Tài liệu Gap filling

1. Choose one suitable word from the box to fill in each gap in the following passage but which is up friend to than going however on have who too man do Your answer Jane usually works in England, but sometimes she works abroad, too. When she isn’t working, she likes (1)…………….. to the cinema and eating in nice restaurants. She isn’t sporty and she doesn’t (2) …………… any exercise, but at least she doesn’t smoke. People say that she (3)……………. open and friendly. She gets (4)………….. well with most people, but she’s sometimes quite shy, (5)…………. For example, she doesn’t like going to parties. She prefers (6)…………… meet friends individually or in small groups. She likes intelligent, funny men (7)……………. make her laugh, and ideally who love music. Physically, she prefers men with dark hair who are not taller (8)…………. her. And she likes men who are good listeners. Her closest (9)………………. is Laura. They often talk about boyfriends and the problems they have. She usually doesn’t talk to her family about that kind of thing. Her mum always says that she looks for the wrong boy, (10)…………… that’s what mothers always say. 1. ……………. 2. ……………. 3. ……………. 4. ……………. 5. ……………. 6. ……………. 7. ……………. 8. ……………. 9. ……………. 10. …………… 2. Choose one suitable word from the box to fill in each gap in the following passage meal make put on which vegetarians stay when keeping because wearing with to another vegetarian other Your answer Some people do not eat meat (1)…………. they believe it is cruel (2)………… animals. This may be because their religion forbids it or because they do not like to think that an animal had to suffer and die just so they could have a (3)…………… Many people who are (4) …………… for this reason also avoid (5)……………. clothes and shoes that are made of animal fur and leather. Some people do not eat meat because they believe it is too expensive. By not buying meat, these vegetarians have more money left over to buy (6)………… kinds of food. Meat is high in protein (7)…………….. is an important element of food that people need to stay alive. Vegetarians (8)………….. sure they get the protein their bodies need by eating other, less expensive types of food like nuts, cheese and milk. (9)…………… people decide to stop eating meat, they must find alternative sources for the nutrients they need to (10)……………. healthy. After a while, a vegetarian diet becomes a regular part of daily life. 1. ……………. 2. ……………. 3. ……………. 4. ……………. 5. ……………. 6. ……………. 7. ……………. 8. ……………. 9. ……………. 10. …………… 3. Choose one suitable word from the box to fill in each gap in the following passage to before studying after has at in which had professional famous who the learn earns Your answer The American actor Brad Pitt probably makes a lot of other men envious, not least because he (1)……………..thousands of dollars for a day’s work and is always in celebrity magazines’ lists of ‘the world’s most beautiful people’. He hasn’t always (2)……………. a glamorous life, however. Before he got his first break in Hollywood, for example, his jobs in Los Angeles included trying to attract customers (3)………… a restaurant by standing outside wearing a chicken costume. Pitt was born in the state of Oklahoma (4)…………..1963, and was interested in films from an early age. At high school, in the state of Missouri, his other hobbies included golf, tennis and swimming. He began (5)……………….. journalism at university, but dropped out when he decided he wanted to try to become a (6)…………… actor. (7)…………… some minor roles in various Hollywood films, Pitt became famous in (8)……….. mid-1990s by playing a police detective in the crime thriller Seven and a psychiatric patient in the science-fiction film Twelve Monkeys. Since then he (9)…………….. been in one successful film after another, including Fight Club (one of a number of films in which he plays unconventional, slightly dangerous characters), Ocean’s Eleven (about a gang of thieves (10)……………….. plan to steal money from Las Vegas casinos), and Troy (in which he plays Achilles, a hero from Ancient Greek mythology). 1. ……………. 2. ……………. 3. ……………. 4. ……………. 5. ……………. 6. ……………. 7. ……………. 8. ……………. 9. ……………. 