Các dạng bài tập ngữ âm và từ vựng tiếng Anh - p1 PDF
Các dạng bài tập ngữ âm và từ vựng tiếng Anh - p1 PDF
Các dạng bài tập ngữ âm và từ vựng tiếng Anh - p1 PDF
N H A X U A T B A N D A I H O C SU P H A M
C A C D AN G BAI T A P
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ti/ vung
t i p ;n g a n h
TIENG ANH
Parti
PHONETICS (NGUrAM)
A. PRONOUNCIATION
S O U N D D IS C R IM IN A TIO N 1
3. EY:
Ex:
5. UI:
Ex:
But:
But:
Cumulative practice
W hich o f the follow ing words is pronounced differently
from the others?
1. a. evening
b. key
c. envelope
d. secret
2. a. light
b. fine
c. knife
d.. principle
3.
a. farm
b. card
c. bare
d. m arvelous
4.
a. both
b. bottle
c. Scotland
d. cotton
5.
a. park
b. farm
c. warm
d. m armalade
b. p u re'
c. picture
d. culture
b. failure
c. fairly
d. painted
b. cover
c. economical
d. ceiling-*
b. sew
c. few
d. nephew
b. library^
c. willing
d. if
6. a. nature
7.
a. faithful
8. a. country
9.
a. n e w .
10. a. with
S O U N D D IS C R IM IN A T IO N 2
2. EA:
Ex:
3. EE:
Ex:
4. El:
Ex:
Cumulative practice
W hich o f the following words is pronounced differently
from the others?
1. a. reliable
b. liquid
c. revival
d. final
2 . a. houses
b. faces
c. horses
d. places
3.
a. pudding
b. put
c. pull
d. puncture
4.
a. sovereign
b. fountain
c. determine
d. routine
5.
a. beard
b. word
c. heard
-d. third
6. a. ghost
b. hostage
c. lost
d. frosty
7.
b. cherish
c. chaos
d. scholar
8. a. measure
b. pleasure
c. treasure
d. ensure
9.
b. could
c. would
d. put
b. thanks
c. think
d.' father
a. chorus
a. mouse -
10. a. three
S O U N D D IS C R IM IN A T IO N 3
Spellings of Sounds le i
The English vowel /e/ normally appears in the following
spelling forms:
1. Letter E in words of monosyllable ending with one or more
consonants (except R), or in a stressed syllable of a word:
Ex:
2. EA:
Ex:
3. El:
Ex:
4. Special case:
Ex:
Cumulative practice
W hich o f the follow ing words is pronounced differently
from the others?
1. a- lively
b. kite
c. driven
d. bite
2. a / sale*
b. band^
c. sand
d. tan
c. decided
d. coincided
\Jb. looked
3.
a. started
4.
a. blow
b. show
c. hole
d . cow
5.
a. sung
,b. supper
c. supply
d. nun
6. a.v mule
b. mug
c. mud
d. multiply
7.
a. cats
b. tapes
c. lives
d. cooks
8. a. ground
^b. should
c. about
d. am ount
b. bread
c. ahead
v d. m e a n /
b. other
c. there
\d. breathe
9.
a. weather
10. a. author
S O U N D D IS C R IM IN A TIO N 4
Spellings of Sounds /*/
Spelling o f Sound //: The English vowel /ae/ norm ally appears in
the following spelling forms:
1. Letter A in words of monosyllable ending with one or more
consonants:
Ex:
But:
stranger /ei/
Cumulative practice
W hich o f the follow ing words is pronounced differently
from the others?
1. a. feather
b. leather
c. feature
d. m easure
c. advertising d. arising
d. photography
c. classify^
2. a. practising
b. amusing
3.
a. geology
b. psychology
4.
a. walks
j b. begins
c. helps
d. cuts
5.
a. idiom
b. ideal
c. item
d. identical
6 . a. blow
b. show
c. hole
7.
b. supper
c. supply
d. nun
8. a. mule
b. mug
c. mud
d. multiply
9.
a. cats
b. tapes
d. cooks
10. a. ground
j b. should
Cv lives
c. about
a. sung
v d. cow
d. amount
S O U N D D IS C R IM IN A T IO N 5
But:
2. EU:
Ex:
3. Special case:
Ex:
Cumulative practice
W hich o f the follow ing words is pronounced differently
from the others?
1. a. candy
b. sandy
c. many
d. handy
2. a. earning
b. learning
c. searching
-d. clearing
3. a. waited
b. mended
c. naked
d. faced *
4.
a. given
b. risen
c. ridden
-d . whiten
5.
a. cough-
b. tough
c. rough
d. enough
6. a. accident
b. jazz
c. stamps
d. watch
b. thick
c. maths
d. thin
8. a. gas
b. gain
d. goods
9.
b. nought
c. germ
/\
c. plough
b. gear
c. fear
d. pear
a. bought
10. a. spear
d. thought
S O U N D D IS C R IM IN A T IO N 6
2. OU:
Ex:
But:
Cumulative practice
W hich o f the follow ing words is pronounced differently
from the others?
1. a. enough
b. rough
c. laugh
d. though
2. a. stage
b. village
c. manage
d. package
3.
a. license
b. combine
c. seaside
d. police
4.
a. some
b. done
c. once
d. home
5.
a. not
b. nobody
c. wrote
d. spoken
b. born
c. work
d. boring
6. a. before
10
7.
a. bee
b. beer
8. a. peach
9.
b.
a. sound
10. a. design
teach
d. flee
c. seem
d. meat
,c. nieasure
Jo. touch
c. down
d. account
\b. preserve
5
c. basic
d. physical
S O U N D D I S C R IM IN A T IO N 7
Spellings of Sounds I d I
The English vowel Id/ normally appears in the following
spelling forms:
1. Letter A in the stressed syllable of words of monosyllable
beginning with W:
Ex:
But:
Cumulative practice
W hich o f the following words is pronounced differently
from the others?
Jt
1. a. hear
b. clear
/ c. bear
d. ear
b. great
c. beat
d. beak
3.v a. blood
b. pool
c. food
d. tool
4.
b. unique
c. unit
,d . undo
5. ^a. mouse
b. could
c. would
6. a. faithful
b. failure
c. fairly
7.
b. court
c. pour
2.
a. heat
a. university
a. course
8. a. worked
9.
a. new
10. a. sun
b. stopped
v b. sew
b. sure
d. putfainted
V d. courage
v c. forced
d. wanted
c. few
d. nephew
c. success
d. sort
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SOUND DISCRIMINATION 8
Spellings of Sounds I d:I
The English vowel /^./normally appears in the follow ing
spelling forms:
1. Letter A in words o f monosyllable ending with L L
Ex:
But:
shall//ael/
2. AU in most cases:
Ex:
3. AW in all cases:
Ex:
6. OU:
Ex:
Cumulative practice
W hich o f the follow ing words is pronounced differently
from the others?
1. a. faithful
b. failure
c. fairly
d. fainted
2. a. course
b. court
c. coursing
d. courage
3.
a. worked
b. stopped
c. forced
d. wanted
4.
a. bought
b. nought
c. plough
d. cough
5.
a. do
kJ
c. brother
d. som etim es
b. clothes
c. both
d. boat
b. cHmb
c. sign
d. limb
b. receive
c. weight
d. great
6. a. cloth
7.
a. reply
8. a. neighbour
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. mother
9.
a. double
10. a. lose
b. round
c. allow
d. south
b. rude
c. comb
d. fruit
S O U N D D ISC R IM IN A TIO N 9
* Spellings of Sounds /u/
The English vowel /u/ normally appears in the following
spelling forms:
1. Letter O
Ex:
bosom, movie
2. OU:
Ex:
3. 0 0 :
Ex:
4. Letter U:
Ex:
5. Special case:
Ex:
Cumulative practice
W hich o f the following words is pronounced differently
from the others?
1.
a. ^ pUrity
2 . a. see
b. burning
c. cure
d. durable
b. seen
c. sportsman
d. sure
c. plural
3.
a. pull
b. sugar
4.
a. course
b. court
5. ,a. bark
b. share
6. a. cotton
b. bottle
7.
a. dear
8 . a. bury
9.
a. fork -
10. a. shout
>id. study
c. courage
d. cough
c. dare
a. bare
JC.
cold
d. common
b. hear
c. bear
d. clear
b. curtain
c. burn
d. turn
b. work
c. pork
d. corn
b. sugar
c. share
d. surgery
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SOUND DISCRIMINATION 10
Spellings of Sounds lu:l
The English vowel Ixi'J normally appears in the follow ing
spelling forms:
1. Letter 0
Ex:
2. 0 0 :
Ex:
booth, cool, food, goose, soot, spoon, tool, tooth, bam boo,
cuckoo, doomsday, zoo.
3. OU:
Ex:
4. Letter U:
Ex:
5. UI:
Ex:
Cumulative practice
W hich o f the follow ing words is pronounced differently
from the others?
1. a. put
b. cut
c. run
d. son
2. a. hope
b. soap
c. home
d. rob
3.
a. ship
b. sheep
c. deep
d. green
4.
a. tooth
b. hood
c. book
d. look
5.
a. joke
b. yet
c. Europe
d. use
6. a. nice
b. price
c. rice
d. pink
7.
b. mile
c. still
d. Uke
8. a. noon
b. took
c. look
d. book
a. poor
b. tour
c. pool ^
d. sure
b. flour
c. floor
d. found
9.
a. size
10. a. flower
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SOUND DISCRIMINATION 11
Spellings of Sounds 13:1
The English vowel /3:/normally appears in the following
spelling forms:
1. EA
Ex:
But:
ocea n /9 u/an/,
3. Special case:
Ex:
Cumulative practice
W hich o f the following words is pronounced differently
from the others?
1. a. leather
b. feather
c. teacup
d. pleasure
2 . a. about
b. count
c. shout
d. wounded
3.
a. title
b. icon
c. httle
d. hide
4.
a. tour
b. course
c. court
d. pour
5.
a. bank
b. back
c. bark
d. baggy
b. breath
c. tooth
d. with
b. measure
c. rise
d. pause
b. longer
c. finger
d. stronger
b. punched
c. pleased
d. pushed
b. magazines
c. newspapers d. vegetables
6 . a. myth
7.
a. please
8 . a. singer
9.
a. packed
10. a. biscuits
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SOUND DISCRIMINATION 12
Spellings of Sounds /a/
The English vowel /a/ normally appears in the follow ing
spelling forms:
1. Letter A in most o f the unstressed syllable of a word.
Ex:
Cumulative practice
W hich of the follow ing words is pronounced differently
from the others?
1. a. butter
b. put
c. sugar
d. push
2. a. few
b. new
c. threw
d. knew
3.
a. pretty
b. get
c. send
d. well
4.
a. grew
b. threw
c. knew
d. flew
5.
a. close
b. chose
c. lose
d. rose
6. a. beard
b. fur
c. search
d. prefer
a. are
b. fair
c. there
d. wear
b. living
c. revival
d. final
b. nasty
c. tasty
d. wastage
b. read
c. dead
d. recede
7.
8. a. reliable
9.
a. hasty
10. a. bead
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SOUND DISCRIMINATION 13
Spellings of Sounds /ei/
The English vowel /ei/ normally appears in the following
spelling forms:
1. Letter A is pronounced as leil:
a/ In a syllable just before the final ION and IAN
Ex:
But:
But:
4. EA as in:
Ex:
5. EI as in:
Ex:
6 . EY as in:
Ex:
Cumulative practice
W hich o f the follow ing words is pronounced differently
from the others?
1. a. bought
b. daughter
2 . a. sure
b. soup
c. cough
r
-c. sugar
d. sight,
v '
d. machine
b. bury
c. nut
4. *-a. measure
b. decision
c. permission d. pleasure
5.
b. chose
3.
a. but
a. lose
si s
- c. close
d. young
d. dose
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6 . a. position
b. oasis
7.
b. zone
c. desert
I/
c. phone
8. . , a. give
b. five
c. hive
d. dive
9.
b. stomach
c. match
d. catch
b. ready
c. puppy
.d . occupy
a. stone
a. switch
10. a. study
d. resort
-,d. none
S O U N D D IS C R IM IN A T IO N 14
But:
Cumulative practice
W hich o f the follow ing words is pronounced differently
from the others?
1. a. lazy
b. lapel
c. label
d. labourer
2. a. while
b. which
c. who
d. white
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3.
a. come
b. roll
c. comb
d. grow
4.
a. blood
b. prove
c. rude
d. souvenir
5.
a. hour
b. honest
c. heir
d. hospital
6. a. guilty
b. busy
c. bury
d. build
7.
b. sew
c. blue
d. flew
8 . a. many
b. guess
c. pleasant
d. leading
9.
b. heard
c. heart
d. word
b. bought
c. board
d. normal
a. suit
a. thirst
10. a. choose
S O U N D D I S C R I M I N A T I O N 15
Spellings of Sounds k#l
The English vowel h i / normally appears in the following
spelling forms:
1. EA
Ex:
3. Special case:
Ex:
peer /pi/, idea /aidi a7, Ian /ran/, heird /wia/, weird /wiad/
Cumulative practice
W hich o f the follow ing words is pronounced differently
from the others?
1. a. watch
b. want
c. bank
d, what
2. a. low
b. bow
c. know
d. slow
b. passion
c. tissue
d. vessel
c. tasty
d. wastage
b. knew
c. sew
d. few
b. t8ttib
c. comb
d. dome
a. says
b. bays
c. days
d. rays
8. a. none
b. t6mb
c. tongue
d. onion
3.
a. issue
4.
a. hasty
5.
a. dew
6 . a. home
7.
<b. nasty
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9 . a. companion
d. compartment
10. a. loose
b. lose
d. dose
c. cease
S O U N D D I S C R I M I N A T I O N 17
Spellings of Sounds /ea/
The English vowel /ea/ normally appears in the follow ing
spelling forms:
1. Letter A in words o f monosyllable or in a stressed syllable of a
word when A stands before RE:
Ex:
3. EA:
Ex:
4. EI:
Ex:
heir, their
Cumulative practice
W hich o f the follow ing words is pronounced differently
from the others?
1. a. disease
b. display
c. increase
d. discount
2. a. examine
b. famine
c. determine
d. miner
3.
a. descend
b. decent
c. delicious
d. percentage
4.
a. knowledge
b. flower
c. shower
d. coward
5.
a. thrill
b. third
c. enthusiasm d. thus
6. a. practice
b. device
c. service
d. office
7.
b. command
c. common
d. com m unity
c. leaver
d. cream v
c. faint
d. paint
c. flow
d. flour
a. complete
8. a. release
9.
pleasure
a. explanation b. main
10. a. power
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D.
b. tower
SOUND DISCRIMINATION 18
Spellings of Sounds /ua/
The English vowel /ua/ normally appears in the following
spelling forms:
1. 0 0 in words o f monosyllable ending in R:
Ex:
moor, poor
But:
door, floor
2. OU:
Ex:
Cumulative practice
W hich o f the follow ing words is pronounced differently
from the others?
1/ a. teacher
b. deaf
c. reach
d. team
2 . a. call
b. curtain
c. contain
d. cell
3.
a. your
b. four
c. poured
d. hour
4.
a. poor
b. mood
c. shoot
d. hood
5.
a. sun
b. sure
c. success
d. sort
b. fur
c. search
d. prefer
b. laughter
c. taught
d. caught
b. wash
c. wall
d. walk
b. decision
c. pleasure
d. perm ission
b. fair
c. there
d. wear
6 . a. beard
7.
a. daughter
8 . a. warm
9.
a. measure
10. a. M e
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SOUND DISCRIMINATION 19
Spellings of Sounds /au/
The
English
diphthong
/au/
normally
appears
in
the
following spelling :
1. 0 is pronounced as /au/:
a1 When it is at the end of a word:
Ex:
But:
But:
coal, coat, foam, goat, loan, road, soap, roast, toast, coast.
