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Test on Word Formation ( Part 3 ) Exercise 1. 1. We had a very ___________ evening in London last week ENJOY 2. He fell off his motobike, but his _________ were not serious. INJURE 3. The family managed to get out of the burning house , but they lost nearly their ______ POSSESS 4. He says he has no ____________ of resigning INTEND 5. The crowd showed it __________ by shouting insults at the players APPROVE 6. Dozens of ________ are injured on the city roads every year CYCLE 7. The company is not taking any new _________ this year EMPLOY 8. Kate is studying to become a __________ . LAW 9. Motor – racing is an extremely____________sport. RISK 10. The duty of the police is the _________ of law and order. MAINTAIN Exercise 2. 1. We have to keep our costs as small as possible. We have so many _________ trying to take our customers away COMPETE 2. Our tomatoes are ____nicely: they will be ready to eat in about a week RIPE 3. He is very anxious about the ___________ of his passport. LOSE 4. This organization is concerned about the _________ of the rain forest. DESTROY 5. Television is one the cheapest forms of _______________ . ENTERTAIN 6. I was annoyed at his ___________ to co – operate . REFUSE 7. Look at this picture of Bill and his father : you can see the __________ clearly, can’t you LIKE 8. Switzerland and Australia are both ____________ countries MOUTAIN 9. My brother lives in an attractive ___________ part of Paris RESIDE 10. He said good morning in a most __________ way. FRIEND Exercise 3. 1.We bought back several carved ____ statues from our holiday in Africa. WOOD 2. Our journey took nearly five hours. It was much ____ than I’d thought. FAR 3. John has just got _________ to a girl he has known since he was a boy. ENGAGE 4. “ This is not a good essay”, said the lecturer, “ I find your arguments ___________” CONVINCE 5. More and more young people want to get a university ___________ EDUCATE 6. Sue went red with ____________ EMBARRASS 7. Don’t believe a word Tom says. He’s a terrible ___________ LIE 8. It’s a lovely house, I agree, but can we afford to ___________ it ? MODERN 9. Brown is very warm and _________ person CARE 10. The man spoke with a ___________ accent. SOUTH Exercise 4. 1. Bill and I have been friends since _______ : he used to live next door. CHILD 2. The woman has a blonde shoulder - ______________ hair . LONG 3. Applicants must be under 25, hard – working and __________ . ENERGY 4. Many modern refridgerators never need to be ___________ . FROST
5. When Bill and Jane retire, they’re planning to spend all their _____ on a Mediterrance holiday. SAVE 6. Third time lucky! After two __________ attemps, Mark’s finally passed his driving test. SUCCESS 7. They’re an incrediby _________ family! You should see how much food they throw away. WASTE 8. You shouldn’t leave ________ things on car seats in full view of people walking past VALUE 9. I’ve never had the same opinions as my father. When I was younger, we were always having _____________ . AGREE 10. Jeremy Hopkins’s performance in King Lear was the most _________. IMPRESS Exercise 5 1. Drug _______ is a growing problem particularly among young people. ADDICT 2. Most banks have installed video cameras as part of their ______ systems. SECURE 3. Elsa is being kept in an isolation ward because she’s highly _________. INFECT 4. My brother and I was sent to _______ school when we were seven. BOARD 5. Phil was sentenced to seven years’________ for his part in the arm robbery. PRISON 6. There is no ________ to the problem of the beginning of the universe. SOLVE 7. The chairman expressed doubts about the __________of showing the film on children TV. SUIT 8. O’Hara wanted a divorce because his wife had been ________ FAITH 9. To be successful, an artist must show great ____________. ORIGIN 10. ___________ is not enough by itself: you must work hard too. INSPIRE Exercise 6. 1. I didn’t know who it was – with a mask on, she was completely _____. RECOGNISE 2. Telling lies is ____________. MORAL 3. I have no excuses. My actions were ___________. EXPLAIN 4. The hero had a __________ love affair with the actress. PASSION 5. I’ll resign if you continue to _________ everything I say. REGARD 6. _________ to the university is by examination only. ADMIT 7. He was turned down for the job because he is _________. QUALIFY 8. It was _________ of Tom to accuse Bill of having told him a lie. JUSTICE 9. He has been constant in his _________ to scientific studies. DEVOTE 10. I understand __________ what you are saying . PERFECT Exercise 7. 1. Jane’s __________ as a director came as no surprise. APPOINT 2. My colleagues are very pleasant , but the manager is a little _______ FRIEND 3. 7.30 A.M on a Saturday is rather ________ time for an appoinment. CONVENIENT 4. Please don’t be so _________, I can’t do all the work by myself. REASON 5. Many people still refuse to think that smoking is __________ HARM 6. I was kept ________ last night by the noise from a party in the flat above WAKE 7. An aeroplane has to overcome the __________ air . RESIST 8. She always listens ___________ to what she is told. ATTENTION 9. He regularly writes _________ for our newspaper. POET
10. The _________ of the new guests caused trouble to my aunt. ARRIVE
Word formation ( 4 ) Exercise 1. 1. One aspirin should be ( 1 – suffice ) _________ to relieve the pain. 2. There are some stars that are ( 2 – vision ) ________ to all but the most powerful telescope 3. Einstein was one of the greatest ( 3 – think ) _______ of the 20th century. 4. Managers should be more ( 4 – respond ) ________ to their staff. 5. The ( 5 – important ) _____ of these ( 6 – find ) ______ cannot be ( 7 – estimate ) ______. 6. Heavy smoking made him ( 8 – breathe ) ___________. 7. Goods bought in the sale are not ( 9 – exchange ) __________. 8. He showed a riskless ( 10 – regard ) _______ for his own ( 11 – safe ) _________. 9. The play was given an ( 12 – enthuse ) _____ ( 13 – receive ) _____ by the ( 14 – criticism) ___ 10. There’s no ( 15 – deny ) ____ that he’s qualified and ( 16 – experience ) ____ ( 17 – technical ) ___ Exercise 2. 1. ( 1 – Low ) _____ interest rates could have ( 2 – disaster ) ______ consequences for the economy 2. ( 3 – Succeed ) _______ government has failed to tackle the problem of drug trafficking 3. All the ( 4 – participate ) _________ in the debate had an opportunity to speak 4. Childen are so ( 5 – demand ) ________ : they need constant ( 6 – attend ) ________. 5. He showed ( 7 – remark ) _______ ( 8 – endure ) ________ through his illness 6. Smoking ( 9 – danger ) ________ yourself and those around you 7. The movie had us all ( 10 – sit ) ___ on the edges of our (11 – sit ) ___ with ( 12 – excite ) ___ 8. Police are holding two men in ( 13 – connect ) ________ with last Sunday ( 14 – rob ) ______. 