Exercise 2: Câu chuyện sau được chia thành các câu nhỏ, hãy đọc và điền mạo từ thích hợp “a/an/ the hoặc x (không cần mạo từ)” vào chỗ trống:
1. There was ________knock on ________door. I opened it and found ________small dark man in ________blue overcoat and _______woolen cap.
2. He said he was ________employee of ________gas company and had come to read ________meter.
3. But I had ________suspicion that he wasn't speaking ________truth because ________meter readers usually wear ________peaked caps.
4. However, I took him to ________ meter, which is in ________dark corner under ________ stairs.
5. I asked if he had ________ torch; he said he disliked torches and always read ________ meters by ________light of ________match.
6. I remarked that if there was ________leak in ________ gas pipe there might be ________ explosion while he was reading ________meter.
7.  He said, “As ________matter of ________fact, there was ________explosion in ________last house I visited; and Mr. Smith, ________owner of ________house, was burnt in ________face.”
8.  “Mr. Smith was holding ________lighted match at ________time of ________explosion.”
9.  To prevent ________possible repetition of this accident, I lent him ________torch.
10.  He switched on ________torch, read ________meter and wrote ________ reading down on ________back of ________envelope.
11.  I said in ________surprise that ________meter readers usually put ________readings down in ________book.
12.  He said that he had had ________book but that it had been burnt in ________fire in________ Mr. Smith's house.
13. By this time I had come to ________conclusion that he wasn't ________genuine meter reader; and ________moment he left ________house I rang ________police.

Exercise 2: Câu chuyện sau được chia thành các câu nhỏ, hãy đọc và điền mạo từ thích hợp “a/an/ the hoặc x (không cần mạo từ)” vào chỗ trống:
1. There was ________knock on ________door. I opened it and found ________small dark man in ________blue overcoat and _______woolen cap.
2. He said he was ________employee of ________gas company and had come to read ________meter.
3. But I had ________suspicion that he wasn't speaking ________truth because ________meter readers usually wear ________peaked caps.
4. However, I took him to ________ meter, which is in ________dark corner under ________ stairs.
5. I asked if he had ________ torch; he said he disliked torches and always read ________ meters by ________light of ________match.
6. I remarked that if there was ________leak in ________ gas pipe there might be ________ explosion while he was reading ________meter.
7.  He said, “As ________matter of ________fact, there was ________explosion in ________last house I visited; and Mr. Smith, ________owner of ________house, was burnt in ________face.”
8.  “Mr. Smith was holding ________lighted match at ________time of ________explosion.”
9.  To prevent ________possible repetition of this accident, I lent him ________torch.
10.  He switched on ________torch, read ________meter and wrote ________ reading down on ________back of ________envelope.
11.  I said in ________surprise that ________meter readers usually put ________readings down in ________book.
12.  He said that he had had ________book but that it had been burnt in ________fire in________ Mr. Smith's house.
13. By this time I had come to ________conclusion that he wasn't ________genuine meter reader; and ________moment he left ________house I rang ________police.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions

19. In some rural areas, women and girls are forced to do most of the housework.

A. invited                    B. encouraged C. made                       D. contributed

20. She failed to get into medical university.

A. passed                    B. qualified                 C. didn’t succeed        D. satisfied

21. Look at the illustrations of different parts of a computer system.

A. together                  B. similar               C. average             D. pure

22. She was wearing a beautiful dress.

A. unsightly                B. dirty                  C. dusty                D. bad