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Exercise 2 : ViÕt l¹i c¸c c©u sau gi÷ nguyªn nghÜa

1. The rough sea prevented the ferry from sailing.

®  Because of .............................................................................................

2. We drove slowly so that he could follow us.

® We drove ..................................................................................................

3. They set off early so that they could reach the village before night.

® They set off ...............................................................................................

4. We left early so that we didn't miss the train.

® We left early ................................................................................................

5. As they hadn't met our sister before, I introduced her to them.

® Since ..............................................................................................................

6. Because of the rain, we couldn't go out.

®  Because ..........................................................................................................

7. She left the party quickly. She didn't want to have to say good bye.

®  She left the party quickly in order ............................................................

8. He turned on the TV. He wanted to see a football match.

® He turned on the TV so as ..............................................................................

9. Having nothing else to do, we decided to go for a walk.

® Since .............................................................................................................

10. Having nowhere else to go, I tried to sleep in the station waiting room.

®  As ..................................................................................................................

11. We were busy so  we couldn't look after the children.

® So as ..................................................................................................................

12. I want him to write to me. I gave him my address.

®  I gave him my address ......................................................................................

13. They left early because they didn't want to get caught in the traffic.

®  They left early in .........................................................................................

14. As  the weather was bad, he didn’t go to work.

®  Fearing ..........................................................................................................

15. None of us had a watch. We didn't know what time it was.

®  As .........................................................................................................................

16.Because it rained heavily, we coulhn’t go out

®  On account of.........................................................................................................................

17.As he is  lazy, he failed the exam.

®  Owning to.........................................................................................................................

18.He worked hard so he earned lots of money

® Because of .........................................................................................................................

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word

       Can we see (23) _______ the earth is a globe? Yes, we can, when we watch a ship that sails out to sea. If we watch closely, we see that the ship begins (24) _______. The bottom of the ship disappears first, and then the ship seems to sink lower and lower, (25) _______we can only see the top of the ship, and then we see nothing at all. What is hiding the ship from us? It is the earth. Stick a pin most of the way into an orange, and (26) _______  turn the orange away.

Điền vào số (27)

A. the same          

B. alike       

C. just as     

D. similar to

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word

       Can we see (23) _______ the earth is a globe? Yes, we can, when we watch a ship that sails out to sea. If we watch closely, we see that the ship begins (24) _______. The bottom of the ship disappears first, and then the ship seems to sink lower and lower, (25) _______we can only see the top of the ship, and then we see nothing at all. What is hiding the ship from us? It is the earth. Stick a pin most of the way into an orange, and (26) _______  turn the orange away.

Điền vào số (25)

A. until      

B. since       

C. after        

D. by the time

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word

      Can we see (23) _______ the earth is a globe? Yes, we can, when we watch a ship that sails out to sea. If we watch closely, we see that the ship begins (24) _______. The bottom of the ship disappears first, and then the ship seems to sink lower and lower, (25) _______we can only see the top of the ship, and then we see nothing at all. What is hiding the ship from us? It is the earth. Stick a pin most of the way into an orange, and (26) _______  turn the orange away.

Điền vào số (24)

A. being disappeared 

B. to be disappeared

C. to have disappeared  

D. to disappear

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word

       Can we see (23) _______ the earth is a globe? Yes, we can, when we watch a ship that sails out to sea. If we watch closely, we see that the ship begins (24) _______. The bottom of the ship disappears first, and then the ship seems to sink lower and lower, (25) _______we can only see the top of the ship, and then we see nothing at all. What is hiding the ship from us? It is the earth. Stick a pin most of the way into an orange, and (26) _______  turn the orange away.

Điền vào số (26)

A. reluctantly       

B. accidentally      

C. slowly   

D. passionately

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word

     Can we see (23) _______ the earth is a globe? Yes, we can, when we watch a ship that sails out to sea. If we watch closely, we see that the ship begins (24) _______. The bottom of the ship disappears first, and then the ship seems to sink lower and lower, (25) _______we can only see the top of the ship, and then we see nothing at all. What is hiding the ship from us? It is the earth. Stick a pin most of the way into an orange, and (26) _______  turn the orange away.

Điền vào số (23)

A. if  

B. where     

C. that         

D. when

Two men 1) were at sea in a small motor boat. It 2) _________ to rain and the sea 3) _________ very rough. Suddenly the engine 4) _________________. The men 5) _______ but they 6) __________ (not) start it again. Then a huge wave 7) ___________ against the boat and the two men 8) _________ into the cold sea. Luckily there 9) __________ a big ship nearby and the captain 10) __________ the two men. He immediately 11) ________ some of his crew to get a lifeboat and save the men. The crew in the lifeboat 12) ________ the two men and 13) _________ them onto their ship. One of the crew 14) ________ the men blankets and 15) _________ them hot drinks. When they 16) ________ at the harbour the two men 17) ___________ the captain of the ship and his crew for saving their lives.

Read the following passage and choose the best option A, B, C or D to be used for each of the blanks to complete the following passage from 16 to 20.

Water is of vital importance to all living things. Without it, all living things will surely die. We also use a great (16)______ of water daily in our homes, in factories, and in power stations. Most of this water is fresh water and it comes to us from reservoirs, rivers and lakes.

The Earth's surface is (17)_____ by large areas of water which we call oceans and seas. If you have tasted the water from the sea, you will know that, unlike fresh water, seawater tastes salty. This is due to the (18)_____ of sodium chloride which comes from the land. Rivers carry it to the sea.

Although neither salt nor fresh water has any color, the sea often looks blue (19)______ the sunlight. The reason is that sunlight is made up of many colors. Some colors disappear quickly in the sea but blue light bounces back or is reflected, to the surface. This makes the sea look blue. (20)______ , a stormy sky will make the sea look grey.

Điền ô số 19

A. of 

B. within 

C. with 

D. in