Test on Word Formation ( 8) Exercise 1. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc. Interviews are an ( 1 – perfect ) ________ method of choosing the best people for jobs, yet human ( 2 – be ) ________ like to examine each other in this way. One of the many problems of ( 3 – select ) _______ as it is commonly practised is that the forms filled in by ( 4 – apply ) _____ often fail to show people as what they really are. This means that you can follow all the best ( 5 – advise ) _______ when completing your form and still find that you are ( 6 – success ) _______ at the next stage – the interview. ( 7 – Similar ) ________, in the rare cases where interviewers are ( 8 – automation ) ________ , a candidate with an ( 9 – adequate ) _______ form may do surprisingly well. Of course, your form needs to show that you have ( 10 – confident ) _______ in your ( 11 – able ) _______ to do the job, but don’t try to turn yourself into someone else – a person you have to pretend to be at the interview. Realism and ( 12 – honest ) ________ are definitely the best approach. Exercise 2. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc. 1. I want no ( 1 – repeat ) ________ of such ( 2 – behave ) ________ from you 2. The floor of the carpenter’s shop was covered with wood ( 3 – shave ) _________. 3. He felt ashamed of his ( 4 – corward ) ________ in not coming forward to support his friends. 4. Fresh air and exercise are ( 5 – benefit ) ________ to one’s health. 5. Dollar bills have been ( 6 – draw ) ________ from ( 7 – circulate ) _________. 6. Such measures are ( 8 – desire ) _________ if not essential. 7. It was a voice I had not heard before and it ( 9 – orient ) ________ me. 8. Our route after that has not yet been ( 10 – final ) ________. 9. The town is ( 11 – note ) _________ for its ancient and fine harbour. 10. There has been little ( 12 – quality ) ________ improvement in their work. Exercise 3. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc When did the first toys come into ( 1 – exist ) ________ and what led to their development ? Did they represent an attempt by adults to make children happy, or did they arise from the various ( 2 – play ) ________ ( 3 – active ) ________ of children themselves? As everyone knows, the young ( 4 – frequent ) _______ copy the ( 5 – behave ) _______ of their ( 6 – old ) ______ , and in their play, they often adopt objects used by adults for entirely different purposes. These objects ( 7 – courage ) ________ the child’s ( 8 – imagine ) ________ and lead to various games. It is rather ( 8 – surprise ) ________ that for an ( 9 – explain ) _______ of the origin of toys, we can not turn to folk stories. However, no traditional tale ( 10 – relate ) ________ to the origin of toys existence, so our ( 11 – know ) _______ is restricted to ( 12 – archaeology ) _____ study and limited evidence from documents. Exercise 4. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc 1. Despite his ( 1 – seem ) ________ deafness, he could hear every word. 2. There was a note of ( 2 – urge ) _________ in her voice. 3. I was very ( 3 – set ) ________ about having to miss the wedding party. 4. This has been a ( 4 – time ) _____ ( 5 – remind ) ____ of the importance of the ( 6 – ally ) ___ 5. Don’t spend it all at once. Save some for a ( 7 – rain ) ________ day. 6. The castle stands in a ( 8 – dominate ) ________ position above the town. 7. She is the most ( 9 – example ) _________ student of our high school. 8. She had the ( 10 – sight ) ________ to buy land in an area scheduled for development. 9. The ( 11 – govern ) _____ was getting married, and everyone was in town for great occasion. 10. He will not benefit ( 12 – finance ) ________ from the deal. Exercise 5. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc Wildlife ( 1 – paint ) ________ had always been a hobby for Mark Chester, but when he lost his job, he took the decision to turn it into a full – time career. Mark had obtained his ( 2 – profession ) ________ ( 3 – qualify ) _______ in the fields of ( 4 – photograph ) ______ and advertising and felt that these skills would be ( 5 – use ) _______ in his new life. He had sold his work before , and was ( 6 – reason ) ________ confident that he could earn enough to live on . Mark discovered that he would be able to receive an ( 7 – allow ) ________ from a government ( 8 – agent ) ________ to help him set up his business. They also provided him with ( 9 – use ) ________ information on how to run his affairs. As ( 10 – sell ) _______ of his work increased, Mark realized that he could not paint enough ( 11 – origin ) _______ pictures to keep up with demand, so he’s now trying to interest a ( 12 – publish ) ________ in producing prints of his works. Meanwhile, Mark has started making prints of his own. Exercise 6. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc 1. His eyesight is becoming ( 1 – progress ) _________ worse. 2. We ( 2 – quick ) ________ our steps to run out of the cave. 3. Is this a ( 3 – real ) ________ salary for such a responsible job ? 4. She was fully aware of her own ( 4 – short ) _________. 5. It was ( 5 – think ) ________ of you to send me the flowers when I was in hospital. 