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Fill in each blank with the correct form of the
word in capitals.
1. You must be _________ when you open the door. CARE
2. Our school has a lot of__________ teachers. QUALIFY
3. When you take an exam, you are an_________ EXAMINE
4. We could see some strange _________ on her face. EXPRESS
5. Your English is much better, but there's still room for________
IMPROVE
6. You should write a letter of _________ to that institute. INQUIRE
7. I watch the news every day because it's very____________ INFORM
8. The Internet is a very useful means of_________ COMMUNICATE
9. We can see many__________ on Tv every day. ADVERTISE
10. They live in a ___________ area in the north-east of the country.
MOUNTAIN
11. It's__________ of you to cheat in the exam. HONEST
12. The police are looking for a dangerous___________ CRIME
13. She receives a lot of___________ from her friends. COURAGE
14. There are__________ about wearing uniforms at school. ARGUE
15. The __________ situation in that country is getting worse and worse.
ECONOMY
16. The Internet has_________ developed in very field. INCREASE
17. We must learn about keeping the environment___________ POLLUTE
18. Don't eat those vegetables. They're_________ POISON
19. We’ll live a happier and _________ life if we keep our environment
clean. HEALTH
20. You are talking complete _______ SENSE
21. Environmental _________ is everybody's responsibility. PROTECT
22. Air and water are _________ in our life. NECESSARY
23. In the future, many buildings will be _________ by solar energy. HOT
24. My brother can repair electric _________ very well. APPLY
25. We want to buy _________ that will save money. PRODUCT
26. These ____________ will conserve the earth's resourses. INNOVATE
27. __________ is now a serious problem in many countries. FOREST
28. The price of __________ has gone up again. ELECTRIC
29. Burning coal is an _________ way to heat the house. Gas is much
cheaper. ECONOMY
30. If it doesn't rain soon, there'll be a great __________ of water. SHORT
31. ___________ are concerned about the use of dynamite to catch fish.
ENVIRONMENT
32. I'm very __________ of my father and love him so much. PRIDE
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33. Trung's sense of houmor __________ him from other students.
DISTINCT
34. Sometimes I have some ___________ which can't be explained FEEL
35. Mid- August Festival is a __________ festival for children. JOY
36. Passover of the Jewish people is a festival which celebrates ________
from slavery. FREE
37. I'm afraid of the pisture which shows a violent _________ ERUPT
38. The earthquake caused terrible __________ DESTROY
39. The cost of the __________ must be paid by the buyer. CARRY
40. Tet holiday is the most important ___________ for Vietnamese people.
CELEBRATE
41. He is a ___________ man who is loved by all friends. CONSIDER
42. Some people think that gods creat ___________ eruption VOLCANO
43. Everyone has a number of _________, but no one has many true friends.
ACQUAINT
44. We are now fully aware of the ____________ of natural resources.
CONSERVE
45. Do you understand the saying " __________ is better than cure"?
PREVENT
46. Their __________ has lasted a lifetime. FRIEND
47. His son's ___________ has not improved much. BEHAVE
48. He draws carttons for a__________ magazine. HUMOR
49. For some people UFOs only exist in films for___________
ENTERTAIN
50. The gas from the chemical factory is extremely __________ HARM
51. My brother is a stamp ___________ COLLECT
52. His sudden _________ must be a shock to his family. DIE
53. You shouldn't _________ others if you also have a lot of mistakes.
CRITIC
54. There are over 50 __________ in the talent contest. COMPETE
55. Television is one of the cheapest form of ____________ ENTERTAIN
56. My teacher __________ me to take this examination. COURAGE
57. The ring is not valuable. In fact, it is almost __________ WORTH
58. I'm full of __________ for my English teacher. ADMIRE
59. That was an ____________ remark. It would have been better to keep
silent. NECESSITY
60-> 70
At first flight, there is nothing (60)_________ about the USUAL
town of Cameron Park in California but, as the day begins and the town
comes to (61) ____________ LIVE , youcan't help (62)_________ NOTICE
that, among the cars, there are light aeroplanes moving along the roads
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towards th airport. When the town was (63)____________ ORIGIN built, a
small airport was included for the convenience of people fyling in to look at
properties which were for (64)____________ SELL, but it soon became
clear to the developers that this was an (65)________ ATTRACT in itself.
The streets were (66)__________ WIDE so that planes could use them, the
mailboxes near the road were made (67)__________ SHORT to avoid
passing wings, and all the (68)__________ ELECTRIC cables were buried
underground. Now there is every likelihood that the (69)____________
RESIDE will have a private plane in their garage and use it with the same
(70)_________ FREE other people enjoy with their cars.
71-> 81
LIfe on other planets
Humans have long been fastinated by (71)____________ OUT space,
and have wondered if there are intelligent life-forms
(72)_____________ELSE , whicj we might be able to contact. (73)________
NATURE, we've all seen space creatures on our TV na dcinema screen, but
"aliens" like these owe more to the (74)___________ CONVENIENT of
using human (75)____________ACT to play theparts than to any real form
of (76)____________ SCIENCE investigation.
