272 bai trac nghiem chuyen de tieng anh multiple choice cloze tests tai lieu on thi dai hoc VB

1
A RAINBOW ON YOUR PLATE
Nowadays, we are all aware of the fact that we (1) _______ be eating a healthy
diet. We get advice from (2) _______ ; TV, radio, magazines, books, videos and
the Internet as well (3) _______ friends, colleagues and family. Well, if you find
all this advice a little confusing, then there is now a much simpler solution,
dieting by colour. The Colour Diet is (4) _______ on the theory that the natural
colour of food reflects (5) _______ nutritional content. For example green foods
(6) _______ as broccoli, spinach and lettuce (7) _______ high levels of betacarotene and glucose. These help reduce the risk of cancer, are a good source of
iron and act as powerful antioxidants, while yellow foods like bananas, corn and
lemons have potassium and vitamin C which can reduce the pain of arthritis,
reduce stress and be a good source (8) _______ energy. The principles of the
colour diet are very easy to follow. Make sure that each meal contains a (9)
_______ of colours, and you will be eating a balanced, healthy diet. But
remember, the colours have to be natural. Eating a packet of Smarties a day will
not give you anything (10) _______ toothache.
1.

A. will

B. need

C. ought

D. should

2.

A. anywhere

B. somewhere

C. everywhere

D. elsewhere

3.

A. as

B. by

C. from

D. to

4.

A. fixed

B. based

C. written

D. formed

5.

A. its

B. his

C. her

D. their

6.

A. like

B. such

C. similar

D. including

7.

A. add

B. own

C. need

D. contain

8.

A. in

B. to

C. of

D. for

9.

A. variety

B. minimum

C. blend

D. pattern

10.

A. from

B. but

C. apart

D. except


2
On December 4, 1872, Captain David Morehouse spotted another ship. It was
sailing without direction, (1) _______ he approached it in (2) _______ to offer
help. (3) _______, when he reached the ship he found that it (4) _______ been

abandoned. (5) _______ everything was soaked with seawater, Captain
Morehouse managed to sail it to Gibraltar. The name of the ship was Mary
Celeste and what happened to the crew remains a mystery. The ship’s cargo
consisted of industrial alcohol and, according to one theory, this (6) _______ have
started to leak. (7) _______ that the ship was about to go up in flames, the captain
(8) _______ have ordered everyone into the lifeboat, (9) _______ then became
separated from the ship. However, it is unlikely that we will ever find (10)
_______ the truth.
1.

A. so

B. since

C. but

D. because

2.

A. purpose

B. intention

C. order

D. aim

3.

A. Therefore

B. However

C. Next

D. As a result

4.

A. has

B. was

C. were

D. had

5.

A. Despite

B. However

C. Although

D. Because

6.

A. an

B. may

C. can’t

D. will

7.

A. Believed

B. Believe

C. Believing

D. Belief

8.

A. might

B. can

C. ought

D. should

9.

A. that

B. which

C. who

D. where

10.

A. off

B. on

C. in

D. out

3
BETTE NESMITH GRAHAM - A WOMAN IN BUSINESS
Bette Nesmith Graham had always wanted to be an artist, but in the 1940s, she
was a (1) _______ mother with a child to (2) _______. She learned typing and
found work as a secretary. She was an efficient employee who was (3) _______ of


her work and tried to find a better way to correct typing. She remembered that
artists painted over their mistakes, so why not typists?
With this idea in (4) _______, Graham put paint, the same colour as the office
stationery, into a bottle and took her brush to work. She used this to correct her
typing mistakes and her boss never (5) _______. Soon everyone in the office was

using it.
In 1956, Graham started the Mistake Out Company from her home. Her
kitchen (6) _______ a laboratory in which she mixed up an improved product (7)
_______ her food mixer. Although she worked (8) _______ hours, she made little
money. Then, one day she made a mistake at work that she couldn’t correct, and
her boss sacked her. She now had the time to (9) _______ to selling Liquid Paper,
and the business boomed. By 1967, it was a million-dollar (10) _______.
1.

A. single

B. lonely

C. alone

D. solitary

2.

A. carry

B. support

C. provide

D. maintain

3,

A. pleased

B. arrogant

C. boastful

D. proud

4.

A. heart

B. mind

C. head

D. thought

5.

A. found

B. understood

C. realised

D. recognised

6.

A. became

B. converted

C. turned

D. developed

7.

A, into

B. by

C. with

D. through

8.

A. large

B. long

C. great

D. slow

9.

A. pass

B. spend

C. invest

D. devote

10.