9. The United Nation’s trying its best to tackle the problem of ( 15 – wide ) ___ ( 16 – literate)___ 10. The ( 17 – work ) _______ accused the company of ( 18 – fair ) _______ ( 19 – dismiss ) ______. They began shouting and the ( 20 – meet ) ________ broke out in ( 21 – order ) _________. Exercise 3. Throughout history, women have had ( 1 – responsible ) ___ for healing the sick. However, it is only in (2– compare ) __ recent times that they have been allowed to train as doctors at ( 3– medicine ) __ schools in Britain. Yet in that short time, they’ve made an enormous ( 4 – contribute ) ____ to modern medicine. The first female doctors were priestesses who gave ( 5 – advise ) _______ about diseases and ( 6 – injure ) _____ and prepared medicines. In ancient Rome, women ( 7 – heal ) _____ were considered ( 8 – skill ) _______ and respected. In Britain, for centuries male doctors were ( 9 – suspect ) _____ of women who practised medicine ( 10 – profession ) ________ and in 1512 a law was passed making it ( 11 – legal ) ____ for them to do so. Women couldn’t study medicine at universities until the 19th century and they only began to gain ( 12 – equal ) ______ with male doctors in the 20th century. Exercise 4. 1. Gentle ( 1 – persuade ) ________ is more ( 2 – effect ) ________ than force 2. On the way to the country we sometimes stopped to admire the ( 3 – picture ) _____ scenery 3. His ( 4 – analyze ) ________ showed great of ( 5 – perceive ) __________. 4. The ( 6 – emphasize ) _________ is on hard work, not ( 7 – joy ) _________. 5* Constant ( 8 – critic ) _______ has ( 9 – death ) ________ their ( 10 – enthuse ) _________. 6. I want no ( 11 – repeat ) ________ of such ( 12 – behave ) ________ from you 7. He felt ashamed of his ( 13 – corward ) ________ in not coming forward to support his friends 8. Fresh air and exercise are ( 14 – benefit ) ________ to one’s health 9. There was a note of ( 15 – urge ) _________ in her voice. 10. He will not benefit ( 16 – finance ) ________ from the deal Exercise 5. 1. It was ( 1 – think ) ________ of you to send me the flowers when I was in hospital. 2. Vietnam has no longer been a ( 2 – depend ) ________ of the US since 1975. 3. The previous ( 3 – occupy ) ________ of the house have left it in a terrible mess. 4. Doctors stress that this type of ( 4 – treat ) _______ is still ( 5 – experiment ) ________. 5. The ( 6 – loud ) _______ of the music was makinh my ear hurt. 6. Many people do not understand the importance of the habitats to wild animals and plants so they spoil them ( 7 – conscious )_________. 7. The posse rode several days in ( 8 – pursue ) _________ of the robbers.. 8. The weak and the poor are ( 9 – power ) ________ and need people to represent them. 9. The fireman’s daring rescue of those trapped in the burning building was ( 10 – credit ) ____.
10. The government want to ( 11 – military ) ________ this region. Exercise 6. The Costwolds is an area of great ( 1 – beautiful ) ________ in England. It has a number of ( 2 – delight ) _______ villages and small towns with lovely old buildings that have remained ( 3 – change) _______ since the area was a major ( 4 – commerce ) _______ centre several centuries ago. The countryside in the area is ( 5 – charm ) ________ and most of the buildings there are made from an ( 6 – attract ) ______ type of light stone that is particular to the Costwolds. In the summer, the Costwolds can get rather ( 7 – crowd ) ________ but it is always possible to find pretty places that do not have the ( 8 – famous ) _________ of the more well – known villages and towns. There is no ( 9 – short ) _____ of ( 10 – please ) _____ hotels and ( 11 – tradition ) ______ inns for visitors to stay in and the Costwolds area is an excellent place for an ( 12 – enjoy ) _______ weeken or longer trip. Exercise 7. 1. You must be careful picking mushrooms as some varieties are ( 1 – poison ) ________. 2. We must make ( 2 – provide ) _________ for our old age by saving money. 3. She was so surprised that she was unable to speak. She was ( 3 – speech ) _____ with surprise. 4. He is ( 4 – doubt ) _______ about whether he has the time to take on more work 5. There is a ( 5 – block ) ________ in the pipes and I’ve had to call the plumber. 6. My sister can be so ( 6 – irritate ) __________ at times. 7. There was ice on the pavement, which made it very difficult to walk as it was so ( 7 – slip ) __. 8. Two young children were arguing over the ( 8 – own ) ________ of the doll. 9. I’m sorry I knocked your cup over. It wasn’t ( 9 – intention ) _________. 10. My grandmother is getting ( 10 – forget ) ________ : now that she’s older Exercise 8. 1. India is a ( 1 – linguistics ) __________ country 2. The first year provides students with a sound ( 2 – theory ) ________ basic or later study. 3. Justice is often ( 3 – person ) _______ as a blindfolded woman holding a pair of scales. 4. Over two thousand students apply ( 4 – year ) _________. 5. The singer won a lot of ( 5 – admire ) __________ from the audience. 6. Don’t be deluded by her crocodile tears : there’s ( 6 – sincere ) __________ in her eyes. 7. We can take 10 ( 7 – train ) __________ on the course this September. 8. The cash and carry price is only 50$ but they charge extra for ( 8 – deliver ) ________. 9. These shoes look quite smart but they’re terribly ( 9 – comfort ) _________. 10. I don’t want my money back. I want a ( 10 – replace ) _________. Exercise 9. A recent ( 1- investigate ) __________ by scientists at the US Geological survey shows that strange animal behaviour might help predict future earthquake. ( 2 – Investigate ) ________ found that such ( 3 – occur ) ________ in a ten kilometer radius of the epicenter of a fairly recent quake. Some birds screeched and flew about ( 4 – wild ) ________, dogs yelps and ran around ( 5 – control ) ________. Scientists believe that animal can ( 6 – perception ) _________ these environmental changes as early as several days before the mishap. In 1976, after observing animal behaviour, the Chinese were able to predict a ( 7 - devastate ) ________ quake. Although hundreds of thousands of people were killed, the government was able to evacuate millions of other people and thus keep the death toll at a ( 8 – low ) ________ rate. Exercise 10. 1. His boss told him off because he had behaved ( 1 – responsible ) __________. 2. This knife is very blunt. It needs ( 2 – sharp ) __________. 3. I would like to book a ( 3 – fly ) _________ to Hongkong. 4. I’m afraid this iron you sold me is ( 4 – fault ) _____________. 5. We’ve had a lot of ( 5 – complain ) __________ from customers today. 6. Unless something is done about unemployment, the ( 6 – look ) _______ for the future is not good. 7. The ( 7 – conclude ) ______ about that plane crash is wrong. 8. In some areas, water has to be boiled to ( 8 – pure ) _________ it. 9. Although her visit was ( 9 – expect ) _________, we made her welcome just the same. 10. He examined the parcel ( 10 – suspect ) _________ as he had no idea what it could be. 11. A letter should always end with the ( 11 – sign ) _______ of the writer. 12. There is a great ( 12 – similar ) _______ between Harry and his twin brother. 13. With a good ( 13 – describe ) _____ of the criminal from a witness, the police could find him easily 14. Whether the rule should be abandoned remains ( 14 – controversy ) _________.