But:
broad/brD:d/
3. OU:
Ex:
4. OW:
Ex:
Cumulative practice
W hich o f the follow ing words is pronounced differently
from the others?
1. a. come
b. comfort
c. some
d. comb
2. a. w ear
b. ear
c. hear
d. n ear
3.
a. call
b. cup
c. coat
d. ceiling
4.
a. garland
b. garlic
c. garage
d. garden
5.
a. owl
b. cow
c. arrow
d. powder
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6 . a. brother
b. think
c. the
d. they
7.
b. prefer
c. grocer
d. louder
8 . a. leaf
b. deaf
c. of
d. wife
9.
b. luggage
c. m anage
d. dam age
b. eve
c.
d. weight
a. thunder
a. teenage
10. a. height
mind
S O U N D D IS C R IM IN A T IO N 20
English
diphthong
/au/normally
appears
in
the
2 . OU ->/au9/ as in:
Ex:
3. OW:
Ex:
Cumulative practice
W hich o f the follow ing words is pronounced differently
from the others?
1. a. rough
b. sum
c.
utter
d. union
2. a. noon
b. tool
c.
blood
d. spoon
3.
a. chemist
b. chicken
c.
church
d. century
4.
a. thought
b. tough
c.
taught
d. bought
5.
a. pleasure
b. heat
c.
meat
d. feed
6. a. chalk
b. champagne c.
machine
d. ship
7.
b. hide
c.
tide
d. fly
8. a. put
b. could
c.
push
d. moon
9.
b. town
c.
power
d. slow
b. naked
c.
asked
d. liked
a. kmt
a. how
10. a. talked
SOUND DISCRIMINATION 21
Pronunciation of The Endings - S
The Endings - S (in plural nouns, singular verbs of the third
persons in simple present tense and possessive case)
1. If the word ends in Is z / 3 t / dj/, the ending a is pronounced
/iz/:
To wash -> he washes
Orange ->two oranges
Charles >Charlesj| book
/iz/
2. If the word ends in a voiceless consonant except /s /
ending s is pronounced Is/:
tJ7, the
Cumulative practice
W hich o f the follow ing words is pronounced differently
from the others?
1. a. airports
b. windows
c. rooms
d. pens
2. a. dinners
b. cups
c. cars
d. dictionaries
3.
a. bridges
b. doors
c. buses
d. classes
4.
a. recorders
b. desks
c. flats
d. caps
5.
a. gates
b. helps
c. kisses
d. maps
6 . a. says
b. plays
c. days
d. raise
7.
b. during
c. pure
d. cure
8 . a. than
b. theatre
c. theory
d. thorough
9.
b. released
c. rained
d. follow ed
b. come
c. love
d. home
a. pull
a. im agined
10. a. some
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SOUND DISCRIMINATION 22
Pronunciation of the Endings - ed
The Endings - ED (regular verbs in the past)
1. If the verb ends in Id/ or Itl, the ending ED is pronounced /id/
To post he posted
To need -h e needed
2. If the verb ends in a voiced sound except IdJ, the ending ED is
pronounced Id/:
To listen -h e listened
To study -h e studied
3. If the verb ends in a voiceless consonant except It/, the ending
ED is pronounced Itl:
To like ->he liked
To stop ->he stopped
Cumulative practice
W hich o f the follow ing words is pronounced differently
from the others?
1. a. finished
b. learned
c. lived
d. changed
2 . a. enjoyed
b. moved
c. shined
d. laughed
3.
a. liked
b. hanged
c. helped
d. watched
4.
a. hated
b. watched
c. washed
d. kissed
5.
a. hated
b. watched
c. washed
d. kissed
b. show
c. brown
d. towel
b. ceiling
c. recover
d. economy
b. sew
c. few
d. nephew
b. there
c. things
d. thought
b. brown
c. cow
d. know
6. a. down
7.
a. country
8 . a. new
9.
a. think
10. a. how
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SOUND DISCRIMINATION 23
Pronunciation of Letter A, E, I (Y), O, U
*The letters a, e, i (y), o, u have different pronunciations in
deferent types o f syllables.
*For example, the letter a is pronounced /ae/ in a close syllable (am
tiet dong), /el/ in an open syllable (am tiet md), lo\l in an r
syllable (am tiet co r) and /ea/ in an re syllable (am tiet co re)
A -/ae/: fat (a close syllable ends in a consonant)
/el/: fate (an open syllable ends in a silent e)
/a:/: far (an r syllable ends in r)
/ea/: fare (a re syllable ends in re)
* The following table shows the pronunciations of the above five
vowel letters.
1. The
2. The
3. The r
4. The
close
syllable
re
syllable
open
syllable
/ae/fat
/ei/ fate
la:l far
/ea/ fare
/e/ met
ly.l mete
/ 3:/ merge
/la/ mere
i(y)
lai/ fine
/ 3 / fir
/ala/ fire
lol not
/au/ note
Id/ nor
/Da/ snore
/ a/ cut
/ju:/ cute
/j us/ cure
xinh xan
cho hu
spelling
syllable
E -*
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I->
/i/: it, this, did, kid, bid, bit, sit, with, in, ink
laiJ: fine, line, dine, combine, sine, arrive, hive
/ 3 : l : fir, stir, mirt, skirt, dirt, first, shirt
/ala/: fire, tire, tired, acquire, require, admire
lol: not, dog, fog, cod, nod, toss, moss, boss
/au/: note, code, mode, ode, denote, remote, rode
Id: nor, or, for, resort, sort, torture, escort
/ 3a/: more, score, before, restore, store, fore, sore, bore, shore
O ->
U ->
Cumulative practice
W hich o f the following words is pronounced differently
from the others?
1. a. about
b. amount
c. should
d. ground
2. a. saddle
b. case
c. chase
d. basem ent
3.
a. drummer
b. future
c. number
d. umbrella
4.
a. flame
b. fame
c. came
d. manner
5.
a. darkness
b. warmth
c. market
d. remark
b. pullover
c. under
d. funny
b. floor
c. hook
d. cooker
b. bright
c. fight
d. sight
b. rose
c. cover
d. chosen
b. village
c. mange
d. stage
6 . a. hunt
7.
a. book
8. a. figure
9.
a. over
10. a. baggage
S O U N D D I S C R I M I N A T I O N 24
Spellings of Sounds /p b t d/
2. B (regualar):
Ex:
4. D (regular):
Ex:
Cumulative practice
W hich o f the follow ing words is pronounced differently
from the others?
1. a. book
b. put
c. brook
d. booth
2. a. orchestra
b. chasm
c. chemical
d. orchard
3.
4.
a. nourish
b. flourish
5.
a. pudding
b. puncture
c. put
d. cushion
b. teeth
c. though
d. there
b. excite
c. timber
d. dive
b. draught
c. naughty
d. plaudit
b. congestion
c. suggestion
d. question
b. copy
c. dolphin
d. colonel
6. a. breathe
7.
a. describe
8. a. slaughter
9.
a. devotion
10. a. copper
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SOUND DISCRIMINATION 25
Spellings of Sounds /kg/
A. Spellings of Sound /k/: The English
consonants /k/
king, back
3. C except before E, I or Y:
Ex:
But:
4. CH in some words
Ex:
5. QU in a few words:
Ex: conquer /konks/, liquor / liks/, lacquer, plaque, quay /ki:/
B. Spellings o f Sound /g/: The English consonants /g/
norm ally appears in the following spelling forms:
1. G (regular):
Ex:
get, give
exact, examine
But:
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Cumulative practice
Which o f the follow ing words is pronounced differently
from the others?
1. a. disguise
b. bruise
c. cruise
d. suit
2 . a. honorable
b. honesty
c. historic
d. heir
3.
p creature
b. cleaner
c. creamy
d. cleanse
4.
a. police
- ascent
b. seize
c. machine
d. veil
b. parachute
c. mission
d. vicious
b. scenic
c. epidemic
d. level
b. lose
c. both
d. goes
b. but
c. busy
d. bunch
b. cheap
c. chemist
d. child
b. stain
c. laid
d. hair
5.
6. a. penalty
7.
a. those
8. a. bus
9.
a. chair
10. a. wait
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1. F (regular)
Ex:
fine, off
2. PH (regular):
Ex:
3. GH in a few words:
Ex:
B. Spellings
consonants
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/v/
2. F (single word):
Ex: o f lovl weak form /av/
3. PH (single word)
Ex:
Cumulative practice
W hich o f the follow ing words is pronounced differently
from the others?
1. a. grammar
b. damage
c. mammal
d. drama
2 . a. both
b. tenth
c. myth
d. with
3.
a. gate
b. gem
c. gaze
d. gaudy
4.
a. thus
b. thumb
c. sympathy
d. then
5.
a. lavs
b. says
c. stays
d. plays
6 . a. scholarship b. chaos
c. cherish
d. chorus
7.
b. minor
c. rival
d. trivial
8 . a. message
b. privilege
c. college
d. collage
9.
b. rehearse
c. hearsay
d. endearment
b. typical
c. cynicism
d. hypocrite
a. sign
a. beard
10. a. dynam ic
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heat, hot
3. H is silent:
a/ before a strongly stressed vowel:
Ex:
Cumulative practice
W hich o f the follow ing words is pronounced differently
from the others?
1. a. yoghurt
b. university
c. yes
d. jeans
2. a. think
b. they
c. these
d. there
3.
a. thin
b. those
c. thirst
d. three
4.
a. put
b. cut
c. pull
d. push
5.
a. tool
b. wool
c. pool
d. fool
6. a. nature
b. change
c. gravity
d. basic
7.
b. vision
c. cylinder
d. muscle
b. promise
c. service
d. expertise
b. biscuit
c. guilty
d. building
b. crescent
c. ancient
d. m achine
a. discipline
8. a. office
9.
a. suitable
10. a. patient
S O U N D D I S C R I M I N A T I O N 28
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ship, w a s h / w d / /
///n o r m a lly
4. Special case:
Ex:
Cumulative practice
W hich o f the follow ing words is pronounced differently
from the others?
1. a. enough
b. cough
c. though
d. rough
2. a. few
b. sew
c. blew
d. new
3.
a. chooses
b. houses
c. rises
d. horses
4.
a. suit
b. seven
c. sugar
d. sun
5.
a. accurate
b. accept
c. accident
d. success
b. motor
c. total
d. proper
b. cassette
c. fashion
d. passion
b. doubt
c. bought
d. scout
b. purchase
c. surface
d. palace
b. recent
c. descent
d. realise
6. a. slogan
7.
a. sugar
8 . a. allow
9.
a. replace
10. a. absent
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SOUND DISCRIMINATION 29
Spellings of Sounds Is zJ
A. Spelling o f /z/: The English consonants / zJ norm ally
appears in the follow ing spelling forms:
1. S (usual spelling)
Ex:
2. C before E, I, Y:
Ex:
deserve, praise
plays, dogs
5. Special case:
Ex: Mrs /misiz/, houses /hau ziz/ plural of house /hao s/
Cumulative practice
W hich o f the follow ing words is pronounced differently
from the others?
1. a. butter
b. put
c. sugar
d. push
2. a. great
b. bread
c. break
d. steak
3.
a. weight
b. height
c. eight
d. vein
4.
a. too
b. food
c. soon
d. good
5.
a. would
b. about
c. round
d. out
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6.
a. enough
b. cough
c. though
d. rough
7.
a. few
b. sew
c. knew
df new
8.
a. chooses
b. houses
c. rises
d. horses
9.
a. suit
b. seven
c. sugar
d. sun
b. accept
c. accident
d. success
10. a. accurate
S O U N D D I S C R I M I N A T I O N 30
Spellings of Sounds Its d 5/
A. Spelling o f /tJ7: The English consonants /t / / normally
appears in the follow ing spelling forms:
1. CH and TCH:
Ex:
church, match
3. TI in - STION:
Ex:
qu estion /k w es t/n /
3. DG (E):
Ex:
4. Special words:
Ex: soldier /sa'uldsa/, procedure /prasi^dj/, Greenwich /gnnidj/, gaol
/djeil/
Cumulative practice
W hich o f the follow ing words is pronounced differently
from the others?
1. a. hard
b. father
c. rather
d. sacrifice
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2. a. dosage
3. a. question
b. voyage
c. massage
b. protection
c. aviation
d. carriage
d. exception
4.
a. assume
b. sure
c. size
d. soup
5.
a. chin
b. charity
c. chip
d. character
b. though
c. thank
d. think
b. myth
c. both
d. tenth
b. garage
c. garden
d. garland
b. therefore
c. theatre
d. than
b. rabbit
c. rabies
d. rank
6. a. thick
a. with
7.
8. a. garlic
a. though
9.
10. a. rack
S O U N D D I S C R I M I N A T I O N 31
Spellings of Sounds 11m/
A. Spelling o f /I/: The English consonants f\J normally
appears in the follow ing spelling forms:
1. L (regular):
Ex:
Cumulative practice
W hich o f the follow ing words is pronounced differently
from the others?
1. a. bury
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b. friendly
c. pretty
d. pleasant
2 . a. chorus
b. cherish
c. chaos
d. scholarship
3.
a. creature
b. decent
c. league
d. menace
4.
a. measure
b. dreadful
c. treasure
d. breathe
5.
a. danger
b. angel
c. anger
d. magie
6 . a. complain
b. bargain
c. ascertain
d. ascertain
7.
b. sugar
c. scholarship d. conscious
8 . a. dynamic
b. hypocrite
c. cynicism
d. typical
9.
b. penalty
c. poetic
d. convenient
b. collage
c. college
d. message
a. brochure
a. heroine
10. a. privilege
S O U N D D I S C R I M I N A T I O N 32
Spellings of Sounds In q/
A. Spelling o f In/: The English consonants InJ normally
appears in the following spelling forms:
1. N (regular):
Ex:
now, run
2. Syllabic N:
Ex:
Cumulative practice
Which of the follow ing words is pronounced differently
from the others?
1. a. lazy
b. lapel
c. label
d. labourer
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2 . a. while
b. which
c. who
d. white
3.
a. come
b. roll
c. comb
d. grow
4.
a. blood
b. prove
c. rude
d. souvenir
5.
a. hour
b. honest
c. heir
d. hospital
6 . a. dealt
b. dreamt
c. heal
d. iealous
a. foul
b. brooch
c. soul
d. foal
8. a. colonel
b. journal
c. infernal
d. mournful
b. laughter
c. naughtv
d. slaughter
b. union
c. usage
d. university
7.
9.
a. taught
10. a. umbrella
S O U N D D I S C R I M I N A T I O N 33
consonants
Irl
2. I, E before /a/:
Ex:
pronunciation/pranAnsiei/n /
well, swim
2. U in QU (usual)
Ex:
4. U in GU when unstressed:
Ex:
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language AaeVjgwidj/
5. Special case:
Ex:
Cumulative practice
W hich o f the following words is pronounced differently
from the others?
1. a. wild
b. driven
c. ahve
d. sign
2. a. sword
b. word
c. bird
d. heard
3.
a. penalty
b. scenic
c. epidemic
d. level
4.
a. practiced
b. raised
c. rained
d. followed
5.
a. head
b. heat
c. seat
d. need
6 . a. food
b. look
c. took
d. good
7.
b. sight
c. sing
d. same
8 . a. nourish
b. flourish
c. courageous d. southern
9.
b. sacred
c. needed
d. walked
b. houses
c. rises
d. horses
a. sure
a. naked
10. a. chooses
manure
mature
cigar
cadet
patrol
divine
marine
police
finance
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Practice 1
1. Which word is stressed on the second syllable?
a.
sugar
b.
typical
c.
complain
d.
topic
them
b.
above
c.
idiom
d.
ideal
parade
b.
com passion
c.
resemble
d.
beautiful
breather
b.
orchestra
c.
pursuit
d.
recruit
feather
b.
mature
c.
leather
d.
chorus
W ORD STRESS 2
stress of 2-syllable W ords
Two-syllable words which begin with such prefixes as: A - AB ABS - AD - AC - CO - COL - CON - COR - BE - ETC, take the
stress on the second syllables.