A. work

B. production

C. business

D. trade

4
THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
Would you like a job where you could eat chocolate (1) _______ day? Well,
such a job does exist! Did you know that most chocolate factories (2) _______
chocolate tasters? Their job is to taste the chocolate while it is being (3) _______


and say if it is too sweet or too bitter. You have to be very good at tasting
different (4) _______ and you have to comment on (5) _______ the chocolate
feels as well. Is it smooth or crunchy? Unfortunately, you can’t just go along and
say you like chocolate that, I’m afraid, is not enough! Most chocolate tasters have
a degree (6) _______ food technology and you will not be able to work (7)
_______ you have had lots of training. Then you have to go through several (8)

_______ before you can be selected. If you think you would be good at chocolate
tasting then try to develop your taste buds by tasting different chocolate (9)
_______ blindfold. See if you can tell what type of chocolate it is. If you get a job
like this, you will not be well-paid but most tasters enjoy their job so much that
(10) _______ is not very important.
1.

A. whole

B. all

C. entire

D. each

2.

A. employ

B. use

C. utilize

D. rent

3.

A. carried out

B. done

C. made

D. fabricated

4.

A. scents

B. odours

C. smells

D. flavours

5.

A. what

B. why

C. how

D. if

6,

A. of

B. about

C. on

D. in

7.

A. when

B. until

C. although

D. after

8.

A. experiments

B. trials

C. tests

D. exams

9.

A. bars

B. sticks

C. rods

D. pieces

10.

A. income

B. payment

C. wage

D. pay

5
GREENPEACE
Greenpeace is an independent organisation that campaigns to protect the environment. It has approximately 4.5 million members worldwide in 158 countries,
300.000 of these in the United Kingdom. (1) _______ in North America in 1971,
it has since opened offices round the world. As (2) _______ as its campaigning


(3) _______, it also has a charitable trust which (4) _______ scientific research
and (5) _______ educational projects on environmental issues. Greenpeace (6)
_______ in non-violent direct action. Activists (7) _______ public attention to
serious threats to the environment. (8) _______ issues on which the organisation
is campaigning include the atmosphere (global warming), the (9) _______ of the
rainforests and toxic (10) _______ being emitted from factories.
1.

A. Built

B. Produced

C. Invented

D. Formed

2.

A. long

B. well

C. good

D. far

3.

A. work

B. job

C. occupation

D. position

4.

A. pays

B. funds

C. rewards

D. earns

5.

A. undertakes

B. engages

C. commits

D. enters

6.

A. accepts

B. believes

C. holds

D. depends

7.

A. get

B. pay

C, draw

D. take

8.

A. Current

B. Recent

C. Immediate

D. Next

9.

A. ruin

B. extinction

C. destruction

D. downfall

10

A. leftovers

B. litter

C. rubbish

D. waste

6
Can you imagine working on a writing project for seventeen years? J.K. Rowling first (1) _______ up with the idea of Harry Potter in 1990 but it was not until
2007 that she finally completed the last book in the series. In 1990, of course, she
had no idea how much Harry would take (2) _______ her life, or that she would
end (3) _______ as a multimillionaire. But (4) _______ then, the books have been
translated into over 60 languages and also been made into films, each of which
has been a (5) _______ with cinema audiences. It is not just J.K. Rowling’s life
which has been transformed. The same can be said of Daniel Radcliffe, the
teenage actor who (6) _______ Harry Potter. Although he made his acting (7)
_______ in 1999, it was in the role of Harry Potter that he found his route to (8)


_______. The final film is expected to come out in 2010. By then Daniel will (9)
_______ been acting in this role for ten years. And after seventeen years, has
Rowling now (10) _______ out of ideas? It seems not. She is currently writing
two new books, one for adults and one for children, and is also planning to
compile an encyclopaedia of the Harry Potter world.
1.

A. came

B. went

C. took

D. brought

2.

A. out

B. up

C. over

D. off

3.

A. in

B. up

C. down

D. out

4.

A. after

B. until

C. for

D. since

5.

A. blow

B. knock

C. hit

D. smash

6.

A. plays

B. performs

C. shows

D. makes

7.

A. debate

B. debut

C. debris

D. debit

S.

A. stardom

B. stardust

C. starburst

D. starlight

9.

A. has

B. be

C. have

D. was

10

A. taken

B. come

C. gone

D. run

7
THE PRICE OF FAME
Charlotte Church looks like a normal teenager, but she is far from average. She
has an amazing voice. Her fans stand in (1) _______ for hours to get tickets for
her concerts, and she is often on television. Charlotte’s singing (2) _______ began
when she performed on a TV show at the age of 11. The head of a record
company was so impressed by her voice that he (3) _______ her up on the spot.
Her first album rose to number one in the charts.
Charlotte still attends school in her home town when she can. (4) _______, she
is often away on tour for weeks at a time. She doesn’t miss out on lessons,
though, because she takes her own tutor with her! She (5) _______ three hours
every morning with him. Her exam results in all the (6) _______ she studies are


impressive.
But how does she (7) _______ with this unusual way of life? She (8) _______
that she has the same friends as before. That may be true, but she can no longer go
into town with then because everybody stops her in the street to ask for her (9)
_______. It seems that, like most stars, she must learn to (10) _______ these restrictions and the lack of privacy. It’s the price of fame.
1.

