Circle A, B, C, or D to indicate the best option for each of the blanks.

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TEST 1: The Industrial Revolution in Britain was built on the use of machines in factories. Since the
1950s, Britain's (1) industries have replaced machine operators with computers, and this (2)has led to a
decline in the number of (3).in many factories. Goods are bought and used much more 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) with Britain's exports, and countries in the Far East have been able to provide
cheaper (5) since the 1970s. Areas located with heavy industries are suffering high unemployment.
During the last 30 years, there has been a constant rise in smaller industries (6) as "light industries".
These ones use electricity and are not (7).on raw materials such as coal so they are "footloose", i.e. they
can be located anywhere. They produce such things as washing machines or spare (8) Some of these
industries produce nothing at all, but provide services like distribution. The consumer boom of the
1980s and the increased leisure time of most Britons have led to rapid (9) in service industries like
banking, tourism, retailing and information processing, and in industries which distribute, maintain, and
repair (10) consumer goods. →
1. A) manufacturing B) big C) large D) running
2. A) replacement B) change C) exchange D) automation
3. A) employers B) employees C) labors D) servers
4. A) working B) familiar C) competing D) fed up
5. A) things B) products C) produce D) imports
6. A) considered B) regarded C) known D) worked
7. A) dependent B) reliable C) dependable D) command
8. A) details B) parts C) sections D) gadgets
9. A) growth B) increase C) expansion D) extension
10. A) everyday B) home C) household D) expensive
TEST 3: HA LINH
If you’ve been told by your boss to improve your knowledge of a foreign language you will know that
success doesn’t come quickly. It generally takes years to learn another language well and constant (1)
to maintain the high standards required for frequent business use. Whether you study in a class, with
audiocassettes, computers or on your (2) sooner or (3) every language course finishes and you must
decide what to do next if you need a foreign language for your career.
Business audio Magazine is a new product designed to help you continue language study in a way that
fits easily into your busy schedule. Each audiocassette (4) of an hour – long program packed with
business news, features and interviews in the language of your choice. These cassettes won’t teach you
how to order meals or ask for directions. It’s (5) that you can do that already. Instead, by giving you an
opportunity to hear the language as it’s really spoken, they help you to (6) your vocabulary and improve
your ability to use real language relating to, for example, that all- important marketing trip.
The great advantage of using audio magazines is that they (7) you to perfect your language skills in
ways that suit your lifestyle. For example, you can select a topic and listen in your car or hotel when
away on business. No other business course is as (8) and the unique radio- magazine format is as
instructive as it is entertaining. In addition to the audiocassette, this package includes a transcript with a
business glossary and a study (9) . The components are structured so that intermediate and advanced
students may use them separately or together, (10) on their ability.→1. A) exercise B) performance C)
practice D) operation 2. A) self B) individual C) personal D) own
3. A) after B) then C) later D) quicker
4. A) consists B) includes C) contains D) involves
5. A) insisted B) acquired C) asserted D) assumed
6. A) prolong B) extend C) spread D) lift
7. A) allow B) let C) support D) offer
8. A) adjustable B) flexible C) convertible D) variable
9. A) addition B) supplement C) extra D) manuscript
 10. A) according B) depending C) relating D) basing
TEST 4: SAVING EUROPE’S WOODLANDS - Hidden in almost every European country there
are ancient and untouched forests. These forests are often rich in wildlife and are (1).home to many
endangered species. One example is a small patch of Scottish forests which contains a variety of
coniferous trees (2) for a wide range of birds and insects. Although many of the ancient peoples of
Europe worshipped trees, there is (3) respect for them today. The World Wildlife Fund has decided to
(4) attention to the importance of Europe’s ancient woodlands. They are asking for the remaining
forests to be protected by controlling the trade in wood.

