, roughly 1000 years after the Greeks (63) ______ their scientific theories, science and learning were forgotten during the ravages of war and disease which enveloped the whole of the then civilized world.Geology, even mineralogy, can be (64) _______ back to the Greeks. They recognized that the (65) ________ of the land and sea had changed and that a great length of time had been necessary for these changes. They believed the world was round, that the orbits of planets were also (66) _______ and they noticed that heavy objects fell faster (67) _____ light ones. So, more sciences than one can be said to have begun with the Greeks.Of course, all their learning might have disappeared for good during the six or seven centuries of the Dark Ages. But the Arabs were also (68)_______in science, and they were at the edge of the Dark Ages, so they were able to preserve the (69) _______ of the Greeks, translating some of their work and even building on it. When science finally took root again in the Middle Ages it was based very much on the (70)_______ and work of the Greeks.
