Question

II. Choose the suitable word and circle A, B, C or D:

1.      We have to avoid rush hours, because there are always _________ then.
A. traffic stuck                       B. heavy traffic                       C. traffic jams                                   D. traffic noise

2.      Lan is my _________. In fact, she is one of my cousins.
A. relative                               B. neighbor                           C. friend                                           D. comrade

3.      What kind of _________ do you like best? Films or plays or music?
A. art                                     B entertainment                      C. performances                                D. shows

4.      I like the countryside. It’s very quiet and _________.
A. noisy                                  B. stressful                           C. peaceful                                        D. expensive

5.      So do I. But I don’t want to live there _________.
A. all time                              B. usually                             C. permanently                                 D. my life

6.      _________ facilities are coming to people living in the countryside.
A. Medical                              B. Physical                           C. Mental                                          D. Natural

7.      Many rural areas are _________. People in the country can enjoy watching television.
A. electric                               B. electrified                         C. electricity                                     D. electrical

8.      Nowadays medical care and entertainment are easily _________ in the countryside.
A. changeable                         B. workable                          C. accessible                                      D. servable

9.      What is the _________ city in your country?
A. large                                   B. larger                               C. largest                                          D. as large

10.   Going by train is fast, but going by car is _________.
A. fast                                    B. faster                                C. fastest                                           D. the fastest

11.   What are you doing tonight? – I _________ to the cinema with my brother.
A. will go                                B. go                                    C. going                                            D. am going

12.   It’s a very cheap restaurant. It _________ restaurant in the town.
A. the cheap                            B. cheaper                            C. the cheapest                                  D. the cheaper

13.   I can’t meet you this evening. My uncle c. cheaper to see me.
A. will come                           B. comes                              C. is coming                                      D. came

14.   That box looks very heavy. Can I help you c. cheaper it?
A. with                                   B. in                                     C. about                                            D. on

    15. Is the boat to Nha Trang leaving at 10? – No, it’s leaving at 11. It’s been _________.
          A. delayed                               B. cut off                               C. slowed down                   D. changed

    16. There are so many people moving to the city to live that it becomes _________.
          A. crowd                                 B. crowded                            C. over crowed                    D. crowding

    17. You have to work hard to live in a big city. You have to _________ to live.
          A. fight                                   B. struggle                             C. quarrel                            D. offer

    18. She can’t accept the truth. She refuses _________ the truth.
          A. to look                                B. to have                              C. to get                              D. to face

    19. Every winter, flocks of birds _________ to the south to get the sunlight there.
          A. change                                B. replace                              C. prefer                             D. migrate

    20. The drought last year _________ a lot of rice fields.
          A. killed                                  B. destroyed                           C. harmed                           D. dried

 

 

V. Supply the correct forms of the words in parentheses:

1.     The spoken word is immediate but lacks _____________________. (permanent)

2.     We apologize for the late ____________________ of the train. (arrive)

3.     He was __________________ of his father. (pride)

4.     She had no __________________ for her absence. (explain)

5.     We live in a rather rich ______________________. (neighbor)

6.     Television is very _______________________ nowadays. (popularity)

    7.   Some of the _____________________ have lived here all their lives. (village)

    8.   The talk was both ____________________ and entertaining. (inform)

    9.   Our country is rich in ___________________ resources. (nature)

   10.  Ha Long is one of the famous areas of ____________________. (entertain)

   11.  Be __________________! The car is coming. (care)

   12.  They are members of an international _____________________. (organize)

   13.  She has no parents or close ______________________. (relate)

   14.  Farmers are always faced with________________ brought about by typhoons, floods or droughts. (destroy)

   15.  The air is heavily _______________________ with traffic fumes. (pollute)

   16.  Joyce thinks her hometown is a very ____________ place. She really gets ______________ there. (bore)    

   17.  The remote desert area is _______________________ only by helicopter. (access)

   18.  There has been a _______________________ increase in the price of oil  and gas. (surprise)

   19.  The ____________________ of work makes me feel extremely tired. (press)

   20.  I can’t stand the _____________________ smell of bad fish.(please)