15. People love his for his ( 15 – simple ) __________.
Test on Word Formation ( 5) Exercise 1. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc. Interviews are an ( 1 – perfect ) ________ method of choosing the best people for jobs, yet human ( 2 – be ) ________ like to examine each other in this way. One of the many problems of ( 3 – select ) _______ as it is commonly practised is that the forms filled in by ( 4 – apply ) _____ often fail to show people as what they really are. This means that you can follow all the best ( 5 – advise ) _______ when completing your form and still find that you are ( 6 – success ) _______ at the next stage – the interview. ( 7 – Similar ) ________, in the rare cases where interviewers are ( 8 – automation ) ________ , a candidate with an ( 9 – adequate ) _______ form may do surprisingly well. Of course, your form needs to show that you have ( 10 – confident ) _______ in your ( 11 – able ) _______ to do the job, but don’t try to turn yourself into someone else – a person you have to pretend to be at the interview. Realism and ( 12 – honest ) ________ are definitely the best approach. Exercise 2. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc. 1. I want no ( 1 – repeat ) ________ of such ( 2 – behave ) ________ from you 2. The floor of the carpenter’s shop was covered with wood ( 3 – shave ) _________. 3. He felt ashamed of his ( 4 – corward ) ________ in not coming forward to support his friends. 4. Fresh air and exercise are ( 5 – benefit ) ________ to one’s health. 5. Dollar bills have been ( 6 – draw ) ________ from ( 7 – circulate ) _________. 6. Such measures are ( 8 – desire ) _________ if not essential. 7. It was a voice I had not heard before and it ( 9 – orient ) ________ me. 8. Our route after that has not yet been ( 10 – final ) ________. 9. The town is ( 11 – note ) _________ for its ancient and fine harbour. 10. There has been little ( 12 – quality ) ________ improvement in their work. Exercise 3. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc When did the first toys come into ( 1 – exist ) ________ and what led to their development ? Did they represent an attempt by adults to make children happy, or did they arise from the various ( 2 – play ) ________ ( 3 – active ) ________ of children themselves? As everyone knows, the young ( 4 – frequent ) _______ copy the ( 5 – behave ) _______ of their ( 6 – old ) ______ , and in their play, they often adopt objects used by adults for entirely different purposes. These objects ( 7 – courage ) ________ the child’s ( 8 – imagine ) ________ and lead to various games. It is rather ( 8 – surprise ) ________ that for an ( 9 – explain ) _______ of the origin of toys, we can not turn to folk stories. However, no traditional tale ( 10 – relate ) ________ to the origin of toys existence, so our ( 11 – know ) _______ is restricted to ( 12 – archaeology ) _____ study and limited evidence from documents. Exercise 4. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc 1. Despite his ( 1 – seem ) ________ deafness, he could hear every word. 2. There was a note of ( 2 – urge ) _________ in her voice. 3. I was very ( 3 – set ) ________ about having to miss the wedding party. 4. This has been a ( 4 – time ) _____ ( 5 – remind ) ____ of the importance of the ( 6 – ally ) ___ 5. Don’t spend it all at once. Save some for a ( 7 – rain ) ________ day. 6. The castle stands in a ( 8 – dominate ) ________ position above the town. 7. She is the most ( 9 – example ) _________ student of our high school. 8. She had the ( 10 – sight ) ________ to buy land in an area scheduled for development. 9. The ( 11 – govern ) _____ was getting married, and everyone was in town for great occasion. 10. He will not benefit ( 12 – finance ) ________ from the deal. Exercise 5. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc Wildlife ( 1 – paint ) ________ had always been a hobby for Mark Chester, but when he lost his job, he took the decision to turn it into a full – time career. Mark had obtained his ( 2 – profession ) ________ ( 3 – qualify ) _______ in the fields of ( 4 – photograph ) ______ and advertising and felt that these skills would be ( 5 – use ) _______ in his new life. He had sold his work before , and was ( 6 – reason ) ________ confident that he could earn enough to live on . Mark discovered that he would be able to receive an ( 7 – allow ) ________ from a government ( 8 – agent ) ________ to help him set up his business. They also provided him with ( 9 – use ) ________ information on how to run his affairs. As ( 10 – sell ) _______ of his work increased, Mark realized that he could not paint enough ( 11 – origin ) _______ pictures to keep up with demand, so he’s now trying to interest a ( 12 – publish ) ________ in producing prints of his works. Meanwhile, Mark has started making prints of his own.
Exercise 6. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc 1. His eyesight is becoming ( 1 – progress ) _________ worse. 2. We ( 2 – quick ) ________ our steps to run out of the cave. 3. Is this a ( 3 – real ) ________ salary for such a responsible job ? 4. She was fully aware of her own ( 4 – short ) _________. 5. It was ( 5 – think ) ________ of you to send me the flowers when I was in hospital. 6. Your letter was an ( 6 – comfort ) _________ reminder of what I owed you. 7. He was ( 7 – company ) ________ on the expedition by his wife. 8. He unveiled the picture with a ( 8 – ceremony ) __________ gesture. 9. None of us is entirely ( 9 – blame ) __________ in this matter. 10. Vietnam has no longer been a ( 10 – depend ) ________ of the US since 1975. Exercise 7. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc It’s a ( 1 – marvel ) _______ idea for children to do some cooking at an early age. ( 2 – General ) _______ speaking, most children can’t wait to help in the kitchens and love getting ( 3 – involve ) ______ in the ( 4 – prepare ) ________ of their meals. They should be ( 5 – courage ) _______ to do so, and care should be taken to ( 6 – sure ) ________ they enjoy the experience. It is important to show them how to do things ( 7 – correct ) ________ but they shouldn’t be ( 8 – criticism ) ________ too much. Although the finished result may not be quite to your ( 9 – like ) ______ , the young cook will ( 10 – doubt ) ________ find it the ( 11 – tasty ) _______ food he or she has ever eaten. Kitchens can, of course, be ( 12 – danger ) ________ places and so the absolute importance of keeping an eye on children at all times can not be ( 13 – emphasis ) _____ too ( 14 – heavy ) ________. Sharp knives, for example, should be avoided until children are old enough to ( 15 – hand ) ________ them. Exercise 8. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc 1. The whole town is in ( 1 – festival ) _________ mood on these days. 2. All the places and characters in my novel are entirely ( 2 – fiction ) ________. 3. The refugees all received fair and ( 3 – human ) ________ ( 4 – treat ) ________. 4. ( 5 – Incident ) _________, what ever became Jack? I haven’t heard of him for ages. 5. I can see no possible ( 6 – justify ) ________ for any further tax increase. 6. She showed complete ( 7 – master ) ________ in her ( 8 – hand ) _______ of a difficult situation. 7. This sort of work needs no ( 9 – muscle ) _________ strength from you. 8. Full details are ( 10 – obtain ) ________ from any our subsidiaries. 9. The previous ( 11 – occupy ) ________ of the house have left it in a terrible mess. 10. His parents made him join the army to ( 12 – tough ) ________ him up. Exercise 9. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc Far from killing the cinema industry, video film ( 1 – rent ) _______ has received the public’s interest in going to the cinema. As a result, multi – screen cinemas or multiple cinema complexes have appeared in the main towns. These cinemas can have up to 20 screens and show a great ( 2 – vary ) _______ of films. Renting films is an important ( 3 – time ) ________ : in 1990 over 374 million video tapes were rented. People also buy tapes as presents. However, the ( 4 – common ) _____ use of video recorders is to record programmes from the TV to watch at a more convenient time. Far from encouraging ( 5 – excess ) ________ TV watching, video recorders have been used mainly to control the times at which people watch. This also ( 6 – contribution ) ________ to a decline in the number of hours of TV people watch, because they watch videos instead. During the 1980s there was an enormous boom in the number of people buying video recorders, and shops ( 7 – expansion ) ________ to provide the video tapes they wanted. Video viewing became such a way of life, along with take away food and an ( 8 – increase ) _______ interest in wine drinking. The perfect night socializing at home has been ( 9 – joke ) ________ described as consisting of a video, a wine box and a take away curry. “ Do you fancy coming over to my place to watch a video?” – it’s a ( 10 – type ) _________ invitation. Exercise 10. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc 1. He was not ( 1 – spare ) ________ in his advice to his colleagues. 2. Unemployment has reached a level that wouldn’t have been ( 2 – think ) _______ ten years ago, 3. The name of the company for sale carries ( 3 – consider ) ________ goodwill value. 4. The ( 4 – vary ) _______ answer to my question was “ No”!. 5. Computers have proved ( 5 – value ) _________ in the fight against crime. 6. It’s very difficult to change people’s ( 6 – mental ) _________. 7. Their standard of living still remains ( 7 – pity ) ________ low.
