TRAN DAI NGHIA HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE GIFTED

STUDENT’S FULL NAME: _________Phạm Hồng Quân____________________________________

CLASS: 10CA___

EXERCISE ON WORD FORMATION 10 (Unit 11 – Advanced)

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Supply the correct form of the words given in parentheses.

1. There is something cowardly and ___ignoble____________ in his attitude. (NOBILITY)

2. In my opinion, art ____ennobles___________ the human race. (NOBLE)

3. The council issues ______biannually_________ reports on the department's management, with two
ones a year. (ANNUAL)

4. This ______biennial_________ conference happens once every two years. (ANNUAL)

5. A ______well-preserved_________ male model can go on working into his forties. (PRESERVE)

6. This drink contains no artificial flavorings or _____preservative__________. (PRESERVE)

7. Customers are advised to make seat ____reservation___________ well in advance. (RESERVE)

8. After admitting their mistakes, they apologized ______unreservedly_________ for what they had done.
(RESERVE)

9. The universities constitute a _____reservoir (large supply of something) __________ of expert

knowledge. (RESERVE)

10. This _____imbalance__________ is affecting people's capacity for pleasure, love, success and a
healthy life. (BALANCE)

11. If there is a quantity of smoke or other ____airborne___________ pollutant particles present, it is

known as smog. (AIR)

12. She considered him to be mentally _______unbalanced________ and dangerous. (BALANCE)

13. Halfway along the wall he _____overbalanced__________ and fell. (BALANCE)

14. The risk is ____counterbalanced___________ by the potential rewards. (BALANCE)

15. We, ______climatologists_________, describe this in terms of the climate sensitivity, the warming
that results in equilibrium (state of balance) from a doubling of CO2. (CLIMATE)

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16. The second day would be _____acclimation/acclimatization_(adapt)__________ and orientation.
(CLIMATE)

17. The stock market is now a ____zero-sum___________ game, in which one party gains what the
other loses. (SUM)

18. Well, it's just the uncertainty and _____unpredictability__________ of what you're going against.
(PREDICT)

19. What really makes science different is empirical adequacy and _____predictive__________ power of
models. (PREDICT)

20. The meeting has been _____provisionally (true at the time but can be changed) __________
arranged for the end of May. (PROVIDE)
21. The money was given to the museum with the __proviso (a particular thing must happen before
another can )__ that it is spent on operating costs. (PROVIDE)

22. We usually connect propaganda to ____totalitarian___________ regimes and undemocratic societies.

(TOTAL)

23. For the data analysis, ____subspecies________ and varieties were treated as full species. (SPECIES)

24. The company ____leapfrogged___________ its rivals into a leading position. (FROG)

25. Dolores was _____invariably (always)__________ late. (VARY)

26. In reaction to this sort of perspective, cultural studies theorists tried to destroy or
___deconstruct____________ the distinction between high art and popular culture. (CONSTRUCT)

27. Post-war economic ______reconstruction_________ in the country must begin with the resumption
of agricultural production. (CONSTRUCT)

28. Any ____miscontruction___________ of these terms could lead to errors of law. (CONSTRUCT)

29. The habits of ______constructiveness_________ may be developed in different sorts of media.

(CONSTRUCT)

30. Akdogan later said his comments had been ___misconstrued____________ and did not refer to any
specific trial. (CONSTRUCT)

31. Political revolution is a _______recurrent________ theme in Riley's books. (OCCUR)

32. In 1902, they succeeded in establishing firm control over the Ashanti region and making the northern
territories a ______protectorate_________. (PROTECT)

33. We don't have to choose between strict _____protectionism__________ and unregulated free trade.
(PROTECT)

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34. She was a smart girl who grew up with an _____overprotective__________ father and was quickly
isolated from her peers. (PROTECT)
35. I believe that we have an inner sense of ___self-protection____________ and a fierce
protectiveness for our children. (PROTECT)

36. Seven food merchants were charged with ____profiteering___________. (PROFIT)

37. Typically, charities and other ____non-profit___________ organizations receive more attention during
the holiday season than any other time. (PROFIT)

38. Parking restrictions will be strictly _____enforced__________. (FORCE)

39. As the enemy attacks increased, the general called for ______reinforcements_________. (FORCE)

40. The whole nation was ___force-fed____________ government propaganda about how well the
country was doing. (FOOD)

41. He argued ____forcefully___________ that stricter laws were necessary to deal with the problem.
(FORCE)

42. The police's ____forced___________ entry into the building has come under a lot of criticism. (FORCE)

43. Now it is being extended to adults who are simply noticeably inefficient,
_____disorganized__________ and failing in their careers. (ORGANIZE)

44. All of these cases are _____symptomatic__________ of far more serious, ______deep-seated_____
trends that are being promoted. (SYMPTOM / SEAT)

45. He was ___demoted____________ for misconduct. (PROMOTE)

46. Shameless _____self-promotion__________, for instance, can land a company on the front page of
the local paper. (PROMOTE)

47. Environmentalists say the government has been too hasty in declaring the area safe and has given
_____misleadingly__________ upbeat assessments about the spill. (LEAD)

