I/ Put the following words into the correct form:
1, Some of the tourists are hoping to get _____________ for the poor state of the hotel. (compensate)
2, The massive increase in the _____________ of greenhouse gases is bound to increase global warming. (emit)
3, There are now numerous books that attempt to give _____________ to researchers about qualitative research. (guide)
4, The long-term _____________ of rising consumption have already been demonstrated empirically. (consequently)
5, I wonder what’s happened to Hans; he's _____________ on time for an important meeting. (normal)
6, Climate change can ____________ be put down to changes in the Sun's activity. (large)
7, Some people ____________ that much of our school education is a waste of time. (considerable)
8, In the 19th century, children from poor families were expected to ____________ to the family from an early age. (contribution)
9, I’m scanning my gran’s photos onto my computer because they'd be ____________ if anything happened to them. (place)
10, You don’t need to be quite so in ____________ your work, and you might find you enjoy it more if you take a little time off. (zeal)
• In this extract from My family and other animals, the writer and naturalist Gerald Durrell recall his idyllic childhood on the island of Corfu. For questions 1-8, read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap.
Gradually the magic of the island settled over the US as gently and clingingly as pollen. Those days were (1) ____________ each with a tranquility, a timelessness, about it, so that you (2) ____________ it would never end. But then the dark skin of night would (3) ____________ and there would be a fresh day waiting for us, glossy and colorful as a child’s transfer, and with the same (4) ____________ of unreality. In the morning, when I woke, the bedroom shutters were luminous and barred with gold from the rising sun. The (5) ____________ morning air was full of the scent of charcoal from the kitchen fire, full of eager cock-crows, the distant (6) ____________ of dogs, and the unsteady, melancholy (7) ____________ of the goat-bells as the flocks were driven out to pasture. We ate breakfast, a leisurely and silent (8) ____________ out in the garden, under the small tangerine trees.
1, A. compatible B. idyllic C. spotless D. picturesque
2, A. wanted B. yearned C. wished D. aspired
3, A. hang back B. draw in C. peel off D. spring up
4, A. stain B. shield C. fleck D. tinge
5, A. heady B. strong C. infectious D. robust
6, A. bleat B. yap C. screech D. purr
7, A. song B. hum C. tune D. buzz
8, A. contest B. incident C. episode D. affair
Bài 1: Hoàn thành đoạn hội thoại sau bằng cách điền đúng dạng từ
My cousin, Peter (have)……….a dog. It (be)………..an intelligent pet with a short tail and big black eyes. Its name (be)………..Kiki and it (like)………..eating pork. However, it (never/ bite)………..anyone; sometimes it (bark)………..when strange guests visit. To be honest, it (be)………..very friendly. It (not/ like)………..eating fruits, but it (often/ play)………..with them. When the weather (become)………..bad, it (just/ sleep)………..in his cage all day. Peter (play)……….with Kiki every day after school. There (be)………..many people on the road, so Peter (not/ let)……….the dog runs into the road. He (often/ take)………..Kiki to a large field to enjoy the peace there. Kiki (sometimes/ be)………..naughty, but Peter loves it very much.
❏ For question 1\(-\)6, read the three texts below and decide which answer (A, B, C, or, D) best fits each gap.
Stop anyone in the street and ask them to name a scientist, and the chances are they’ll think of Albert Einstein. His face is used to advertise products with intellectual (1) .... from computers to encyclopedias. Most people know little of what Einstein did, except that he developed some mysterious theories under the heading ‘relativity’, which are famous for being incomprehensible, and for coming up with bizarre predictions that (2) .... counter to everyday experience. Einstein was part of a gigantic (3) .... forward in scientific thinking, an intellectual revolution that (4) .... the birth of twentieth-century science. Physicists and mathematicians were trying to create a new, more rational description of the universe by studying relationships between matter and the forces of nature. Einstein (5) .... his profound and far-reaching contributions simply by looking again at the nature of the fundamentals: time, space, matter, and energy. Previous descriptions had depended on Isaac Newton’s view of a universe in which stars and planets moved in an absolute framework of space and time. Einstein (6) .... this notion, saying that time and space were not absolute but relative.
1, A. suppositions B. connotations C. assumptions D. inferences
2, A. drive B. fall C. flow D. run
3, A. flight B. leap C. dive D. vault
4, A. ushered B. notified C. heralded D. declared
5, A. gave B. laid C. offered D. made
6, A. overthrew B. overtook C. overwhelmed D. overran
I, Multiple-choice:
1, Melodi is an avid artist whose favorite hobbies are _________ and sculpture.
A. using paint B. to paint C. painting D. paint
2, Increasing the number of ferry crossings to the island from the mainland had the _________ effect of attracting more visitors.
A. desirable B. desired C. desirability D. undesired
3, Such a tremendous noise was _________ in the banqueting-hall that there was little danger of their being overheard.
A. happening B. going on C. continuing D. turning out
4, When the area was cleared for mining, the animals that had lived there were _________.
A. driven out B. putting out C. continuing D. gotten out
5, As soon as the problem at work blew up, he instantly thought about how he could come out of it looking good. He is such a ____________ person.
A. self-evident B. self-conscious C. self-centred D. selfless
6, When will it ____________ us that climate change poses one of the greatest risks to the survival of our planet?
A. see that B. considered C. know that D. dawn on
7, Rock and roll in the 1950s was primarily a youth cult, but its lasting importance ____________ in the seismic impact.
A. stood B. stayed C. held D. lay
8, His face is used to advertise products with intellectual ____________ from computers to encyclopedias.
A. suppositions B. connotations C. assumptions D. inferences
9, My two cousins were so excited at the start of the war, they ran downtown and ________ up immediately.
A. wrote B. signed C. drew D. brought
10, Mathew is increasingly required to present internally to his colleagues ____________ externally to the major shareholders.
A. let alone B. not to mention C. besides D. alongside
+ For questions 1 - 8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in.
Rhino farming
The South African White Rhino could become extinct in the wild in the next two decades. They were (1) ________________ extinct once before, at the end of the nineteenth century, but were brought back from the brink of extinction by successful conservation efforts. The rhino is hunted for its horn, and poaching is by far the (2)________________ threat to its existence. In many Asian countries, powdered rhino horn is believed to treat anything from fevers to cancer, although there is (3) ________________ scientific evidence whatsoever to support these claims. Now there are calls to manage rhinos under farmed conditions and legalize the trade in one of the (4) ________________ valuable animal products on earth. There are plenty of supporters who are only (5) ________________ eager to adopt this method of sustainable use, which involves sedating rhinos and then removing their horns, a practice not nearly (6) ________________ inhumane as killing such truly magnificent creatures for their horns. The (7) ________________, like a nail, grows back so that it would be theoretically (8) ________________ to 'harvest.' rhino horn several times from a single animal. But is it ethically correct to use this creature to support a market in quack medicine?