A. rows

B. files

C. ranks

D, queues

2.

A. profession

B. job

C. career

D. labour

3.

A. wrote

B. signed

C. made

D. picked

4.

A. However

B. While

C. For

D. Although

5.

A. takes

B. spends

C. utilises

D. uses

6.

A. titles

B. materials

C. lessons

D. subjects

7.

A. cope

B. adjust

C. bear

D. tolerate

8.

A. denies

B. refuses

C. insists

D. complains

9.

A. signature

B. autograph

C. sign

D. writing

10.

A. look down on

B. make do with

C. run out of

D. put up with

8
REGRETS
Most of us are always forgetting important dates, (1) _______ from the lucky
few who are blessed with a good memory or the (2) _______ to organize themselves so they don’t forget important obligations. How many times have we all
said, “I wish I had remembered!” How often have we (3) _______ people by
failing to remember their birthdays or name days?
Although they say it doesn’t matter, we know, deep down, that we have hurt
their (4) _______. We can always try to make it (5) _______ to them next time
but unfortunately the (6) _______ has been done and our relationship with that
person can never quite be the same again.


On the other (7) _______, we sometimes do too much for someone else
because we want to please them and then feel we have damaged our own interests
in (8) _______ doing. When friends are involved we may find it difficult to say
“no” when they ask us to (9) _______ them a favour, but true friendship should
mean that we can say “no” without risk (10) _______ the relationship.
1.

A. off

B. except

C. away

D. apart

2.

A. capacity

B. ability

C. proficiency

D. aptitude

3.

A. wounded

B. hurt

C. injured

D. offended

4.

A. souls

B. sentiments

C. feelings

D. emotions

5.

A. back

B. up

C. for

D. again

6.

A. damage

B. injuries

C. detriments

D. losses

7.

A. approach

B. way

C. methods

D. hand

8.

A. so

B. such

C. thus

D. that

9.

A. fetch

B. make

C. do

D. bring

10.

A. for

B. to

C. towards

D. with

9
AIRPORT ROBBER GETS 20 YEARS
The leader of a gang of thieves who stole £5 million from a Belgian airport
was yesterday (1) _______ to 20 years in prison. The High Court in Brussels
heard that Ricky Cools, aged 35, had remained in the country after the robbery
had taken (2) _______ because of his (3) _______ of flying. The court was told
that the gang had (4) _______ themselves as security guards in order to gain
access to the airport and (5) _______ the crime. Once inside the restricted area,
they had (6) _______ a security vehicle, firing several warning (7) _______ from
their automatic weapons. They then (8) _______ the cash and ran to a waiting
light aircraft, which immediately left the country. Cools, however, preferred to
walk through the airport terminal to the railway station. He was later (9) _______


on a train bound for Amsterdam, after he was recognised by police (10) _______
closed circuit television at the station.
1.

A. convicted

B. sentenced

C. assigned

D. persecuted

2.

A. part

B. notice

C. place

D. off

3.

A. fright

B. fear

C. worry

D. concern

4.

A. wrapped

B. served

C. uncovered

D. disguised

5.

A. commit

B. make

C. stalk

D. attend

6.

A. blackmailed

B. attacked

C. burgled

D. smuggled

7.

A. shots

B. bangs

C. crashes

D. blasts

8.

A. planted

B. enveloped

C. seized

D. overtook

9.

A. hijacked

B. prosecuted

C. suspended

D. detained

10.

A. looking

B. seeing

C. watching

D. viewing

10
HAIR-RAISING FACTS
Panic is rising (1) _______ hair stylists in Denmark. Some of those who often

colour, perm or highlight hair - 125 stylists in all - are complaining (2) _______
symptoms which may indicate brain damage. Authorities have been forced to
investigate, and it appears that many stylists are (3) _______ from memory loss,
nausea and frequent headaches. The reason is that the chemicals (4) _______ produce harmful fumes. The hairdressers’ unions are funding investigations into the
problem. However, scientists are (5) _______ because the quantity of chemicals
used is not enough to be harmful. Many stylists are now worried, so Denmark has
(6) _______ strict regulations. Manufacturers must now list all the chemicals
contained in the products. (7) _______ ventilation must be provided in
hairdressing salons and clients will wear a special perm-helmet, (8) _______ the
fumes away from the stylist. All of Europe will have to (9) _______ these new
regulations. At the moment, everything is still at the committee stage, but soon the


revolutionary perm-helmet will be worn in all salons. Final decisions will be (10)
_______ when hairdressers’ unions moot in Brussels to discuss the problem.
1.

A. in

B. among

C. between

D. at

2.

A. from

B. about

C. of

D. because

3.

A. experiencing

B. suffering

C. impaired

D. injured

4.

A. operated

B. consumed

C. used

D. exploited

5.

