Insert a suitable word in each of the blanks to complete the following passage.

MARY SHELLEY’S STORY

In 1816, English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and his future wife, Mary, visited another famous poet, Lord Byron, at his house near Lake Geneva in Switzerland. It rained (71) ______ snowed constantly during their stay, forcing the group to (72) ______ most of their holiday indoors. One night, Byron challenged the Shelleys and his doctor, Polidori, to each make up a ghost story. He said that the person who wrote the most terrifying tale (73) ______ be the winner.
Mary, who was only nineteen at the time, came up with the (74) _____ for her story after having a (75) ______ in which she saw a pale student of science kneeling
beside “the thing he had put together”. This ultimately led her to write one of the greatest horror novels of all time - Frankenstein. In the finished novel, a mad scientist'
(76 ) ______ Victor Frankenstein brings a monster to life. It is really a warning (77) _____ man's dangerous relationship with science.
The book was first (78) ______ in 1818, although for several years the writer's identity was not revealed. (79) ______ then her story has become extremely popular and many films have been based (80) ______ it. It is astonishing to think that it was written by a 19-year-old who set about writing the story in a simple attempt to scare her close circle of friends.

V. Use the correct form of the words given in the brackets to complete the passage.41. (CONSTRUCT)_____of the Bamboo Organ was begun in 1816 by a Spanish42. (MISSION) _____ Diego Cera. Why was bamboo used? 43. (CONSIDER) ______the relative 44. (POOR)______ of the area, perhaps the need to use 45.(EXPENSE) ______ materials was a factor. Moreover, the 46. (MAKE)______ of the organ no doubt desired to use appropriate 47. (LOCALLY) materials. In 1916, bamboos were cut and buried under the sand of the seashore for about a year. Those that survived this 48 (EXPOSE) ______ to insects and the elements were considered of durable quality and used in 49 (BUILD) ______ building the organ. Over the next several years, the 50. (VARIETY) _______ parts of the organ were put together. When the bulk of it was finished in 1821, it was proclaimed “the finest and the first of its kinds in the country”.

VI. Fill each blank with a suitable word to complete the following passage.New Zealand enjoys a (51)______of temperatures approximate to (52)______experienced by Australia’s eastern seaboard. Free from the influence (53)______anydose land mass, yearly temperature variations are smaíỉ approximate 10°c (54)______between winter and summer.The north of the country (55)______to be subtropical and the south, temperate. Mountain ranges (56)______down much of the length of New Zealand, (57) _____ the regions lying west of the ranges (58) _____ much higher rainfall (59)______ those to the east. The drier eastern regions average over 2000 hours of sunshine a year and contain the main wine-growing areas and summer resorts.Snow is largely confined to the alpine areas of the central North Island and SouthAlps, though it can fall to (60)______level in the deep south for a day or so at a time.

VIII. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the sameas the one printed before it.71. Although it rained torrentially all day, we enjoyed the voyage.Torrentially............................................................................................72. He said he did not steal the car.He denied............................................................................. ................73. I’m sorry now that I left my family for a man.Now I wish .................................................................................... ....................74. This is the worst meal I have ever had.Never.......................................................................................................................75. Is this the only way to reach the city center?isn't there ............................................ ........................... .........................................76. He never suspected that money had been stolen.At no time ...........................................................................................................77. We would prefer you to behave in a polite way.We would rather.................................................. ................................................78.1 am not friendly with him, in fact I hardly even know him.Far from .................................................................................. ................................79. As people grow older, they become more and more forgetful.The ................................ ............. ........... .................. .............................................80. Someone stole my bag while we were playing tennis.During......................................................................................................................

b. Reorder Jane Austen's biography. Use the biography model to help you.

(Sắp xếp lại tiểu sử của Jane Austen. Sử dụng cấu trúc tiểu sử để giúp em.)

A. _______ In 1816, she planned a new novel but became too ill to write. She died the following year.

(Năm 1816, bà ấy định viết một cuốn tiểu thuyết mới nhưng ốm quá không viết được. Cô ấy mất vào năm sau đó.)

B. _______ In 1800, her family moved to Bath and Jane stopped writing. In 1809, after moving back to the countryside, she started writing again. She finished her four other novels.

(Năm 1800, gia đình bà chuyển đến Bath và Jane ngừng viết. Năm 1809, sau khi chuyển về nông thôn, bà bắt đầu viết văn trở lại. Bà ấy đã hoàn thành bốn cuốn tiểu thuyết khác của mình.)

C. _______ Jane Austen will always be remembered for her novels about English life in the countryside especially Pride and Prejudice.

(Jane Austen sẽ luôn được nhớ đến với những cuốn tiểu thuyết về cuộc sống ở nông thôn của người Anh, đặc biệt là Kiêu hãnh và định kiến.)

D. _______ Jane Austen was born in England in 1775. She grew up with her parents and sisters in the English countryside. She started writing her first novel when she was twenty. Just over a year later, she completed her second novel which was later published as Pride and Prejudice.

(Jane Austen sinh ra ở Anh năm 1775. Bà lớn lên cùng cha mẹ và các chị gái ở vùng nông thôn nước Anh. Bà bắt đầu viết cuốn tiểu thuyết đầu tiên của mình khi bà hai mươi tuổi. Chỉ hơn một năm sau, bà đã hoàn thành cuốn tiểu thuyết thứ hai của mình, cuốn tiểu thuyết sau đó được xuất bản với tên Kiêu hãnh và Định kiến.)

E. _1_ Jane Austen is most famous for her six novels set in the English countryside. The most famous of these is Pride and Prejudice.

(Jane Austen nổi tiếng nhất với sáu cuốn tiểu thuyết lấy bối cảnh vùng nông thôn nước Anh. Nổi tiếng nhất trong số này là Kiêu hãnh và Định kiến.)