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Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a famous nineteenth-century engineer. He (1) _________ born in 1806 in Portsmouth, a seaport in the South of England. In 1923, after studying (2) _________ two years in Paris, he started (3) _________ for his father, (4) _________ was an engineer and inventor. He had been born near Rouen in France but in 1792 had left France for the US and had later settled in England. Both father and son were responsible for the design (5) _________ construction of the first tunnel under the River Thames. The digging of this tunnel was (6) _________ in 1825 and completed twenty years later. Today, it (7) _________ part of the London Underground system.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel went (8) _________ to design the Great Britain (1845), (9) _________ was the first large ship to be built (10) _________ iron instead of wood. It was powered (11) _________ steam and made regular crossings of the Atlantic. Remarkably, this ship is (12) _________ in existence. It (13) _________ been restored and can be seen in Bristol (14) _________ it was originally built. (15) _________ of Brunel’s great engineering achievements was the construction of the Great Western Railway from London to Bristol. He designed all the stations, bridges, tunnel and viaducts along the line.
Brunel’s ideas were ahead of his time and had difficulties in convincing people that they were realistic, and, indeed, some of his projects were very ambitious, but he (16) _________ determined to find (17) _________ to the (18) _________ difficult problems. Overwork ruined his health and he (19) _________ at the age of fifty-two in 1859. The work of Brunel, and his father, has always been highly regarded and Brunel University, founded in 1966, is (20) _________ after both of them.
1.The life in the countryside makes us relaxed because it is very..............(peace)
2. She called him about her furniture..........(deliver) 3. You should do your test.....if you want to get good marks (care) 4.There was still no ............ On what to do next (agree) 5. Bell and Thomas Watson started experimenting the way of................speech over a long distance (transmit) 6. This river is very............ For swimmers (danger) 7.this old man is...........in one ear (deafen)Fill up the spaces in each of the following sentences by inserting a verb + up, or a verb + up + preposition combination.
1. It is ...... factory owners to provide fire-fighting equipment in their factories. (No verb is required here.) 2. Unfortunately he was ...... by his parents to believe that money was the only thing that mattered. 3. The party didn't ...... till 3 a.m. and the guests left very noisily.
4. I ran after him and soon ......... him. Then we went on together. 5. Mother to child: "Your clothes are covered with mud; what have you .........?" 6. If you buy the paint I'll ......this room for you. 7. He ......a list of conditions and we all agreed to them. 8. If you want a new passport you must ...... this form. 9. He......at 8 a.m. and went to bed at 11 p.m. 10. I tried three times to start the car and then ... it ... and went by bus. 11. If I ...... alcohol I'd be much healthier, but life wouldn't be so much fun. 12. I saw a policeman so I ......... him and asked him the way.
13. Most girls expect to get married when they....... 14. Cashiers carrying money to the bank are sometimes ...... by gunmen. 15. He couldn't ......... me as I ran much faster than he did
and soon left him behind. 16. I ...... a 20p piece that I saw lying on the ground. 17. He wasted two weeks and tried to ......... it by working madly the last day. 18. She said that she was going to educate her children herself, for if they went to school they'd only......bad habits. 19. Before you go on holiday you should ...... the house and ask the police to keep an eye on it. 20. The car......suddenly with screaming brakes. 21. English people have to.........English weather. 22. The thieves ...... (bound) the housekeeper and ransacked the house. 23. I've stupidly ...... your books and mine and now I don't know which is which. 24. He is a dangerous criminal. He ought to be....... 25. I want to ... him ... . Would you please ...... his telephone number? 26. I ...... at the meeting-place but the others didn't come. 27. He wanted something to do in his spare time so he ...... carpentry. 28. The police......a notice saying, "No Parking". 29. "Tell me at the end of the week how many hours you have worked and I'll ......with you then", his employer said. 30. It's probably true. No one would......such a stupid story. 31. She sat down in front of the mirror and began to ...... her face. 32. If only we had a dish-washer, we wouldn't need to ...... after every meal. 33 My father said it was all my fault but my mother ......... (defended) me and said that it wasn't. 34 He ...... his speech by calling for a vote of thanks for last year's president.
complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence
1. If some one understands this book, he or she must be a talent.
Anyone _________________________________ a talent
2. I have read all of her books but one.
There is only ___________________________ I have not read
3. Do you get on with your next-door neighbour?
Do you get _____________________________ live next door?
