Your headache and you sneeze and cough. Your nose is all stuffed up, and it keeps running, so you have to blow it every few minutes. You know by these _____ that you have a cold, and you feel completely miserable. You are not sure if you will live through the day.
Everyone suffers ______ the common cold at some time or other. It isn't a serious illness, but over a billion dollars a year is spent on different kinds of cold medicine every year. This medicine can relieve the symptoms. That is, it can make you cough less. Make your head intense, and stop your nose running for a while. However, it can cure your cold. So far ______ no cure for the common cold and no medicine to prevent it. Althrough there is no cure or preventive medicine for cold, people have all kinds of ideas about _____ prevent and treat cold. Some people think that if you eat a lot of onions, you won't catch cold. Others say that you should avoid getting wet and chilled or you will catch cold. However, this is apparently not so.

1. A. diseases B. fevers C. cures D. symptoms

2. A. about B. from C. of D. with

3. A. it is B. they are C. there is D. there are

4. A. what B. why C. where D. how

Fill each blank with a correct word to complete the passage 

Your head aches and you sneeze and cough. Your _____ (1) is all stuffed up, and it keeps running, so you have to blow it every few minute. You Know by these _____ (2) that you have a cold, and you feel completely _____ (3). YOu are not sure iif you will live through the day. 
     Every one suffers _______ (4) the common cold at some time or orther. It isn't a serious _____ (5), but over a billion dollars a year is spent on diffirent kinds of cold medicine every  year. This medicine every year. This medicine can relieve the symptoms. That is, it can make you cough _____ (6), make your head less intense, and stop your nose _____(7) for a while. However, it can't cure your cold. So far, _____ (8) no cure for the common cold and no medicine to prevent it.

         Although there is no cure or preventive medicine for colds, people have all kinds of  ideas about ____ (9) to prevent and treat colds. Some people think that if you eat a lot of onions, you won't catch cold. ______ (10) say that you should avoid getting wet and chilled, or you will catch cold. However, this is apparently not so.

Read the passage and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D). Write your answers on the answer sheet.

You have a headache and you sneeze and cough. Your nose is all stuffed up, and it keeps running, so you have to blow it every few minutes. You know by these (1)............ that you have a cold, and you feel completely (2)................ . You are not sure if you will live through the day.

Everyone suffers (3)................ the common cold at some time or other. It isn't a serious (4)................, but people spend over a billion dollars a year on diffierent kinds of cold medicine every year. This medicine can relieve the symptoms. That is, it can make you cough (5)................., make your head less intense, and stop your nose (6)............... for a while. However, it can't cure you cold. So far, (7)................ no cure for the common cold and no medicine to prevent it.

(8)................. there is no cure or preventive medicine for colds, people have all kinds of ideas about (9)................. to prevent and treat colds. Some people think that if you eat a lot of onions, you won't catch cold. (10)................... say that you should avoid getting wet and chilled, or you will catch cold. However, this is apparently not so.

1. A. diseases B. fevers C. cures D. symptoms

2. A. sad B. hungry C. miserable D. thirsty

3. A. from B. of C. with D. about

4. A. misery B. illness C. headache D. wrong

5. A. less B. fewer C. much D.more

6. A. walking B. jogging C. running D. flowing

7. A. it is B. there is C. they are D. there are

8. A. Although B. Because C. However D. But

9. A. what B. why C. where D. how

10. A. Other's B. Another C. Others D. Other

đọc đoạn văn sau rồi điền một từ thích hợp vào chỗ trống:

  Your head aches and you sneeze and __________. Your nose is all stuffed up, and it keeps running  so you have to blow it every few minutes. You know by these symtoms that you have a ___________. You feel very unpleasant. You are not sure if you will live through the day.

  Everyone may catch the ___________ cold at sometimes or other. It isn't _____________ serious illness, but people spend a billion dollars on different kind of cold medicine every __________. This medicine can releave the ________. It can make you coughv_________, make your head less intense, and stop your nose running for a while. However , it can't ____________ your cold. So far there __________ no cure for the common cold. There is no medicine ____________ cure it.

You have a headache and you sneeze and cough. Your nose is all stuffed up, and it keeps running, so you have to blow it every few minutes. You know by these ______(21) that you have a cold, and you feel completely ______(22). You are not sure if you will live through the day.

Everyone suffers ______ (23) the common cold at some time or other. It isn’t a serious______(24), but over a billion dollars a year is spent on different kinds of cold medicine every year. This medicine can relieve the symptoms. That is, it can make you cough ______(25), make your head less intense, and stop your nose ______(26) for a while. However, it can cure your cold. So far, ______(27) no cure for the common cold and no medicine to prevent it.

______(28) there is no cure or preventive medicine for colds, people have all kinds of ideas about ______(29) to prevent and treat colds. Some people think that if you eat a lot of onions, you won’t each cold. ______(30) say that you should avoid getting wet and chilled, or you will catch cold. However, this is apparently not so.

1. A. diseases B. fevers C. cures D. symptoms

2. A. sad B. hungry C. miserable D. thirsty

3. A. from B. of C. with D. about

4. A. misery B. illness C. headache D. wrong

5. A. less B. fewer C. much D. more

6. A. walking B. jogging C. running D. flowing

7. A. it is B. there is C. they are D. there are

8. A. Although B. Despite C. In spite D. But

9. A. what B. why C. where D. how

10. A. Other’s B. Another C. Others D. Other

Hoàn tất đoạn văn với từ trong khung và trả lời câu hỏi :

running - there - frome - illness - less - relieve

Everybody suffers _______ the common cold at some time or other. It isn't a serious ______ , but over a billion dollars is spent on different kinds of cold medicine every year. This medicine can _______ the symptoms. That is , it can make you cough ________ , make your head less intense , and stop your nose ______ for a while. However , it can't cure your cold. So far , _______ is no cure for the common cold and no medicine to prevent it.

1. Who can get the common cold ?

2. How much is spent on cold medicine every year ?

3. What can this medicine do ?

4. Can this medicine cure the cold ?

5. Is there any medicine to prevent the common cold ?

Read the text and chchoose T/F

Everyone suffers from the common cold at some time or other . It isn't a serious illness but people spend a lot of money on medicine . The medicine can only relieve the symptoms . That is , it can make you cough less , make you feel better and stop your nose running for awhile . So far , there is no cure for the common cold and no medicine to prevent it . People also drink a lot of hot water with sugar , lemon juice . It helps provide them with a lot of vitamin c

1.the common is a serious illness

2.the medicine can't relieve the stymptoms

3.there is no way for the common cold

4.lemon juice provides a lot of vitamin C

Đọc đoạn văn sau và trả lời câu hỏi bên dưới:

Everyone suffers from the common cold at some time or other. It isn't a serious illness, but people spend a lot of money on medicine. the madicine can only relieve the symptoms. That is, it can make you cough less, make you feel better, and stop your nose running for a while. So far, there is no cure for the common cold and no medicine to prevent it. People also drink a lot of hot water with sugar, lemon juice. It provides them with a lot of vitamin C.

What do you do to prevent it?