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(5), governments are being asked to regenerate forests where necessary and manage them in a more
nature friendly way. At present almost a third of Western Europe is (6) by trees. Unfortunately, many of
these have only been planted recently. This means they cannot support such a wide range variety of
plant and animal life. If we destroy ancient forests we will cause many species to (7) extinct. The
decline of ancient forests began thousands of years ago. Yet, with the growing awareness of the (8).of
ancient woodlands, it is hoped that those remaining will be (9) .By the year 2000 the W .W. F. hopes to
have (10) many forest reserves across Europe. It isn’t too late to do something for our ancient trees.→1.
A) house B) place C) home D) shelter 2. A) capable B) suitable C) able D) plenty
3. A) little B) tiny C) small D) few
4. A) move B) bring C) carry D) draw
5. A) As well as B) In addition C) Too D) Plus
6. A) loaded B) packed C) covered D) full
7. A) come B) become C) end D) get
8. A) gravity B) advantage C) value D) seriousness
9. A) saved B) endured C) survived D) released
10. A) done up B) made out C) brought on D) set up
TEST 5: TRAFFIC IN OUR CITIES - The volume of traffic in many cities in the world today
continues to expand. This (1) many problems, including serious air pollution, lengthy delays, and the
greater risk of accidents. Clearly, something must be done, but it is often difficult to (2) people to
change their habits and leave their cars at home.
One possible approach is to make it more expensive for people to use their cars by (3) charges for
parking and bringing in tougher fines for anyone who (4) the laws. In addition, drivers could be
required to pay for using particular routes at different times of the day. This system, (5) as “road
pricing”, is already being introduced in a (6) of cities, using a special electronic card fixed to the
windscreen of the car.
Another way of dealing with the problem is to provide cheap parking on the (7) of the city, and strictly
control the number of vehicles allowed into the centre. Drivers and their passengers then use a special
bus service for the (8) stage of their journey.
Of course the most important (9) is to provide good public transport. However, to get people to (10) the
comfort of their cars, public transport must be felt to be reliable, convenient and comfortable, with
fares kept at an acceptable level.1. A) causes B) results C) leads D) invents
2. A) make B) arrange C) suggest D) persuade
3. A) enlarging B) increasing C) growing D) developing 4. A) crosses B) refuses
C) breaks D) cracks
5. A) named B) seen C) called D) known
6. A) quantity B) number C) total D) sum
7. A) outskirts B) border C) outside D) limit
8. A) late B) end C) complete D) final
9. A) thought B) thing C) work D) event
10. A) pass on B) throw away C) give up D) leave out
TEST 6: Marathon was the site of one of the most important (1) in the history of Western civilization.
There, in 490 B.C., a Greek army defeated a(n) (2) army of Persians and saved Greece from becoming
part of the Persian Empire. Marathon is a coastal plain about 25 miles northeast of Athens, Greece.
Beginning in 400 B.C., Greek living under Persian (3) in Asia, Minor (now Turkey), (4) against King
Darius I of Persia. The Athenians sent solders and 20 ships to aid the rebels. Then the Greeks forces
attacked and burned Sardis, a city that served as Darius’s capital in Asia Minor. Darius vowed that he
would take (5) on the Athenians by conquering and burning Athens. In 490 B.C., Darius sent one of his
general, with an army and a (6) of about 200 ships to conquer Athens. The Persians first destroyed the
city Eretria, and then sailed for Marathon. The Athenian general Miltiades (7) the Athenian troops on
the island edge of the plain. The Persian occupied the seaward (8).A few days later, the Persian leaders,
hoping that civil war had broken out in Athens, loaded part of the forces on ships. The Persian on the
ships prepared to sail to Athens and attack the city. Seeing their (9) for a victory, the Athenians attacked
the army of Persians that remained on the plain. The Greeks surrounded and thoroughly defeated the
Persians at marathon. According to tradition, Miltiades sent the runner Pheidippides from Marathon to
Athens with news of the Athenians victory. Pheidippides (10) the 25 miles to Athens at top speed,
delivered his message, and fell to the ground, dead. Today, the word marathon refers to a foot race of 26