A. sceptical

B. thoughtful

C. doubtful

D. scornful

6.

A. initiated

B. launched

C. passed

D. introduced

7.

A. Abundant

B. Ample

C. Surplus

D. Plenty

8.

A. directing

B. leading

C. turning

D. guiding

9.

A. apply to

B. follow

C. comply with

D. fulfil

10.

A. introduced

B. done

C. given

D. made

11
ADVENTURES IN THE FILM WORLD
The latest blockbuster to hit our cinemas is an adventure film which was made
(1) _______ location in Spain. The (2) _______ is quite simple; a teenager
discovers (3) _______ secret papers which show that the President is in danger.

Then she disappears!
We interviewed the actress who (4) _______ the part of the teenager in the
film, Juliet Roberts. It (5) _______ things did not always go well during the production. First, Juliet nearly missed being in the film. Apparently, a copy of the
_______. which the producer had sent her to read, got lost in the post. Then, in the
middle of filming, part of the background (7) _______ fell on a member of the
camera (8) _______. Luckily, the man was not seriously hurt but they had to (9)
_______ another cameraman to take his place at short notice. Something even
worse happened a few days later when the director slipped and broke his leg. It
(10) _______ him Quite a long time to recover from the shock and he had to


direct the final scenes of the film from his wheelchair.
1.

A. on

B. in

C. at

D. to

2.

A. drama

B. intrigue

C. plot

D. line

3.

A. any

B. the

C. few

D. some

4.

A. does

B. plays

C. makes

D. holds

5.

A. looks

B. tells

C. strikes

D. seems

6.

A. lines

B. words

C. script

D. little

7.

A. scenery

B. setting

C. scene

D. view

8.

A. party

B. crew

C. artists

D. workers

9.

A. rent

B. buy

C. hire

D. purchase

10

A: needed

B. took

C. lasted

D. used

12
JAMES DEAN
If you ask anyone to (1) _______ a famous rebel, the chances are they will say
James Dean. But who was James Dean, and was he really as rebellious as we
believe?
James Dean was born in 1931 in Indiana, USA. His father was a dental technician. The family (2) _______ to Los Angeles in 1936, but Dean returned to
Indiana after his mother died, where he was (3) _______ by his uncle and aunt.
Dean was a bright and hardworking student, and was not particularly rebellious at

school. After returning to California, Dean joined an acting workshop, and was
given minor roles in films, on stage and in TV commercials. In 1951 he went to
New York to further his acting (4) _______. Deans acting (5) _______ was soon
recognised, and he was asked to join the Actors Studio. As he wrote in a letter to
his family in 1952: “It is the best thing that can (6) _______ to an actor.”
Television and theatre work followed, and Dean became highly (7) _______
within the industry.


James Dean starred in only three films, and had only been world famous for
just over a year when he was killed in a car (8) _______ in September 1955.
It was his death at such a young (9) _______, and the rebellious roles he
played in the films Rebel Without a Cause and East of Eden, rather than his offscreen (10) _______, that have made him a legend. Like Marilyn Monroe, Elvis
Presley and Frank Sinatra, James Dean is an icon of the twentieth century.
1.

A. name

B. tell

C. call

D. repeat

2.

A. located

B. removed

C. moved

D. lived

3.

A. grown up

B. brought up

C. taken over

D. taken off

4.

A. job

B. work

C. career

D. employment

5.

A. talent

B. qualification

C. knowledge

D. recommendation

6.

A. become

B. take place

C. occur

D. happen

7.

A. loved

B. respected

C. adored

D. worshipped

8.

A. accident

B. misfortune

C. disaster

D. hit

9.

A. era

B. period

C. time

D. age

10.

A. condition

B. quality

C. behaviour

D. performance

13
GENDER GAP IN EDUCATION
For many years now, British girls have performed much better in exams than
boys. Most theories about the causes of this gap (1) _______ the sexes have
blamed the education (2) _______. However, new research suggests that boys’
poor performance has nothing to do (3) _______ internal practices at schools.

Instead, external factors, such as different learning styles and how children are (4)
_______ up, have to be considered.
For this (5) _______, many educationalists are now studying how boys and
girls learn to read. They believe that, since reading is (6) _______ taught either by
mothers or by female primary school teachers, many boys (7) _______ reading as


a woman’s activity and this puts them (8) _______ it.
Another factor could be that boys are generally more (9) _______ than girls.
When they can’t be the best, they would rather (10) _______ up on education than
be considered average. Girls seem much happier to be second best.
1.

A. between

B. among

C. beside

D. beyond

2.

A. method

B. style

C. technique

D. system

3.

A. by

B. from

C. with

D. at

4.

A. grown

B. raised

C. given

D. brought

5.

A. cause

B. reason

C. purpose

D. objective

6.

A. generally

B. hardly

C. rarely

D. lately

7.

A. look

B. notice

C. watch

D. see

8.

A. across

B. on

C. off

D. through

9.