EX:
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aboard
degrade
object (v)
abstain
eject
outgrow
address
embark
pred i ct
because
forbid
withdra w
collect
immense
unstressed
Practice 2
1. Which word is stressed on the second syllable?
a.
ceremony
b.
comprose
c.
calculate
d.
caravan
complete
b.
company
c.
comment
d.
comical
comedy
b.
comfortable
c.
command
d.
company
com m entary
b.
legal
c.
model
d.
alert
voluntary
b.
necessary
c.
com pulsory
d.
stationary
W ORD STRESS 3
stress of 2-syllable Words
Two-syllable words take the stress on the first syllables when
these first syllables are not prefixes.
EX:
abbey
candy
German
active
carrot
handsome
always
carry
kitchen
answer
cautions
labour
baker
druggist
optics
Practice 3
1. Which word is not stressed on the first syllable?
a.
practice
b.
question
c.
ago
d.
orange
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title
b.
destiny
c.
thorough
d.
advice
journal
b.
infernal
c.
internal
d.
fraternal
hearsay
b.
endear
c.
rehearse
d.
poetic
brochure
b.
conscious
c.
dynamic
d.
hypocrite
W O R D STRESS 4
transfer
unseen
surround
transform
untaught
survive
transform
within
suspend
unborn
without
transcribe
unsaid
withstand
Practice 4
1. Which word is stressed on the second syllable?
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a.
famous
b.
curious
c.
suspicious
d.
numerous
transfer
b.
cushion
c.
stumble
d.
trifle
nature
b.
surround
c.
gravity
d.
muscle
withstand
b.
suspend
c.
service
d.
transcribe
without
b.
transport
c.
transfer
d.
office
W ORD STRESS 5
stress of 2-syllable Words
Two-syllable words which begin with such prefixes as CO - COL CON - COR - DE - DIS - E - EF - EX - EM - EN - IM - IN FOR - F O R E - take the stress on the second syllables.
EX:
correct
emerge
impure
conform
emb6d
insane
disarm
enlist
imprint
deform
forecast
forget
expect
forgive
foresee
Practice 5
1. Which word is stressed on the second syllable?
a.
tribute
b.
distress
c.
magistrate
d.
envelope
divine
b.
align
c.
device
d.
destiny
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mission
o.
scenic
c.
ascent
d.
vicious
foresee
b.
seizure
c.
pleasure
d.
later
disguise
b.
creature
c.
embed
d.
forget
W O R D STRESS 6
outface
reform
oppose
prefi x
reclose
oppress
prepare
submit
outbid (v)
protect
subject (v)
outbrave (v)
rejoin
suppose
Practice 6
1. Which word is stressed on the second syllable?
a.
cyclinder
b.
recycle
c.
bicycle
d.
mystery
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a.
register
b.
regular
c.
request
d.
reference
naughty
b.
laughter
c.
slaughter
d.
pronounced
obscure
b.
trial
c.
reform
d.
suppose
wastage
b.
prepare
c.
oppose
d.
protect
W ORD STRESS 7
conduct
pr6duct
absence
concrete
project
aspect
6ssay
upland
colleague
Practice 7
1. Which word is stressed on the second syllable?
a.
surgeon
b.
surprise
c.
surplus
d.
surface
promise
b.
perform
c.
advice
d.
rewrite
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protest
b.
conclude
c.
product
d.
conduct
ancient
b.
submit
c.
physics
d.
progress
record (v)
b.
angel
c.
rival
d.
minor
W ORD STRESS 8
stress of 2-syllable W ords
Three-syllable words which begin ith such prefixes as A - AB ABS - A D - A - A C - A G - A R - B E - C O - COL - COM - CON COR - DE - DIS - E - EF - EX take the stress on the second
syllables.
EX:
abnormal
beginning
defensive
abstainer
behaviour
expensive
additive
collector
discourage
achievement
connective
Practice 8
1. Which word is stressed on the second syllable?
a.
defensive
b.
cyclinder
c.
calculate
d.
caravan
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a.
envelope
b.
magistrate
c.
behaviour
d.
bicycle
connective
b.
collector
c.
achievement
d.
mystery
permanent
b.
personal
c.
understood
d.
different
underlined
b.
syllable
c.
personal
d.
different
W ORD STRESS 9
stress of 2-syllable Words
Three-syllable words which begin with such prefixes as EM - EN
- IM - IN - FOR - FORE - IM - IN - IL - IR - OB - OP - OUT PRE - PRO - take the stress on the second syllables:
EX:
em power
objective
protector
im porter
oppressive
imamoral
forgetful
outspoken
forgiveness
forgivable
outstanding
engagement
im m odest
projecter
immobile
Practice 9
1. W hich word is stressed on the second syllable?
a.
relevant
b.
Canada
c.
resident
d.
protector
jew eler
b.
oppressive
c.
carelessness
d.
satisfy
beverage
b.
dynamite
c.
forgivable
d.
average
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embracing
b.
forgetful
c.
immodest
d.
cabinet
analyse
b.
objective
c.
outspoken
d.
outstanding
W O R D S T R E S S 10
beverage
fatherhood
amplify
cabinet
governm ent
analyse
comedy
Italy
anecdote
dynamite
library
average
Elephant
tem perature
Practice 10
1. Which word is stressed on the first syllable?
a.
scholarship
b.
convicted
c.
contrasted
d.
permitted
develop
b.
distressful
c.
com fortable
d.
variety
sovereign
b.
hostages
c.
magistrate
d.
determine
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a.
liable
b.
revival
c.
pudding
d.
puncture
auspicious
b.
distressful
c.
envelope
d.
returning
W O R D S T R E S S 11
December
flamingo
paternal
policeman
potato
maternal
tobacco
equator
November
Practice 11
1. W hich word is stressed on the second syllable?
a.
equator
b.
reference
c.
regular
d.
register
absentee
b.
puschasing
c.
realize
d.
policeman
actual
b.
surprising
c.
actively
d.
recently
tobacco
b.
maternal
c.
m agazine
d.
paternal
tologgan
b.
December
c.
cathedral
d.
policemen
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W ORD STRESS 12
stress of 3-syllable W ords
Three - syllable words which begin with such prefixes as RE-SUB
- SUR - SUS - TRANS - UN - take the stress on the second
syllables:
EX:
remarry
surrounding
transmftir
renaissance
survival
uncertain
repayment
surpassing
undoubted
supporter
transcriber
Practice 12
1. Which word is stressed on the second syllable?
a.
anecdote
b.
transm itter
c.
comedy
d.
elephant
fatherhood
b.
government
c.
Italy
d.
repayment
library
b.
temperature
c.
uncertain
d.
amplify
altitude
b.
surpassing
c.
transcriber
d.
transm itter
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a.
survival
b.
longitude
c.
renaissance
d.
repayment
W ORD STRESS 13
evidence
obstacle
eappetite
envelope
president
consonant
excellent
protetant
continent
exercise
underplot (n)
difficult
interval
Practice 13
1. W hich word is stressed on the first syllable?
a.
evidence
b.
empower
c.
im porter
d.
forgetful
forgivable
b.
immodest
c.
objective
d.
obsacle
oppressive
b.
consonant
c.
outspoken
d.
projector
appetite
b.
continent
c.
engagem ent
d.
evidence
discourage
b.
excellent
c.
interval
d.
protestant
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W ORD STRESS 14
exceptional
inapproachable
consi'derabble
independent
unthinkingly
elocutionist
unquestionablj
disrespectful
unwomanly
international
insupportable
Practice 14
1. Which word is stressed on the second syllable?
a.
com fortable
b.
remarkable
c.
profitable
d.
sensible
exemplify
b.
extraordinary
c.
elaborate
d.
syllabication
governmental
b.
instrum ental
c.
possibility
d.
administrative
international
b.
expressionism
c.
believable
d.
unhappily
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a.
gentleman
b.
totally
c.
unmanly
d.
carelessness
WORD STRESS 15
stress of W ords Having Special E n d in rs
Words having such endings as - ITY - ICAL - IC - ION - IOUS EOUS take the stress on the syllables before these endings.
EX:
librarian
calculation
deliberation
Canadian
proposition
idionatk
similitude
scientific
modernzation
tyrannical
noto rious
erro eous
abi lity
electrical
Practice 15
1. Which word is stressed on the fourth syllable?
a.
tyrannical
b.
methodically
c.
characteristic
d.
scientifically
astrologer
b.
superstitious
c.
astronom y
d.
psychology
arithm etical
b.
endearment
c.
privilege
d.
convenient
heroine
b.
penalty
c.
poetic
d.
messages
im patiently
b.
ostentatiously
c.
seriously
d.
enthusiastically
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W ORD STRESS 16
stress of W ords Having Special Endings
Words having such endings as _ETY-LOGY-GRAPH Y-M ETRY NOMY also take the stress on the syllables before these endings.
EX:
variety
astronomy
society
geogrphy
atrology
geometry
illuminate,
modernze,
Practice 16
1. Which word is stressed on the second syllable?
a.
energy
b.
dignity
c. variety
d. poverty
2. Which word is stressed on the second syllable?
af intimate
b.
celebrate
c.
d.
advocate
articulate
coordinate
b.
degenerate
c.
deliberate
d.
speculate
estimate
b.
precipitate
c.
alternate
d.
delicate
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a.
moderate
b.
associate
c.
originate
d.
appropriate
advertise,
W O R D S T R E S S 17
Practice 17
1. Which word is stressed on the second syllable?
a.
particular
b.
analyse
c.
trifle
d.
butcher
illuminate
b.
accusation
c.
satisfactory
d.
conspiratorial
procedure
b.
banana
c.
prejudicial
d.
museum
elaborate
b.
approximate
c.
illuminate
d.
concentrate
explicitly
b.
abbey
c.
ambiguity
d.
transformatioi
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WORD STRESS 18
stress of Words Having Special Endings
Words having such endings as - ADE - EE EER - ESE - 0 0 0 0 N - ETTE - ESQUE - IQUE - AIN take the stress on these
endings.
EX: degrade, persuade, agree, guarantee, volumteer, pioneer,
Chinese, Japanese, shampoo, kangaroo, afternoon, cartoon,
kitchenette, cigarette, picturesque, unique, antique, maintain,
remain.
Practice 19
1. Which word is stressed on the second syllable?
a.
person
b.
permanent
c.
personal
d.
persuade
separate
b.
moderate
c.
affectionate
d.
educate
understand
b.
kitchenette
c.
picturesque
d.
deliberately
ascertain
b.
difficult
c.
scholarship
d.
typical
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a.
physics s
b.
antique
c.
classic
d.
music
WORD STRESS 19
stress of Exceptional Words
Notice that rules 15, 16, 17, 18 may have exceptional cases:
Rule 16: hospitalize, (not: hospitalize), characterize
charactecnze), regularize (not: regularize), industrialize
(not:
(not:
industrialize)
Rule 15, 16, 17: politics (not: politics), choleric (not: cholecric),
arithmetic (not: arithmetic), deficit (not: deficit), impoverish (not:
impoverish), invalid (n): thUdng binh (invalid: adj: khong con gia
tri, bieu lUc)
Rule 18: marmalade, (not: marmalade), teaspoon (not: teaspoon),
committee (not: commitee), cuckoo (not: cuckoo), centigrade (not:
centigrade)
Practice 19
1. Find the words which can be stressed in only one way
a.
convict
b.
conduct
c.
conclude
d.
content
advice
b.
desert
c.
survey
d.
refuse
insult
b.
convert
c.
perform
d.
perfect
referee
b.
committee
c.
refugee
d.
employee
invalid (adj)
b.
impure
c.
export (v)
d.
invalid (n)
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W ORD STRESS 20
Nouns or Adjs
/
present (n+adj)
present (verb)
contrast (n)
contrast (v)
export (n)
export (v)
increase (n)
increase (v)
accent (n)
accent (v)
Practice 20
1. Find the word which can be stressed in only one way.
a.
contrast
b.
c.
convict
d.
contain
conduct
provide
b.
c.
permit
d.
present
perfect
extract
b.
c.
export
d.
express
escort
request
b.
c.
refund
d.
record
refill
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a.
profit
b.
project
c.
protest
d.
progress
Part it
VOCABULARY (TtfVlffcG)
A . M U L T IP L E C H O IC E
Choose the word to best complete the sentence.
Exercise 1
1. My favourite.....................is reading.
a.
occupation
b.
occupied
c.
occupy
d.
occupying
disappointing
b.
disappoint
c.
disappointed
d.
disappointment
3. Mr Green is a .....................man.
s
tolerant
bj
tolerable
c.
tolerance
d.
tolerated
satisfy
b.
satisfactory
c.
satisfied
d.
satisfaction
keen
b.
keenly
c.
keenness
d.
keener
employ
b.
employment
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c.
employees
d.
employers
instruct
0.
instructing
c.
instruction
d.
instructions
overlived
b.
outgrew
c.
outpaced
d.
outlived
national
b.
international
c.
official
d.
commercial
reasoned
b.
reason
c.
reasoning
&
reasonable
nationality
b.
nation
c.
national
d.
nationally
foreigner
b.
foreign
c.
foreigns
d.
foreigners
possess
b.
possessor
c.
possession
d.
possessive
disappoint
b.
disappointed
c,
disappointing
d,.
disappointm ent
destruction
b.
transition
c.
determination
d.
attraction
overdose
b.
overact
c.
overcome
d.
overdose
overweigh
b.
surplus
c.
overtime
d.
overdose
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18. To prepare for the job, you should have a.................... of English.
a.
prospect
b.
guidance
c.
sanguine
knowledge
well-prepared
b.
ill-prepared
c.
good preparation
d.
employers
has discovered
c.
had discovered
b,
discovered
was discovering
Exercise 2
1. I keep my reference books near my desk for....................
a.
convenience
b.
convenient
c.
convention
d.
conveniently
govern
b.
government
c.
governing
d.
governor
populate
b.
populace
polulation
d.
popularity
investigator
,d)
investigation
investigate
c.
invitation
invite
b.
invited
c.
invitation
d.
inviting
Educate
b.
Educated
c.
Education
d.
Educational
7. His business.....................him.
a.
absorbent
b.
absorbs
c.
absorptive
d.
absorption
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deafen
b.
deaf
c.
deafens
d.
deafening
militarism
b.
militaristic
c.
military
d.
militarily
prefer
b.
preferential
c.
preference
d.
preferable
inject
b.
injecting
c.
injected
d.
injections
treat
b.
treating
c.
treatm ent
d.
treated
safe
b.
unsafe
c.
safely
d.
surely
rule
b.
legal
c.
law
d.
illegal
lawyer
b.
lawful
c.
law
d.
illegal
bad
b.
badly
c.
more badly
d.
most badly
produce
b.
products
c.
productive
d.
production
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a.
health
b.
healthlessness
c.
healthily
d.
healthy
diseases
b.
diseased
c.
injuries
d.
illness
surgery
b.
surgeons
c.
technology
d.
surgical
Exercise 3
1. You must make a....................
a.
decide
b.
decision
c.
decisive
d.
decisively
used
b.
useless
c.
uselessness
d.
useful
instruct
b.
instructions
c.
instructing
d.
instructed
automation
b.
automatic
c.
automate
d.
automatically
im portation
b.
important
c.
importantly
d.
importance
possibility
b.
impossibly
c.
impossibility
d.
imposible
solution
b.
exploration
c.
calculation
d.
information
protection
b.
provisions
c.
protest
d.
prevention
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succeed
b.
successful
c.
succeeding
d.
success
manufacturer
b.
manufacture
c.
manufactured
d.
m anufacturing
show
b.
showing
c.
shown
d.
showed
preserve
b.
preservation
c.
preservative
d.
preserves
explore
b.
exploration
c.
explorer
d.
exploratory
healthy
b.
healthily
c.
health
d.
healthiness
harm
b.
harmful
c.
harmless
d.
unharmed
eat
b.
to eat
c.
eating
d.
for eating
Prevent
b.