8. On opening his book, I saw some ( 8 – explain ) _________ notes at the back of it. 9. Doctors stress that this type of ( 9 – treat ) _______ is still ( 10 – experiment ) ________. 10. In ( 11 – comply ) ______ with your wishes , we shall withdraw our ( 12 – suggest ) ____
Test on Word Formation ( part 6 ) Exercise 1. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc. The industrial Revolution in Britain was built on the use of machines in factories. Since the 1950s Britain’s manufacturing industries have replaced the machine ( 1 – operate )_________ with computers, and this ( 2 – automatic ) __________ has led to a decline in the number of ( 3 – employ ) _______ in manufacturing industries. More manufactured goods are bought and used than ever before but a lot of these goods are imported. By the beginning of the 20th century, other industrial countries, like the USA, were ( 4 – competition ) _________ with Britain’s exports, and countries in the Far East have been able to provide cheaper products since the 1970s. Areas where heavy manufacturing are located suffered high ( 5 – employ ) ________. During the last 30 years there has been a rise in smaller industries, known as “ light industries”. These industries use electricity and are not ( 6 – depend ) _________ on raw materials such as coal, so they’re “ footloose”( they can be located anywhere). Many light industries are located on the edge of towns or on industrial estates. They produce such things as washing machines or ( 7 – compose ) _________. Some of these industries don’t make anything at all, but provide ( 8 – serve ) _____ such as ( 9 – distribute )_________. The consumer boom of the 1980s and the increased leisure time of most Britains has led to rapid growth in service industries like ( 10 – bank )________, tourism, retailing and information processing. Exercise 2. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc. 1. Too much ( 1 – EXPOSE )_________ to the sun can cause a sunburn. 2. You can improve your grades to a great ( 2 – EXTENSIVE ) __________ if you study hard. 3. ( 3 – ADAPT ) _________ takes time and patience. 4. He constantly ( 4 – GLORY ) _________ his native country and makes it sound so good. 5. People who make ( 5 – ASSUME ) _____ about others before meeting will probably be wrong. 6. If you are ( 6 – SENSE ) __________ you might hurt someone’s feeling. 7. Mark didn’t go to the army ( 7 – VOLUNTEER ) ________. He went because it’s the law that all young men must serve in the army. 8. The volcano had been ( 8 – ACT ) __________ for 500 years when it erupted. 9. ( 9 – INDUSTRY ) __________ causes serious problems in a country. 10. The thief replaced the diamond with a ( 10 – WORTH ) _________ stone. Exercise 3. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc. A revolution is under way. The technology of computer science is having a ( 1 – drama ) ____ ( 2 – affect ) ________ on our lives, and the most immediate consequence of this technology is its impact on employment. Robots and computer – controlled machines have already joined the work force in highly – ( 3 – industry ) ________ countries , such as the USA, West Germany, and Japan. They’ve taken over routine jobs on the car ( 4 – assemble )______ line ( for example, in Volkwagen, three robots can replace ten men ( 5 – work ) ________ on a two shift system). One giant American company has shown that it’s now possible to replace half of its 37.000 workers with machines. Robots carry out ( 6 – tedium ) ________ tasks with a high degree of ( 7 – rely) ________. There is a lot to be said for releasing people from work which is often noisy, dirty and even dangerous. Many workers can be ( 8 – train ) ________ for more ( 9 – please ) _______ and interesting work. However, competition is forcing ( 10 – employ ) _________ to cut back the labour force. As one ( 11 – manage ) _______ director said “ Are you going to reduce your workforce by 25% by putting in robot, or by 100% by going out of business? As a result of automation, workers are being sacked, and many will be ( 12 – permanent ) ________ unemployed. Exercise 4. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc. 1. You ought to get your watch ( 1 – REPAIR ) ___________. 2. I suddenly felt an insect ( 2 – CRAWL ) __________ up my leg. 3. There were aome people ( 3 – ROW ) __________ on the river. 4. The money ( 4 – STEAL ) ___________ in the ( 5 – ROB ) ___________ never found. 5. The woman was busy ( 5 – COOK ) _________ in the kitchen. 6. We don’t mind ( 6 – WORK ) __________ at night. 7. Tom refused ( 7 – LEND ) ________ me some money. 8. I avoided ( 8 – TELL ) _________ Mary the truth because I knew she would be angry. 9. It’s no use ( 9 – ASK ) _________ him ( 10 – LEND ) _______ you any money. 10. He suggested ( 10 – CALL ) ________ a meeting and ( 11 – LET ) _______ the workers ( 12 – 13 – DECIDE ) ________ the matter themselves. Exercise 5. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc.
