II. Fill in each of the numbered blanks with ONE suitable word to complete the following passages.

For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming back to an empty house. Some deal with the situation by (1) ________________ TV. Some may hide. But all of them have something in (2) ____________________. They spend part of each day alone. They are called “latchkey children”. They are children who (3) _________________ after themselves while their parents work. And their bad condition has become a subject of concern.

Lynette Long was once the principal of an elementary school. She said, “We had a school rule against (4) _____________________ jewelry. A lot of kids had chains around their necks with keys attached. I was constantly telling them (5) _____________________ put the keys inside shirts. There were so many keys; it never came to my mind what they meant.” Slowly, she learned (6) __________________ they were house keys.

She and her husband began (7) ________________________ to the children who had keys. They learned of the effect working couples and single parents were having on their children. Fear was the biggest problem faced by children at home alone. One in three latchkey children the Longs talked to reported being frightened. Many had nightmares and were worried (8) ___________________________ their own safety.

The most common way latchkey children deal with their fears (9) __________________ by hiding. They may hide in a shower stall, under a bed or in a closet. The second is TV. They often (10) __________________

the volume up. It's hard to get statistics on latchkey children, the Longs have learned. Most parents are slow to admit that they leave their children alone.

I. Write the sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the original one.

1.         I now regret spending too much money on clothes.

→ I wish ____________________________________________________________________________

2.         People say football is the best game to play.

→ Football __________________________________________________________________________

3.         “It was nice of you to help me. Thank you very muchTom said to you.

→ Tom thanked ______________________________________________________________________

4.         It takes three hours to drive from Hai Phong to Ha Noi.

→ It is a ____________________________________________________________________________

5.         John has never been so rude to anybody.

→ Never _________________________________________________________________

I. Write the sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the original one.

1.         I now regret spending too much money on clothes.

→ I wish ____________________________________________________________________________

2.         People say football is the best game to play.

→ Football __________________________________________________________________________

3.         “It was nice of you to help me. Thank you very muchTom said to you.

→ Tom thanked ______________________________________________________________________

4.         It takes three hours to drive from Hai Phong to Ha Noi.

→ It is a ____________________________________________________________________________

5.         John has never been so rude to anybody.

→ Never ____________________________________________________________________________

II. Reorder the following sets of words to make meaningful sentences.

1. air/ am/ that/ afraid/ the/ city/ pollution/ in/ our/ getting/ worse/ and/ is/ worse/ I/.

__________________________________________________________________________________________

2. the/ way/ Internet/ we/ as/ can/ for/ use/ an/ effective/ self-study/.

__________________________________________________________________________________________

3. shouldn't/ river/ we/ is/ swim/in/ because/ this/ water/ polluted/ highly/ its/.

__________________________________________________________________________________________

4. in/ relax / there/ much / noise / was/ time/ to/ no / so / there/ and/ traffic/ city/ the/ was / and/.

__________________________________________________________________________________________

5. leave/ now/ train/ miss/ unless/ I / the / will / I/.

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III. Give the correct form of the words in CAPITAL to complete the sentences.

1. He treated them with __________________________________. (GENEROUS)

2. There are many people living in _________________________ now in the world. (POOR)

3. My new car is more __________________________ than the one I had before. (ECONOMY)

4. How many _________________________________ entered the race? (COMPETE)

5. Housework has _____________________________ been regarded as women's work. (TRADITION)

IV. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1. I was tired when I got home. I (work) ______________________________ all day.

2. I want to get married, but I (not meet) ________________________________ the right person yet.

3. Why John (not/ want) _____________________________ to play soccer last Sunday?

4. The astronaut's clothes (make) ______________________________ from special materials.

5. We would have caught the last bus if we (leave) _______________________ the cinema five minutes earlier