Preventing
c.
Prevented
d.
Prevention
convenient
b.
a convenience
c.
conveniently
d.
convenience
19. It rained.................
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a.
continuously
b.
continous
c.
continue
a.
continuation
a.
culture
b.
cultural
c.
cultured
d.
cultivated
Exercise 4
1. My brother has no.................... in football.
a.
interesting
b.
interest
c.
interested
d.
interestingly
........voice.
a.
beauty
b.
beautiful
c.
beautifully
d.
beautiulness
peaceful
b.
peacefully
c.
peace
d.
peacefulness
.............to men.
a.
equal
b.
equally
c.
equality
d.
equalize
schoolboy
b.
boy of school
c.
schools boy
d.
boy at school
6. Hamlet is a .....................play.
a.
success
b.
successful
c.
succeed
d.
successfully
industrial
b.
industry
c.
industrialze
d.
industrialism
population
b.
popular
c.
populate
d.
populous
...instruments.
a.
musically
b.
musician
c.
music
d.
musical
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equality
b.
equal
c.
equalize
d.
equally
Wealth
b.
W ealthily
c.
W ealthy
d.
W ealthiest
economic
b.
economics
c.
economical
d.
economy
education
b.
educated
c.
educator
d.
educate
care
b.
careful
c.
carefulness
d.
careless
attractions
b.
attract
c.
attracted
d.
attracting
south
b.
southern
c.
southwards
d.
southbound
engineer
b.
painter
c.
architect
d.
manger
way
b.
method
c.
manner
d.
approach
dancing
b.
dance
c.
dances
d.
dancers
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a.
stop
b.
stand
c.
start
d.
hate
Exercise 5
1. T h e.....................for the party was not very good.
a.
prepared
b.
preparing
c.
preparation
d.
preparer
moving
b.
movement
c.
moved
d.
movable
been pushed
b.
pushing
c.
pushed
d.
push
decorative
b.
decorated
c.
decoration
d.
decorating
a.
flowered
b.
flowering
c.
flowery
d.
flower
washes
b.
wash
c.
washing
d.
is washed
Beautiful
b.
Beautifully
c.
Beautician
d.
Beauty
performer
b.
performing
c.
performance
d.
perform
swam
d.
swimmer
driver
b.
drive
c.
driving
d.
driven
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decorating
b.
decorative
c.
decoration
d.
decorate
moving
b.
movement
c.
moved
d.
movingly
13. The girl felt.....................after she took the pills; she no longer
vomited.
a.
unwell
b.
better
c.
the best
d.
best
stormed
b.
storm
c.
stormy
d.
storming
choosy
b.
choosiness
c.
choosing
d.
choice
attendance
b.
attendence
c.
attendants
d.
attending
m ethodology
b.
m ethodological
c.
method
d.
m ethodogically
sickly
b.
sickliness
c.
sick
d.
sichness
detective
b.
detect
c.
dectection
d.
detected
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a.
interested
b.
interest
c.
interestingly
d.
interesting
Exercise 6
1. She drives....................
a.
dangerously
b.
dangerous
c.
danger
d.
very dangerous
deafened
b.
deafening
c.
deafen
d.
deaf
determined
b.
determination
c.
determine
d.
determining
many less
b.
much less
c.
much fever
d.
many fewer
faith
b.
faithfulness
c.
faithful
d.
faithfully
nation
b.
nationally
c.
national
d.
nationality
collect
b.
collecting
c.
collected
d.
collection
correct
b.
correcting
c.
correctly
d.
corrections
determined
b.
determine
c.
determination
d.
determinative
develops
b.
developments
c.
developing
d.
developed
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difference
b.
different
c.
differ
d.
differently
difficulty
b.
easy
c.
difficult
d.
easily
protest
b.
provide
c.
proceed
d.
protect
a.
enlarge
b.
revive
c.
proceed
d.
enrich
15. She is always very.......... ......... to her mother and her mother
happy.
a.
help
b.
helping
c.
helpful
d.
helpless
16. Sarahs party was a ........ ........... Only four people came.
a.
disappoint
b.
disappointm ent
c.
disappointed
d.
diasppointing
discussed
b.
discussion
c.
discuss
d.
discussing
easily
b.
easy
c.
easing
d.
ease
...............as a taxi-driver
a.
employ
b.
employed
c.
employment
d.
employee
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a.
satisfy
b.
satisfactory
c.
satisfied
d.
satisfaction
Exercise 7
1. Even children who are.................... keen on a particular
occupation know little about it.
a.
supposed
b.
supposedly
c.
suppose
d.
supposingly
employers
b.
employments
c.
employees
d.
employs
keen
b.
keenness
c.
keenly
d.
keennessless
4. H is.....................are brilliant.
a.
prospects
b.
prospectors
c.
prospected
d.
prospective
expect
b.
expecting
c.
expectation
d.
expectant
attract
b.
attracted
c.
attractive
d.
attraction
reason
b.
reasonably
c.
reasonable
d.
reasoned
im portantly
b.
important
c.
importance
d.
import
difficulty
b.
difficult
c.
difference
d.
indifference
determined
b.
determination
c.
determine
d.
determinely
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determination
b.
determined
c.
determinating
d.
determine
conserve
b.
conserving
c.
conservation
d.
conserved
.......of peace.
preserve
b.
preserving
c.
preservation
d.
preserved
prevention
b.
prevent
c.
prevented
d.
prevents
well.
a.
develop
b.
developed
c.
development
d.
developing
fertilize
b.
fertilized
c.
fertility
d.
fertilizer
concerned
b.
decided
c.
determined
d.
interested
helped
b.
helping
c.
helpful
a.
helpless
a.
which
b.
when
c.
in which
d.
then
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.you come.
a.
where
b.
when
c.
which
d.
then
Exercise 8
1. They are very.....................in their approach.
a.
scientific
b.
scientist
c.
science
d.
scientifically
2. My uncle is a heart............
a.
surgeon
b.
surgical
c.
surgery
d.
surgically
intensification
b.
intensity
c.
intensive
d.
intense
cells.
a.
disease
b.
diseased
c.
ill
d.
illness
treat
b.
treatable
c.
treatm ent
d.
treating
medicine
b.
medicament
c.
medical
d.
medic
physics
b.
physical
c.
physicist
d.
physician
operate
b.
operable
c.
operation
d.
operation
into the car.
climbing
climbed
b.
climb
d.
to climb
b.
to water
watered
d.
watering
water
c.
11. The nurse injected the patients arm ....................
a.
by
b.
into
c.
with
d.
from
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tired
b.
interested
c:
afraid
d.
safe
establish
b.
establishment
c.
establishing
d.
established
depend
b.
independent
c.
dependent
d.
dependence
.............gesture.
protect
b.
protecting
c.
protection
d.
protective
importance
b.
importer
c.
important
d.
importation
polluting
b.
polluted
c.
pollution
d.
pollute
friend
b.
friendliness
c.
friendly
d.
friendship
heat
b.
heated
c.
hot
d.
heating
............ to do this
a.
able
b.
unable
c.
ability
d.
ably
Exercise 9
1. T h e.....................of natural resources will prevent a lot of waste.
a.
safeguard
b.
safeguarding
c.
protect
d.
protecting
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drain
b.
drainage
c.
drained
d.
draining
3. R ead.....................the mind.
a.
enrich
b.
rich
c.
enriched
d.
enriches
rotato
b.
rotary
c.
rotating
d.
rotation
irrigate
b.
wateri g
c.
irrigated
d.
irrigation
solution
b.
training
c.
preparation
d.
education
7. Newsweek is a popular....................
a.
public
b.
publication
c.
produce
d.
production
eOiUipment
b.
supplies
c.
tools
d.
products
happily
b.
happiness
c.
happy
d.
the happiness
protection
b.
protect
c.
protector
d.
protective
continuation
b.
continue
c.
continual
d.
continous
pollute
b.
polluting
c.
polluted
d.
pollution
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13. The.................... of the radios could not find a market for them.
a.
produce
b.
production
c.
producers
d.
products
value
b.
valuable
c.
valuate
d.
valuation
provision
b.
provide
c.
providing
d.
provisional
dangerous
b.
danger
c.
of danger
d.
dangerously
be rich
b.
enrich
c.
be enrichment
d.
to enrich
high
b.
height
c.
highly
d.
highlight
science
b.
scientifically
c.
scientific
d.
scientist
com fortable
b.
uncom fortable
c.
com fortably
d.
comfort
Exercise 10
1. It soon becam e.....................that no one was going to come to her
party.
a.
clear
b.
clearly
c.
cleared
d.
clearing
im m ediatedly
b.
im m ediated
c.
im m ediately
d.
immediate
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sadden
b.
sadder
c.
sadly
d.
sad
sad
b.
suddenly
c.
sadly
d.
sadder
regular
b.
regularly
c.
regularity
d.
regulately
surprising
b.
surprisingly
c.
surprised
d.
surprisedly
in areas where tl
much sunlight.
a.
beautifying
c.
beautilly
ft ,
d.
beautifully
beautiful
patient
patiently
impatient
( 'c9. The weather has turned..........
d.
impatiently
b.
a.
d.
cold and windy
'Ce>: cold and windily
10. He turned.....................to the man behind him.
a.
angrily
b.
angerly
c.
anger
d.
angry
inventive
d.
inventor
12. In the past we used to have oil lamps, but now we all
..............lights.
a.
electrical
b.
electricity
c.
electric
d.
electrician
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experim ent
b.
experiments
c.
experim enting
d.
experim ented
development
b.
developed
<
developing
d.
developmental
mathematics
b.
mathematical
c.
mathematician
d.
m athem atically
16. Our body can get energy from food thanks to the process
of....................
a.
digestion
b.
digestive
c.
digestively
d.
degest
school
b.
schooling
c.
scholar
d.
schooled
curable
b.
curability
c.
cure
d.
curing
evolution
b.
evolutionary
c.
evolved
d.
evolving
biological
b.
biologist
c.
biology
d.
biologically
Exercise 11
1. I cant see m uch.....................between him and his father.
a.
likeness
b.
like
c.
liling
d.
likely
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importance
b.
important
c.
imperfect
d.
imperfection
danger
b.
dangerous
c.
unfit
d.
unfitness
keen
b.
keenness
c.
keenly
d.
keen on
Disappointm ent
b.
Disappointingly
c.
Disappointed
d.
Disappointing
fearflul
b.
fearlessness
c.
fearless
d.
fearfulness
irrigate
b.
irrigated
c.
irrigations
d.
irrigation
person
b.
habit
c.
personal
d.
habitual
fearsome
b.
fearless
c.
fearful
d.
fears
information
b.
informating
c.
inform
d.
informatics
conservation
b.
conserve
c.
conservative
d.
conservatively
rotate
b.
rotating
c.
rotation
d.
rotor
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contaminate
b.
pollute
c.
contam inated
d.
pollution
sciences
b.
scientists
c.
scientific
d.
scientifically
Recycle
b.
Recycling
c.
Recycled
d.
Reusing
mountain
b.
m ountainous
c.
mountains
d.
m aountainously
careful
b.
careless
c.
carefully
d.
carelessly
fright
b.
frightened
c.
frighten
d.
frightening
resolved
b.
requested
c.
reserved
d.
required
a.
guest
b.
com pany
c.
friend
d.
com panion
Exercise 12
1. I have to live on unemployment benefit because I am.
a.
out of duty
b.
off work
c.
out o f work
d.
out of job
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a.
situations
b.
spacies
c.
vacancies
d.
locations
application
b.
applicant
c.
apply
d.
appliance
unemployed
b.
unemployment
c.
employed
d.
employee
Tragedies
b.
Novels
c.
Funny stories
d.
Fictions
retire
b.
retiring
c.
retirem ent
d.
retired
bore
b.
boring
c.
bored
d.
boredom
lecturer
b.
lecturing
c.
lectured
d.
lecture
happy
b.
happily
c.
happies
d.
happiness
success
b.
successful
c.
succeed
d.
succeeded
11. She has been talking to som ebody.................... the telephone for
two hours.
a.
at
b.
on
c.
in
d.
by
eat
b.
have
c.
take
d.
get
exciting
b.
excited
c.
excite
d.
excitement
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heavy
b.
hard
c.
much
d.
big
surprised
b.
surprise
c.
surprisingly
surprising
16. He fell off his bike, and hes been in bad.....................for several
days now.
a.
circumstance
b.
condition
c.
situation
d.
development
different
b.
difference
c.
differ
d.
differences
took
b.
did
c.
made
d.
got
well
b.
good
c.
strong
d.
healthy
Exercise 13
1.......................your teeth with fluoride toothpaste after every meal
is important.
a.
Brush
b.
Brushed
c.
Brushing
d.
Being brushed
produce
productive
b.
d.
products
production
prevention
b.
preventative
c.
preventing
d.
prevent
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supply
b.
supplying
c.
supplied
d.
supplies
fertilizer
b.
fertile
c.
fertilization
d.
fertilizes
poison
b.
poisoning
c.
poisonous
d.
poisoned
attract
b.
attraction
c.
attracted
d.
attractive
expect
b.
expectantly
c.
expecting
d.
expectation
9. My uncles is a .....................man.
a.
tolerate
b.
tolerant
c.
tolerance
d.
tolerable
irrigate
b.
irrigated
c.
irrigation
d.
irrigating
pollute
b.
polluted
c.
pollution
d.
polluting
conservation
b.
conserve
c.
conservative
d.
conservatively
erosion
b.
erode
c.
eroded
d.
erosive
poisoning
b.
poisons
c.
poisoned
d.
poisonous
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rotation
b.
rotary
c.
rotate
d.
rotatory
16. We must arrange a.................... time and place for the meefting.
a.
convenient
b.
convenience
c.
conveniently
d.
undecided
practice
b.
practical
c.
practice
d.
practically
explanation
b.
explanatory
c.
explained
d.
explaining
carry
b.
carriage
c.
carrying
d.
carried
responsible
b.
responsibility
c.
responsibly
d.
responsiveness
Exercise 14
1. I believe that our new manager has the..................... to work well
in this business environment.
a.
flexible
b.
inflexible
c.
flexibly
d.
flexibility
media
b.
medal
c.
medium
d.
medicine
simplicity
c.
simply
b.
simplify
d.
simple
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a.
creative
b.
creation
c.
creature
d.
create
consider
b.
considering
c.
considerable
d.
considerably
periods
b.
periodics
c.
periodicals
d.
periodically
effective
b.
effect
c.
effectively
d.
effectional
commerce
b.
commercial
c.
com mercialization
d.
commercially
busy
b.
business
c.
busily
d.
businessman
distinctly
b.
distinctive
c.
busily
d.
businessman
11. It is.....................to hear the competition results.
a.
surprise
b.
surprising
c.
surprised
d.
surprisingly
tired
b.
afraid
c.
bored
d.
interested
13. In England if you want to get a job, youll have to look through
Situation .....................column.
a.
Vacancy
b.
Vacant
c.
Vacation
d.
Vocation
Employ
b.
Employed
c.
Unemployed
d.
