1. Yesterday, the government announced a $10 million increase in the town's budget to try and tackle the ______problem that exists. HOUSE

2. Tom’s failure was due not to_______but to his own mistakes. (FORTUNE)

3. Those boys are___________to talk to. INTEREST

4. It is my dream to work in the ship-building industry but unfortunately, there is so much_______ around that I may have to alter my ambitions. EMPLOY

5. Come to my house tomorrow, ______as early as possible. PREFER

6. How long do we have to sit in this police station waiting. It's making me feel very______ watching all these criminals walking past. EASY

7. The modernisation of the factory______productivity but unfortunately, many people lost their jobs. DOUBLE

8._______is the spice of life, says the proverb and everyone should try and do new things and meet new people to avoid becoming bored. VARY

9. The food at the restaurant was simply delicious. I just didn't think there was enough________ VARY

10. My company has spent a lot of money building a new, ______factory which will nearly double production. COMPUTER

giúp mình với , ai nhanh nhất mình sẽ tick người đó  . 1 .the browns ______  a very modern play at the moment . They _______ it, but they _________ some of the jokes .                                                                                                                                                                                 A.are watching /are enjoying / do not understand                                                                                                                                                B.are watching /enjoy / do not understand                                                                                                                                                            C. watches /are enjoying / do not understand                                                                                                                                                    D. watch /are enjoy / understand  

Exercise 10. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to fill each blank in the following passage.

  Hobbies are activities for entertainment. Hobby can cost you almost nothing.

  Music is the most popular. For example, many people play the guitar for (1)                   in their free time. Sports provide other (2)                  hobbies. Cycling, running, tennis, table-tennis are the sports that millions of people play during their free time.

  Some people’s coin collections are wonderful. There are still hundreds of (3)                  collections, such as bottle collections, seashell collections, butterfly collections, and so on.

  For some people, a hobby is a favourite (4)          , like chess. In chess, we need two or more people (5)             .

1. A. fun           B. funny                    C. funnies                  D. funniest

2. A. strange    B. normal                  C. favourite               D. unusual

3. A. another    B. other                     C. others                    D. the other

4. A. exercise   B. game                     C. interest                  D. sports

5. A. play         B. to play                  C. playing                  D. to playing

Exercise 11. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

     It’s important to (1)             well, especially when you are studying. If you are at primary (2)     , you may not go home for lunch and have a cooked meal of meat or (3)                      and vegetables. A chicken and lettuce sandwich, with some (4)               fruit would be a light but (5)           lunch. Many people around the world eat plain, boiled (6)                  two or three times a day. Pupils and students often don’t eat (7)                 when they’re revising for an exam – they eat chocolate and (8)                lots of black coffee! And by the way, doctors say everybody should start the day with healthy (9)                 . It’s also good for you to drink a lot of (10)        through the day.

     1.  A. launching         B. emitting            C. eat                    D. peaking

     2.  A. school              B. weapons           C. spaceships        D. rockets

     3.  A. to                     B. towards            C. with                 D. fish

     4.  A. as soon as         B. fresh                 C. as well as          D. such as

     5.  A. burnt                B. explored           C. went off            D. healthy

     6.  A. rice                   B. audience           C. observatories    D. watcher

     7.  A. sent back          B. returned to        C. well                  D. except for

     8.  A. weightlessness B. drink                C. wavelengths     D. length

     9.  A. space               B. atmosphere       C. vacant              D. breakfast

     10. A. scientists          B. drivers             C. water                D. astronauts

Exercise 9. Read the passage, and then choose the best answers.

     Each country has many good people who take care of others. For example, some of students in the United States often spend many hours as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages or homes for the elderly. They read books to the people in these places, or they just visit them and play games with them or listen to their problems.

     Other young volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or old. They paint, clean up, or repair their houses, do the shopping. For boys who don’t have fathers, there is an organization called Big Brothers. College students and other men take these boys to basketball games or on fishing trips and help them to get to know things those boys usually learn from their fathers.

     Each city has a number of clubs where boys and girls can go and play games. Some of these clubs show movies or hold short trip to the mountains, the beaches, museums, or other places of interest. Most of these clubs use a lot of students as volunteers because they are young enough to understand the problems of younger boys and girls.

     1. What do volunteers usually do to help those who are sick or old in their homes?

          A. They do the shopping, and repair or clean up their house.

          B. They tell them stories and sing dance for them.

          C. They cool, sew, and wash their clothes.

          D. They take them to basketball games.

     2. What do they help boys whose fathers do not live with them?

          A. To learn things about their fathers.

          B. To get to know thing about their fathers.

          C. To get to know things that boys want from their fathers.

          D. To learn things that boys usually learn from their fathers.

     3 .Which activities are NOT available for the students at the clubs?

          A. playing games                               B. learning photography

          C. going to interest places                  D. watching films

     4. Why do they use many students as volunteers? – Because           .

          A. they can understand the problems of younger boys and girls.

          B. they have a lot of free time.

          C. they know how to do the work.

          D. they are good at playing games and learning new things.

5. Where don’t students often do volunteer work?

          A. hospitals          B. orphanages       C. clubs         D. homes for the elderly