GV: Huỳnh Quang Minh Tuấn BÀI TẬP CHO HỌC SINH HIẾU HỌC FILL IN THE BLANK WITH A SUITABLE WORD 1. It is…………….(1) then, that a great many people and a great many people are involved in the……………….(2) of English. Millions of men and women in four………….….(3) have English as their first……………….(4) and millions in every part of the……… … …(5) use it as their second as foreign language. 2. To protect…………… (1) many countries have passed……… …(2) restricting hunting and fishing. Wild-life preserves, areas where animals are………….……(3) within their natural environments are becoming more………… (4) in regions where animals’ life………… .… (5) threatened. 3. Now I had two……….…… (1) theories and I told………….(2) to Nat Gubbins and he said they were both wrong…………………(3) said that Mr. Forester was correct in one detail: the……………….(4) really dated back to horse back riding. It came being……………….…….(5) men on horseback and a practice of running each other though with swords. 4. Vehicles also account for air……… …… (1) in the cities. Automobile exhaust and some industrial processes……………… (2) carbon monoxide, an odorless gas which can not be seen or……………………………(3) nitric oxide is another tail-pipe emission………………….…… (4) is highly poisonous and may sometimes change into even more………………… .(5) nitrogen dioxide. 5. While military………………(1) test lasers against satellites, surgeons use them as miraculously…………… ….(2) scalpels. The beams can………… …….(3) focused to spot one fiftieth the size………….……… (4) a human hair, yet its intensity is enough to kill cancer or drill…….……… (5) the most delicate bones. 6. Dreams of finding………………….(1) treasure almost came……… …… (2) recently. A new machine called “revealer” has been buried in the ground. The…………………….(3) was used in a cave near the sea shore where. It is said-pirates used to………………(4) gold. Armed with the new machine, a……………………… (5) party when into the cave hoping to find buries gold. 7. House guests………… …………(1) bring gifts when they come to visit, and they……………….(2) offer to help in some way. As a……………….(3), you may want to ask your host or hostess if there’s anything you can do in the kitchen. In many cases, the gesture is more……………………(4) than actually helping. …………… (5) may also want to take your friends out to dinner at the end of your stay, but it’s not expected for you to do so. 8. Language is a…… ……… …(1) of communication so each nation has its…………….…(2) language. However some nations have the same language. According to the speakers’ use of language. It is called the first, second or…………… .(3) language. Among the languages used by most people in the world………………….(4) English. This doesn’t mean that English is spoken by greater number of speakers…………………….(5) any other languages, for it is easily………………….……(6) by Chinese in this respect. However it is…………………(7) most international of languages because it Email: tienganh.hongngu3@gmail.com page 1 GV: Huỳnh Quang Minh Tuấn BÀI TẬP CHO HỌC SINH HIẾU HỌC provides ready access to the world scholarship and world trade. That is the…………………… .(8) why millions of men and women try to master it. 9. Where, when and how languages began is still…………….… (1) mystery. Many people think that languages grew from human beings imitating animal sounds and that………………………(2) learned to use these sounds………………… (3) communicate with……….………(4) other. Probably the language of primitive people consisted…………………(5) as system of sounds. However, we……………… (6) only trace the history of languages to………… … (7) times when they…………………(8) first written and by then they were well developed. 10. Work is a very…….…….……(1) part of life in the United States. Work is not only important for economic benefits, the salary, but also for social and psychological needs, the………………….(2) of doing something for the good of the society. Americans spend most……… … ……(3) their lives working. For most Americans, their work defines them. They are what they do. What happens, then, when a person can no longer ………………………(4) 11. What is the best……………………(1) to prepare for a job in the year 2006? This is the question many people are………….……(2) because they want to be prepared for the work force…………… (3) the future. According to experts who have ……………………(4) this issue carefully workers must be prepared to change jobs six to eight times during the course…….…………(5) careers. Workers will have to upgrade their skills constantly and retain for new responsibility. Education in the form………….……(6) retraining will be an on-going part of every………….…(7). All workers will……….…….(8) engage in lifelong learning in the new work force. 12. Mary left school…… ………… (1) she was 18, and she was glad to………….…… .