Điền từ còn thiếu:
Nowasday, more and more people are changing the way they use their televisons.Some years ago, we............. to turn on TV and watch whatever there was. But now we choose the programs we watch............... more carefully because we have many................ intersteing things to do. One result of this change is that we are also becoming .............. careful about the actual television set itself. As we watch fewer programs, we want to be sure that we will be switched off........... of the time, we also ưant TV to look good when we are not watching it. So when we.............. or rent we look at the outside to make sure it is attractive and will look right................. other furniture. Of course, we have to pay more............. high quality. However, it seems that the number of people.............. are content to to so is increasing, and this should have a good result, because in the end all television will have better quality.
Question 4: Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word.
If you live in a city, you probably see many people, hear the (1) .................... of traffic, and smell the pollution (2) .................................. cars and factories.We are entering a new time in (3) ....................... history of the world. Before this, most (4) .................... were farmers.They lived in the country. Now many people are leaving the farms and moving into the cities. They are looking for better jobs. THe cities are growing very quickly. Most cities are very crowded.People are driving more cars, burning more fuel, (5) ......................... more water, eating more food, making more garbage, and producing more things in factories than (6) ............................. before.Life is becoming difficult.
Some governments are trying to plan the future \. They are building new roads , putting (7) ...................... new houses, looking for more water, and limiting growth in certain areas. Still, city planners are getting worried .People are crowding into the cities (8)....................... than cities can take them. The cities are running out (9).............................. room. WHat is the answer to this problem?
Complete the passage below using the correct forms of the words in brackets.
People are becoming more security conscious these days. Crimes like burglary and (1.THIEF)_________ are definitely on the increase. One of the most (2. PAIN) _________ experiences a home (3.OWN) _________ can have is to arrive home and find that his or her (4. VALUE) _________ havedisappeared, because a window had (5. ACCIDENT) _________been left open. What can we do to protect ourselves?
The most important piece of (6. ADVISORY) _________ is to make sure that your (7. INSURE)________ coverage is up to date. Another (8. SENSE) ________ thing to do is to go along to your localpolice station, where they will be more than willing to make (9. SUGGEST) _________ on (10. RELY)_________ ways of safeguarding your property.
A forest is a special place. In the forest, surrounded by tall trees, you are cut off from the would around you, and filled with the sights and sounds of nature. Many fairy tales and legends are set in forests, which have been thought to hold magic and mystery. Today we know that these are only stories, but the forest is still a place that holds many of the world's most valuable resources.
Forest has always been important to people. In the past, many people got food by hunting forest animals and gathering wild plants. With the advance of civilization, fewer people now live in forests, but forest are more valuable than ever. Forests have an important economic value because they provide us with resources such as timber. Forests are vital to the environment because they clean the air we breathe. Forests are also treasured for their beauty
Matching
1. Forest |a. Precious
2. Tales |b. The activity of looking for and killing animals
3. Valuable|c. Important
4. Hunt |d. Large area of land covered by trees
5. Vital |e. Stories about imaginary events or people
True or false
1. When you are in the forest you are away from the natural
2. The forest is a place that holds many of the world's most valuable resources
3. Forest are always important to people
4. Many people now live in forest
5. Forest are not only treasured for their beauty but also for their economic value
II. Chọn một từ đúng trong ngoặc để hoàn thành mỗi sau.
11. He drives so ______that he has never had any accidents. (CARE))
12. He is probably the most ______ tennis player of all time. (SUCCEED)
13. The baby laughed _______ as she played with her toys. (HAPPY)
14. There are some ______ between British English and American English. (DIFFER)
15. We are worried that rivers and cannals are becoming more and more ______. (POLLUTE)
Fill each gap with the correct from of the word in brackets
1. One majior________ of the erea is the lack of public transport (advantage)
2.We asked her to take part butsh she made no _______ to us (respond)
3.Taxi are too_______ for many people to offor (cost)
4.Could you please _______ us about the courses and fees ?(information)
5.Martin looked at her _______ (thoughful)
6.The tast we are dealing with is _______complicate (extreme)
7.This book provides information wich is very________to us (value)
8. No one can deny the_____ of his contribution (precious)
9. Our house is_____ by many burglar alarms (protection)
10. It was________so all we stay at home (snow)
Cloze-test:
COMPUTERS: GOOD OR BAD
For good or bad, computers are now (1) _____ of our daily life. With the (2) _____ of a small home computer now as low as $50, experts predict that before long all schools and businesses and most families in richer parts of the world will own a (3) _____ of some kind. Among general public, computers arouse strong feelings - people either love them (4) _____ hate them.
The computer-lovers talk about how useful computers can be in business, in education and in the home. Apart (5) _____ all the games, you can do your accounts on them, learn languages from them, write letters on them and in some places you even do your shopping with them. Computers, they say, will also bring more leisure, as more and more unpleasant jobs are taken (6) _____ by computerized robots.
The latter, on the (7) _____ hand, argue that computers bring not leisure but unemployment. They worry, too, that people (8) _____ spend all the time talking to comouters will forget (9) _____ to talk to each other. Their biggest fear (10) _____ that computers may eventually take overfrom human being altogether.
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The bicycle is a cheap and clean way to travel.The first Bicycle was made in about one hundred and fifty years ago.At first,bicycles were muuch expensive.Only rich people could buy one.These early time bicycles looked very different from the ones we have them today.Later,when bicycles became cheaper,many lot people bought one.People started riding bicycles to work and in their with free time.Today,people use cars more than bicycles;cars are much more fasterand you don't get wet when it start rains!But some people still prefer to cycle to work.They say that there have are too many cars in town centers and you can't able find anywhere to park!
3.My honest opinion is that you are wasting your time. (FRANK)
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