When a light passenger plane flew off course some time (1) , it crashed (2) the mountains and its pilot was killed. (3) only passengers, a young woman and her two baby daughters were unhurt. It was the (4) of winter. Snow lay thick (5) the ground. The woman knew that the nearest village was miles (6) . When it grew dark, she turned a suitcase (7) a bed and put the children inside it, covering them (8) all the clothes she could find. During the night, (9) got terrible cold. The woman kept as near as she (10) to the children and even tried to get into the case herself, but it was too small. Early the (11) morning, she heard planes passing overhead and wondered how she could (12) a signal. Then she had an idea. She stamped out the letters “SOS” in the snow. Fortunately, a pilot saw the signal and sent a message (13) radio to nearest town. It was not (14) before a helicopter arrived on the scene and (15) the survivors of the plane crash.

I. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with a suitable word.

Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and ....................... (1) to America when she was ten years old. She was the first woman to ....................... (2) a medical degree. Getting that ....................... (3)was not easy at all. She applied to twenty nine medical schools and was always refused ....................... (4) at that time, only men was admitted to ....................... (5) schools. But she never gave ....................... (6). She studied privately with a doctor ....................... (7) three years. Then she ....................... (8) to all the medical schools again. This ....................... (9), in 1847, the medical institute of Geneva New York ....................... (10) her.

However, ....................... (11) Elizabeth began attending classes, the students often treated her unkindly. Also, at first she was even stopped ....................... (12) some of the classrooms demonstrations. Nevertheless, she ....................... (13) stepped back. In 1853, after further study, Elizabeth Blackwell opened the New York institute ....................... (14) women and children. Later, she added medical college for women ....................... (15) that they could also become doctors.

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The Excuses

The office was silent.'So let me get this right',(1).................Alison calmly.'No one of you is willing to donate some money towards Mr Bartlett's leaving present.'There was silence again for a moment,then Deidre(2)..............up,saying that she (3)...........love to give a donation,but unfortunately her house(4)..............being painted that week and she(5).............not have any spare cash at all.Allec was next.He was very apologetic and said that he(6)...............meant to bring some money to work(7)............morning,but had forgotten,Perhaps tomorrow?Bettv said she(8)................completely broke at(9).............moment in time,and said she(10).............not give anything until she(11).................her pay cheque at the end of the week.Alison started at them all.She(12).............them how disappointed she(13)...............with all of them,and that she(14)...............remember their excuses when it was time for(15)...........to retire.She slammed the door behind her as she left the roome

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

THE FIRST WOMAN SCIENTIST

Hypatia was born in Alexandria, in Egypt, in 370 A.D. For many centuries, she was (16)          only   woman scientist to have a place in the history books.

Hypatia's father was director of Alexandria University, and he (17)             sure his daughter had the best education available. This was unusual, as most women then had few (18)           to study.

After studying in Athens and Rome, Hypatia returned to Alexandria (19)       she began teaching mathematics. She soon became famous (20)           her knowledge of new ideas.

We have no copies of her book, (21)       we know that she wrote several important mathematical works. Hypatia was also interested in technology and (22)       several scientific tools to help with her work. At the (23)       , many rulers were afraid of science, and (24)        connected with it was in danger. One day in March 415, Hypatia (25)           attacked in the street and killed.

Điền vào ô 17

A. could

B. put

C. made

D. said

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

THE FIRST WOMAN SCIENTIST

Hypatia was born in Alexandria, in Egypt, in 370 A.D. For many centuries, she was (16)          only   woman scientist to have a place in the history books.

Hypatia's father was director of Alexandria University, and he (17)             sure his daughter had the best education available. This was unusual, as most women then had few (18)           to study.

After studying in Athens and Rome, Hypatia returned to Alexandria (19)       she began teaching mathematics. She soon became famous (20)           her knowledge of new ideas.

We have no copies of her book, (21)       we know that she wrote several important mathematical works. Hypatia was also interested in technology and (22)       several scientific tools to help with her work. At the (23)       , many rulers were afraid of science, and (24)        connected with it was in danger. One day in March 415, Hypatia (25)           attacked in the street and killed.

Điền vào ô 18

A. teachers 

B. classes

C. opportunities

D. customs

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

THE FIRST WOMAN SCIENTIST

Hypatia was born in Alexandria, in Egypt, in 370 A.D. For many centuries, she was (16)          only   woman scientist to have a place in the history books.

Hypatia's father was director of Alexandria University, and he (17)             sure his daughter had the best education available. This was unusual, as most women then had few (18)           to study.

After studying in Athens and Rome, Hypatia returned to Alexandria (19)       she began teaching mathematics. She soon became famous (20)           her knowledge of new ideas.

We have no copies of her book, (21)       we know that she wrote several important mathematical works. Hypatia was also interested in technology and (22)       several scientific tools to help with her work. At the (23)       , many rulers were afraid of science, and (24)        connected with it was in danger. One day in March 415, Hypatia (25)           attacked in the street and killed.

Điền vào ô 16

A. a 

B. the

C. one

D. an

Write one word in each gap.

THE EXCUSES

The office was silent. «So, let me get this right», (1) ... Alison calmly. «Not one of you is willing to donate some money towards Mr. Bartlett‟s leaving present». There was silence again for a moment, then Deidre (2) ... up, saying that she (3)... love to give a donation, but unfortunately her house (4) ... being painted that week and she (5) ... not have any spare cash at all. Alec was next. He was very apologetic and said that he (6) ... meant to bring some money to work (7) ...

morning, but had forgotten. Perhaps tomorrow? Bette said she (8) … not give anything until she (9) ... her pay cheque at the end of the week. Alison stared at them all. She (10) ... them how disappointed she (11) … with all of them, and that she (12) ... remember their excuses when it was time for (13) ... to retire. She slammed the door behind her as she left the room.

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THE NIGHT BEFORE

Jane lay awake. She had...................preparing for the next day ....................a long time and now she couldn't sleep. Her team..................playing the local champions at water polo in the final and Jane was the captain. She..........................feeling the pressure.

She turned over and remembered how she..........................learned to swim. Her father had taught her. They.....................go to the local pool every day after school and her father ....................to show her what to do. She hadn't liked the water at first, but she soon .................used to it. She learned quickly and joined the water polo team. She had ................their youngest member!

She quickly got used to scoring goals and................................under pressure, but tomorrow was different. It was the biggest match of her life. She closed her eyes again and tried to get to sleep. "I .....................used to have problems sleeping", she thought to herself. "But then again, I didn't .................to be the captain of the team". She watched the lock change slowly and knew that it was going to be a long night.