However, many serious space (77)___________ RESEARCH are now
beginning to turn their attention to the question of what alien life might
(78)_________ ACTUAL look like. One early result is Arnold the Alien,
(79)__________ DESIGN by biologist, Dougal Dixon. This strange being,
(80)___________ LIKE human, has its eyes, ears and limbs in groups of
three instaed of pairs, despite its pdd (81)___________ APPEAR, its
behavior is not very different from our own.
82.She has short___________ hair. CURL
83. __________, the barber cut my hair too short. LUCK
84. She's beautiful with a ____________ smile. LOVE
85. Each of my friends has a_____________ character. DIFFER
86. Nam is very ____________, kind and generous. SOCIAL
87. My uncle often spends his free time doing volunteer work at a
local_____________ ORPHAN
88. Trung and his brother like ____________ movies very much. ACT
89. Bell experimented with ways of transmitting__________ over a long
distance. SPEAK
90. Bell ___________ demonstrated his invention. SUCCESS
91. Mr Phong made an ____________ to see us at two o'clock. ARRANGE
92. Thomas Waston was Bell's __________, wasn't he? ASSIST
93. There was any _____________ in our village two years ago. ELECTRIC
94. Our life is much better with the help of modern___________EQUIP
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95. "The lost shoes" is one of the ___________ stories I like best.
TRADITION
96. ___________, the step mother was very cruel to Little Pea.
FORTUNATE
97. Every one was __________ at the soccer match. EXCITE
98. A fairy appeared and __________ changed her old clothes. MAGIC
99. The tiger wanted to see the farmer's__________ WISE
100. In that story, the price got ___________ to a poor girl. MARRY
101. Her father soon died of a ___________heart. BREAK
102. He was __________ to say that. FOOL
103. He fell off the bike, but his ___________ were not serious. INJURE
104. She gave me a __________ of the new house. DEMONSTRATE
105. The shop ____________ showd me a lot of new models. ASSIST
106. You must read the following ___________ precaution carefully. SAFE
107. You shouldn't talk about her character only through her ___________
APPEAR
108. Let me get an __________ form and we can fill out. APPLY
109. Nam likes acting and outdoor___________ ACT
110. Our teacher always ___________ us to work hard. COURAGE
111. The Buy Scouts of America is a youth_________ ORGANIZE
112. Nowadays, scouting is popular__________ WORD
113. By recycling we can save ____________ resources NATURE
114. The scouts also help the _________ and the street children. OLD
115. Is there anything ____________ on TV tonight? INTEREST
116. This form must have the _________ of the writer. SIGN
117. Some of my___________ live in the countryside. RELATE
118. Nowadays, many remote areas of Vietnam are getting _______
ELECTRIC
119. People in the country are very open and __________ FRIEND
120. A lot of people belive that well-paid jobs are________ in the city.
PLENTY
121. Air_________ is a big problem in the city. POLLUTE
122. She has cut herself and it's _________ quite badly. BLOOD
123. The lecture is giving us first-aid __________ INSTRUCT
124. A dog has bitten him. He needs an anti-tetanus _________INJECT
125. People use first-aid to ease the vistim's pain and _________ ANXIOUS
126. Relax for some munites and you'll feel more__________ COMFORT
127. Every week, there are two __________ from Ha Noi to Nha Trang.
FLY
128. It's difficult to find ___________ at busy times in this town.
ACCOMMODATE
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129. The train made a late_________ DEPART
130. We are waiting for the ____________ of his plane. ARRIVE
131. There are three trains ________ from Ha Noi to Lao Cai DAY
132. ____________, dark clouds appeared and it began to rain.
FORTUNATE
133. Tim and Shannon want to visit an ____________ institute in Viet Nam.
OCEAN
134. My aunt lives in a _____________ area of the country. MOUNTAIN
135. There are some buses to ___________ destinations. SOUTH
136. Ha Long BAy was ___________ by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
RECOGNITION
137. Mr Thanh is having __________ for his bad back. TREAT
138.Years later, she passed me in the street without even the smallest sign of
_____________ RECOGNIZE
139.Two ____________ from the group " Friends of the Earth" are talking to
the students. REPRESENT
140. There are more and more people concerning about __________
pollution ENVIRONMENT
141. This knife is _________ - it can't cut anything. USE
142. It is a contest in which ___________ have to read two poems in
English. PARTICIPATE
143. Santa Claus is base on the ___________ of Saint Nicholas in a poem.
DESCRIBE
144. Unfortunately, the leaders of the Church said the songs were ______
SUIT
145. Phuong Linh arranged flowers the most __________ in the contest.
ATTRACT
146. How do people organize these __________? ACT
147. This temple was built by the local ___________ over 100 years ago.
INHABIT
148. Angkor Wat was ________ built to honor a Hindu God. ORIGIN
149. The town now becomes the Buddhist __________ center of the whole
country. RELIGION
150.The area __________ the village used to be flooded. SURROUND
151. Ha Long Bay is in __________ Viet Nam. NORTH
152. The ancient ____________ wrote on a plant called papyrus. EGYPT
153. There was a strange __________ in the bowl. MIX
154. The wood pulp is cleaned and __________ whitened. CHEMIST
155. telecision is one of the most important ___________ of the 20th
century. INVENT
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156. Paper was made from wood pulp in the year 105 by a Chinese _______