4. I used to live next door to that man.
That is ____________________________________ live next door to.
5. The police are looking for the bank robber.
The police are ______________________________ robbed the bank.
6. Nobody was really to blame for that kind of accident.
It was the kind of accident __________________________ blame.
7. It was unusual for Mary to come late for class.
Mary came ____________________________ unusual for her.
8. The fact that there was nobody left on the train made me suspicious.
There was nobody left on the train ________________________ suspicious.
9. If the manager comes, tell him I've just been out.
The manager may come, in ________________________ unusual for her.
Insert a suitable word in each of the blanks to complete the following passage.
STONEHENGE
Stonehenge is sill a mystery 4,000 years ago, dozens of enormous stones were arranged like a series of doorways in a perfect circle. They were also placed (1) line with the rising and setting sun. This must have been an extremely sophisticated operation involving heavy labor, organization and calculation wich would challed engineers (2) today.
Some of the (3) were dragged from the Welsh mountainous to the southern plains of England and it is still not understood what made ancient man carry these stones hundreds of kilometers cross both land (4) water. There have been many theories. It was once said (5) be a monument to a victory in battle. It is now more commonly accepted that there was (6) connection with sun worship or that it was a temple.
However, two points (7) clear. First, the area was used as a burial grounds and second, it was a place of ceremony. Above all, it is the fact that these massive stones have stood for (8) lòng that amazes everyone who looks (9) them. Will any monuments from the 21st century still be causing speculation in 4,000 years' time and if (10), what will they be?
(Dịch luôn hộ mình nhé!)
A. choose
a. a b.an c.the d.no word
1. oh i didn't tell you. we've got __ new english teacher
2. here's __dvd you asked to borrow
3 we're out of__ coffee so could you get some from the supermarket
4. the prize is __ unique opportunity to travel the world
5. it looks like __ glass in your bedroom window is cracked
6. it's__honour to be here this evening to speak to you
7. there's ___ good chance we'll be late for the meeting
8. reports are coming in of a major oil spill in __ Mediterranean
9. i went to see the doctor because i'm finding it difficult to sleep at __ night
10. do you think that they'll ever send a manned mission to ___ Venus
B. circle the extra word in each line
1. The many people who appear in the news for the first time
2 find that a sudden fame has a negative effect on their lives.
3 The national press can be an unforgiving and the loss of
4 the provacy that comes with fame is an extra problem at a
5 difficult time. This is especially tha case when a someone is
6 in the news because of a tragedy or the serious crime .Just
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8 microphones and the cameras in your face. The media have
9 a responsibility to inform the public, but an innocent people
10 are often hurt by the demand for th scandal.
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1. the clothes you bought me for birthday __ (be) wonderful 2. it turned out that the information we had received__(be)wrong 3 my new jeans __(be) in the wash and i wanted to wear them tonight 4. the luggage on a plane__ (take)up a ;ot of room 5.your hair__(look)really nice and shiny 6. i could tell by the look on her face that the news __(not/be)good 7.oh no my money __(be)in my other jacket D. find ten mistake in this passage and correct them 1 'We interrupt you usual schedule to bring you an important news. We are receiving 2 information about q spaceship that has landed outside the White House. The large 3 ship seems to be made of glasses. Reports say that a short time ago aliens came out 4 of the craft .Eye-witness described them as short and said their clothes was made 5 of metal and their hairs was bright green. Strangely one of them appear to be 6 wearing a jean. Much people vsaid that they seemed to be frendly. The President of the 7 United States is currently holding a meeting with the visitors in the hope that we can 8 exchage knowledges.Police advice are to stay indoors and under no circumstances 9 approach the spacesship. We will be back with another news as soon as we can. And 10 now back to your usual programme Gardening for Beginners