48. A(n) ___ill-sorted____________ group of people or things are all very different from each other.
(SORT)

49. There are certain topics of conversation that are ___impermissible____________ in polite society.
(PERMIT)

50. Kindness cannot and should not be a platform for indulgence or _____permissiveness__________.
(PERMIT)

51. The cottage has no _vehicular_ access but can be reached by a short walk across the moor. (VEHICLE)

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52. They all sit ________breathlessly_______, waiting for Picquart to reveal what he knows about the
facts of the case. (BREATHE)

53. Police pulled him over and administered a _____breathalyzer__________ test, which he failed.
(BREATHE)

54. Our basic mission is to verify the __airworthiness_____________ of the airplanes before they go
back to the operational Air Force. (AIR)

55. In Italy, it was once assumed that the collapse of urban industry led to the country becoming wholly
___deindustrialized____________. (INDUSTRY)

56. She looked ___consummately____________ pretty, and the front of her dress was a wonderful work
of art. (SUM)

57. And I certainly didn't fancy him because he's so ___maintenance____________ - he took longer in
make-up than I did," Bell added. (MAINTAIN)

58. A team of scientists from Edinburgh University found that ____well-fed___________ water fleas were
more contagious than those given less to eat. (FOOD)

59. The World Health Organization recommends exclusive ______breast-feeding_________ for the first 6
months of an infant’s life. (FOOD)

60. _____Foodborne__________ disease is a _____pervasive__________ problem caused by

consumption of contaminated food and drink. (FOOD / PERVADE)

61. The lack of printing regulations and the _____unenforceability__________ of British copyright law in
the American colonies made it possible for colonial printers occasionally to act as publishers. (FORCE)

62. We tested different materials for _____buoyancy__________. (BUOYANT)

63. He was wary of the kangaroos before he saw they were generally ___unpertubed_________ by the
tourists. (PERTURB)

64. Slim and _____upstanding__________ (= upright = behaving a moral and honest way), he has an
air of ____impertubable________ ___self-possesion____________ (= the ability to remain calm and
confident in a difficult situation) that is occasionally ______softened_________ by a display of humor.
(STAND / PERTURB / POSSESS / SOFT)

65. It would restart a serious debate about ____sancity___________ of life issues in the United States,”
he wrote in an email. (SANCTUARY)

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ADVICE TECHNIQUE CONTROL ZOO VOLUME

FIND VIEW SPEAKING ISSUE EMPHASIS

Rachel Carson was born in 1907 in Springsdale, Pennsylvania. She studied biology in college and
(66) ____zoology___________ at Johns Hopkins University, where she received her master’s degree in
1933. In 1936, she was hired by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, where she worked most of her life.

Carson’s first book, Under the Sea Wind, was published in 1941. It received excellent (67)
___reviews____________, but sales were poor until it was (68) _____reissued__________ in 1952. In that
year, she published The Sea Around Us, which provided a fascinating look beneath the ocean’s surface,
(69) ___emphasizing____________ human history as well as geology and marine biology. Her imagery and
language had a poetic quality. Carson consulted no less than 1,000 printed sources. She had
(70)_______voluminous________ correspondence and frequent discussions with experts in the field.
However, she always realized the limitations of her (71)_______non-technical________ readers.

In 1962, Carson published Silence Spring, a book that sparked considerable controversy. It
proved how much harm was done by the (72)__uncontrolled_____________, reckless use of insecticides.
She detailed how they poison the food supply of animals, kill birds, and contaminate human food. At that
time, (73)___spokesmen____________ for the chemical industry mounted personal attacks against
Carson and issued propaganda to indicate that her (74)_____findings__________ were flawed. However,
her work was vindicated by a 1963 report of the President’s Science (75)_____Advisory__________
Committee.

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PRESS GRADE DIVERSE DESIGN KNOW

EXPLOIT PERIPHERAL ESTUARY NATION RELATE

The National Marine Sanctuaries Program is a crucial part of new management practices in which
whole communities of species, and not just individual species, are offered some degree of protection from
habitat (76)___degradation____________ and (77)_____overexploitation__________. Only in this way
can a reasonable degree of marine species diversity be maintained in a setting that also maintains the
natural (78) ______interrelationships_________ that exist among these species.

Several other types of marine protected areas exist in the United States and other countries. The
National (79-a)_____Estuarine__________ Research Reserve System, managed by the United States
government, includes 23 (80-a)_____designated__________ and protected estuaries. Outside the United

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States, marine protected-area programs exist as marine parks, reserves, and preserves. Over 100 of (80-b)
___designated____________ areas exist around the (81) _____periphery__________ of the Carbbean
Sea. Others range from the well-known Australian Great Barrer Reef Marine Park to (82)___lesser-
known___________ parks in countries such as Thailand and Indonesia, where tourism is placing growing
(83)__pressures_____________ on fragile coral reef systems. As state, national, and
(84)__international_____________ agencies come to recognize the importance of conserving marine
(85)____biodiversity___________, marine projected areas whether as sanctuaries, parks, or (79-b)
____estuarine___ reserves, will play an increasingly important role in preserving that diversity.

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