Unemployment
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15. She didnt work hard e n o u g h ,.................... she lost her job.
a.
so
b.
but
c.
and
d.
yet
terror
b.
terrified
c.
terrifying
d.
terrifyingly
boring
b.
bored
c.
bore
d.
boredom
excite
b.
excitement
c.
exciting
d.
excited
refuse
b.
refusing
c.
refusal
d.
to refuse
20. Their holidays was so.................... that they did not want to go
back to work.
a.
enjoy
b.
enjoying
c.
enjoyable
d.
enjoym ent
Exercise 15
1. If we could find out the.................... for cancer, thousands of
people would be saved every year.
a.
remedy
b.
prevention
c.
disease
d.
cause
activity
b.
inactivity
c.
exercise
d.
expression
physicist
b.
doctor
c.
psychiatrist
d.
surgeon
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helpful
b.
pleasing
c.
worried
d.
thankful
5. Eating too much junk food is.................... to people because it
can cause obesity.
a.
harmful
b.
helpful
c.
pleasing
d.
ordinary
6. We can make good advances in the.................... of diseases.
a.
cause
b.
prevention
c.
harm
d.
survival
7. N o.....................has been found for cancer.
a.
prevention
b.
survival
c.
exercise
a.
8. Cancer is a .....................disease.
a.
killing
b.
c.
dead
d.
cure
death
kill
applied
b.
persuaded
c.
prevented
d.
pleased
treatm ent
b.
prevention
c.
diet
d.
cure
go
b.
get
c.
make
d.
take
got
b.
done
c.
made
d.
brought
get
b.
do
c.
take
d.
give
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14. Medicine has little help to.................... to those who can't give
up their bad habits.
a.
apply
b.
persuade
c.
cure
d.
offer
15. The scientists have.................... out the cause of the new disease
a.
got
b.
made
c.
found
d.
killed
treatm ent
b.
remedy
c.
medicine
d.
preparation
prevented
b.
improved
c.
harmed
d.
reduced
bring
b.
make
c.
cause
d.
kill
treatment
b.
surgery
c.
cure
d.
remedy
keep
b.
cure
c.
cause
d.
save
Exercise 16
1. Making a decision now is great.....................
a.
im portant
b.
im portantly
c.
import
d.
im portance
honest
b.
dishonest
c.
honesty
d.
dishonesty
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miraculous
b.
miracle
c.
miraculously
miracles
writer
b.
writing
c.
written
d.
wrote
reassurance
b.
reassured
c.
reassuring
d.
reassuringly
capability
b.
capabilities
c.
capable
d.
capacity
valuable
b.
unvaluable
c.
value
d.
evaluate
beautiful
b.
beautifully
c.
beautify
d.
beauty
caring
b.
careless
c.
careful
d.
carefully
deficient
b.
deficiency
c.
deficiently
d,
deficit
discomfort
b.
uncomfortable
c.
com forting
d.
comfortably
possess
b.
possession
c.
possessive
d.
possess
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guided
b.
guidance
c.
guide
d.
guider
apprehension
b.
apprehensive
c.
apprehend
d.
apprehended
fertile
b.
fertility
c.
apprehend
d.
apprehended
disease
b.
diseased
c.
diseases
d.
a disease
surgery
b.
surgeons
c.
surgeon
d.
surgical
discouraged
b.
encourage
c.
encouraged
d.
courage
inaccessible
b.
access
c.
accessing
d.
accessible
a.
intimacy
b.
intimate
c.
intimidate
d.
intim ately
Exercise 17
1. This sort behavior will not b e .....................
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a.
tolerate
b.
tolerated
c.
tolerance
d.
tolerant
2.
T h e.....................of carbon
dioxide
into
the
atmosphere
emission
b.
emitted
c.
emissaries
d.
emit
attractive
b.
attracted
c.
attractively
d.
attraction
keenness
b.
keenly
c.
keen
d.
keenest
peaceful
b.
peace
c.
peacefully
d.
peacefulness
richly
b.
enrichment
c.
rich
d.
enrich
thoughtless
b.
thoughtful
c.
thought
d.
think
occupation
b.
occupied
c.
thought
d.
think
scientists
b.
science
c.
scientific
d.
scientifically
warmth
b.
warmly
c.
warmed
d.
warm
signify
b.
significance
c.
significantly
d.
significant
environmentalists
b.
environmental
c.
environment
d.
environm entally
expect
b.
expectation
c.
expectant
d.
expected
convenient
b.
convenience
c.
conveniently
d.
convene
disappoint
b.
disappointing
c.
disappointment
d.
disappointed
introduced
b.
naturally
c.
introducing
d.
introducer
nature
b.
naturally
c.
natural
d.
naturalness
recycled
b.
cecycling
c.
recyclable
d.
recycle
drain
b.
drained
c.
drainage
d.
drainedly
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cities
are large.....................
of industry
concentration
b.
concentrated
c.
concentrations
d.
concentrating
and
Exercise 18
1. I think their injuries need medical....................
a.
treatment
b.
treated
c.
treatable
d.
untreated
abnormal
b.
normal
c.
normally
d.
abnormalities
prepared
b.
preparation
c.
preparatory
d.
prepares
uncertain
b.
certainty
c.
certain
d.
certainly
5.......................for
government
posts
are
always
thoroughly
Apply
b.
Applications
c.
Applied
d.
Applicable
injection
b.
injecting
c.
inject
d.
injected
superficiality
b.
superficial
c.
superficially
d.
facial
loss
b.
lost
c.
loose
d.
lossen
preferring
b.
preference
c.
preferable
d.
preferential
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ease
b.
obstacle
c.
exchange
d.
opportunity
afraid
b.
keen
c.
familiar
d.
sanguine
prospect
b.
chance
c.
need
d.
benefit
mean
b.
poor
c.
generous
d.
selfish
well-made
b.
well-spoken
c.
well-done
d.
well-prepared
15. The.....................o f the moon for the earth causes the tides.
a.
attract
b.
attracted
c.
attractive
d.
attraction
disappoint
b.
disappointm ent
c.
disappointed
d.
disappointing
statistic
b.
statistics
c.
statistical
d.
statistically
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a.
apply
b.
applicant
c.
application
d.
applicated
19. Daisy has been out of work for 3 months. She stays at home
and does the housework....................
a.
disappoint
b.
disappointed
c.
disappointedly
d.
disappointing
at
b.
on
c.
in
d.
of
Exercise 19
1. T o.....................to obey orders is a serious offence in the army.
a.
disagree
b.
deny
c.
ignore
d.
refuse
down
b.
scarce
c.
short
d.
empty
announced
b.
told
c.
informed
d.
promised
reach
b.
hand
c.
hold
d.
place
demanded
c.
controlled
b.
made
d.
forced
catch
b.
take
c.
made
d.
work
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have
b.
make
c.
send
d.
take
outside
b.
tip
c.
border
d.
edge
felt
b.
feeling
c.
feels
d.
having felt
until
b.
when
c.
while
d.
though
advised
b.
suggested
c.
threatened
d.
insisted
getting on
b.
going on
c.
keeping on
d.
taking on
account
b.
detail
c.
information
d.
description
message
b.
talk
c.
lecture
d.
speech
as if
b.
so as
c.
such as
d.
if so
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a.
praises
b.
shows
c.
boasts
d.
prides
too kind
b.
kind enough
c.
as kind
d.
so kind
18. You may borrow as many books as you live, provided you show
them t o .....................is at the desk.
a.
whoever
b.
who
c.
whom
d.
which
19. You must be careful when you wash this.................... silk blouse
a.
weak
b.
sensitive
c.
delicate
d.
feeble
annoying
b.
arguing
c.
discussing
d.
shouting
Exercise 20
1. Could y o u .....................me the way to the nearest post-office?
a.
describe
b.
show
c.
point
d.
direct
park
b.
museum
c.
theatre
d.
zoo
gallery
b.
theatre
c.
exhibition
a.
market
performances
b.
plays
c.
concerts
d.
books
did
b.
formed
c.
made
d.
cooked
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fall
b.
fell
c.
falling
d.
fallen
smoker
b.
non-smoking
c.
smoking
d.
not smoking
condition
b.
status
c.
mood
d.
feeling
experiences
b.
memories
c.
souvenirs
d.
photographs
beauty spots
b.
seasides
c.
cities
d.
stays
preparation
b.
prepare
c.
preparatory
d.
prepared
receiving
b.
received
c.
receipt
d.
receiver
modernizing
b.
modernize
c.
to modernize
d.
modernized
travel
b.
traveler
c.
traveling
d.
traveler
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a.
found
b.
founders
c.
foundation
d.
founded
dangerous
b.
dangerless
c.
danger
d.
dangerously
discussion
b.
discussing
c.
discuss
d.
discussed
childlike
b.
childhood
c.
childless
d.
childbirth
friendless
b.
friendship
c.
friendly
d.
freindliness
produce
b.
products
production
d.
productive
xercise 21
I dont .....................locking the door.
a.
rem em ber
b.
forget
c.
rem ind
d.
accept
reward
b.
prize
c.
notice
d.
repayment
easy
b.
direct
c.
straight
d.
unique
. Its time w e.....................away with our old-fashioned prisons.
a.
c.
did
have done
b.
d.
do
shall do
m essage
b.
talk
c.
lecture
d.
speech
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good
b.
point
c.
worth
d.
use
denied
b.
protested
c.
refuse
d.
rejected
lists
b.
gangs
c.
groups
d.
tribes
9. Most sports.....................team-work.
a.
imply
b.
involve
c.
apply
d.
infer
elapsed
b.
expired
c.
ended
d.
term inated
11. The usual reason for exemption from tax odes n ot................... icj
this case.
a.
apply
b.
impose
c.
regard
d.
concern
12. The W orld Bank has criticized Britain for not giving enough
financial.....................to developing countries.
a.
allowance
b.
aid
c.
loan
d.
provision
standard
b.
cost
c.
level
d.
mode
b.
strain
c.
d.
worry
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stress
contest
b.
rivalry
c.
contention
d.
defiance
confessed
b.
concealed
c.
consented
d.
confided
hoarse
b.
dumb
c.
inarticulate
d.
speechless
repeat
b.
renew
c.
recycle
d.
redirect
glance
b.
stare
c.
gaze
d.
glimpse
disgust
b.
objection
c.
dislike
d.
opposition
Exercise 22
1. W ould you like a single room or.................... room?
a.
two
b.
second
c.
couple
d.
double
com pare
b.
commit
c.
com pound
d.
commune
attack
b.
contact
c.
tact
d.
attract
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possibility
b.
responsibility
c.
ability
d.
implicitly
properties
b.
exam inations
c.
possession
d.
businesses
6. Union is.....................
a.
length
b.
width
c.
depth
d.
strength
treated
b.
dispensed
c.
compounded
d.
entrusted
Do
b.
Make
c.
Feel
d.
Show
make
b.
tell
c.
do
d.
talk
did
b.
made
c.
felt
d.
lost
health
b.
healthy
c.
healthful
d.
healthily
Science
b.
Scientific
c.
Scientific
d.
Scientifically
................ to 80million.
a.
inflated
b.
increased
c.
inquired
d.
injured
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cancel
b.
delay
c.
protest
d.
protect
heart
b.
head
c.
eye
d.
bone
useful
b.
unexpected
c.
popular
d.
unknown
fast
c.
hard
b.
slowly
easily
.... lit.
a.
body
mind
c.
strength
brain
a.
level
beach
c.
speech
speed
.... of paper,
a.
tube
bar
c.
sheet
pair
Exercise 23
1. W hen he was a boy he felt great.................... for his uncle.
a.
marvel
b.
wonder
c.
admiration
d.
pleasure
shouted
b.
laughed
c.
cheered
d.
called
change
b.
convert
c.
turn
d.
exchange
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week.
a.
offer
b.
lend
c.
borrow
d.
allow
high
b.
intense
c.
severe
d.
serious
made
b.
have made
c.
are making
d.
were making
when
b.
that
c.
which
d.
than
c.
awrite
b.
be writing
d.
be written
have written
to clean
b.
clean
c.
cleaning
d.
to be cleaning
as pretty
b.
as pretty than
c.
as pretty as
d.
prettier
reached
b.
managed
c.
arrived
d.
controlled
previous
b.
prescription
c.
tomorrow
d.
following
13. After a meal in a restaurant, you ask the waiter for th e........
a.
bill
b.
prescription
c.
receipt
d.
recipe
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remembers
b.
reminds
c.
recalls
d.
resembles
seeks
b.
find
c.
found
d.
discovered
robbed
b.
picked
c.
stolen
d.
theft
climbed
b.
climb
c.
head climbed
d.
was climbing
turned
b.
cleaned
c.
sorted
d.
made
worthless
b.
worth
c.
worthwhile
d.
worthy
...........of both yourself and
witness
b.
signature
c.
identity
d.
authority
Exercise 24
1. From the hotel their is a good...
a.
vision
b.
view
c.
sight
d.
picture
the bank?
a.
some
b.
lots
c.
any
d.
all
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was
b.
is
c.
were
d.
will be
very much
b.
enough
c.
great deal
d.
plenty
away
b.
out
c.
do
d.
over
forgetting
b.
forgotten
c.
forgettable
d.
forgetful
putting
b.
setting
c.
taking
d.
being
lay
b.
settle
c.
talking
d.
being
gang
b.
crowd
c.
team
d.
group
10. Jenny and her sister are so......................they could alm ost bet
wins.
a.
likeness
b.
alike
c.
same
d.
the same
wTork
b.
occupation
c.
em ployment
d.
post
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then
b.
immediately
c.
straight away
d.
so
reminded
b.
proposed
c.
suggested
d.
remembered
objected
b.
denied
c.
refuse
d.
disliked
15. Take the num ber 7 bus and get....................... at Forest Road.
a.
up
b.
down
c.
outside
d.
off
reason
b.
aim
c.
point
d.
purpose
17. She com plained....................... when she heard that she had to
work on Sunday.
a.
severely
b.
bitterly
c.
extrem ely
d.
terribly
18. For along time after the accident, he suffered from constant
in his back.
a.
hurt
b.
ache
c.
pain
d.
injury
told
b.
said
explained
d.
directed
composed
b.
worn
c.
woven
d.
threaded
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Exercise 25
1. Shall w e......................all this awful wallpaper and paint the room
instead?
a.
rip
b.
scratch
c.
strip
d.
tear
jealous
b.
greedy
c.
mean
a.
angry
decide
b.
answer
c.
solve
d.
relax
track
b.
orbit
c.
path
d.
circle
mind
b.
head
c.
heart
d.
spirit
mood
b.
frame
c.
opinion
d.
manner
even
b.
unless
c.
however
d.
without
forgive
b.
apologise
c.
excuse
d.
regret
wasted
b.
empty
c.
exhausted
d.
dull
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end
b.
close
c.
stop
d.
rest
1 1
*.
his garden.
a.
chance
b.
interest
c.
advantage
d.
charge
12.
two hours.
a.
spends
b.
takes
c.
passes
d.
continues
broken
b.
burst
c.
loosen
d.
split
opinion
b.
idea
c.
confidence
d.
principle
15. He poured the tea from his cup into his......................and then
drank it.
a.
dish
b.
pan
c.
saucer
d.
plate
open
b.
make
c.
take
d.
lead
invents
b.
acts
c.
pretends
d.
imagines
clever
b.
expert
c.
efficient
d.
capable
10!
in public on the
of his daughters
wedding.
a.
event
c.
change
b.
occasion
d.
affair
20. If youve got time for a cup of tea, Il l ......................one for you.
a.
make
b.
mix
c.
boil
d.
give
, B. W O R D F O R M S
Fill each gap with the correct form o f the word in brackets.
