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III. Choose the correct answers A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.

1.   Although he was under no                        , the shopkeeper replaced the defective battery free of charge.

      A. urgency                  B. guarantee                C. obligation               D. insistence

2.   Old Mr. Brown’s condition looks very serious and it is doubtful if he will                     .

      A. pull through            B. pull up                    C. pull back                 D. pull out

3.   To be a good short story writer one needs, among other things, a very               imagination.

      A. vivid                       B. living                      C. bright                      D. sparkling

4.   This ticket                                      you to a free meal in our new restaurant.

      A. confers                   B. entitles                    C. grants                      D. credits

5.   He was completely                        by the thief’s disguise.

      A. taken away             B. taken down             C. taken in                   D. taken through

6.   This book gives a brief                  of the history of the castle and details of the art collection in the main hall.

      A. outline                    B. reference                 C. article                      D. research

7.   Mark is very set in his ways, but John has a more                        attitude to life.

      A. changeable             B. flexible                   C. moveable                D. fluid

8.   I’m not serious investor, but I like to                    in the stock market.

      A. splash                     B. splatter                    C. paddle                    D. dabble

9.   In all                      , there will never be a Third World War.

      A. odds                       B. probability              C. certainty                 D. possibilities

10. He had to retire from the match, suffering from a                         ligament.

      A. tom                         B. broken                    C. slipped                    D. sprained

11. You have to be rich to send a child to a private school because the fees are                   .

      A. astrological             B. aeronautical            C. astronomical           D. atmospherical

12. Archaeology is one of the most interesting scientific                  .

      A. divisions                 B. disciplines               C. matters                    D. compartments

13. It is doubtful whether the momentum of the peace movement can be                 .

      A. sustained                B. supplied                  C. supported               D. subverted

14. Conversations you strike up with travelling acquaintances usually tend to be                .

      A. imperative              B. perverse                  C. insufficient             D. trivial

15. Charles Babbage’s difference engine widely regarded as the                   of the computer.

      A. ancestor                  B. precursor                 C. antecedent              D. premonition

VIII. Use the words given and other words to complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence.

1.   We have never stayed at a worse hotel than this.

      This                                                            we’ve ever stayed at.

2.   Please continue doing your work and don’t let anything interrupt you.

      Please                                                         and don’t let anything interrupt you.

3.   I think Da Nang is not so exciting as Ho Chi Minh City.

      I think Ho Chi Minh City                                                             Da Nang.

4.   Our city has five big shopping malls.

      There                                                          in our city.

5.   The Central Tower is the tallest building in this city.

      No building in this city                                                      the Central Tower.

6.   I’ll consider it carefully and give you an answer next week.

      I’ll                                                              and give you an answer next week.

VII. Read the following passage and choose the best option for each numbered blank.

      Hello! My name is Herman. I live in a big city in Germany and it’s quite exciting! There are lots of things to do. My parents bought a flat near a park where I can ride my bike or (1)                                                 skateboarding. My brother is older than me and I also go to the cinema with him. The city library is a great place. I usually meet my friends there and we do our school (2)                                           or study together.

      Of course living in a big city is not easy. City life can be fast, tiring and stressful. The streets are always (3)                        and noisy. Because of the cars is polluted sometimes. People are so busy that they (4)                  have time for their neighbours or friends. But I can’t see myself moving to the (5)                              . I just love living in the city too much.

1.   A. go                           B. do                           C. play                         D. sail

2.   A. workshop               B. projects                   C. playgrounds            D. competitions

3.   A. bored                      B. surprised                 C. crowded                 D. exhausted

4.   A. usually                    B. always                    C. often                       D. rarely

5.   A. university               B. countryside             C. mountain                D. building