10. …………… 4. Choose one suitable word from the box to fill in each gap in the following passage for make front when our do brings if which are will bored middle pleasant a Your answer According to geomancers, the way you decorate your house can (1) …………… you happy and healthy or sad and sick. (2)…………. example, a living room looking out a well-aired space (3)………….. health. Rounded ornaments make us easy-going (4)…………… they are in the living room, but deficient if they are in the bedroom. If there are many square and pointed ornaments in the living room, we (5)…………. feel obstructed. Flowing water is sometimes (6)…………. to the eyes and ears but annoyed (7)………….. we want to sleep. If we want to sleep well, we have to place (8)…………bed in the opposite corner with the door and not under the window. We always have a mirror in the bedroom, but do not place it in (9)…………… of the bed. Flowers are good for the living room, but not for bedroom, too. There are also many other things we have to care of if we want to live in a good house. (10)……….. you believe? Try following what I have said and decide yourself. 1. ……………. 2. ……………. 3. ……………. 4. ……………. 5. ……………. 6. ……………. 7. ……………. 8. ……………. 9. ……………. 10. …………… 5. Choose one suitable word from the box to fill in each gap in the following passage the never best which up because difficult most for very what an much although use Your answer To me, English is very interesting. It is not (1)………….. to learn English well. However, it is important to know the (2)……………. effective way of learning. I rarely look (3)………….. new vocabularies but often learn them through reading. At first, I felt it difficult (4) …………… I did not know many vocabularies. However, I try to guess the meaning through (5)…………… information in newspapers and magazines. Only when I can’t guess, will I look them up in the dictionary. I (6)………….. use English-Vietnamese dictionary. My mother bought me an English-English dictionary. It helps me (7) ………….. So, I can (8)…………… those new vocabularies correctly and naturally. I often write diary and compose short stories to improve my writing skill. I may imagine the content or revise (9)……………. I have read from the newspapers and magazines. I also listen to English music and news on radio and TV. It is (10)…………… interesting way of practicing listening. My father bought me an ipod, so that I can record the news and listen again. When I listen, I repeat and mimic the accent. Then, I record my voice and listen again to correct the mistakes myself. It is very useful. Therefore, when I go to English clubs or talk to foreigners, I am praised a lot. 1. ……………. 2. ……………. 3. ……………. 4. ……………. 5. ……………. 6. ……………. 7. ……………. 8. ……………. 9. ……………. 10. …………… 6. Choose one suitable word from the box to fill in each gap in the following passage on during unnecessary moments letting living live probably other so as important allowing another over Your answer In cities in the United States, there are clocks in most stores, factories, and (1)………….buildings. Radio announcers give the correct time (2)………. the day. People here think that it is (3)………. to know the time. Most Americans have watches. They want to do certain things at certain times. They don’t want to be late. Time is not (4)………. important to people everywhere. Suppose you visit a country in South America. You would find that people (5)……. there do not like to rush. If you had an appointment with some friends, they would (6)…….. be late. They would not want to arrive (7) ………….time In South America, even the radio programs may not begin right on time. Nor do the radio people think it important to announce the exact time. In South America, many people think of a clock (8)……….. a machine. They feel that people who do everything on time are (9)……… clocks run their lives. They don’t want a clock or any machine to have that much power (10)……….their lives. 1. ……………. 2. ……………. 3. ……………. 4. ……………. 5. ……………. 6. ……………. 7. ……………. 8. ……………. 9. ……………. 10. …………… 7. Choose one suitable word from the box to fill in each gap in the following passage almost supplies who whose land owning enjoy government most with wealthy into own agree each Your answer Farmland is very important to every country in the world. Farmland (1)……………the food needed by people everywhere. (2)……… owns this land? Farmland may be owned by the farmers who work the land. It may be owned by people who have others farm it. In some places, a (3)……… owns the farmland. In England, many farmers rent their land. Some families have farmed a piece of land for generations without (4)……… it. In Chile, most farmland was once owned by a few (5)……….. landowners. Workers farmed the land for them. But during the 1940s, many landowners divided their land (6)…………..small farms and sold it. Today, there are fewer large farms but many smaller ones. In China, large groups of farmers own most of the (7)……. together. The families in each group (8)……… to raise certain crops and livestock. (9)………… family also owns a small plot for its own use. In the United States, most farmland is owned by the families who farm the land. A few farmers rent their land from others. In the 1990s, (10)……… 90 percent of American farmers owned all or part of the land they farmed. 