OFFICE
157. I live in a small village and its ____________ are very beautifull.
SURROUND
158. The world of computers is extremely ____________ COMPETE
159. What is the ____________ of Thomas Edison? NATION
160. D.E Huges was the ___________ of microphone. INVENT
161. Discovering penicilin made Sir Alexander Fleming __________ all over
the world. FAME
162. What is your ____________ for designing this house? SUGGEST
163. Is PETRONAS Twin Towers the __________ building in the world?
HIGH
164. You don't have to do that work. In other words, it's_________ for you.
NECESSITY
165. There are a lot of ____________ festivals in Viet Nam. TRADITION
166. You must make a quick _________ about who wims the contest.
DECIDE
167. It is _________ to eat too much sugar and fat. HEALTH
168.If you can't give a reasonable __________ for your bad behavior last
night, I'll forgive you. EXPLAIN
169. The _________ charged me 50,000 VND for each room. DECORATE
170. There are many cultural __________ between his country and mine.
DIFFER
171. A toaster is a kitchen __________ that cooks food. APPLY
172. __________ in Viet Nam has brought a lot of big changes. INDUSTRY
173. After taking an asprin, her headache __________ APPEAR
174. The __________ she gave last night was maverlous. PERFORM
175. The _________ in his province is very dramatic. LAND
176. My brother often does experiments about electricity for_____ PLEASE
177. The scouts do the ___________ work. VOLUNTEER
178. The child should be punished because of his bad_________ BEHAVE
179. What is the correct _________ of this word? PRONOUNCE
180. His parents are very __________ of him PRIDE
181. if your work is ___________, you'll get a raise. SATISFY
182. We've decided to interview the best six ________ for the job. APPLY
183. Our main _________ to export are rice, coffee and runner. PRODUCE
184. Many rural areas in Viet Nam have been _________ in the last few
years. URBAN
185. She received a lot of _________ from her parents. COURAGE
186. The _________ in this town are very friendly. RESIDE
187. These shoes are amart, but they are very_________ COMFORT
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Answer keys:
1. Careful 2. qualified 3. examinee
4. expressions 5. improvement 6. inquiry
7. informative 8. communication 9. advertisements
10. mountainous 11. dishonest 12. criminal
13. encouragement 14. arguments 15. economic
16. increasingly 17. unpolltuted 18. poisonous
19. healthier 20. nonsense 21. protection
22. necessities 23. heated 24. appliances
25. products 26. innovation 27. deforestation
28. electricity 29. uneconomical 30. shortage
31. environmentalists 32. proud 33. distinguishes
34. feelings 35. joyful 36. freedom
37. eruption 38. destruction 39. carriage
40.celebration 41. considerate 42. volcanic
43. acquaintances 44. conservation 45.prevention
46. friendship 47. behavior 48.homorous
49.entertainment 50. harmful 51. collector.
52. death 53.criticize 54. competitors
55. entertainment 56.encouraged 57. worthless
58. admiration 59.unnecessary 60. unusual
61. life 62. noticing 63. originally
64. sale 65. attraction 66. widened
67. shorter 68. electricity 69. residents
70. freedom 71. outer 72. elsewhere
73. naturally 74. convenience 75. actors/ actresses
76. scientific 77. researchers 78. actually
79. designed 80. unlike 81. appearance
82. curly 82. lovely 83. different
84. socialble 85. orphanage 86. action
87. speech 88. successfully 89. arrangement
90. assistant 91. electricity 92. equipment
93. traditional 94. unfortunately 95. excited
96. magically 97.wisdom 98. married
99. broken 100. foolish 101. injuries
102. demonstration 103. assistant 104. safety
105. appearance 106. application 107. activities
108. encourages 109. organization 110. worldwide
112. natural 113.ederly 114. interesting
115. signature 116. relatives 117. electricity
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118. friendly 119. plentiful 120. pollution
121. bleeding 122. instructions 123. injection
124. anxiety 125. comfortable 126. flights
127. accommodation 128. departure 129. arrival
130. daily 131. unfortunately 132. oceanic
133. mountainous 134. southern 135. recognized
136. treatment 137. recognition 138. representatives
140. environmental 141. useless 142.participants
143. description 144. unsuitable 145. attractively
146. activities 147. inhabitants 148. originally
149. religious 150. surrounding 151. northern
152. Egyptians 153. mixture 154. chemically
155. inventions 156. official/ officer 157. surroundings
158. competitive 159. nationality 160. inventor
161. famous 162. suggestion 163. highest
164. unnecessary 165. traditional 166. decision
167. unhealthy 168. expanation 169. decorator
170. differences 171. appilance 172. industrialization
173. disappeared 174. performance 175. landscape
176. pleasure 177. voluntary 178. behavior
179. pronunciation 180. proud 181. satisfactory
182. applicants 183. productions 184. urbanized
185. encouragement 186. residents 187. uncomfortable
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