(2) out. She knew exactly what she wanted to do. She wanted to start earning her living as………………… (3) as possible in the real world. She thought that…………………….……(4) of the teachers were boring, and they didn’t seem to understand their students. They lived in a different world. They could not……………… … (5) that their students didn’t want things they wanted. 13. In the decade of the 1970s, the United States organized several important …………… .(1) on the human environment to study a very serious problem. We, humans are destroying the………… ……(2) around us. We are using up all of our………….…… …(3) resources. WE must learn to conserve……. ………….… (4) or life will be very bad for our children and our grandchildren. Scientists say there is enough water in the world for everyone. …………. … (5) some countries have a lot of water and some have only a little. Some areas get all their rain during one season. The rest of the year is……………… ……(6) There are huge forests in the Amazon area………….…… …(7) Brazil. In other parts of the world there is only……………………………(8) Email: tienganh.hongngu3@gmail.com page 2 GV: Huỳnh Quang Minh Tuấn BÀI TẬP CHO HỌC SINH HIẾU HỌC 14. Pollution caused…………….… (1) chemicals is a very serious problem because……………….….(2) causes the loss of the ozone layer. Without our ozone,…………………….….(3) only we ourselves but all plants and animal life are exposed to dangerous rays from the sun. Aerosol can emit chemicals……………….(4) break down our ozone layer. Refrigeration and air-conditioning system and cars also release dangerous emissions. 15. For a long time the English have the custom of driving and riding…………. … …(1) the left- hand side of the road. However, they don’t exactly know the reason……………….……….(2) they have the custom of left- hand traffic. According…………… ……(3) Mr. C. S Forester, the custom was grounded and dated back to the period……………….(4). Many Londoners traveled to and fro on horseback. A horse is always mounted from the left side and the custom has come into being since then. While another author said that the custom has the origin before the……………………… (5) of Bonaparte and when the Pope came to visit Paris. The Parisians had to travel on the………………….(6) hand of the streets and left the………………….(7) hand side clear for the movement of the papal carriage. Because of hating Napoleon, the English reversed the French custom. However, the most reasonable theory of Nat Gubbins is that the men on horseback had a………………… …(8) of running each other through with swords in the right hand, so they had to ride on the left-hand side to slash and thrust each other more easily. 16. Public transport in London………… ……(1) expensive. The pare depends………………….(2) the length of the journey: you can’t buy books of tickets……… …….…(3) advance. Children under sixteen pay half, and those under five…………….…(4) free. You usually buy bus tickets from a……………… (5) but on some buses, you……………….… (6) the driver. On the underground railway you buy your tickets ……………(7) a machine or a ticket office, and give…………… …(8) up at the end of the journey. 17. If a man has a car, he can………… … (1) to his office and in his own car, but he may then have difficulty in parking near his………… (2) Taxis are convenient, but rather………… …(3), and at rush hours they are difficult to get and may………………… (4) longer than the tube: it is always when you are………………….(5) the greatest hurry that the…….……………(6) is the slowest, especially, of your way lies through the busiest parts……… ….… (7) the city, where……………………… .(8) jams happen most often. 18. When you are……………… …(1) by American host or hostess, you can bring………….………(2) when coming to visit them. You should offer to help them in same ways by asking if there is anything you can do in the……………… (3) in many cases, the………….…… (4) is more important than actually helping. Moreover, you should know about the American……….…….…(5) so as not to make them uncomfortable without meaning to or without even realizing it. People in the U. S make Email: tienganh.hongngu3@gmail.com page 3 GV: Huỳnh Quang Minh Tuấn BÀI TẬP CHO HỌC SINH HIẾU HỌC a……………….(6) of trying to make others feel comfortable and relaxed. …………………… (7) the whole, they tend to be informal. Men shake hands only when they are……………… ….(8) When a woman and a man are introduced, shaking hands is up to the woman. 19. Men usually shake hands when they are introduced to………………… (1) men. It is the woman’s choice……….…… (2) or not to shake hands when…………….… (3) to a man. If he offers her…………….(4), shake it. Among professional women it is………………….(5) more and more common to shake hands. Handshakes should be firm and brief. American…………. ……(6) a firm handshake as a sign of directness and honesty. 20. Maria thinks that the weather……… …….(1) nice in summer, but………… ….(2) in winter, and she……….