Usually, ( 1 – profession ) _________ ( 2 – translate ) _______ work from a foreign languge into their mother tongue to reduce ( 3 – accuracy ) ________ translation and for better style. Much translation is of ( 4 – science ) _______ or ( 5 – commerce ) ________ material and this kind of work often requires an ( 6 – understand ) ________ of technical vocabulary and ( 7 – special ) _______ language. Not all translators are in full time employment but thise who are usually working for industrial concern or for public organizations. The main personal ( 8 – character ) ________ needed to be a successful translator is a ( 9 – willing ) ________ to attend detail. In addition, it is ( 10 – desire ) __________ for translator to know at least two foreign languages. The wider the variety of languages they can offer, the greater the ( 11 – like ) ________ that work will be available. Exercise 6. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc 1. You should use it as a study room. It’s ( 1 – COMPARE ) _________ quiet. 2. German and Italian courses are held in Munich and Rome ( 2 – RESPECT ) ________. 3. What a perfect voice! You just hardly ever hear ( 3 – PERFECT ) _______ like that. 4. ( 4 – VISIBLE ) ________ is poor because of a thick mist. 5. Diffirent people have different tastes. Some choose violent films, others prefer ( 5 – SENTIMENT ) __________ ones. 6. She left school with good ( 6 – QUALIFY ) _____________. 7. The cost of ( 7 – CARRY ) __________ must be paid by the buyer. 8. She’s having a rest because she had been ( 8 – WORK ) ____________. 9. Their ( 9 – ENCOURAGE ) _________ gave us heart to go on. 10. It may be ( 10 – PRODUCE ) __________ to force them into making a decision. Exercise 7. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc Architects responsible for the ( 1 – construct ) ________ of many skyscrapers believe that a tall building must have a certain minimum ( 2 – wide ) __________, but that there’s no limit to its absolute ( 3 – high ) _______. This means that the skyscraper of the future are likely to be even taller. Engineers agree with this, but there’s ( 4 – agree ) _________ over the best shape for very tall, slim buildings. The effects of wind ( 5 – press ) _______ mean that cylindrical designs have enjoyed some ( 6 – popular ) ________ in recent years, and they are quite pleasing to the eye. ( 7 – Fortunate ) ________, however, the ideal shape is an ugly square with ( 8 – heavy ) _______ rounded conners. Would these tall buildings of the future offer more than a wonderful view? Some believe tall towers could contain all the ( 9 – require ) _________ for modern living. The ( 10 – inhabit ) _______ of these vertical villages would travel up and down between their home and work zones and would rarely need to journey to ground level. Exercise 8. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc 1. Tom was accused of stealing some ( 1 – CONFIDENCE ) _________ documents. 2. Tom spoke ( 2 – BREATH ) _________ because he was so excited. 3. She was extremely ( 3 – KNOW ) __________ about the history of China. 4. The ( 4 – THRILL ) _________ was so exciting and ( 5 – ABSORB ) _______ that she could not put the book down. 5. He was charged with being an ( 5 – ACCESS ) ________ to murder. 6. We only need some information from an ( 6 – AUTHORITY ) ________ source. 7. In the 18th century, weather forecast was not reliable because forecasters often ( 7 – INTERPRET ) __________ the facts they got. 8. Heavy rain and ( 8 – EXCEED ) __________ use have ( 9 – POOR ) ________ the soil. 9. He ( 9 – CAUTIOUS ) _________ me not to go out alone at night. 10. All the newspapers praised the ( 10 – BRAVE ) ________ of the firemen. Their action were ( 11 – PRAISE ) ____________. Exercise 9. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ t¬ng øng vãi c¸c tõ in nghiªng. 1. In addition to the riches of natural resourses, the country is ( 1 ) _______ by the profits from tourism. 2. We have been (2)_________ Vietnam so that it will soon become an industrial country. 3. He’s an expert in technology. We call him a (3) _____________. 4. The housing problem is getting more and more important. It’s of great (4) ________ to us. 5. The soldiers were trained to obey without questions. The officer expected unquestioning (5) _________ from his men. 6. She tried to convince me of her honesty. She gave such a (6) _________ speech. 7. He’s very efficient at work. I admire him for his (7) __________.
8. I’m a (8) ________ man but your behaviour is more than I can tolerate. 9. The lecturer spoke in a monotone. His (9) ________ voice sent us to sleep. 10. You’ll be able to advance in your career. This job offer good opportunities for your (10) _____.
Test on Word Formation ( 7 ) Exercise 1. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc. At first light, there’s nothing ( 1 – usual ) _________ about the Town of Cameron Park in California but as the day begins and the town comes to ( 2 – live ) ________, you can’t help ( 3 – notice ) ______ that, among the cars there are light aeroplanes moving along the roads towards the airport. When the town was ( 4 – origin )________ built, a small airport was included for the convenience of people flying in to look at the ( 5 – proper ) ________ which were for ( 6 – sell ) ________ : but it soon became clear to the ( 7 – develop ) _________ that this was an attraction itself. The streets were ( 8 – wide ) ________ so that planes could use them, the mailboxes near the roads were made ( 9 – short ) _________ to avoid passing wings, and all the electricity cables were buried ( 10 – ground ) _______. Now, there is every ( 11 – likely ) _________ that the ( 12 – reside ) _________ will have a private plane in their garage and use it with the same ( 13 – free ) __________ as others enjoy with their cars. Exercise 2. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc. 1. If this news ever reaches her ears, she will be ( 1 – fury ) ___________. 2. ( 2 – Certain ) ________ still surrounds the ( 3 – appoint ) _________ of a new director. 3. The ( 3 – beautiful ) ________ of the ( 4 – scene ) _______ surpassed all my ( 5 – expect ) ___. 4. I was surprised at his ( 6 – eager ) ________ to return. 5. Don’t keep us in ( 7 – suspend ) ________any longer – tell us what happened ! 6. Most ( 8 – furnish ) __________ is made of wood. 7. We have ( 9 – vacant ) _________ for secretaries with word – processing experience. 8. There were plenty of ( 10 – eat ) ________ at birthday party, but not enough to drink. 9. The food he gave you last night is almost ( 11 – eat ) __________. 10. It is ( 12 – oblige ) ________ to remove your shoes before entering the mosque. Exercise 3. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc Public ( 1 – react ) _________ to the Disney film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs when it was first shown in 1937 was ( 2 – ordinary ) ________. It was received with great ( 3 – excite ) ________ and it immediately became enormously popular ( 4 – through ) _________ the world. Good advertising was not the only reason for this ( 5 – world ) _________ popularity : the film and its characters captured the ( 6 – imagine ) _________ of people all over the world . In Britain, there were daily newspaper articles about the film and how it was made. Snow White toys and books were on sale everywhere. Some people thought it might be ( 7 – upset ) _________ for children but most people saw it as ( 8 – harm ) _________ entertainment. Since 1937, it has been ( 9 – issue ) ________ every few years, giving ( 10 – enjoy ) ____________ to many generations of children. Exercise 4. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc 1. He was clearly relaxed and in an ( 1 – expand ) _________ mood. 2. The oil spill is an ( 2 – ecology ) _________ disaster for thousands of fish. 3. She has a profound ( 3 – hate ) _______ of fascism. 4. Don’t wipe your ( 4 – jam ) ________ fingers on the table – cloth . 5. She is ( 5 – doubt ) _________ gifted : as a writer and as a painter. 6. I was greeted with a show of ( 6 – cordial ) ____________. 7. The whole building was soon well ( 7 – blaze ) _________. 8. A dedicated ( 8 – balance ) _________ act is needed in order to satisfy the two sides. 9. ( 9 – National ) _________ can be dangerously close to racism. 10. How ( 10 – damage ) ________ do you think this will be to the Democracy Party ? Exercise 5. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc ( 1 – Commerce ) __________ fishing has been carried out since the middle age. Before that it was imposible to keep fish for long periods, but the development of ( 2 – store ) _________ methods such as drying and salting made it possible for ( 3 – fish ) __________ to go on fishing trips further away. In fact, although ( 4 – Euro ) _______ were completely ( 5 – aware ) ________ of America’s ( 6 – exist ) _________, they were already fishing near its coasts then. They were, however, still unable to keep fish fresh for any length of time. All this changes as a result of the new ( 7 – technology ) _____ advances in refrigeration in the 19 th century. Soon the ( 8 – coast ) _____ waters of Africa and the Mediterranean were full of Northern European fishing boats. In the 20th century, ( 9 – science ) _____ (