Exercise 1
1. It is.....................that you missed the meeting, (fortune)
2. Her rudeness was m ost.....................(regret)
3. I dont want any.....................from you. (interfere)
4. He died a .....................death, (glory)
5. It i s .....................even to think of the horrors o f nuclear war.
(fright)
6. The disappearance of the aircraft rem ains.....................(explain)
7. Shes quite.....................: She plays the flute and the piano.
(music)
8. He w as.....................when he did the test badly, (hope)
9. We started our tip on a beautiful.....................morning, (sun)
10. I enjoyed the book very much because it was so.....................
(read)
Exercise 2
1. Alisons .....................made it hard for her to speak in public.
(shy)
2. My car is much too.....................to take on a long journey, (re ly )
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3. He was too....................
mistake, (shame)
4. To his great loss his wife died in.................... when he was only
24 years old. (ch ild )
5. I.....................this morning, and was late for school, (sleep)
6. A holiday in Am erican can be.................... cheap, (surprise)
7. He said good morning in a m ost.................... way. (friend)
8. My teacher.....................me to take this examination, (courage)
9. Recently nutritious foods have increased in .....................
(popular)
10. The old lady his all her.................... under the floor (save)
Exercise 3
1. This knife is very blunt. It needs.................... (sharp)
2. I would like to book a .................... to HongKong. (fly)
3. Im afraid this iron you sold me is.................... (fault)
4. We have had a lot o f.................... from customers today.
(complain)
5. Please make your.....................at the counter over there, (pay)
6. Unless som ething is done about unemployment, t h e .....................
for the future is not good, (look)
7. He was given a light sentence because of his.................. (young)
8. I am tired o f your.....................behaviour. When are you going to
grow up? (c h ild )
9. You could hardly think she has tw o.................... girls. She just
looks so young, (teen)
10. She divorced him because of his.....................to the children.
(kind)
Exercise 4
1. The evening w as.....................spent playing and talking, (e n jo y )
2. The keys were locked inside the c a r ,....................., a side window
was open (luck)
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Exercise 5
1. The old fishing village is very.................... (picture)
2.......................is a very serious problem in many countries
(employ)
3. The.....................area of the city is not very attractive, (in d u stry )
4. The alpine.....................is very dramatic, (land )
5. M any.....................families have to live in hostels, (home)
6. Have you got m any.....................?
7. I had to check the wages in.................. to my norm al work, (add)
8. During his.....................the family lived in Cornwall, (c h ild )
9. It is usually forbidden to destroy.....................buildings, (h istory)
10. The old couple have saved a lot of money for their.....................
(retire)
Exercise 6
1. It was a com plete.....................due to poor planning, (fall)
2. It was very.....................of you to slam the door in his face.
(friend)
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Exercise 7
1. Every woman nowadays seems to want to lose....................
(w e ig h t)
2. It has become alm ost a.................... topic of conversation, (day)
3. Otherwise sensible women spend hours in argument bout what
to eat. (en d )
4. Newspaper articles are eagerly read
.....................carefully listened to. (avail)
and radio
and
TV
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Exercise 8
1.The weather was terrible, sow we had a very..................... holiday.
(p lea se)
2. Roy was dismissed after being told by his., that he must leave in
a m onths time, (e m p lo y )
3. Why was his lecture so.................... ? Perhaps he consulted his
papers so often, (b o re )
4. She always listens.....................to what she is old. (a tte n tio n )
5. He regularly w rites.....................for our newspaper, (p o e t)
6. He w as................ ....of the consequences in advance, (information)
7. She bites her nails all the time. It is a sign of....................
(n e rv o u s )
8. This coffee is too.....................drink (heat)
9.1 really dont think he has the.....................to do this job. (able)
IQThe professor explained his ideas with great..................... (clear)
Exercise 9
1. He was too..................... to tell his teacher about the stupic
mistake, (sh am e)
2. The police are interested in the sudden.....................
valuable painting, (a p p e a r)
of th(
affected
and
he
suffered
fror
was the
(a d m issio n )
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only visitor.....................
into the
sick
roon
ixercise 10
.The explanation of the accident is very.................... (co n fu s e )
One o f th e.................... of English is that it is becom ing simpler
and simpler, (stro n g )
A right amount of calcium added to our food will help
to.....................our weak bones, (sold )
. In ancient Greece, the owl was a symbol of.................... (w ise)
. Laser beams can kill cancer cells while leaving the surroundings
ones.....................(h a rm )
5. Freedom o f.....................is one of the fundamental rights, (speak )
7. W hat old people fear most is.................... (lo n e ly )
1. He is a tall, brad and.................... (m u scle)
3. I cant work in here - its far too.................... (n oise)
IQ How are you? She asked.................... (sm ile)
Exercisc 11
1.1 am sorry about m y..................... . but I hate being kept waiting.
(p a tie n t)
2. Im looking for a .....................gift for an old lady (su it)
3. It was quite.....................to order so much food, (n e ce s sa ry )
4. The judge told him it was.................... to drink and drive, and
banned him for a year, (re s p o n s ib le )
5. This
poem
shows
the
wonderful.....................
of the
poet.
(se n sitiv e )
6. It was a .....................episode in the countrys history, (sh am e)
7. They celebrate their.....................on 4th July, (d e p e n d )
8. The gas from the chemical factory was extrem ely.....................
(h a rm )
9. The restaurant is now under new .....................(m a n a g e)
IQ The governm ent has planned to increase the rate of.....................
among young people, (e m p lo y )
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Exercise 12
1. He has been constant in h is.................... to scientific studies.
(d e v o te )
2...................... to the school is by examination only, (a d m it)
3. He was turned down for the job because he is...................
(q u a lity )
4. It w as.....................o f Tom to accuse Bill of having told him a lie.
(ju s tice )
5. I understand.....................what you are saying, (p e r fe c t)
6. Janes.....................as director came as no surprise, (a p p oin t)
7. A holiday in America can be.................... cheap, (s u rp ris e )
8. T h e..................... of the Hollywood actor, Jim m y Halton, was
announced last night, (die)
9. My colleagues
m anager is a
little.....................(frie n d )
IQ These shoes look quite smart but theyre terribly.......(com fort)
Exercise 13
1. They were sent to an.....................run by nuns, (o r p h a n )
2. They man spoke with a .....................accent, (sou th )
3. Yesterday afternoon, there was a bank...................... in the city.
(rob )
4. There are......................with the old testament, (sim ila r)
5. He missed the.....................of his train by a minute, (d e p a rt)
6. The..................... was won in the last minute of the game.
(ch a m p io n )
7. Theyve ..................... my name on this from: the first letter is L
not R. (spell)
8. After I had got to know him better, I..................... him intensely.
(like)
9. It was very.....................of you to break that coffee cup. (ca re)
10.Thank you for your postcard. It was very..................... of you to
lend it. (th in k )
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Exercise 14
[1. I like him because hes a very.................... person, (rely)
2. D ont be so.................... ; weve only been wait:'_ig for a few
minutes, (patient)
3. 7.30 a.m on a Saturday is a rather.................... time for an
appointment, (convenient)
4. Please dont be so.................... I cant do all the work by myself.
(reason)
5. There are always mistakes because the firm is so....................
(efficient)
6. Sorry about the mistake, I .................... the instructions you
gave me. (understand)
7........................ is an extremely popular hobby, (photograph)
8. There were 50.....................in the talent contest, (compete)
9. Young children are often very.................... They have so much
energy they cant sit still for a moment, (live)
IQ She was shocked to find out she had been.....................(adopt) ,
Exercise 15
1. Since..................... has been so poor the class is being closed.
(attend)
2. M agnets w ill.....................most metals, (attractive)
3. H is .....................has not improved much, (behave)
4. She is extrem ely.....................about the history of art. (k n ow )
5. The plane had to make a crash.................... in a field, (lan d )
6. There is some new .....................in the laboratory, (e q u ip )
7. Put the ice-cream in the.................... please, (fre e z e )
8. I had.....................in starting my car this morning, (d iffic u lt)
9. M ost British hom es have a ..................... of four television
channels, (c h o o s e )
10 She doesnt want to get fat, so she goes to the .....................
center every evening, (fit)
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Exercise 16
1. We must take.....................before things get worse, (a ct)
2. She smiles so........... ........., doesnt she? (a ttra ct)
3. I had to.....................my speech as we had started late, (short)
4. The police are looking for a dangerous.....................(crime)
5. The train made a late.................... (d ep a rt)
6. Are they.....................pearls or are they real? (im ita te)
7. He owes his..................... largely to his sense of humour.
(p o p u la r)
8. She has an.....................command of the language, (im press)
9. As she is so..................... with her present job she has decided
to leave, (s a tis fa ctio n )
IQ What a very.....................old man he is. (learn )
Exercise 17
1. Theres some new ................ in the laboratory, (e q u ip )
2. Could you repeat that...............? (ex p la in )
3. He had a strange................ on his face (e x p re s s)
4. Put the ice-cream in the..............., please, (fre e z e )
5. Is there any m o r e .............about the accident?, (in fo rm )
6. You must read the................. to this book (in tr o d u c e )
7. I have a n ............... to a party tonight, (in v ite)
8. Are you going to the................. tomorrow? (m eet)
9. That................. is by Picassco? (p a in t)
IQ ................. .. is my favourite hobby? (p h o t o g r a p h )
Exercise 13
1. W hat time do you.....................start work? (use)
2. While walking in the mountains in North W ales, we came
across a .....................quarry, (use)
3. How
are
you
Russian? (c o r r e s p o n d )
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course in
experienced jour-nalists.
(ed it)
6. He wanted a divorce because his wife had been....................
(fa ith )
7. I didnt
Know who it was - with a mask on, she was
com pletely..................... (r e c o g n iz e )
8. They have been allowed to train as doctors at a ....................
school, (m e d ic in e )
9. W omen began to gain.................... with make doctors in the 20th
century, (e q u a l)
IQ The Cotswolds is an area of great..................... in England.
(b e a u tifu l)
Exercise 19
1. He is a notorious.................... who robbed a bank yesterday.
(crim e )
2. It is forbidden to hunt for that kind of bird. It has been listed
as one o f the.....................specics. (d a n g er)
3. The weather was terrible, so we had a very.....................holiday.
(p lease)
4. The.....................of the new gust caused trouble to me. (a rriv e)
5........................ to the school is by examination only, (ad m it)
Exercise 20
1. The manager handed in his.................... after being accused of
dishonesty, (re sig n )
2. The thief replaced the diamond with a .....................
(worth)
stone.
3........................ about the com panys future means that few people
wanted t invest money in it. (certain)
4. Simon admitted that his cruel joke was.....................(intend)
5. The refugees fo u n d .................... over the border, (safe)
6. All the courses..................... in January will finish in June.
(b e g in )
7. A letter should always end with the..................... of the writer.
(sign)
8. It is really quite..................... that we should have been at the
same college without having met before, (ordinary)
9. There
is
great.................... between
Hari
and
his
twin
Exercise 21
1. The kings.....................organized a revolution, (oppose)
2. Their.....................has lasted a lifetime, (friend)
3. In many countries the.....................get the dole, (employ)
4. She left school with good.....................(q u a lifly )
5. D ont believe a word Tom says. Hes terrible..................... (lie)
6. This matter is very..................... Dont discuss it outside this
office (confidence)
7. Each member o f the group w orked..................... to achieve a
com mon aim, (sefe)
8. You
can
never be
sure
what he is
going
to
do.
Hes
babies
and
so.................... (p r e d ic t)
9. Shes very.....................and loves
toddlers, (m o th e r)
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looking
after
Exercise 2 2
1. She bites her nails all the time. It is a sign of....................
(n e r v o u s )
2. This coffee is too.................... to drink, (heat)
3. I really dont think he has the.................... to do this job. (able)
4. The professor explained his ideas with great...............(clea r)
5.........................many houses have to be demolished to make ways
for the roads, (fo r tu n e )
6. So people are being.................... in the suburbs and have to
com mute to work, (h o u se )
7. This leads to more pressure being put on the....................
public transport system, (a d eq u a te)
8. But traveling by pubic transport is v e r y ..................... as there
are long delays, (a ttra ct)
9. T he..................... of the trains and the buses causes frustration
and annoyance, (fre q u e n t)
IQ The situation is so.................... in some cities now that it is
difficult to see any solution, (ch a os)
Exercise 23
1. Traveling in big cites is becoming m ore..................... everyday.
(tr o u b le )
2. Less
public
transport
is
now
available
because
of
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Exercise 24
1. It is usually forbidden to destroy.....................building (h istory)
2. The old fishing village is very.....................(p ic tu r e )
3. I dont care what you say. I still think its very.....................not
to want to get married and have children, (n a tu re )
4. Artists are.....................people, (cre a te )
5. He examined the parcel....................., as he had no idea what it
could be (suspect)
6. There has been a..................... of 10% in the am ount o f money
available for buying new books, (reduce)
7. He is a very.....................carpenter, (sill)
8. H e..................... to hit me if I didnt hand over my money.
(threat)
9. Do you know what the.....................of the river, (d e e p )
IQ ....................., Im in favour of the plan, but there are still one or
two points that Im not entirely happy with, (base)
Exercise 25
1. A letter should always end with th e.....................of the writer.
(sign)
2. I would like to book a .....................to Paris, (fly)
3. The rule is not.....................in this case, (apply)
4. The price of the book
packing, (p ost)
is $10, including.....................
and
course in
Exercise 26
1. I look forward to .................... you. (see)
2. Ms Hong Nhung is a fam ous.................... (sing)
3........................ I came to the station just in time, (fo rtu n a te )
4. To tell the....................., I dislike that man. (tru e)
5. Theres n o.....................how he will react, (k n ow )
6. Dont you think it would be.................. to see a doctor? (sen se)
7. Stop
complaining!
There
are
many
children
much
less
Exercise 27
1. Its..................... to know that when we retire, we will receive a
very good pension, (co m fo rt)
2. I did a very stupid thing, but.................. nobody saw me. (lu ck )
3. Having our passports stolen was a r a t h e r ..................... start to
the holiday, (fo r tu n e )
4. Im .....................to have such good friends, (lu ck )
5. Id love to see you next week, but.................... it wont be
possible, (fo r tu n e )
6. She must be one of the .................... people I know. Thats the
fourth time her flat has been burgled this month, (lu ck y )
(education)
Exercise 28
1. Dont try to do things too quickly. Set yourself....................
targets, (real)
2. Our tomatoes are..................... nicely; theyll be ready to eat in
about a week, (ripe)
3. Look at this picture of Bill and his father-you can see
.....................clearly, cant you? (like)
4. Playing
for
the
national
team
for
the
first
time
was
Exercise 29
1.........................have been investigating seleniums role in the body
since 1957. (research)
2. Nicotine is responsible for the..................... effects of smoking.
(behave)
3. If you still feel ill after taking this treatment, you should see
a.....................(sp e cia l)
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lot
of
wine,
he
came
back
Exercise 30
1. The cost o f.....................to the show is reasonable, (admit)
2. My teacher is very.............about the history of V ietn am ?(know )
3. There's too m uch.....................in this world, (greedy)
4. She thinks that with a little.................... she can persuade her
husband to change his mind, (flatter)
5. He feels a great deal of.................... for the awful way he
behaved, (ashamed)
6. Its .....................to be laughed at in pubic, (humiliate)
7. Mr. Smith is a..................... person. If he says
something, you know that he will do. (depend)
8........................
will
do
Exercise 31
1. She always listens.................... to what she is told, (attention)
2. In his family, he is a .................... child, (trouble)
3. There has been a ....................
(notice)
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Exercise 32
1. My friend is a keen am ateur.....................(nature)
2. Cattle and chickens are.....................animals (domestic)
3. The whales have not only suffered untold cruelty but now face
total.....................(exterminate)
4. Craigs old jacket was so.....................that he had to buy a new
one. (wear)
5. The ring was not valuable; in fact it was alm ost.....................
(worth)
6. He is very.....................in everything he does, (system)
Exercise 33
1. The audience burst into..................... at the end of the play.
(applaud)
2. How much does.....................of this club cost? (member)
3. What a very..................... old man he is! (learn)
4. The new film is.....................good, (exception)
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(b rea k )
9. There was a heavy.................... yesterday afternoon which
completely ruined the church Garden Party, (p o u r)
10 Although the splitting o f the atom was one of the greatest
scientific..................... of this century, there are many people
who wish it had never happened, (break )
Exercise 34
1. You can always rely on Barbara, She is very ....................
(d e p e n d )
2. I think its very.....................of him to expect us to work over
time every night this week, (rea son )
3. W hat
lovely
painting!