A. determined

B. competitive

C. possessive

D. optimistic

10

A. break

B. take

C. give

D. turn

14
Face-to-face conversation is a two-way process: you speak to me, I reply to
.you and so on. Two-way (1) _______ depends on having a coding system that is
understood by both (2) _______ and receiver, and an agreed convention about (3)
_______ the beginning and end of the (4) _______. In speech, the coding system
is a language like English or Spanish; the convention that one person speaks at a
time may seem too obvious to (5) _______. In fact, the (6) _______ that people
use in conversations and meetings are often non-verbal. For example, lowering
the pitch of the voice may mean the end of a sentence; a sharp intake of breath

may signal the desire to (7) _______, catching the chairman’s (8) _______ may
indicate the desire to speak in a formal setting like a (9) _______, a clenched fist
may indicate anger. When these (10) _______ signals are not possible, more
formal signals may be needed.


1.

A. exchange

B. correspondence

C interchange

D. communication

2.

A. transmitter

B. sender

C. messenger

D. announcer

3.

A. showing

B. symbolising

C. signing

D. signalling

4.

A. message

B. theme

C. topic

D. idea

5.

A. notice

B. recognise

C. mention

D. judge

6.

A. signs

B. signals

C. symptoms

D. symbols

7.

A. interrupt

B. interchange

C. interfere

D. intercept

8.

A. elbow

B. shoulder

C. eye

D. hand

9.

A. broadcast

B. chat

C. lecture

D. debate

10.

A. sensory

B. visual

C. verbal

D. auditory

15
THE BBC ENGLISH DICTIONARY
The BBC, in the form of the language-teaching arm of the World Service, and
Harper Collins have (1) _______ forces to publish the BBC English Dictionary,
“A Dictionary for the World”. It is (2) _______ at the 120 million listeners to the
World Service who cannot find the expressions in (3) _______ dictionaries. (4)
_______ on 70 million words broadcast at least ten times a year on the World
Service, the compilers, (5) _______ by Prof. John Sinclair, have included (6)
_______ expressions and word usage, without judging whether they are being
used (7) _______. Elizabeth Smith, the BBC’s Controller of English Services,
said: “Our language is (8) _______ on statements by real people, like politicians
and (9) _______, which the BBC has accurately recorded. As broadcasters, we try
to use a few idioms and metaphors but only to show that we (10) _______ in the
real world.”

1.

A. connected

B. fixed

C. attached

D. joined

2

A. pointed

B. directed

C. aimed

D. trained

3.

A. functional

B. traditional

C. partial

D. conventional

4.

A. Drawing

B. Trying

C. Counting

D. Bearing

5.

A. chaired

B. headed

C. dictated

D. treated

6.

A. current

B. recent

C. nowadays

D. late

7.

A. sincerely

B. truly

C. correctly

D. finely

8.

A. based

B. made

C. formed

D. designed

9.

A. so many

B. thus far

C. as to

D. so on

10

A, inhabit

B. live

C. stay

D. reside

16
ADVERTISEMENTS
Perhaps the most creative use of language in newspapers is in the advertisements. The writers have to catch and (1) _______ the reader’s attention. They often (2) _______ this with a play on words. You read the words and understand
them one way and then suddenly you (3) _______ that another interpretation is
possible. Through that ambiguity the advertisement has caught your attention and the advertiser (4) _______ you’ll buy the product.
Under the picture of a new car are the words: “Not another family saloon”.
The dual interpretation of that phrase is dependent on how it is pronounced.
Misread it by putting the stress on the second word thereby projecting a message
the advertiser would clearly not want, and this (5) _______ you look again and
pay conscious attention to the alternative message.
Advertising copywriters frequently (6) _______ use of idioms. One advertisement showed girls wearing different coloured jeans, but none the traditional blue
ones. Underneath were the words: “Jeanius is (7) _______ ideas out of the blue”.
On one level that (8) _______ the jeans are not ordinary blue jeans but ones in a
range of colours. But there is also the suggestion that these new jeans are a sudden
piece of inspiration, a stroke of genius. “Out of the blue” is an idiom which means
“quite unexpectedly” and genius often (9) _______ getting a brilliant idea
suddenly. That’s very clever, but it’s not quite the end of it, because it’s not

genius they are (10) _______ about, but jeanius. That is another play on words;
the product they are selling, after all, is a pair of jeans.
1.

A. hold

B. maintain

C. remain

D. pay

2.

A. have

B. make

C. do

D. succeed

3.

A. aware

B. realise

C. indicate

D. wonder

4.

A. makes

B. wishes

C. sees

D. hopes

5.

A. tells

B. makes

C. causes

D, forces

8.

A. have

B. do

C. make

D. get

1.

A. having

B. thinking

C. making

D. arriving

8.

A. tells

B. means

C. seems

D. pretends

9.

A. compares

B. is

C. contains

D. involves

10.

