• For each space, choose ONE word which you think best completes the sentence. Look carefully at the words both before and after each space.

     The red panda in the name is not (1) _______ related to the giant panda, but genuinely closer to the raccoon family. It adores (2) _______ bamboo but won't turn down the occasional bird, insect, or mammal for a snack. Native to the Eastern Himalayas and Southwestern China, red pandas (3) _______ in trees and are nimble, agile climbers. Their reddish-brown fur and bushy tails camouflage them in their (4) _______ from predators like snow leopards. Furthermore (5) _______ animals, humans pose a major threat, poaching and hunting them for their fur. The forest that they live in is shrinking fast and estimates say that their population has been (6) _______ in half in the last 20 years.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best first each of the numbered blanks

Humans are destroying the earth’s tropical rain forests. About 80,000 square kilometers are being destroyed every year. About a quarter of the (38)_____ comes from people cutting trees for fuel. Another quarter is to make grassland for their cattle. The (39)______ trees are cut down to sell the wood to start farms.

The population in cities all over the world is growing, and more and more wood is needed to build huge new buildings. For example, 5,000 trees from Sarawak rain forest in Malaysia were used to build just one tall building. (40)_______ people continue cutting down that many trees in Sarawak rain forest, all the trees could be gone in eight years.

The world needs more food, and it (41)______ like a good idea to clear the rain forests and use the land for agriculture. Many people think that the land under these huge, thick forests must be in rich nutrients, but it isn't. This is another surprising thing about rain forests. Most of the land in tropical rain forest is very (42)________.

Điền vào ô 38

A. destruction

B. destroying

C. destroy

D. destructive

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best first each of the numbered blanks

Humans are destroying the earth’s tropical rain forests. About 80,000 square kilometers are being destroyed every year. About a quarter of the (38)_____ comes from people cutting trees for fuel. Another quarter is to make grassland for their cattle. The (39)______ trees are cut down to sell the wood to start farms.

The population in cities all over the world is growing, and more and more wood is needed to build huge new buildings. For example, 5,000 trees from Sarawak rain forest in Malaysia were used to build just one tall building. (40)_______ people continue cutting down that many trees in Sarawak rain forest, all the trees could be gone in eight years.

The world needs more food, and it (41)______ like a good idea to clear the rain forests and use the land for agriculture. Many people think that the land under these huge, thick forests must be in rich nutrients, but it isn't. This is another surprising thing about rain forests. Most of the land in tropical rain forest is very (42)________.

Điền vào ô 42

A. short

B. poor

C. unfortunate

D. ill

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best first each of the numbered blanks

Humans are destroying the earth’s tropical rain forests. About 80,000 square kilometers are being destroyed every year. About a quarter of the (38)_____ comes from people cutting trees for fuel. Another quarter is to make grassland for their cattle. The (39)______ trees are cut down to sell the wood to start farms.

The population in cities all over the world is growing, and more and more wood is needed to build huge new buildings. For example, 5,000 trees from Sarawak rain forest in Malaysia were used to build just one tall building. (40)_______ people continue cutting down that many trees in Sarawak rain forest, all the trees could be gone in eight years.

The world needs more food, and it (41)______ like a good idea to clear the rain forests and use the land for agriculture. Many people think that the land under these huge, thick forests must be in rich nutrients, but it isn't. This is another surprising thing about rain forests. Most of the land in tropical rain forest is very (42)________.

Điền bào ô 39

A. staying

B. remaining

C. standing

D. dwelling

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best first each of the numbered blanks

Humans are destroying the earth’s tropical rain forests. About 80,000 square kilometers are being destroyed every year. About a quarter of the (38)_____ comes from people cutting trees for fuel. Another quarter is to make grassland for their cattle. The (39)______ trees are cut down to sell the wood to start farms.

The population in cities all over the world is growing, and more and more wood is needed to build huge new buildings. For example, 5,000 trees from Sarawak rain forest in Malaysia were used to build just one tall building. (40)_______ people continue cutting down that many trees in Sarawak rain forest, all the trees could be gone in eight years.