Your
daughter
must
be
before, (re fe r)
7. She is one of the greatest.................... to appear in this theatre.
(p e r fo r m )
8. I w rote..................... letters of application, but got no reply.
(en d )
9. Burning coal is a n ..................... way of heating a house. Gas is
much cheaper, (e c o n o m y )
IQ There are very few ..................... places left on earth. M an as
nearly everywhere, (e x p lo re )
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Exercise 35
1 She was shocked to find out she had been..................... (a d o p t)
2. They were sent to an.................... run by nuns, (o r p h a n )
3. My aunt is an.....................officer, (m ig ra te)
4. Yesterday afternoon, there was a b a n k ..................... in the city.
(rob )
5. There a r e .....................with the old testament, (sim ila r)
6. He missed the.....................of his train by a minute, (d e p a rt)
7. The ..................... was won in the last minute of the game.
(ch a m p io n )
8. It was com plete.....................due to poor planning, (fail)
9. Their.....................has lasted a lifetime, (frie n d )
IQ Could you.....................the picture over the sofa? (stra ig h t)
Exercise 36
1. That rule is not.....................in this case, (a p p ly )
2. I dont think Tom s getting too much sleep lately. His eyes are
terribly.....................(b lo o d )
3. English is a .......................... easy language for Swedes to learn.
(c o m p a r e )
4. Now, dont tell anyone else what Ive just told you. Remember,
its.....................(c o n fid e )
5. The recent hurricane caused.....................damage, (w id e )
6. The weather will be bright w ith................. showers, (o c c a s io n )
7. Most birds.....................in the winter, (m ig r a to r y )
8. He draws cartoons for a.....................magazine, (h u m o u r )
9. Do you have a .....................costume in your country? (n a tio n )
IQ W hat is th e.....................of the run way at this airport? (lon g)
Exercise 37
1. His behaviour alw ays.....................met at parties, (e m b a rra ss )
2. The new film is.....................good, (e x c e p tio n )
3. She felt a sense of.....................when her friend went to live
abroad, (lose)
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arent
suitably.................... for
the
job.
which
Exercise 38
1. Thank you for your postcard, it was very.................... of you to
send it. (think)
2. After having drunk a
hom e.....................(steady)
lot
of
wine,
he
came
back
shop
and
the assistants
are
all police
and
very.....................(h elp )
9......................... is a time that is supposed to be free of worries.
(child)
IQ After several.....................attempts we have finally done it.
(succeed)
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Exercise 39
1. Are you going to Germany on business or for....................?
(please)
2. Im bored. I need som e.................... in my life? (e x c ite )
3. Money does not always bring.................... (h a p p y )
4. That was a very.....................things to say. (h u rt)
5. It was a very.....................experience and it took a long time to
get over it. (u p set)
6. Thats one o f the m ost.....................stories Ive ever heard.
(d e p re ss)
7. Theres enough.....................in the world without people making
films about it. (sad)
8. Has the doctor given you anything for your.................... ?
(d e p re ss)
9. It was with a certain amount of..................... that he left.
(re lu cta n t)
IQ The food was rather..................... (d is a p p o in t)
Exercise 40
1. Travelling in big cities becom ing m ore..................... everyday.
(tro u b le )
2. Less public
transport is
the.....................o f staff, (short)
now
available
because
of
leads
to
more
pressure
being
put
on
the
Exercise 41
1. Three firms are in ................. for the same contract, (co m p le te )
2. The USA is a land of.................... (im m ig ra te)
3. Going around the world in a hot fantastic.....................(a ch ie v e )
m embers
of
an
expedition
an
amazing
feeling
of.....................(co m p a n y )
5. To sail single-handed across the ocean takes both skill
and.....................(d e te rm in e )
6. They becam e..................... short of water so Jan had to make
her way down the steep path to the river with a bucket,
(d a n g er)
7. Modern farm animals and crops are result of centuries
of.....................breeding, (select)
8. My friend is a keen am ateur.................... (n a tu re)
9. Cattle and chickens are.................... animals, (d o m e s tic)
IQ The whales have got only suffered untold cruelty but now
face, total.....................(e x te rm in a te )
Exercise 42
1. The factorys.....................has increased considerably in the past
few years, (p u t)
2. I was late
my car had
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Exercise 43
1. He was charges with being an.....................to murder, (access)
2. There was quite a .................... crowd at the match, (re sp e ct)
3........................ is a profession of an accountant, (a c c o u n t )
4. We only need some information from an ..................... source.
(a u th o rity )
5. In the 18th century, weather forecast was not reliable because
forecasters o ft e n .....................the facts they got. (in te r p r e t)
6. Heavy rain and excessive use have.....................the soil, (poor)
7. At first nobody noticed the childs..................... They did not
know where he was then, (a p p ea r)
8. A n ..................... phenomenon always makes us embarrassed.
(ex p la in )
9. Hes looking.....................thinner, (a p p r e c ia te )
IQ He is an expert in technology. We call him a ....................
(te c h n iq u e )
Exercise 44
1. To m y....................., the monkey peeled a banana and offered it
to me. (am aze)
2. He finds history.....................but maths bring, (fa s c in a te )
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and
Austria
are
both.....................
countries
Exercise 45
1. You could see the poor dog.................... daily as the disease
spread through its body, (w ea k )
2. Cholera
is an.....................
disease in hot
countries (in fe c t)
3. All students have tried hard to pass the university....................
exam, (e n te r)
4. We must be careful not to do anything that m ight.....................
the economic recovery, (d a n g er)
5. Most o f the bodies were badly burned, m aking.....................
almost impossible, (id e n tify )
6. I don think you quite understand the..................... of our
financial problems, (se v e re )
7. Smoking for a long time will cause..................... diseases.
(r e s p ir e )
8. Fog is one o f the sailors .................... enemies, (die)
9. An increase in average temperature by only a few degrees
could cause environm ental problem s.....................(w o r ld )
IQ We do not..................... between our workers on the basic of
their background o f ethnic origin, (d iffe re n t)
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Exercise 46
L People say that breast-feeding is better than bottle-feediuj
because its m ore.................... (n a tu re)
2. Australian is one o f the worlds m ain..................... o f wool
(p r o d u c e )
3. Many species of plants and animals
of7threatened w ith.................... (e x tin ct)
4
are
in
danger
Exercise 47
L Unfortunately, the army has proved..................... in protecting
the civilian population, (e ffe ct)
2. Some parts o f the world seem to be experiencing...................
changes (clim a te )
3. Smoking has
(re v e rs e )
4
caused.....................
damage
to
his
lungs
started a
(m a jor)
7. There are few absolute.................... in life, (c e r ta in
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tw o....................
in
every
European
city.
Exercise 48
1. Street-fights are an everyday.................... in this area of the city
(occur)
2. There has been n o.................... in that class-theyve had a
succession o f different teachers, (continue)
3........................ year is the time it takes for the earth to go round
the sun just over 365 days, (sun)
4. The trip to My Son Sanctuary
students.....................(expect)
lived
up
to
all
the
man
was
being
questioned
ii:
in September.
connection
with
his
girlfriends .....................(appear)
9. Her leg has been....................
(estimate)
Exercise 49
1. His parents were very....................
exam ination, (h a p p y )
2. Senior..................... officials
tomorrow, (g o v e rn )
will
attending
meeting
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many people
a bigger
and
m ore....................
the
Exercise 50
1. I looked in her face for som e....................., but she just stared at
me blankly, (r e s p o n d )
2. Their estimate of the cost of the project was extremely
.....................(a c c u r a te )
3. I have n o..................... of changing my plans just to fit in with
his. (in te n d )
4. The mother was very proud o her childrens good....................
(b e h a v e )
5. Crities said judges
(e sta b lish )
were
on the
side
of th e.....................
seems
to
regard
as...................... (in te r fe r e )
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any
advice
and
help
from
me
published
last
year
was
Exercise 51
1. All the students are.................... to learn foreign languages at
school, (courage)
2. Id like to thank the staff for having shown such....................
(commit)
3. T he.....................value of this new method of analysis has still to
be proven, (predict)
4. Its pretty.....................that theyll turn up now - its nearly ten
oclock, (likely)
5. All the people are shocked by the mans..................... to see his
son (deny)
6. She takes her.......................
(responsible)
as
nurse
very
seriously.
Exercise 52
1. The little boy found it hard to control his.....................(angry)
2. Sm all..................... in the country are hoping that the markets
will improve, (invest)
3. The project was a ..................... effort between the two schools.
(join)
4. There are now over four million people..................... in this
country, (employ)
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little
money, (real)
Exercise 53
1. We need to make the club..................... to a wider range of
people (attract)
2. The company has
(finance)
gone through
som e.....................
difficult
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Exercise 54
1. He wants to work for a.................... when he leaves school.
(n ew s)
2. Perhaps its time for them to try a new course of....................
(treat)
3. Make sure you are given a ............... for everything you buy.
(re ce iv e )
4. There are a lot
(m e d ic in e )
of.................... books
in
the
city
library.
Exercise 55
1. Plant.....................
is most noticeable in
summer, (g ro w )
2. The
president
had
a....................
reception
in
Ohio
this
morning, (h o s tility )
3. These
bacteria
are....................
unless
viewed
with
microscope, (v is ib le )
4. W hen preparing meals, you need to think about .....................
and taste as well as nutritional value, (vary)
5. The ..................... of last nights meal were still seen on the
table, (rem a in )
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Exercise 56
1. There has been a considerable..................... in traffic accidents
for the last two months in our country, (r e d u c e )
2. By the 1990s, m ost.....................in that city had a TV. (house)
3. T he.....................was traced to an oil pipe in the cellar, (leak)
4. The Japanese.....................more than half of their waste paper.
(cycle)
5. Sulphur dioxide is one of several.....................that are released
into the atmosphere by cola-fired power stations, (pollute)
6......................... chemistry is the scientific study of chemical
substances which do not contain carbon, (organic)
7. W eve go to be a bit m ore.....................in the way that we carry
out this task, (system)
8. Tom s father has an.....................background, (industry)
9. The forecast said that theres a ..................... of snow tonight.
(possible)
IQ President Ho Chi Minh is a great..................... leader of the
Vietnam ese people and a great man of culture of the world,
(revolution)
Exercise 57
1. My com puter makes a ................. low buzzing noise, (continue)
2. A ll..................... , no matter how small, will be much appreciate
(contribute)
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(d o m in a te )
A decision was finally made after some heated....................
(a rg u e )
Terrorists have claim ed.................... for yesterdays bomb
attack, (r e s p o n s ib le )
Environment protection has been a problem of....................
concern (g lo b e )
In..................... to his house^in London, he has villa in Paris.
(add)
He is self-em ployed as he find working lor other people
too.....................(re s trict)
The magazine offers tips on cutting your house....................
costs (m a in ta in )
Exercise 58
1. With recent scientific progress, .................... into new areas of
research is possible, (e x p a n d )
2. Children are allowed much more.................... these days, (free)
3. A balanced diet is essential for healthy.....................(g ro w )
4. In 19th century Britain, industries became concentrated in
particular.....................(local)
5. Doubts about the governments policies are being expressed
even by people who have been.................... of the government
in the past (s u p p o r t)
6. I am pleased to announce the....................
of the History
were
quite....................
in the circumstances.
(ju stify )
IQ The judge didnt believe his.................... that he had stolen the
money in order to give it to charity, (e x p la in )
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Exercise 59
1. Bees.....................the flowers by bringing pollen, (fe rtile )
2. She was depressed and felt totally.................... about the future.
(h o p e )
3
Exercise 60
Its a marvelous idea for children to do some cooking at an early
age. Generally (1) (s p e a k )...................... most children
cant wait
their
meals.
They
should
be
(3)
children
at all times cannot be emphasized too (10)
(h e a v y ).....................Sharp knives, for example, should be avoided
until children are old enough to handle them safely.
Exercise 61
Before the invention of instruments to measure weather
conditions, people relied on their own (1) (o b s e r v e ).....................the
wind and sky as well as the(2) (b e h a v e ).....................of birds and
animals in connection with different types of weather. Many
rhymes that have an (3) (a s s o c ia te ).................... with the weather
have becom e popular over the centuries. In the weather become
popular over the centuries. In the short term, a (4)
(sa y ).....................like red sky in the morning, sailors warning,
often proves to be (5) (s u r p r is e ).................... accurate. However, it
is very (6 )(lik e ly ).....................that next years summer can be
predicted from this years winter. Such predications cant be
considered (7 )(u se).....................in precise weather forecasting. (8)
(p r o v e ).....................o f this can be found in past records.
Nowadays, all aspects of the weather such as hours of (9)
(su n )....................
and
rainfall
are
observed
on
a
(10)(d ay).....................basis
by
meteorological
stations
with
specialized equipment.
Exercise 62
I saw a film last week that was not very interesting. It was a
comedy but it was not very (1) (a m u se )..................... But perhaps
the real problem was not that the film was bad but that I was (2)
(d e p r e s s )..................... The weather was very (3) (d e p re ss )
.....................that day too. To add to my problems, I was (4)
(d is a p p o in t )..................... because I had just had some very (5)
(s u r p r is e )..................... news. I had been hoping to get a very (6)
(in te r e s t)..................... job that someone else got instead. In fact, I
was very (7) (s h o c k ).....................I didnt get it because I was (8)
(c o n v in c e )..................... that I had all the right qualifications.
However, (9) (d is a p p o in t )..................... things like this happen all
the time, dont they? So why was I (10) (s u r p r is e ).....................
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Exercise 63
The developm ent of the road maps of Britain that exist today
started over 200 years ago. The Army was concerned about the (1)
(p o s s ib le ).....................of enemy invasion, but its plans for (2)
(defend).....................were hindered by the lack of maps at the
time. Those that did exist were (3) (accurate).....................and
lacked detail.
Work to produce (4) (rely).....................maps was carried out by
an organization called Ordnance Survey. They were remarkably
(5) (succeed).....................Using fairly simple instruments, they
produced (6) (surprise).....................accurate results and set the
high standard for which British maps have a (7) (repute)
Map-makers today use totally different methods. Todays (8)
(m o t o r )..................... have a vast (9) (c h o o s e )..................... of road
atlases produced by a wide range of publishers. They (10)
(v a r io u s ).....................enormously in style, colour and content but
they all derive from the maps produced by Ordnance Survey.
Exercise 64
These day it is impossible to open a newspaper without reading
about the damage we are doing to the environment. The earth is
being (1) (th r e a t)..................... and the future looks bad. W hat can
each of us do?
We cannot clean up our (2) (p o llu t io n )..................... rivers and
seas overnight. Nor can we stop the (3) (a p p e a r ).....................of
plants and animals. But we can stop adding to the problem while
(4) ( s c ie n c e ).....................search for answer, and laws are passed in
natures (5) (d e fe n d ).....................