miles 385 yards (42.2 kilometers) or of similar length. →1. A. fields B. aspects C. battles D. events 2. A
invading B. conquering C. expanding D. empowering
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3. A. reign B. management C. government D. rule
4. A. stood up B. rose up C. fought up D. stepped up
5. A. grudges B. hatred C. revenge D. curses
6. A. congregation B. pack C. chain D. fleet
7. A. localized B. put C positioned D. situated
8. A. edge B. rim C. brim D. side
9. A. possibility B. chance C. signs D. prospects
10. A. dashed B. sprinted C. galloped D. raced
TEST 7: From the seeds themselves to the machinery, fertilizers and pesticides - The Green Revolution
regimen depend heavily on technology. One ((1), however, depends much (2).on technology - organic
farming. Many organic farmers use machinery, but ((3) chemical fertilizers or pesticides. (4) chemical
soil enrichers, they use animal manure and plant parts not used as food -,natural, organic fertilizers that
are clearly a renewable (5) ..Organic farmers also use alternatives (6) pesticides; for example they may
rely on natural predators of certain insect pests. (7) the need arises, they can buy the eggs and larvae of
these natural predators and introduce them into their crop fields. They use (8) techniques to control
pests as well, like planting certain crops together because one crop repels the other's pests. Organic
farmers do not need a lot of land; (9) in fact organic farming is perfectly (10)to small farms and is
relatively inexpensive. Finally, many organic farmers' average yields compare favorably with other
farmers' yields.→1. A. alteration B. alternate C. alternative D. alternation 2. A. more B. less C. better D.
worse
3. A. also B. for C. not D. all
4. A. In spite of B. On account of C. In favour of D. Instead of
5. A. resource B. source C. matter D. substance
6. A. of B. to C. for D. from
7. A. Then B. If C. Because D. Though
8. A. others B. another C. the others D. other
9. A. instead B. in one way C. on one hand D. in fact
10. A. suitable B. open C. likely D. suited
TEST 8: COULD COMPUTER GAMES BE GOOD FOR YOU AFTER ALL
 In Britain, the average young person now spends more money on games each year than on going to the
cinema or renting videos. But is this (1) a bad thing? For years, newspaper reports have been (2) that
children who spend too much time playing computer games become unsociable, bad- tempered, even
violent as a (3). But new research, (4) out in both Europe and the USA, suggests that the opposite may
be true.
Indeed, playing some of the more complicated games may help people of all ages to improve certain
skills. Researchers claim that this is because the games (5)the brain work harder in certain ways, like (6)
sounds and movements quickly and identifying what they are. The fact that people play the games
repeatedly (7) that they get a lot of practice in these skills which are therefore likely to become highly
developed. Social skills may benefit, too. Researchers in Chicago think that fans of first- person shooter
games (8) “Counterstrike” are better than non-players when it comes to building trust and co-operation,
and that this (9) them to make good friendships and become strong members of their communities. So
rather than (10) up computer games, perhaps young people need to spend more time on them?
1. A. necessarily B. certainly C. fully D. nearly
2. A. speaking B. informing C. telling D. saying
3. A. product B. result C. reason D. conclusion
4. A. worked B. thought C. turned D. carried
5. A. make B. force C. push D. keep
6. A. realizing B. noticing C. imagining D. solving
7. A. means B. asks C. brings D. causes
8. A. in order to B. such as C. due to D. as well as
9. A. supports B. helps C. shows D. serves
10. A. giving B. ending C. taking D. stopping
TEST 9: WILL TECHNOLOGY REPLACE SCHOOLS?
Some people believe that (1) schools will no longer be necessary. These people say that because of the
Internet and other new technology, there is no longer any (2) for school buildings, formal classes, or
teachers. Perhaps this will be true one day, but it is hard for us to imagine a world without schools. In
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We should invent a kind of school that is (5) to libraries, museums, science centres, laboratories, and
even companies. Experts could give (6) on video or over the Internet. TV networks and local stations
could develop programming about things students are actually studying in school.