The world needs more food, and it (41)______ like a good idea to clear the rain forests and use the land for agriculture. Many people think that the land under these huge, thick forests must be in rich nutrients, but it isn't. This is another surprising thing about rain forests. Most of the land in tropical rain forest is very (42)________.

Điền vào ô 40

A. Unless

B. If

C. While

D. Although

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best first each of the numbered blanks

Humans are destroying the earth’s tropical rain forests. About 80,000 square kilometers are being destroyed every year. About a quarter of the (38)_____ comes from people cutting trees for fuel. Another quarter is to make grassland for their cattle. The (39)______ trees are cut down to sell the wood to start farms.

The population in cities all over the world is growing, and more and more wood is needed to build huge new buildings. For example, 5,000 trees from Sarawak rain forest in Malaysia were used to build just one tall building. (40)_______ people continue cutting down that many trees in Sarawak rain forest, all the trees could be gone in eight years.

The world needs more food, and it (41)______ like a good idea to clear the rain forests and use the land for agriculture. Many people think that the land under these huge, thick forests must be in rich nutrients, but it isn't. This is another surprising thing about rain forests. Most of the land in tropical rain forest is very (42)________.

Điền vào ô 41

A. seems

B. looks

C. tastes

D. sounds

I. Read the passage and choose the correct word that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

I live in a house near the sea. It is an old house, about 100 years old and (1) ______ very small. There are two bedrooms upstairs (2) ______ no bathroom. The bathroom is downstairs next to the kitchen. There is a living room where there is a lovely old fire place.  There is a garden (3) ______ the house. The garden goes down to the beach and in Spring and Summer (4) ______ flowers everywhere. I like sitting alone with my dog, Rack, but we have a lot of visitors. My city friends often stay with (5) ______. I love my house for many reasons: the garden, the flowers in Summer, the fire in winter, but the best thing is the view from my bedroom window.

1.    A. it’s                           B. it                               C. there’s                        D. they’re

2.    A. so                             B. or                              C. but                             D. too

3.    A. in front                     B. front of                     C. of front in                  D. in front of

4.    A. these are                 B. they are                    C. there are                    D. those are

5.    A. me                            B. I                                C. my                              D. I’m

EX1 :Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. For each question 1 -10, mark the correct letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.

Robots can work in places humans can't easily get to. These include deep oceans on distant planets or on sites with bad pollution. Robots are also used in factories (1) ________ they can work more quickly and accurately than a human, and without needing to rest. Improvements in technology over the past 50 years have (2) _______ that scientists are now able to create very clever robots. The most complicated of these can make (3) _______ for themselves, learn new things, and deal with problems. However, while robots that look like people are very common in science fiction films, they are very (4) _______ in real life. Making a machine that can balance and move on two legs is a real challenge and is unnecessary for most of the jobs we need robots to do for us. However, a Japanese robot (5)_____ as Asimo does walk on two legs and can even climb up and down stairs.

1. A. unless B. because C. although D. despite

2. A. intended B. supposed C. said D. meant

3. A. results B. decisions C. thoughts D. options

4. A. rare B. thin C. little D. narrow

5.A. called B. known C. named D. said

EX2: Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSET in meaning to the underline word(s) in each of the following question.

Her father died after he had brought up all of his children.

A. was in the dust

B. was out of this world

C. was the apple of her eyes

D. called it a day

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, t or D to indicate the correct word phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

GLOBAL WARMING

Few people now question the reality of global warming and its effects on the world's climate. Many scientists (31) ______ the blame for recent natural disasters on the increase in the world's temperatures and are convinced that, more than ever before, the Earth is at risk from the forces of the wind, rain and sun. (32) ______to them, global warming is making extreme weather events, such as hurricanes and droughts, even more (33) ______ and causing sea levels all around the world to rise.

Environmental groups are putting pressure on governments to take action to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide which is given (34) ______ by factories and power plants, thus attacking the problem at its source. They are in favor of more money being spent on research into solar, wind and wave energy devices, which could then replace existing power station.

            Some scientists, (35) ______, believe that even if we stopped releasing carbon dioxide and other gases into the atmosphere tomorrow, we would have to wait several hundred years to notice the results. Global warming, it seems, is to stay.

Question 33

A. strict

B. severe

C. strong

D. healthy