A. talking

B. saying

C. telling

D. meaning

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LIGHTNING STRIKES
The man who holds the record for being struck by lightning the most times is
ex-park ranger Roy Sullivan. Mr Sullivan found lightning (1) _______ to avoid:
he was struck by it on seven (2) _______ occasions throughout his life, which
were as (3) _______ as 35 years apart.
The first incident in 1942 was the only one where he was not (4) _______ injured - he only lost his big toenail. On all other occasions, he could (5) _______
easily have lost his life. In 1972 the “human lightning conductor of Virginia”, as
he was known, had his hair (6) _______ on fire but was lucky enough to survive,
only to lose all his new hair in the same way a year later. It is hard to believe that
he never lost his enthusiasm for (7) _______ hobbies and pursuits but when
lightning struck for a record seventh time in 1977 he was happily fishing, completely (8) _______ that he was about to enter The. Guinness Book of Records.
On this occasion he came (9) _______ to death because of severe chest and


stomach burns. Roy Sullivan died in 1983 but was not killed by lightning. He was
(10) _______ upset after being rejected in love and is said to have taken his own
life.

1.

A. difficult

B. impractical

C. necessary

D. suitable

2.

A. various

B. single

C. separate

D. apart

3.

A. wide

B. long

C. many

D. far

4.

A. very

B. highly

C. poorly

D. seriously

5.

A. quite

B. far

C. much

D. well

6.

A. Sit

B. put

C. got

D. set

7.

A. outside

B. outdoor

C. outward

D. outskirts

8.

A. unknown

B. unbelievable

C. unaware

D. unthinking

9.

A. next

B. close

C. nearly

D. almost

10.

A. strongly

B. hardly

C. highly

D. deeply

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OWNING A PET
The joys and tribulations of being a pet owner! During our lifetime most of us
have some experience of either owning a pet or being in (1) _______ contact with
someone who does. Is there such a thing as “the idea! pet”? If so, what characterises the ideal pet? Various (2) _______ influence one’s choice of pet, from
your reasons for getting a pet to your lifestyle. For example, although quite a few
pets are relatively cheap to buy, the cost of (3) _______ can be considerable.
Everything must be (4) _______ into account, from food and bedding, to
vaccinations and veterinary bills. You must be prepared to (5) _______ time on
your pet, which involves shopping for it, cleaning and feeding it. Pets can be
demanding and a big responsibility. Are you prepared to exercise and (6) _______
an animal or do you prefer a more independent pet? How much spare room do
you have? Is it right to lock an energetic animal into a (7) _______ space? Do you


live near a busy road which may threaten the life of your pet? Pets (8) _______ as
turtles and goldfish can be cheap and convenient, but if you prefer affectionate
pets, a friendly cat or dog would be more (9) _______. People get pets for a
number of reasons, for company, security or to teach responsibility to children.
Pets can be affectionate and loyal and an excellent source of company as long as

you know what pet (10) _______ you and your lifestyle.
1.

A. near

B. close

C. narrow

D. tight

2.

A. factors

B. elements

C. facets

D. points

3.

A. raising

B. maintenance

C. upbringing

D. upkeep

4.

A. considering

B. held

C. taken

D, kept

5.

A. take

B. waste

C. occupy

D. spend

6.

A. household

B. housekeep

C. housetrain

D. housework

7.

A. detained

B. confined

C. reduced

D, closed

8.

A. so

B. for

C. such

D. much

9.

A. appropriate

B. suited

C. likely

D. good

10

.A. fits

B. matches

C. goes with

D. suits

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Leisure is generally seen as an (1) _______ which takes place outside (2)
_______ hours. The peak leisure time for most people is between 6.00 pm and
12.00 am, although in recent years there has been an increase in people working
(3) _______ hours and shifts, together with more “flexitime”.
Leisure is often thought of purely as a (4) _______ activity, i.e. playing sport.
Although many people use their (5) _______ time in this way, there are plenty of
other leisure opportunities that are more (6) _______ in nature, such as watching
television or sunbathing on a beach.
It is important to realise that leisure can embrace a whole range of experiences
and activities, although personal choice may be limited due to factors such as age


or provision of local (7) _______.
The leisure emphasis will normally change at different (8) _______ of one’s
lifecycle. Different types of leisure activities tend to be popular with varying age
groups. It’s probably true, however, that some members of the older (9) _______
are more capable of pursuing active (10) _______ than they are sometimes given
credit for!

1.

A. event

B. incident

C. affair

D. experience

2.

A. labour

B. working

C. employment

D. job

3.

A. unsocial

B. unreasonable

C. unsociable

D. unsuitable

4.

A. cultural

B. physical

C. social

D. mental

5.

A. rest

B. unoccupied

C. free

D. empty

6.

A. passive

B. selective

C. productive

D. creative

7,

A. conveniences

B. capabilities

C. capacities

D. facilities

8.

A. parts

B. stages

C. sections

D. levels

9.