10 – discover ) _________ made during the Second World War were used for discovering large groups of fish. Exercise 6. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc 1. A good clean will really ( 1 – fresh ) ________ up the house. 2. ( 2 – Effect ) ________ from 1 st April, the interest rate will be increased by 1%. 3. I’ve made an appointment for a ( 3 – face ) ________ massage next week. 4. He gambled all his ( 4 – win ) ________ on the last race. 5. You cannot ( 5 – general ) __________ about the effects of the drug from the cases of one or two patients. 6. In an ideal world there would be no ( 6 – poor ) ________ and disease. 7. Tom is ( 7 – habit ) _______ late for school. 8. The security of the whole operation has been jeopardised by their ( 8 – care ) ________. 9. She drank her wine with small ( 9 – lady ) _________ sips. 10. Finding a job can be a ( 10 – chance ) _________ business. Exercise 7. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc According to some scientists, high – risk sports can be particularly valuable for certain types of people. Such ( 1 – act ) ________ help them to learn that being ( 2 – fright ) _______ doesn’t mean that they have to lose their control. The recent fashion for jumping from bridges attached to a length of elastic rope, ( 3 – know ) _____ as “ bungee jumping”, has been now tried by over one million people ( 4 – world ) _______, and interest in it is continuing to grow. Before the special elastic rope ( 5 – tight ) _________ around them, jumpers reach speeds of nearly 160kph. First – timers are usually too ( 6 – terror ) ________ to open their mouths, and when they’re finally ( 7 – low ) ________ safely to the ground, they walk around with broad smiles on their faces, saying ( 8 – repeat ) _______ how amazing it was. However, for some people, it is only the ( 9 – embarass ) _____ of refusing to jump at the last minute that finally persuades them to ( 10 – conquest ) _______ their fear of height and push themselves off into space. Exercise 8. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc 1. He finally rebelled against his strict ( 1 – bring ) __________. 2. The Federal Reserve Bank denied any ( 2 – wrong ) __________. 3. He carries on writing , ( 3 – regard ) ________ of whether he’s tired or not. 4. ( 4 – Ideal ) ________ has no place in modern politics. 5. It is ( 5 – question ) ________ how necessary the changes are. 6. He stared at me with a look of ( 6 – puzzle ) _________ on his face. 7. We’ve turned the smallest bedroom into a ( 7 – nurse ) ________ for our new baby. 8. The United Nations will act as ( 8 – guarantee ) _________ of the peace settlement. 9. Come and get an ( 9 – eye ) ________ of this – there’s a giraffe in the garden. 10. She wrote a ( 10 – duty ) _______ postcard to her mother – in – law living in New York. Exercise 9. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc Human have long been fascinated by ( 1 – out ) ________ space, and have wondered if there are intelligent life – forms ( 2 – else ) ________ , which we might be able to contact. ( 3 – Nature ) _____, we have all seen space creatures on our TV and cinema screens, but “ aliens” like these owe more to the convenience of using human ( 4 – act ) _______ to play the parts than to any real form of ( 5 – science ) ________ investigations. However, many serious space researchers are now beginning to turn their attention to the question of what alien life might ( 6 – actual ) _______ look like. One result is the Arnold Alien, ( 7 – design ) _______ by ( 8 – biology ) ______ Dougal Dixon. This strange being, ( 9 – like ) ______ humans, has its eyes, ears and limbs in groups of three instead of pairs, but despite its odd ( 10 – appear ) ________, its behaviour is not very different from our own. Exercise 10. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc 1. They’ve agreed to give me a ( 1 – try ) ______ for a week to see if I’m up to the job. 2. I could hit myself. I made the same mistake twice in ( 2 – succeed ) _________. 3. Meeting other people, for me , is a basic ( 3 – need ) __________. 4. I usually have a headache after a night of drinking and smoking ( 4 – exceed ) _________. 5. They must have forgotten to add the ( 5 – enclose ) _______ to this letter. 6. Could you send us 10 brochures for ( 6 – add ) ________ distribution among our staff? 7. It ( 7 – mad ) ________ me that she was chosen instead of me.
8. He believes ( 8 – passion ) ________ in ( 9 – free ) _______ of ( 10 – speak ) _________. 9. Was your university degree a good ( 11 – prepare ) ________ for your career ? 10. ( 12 – Secure ) _______ checks had been caried out ( 13 – prepare ) ________ to the President’s ( 14 – arrive ) _________.
Test on Word Formation ( 8) Exercise 1. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc. Interviews are an ( 1 – perfect ) ________ method of choosing the best people for jobs, yet human ( 2 – be ) ________ like to examine each other in this way. One of the many problems of ( 3 – select ) _______ as it is commonly practised is that the forms filled in by ( 4 – apply ) _____ often fail to show people as what they really are. This means that you can follow all the best ( 5 – advise ) _______ when completing your form and still find that you are ( 6 – success ) _______ at the next stage – the interview. ( 7 – Similar ) ________, in the rare cases where interviewers are ( 8 – automation ) ________ , a candidate with an ( 9 – adequate ) _______ form may do surprisingly well. Of course, your form needs to show that you have ( 10 – confident ) _______ in your ( 11 – able ) _______ to do the job, but don’t try to turn yourself into someone else – a person you have to pretend to be at the interview. Realism and ( 12 – honest ) ________ are definitely the best approach. Exercise 2. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc. 1. I want no ( 1 – repeat ) ________ of such ( 2 – behave ) ________ from you 2. The floor of the carpenter’s shop was covered with wood ( 3 – shave ) _________. 3. He felt ashamed of his ( 4 – corward ) ________ in not coming forward to support his friends. 4. Fresh air and exercise are ( 5 – benefit ) ________ to one’s health. 5. Dollar bills have been ( 6 – draw ) ________ from ( 7 – circulate ) _________. 6. Such measures are ( 8 – desire ) _________ if not essential. 7. It was a voice I had not heard before and it ( 9 – orient ) ________ me. 8. Our route after that has not yet been ( 10 – final ) ________. 9. The town is ( 11 – note ) _________ for its ancient and fine harbour. 10. There has been little ( 12 – quality ) ________ improvement in their work. Exercise 3. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc When did the first toys come into ( 1 – exist ) ________ and what led to their development ? Did they represent an attempt by adults to make children happy, or did they arise from the various ( 2 – play ) ________ ( 3 – active ) ________ of children themselves? As everyone knows, the young ( 4 – frequent ) _______ copy the ( 5 – behave ) _______ of their ( 6 – old ) ______ , and in their play, they often adopt objects used by adults for entirely different purposes. These objects ( 7 – courage ) ________ the child’s ( 8 – imagine ) ________ and lead to various games. It is rather ( 8 – surprise ) ________ that for an ( 9 – explain ) _______ of the origin of toys, we can not turn to folk stories. However, no traditional tale ( 10 – relate ) ________ to the origin of toys existence, so our ( 11 – know ) _______ is restricted to ( 12 – archaeology ) _____ study and limited evidence from documents. Exercise 4. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc 1. Despite his ( 1 – seem ) ________ deafness, he could hear every word. 2. There was a note of ( 2 – urge ) _________ in her voice. 3. I was very ( 3 – set ) ________ about having to miss the wedding party. 4. This has been a ( 4 – time ) _____ ( 5 – remind ) ____ of the importance of the ( 6 – ally ) ___ 5. Don’t spend it all at once. Save some for a ( 7 – rain ) ________ day. 6. The castle stands in a ( 8 – dominate ) ________ position above the town. 7. She is the most ( 9 – example ) _________ student of our high school. 8. She had the ( 10 – sight ) ________ to buy land in an area scheduled for development. 9. The ( 11 – govern ) _____ was getting married, and everyone was in town for great occasion. 10. He will not benefit ( 12 – finance ) ________ from the deal. Exercise 5. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc Wildlife ( 1 – paint ) ________ had always been a hobby for Mark Chester, but when he lost his job, he took the decision to turn it into a full – time career. Mark had obtained his ( 2 – profession ) ________ ( 3 – qualify ) _______ in the fields of ( 4 – photograph ) ______ and advertising and felt that these skills would be ( 5 – use ) _______ in his new life. He had sold his work before , and was ( 6 – reason ) ________ confident that he could earn enough to live on . Mark discovered that he would be able to receive an ( 7 – allow ) ________ from a government ( 8 – agent ) ________ to help him set up his business. They also provided him with ( 9 – use ) ________ information on how to run his affairs. As ( 10 – sell ) _______ of his work increased, Mark realized that he could not paint enough ( 11 – origin ) _______ pictures to keep up with demand, so he’s now trying to interest a ( 12 – publish ) ________ in producing prints of his works. Meanwhile, Mark has started making prints of his own.