6. Your letter was an ( 6 – comfort ) _________ reminder of what I owed you. 7. He was ( 7 – company ) ________ on the expedition by his wife. 8. He unveiled the picture with a ( 8 – ceremony ) __________ gesture. 9. None of us is entirely ( 9 – blame ) __________ in this matter. 10. Vietnam has no longer been a ( 10 – depend ) ________ of the US since 1975. Exercise 7. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc It’s a ( 1 – marvel ) _______ idea for children to do some cooking at an early age. ( 2 – General ) _______ speaking, most children can’t wait to help in the kitchens and love getting ( 3 – involve ) ______ in the ( 4 – prepare ) ________ of their meals. They should be ( 5 – courage ) _______ to do so, and care should be taken to ( 6 – sure ) ________ they enjoy the experience. It is important to show them how to do things ( 7 – correct ) ________ but they shouldn’t be ( 8 – criticism ) ________ too much. Although the finished result may not be quite to your ( 9 – like ) ______ , the young cook will ( 10 – doubt ) ________ find it the ( 11 – tasty ) _______ food he or she has ever eaten. Kitchens can, of course, be ( 12 – danger ) ________ places and so the absolute importance of keeping an eye on children at all times can not be ( 13 – emphasis ) _____ too ( 14 – heavy ) ________. Sharp knives, for example, should be avoided until children are old enough to ( 15 – hand ) ________ them. Exercise 8. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc 1. The whole town is in ( 1 – festival ) _________ mood on these days. 2. All the places and characters in my novel are entirely ( 2 – fiction ) ________. 3. The refugees all received fair and ( 3 – human ) ________ ( 4 – treat ) ________. 4. ( 5 – Incident ) _________, what ever became Jack? I haven’t heard of him for ages. 5. I can see no possible ( 6 – justify ) ________ for any further tax increase. 6. She showed complete ( 7 – master ) ________ in her ( 8 – hand ) _______ of a difficult situation. 7. This sort of work needs no ( 9 – muscle ) _________ strength from you. 8. Full details are ( 10 – obtain ) ________ from any our subsidiaries. 9. The previous ( 11 – occupy ) ________ of the house have left it in a terrible mess. 10. His parents made him join the army to ( 12 – tough ) ________ him up. Exercise 9. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc Far from killing the cinema industry, video film ( 1 – rent ) _______ has received the public’s interest in going to the cinema. As a result, multi – screen cinemas or multiple cinema complexes have appeared in the main towns. These cinemas can have up to 20 screens and show a great ( 2 – vary ) _______ of films. Renting films is an important ( 3 – time ) ________ : in 1990 over 374 million video tapes were rented. People also buy tapes as presents. However, the ( 4 – common ) _____ use of video recorders is to record programmes from the TV to watch at a more convenient time. Far from encouraging ( 5 – excess ) ________ TV watching, video recorders have been used mainly to control the times at which people watch. This also ( 6 – contribution ) ________ to a decline in the number of hours of TV people watch, because they watch videos instead. During the 1980s there was an enormous boom in the number of people buying video recorders, and shops ( 7 – expansion ) ________ to provide the video tapes they wanted. Video viewing became such a way of life, along with take away food and an ( 8 – increase ) _______ interest in wine drinking. The perfect night socializing at home has been ( 9 – joke ) ________ described as consisting of a video, a wine box and a take away curry. “ Do you fancy coming over to my place to watch a video?” – it’s a ( 10 – type ) _________ invitation. Exercise 10. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc 1. He was not ( 1 – spare ) ________ in his advice to his colleagues. 2. Unemployment has reached a level that wouldn’t have been ( 2 – think ) _______ ten years ago, 3. The name of the company for sale carries ( 3 – consider ) ________ goodwill value. 4. The ( 4 – vary ) _______ answer to my question was “ No”!. 5. Computers have proved ( 5 – value ) _________ in the fight against crime. 6. It’s very difficult to change people’s ( 6 – mental ) _________. 7. Their standard of living still remains ( 7 – pity ) ________ low. 8. On opening his book, I saw some ( 8 – explain ) _________ notes at the back of it. 9. Doctors stress that this type of ( 9 – treat ) _______ is still ( 10 – experiment ) ________. 10. In ( 11 – comply ) ______ with your wishes , we shall withdraw our ( 12 – suggest ) ____ . Test on Word Formation ( 8) Exercise 1. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc. Interviews are an ( 1 – perfect ) ________ method of choosing the best people for jobs, yet human ( 2 – be. been a ( 4 – time ) _____ ( 5 – remind ) ____ of the importance of the ( 6 – ally ) ___ 5. Don’t spend it all at once. Save some for a ( 7 – rain ) ________ day. 6. The castle stands in a ( 8. the various ( 2 – play ) ________ ( 3 – active ) ________ of children themselves? As everyone knows, the young ( 4 – frequent ) _______ copy the ( 5 – behave ) _______ of their ( 6 – old )