IV. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.

V. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.

1. To the Chinese, 8 is a lucky number, ____ the Vietnamese believe 9 brings luck, and the 1 and 8 of 18, adding up to 9, are considered success.

A. despite                            B. but                                   C. while                               D. and

2. Many people believe that the first person who visits their home on the first day of the New Year will ____ their life.

A. change                            B. afford                             C. effect                              D. affect

3. That year, things were going a lot better for the Pilgrims, thanks to ____ help of Squanto and Samoset.

A. an                                    B. the                                   C. a                                      D. x

4. In ____ Netherlands, singing at ____  dinner table means you are singing to ____ devil for your dinner – which means bad luck.

A. x - the - the                    B. the - the - a                     C. x - a - the                        D. the - the - the

5. In Spain, it is believes to be bad luck to enter ____ room with your left foot.

A. a                                      B. an                                    C. the                                   D. x

6. Cultural diversity makes the United States a ____ interesting place in which to live for all of its inhabitants.

A. much better                    B. more                                C. many more                     D. much more

7. In every culture, there are basic standards for social ____ such as personal space distance, eye contact, amount of body language displayed in public.

A. reaction                          B. interaction                      C. relationship                    D. relation

8. They invited these friends and their families to ____ special meal. It was ____ first Thanksgiving dinner with turkey, fish, green beans, and soup.

A. a - a                                 B. a - the                              C. a - x                                 D. the - a

9. Today, Australia is one of ____ diverse countries in the world.

A. the more culturally                       B. the most culturally        C. most cultural                  D. the most cultural

10. UN World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development on May 21^st is a chance to celebrate the cultural diversity of people around us, and find out more about what we have ____.

A. as usual                          B. as normal                       C. in common                     D. alike

VI. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.

1. The southeast area of Viet Nam has typical ___________________________________systems with Cat Tien, Con Dao National Park, Can Gio Biosphere Reserve, which are characterized by high biological diversity (ECOLOGY)

.2. Bac Lieu Bird Sanctuary Nature Reserve is a coastal rich and _____________________salt forest floor with the natural salt-marsh ecosystem.(DIVERSE)

3. The wonder of Cao Son Eco-Lodge in Lao Cai is ______________________________with mild weather, authentic culture of local hill tribes and spectacular landscapes.(INSPIRE)

4. The limestone forest ecosystem at Phong Nha - Ke Bang support a high diversity of plant and animal species, and it is of the greatest ______________________ significance.(CONSERVE)

5. At an altitude of 178 meters, Ba Be is the only __________________________ natural mountain lake in Viet Nam.(SIGNIFICANCE)

6. Ba Be Lake is unique among Vietnamese protected areas for the diversity of freshwater __________________________.(HABITANT)

7. The vegetation of Cuc Phuong National Park is ___________________________ by limestone forest.(DOMINATION)

8. Cuc Phuong National Park __________________________ populations of several mammal species of conservation importance.(SUPPORTIVE)

Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.

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

THE FIRST COFFEE SHOPS

There is some (61) ....................................... (HISTORY) evidence to suggest that coffee was cultivated in Africa in the tenth century, but drinking coffee didn’t become fashionable in Europe until the mid-seventeenth century, with many visitors to London claiming that going to a coffee shop was one of the great (62) ....................................... (PLEASE) of life. People paid an (63) ....................................... (ADMIT) charge of one penny to enter a coffee shop, to enjoy the supposedly (64) ....................................... (BENEFIT) effects of the drink. Doctors at the time believed it could cure several diseases, and many drinkers reported that coffee made them more (65) ............................ (ENERGY) and improved their mood.
(66) ....................................... (INCREASE) a visit to a coffee shop had a serious purpose too, as people started to meet there to discuss politics and new ideas. Good behavior was essential and if you were (67) ............... (POLITE) you could be thrown out of a shop. However, coffee shops in Europe declined in popularity in the late eighteenth century due to the greater (68) ................................. (CONSUME) of tea, a drink that was easier to make than coffee.