Exercise 6. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc 1. His eyesight is becoming ( 1 – progress ) _________ worse. 2. We ( 2 – quick ) ________ our steps to run out of the cave. 3. Is this a ( 3 – real ) ________ salary for such a responsible job ? 4. She was fully aware of her own ( 4 – short ) _________. 5. It was ( 5 – think ) ________ of you to send me the flowers when I was in hospital. 6. Your letter was an ( 6 – comfort ) _________ reminder of what I owed you. 7. He was ( 7 – company ) ________ on the expedition by his wife. 8. He unveiled the picture with a ( 8 – ceremony ) __________ gesture. 9. None of us is entirely ( 9 – blame ) __________ in this matter. 10. Vietnam has no longer been a ( 10 – depend ) ________ of the US since 1975. Exercise 7. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc It’s a ( 1 – marvel ) _______ idea for children to do some cooking at an early age. ( 2 – General ) _______ speaking, most children can’t wait to help in the kitchens and love getting ( 3 – involve ) ______ in the ( 4 – prepare ) ________ of their meals. They should be ( 5 – courage ) _______ to do so, and care should be taken to ( 6 – sure ) ________ they enjoy the experience. It is important to show them how to do things ( 7 – correct ) ________ but they shouldn’t be ( 8 – criticism ) ________ too much. Although the finished result may not be quite to your ( 9 – like ) ______ , the young cook will ( 10 – doubt ) ________ find it the ( 11 – tasty ) _______ food he or she has ever eaten. Kitchens can, of course, be ( 12 – danger ) ________ places and so the absolute importance of keeping an eye on children at all times can not be ( 13 – emphasis ) _____ too ( 14 – heavy ) ________. Sharp knives, for example, should be avoided until children are old enough to ( 15 – hand ) ________ them. Exercise 8. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc 1. The whole town is in ( 1 – festival ) _________ mood on these days. 2. All the places and characters in my novel are entirely ( 2 – fiction ) ________. 3. The refugees all received fair and ( 3 – human ) ________ ( 4 – treat ) ________. 4. ( 5 – Incident ) _________, what ever became Jack? I haven’t heard of him for ages. 5. I can see no possible ( 6 – justify ) ________ for any further tax increase. 6. She showed complete ( 7 – master ) ________ in her ( 8 – hand ) _______ of a difficult situation. 7. This sort of work needs no ( 9 – muscle ) _________ strength from you. 8. Full details are ( 10 – obtain ) ________ from any our subsidiaries. 9. The previous ( 11 – occupy ) ________ of the house have left it in a terrible mess. 10. His parents made him join the army to ( 12 – tough ) ________ him up. Exercise 9. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc Far from killing the cinema industry, video film ( 1 – rent ) _______ has received the public’s interest in going to the cinema. As a result, multi – screen cinemas or multiple cinema complexes have appeared in the main towns. These cinemas can have up to 20 screens and show a great ( 2 – vary ) _______ of films. Renting films is an important ( 3 – time ) ________ : in 1990 over 374 million video tapes were rented. People also buy tapes as presents. However, the ( 4 – common ) _____ use of video recorders is to record programmes from the TV to watch at a more convenient time. Far from encouraging ( 5 – excess ) ________ TV watching, video recorders have been used mainly to control the times at which people watch. This also ( 6 – contribution ) ________ to a decline in the number of hours of TV people watch, because they watch videos instead. During the 1980s there was an enormous boom in the number of people buying video recorders, and shops ( 7 – expansion ) ________ to provide the video tapes they wanted. Video viewing became such a way of life, along with take away food and an ( 8 – increase ) _______ interest in wine drinking. The perfect night socializing at home has been ( 9 – joke ) ________ described as consisting of a video, a wine box and a take away curry. “ Do you fancy coming over to my place to watch a video?” – it’s a ( 10 – type ) _________ invitation. Exercise 10. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc 1. He was not ( 1 – spare ) ________ in his advice to his colleagues. 2. Unemployment has reached a level that wouldn’t have been ( 2 – think ) _______ ten years ago, 3. The name of the company for sale carries ( 3 – consider ) ________ goodwill value. 4. The ( 4 – vary ) _______ answer to my question was “ No”!. 5. Computers have proved ( 5 – value ) _________ in the fight against crime. 6. It’s very difficult to change people’s ( 6 – mental ) _________. 7. Their standard of living still remains ( 7 – pity ) ________ low.