It may not be easy to change your lifestyle (6) (co m p le te )
...................... but some steps are easy to take: cut down the amount
o f (7) (d r iv e ).....................you do, or use as little plastic as possible.
It is also easy to save energy, which also reduces (8)
(h o u s e ).....................bills.
We
must
all
make
personal
(9)
Exercise 65
In the past, any mother would be proud if her children were
round
and
slightly
fat.
Those
days
are
gone.
(1)
(r e s e a r c h ).....................
have
now
reached
the
(2)
(c o n c lu d e )..................... that too much fat and sugar in childrens
diets are a major factor in the (3) ^ develop).................... of heart
diseases and other (4) (ill).................... when they are older.
However (5) (g r o w )..................... children need to eat a wide range
of
foods,
and
their
general
health
could
be
(6) ,
(d a n g e r).....................by cutting out particular ones. Psychologists
say that (7) (s o lv e ).....................is not to change eating habits too
fast, but to do it (8) (c a r e ).................... , so that children do not lose
muscle in addition to fat. Parents should present food a little (9)
(d iffe r e n c e )....................., spread butter thinly and avoid putting
sugar
on
the
table.
Children
should
also
be
(10)
(c o u r a g e ).....................to take part in sports: this way they will, be
using the calories that they have eaten.
Exercise 66
The Cotswolds is an area of great beauty in England. It has a
number o f (1) (d e lig h t).................... villages and small towns with
lovely old buildings that have remained (2) (ch a n g e )
.................... since the area was a major (3) (c o m m e r c e )
.................... centre several centuries ago. The countryside in the
area is (4) (c h a r m ).....................end most of the buildings there are
made from an (5) (a tt r a c t).................... type of light stone that is
particular to the Cotswolds.
In the summer, the Cotswolds can get rather (6) (c r o w d )
.................... but it is always possible to find pretty places that do
not have the (7) (fa m o u s ).................... of the more well-known
villages and towns. There is no (8) (s h o t).....................of pleasant
hotels and (9) (t r a d it io n ) .................... inns for visitors to stay in
and
the
Cotswolds
area
is an
excellent place
for
an
(10)
(e n jo y )................. ...weekend.
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Exercise 67
The site o f the town of Winchester was a natural place for a (1)
's e t t le ;................ . at the point where a river cut through the chalk
of the (2) (s o u th ).................... hillsides. A simple camp at St
Catherines Hill was the (3 )(ea rly )..................... known use of the
site. This was followed by an Iron Age hillfort, but this was left
^inh abit).....................by 100 BC. It was he Rom ans who finaflr
established the town and (5) (r o u n d )..................... it with t
defensive wall for the protection of their people and trade.
W ith the (6) (b u ild ).....................of its first cathedral in the
seventh century, the town became an im portant (7)(centre
.....................
Later
King
Alfred,
who
had
(8)(religion
and
left
without
giving
him
an
(9)
(explain*
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Exercise 70
Architects responsible for the construction of many skyscrapers
believe that a tall building must always have a certain minimum
(1) (w id e ).....................but that there is no limit to its absolute (2)
(h ig h )..................... This means that the skyscrapers of the future
are likely to be even taller.
Engineers agree with this, but there is (3) (a g re e ).....................
over the best shape for very tall, slim buildings. The effects of the
best shape for very tall, slim building. The effects of wind (4)
(p re ss).....................mean that cylindrical designs have enjoyed
some (5) (p o p u la r ).....................in recent years, and these are quite
pleasing to the eye. (6) (fo r tu n a te ).................... however, the ideal
shape is an ugly square with heavily rounded corners. Would
these buildings o f the future offer more than a (7) (w o n d e r )
.....................view? Some believe tall towers could contain all the (8)
(r e q u ir e )..................... for modern living. The (9) (in h a b it)
.....................o f these vertical villages would travel up and down
between their home and work zones and would (10) (ra re)
.....................need t journey to ground level.
Exercise 71
The question w hat makes a manger (1) (s u c c e s s )............... ,....?
often comes up. First o f all, a manager needs the right kind of (2)
( p r o fe s s io n )..................... support. In other words, a good manger
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Exercise 72
Bells have been in existence for along time. They were used by
the (1) (china)..................... about 6,000 years ago and the oldest
bell ever found is around 7,000 years old. Today, we live in a world
of mass (2)(communicate) ..................... and (3) (rely)....................
clocks, so it is easy to forget what an essential part of everyday life
/
associate
with
announcing
when
(9)
(religion)
Exercise 73
We all welcom ed the teachers suggestion that we should do
something else after the last exercise. Usually the teacher gives us
very good (1) (a d v is e ).....................and we have faith in all her (2)
(r e c o m m e n d )
.....................
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.....................
when
she
So
we
were
rather
asked us to make
small
(3 )(su rp rise)
(4 )(ch a n g e)
Exercise 74
t
your
form
needs to show
that you
have
(8)
Exercise 75
When did the first toys come into existence and what led to
their (1) (d e v e lo p ).....................? Did they represent an attempt by
adults to make children happy, or did they arise from the various
playful
(2)
(a c t iv e ).....................
of
children
them selves?
As
Exercise 76
Wildlife painting had always been a hobby for M ark Chester,
but when he lost his job, he took the (1) (decide).................... to
turn it into a full-time career. Mark had obtained
his (2)
(profession).....................qualifications
of
in
the
fields
(3)
Exercise 77
We all know stories about people with exceptional memories
who have the (1) (a b le ).....................to rem em ber hundreds of
numbers after hearing them only once. Now experts are saying
that such feats can be taught.
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(10)
Exercise 78
At a m eeting held in Oxwell last Thursday evening a wide (1)
v a r y )..................... of opinions was expressed on plans to build a
arge supermarket in the town. A (2) (d ir e c t ).................... of the
supermarket group stated that the supermarket would benefit the
[3) (in h a b it).....................of Oxwell as it wouid give people more (4)
[ch o o s e ).....................when shopping and would lead to a (5)
(grow)....... ............. in the umber of jobs available in the town,
which has a high rate of (6) (e m p lo y ).................... Although there
was (7) (a g r e e ).....................on the need for new jobs, some of those
present claimed that the supermarket would lead t a (8)
(lose)..................... o f jobs as small shops, (9) (a b le )..................... to
compete with superm arket prices, would be forced t close. The
final (10) (d e c id e ).....................on whether or not to build the
supermarket will be made next month.
Exercise 79
The most effective way of learning a language is by living in the
country concerned, but parents should think (l)(c a r e )...,................
before they send their children abroad. Although some
(2 )(o r g a n iz e ).....................arrange visits for children as young as
ten, the (3) (m a jo r )..................... of them wont be ready to stay
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Exercise 80
Emma Harte, in Barbara Taylor Bradfors novel, was a poor
lonely girl who became the (1) (w e a lth )..................... owner of an
international chain of stores. Like the woman she writes about,
Ms Bradford is beautiful and (2) (a m b itio n ).....................She left
school at sixteen and became
a (3 )(jo u rn a l).....................After
life?
T;m
afraid
not,'
she
said
with
(7)
came
from
middle-class
home
and.
Im
Exercise 81
Judo is a sport that has achieved great popularity n many pars
of the world. It was (l) (o r ig in ) .................... developed in Japan in
the late 19th century based on ancient methods o f self-defence.
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Exercise 82
People wishing to spend an interesting couple of hours in Railey
this month should visit the Town Hall where an exhibition of fifty
(1) (p a in t)..................... by the locally born (2) (a rt).....................
John W ragg is being held. The exhibition contains many
extremely (3 )(im p re ss )................... pictures of Australia where
John has live for the past thirty years. However, he still has many
(4).(c o n n e c t ) ..................... with the (5) (s u r r o u n d ).....................area
as several m embers o f his family live in Railey. John hoped to be
present for the official (6) (o p e n ).................... of the exhibition but
(7) (fo r t u n a t e )..................... he has been prevented from traveling
to England because of (8) (ill)....................
The exhibition is open (9) (d a y ).................... until the end of the
month. The price o f (10) (a d m it).................... is 3 for adults and
2 for senior citizens, students and children.
Exercise 83
W hen Rosem ary first saw Carl, she was strongly attracted to
him. He was one o f the (1) (g o o d -lo o k in g )..................... men she
had ever seen. She knew that the felt a strong (2) (a ttra ct)
.....................for her, as well, so it was only natural that they began
seeing each other (3) (r e g u la r )......... ........... The (4) (a n n o u n c e )
.....................of their engagement came a month later. W hen Laura
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heard the news, she tried very hard to hide her (5) (d is a p p o in t)
.....................Then she realized that it was very (6 )(fo o l).....................
of her to feel that way. She had always lived with the (7)
(k n o w )..................... that Ca^l admired her only because of her (8)
(e ffic ie n t ).....................as his secretary. The (9 )(th in k )......................
that she might be more than that had (10) (s im p le ;....................
never occurred to him.
Exercise 84
Let me make a suggestion to help you deal with difficult
situations. If, for example, you are taking part in a sports (1)
(c o m p e t e )...................... meeting someone im portant, or giving a
(2 )(p e rfo r m )................... in front of a large audience, you will
probably be quite (3) (n e r v e )....................., and worry that you will
not be as (4) (s u c c e e d ).....................as you would like to be.
W hat you need to do is to prepare yourself (5 )(th o ro u g h )
.....................by running through the whole (6) (a c t iv e )......................
over and over again in your mind, (7) (c a r e )..................... going
through every detail.
For example, a famous pianist, (8) (p r is o n ).....................
for
seven years for (9 )(p o litic s )..................... reasons, could still play
magnificently on his release. When asked how he m anaged to play
so well, his (10) (e x p la in ).................... was that he had practiced
every day in his mind.
Exercise 85
The London Underground map is extrem ely well designed.
Simple,
easy
to
understand
and
(1)
(a tt r a c t)..................... , it
was
represented
com plex
network
of
(6 )(c o m m u n ic a te )
Exercise 86
Nearly all the discoveries that have been made through the
ages can be found in books. The (1) (in v e n t).....................of the
books is one o f hum ankinds greatest (2) (a c h ie v e )...................... the
importance o f which cannot be overestimated.
Books are very adaptable, providing us with both (3)
(e n te rta in ).....................
and
information.
The
(4)
(p r o d u c e )..................... of books began in Ancient Egypt, though
not in a form that is (5) (r e c o g n iz e ).................... to us today. The
books read by the Romans, however, have some (6)
(sim ila r)..................... to the ones we read now. Until the middle of
the 15th century, in Europe, all books were (7) (w r ite ).....................
by hand. They were often beautifully illustrated and always rare
and
(8)
(e x p e n s e ).....................With
(p o ssib le )
.....................
distribution
o f books,
of cheap,
making
printing
large-scale
(10)
came
the
(9)
publication
and
(k n o w ).....................
more
Exercise 87
In the past, any mother would be proud if her children were
%
round and slightly fat. Those days are gone. (1) (re s e a rch )
.................... have now reached the (2) ( c o n c lu d e ).....................that
too much fat and sugar in childrens diets are a major factor in the
(3) (d e v e lo p )..................... of heart diseases and other (4) (ill)
.....................when they are older.
However, (5 )(g r o w )..................... children need to eat a wide
155
range
of
foods
and
their
general
health
could
be
(6 )(d a n g e r).....................by
cutting
out
particular
ones.
Psychologists say that (7) (s o lv e )..................... is not to change
eating habits too fast, but to do it (8 )(ca re )..................... . so that
children do not lose muscle in addition to fat. Parents should
present food a little (9) (d iffe r e n c e )...................... spread butter
thinly and avoid putting sugar on the table. Children should also
be (1C) (c o u r a g e ).....................to take part in sports: this way they
will be using the calories that they have eaten.
Exercise 88
As far as I am concerned, nothing spoils a visit to the opera
more than
members
the
of
(l)(d is g u s t ).....................
the
audience
to
noise
express
made by some
their
(2)
(a p p rove)
Exercise 89
Exercise is one of the best ways of keeping im pression away. It
improves your body and your mind and (1) (a b le )..................... you
to perform better in the work place at home.
Proper (2) (b r e a t h )..................... is essential if you want to get
the
most from
exercise
and
you
should
also
take
into
(3)
(c o n s id e r )
.....................
to
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fitness
instructors emphasise
listening to your body.
the
(5)
(im p o r ta n t).....................
of
W hen
you
first
start
you
should
use
good
(6)
(judj*e)...................... because its essay to make the mistake of
using the equipment (7) ( c o r r e c t ).................... or doing too much at
one time. Stat slowly and build u gradually.
Exercise should not be seen as a (8) (d e m a n d ).................... task;
it can be as essay as a quick walk. To increase your fitness
(9 )(stea d y)......................exercise for 20 minutes a day, 4 to 6 times
a week and you will notice a (1 0 )(d iffire n t)..................... in your
body and mind in a few weeks.
Exercise 90
John Shaw will shortly be setting off on a 50,000 km run, which
will make him
the first person to perform
the
(1)
(o r d in a r y )..................... act of running all the way round the world
if he succeeds.
His
timetable
includes
the
(2)
(fr e e z e ).....................Russian
biggest
fear
is
not
the
physical
challenge,
but
Exercise 91
Following the unexpected closure last year of a number of
factories in and around brad stone, leading to a sharp rise in local
(1) (e m p lo y )...................... it is very good to hear that the (2)
(c o n s t r u c t ).....................o f a new high-technology centre will begin
(3) (s h o r t).....................on the site of one of the old factories.
Network
UK,
the
company
responsible,
made
the
(4)
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\
always
interrupting
wom en
when
they
talk.
One
(2)
supporting
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role.
So
man
interrupts
in
display
of
(4)(dom inate^
or control. Men also have a much more
(5 )(p le a sa n t...................... )
listening style. W hereas a woman uses
gestures or say: mm , a man will say such things as right or
okay thus settle the stage for an (6 )(in te rru p t)....................
Conversation o f this kind, then, hardly has (7 )(m ea n )....................
communication. Male talk is often (8 )(a rg u e).................... while
women are more tentative, asking more questions and tending to
build up their replies on what the other person had said. The
research would indicate that women are better (9)(listen)
.................... than men. Yet, listening secretly to conversation
between groups o f women, one has the (1 0 )(im p ress).....................of
several simultaneous monologues into which no man would be
able to get a chance to speak.
E x e rc is e 94
Commercial fishing has been carried out since the middle ages.
Before that it was (1) (p o s s ib le ).................... to keep fish for long
period, but the development of (2) (s to r e )..................... methods
such as drying and salting made it possible for (3)(fish)
.................... to go on fishing trips further away.
In fact, although
.................... of time.
All this changed as a result of the new (8 )(te c h n o lo g y )
.................... advances in refrigeration in the 19th century. Soon the
(9 )(co a st)..................... waters of Africa and the M editerranean
were full o f Northern European fishing boats. In the 20th century,
scientific
during
the
Second
tout history,
Exercise 96
Humans have long been fascinate by outer space, and have
wondered if there are intelligent life-forms ( l) (e ls e ) .................... ,
which we might be able to contact (2 )(n a tu re )..................... , weve
all seen space creatures on our TV and cinem a screens, but
aliens like these owe more t the (3 )(c o n v e n ie n t ).....................of
using human (4 )(a ct).....................to play the parts than to any real
form of (5 )(s c ie n c e ).....................investigation.
However, many serious space (6) (r e s e a r c h )..................... are
now beginning to turn their attention to the question of what alien
life might (7) (a c tu a l)..................... look like. One early result is
Arnld the Alien, (8 )(d e sig n )..................... by biologist, Douglas
Dixon. This strange being, (9 )(lik e).....................humans, has its
eyes, ears and limbs in groups of three instead of pairs but,
despite its odd (1 0 )(a p p e a r)....................., its behaviour is not very
different from our own.
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