1. ……………. 2. ……………. 3. ……………. 4. ……………. 5. ……………. 6. ……………. 7. ……………. 8. ……………. 9. ……………. 10. …………… 8. Choose one suitable word from the box to fill in each gap in the following passage lose other using If by also accounts can because of make buyers companies from in that Your answer Go to a city anywhere in Canada. In it you will find people who own businesses, people who work in businesses, and people who buy products and services (1)…………….businesses. One thing keeps the products and services flowing from producers to (2)………..: money. Workers use the money they earn to buy things they need and want. Companies use that money to make more things (3)…….. people need and want. People who start companies also have to convince (4)….. people to invest in them. To get people to invest, companies offer them a chance to (5)……….money. They can do this (6)………..a number of ways. Some companies sell stock. The people who buy stock own a piece of the company. (7)……… the company makes a profit, so will the stockholders. If the company does not do well, stock-holders may lose their money. Businesses (8)……….also sell bonds. People who buy bonds lend their money to the company. To make it worthwhile for lenders, companies pay interest on the money. Businesses also get loans from banks. They pay interest to the bank. The bank uses the money in people’s bank (9)………. to make loans. It pays them interest in exchange for (10)……….. their money. 1. ……………. 2. ……………. 3. ……………. 4. ……………. 5. ……………. 6. ……………. 7. ……………. 8. ……………. 9. ……………. 10. …………… 9. Choose one suitable word from the box to fill in each gap in the following passage together after use being that borrowing useful like made sometimes off by down produce inventions Your answer The English language is different from any other language. Yet, (1) ………..most other languages, ours is always changing. We need new words for new (2)……… and new ideas. Different words come into (3) ………., or older words are used in a new way. English can change by (4)……….. words from other languages. Tomato was borrowed from Mexico and pajamas from India. The word coffee came from Turkey, and tea came from China. Now new space and science words are (5)………. borrowed from other countries, too. New words are also made by adding two words (6)……….. Strawberry, popcorn and grandfather are words made up of two parts. (7)………. new words are shorter form of older words. The word photo was made from photograph by cutting off the end of the longer word. Plane was made by cutting (8)……….the front part of airplane. Smog was made by using only the first two and last two letters from the words smoke and fog. The names of people and products can become new words. Our sandwich was named (9)……….. a man named Sandwich. Scotch Tape, Band-Aid, and Jell-O were names made up by the companies that first (10)………. the products. 1. ……………. 2. ……………. 3. ……………. 4. ……………. 5. ……………. 6. ……………. 7. ……………. 8. ……………. 9. ……………. 10. …………… 10. Choose one suitable word from the box to fill in each gap in the following passage by teaching skills can when like programmer addition do getting could because find make as Your answer Judy Krecek has been (1)………. for twenty-four years. She teaches social studies, language arts, computer (2)……… and other disciplines. Students in her class read and write, (3)………..all students do. Like all elementary school students, they also play pranks on their teacher. (Ms. Krecek’s says they do it out of love) Still, in some ways Ms. Krecek’s classroom is not like other classrooms. (4)……… students do not recognize words, they spell them out loud instead of pointing to them. Students listen to recorded stories instead of stories read (5)……….their teacher. Their tests are recorded, too. Students must always sit in the same seats for every class. In (6) ………, Ms. Krecek uses a talking clock calculator. She does things this way (7)…….. she is blind. When M. Krecek first got her teaching license, she had trouble (8) ………..a job. Many people did not think a blind person (9) ……….control a class. The principal who hired Ms. Krecek wasn’t concerned. All he wanted to know was if she could teach. Ms. Krecek is a tough teacher who pushes her students to (10)……… their best. To them, she is simply a teacher-not the blind teacher. Here’s how Judy Krecek feels about her job. “I love teaching because I can touch children’s lives and make a difference. ” 1. ……………. 2. ……………. 3. ……………. 4. ……………. 5. ……………. 6. ……………. 7. ……………. 8. ……………. 9. ……………. 10. ……………