Exercise 1: Choose one suitable word in the box to complete each space in the passage.
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An odd spider
Most spiders (1) ________on land, but this spider is (2)________. It spends most of its time(3)________water. How does it (4) ________? It breathes (5) ________making a tent full of air bubbles under (6) ________. First it (7) ________a web in the shape of a bell. Then it fixes it to plants the water. Next it (8) ________up to the top of the water and traps a tiny bubble of air with its (9) ________back legs. It drags the bubble to its home. It does this many (10) ________until its home is (11) ________of air. Then it sits nice web and (12) ________on tiny fish and other water animals

Section III. Read the following passage and choose the suitable word to fill in the blank

easily happen drops sweets shock themselves with way

because accidents anything dangerous catches control them children

Many thousands of children have accidents in their homes. As a result, some children die. The most common .................... (1) are with fire and hot water. Small children often touch pots of boiling water on the stove. The pots fall over and the hot water falls on the children and burns .................... (2) Some children like to play .................... (3) fire. They enjoy striking matches or throwing things on a fire to make it burn brightly. If a fire gets too big, it gets out of .................... (4). Then the house .................... (5) fire. It is very .................... (6) to play with matches. When a child strikes a match, the flame soon burns near his fingers. Then he .................... (7) the match on the floor. Many houses catch fire in this .................... (8)

Some kinds of clothing burn very .................... (9). Many .................... (10) have been badly burned because they have stood near a fire and their clothing has suddenly caught fire.

Although fire and hot water cause most accidents in the home, many children cut .................... (11) with knives. Others get an electric .................... (12). Some children are made very ill from taking their parents’ medicine. Many small children have to go to hospital every year because they thought a box of medicine was a box of .................... (13).

There is only one good way to see to it so that accidents do not .................... (14) in the home: do not touch .................... (15) that is dangerous.

Give the correct form of the words in bracket

1. We are going to give a...... about water pollution (present)

2. Many people have received medical.......because of the disease (treat)

3...........................has caused the problem of air pollution (industry)

4 The................in air pollution was dramatic last year (reduce)

5. Students are taught about............issues at school (environment)

Read the passage and fill in the each blank with ONE suitable word

harms move affects indirect effects

protect harmful leads can caused

EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION

there are different kinds of negative and harmful effects of air pollution. Air pollution (1)......... global warming in a great scale. The global warming (2)................ to the increase of temperatures worldwide, the increase in sea levels and the melting of icebergs. It (3)........... all species on the earth. The effects of air pollution are very (4)....... for health. It causes diferent kinds of diseases like heart attack, cancer,etc. Every year millions of people of all over the world die due to direct or (5)........... effects of air pollution. Acid rain is another efect of air pollution. acid rain can cause great damage to human, animals and crops. Air pollution (6)........... the wild life. Humans and animals face a lot of serious efects due to air pollution. Toxic chemicals present in the air can forrce wildlife species to (7)........ to new place and change their habitat. The toxic pollutants over the surface of the water can also affect sea animals. It is right time (8)......... ourr environment. To create a better place to live, we have to stop the air.

Exercise 13

Read the following passage and choose the most appropriate answer from A,B,C or D to answer questions.

There are many varieties of spider in the American Southwest, but none receives more respect than the western black widow, Latrodectus Hesperus. This poisonous spider, also called the “hour-glass” or “shoe-button” spider for the shape of the red markings on its abdomen, produces a venom 15 times more powerful than that of a rattlesnake. However, few deaths can be blamed on this insect because bites are rare and only a small amount of poison enters the body.

The female adult black widow may reach a length of 1 ¼ inches, while the smaller male averages ¼ inch long. The adult female has a shiny black bulb-shaped abdomen, which distinguishes it from the male of the species. The male is generally brown with red and white markings on its flat underside.

The female adult deposits its eggs in specially constructed sacs that hold from 50 to 250 eggs. The tiny pale spiderlings hatch within a few months and gradually develop into adults in one to two years. Some females live up to three years. The male does not fare so well, as it sometimes suffers the fate of being consumed by the female after the summer mating season.

1. What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. Varieties of spider in the southwestern U.S.

B. Characteristics of Latrodectus Hesperus

C. Poisonous animals of the American Southwest

D. the abdomens of black widow spiders

2. It can be inferred from the passage that rattlesnakes

A. cause more deaths than black widows

B. do not have markings on their bodies

C. are limited in geographical range

D. have more powerful venom than black widows

3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as a difference between a male and female black widow?

A. Its body length B. The shape of its body

C. The potency of its venom D. Its life span

4. In line 7, the word “underside” refers to

A. the portion of the head closest to the ground

B. the legs C. the upper back D. the abdomen

5. According to the passage, the maturation of baby black widow spiders occurs

A. very rapidly B. over a couple of years

C. within several months D. during the summer mating season

There are many varieties of spider in the American Southwest, but none receives more respect than the western black widow, Latrodectus Hesperus. This poisonous spider, also called the “hour-glass” or “shoe-button” spider for the shape of the red markings on its abdomen, produces a venom 15 times more powerful than that of a rattlesnake. However, few deaths can be blamed on this insect because bites are rare and only a small amount of poison enters the body.

The female adult black widow may reach a length of 1 ¼ inches, while the smaller male averages ¼ inch long. The adult female has a shiny black bulb-shaped abdomen, which distinguishes it from the male of the species. The male is generally brown with red and white markings on its flat underside.

The female adult deposits its eggs in specially constructed sacs that hold from 50 to 250 eggs. The tiny pale spiderlings hatch within a few months and gradually develop into adults in one to two years. Some females live up to three years. The male does not fare so well, as it sometimes suffers the fate of being consumed by the female after the summer mating season.