……(3) like the food very much. On…. ……… .(4) other hand, she thinks the………….…(5) here are friendly and she likes……………….…(6) way of life. She thinks that the…… …… …… . (7) are dull but some of the famous buildings are ……………………(8) 21. American women are used to…………….….(1) independent. They are used to going out……………….(2) themselves, earning………………….(3) own money, and often……….…… (4) alone. Sometimes they will ask men for help, but usually they don’t want to………… ……(5) protected. Since the women’s movement started, it’s not always clear whether women expect men to open doors……… …… .(6) help them take off their raincoats. American………… …….(7) may start conversations with men or even ask……………………….….(8) to dance. 22. By the end of winter Nika had…………… …… (1) from her wound and was……………… (2) to fly again. On the first warm spring day she and Gray Wing grew restless. They are longing………………(3) the freedom of their northern home. One day familiar…………….….(4) came from the sky. A large wedge of Canada geese was…………….… (5) directly overhead. They were returning from their winter home in the south. Their cries urged Gray Wing and Nika to…………… … (6) their flight to freedom. The two geese hissed in their pen and beat their splendid……………… (7) against the wire. But it was in……………… (8) They couldn’t escape. 23. One of………….…….…(1) first thing that you will notice about Americans in general is……………… … (2). They are talkative a lot. They……………… …(3) to talk. They will even talk to complete strangers at the drop of a hat. They get a great deal of enjoyment out of…………… …(4) You have been thrown in a society that feels uncomfortable when there is little…………… …(5) no conversation when it is expected. For example in your……….………….(6) it may be considered rude for everyone to talk during a meal. In this country, however, it is considered rude. ……… ……… (7) to talk! Americans think that…………………….…(8) can be fun! Email: tienganh.hongngu3@gmail.com page 4 GV: Huỳnh Quang Minh Tuấn BÀI TẬP CHO HỌC SINH HIẾU HỌC 24. Trees are……………… (1) to man in three very important ways: they provide him…………… (2) wood and other products, they give him shade and they help to…………….(3) floods and draughts. Unfortunately, in many parts of the world man hasn’t realized that the third of these services is the most……………… (4) in his eagerness to draw quick……………….(5) from the trees, he has cut them down in large numbers, only to find that with them he has …………………….… (6) the best friends he had. 25. Last week I went to an exhibition of paintings at the Tate Gallery in London. I am not really…………………(1) great art lover but I had read a lot of good reviews of…………… .(2) exhibition and I was keen to see it……… … (3). I arrived, there were already some people waiting outside for the doors to open. I joined the queue and in the end the……………….(4) opened and we went inside to see the show. 26. Radar is an electric device………… … (1) can “see” great distances despite fog, rain, snow, clouds and darkness. If……………………….…(2) find and accurately locates missiles, aircrafts, ships, cities, rainstorms, …………… …… (3) mountains. Radar uses radio waves instead of light……………… (4) which the human eye uses in seeing. 27. According to humans’ using lasers, lasers may be useful or………………(1) to themselves. The………….… .(2) can use lasers in surgery to treat many diseases while many……………….(3) scientists test them to kill their enemies. When lasers………………….…(4) used as a dangerous weapon many people will die of human intelligence. 28. Plants supply man………………….(1) food, clothing, and shelter- his most important needs. Many of our most useful medicines are also made…………….…(2) plants. In……………….(3), plants add beauty and pleasure………………… … (4) our lives. 29. Our classes take place for three hours every morning from Monday to Friday. The maximum class size is twelve and the average is ten. We use modern methods of………………… .(1) and learning, and the school has a language laboratory, a video camera and recorder. You will only be successful in improving your English, however, if you work hard and…………………(2) speaking English as much as you can. You will take a short…………… ….(3) in English as soon as you arrived. In this way, we can put you in a……………… ….(4) at the most suitable level. 30. Everyone wants to reduce pollution. But the pollution problem is………………… (1) complicated as it is serious. It is complicated……………… .(2) much pollution is caused by things that benefit people. For example,……… …… .(3) from automobiles causes a large percentage of air pollution. But the automobile………….…….(4) transportation for millions of people. 