Is this just a dream? No. Already there are several towns where this is beginning to happen. Blacksburg,
Virginia, is one of them. Here the (7) city is linked to the Internet, and learning can take place at home,
at school and in the office. Businesses provide programmes for the schools and the community. The
schools provide computer labs for people without their (8) computers at home. Because everyone can
use the Internet, older people participate as (9) as younger ones, and everyone can visit distant libraries
and museums as easily as (10) ones. 1)A) quickly B) in no time C) in time D) soon
2) A) requirements B) demand C) need D) requests
3) A) how B) what way C) when D) why
4) A) but B) not C) unless D) without
5) A) connected B) combined C) linked D) attached
6) A) lectures B) talks C) speeches D) sermons
7) A) complete B) total C) entire D) all
8) A) own B) private C) favourite D) particular
9) A) long B) well C) far D) much
10) A) nearby B) near C) the next D) nearest
TEST 10: HOOKED ON THE NET - The latest addiction to trap thousands of people in the internet
which has been (1) for broken relationships, jobs losses, financial ruin and even one suicide.
Psychologists now recognize Internet Addiction Syndrome (IAS) as a new illness that could cause
serious problems and ruins many lives. Special help groups have been set up to (2) sufferers help and
support. Psychologists have described many (3) examples, including one man who took his own life
after borrowing more than £14,000 to feed his addiction, and a teenager who had to receive psychiatric
treatments for his 12-hour- a- day (4)”This illness is not (5), and it
must be taken seriously,” said an expert in behavioral addiction at Nottingham Trent University. “These
are not sad people with serious personality (6) :; they are people who were fine before they found the
Internet. “ IAS is similar to other problems like gambling, smoking and drinking: addicts have dreams
about the Internet, they need to use its first thing in the morning; they (7) to their partners about how
much time they spend online; they wish they could cut down, but are unable to do so. A recent study
found that many users spend up to 40 hours a week on the Internet; although they felt guilty, they
became depressed if they were (8) to stop using it. Almost anyone can be at risk. Some of the addicts
are teenagers who are already (9) on computer games and who (10) it very difficult to resist the games
on the Internet. Surprisingly, however, psychologists say that most victims are middle-aged housewives
who have never used a computer before.
1) A) blamed B) faulted C) mistaken D) accused
2) A) offer B) suggest C) recommend D) advise
3) A) worrying B) worried C) disappointing D) disappointed
4) A) habit B) custom C) manner D) routine
5) A) false B) imitation C) fake D) artificial
6) A) mistakes B) errors C) faults D) defects
7) A) betray B) deceive C) cheat D) lie
8) A) let B) allowed C) had D) made
9) A) taken B) addicted C) tied D) hooked
10) A) say B) feel C) find D) have
TEST 11: Every ten minutes, one kind of animals, plants or insects dies (1) forever. If nothing is done
about it, one million species that are alive today will have become (2) twenty years from now.
The seas are in (3) .They are being filled with poison: industrial and nuclear waste and chemical (4) .We
should do something immediately or nothing will be able to live in the sea.
Many hectares of forests are (5) every day. The bad effect on the world’s climate and on our agriculture
will be serious. The (6) of forests and hunting have killed many kinds of wild animals.
Fortunately, the World Wildlife Fund was (7) in 1961. There were some people who wanted to raise
money to (8) animals and plants from extinction. Today the World Wildlife Fund has become a large
international (9) . It has had 35 million conservation projects and protected many kinds of wild animals
(10) extinction. 1) A) off B) on C) out D) over
2) A) poor B) extinct C) important D) dead
3) A) danger B) dangers C) dangerous D) dangerously
4) A) fertilizers B) fertile C) fertilize D) fertilization
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5) A) saved B) grown C) destroyed D) developed
6) A) disappearance B) appearance C) growth D) conservation
7) A) find B) found C) founded D) fund
8) A) distribute B) occupy C) bring D) save
9) A) hold B) organization C) destruction D) preservation
10) A) from B) out C) for D) off
TEST 12: The 1920s saw the emergency of widespread car ownership in the US. Assembly – line
production made car wonderfully cheap, credit was available on the cheapest (1) and the irresistible
(2) of the car to consumer did the rest. The result was a complete (3) of American life.