8. On opening his book, I saw some ( 8 – explain ) _________ notes at the back of it. 9. Doctors stress that this type of ( 9 – treat ) _______ is still ( 10 – experiment ) ________. 10. In ( 11 – comply ) ______ with your wishes , we shall withdraw our ( 12 – suggest ) ____
Test on Word Formation ( Test 9 ) Exercise 1. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc. 1. One of the ( 1 – college ) _______ universities in Vietnam is Hanoi National University. 2. One aspirin should be ( 2 – suffice ) _________ to relieve the pain. 3. I was ( 3 – maze ) _______ at his ( 3 – expert ) _______ on the financial issues. 4. There are some stars that are ( 4 – vision ) ________ to all but the most powerful telescope. 5. After the divorce , he had to ( 5 – build ) _______ his life ( 6 – complete ) _________. 6. Einstein was one of the greatest ( 7 – think ) _______ of the 20th century. 7. The former president’s attempted to ( 8 – gain ) ________ power. 8. Managers should be more ( 9 – respond ) ________ to their staff. 9. The ( 10 – important ) _____ of these ( 11 – find ) ______ cannot be ( 12 – estimate ) ______. 10. They give their children a great deal of ( 13 – liberal ) ________. Exercise 2. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc Learning to communicate in another language can be very difficult and ( 1 – frustrate) ____ at times, but it can also be one of the most ( 2 – reward ) __ experiences of your life. Being able to communicate in another language will open doors for you to experience a world of new people, places and ideas. It will offer you a look at cultures from every part of the earth. And if you have the opportunity to live in another culture, the experience will show you many things – above all, about your own culture. It will reveal cultural ( 3 – similar ) _____ and differences that you had never noticed in the past. In addition, the experience can show you a great deal about your own personal ( 4 – believe ) _______, attitudes, and ( 5 – perceive ) ________. Within a short time in another culture, you will find that you begin to learn a great deal about yourself and your own country and culture. While you’re studying English, you’re probably thinking about other educational ( 6 – possible ) _____, for now or for later. If you’re currently living in the US or planning to go, you will find an incredible ( 7 – vary ) ________ of alternatives for study. In terms of higher education, over 3,200 colleges and universities with four years programs operate in the US. They employ more than 650,000 teachers and ( 8 – administration ) _____ and teach 13,7 million students, over 400,000 of whom come from outside theUS. These colleges and universities range in size from 500 students to more than 55,000 students at one campus. Some charge over $15,000 annual tuition, while others charge as little as $450 per year. If you’re thinking about a shorter program, there’re around 1,300 community colleges in the US. Community colleges are different in three ways : They offer two – year ( not four – year ) degrees only : they normally have both academic and ( 9 – vocation ) ________ / ( 10 – technique ) ______ programs : and they are relatively inexpensive. The average tuition nationwide is around $ 600. Exercise 3. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc 1. The prospect of ( 1 – bankrupt ) ________ has now receded. 2. After five years in the job, he was beginning to feel ( 2 – rest ) _________. 3. She looked with ( 3 – proud ) _________ at the result of her work. 4. Our teacher told us a ( 4 – caution ) ________ tale about the dangers of careless driving. 5. Heavy smoking made him ( 5 – breathe ) ___________. 6. The new exam is longer and ( 6 – correspond ) ________ more difficult to pass. 7. Goods bought in the sale are not ( 7 – exchange ) __________. 8. He showed a riskless ( 8 – regard ) _______ for his own ( 9 – safe ) _________. 9. The play was given an ( 10 – enthuse ) _____ ( 11 – receive ) _____ by the ( 12 – criticism) ___ 10. Her ( 13 – ill ) _______ has made her completely ( 14 – mobile ) ________. Exercise 4. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc Exactly what is a family? In the past, the traditional American family consisted of a working husband, a wife at home, and children. ( 1 – Respond ) _______ were clearly ( 2 – devision ) _______. While the husband was earning a living, the wife was caring for the home and raising the children. Of course, there were exceptions, but this ( 3 – conceive ) _______ of the family was the general rule until the 1960s. Since the 1960s, however, the family has become more diverse, fragile and ( 4 – change ) _________. Americans’ve accepted differing concepts of families, including single – parent, blended, two – paycheck, interracial , childless and commuter families. Nowadays, people talk about their families, their ( 5 – describe ) _______ vary greatly. One ( 6 – teen ) _______ described her family structure as “ a dad, two moms, two sisters and two brothers, and a baby on the
way, eighteen cousins, four – and – a half grandmas and five grandpas, five uncles and eight aunts”. ( Her half – grand – mother is a step – grand parents. ). Some critics believe that the American family has suffered greatly because of all the ( 6 – change ) ____ in ( 7 – social ) ________. According to these critics, the family had been much stronger before it began to struggle with issues such as divorce, working wives and mothers, gay couples, and unmarried ( 8 – relate ) ______. Today’s strongest critics feel that the traditional nuclear family will not be society’s basic unit in the twenty – first century. Exercise 5. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc 1. Don’t throw that cardboard box away – It may come in ( 1 – hand ) _________. 2. ( 2 – Fluent ) _______ in English and French is required for this job. 3. The land ( 3 – flat ) _______ out near the coast. 4. There’s no ( 4 – deny ) ________ that he’s qualified and ( 5 – experience ) __________ ( 6 – technical ) __________. 5. ( 7 – Low ) ________ interest rates could have ( 8 – disaster ) _______ consequences for the economy. 6. Belgium used to hold the ( 9 – preside ) ________ of the European Union. 7. Women who smoke risk giving birth to ( 10 – weight ) __________ babies. 8. Our ( 11 – perceive )________ of things is influenced by many ( 12 – subject ) ______ factors. 9. ( 13 – Succeed ) _______ government has failed to tackle the problem of drug trafficking. 10. All the ( 14 – participate ) _________ in the debate had an opportunity to speak. Exercise 6. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc Good health is not something you are able to buy at the ( 1 – drug ) _______, and you can’t depend on getting it back with a quick visit to the doctor when you’re sick, either. Making your body last without major problems has to be your own responsibility. ( 2 – Treat ) ________ your system by keeping bad habits, neglecting symptoms of illness, and ignoring common health rules can ( 3 – act ) ______ the best medical care. Nowadays, health ( 4 – special ) _______ promote the idea of ( 5 – well ) ________ for everybody. Wellness means achieving the best possible health within the limits of your body.One person may need many fewer calories than another, depending on metabolism. Some people might prefer a lot of easier exercise to more strenuous exercise. While one person enjoy playing seventy – two holes of golf a week, another would play three ( 6 – sweat ) _______, ( 7 – compete ) ________ games of tennis. Understanding the ( 8 – need ) ______ of your own body is the key. Everyone runs the risk of accidents, and no one can be sure of avoiding chronic disease. Nevertheless, poor diet, stress, a bad working environment, and ( 9 – care ) ________ can ruin good health. By changing your habits of the conditions surrounding you, you can ( 10 – low ) _______ the risk or reduce the damage of disease. Exercise 7. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc 1. Childen are so ( 1 – demand ) ________ : they need constant ( 2 – attend ) ________. 2. He showed ( 3 – remark ) _______ ( 4 – endure ) ________ through his illness. 3. It ( 5 – glad ) _______ my heart to see them all ( 6 – enjoyment ) ______ themselves last night. 4. New ( 7 – sea ) _______ markets for the products are being ( 8 – energy ) _______ pursued. 5. Smoking ( 9 – danger ) ________ yourself and those around you. 6. His speech did a very ( 10 – effect ) _______ ( 11 – demolish ) ________ job on the govrnment policy. 7. Tonight’s programme is an ( 12 – deep ) ______ look at the ( 13 – long ) ______ ( 14 – affect ) ________ of ( 15 – employ ) _________. 8. The movie had us all ( 16 – sit ) ___ on the edges of our (17 – sit ) ___ with ( 18 – excite ) ___ 9. Police are holding two men in ( 19 – connect ) ________ with last Sunday ( 20 – rob ) ______. 10. The United Nation’s trying its best to tackle the problem of ( 21 – wide ) ___ ( 22 – literate)___ Exercise 8. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña tõ trong ngoÆc 1. The ( 1 – work ) _______ accused the company of ( 2 – fair ) _______ ( 3 – dismiss ) ______. They began shouting and the ( 4 – meet ) ________ broke out in ( 5 – order ) _________. 2. The ( 6 – extend ) _________ of the highway will take several months. 3. The road finally ( 7 – straight ) ________ out after a series of bends. 4. Gentle ( 8 – persuade ) ________ is more ( 9 – effect ) ________ than force. 5. On the way to the country we sometimes stopped to admire the ( 10 – picture ) _____ scenery. 6. I don’t drink much alcohol, just the ( 11 – occasion ) ________ glass of wine. 7. To an ( 12 – side ) _________ it may appear to be a ( 13 – glamour ) _________ job.