31. Food……………… …(1) an important part in the development of nations. In countries…………… … (2) food is deficient, people have to spend most Email: tienganh.hongngu3@gmail.com page 5 GV: Huỳnh Quang Minh Tuấn BÀI TẬP CHO HỌC SINH HIẾU HỌC of their time getting enough to eat. This usually slows down progress because men have little time to………………… (3) to science, industry, government and art. In nations where food is plentiful and easy to…………………(4). Men have more time to spend in activities that lead to progress, human betterment, and enjoyment of leisure. 32. Friday the thirteenth is not a good day…………………(1) many people. They worry…………….….(2) bad luck. They fear that terrible things will happen…………………(3) them. Why? Many people………… …….(4) the world believe that Friday the thirteenth is an extremely…………….…….(5) day. There is no good reason for them…… …………(6) feel that way. Their belief is not based…………….…….(7) fact. We say they are superstitious. History experts say people………………………(8) in many different times have been superstitious. 33. Living in our modern world is different……………… .(1) what living was when our grandfathers…………….…….(2) young. Learning to see machines is very important today. Only a few years ago most of the work of the world was done by………………… .… (3). Today we use machines for………………………… (4), both for working and playing. 34. The Olympic games will be held in out country in four years’ time. As a great many people…………………(1) visit the country, the government will build new…………… ….(2), an immense stadium, and a fine new swimming pool. They will………….……….(3) build new roads and a special railway line. The games will be held just outside…………………….(4) capital and the whole area will be the “Olympic city”. 35. In the twentieth century with remarkable increase in scientific and other knowledge, special dictionaries have……………… (1) be made for a group of words.………………….…(2) are some very large… ……………(3) which contain all……… ……(4) words in the English language, but they are not convenient…………… … (5) use: they are too heavy and take too…………….(6) room. Students of a foreign language…………………(7) a dictionary which contains all the words in common use in…… ………… (8) own language and the one they are trying to learn. 36. …………Spring, nature wakens from her long winter sleep. The trees are filled……………new life. The earth is warmed……………rays of sun. 37. It was impossible to stay at home in….………a fine morning that I decided……… … take a walk long the path that led…………….the beach. 38. When the winter comes, we……………….to spend more time indoors because it’s cold out of door. 39. In autumn the leaves begins to fall….…… the trees and the ground is covered…….…… them. The sky is prey and very often…….…… rains. 40. Suddenly he noticed that the girl was…………… , so pretty that……….eyes found difficulty in leaving………….… face. 41. I want to tell you……… .the concert…….……was given in our school a week ago…………… some London musicians. Email: tienganh.hongngu3@gmail.com page 6 GV: Huỳnh Quang Minh Tuấn BÀI TẬP CHO HỌC SINH HIẾU HỌC 42. My elder brother, who is seven years…………… than I am, once decided to take……………… with him on the trip. 43. I’ve been speaking Spanish…… ………I was a child as there are many Mexicans…………… .my hometown. 44. Fill………… .this reader’s car first and then you may choose any book you………… .in the catalogue. 45. Today I invite you to the flat………… they live. They moved into it just a few months. 46. It’s……….….late to go to the theatre now. Look………….your watch. It’s nearly 8 p.m. 47. Not long…………… I was introduced to an art. His friend told me that……….he was young and not yet famous, he was very talented. Indeed, the…………I studied his painting, the…….……I wanted to walk away from them. 48. We can’t understand…………….it is so difficult to agree……….him when he talks. 49. Those………… wish to become students at the university must take their entrance…………… 50. Walter Scott was born…….…….the 15 th of august 1771. When he was eight months………… .he lost the power of his right leg. His parents tried everything…………could to help…………… little boy get well. 51. She was very much thought……………… while she was a student and now she……………well spoken of…………….a promising doctor. 52. I saw him the other day quite………….chance, not far from his house; he just told me……………was glad to be back and eager……… ….see all of us. 53. I find………………hard to forget my old flat. Many memories dear to the heart……… associated with our life……… … the old flat. Email: tienganh.hongngu3@gmail.com page 7 . tienganh.hongngu3@gmail.com page 1 GV: Huỳnh Quang Minh Tu n BÀI TẬP CHO HỌC SINH HIẾU HỌC provides ready access to the world scholarship and world trade. That is the…………………… .(8). given in our school a week ago…………… some London musicians. Email: tienganh.hongngu3@gmail.com page 6 GV: Huỳnh Quang Minh Tu n BÀI TẬP CHO HỌC SINH HIẾU