The car began to break (4) the ancient sharp division between town and country. The movement
perhaps began with the prosperous middle class, (5) for a holiday from New York, who were delighted
to discover the rest of their country. But the cheap car also enabled the working class to travel, for
pleasure or in (6) of work. Even poor country people, it (7) out, could own car and when they did so,
many of them used the freedom thus (8) to depart - to the West or to the cities.
Even more important, perhaps, was the (9) of the car on daily life. It came into (10) for all sorts of
short (11), to work or to the shop, which had previously been made by trolley bus or railway. It made a
whole new pattern of living possible. Vast suburbs began to (12) over the land. No longer did you have
to live in comparatively cramped (13) near the railroad station. Not did you have to (14) your annual
holiday at one of the traditional, crowded resorts nearby. Instead, you could (15) over the hills and far
away.
1) A. obligations B. terms C. guarantees D. repayments.
2) A. appeal B. outlook C. impression D. fancy
3) A. transfer B. variation C. revision D. transformation
4) A. down B. off C. in D. away
5) A. concerned B. willing C. anxious D. fond
6) A. hunt B. search C. chase D. inquiry
7) A. found B. turned C. brought D. set
8) A. gained B. gathered C. reached D. benefited
9) A. forced B. product C. impact D. trace
10) A. advantage B. use C. worth D. function
11) A. travels B. trips C. tours D. routes
12) A. spread B. widen C. scatter D. broadcast
13) A. housing B. residence C. surrounding D. settlement
14) A. made B. place C. take D. set
15) A. press B. speed C. stir D. pace
TEST 13: The mathematics of the Mayas of Mexico was (1) when compared to that of (2) cultures.
They were (3) with the idea zero nearly 1,000 years before anyone in Europe had it.. Arab traders
opened up caravan routes across the desert of the Middle East and brought with them to Europe the (4)
of zero as a number. The Greek wrote numbers by using (5) of alphabet, and with the Roman number
system, it was difficult to add or subtract (6) sometimes four figures (for example, VII) were needed to
express one number (for example, 7). Neither the Greeks (7) the Romans could (8) with large numbers.
(9) contrast, the Mayas could express any number by using three symbols: the dot, the bar, and the dash.
For zero, they used a shell (10)
1. A. over B. super C. superior D. inferior
2. A. the B. others C. another D. other
3. A. famous B. familiar C. coincident D. annoyed
4. A. concept B. viewpoint C. understanding D. learning
5. A. characters B. letters C. numbers D. lists
6. A. although B. because C. even if D. which
7. A. nor B. and C. as well as D. or
8. A. acquaint B. familiarize C. deal D. tamper
9. A. On B. For C. From D. ln
10. A. shape B. size C. form D. picture
TEST 14: If you are looking at a modern laptop computer, it's hard to believe that computers were once
huge devices (1) only to government or big businesses. Today's computers are often not much bigger
than a typewriter and are taken for (2) in homes, schools, and offices. Technological (3) made the small
personal computer possible, but two electronic whiz kids working in a garage actually brought it about.
Steven Jobs and Stephen Wozniak first met at Hewlett-Packard, an electronics firm in California. Jobs
was a high-school student when
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William Hewlett, the president, took him (4) as a summer employee. Wozniak, a college dropout, was
also working there, and the two got along right away. Jobs and Wozniak went separate ways in 1972.
