Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable or phrase.
Nowadays lots of people drive to large supermarket to (1)___ their shopping. These supermarkets have car-parks, so you can buy several (2)___ of shopping. You can fill your trolley, and (3)___ put it to your car. Some people prefer to go to local shops. These small shops are usually (4)___ than supermarkets. Some towns have an open air market in the center, (5)___ you can buy fruit and vegetables, but you have to carry your shopping home.
Choose the best option (A, B, C, or D) to complete the following sentences:
Example:
The man ___________to your sister is my uncle.
A. is talking
B. was talking
C. who is talking
D. talked
Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank:
Like other teachers, Pham Thu Thuy enjoys her (1) ____ job. However, her class is different (2)____ other classes. The twenty-five children, (3)____ are learning how to read and write in her class, are disabled. Some are deaf, some dumb and others (4)_____ retarded. Most of the children come from large and poor families, which prevents them from having proper (5) _____.
Read the passage below carefully, and then decide whether the statements are true (T), false (F) or not given (N):
The meanings of the terms science and technology have changed significantly from one generation to another. More similarities than differences, however, can be found between the terms.
Both science and technology imply a thinking process, both are concerned with causal relationships in the material world, and both employ an experimental methodology that results in empirical demonstrations that can be verified by repetition. Science, at least in theory, is less concerned with the practicality of its results and more concerned with the development of general laws, but in practice science and technology are inextricably involved with each other. The varying interplay of the two can be observed in the historical development of such practitioners as chemists, engineers, physicists, astronomers, carpenters, potters, and many other specialists. Differing educational req
Read the passage and statements below carefully, and then say whether the statements are true (T), false (F) or not given (N):
Music is part of every culture on Earth. Many people feel that music makes life worth living. We can make music ourselves if we play an instrument or sing. We can hear music on CDs and on radio or television. Music gives us pleasure. It can cheer us up, excite us, or soothe us.
WHAT IS MUSIC?
Music can be happy, sad, romantic, sleepy, spine-tingling, healing—all kinds of things. But what is it? Some people define it as an artful arrangement of sounds across time. Our ears interpret these sounds as loud or soft, high or low, rapid and short, or slow and smooth. The sounds need to continue for a time in some sort of pattern to become music.
Music, like language, is a uniquely human form of communication. As with language, there are many different kinds. In North America, people listen to jazz, rock, classical, folk, country, and many other k
Choose the best option (A, B, C, or D) to complete the following sentences:
Example:
Children rarely show any ............. for what their parents do for them.
A. appreciating
B. appreciate
C. appreciative
D. appreciation
Choose the best option (A, B, C, or D) to complete the following sentences:
Example:
The .............. of flour, water and yeast is then left in a warm place for four hours.
A. mixing
B. mix
C. mixturable
D. mixture
Choose the best option (A, B, C, or D) to complete the following sentences:
Example:
We can't go to Julia's party because we're _____________ away that weekend.
A. going
B. went
C. go
D.to go
Choose the best option (A, B, C, or D) to complete the following sentences:
Example:
The lighting for the production made a very .............. use of shadow.
A. effect
B. effectively
C. effective
D. effection