1. What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. Varieties of spider in the southwestern U.S.

B. Characteristics of Latrodectus Hesperus

C. Poisonous animals of the American Southwest

D. the abdomens of black widow spiders

2. It can be inferred from the passage that rattlesnakes

A. cause more deaths than black widows

B. do not have markings on their bodies

C. are limited in geographical range

D. have more powerful venom than black widows

3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as a difference between a male and female black widow?

A. Its body length B. The shape of its body

C. The potency of its venom D. Its life span

4. In line 7, the word “underside” refers to

A. the portion of the head closest to the ground

B. the legs C. the upper back D. the abdomen

5. According to the passage, the maturation of baby black widow spiders occurs

A. very rapidly B. over a couple of years

C. within several months D. during the summer mating season

Fill in each gap with ONE suitable word:

Last Friday was a holiday. It was Independence Day, (1)..........we didn't have to go to school. I slept a little later(2)..........usual. Around ten, my friend, Lan come over to my house. (3)..............packed a picnic basket and then rode to Thien An hill. We (4)..............most of the day there. First,we took a long walk(5)............the hill. Then we play a game of chess. While we were (6)...........the game, it suddenlybegan to rain. Luckily, there was an empty tent (7)............, so we rushed into it had our lunch there. We sat it the tent (8)...............books and chatting to each other until 3pm, but it didn't stop (9)............ Finally, we rode back home (10).................the rain. We had a memorable trip!

I. Put one suitable word in each gap in the following text.

Enjoyment is what drinking wine is all about. However, the more you know, …………… (1) easier it becomes to select the right wines for you or your guests. Wine is basically grape juice to …………… (2) yeast has been added causing it to ferment and produce alcohol. Alcohol is flavourless, so there must be something more …………… (3) wine than this. Many of the secrets of wine lie within the grape. Its pulp is a sugar solution which contains the things that give a wine its fruity flavour. In a dry wine, most of a grape’s sugar has been converted …………… (4) alcohol. In a sweet one, more sugar is left. This can be felt on the …………… (5) of the tongue. The pulp also contains acidity which gives the wine ‘’crispness’’ that makes the mouth water. Too much …………… (6) it can make you wince, too little and the wine could taste dull. The skin contains flavour and tannin. Tannin produces a tingling sensation in the gums and gives a wine firmness. White grapes have their skins removed before fermentation so tannin is only really found in red wines. The pulp of black and white grapes is …………… (7) same pale colour. The fact that the skins of black grapes are left on …………… (8) the wine is fermented gives red wine its colour. The wines which are often considered to be the best are …………… (9) where all the elements balance one another. There are many grape varieties grown in many climates which influence the emphasis given to these features and this is …………… (10) wines can be so wonderfully different.  

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FENG SHUI Feng Shui is the ancient Chinese art of bringing balance to one’s immediate (1) _____ (ROUND). It aims to harness energy flow within the home to make it a nice, healthy place in which to live. Although in the West it has only recently gained (2) _____ (ACCEPT) in China, it is deemed (3) _____ (DISPENSE) to have recourse to a Feng Shui (4) _____ (PRACTICE) before moving house or (5) _____ (AUGUR) a business. On a mundane level, it is the art of furniture placement, but it being (6) _____ (HAUL) thoroughly, (7) _____ (MEAN) philosophical and religious roots are found (8) _____ (PIN) this (9) _____ (VENERATE) art form. The Taoist philosophy out of which it grew sees the world as made up of potent but invisible energy called ‘chi’. Feng Shui aspires to divert this hidden flow to create a (10) _____ (HARMONY) environment. Although this is a(n) (11) _____ (CUSTOM) concept to the Western world, the (12) _____ (SURGE / SWING / TURN) of Feng Shui continues (13) _____ (ABATE). Feng Shui offers some (14) _____ (ESSENTIAL) rules with which to augment the potential of one’s environment. (15) _____ (MOVE) of (16) _____ (ARRAY) is said to promote feelings of (17) _____ (LUCID) and calmness. The utilisation of plants (18) _____ (ACT) the detrimental effect of machinery, computers and so on. Finally, because chi energy enters through the front door, it is (19) _____ (VISION / SIGHT) to keep one’s door in perfect condition to take away any (20) _____ (IMPEDE) to the passage of entering chi energy.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

  Since water is the basis of life, composing the greater part of the tissues of all living things, the crucial problem of desert animals is to survive in a world where sources of flowing water are rare. And since man’s inexorable necessity is to absorb large quantities of water at frequent intervals, he can scarcely comprehend that many creatures of the desert pass their entire lives without a single drop.

   Uncompromising as it is, the desert has not eliminated life but only those forms unable to withstand its desiccating effects. No moist- skinned, water-loving animals can exist there. Few large animals are found. The giants of the North American desert are the deer, the coyote, and the bobcat. Since desert country is open, it holds more swift-footed running and leaping creatures than the tangled forest. Its population is largely nocturnal, silent, filled with reticence, and ruled by stealth. Yet they are not emaciated. Having adapted to their austere environment, they are as healthy as animals anywhere else in the word. The secret of their adjustment lies in the combination of behavior and physiology. None could survive if, like mad dogs and Englishmen, they went out in the midday sun; many would die in a matter of minutes. So most of them pass the burning hours asleep in cool, humid burrows underneath the ground, emerging to hunt only by night. The surface of the sun-baked desert averages around 150 degrees, but 18 inches down the temperature is only 60 degrees.

Question: The title for this passage could be

A. “Man’s Life in a Desert Environment”

B. “Desert Plants”

C. “Animal Life in a Desert Environment”

D. “Life Underground”