When they got together again in 1974, Wozniak was spending a lot of time with a local computer club,
and he (5) Jobs to join the group. Jobs immediately saw the (6) for a small computer. He (7) up with
Wozniak, a brilliant engineer, to build one. The two designed the Apple I computer in Jobs's bedroom,
and they put the prototype (8) in his garage. With $1,300 in capital (9) by selling Jobs's car and
Wozniak's scientific calculator, they set up their first production line. Apple I, which they brought out in
1976, had sales of $600, a(n) (10) beginning. By 1980, Apple Computers, which had started four years
earlier as a project in a garage, had a market value of $1.2 billion. 1) A. ready B. accessible C. possible
D. available
2) A. granted B. free C. common D. admissible
3) A. attacks B. thrusts C. advances D. exploits
4) A. up B. on C. in D. off
5) A. convinced B. impressed C. imposed D. confirmed
6) A. ability B. potential C. essence D. capacity
7) A. teamed B. collected C. gather D. met
8) A. up B. on C. together D. along
9) A. pawned B. attracted C. raised D. realized
10)A. aspiring B. advancing C. promising D. speeding

TEST 15: Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone and became a very famous man. He also
wrote an article which he presented in 1883. His research paper was about deaf people. In his article,
Dr. Bell explained why there were so many deaf children. He believed that when deaf adults married
each other, they would have deaf children. He thought that this was bad. Bell blamed the schools for the
deaf for causing marriages between deaf people. He did not like the idea of these intermarriages and
tried to think of ways to stop them. He would have preferred that deaf children be taught at hearing
schools. He did not _1__ schools for the deaf. Bell felt that deaf people would not mix with hearing
people if they went to _2_ schools. Bell was __3__ about other things, too. He noticed that deaf people
socialized with other deaf people. He felt that socializing with other deaf people was bad. Deaf people
should socialize with hearing people, he thought. Bell tried to start a new law that would make it illegal
for deaf people to marry each other. He __4__ up his idea when he realized that such a law could not be
enforced. Bell also had strong feelings about the _5__ of deaf children. He wanted deaf children to be
with hearing children in school. He thought that the deaf children could learn normal behavior from the
hearing children. Bell was against the use of deaf teachers, too, because he thought this added to the
_6_of a deaf "race" in America. Bell had another theory which he never proved. He believed that deaf
children who signed would not have good English skills. He could never prove this, and now many
people have tried to prove the opposite! A lot of new research shows that many deaf children whose
parents sign (and are deaf) do __7___ schoolwork than deaf children who do not sign at home!→1) A.
describe B. support C. visit D. study 2) A. nicer B. worse C. older D. separate
3) A. selfish B. upset C. shy D. careless
4) A. fixed B. gave C. wrote D. talked
5) A. health B. safety C. effort D. education
6) A. ability B. loss C. problem D. cost
7) A. more B. easier C. slower D. better

TEST 16: Garbage - (1) of the garbage we produce every day is a major problem in cities around the
world. In the United States, over 160 million tons of garbage are produced every year. Ten per cent is
recycled, ten per cent is burned, and the rest is put in landfills. But finding (2) for new landfills is
becoming more difficult. A city that has solved this problem in an unusual way is Machida, in Tokyo,
Japan. They have developed a totally new (3) to garbage disposal. The (4) to the operation is public
cooperation. Families must divide their garbage into six categories:
1. Garbage that can be easily burned (that is, combustible garbage), such as kitchen and
garden trash. 2. Noncombustible garbage, such as small electrical appliances, plastic tools
and plastic toys. 3. Products that are poisonous or that (5) pollution, such as batteries and
fluorescent lights. 4. Bottles and glass containers that can be recycled.
5. Metal containers that can be recycled. 6. Large item, such as furniture and bicycles. The items in
categories 1 to 5 are collected (6) different days. (Large items are collected upon request). Then the
garbage is taken to a center that looks like a clean new office building or hospital. Inside the center,
special equipment is used to sort and (7) the garbage. Almost everything can be reused: garden or
kitchen trash becomes fertilizer; combustible garbage is burned to (8) electricity; metal containers and
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furniture, clothing, and other useful items are cleaned, repaired, and resold cheaply or given away.
The work provides (9) for handicapped persons and gives them a (10) to learn new skills.
Nowadays, officials from cities around the world visit Machida to see whether they can use some of
these ideas and techniques to solve their own garbage disposal problems.
1. A. Disposing B. Dealing C. Contriving D. ridding
2. A. land B. soil C. earth D. position
3. A. method B. process C. technique D. approach
4. A. answer B. solution C. key D. way
5. A. produce B. generate C. originate D. cause
6. A. on B. in C. by D. over
7. A. process B. create C. manipulate D. mould
8. A. cause B. exit C. produce D. emit
9. A. positions B. careers C. situations D. employment
10. A. time B. moment C. occasion D. chance