A. period

B. era

C. age

D. generation

10

A. entertainments

B. occupations

C. pastimes

D. games

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A BLACK DAY FOR SPORT
Appeals were being made last night for Corsicans to come (1) _______ and
donate blood following the collapse of the football stadium in Bastia. The tragedy
(2) _______ 26 fans dead; the number of injured has been put at 700. (3) _______
to eyewitnesses, workers were still tightening bolts on the temporary scaffolding
only an hour and a half (4) _______ the match was (5) _______ to begin, and as
fans passed into the stadium, the structure, which holds up to 10.,000, swayed
violently and (6) _______ collapsed. Many of the (7) _______ were given
emergency treatment on the pitch while more serious cases were (8) _______ to
hospitals on the mainland. A spokesman from the firm responsible for the stand’s


construction could only (9) _______ horrified disbelief. According to him,
although some of the bars had collapsed, others should have (10) _______ the
structure, thus preventing it from falling down.
1.

A. across

B. over

C. forward

D. up to

2.

A. left

B. did

C. made

D. remained

3.

A. With a view

B. As far as

C. Referring

D. According

4.

A. until

B. before

C. since

D. after

5.

A. up

B. about

C. bound

D. due

6.

A. gradually

B. actually

C. eventually

D. definitely

7.

A. injured

B. wounded

C. damaged

D. wrecked

8.

A. delivered

B. trafficked

C. travelled

D. transferred

9.

A. speak

B. express

C. say

D. tell

10.

A. defended

B. held

C. supported

D. carried

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A FASHION OBSESSION
Where will the current obsession with designer (1) _______ all end? Over the
last ten years or so (2) _______ names have become the (3) _______ way to sell
anything. Now everybody seems to have become a fashion (4) _______ so that
people are constantly commenting on whether something is (5) _______ of
fashion or not. People are prepared to pay extraordinary prices, even for jeans and
trainers, just because they are a status (6) _______. However, you can get copies
of top designs as these are starting to become available to the (7) _______ market.
Now anybody can get the latest (8) _______ must and the copies are so good that
their friends need not know that it cost so little. So my advice is to (9) _______
out these cheaper stores if you want to see what is coming (10) _______ fashion
next!
1.

A. tokens

B. badges

C. labels

D. stamps

2.

A. brand

B. mark

C. logo

D. sign

3.

A. certain

B. secure

C. sure

D. guaranteed

4.

A, survivor

B. victim

C. casualty

D. criminal

5.

A. on

B. over

C. off

D. out

6.

A. figure

B. symbol

C. logo

D. image

7.

A. crowd

B. group

C. common

D. mass

8.

A. buy

B. take

C. have

D. get

9.

A. check

B. find

C. figure

D. work

10.

A. inside

B. along

C. at

D. into

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ULTIMATE THEME PARK HOLIDAY
We offer an amazing theme park holiday - the most (1) _______ experience in
holidays. Our holidays (2) _______ two weeks and during that time you will fly
between several (3) _______, visiting various famous theme parks for one day
each. Our group comes from (4) _______ over the world so you will be travelling
with new and interesting people. We start our tour in LA. where over three days
we visit Universal Studios where you can (5) _______ the effects of white-water
rafting. Then it’s (6) _______ to Disneyland in LA to meet some famous friends.
On the last day we take a trip to the (7) _______ Magic Mountain theme park,
where you can go on the most fantastic roller coaster (8) _______ including
Scream and Viper. Next we fly out to Miami where the (9) _______ includes a
day at Disneyworld and another at Cape Canaveral to see (10) _______ Homer
Simpson trained to be an astronaut. This will be the end of the tour - you will be
exhausted but happy. Five days of theme parks' Can you imagine a better holiday?
1.

A. unique

B. sole

C. single

D. only

2.

A. continue

B last

C. carry on

D. keep on

3.

A. stations

B, stops

C. destinations

D. landings


4.

A. every

B. all

C total

D. whole

5.

A. know

B. have

C meet

D. experience

6.

A. off

B. into

C. ahead

D. about

7.

A. shabby

B. quaint

C. unspoilt

D. breathtaking

8.

A. rides

B. journeys

C. lifts

D. trips

9.

A. agenda

B. itinerary

C timetable

D. calendar

10.

A. where

B. what

C. how

D. that

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THE BEST PLANS …
People always say that criminals plan the (1) _______ o a -shop or bank carefully - but they always forget one thing and that is the thing that allows them to be
(2) _______. Take the example of this man in Scotland. He decided that the best

time to steal from a store would be just as it was (3) _______ for the day. He
worked out that this would be the best lime since the tills would be at their (4)
_______ and there would be no (5) _______ around to get in his way or stop him.
Having carefully thought about this, he (6) _______ into a big department store
just before it closed. He frightened the shop assistants and stole all the money
from the cash (7) _______ nearest the door. He then raced back towards the
automatic doors in order (8) _______ escape. However, he hadn’t got his timing
(9) _______ right as the big glass doors had just been locked. The man knocked
himself (10) _______ by running headfirst into them! The store’s security guard
had to pick him up from the floor to arrest him.
1.