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

THE FIRST COFFEE SHOPS

There is some (61) ....................................... (HISTORY) evidence to suggest that coffee was cultivated in Africa in the tenth century, but drinking coffee didn’t become fashionable in Europe until the mid-seventeenth century, with many visitors to London claiming that going to a coffee shop was one of the great (62) ....................................... (PLEASE) of life. People paid an (63) ....................................... (ADMIT) charge of one penny to enter a coffee shop, to enjoy the supposedly (64) ....................................... (BENEFIT) effects of the drink. Doctors at the time believed it could cure several diseases, and many drinkers reported that coffee made them more (65) ............................ (ENERGY) and improved their mood.
(66) ....................................... (INCREASE) a visit to a coffee shop had a serious purpose too, as people started to meet there to discuss politics and new ideas. Good behavior was essential and if you were (67) ............... (POLITE) you could be thrown out of a shop. However, coffee shops in Europe declined in popularity in the late eighteenth century due to the greater (68) ................................. (CONSUME) of tea, a drink that was easier to make than coffee.

V. 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. There is an example at the beginning (0).Example: 0. successful

COMPUTER SKILLS IN THE OFFICE

To be (0) .............. (success) in the business market, it is vital for a company to keep up with all the latest technological (41) ................. (develop).

Nowadays it is (42) .............. (wide) accepted that running a company without computers, in particular, is virtually (43) .............. (possible) This is why businesses are so keen to hire the best people available for their technology departments.

Apart from the needs of the technology department, it is important that almost all employees have some degree of (44) ............... (familiar) with personal or desktop computers, even if this involves no more than the (45) .............. (complete) of a basic computer course. Like all new things, however, most people will only become (46) ..............(comfort) with using computers after practical experience.

Thanks to computers, today's businesses are run and managed with far less (47) .............. (difficult) than companies could hope to achieve in the past. For example, computers enable the (48) .................. (organise) of huge amounts of information and greatly speed up the (49) .............. (prepare) of documents and reports.

In short, although the average businessperson has no need to be a technology expert, they are unlikely to get very far without at least a basic (50) .............. (know) of computers. 

VI. Choose the correct option for each numbered blank to finish the passage.

Did you ever have someone's name on the tip of your tongue and yet you were unable to recall it? When this happens again, do not (51) _______ to recall it. Do something (52) _____ for a couple of minutes, and the name may come into your head. The name is there since you have met (53) ______ person and learned his name. It only has to be dug out. The initial effort to recall (54) ______ the mind for operation, but it is the subconscious activities that go to work to dig up a (55) ______ memory. Forcing yourself to recall (56) ______ never helps because it doesn't (57) _______ your memory; it only tightens it. Students find the preparatory method helpful (58) __________ examinations. They read over the questions {59) ______ trying to answer any of them. Then they answer first the ones (60) ______ which they are mostconfident. Meanwhile, deeper mental activities in the subconscious mind are taking (61) ________ ; work is being done on the (62) ______ difficult question. By the time the easier questions are answered, answers (63) _____ the more difficult ones will usually begin to (64) ______ into consciousness. It is often (65) ______ a question of waiting for recall to comz to the memory.

51. A. try B. want c. hesitate D. wait

52. A. simple B. apart c. else D. similar

53. A. some B. certain c. a D. this

54. A. leads B. begins c. helps D. prepares

55. A. light B. fresh c. dim D. dark

56. A. merely B. almost c. barely D. hardly

57. A. loosen B. weaken c. decrease D. reduce

58. A. into B. in c. about D. by

59. a . after B. besides c. before D. against

60. A. Of B. with c. for D. in

61. A. place B. shape c. charge D. action

62. A. too B. less c. not D. more

63. A. to B. of c. about D. for

64. A. appear B. grow c. extend D. come

65. A. nearly B. likely c. just D. even

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

Part 3. Use the words given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. (5 pts)

1. To be honest, I was __________ at the result of the game. DISAPPOINT

2. The spread of fatal diseases has caused __________ consequences for the country. DISASTER

3. Their __________ took place in the church 30 years ago. MARRY

4. She won the first prize for her __________ performance in the competition. AMAZE

5. He became __________ interested in business, so he changed his course. EXTREME

6. Yesterday George was __________ from class because he had a cold. ABSENCE

7. You should not give your __________ information to strangers. PERSON

8. Unfortunately, the new software has failed to meet our__________. EXPECT

9. The __________ seems to be effective and his health is better now. TREAT

10. The number of __________ to my town has increased considerably so far. VISIT