A. robbery

B. mugging

C. stealing

D. burglary

2.

A. grasped

B. picked

C. taken

D. caught

3.

A. securing

B. fastening

C. shutting

D. stopping

4.

A. most

B. fullest

C. richest

D, highest

5.

A. visitors

B. clients

C. guests

D. customers

6.

A. chased

B. quickened

C. raced

D. rolled

7.

A. tills

B. engines

C. appliances

D. devices

8.

A. for

B. to

C. so

D. that

9.

A. quite

B. very

C. extremely

D. so

10.

A. away

B. off

C. up

D. out

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THE NEW MUSIC STORE
Now that we can all buy music over the internet and download tunes when we
want, you have to ask yourself what is the (1) _______ of the city music store?
Why would we go shopping in a music store when we can get everything we need
at home? Music stores know this and have (2) _______ account of the need for
(3) _______ City music stores are now (4) _______ places and somewhere where
you can listen to music played at full (5) _______ in a way that would irritate
your neighbours! Also stores have managed to get (6) _______ artists and bands

to come and (7) _______ appearances at the store to sign CDs or posters and meet
their fans. The stores now (8) _______ to teenagers as they are becoming cool
places to hang out and meet their friends as well as (9) _______ the music. Of
course, the stores can’t charge for these activities but they hope that by getting
people into the store, they will buy their music the (10) _______ way - and it
seems to be working.
1.

A. use

B. reason

C. point

D. aim

2.

A. put

B. given

C. held

D. taken

3.

A. alteration

B. change

C. revolution

D. renovation

4.

A. meeting

B. assembly

C. company

D. crowd

5.

A. speaker

B. sound

C. volume

D. noise

6.

A. single

B. solo

C. alone

D. only

7.

A. put up

B. do

C. make

D. prepare


8.

A. attract

B. please

C. engage

D. appeal

9.

A. scan

B. browse

C. wander

D. survey

10.

A. old fashioned

B. out of date

C. old time

D. out of style

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ARE YOU A SUPERCONNECTOR?
There is a new (1) _______ of people identified by market researchers and
these are teenagers aged 13-18 who are active and use every (2) _______ type of
modern technology to stay in touch with their friends. These people are called
Super Connectors. They use cell phones, text messaging, the internet, e-mail, instant messaging and internet (3) _______ engines to find information and connect
with their friends. They also use several things (4) _______ once so, for example,
they may be sending texts and (5) _______ the internet at the same time. However, this is only for their friends. If they want to (6) _______ with their family
then they do this in person. The activities they (7) _______ in haven’t changed,
though. For example, students may still be (8) _______ notes in class but now
they do it by sending texts to several people at the same time! The need to (9)
_______ each other remains (he same but technology has (10) _______ them to
do much more of it.

1.

A. group

B. pack

C. mix

D. company

2.

A. vacant

B ready

C. available

D. likely

3.

A. search

B. look'

C. seek

D. discover

4.

A. about

B. for

C. only

D. at

5.

A. playing

B. surfing

C. swimming

D. waving

6.

A. announce

B. connect

C. communicate

D. declare

7.

A. practise

B. involve

C. occupy

D. engage

8..

A. reaching

B. handing

C. passing

D. conveying

9.

A. contact

B. join

C. touch

D. link

10

A. made

B. allowed

C. left

D. granted

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YOUR BEST FRIEND IN DISGUISE?
Do you (1) _______ people on what they look like? I think we all (2) _______
that we shouldn’t do this, although many of us still do. Some people are
impressed by clothes from a particular (3) _______; others think that things such
as someone’s hairstyle is critical to their (4) _______ of someone. But, if you sit
and chat to people you can see that, whatever they look (5) _______, that person
may be really good (6) _______ and could become a close friend of yours - if
only they were given the (7) _______. The point is, we should take people as they
are and not dismiss them just because they (8) _______ differently from us. You
may ignore someone who could be your best friend just because they are (9)
_______ the wrong jeans. We need to look past the clothes, the tattoos and the
hairstyles and think about personality not (10) _______.
1.

A. decide

B. rule

C. consider

D. judge

2.

A. notice

B. catch

C. remise

D. aware

3.

A. seller

B. designer

C. cutter

D. maker

4.

A. view

B. sight

C. thought

D. picture

5.

A. alike

B. as

C. similar

D. like

6.

A. pleasure

B. laugh

C. fun

D. sport

7.

A. moment

B. opportunity

C. occasion

D. hope

8.

A. dress

B. wear

C. clothe

D. look

9.

A. fitting

B. wearing

C. matching

D. carrying

10.

A. figure

B. form

C. manner

D. appearance

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WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE 007?