PRACTICE

ĐỌC ĐIỀN ĐOẠN VĂN

NAME: .......................................................... CLASS: .....

Exercise 1: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer
sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks
Many people say that schooldays are the best days of their life, and they often feel that
this should be a period of enjoyment. (1) _______, exams often make them unhappy, and
many students prefer having no exams at all. They say the exams (2) _______ they have to
take often make them worried, and they have no time to relax. Others, on the other hand, say
that exams help students study better. They will have to study throughout the year, and if they do
well, they will become more (3) _______ in studying. There are (4) _______ students who prefer
only final exams. They say that they have to work hard for two months a year and so they have
more time for their leisure activities. They think that this is a better way of (5) _______ students’
knowledge and ability in the subjects they are studying.
(Adapted from Complete First for Schools by Brook-Hart, Hutchison, Passmore and Uddin)
Question 1: A. Although B. Moreover C. Therefore D. However
Question 2: A. where B. who C. when D. which
Question 3: A. bored B. nervous C. friendly D. interested
Question 4: A. each B. another C. some D. every
Question 5: A. accessing B. assessing C. assisting D. accepting

Exercise 2: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer
sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks
Statesmen define a family as “a group of individuals having a common dwelling and related by
blood, adoption or marriage, (1) __________ includes common-law relationships.” Most people
are born into one of these groups and (2) ___________ live their lives as a family in such a
group.
Although the definition of a family may not change, (3) ______________.relationship of people
to each other within the family group changes as society changes. More and more wives are (4)
______________paying jobs, and, as a result, the roles of husband, wife and children are
changing. Today, men expect to (5)______________. for pay for about 40 years of their lives,
and, in today’s marriages (6)______________. which both spouses have paying jobs, women can
expect to work for about 30 to 35 years of their lives. This mean that man must learn to do their
share of family tasks such as caring for the children and daily (7)____________ chores.
Children, too, especially adolescents, have to (8)__________ with the members od their family
in sharing household tasks.
The widespread acceptance of contraception has meant that having (9)______________ is as
matter of choice, not an automatic result of marriage. Marriage itself has become a choice. As
alternatives (10)______________ common-law relationships and single-parent families have
become socially acceptable, women will become more independent.
Question 1: A. which B. that C. what D. it
Question 2: A. must B. need C. would D. will
Question 3: A. a B. any C. some D. the
Question 4: A. taking B. making C. keeping D. performing
Question 5: A. live B. work C. hope D. ask
Question 6: A. in B. for C. with D. to
Question 7: A. home B. family C. house D. household
Question 8: A. carry B. deal C. cooperate D. combine
Question 9: A. time B. families C. happiness D. children
Question 10: A. similar to B. like C. such as D. or else

Exercise 3: Mark the letter A B C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer
Air pollutant emission factors are (1) ___________ representative values that attempt to relate
the quantity of a pollutant released to the ambient air with an activity associated (2)
___________ the release of that pollutant. These factors are usually expressed as the weight of
(3) ___________ divided by a unit weight, volume, distance, or duration of the activity emitting
the pollutant. Such factors facilitate estimation of emissions from (4) ___________ sources of air
pollution. In most cases, these factors are simply averages of all available data acceptable
quality, and are generally assumed to be representative of (5) ___________ averages.
(6) ___________ are 12 compounds in the list of persistent organic pollutants. Dioxins and
furans are two of them and (7) ___________ created by combustion of organics, like open
burning of plastics. These compounds are also endocrine disruptors and can mutate the human
genes.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (8) ___________ published a complication
of air pollutant emission factors for a wide range of industrial sources. (9) ___________ United
Kingdom, Australia, Canada and many other countries have published similar compilations, (10)
___________ well as the European Environmental Agency.
Question 1: A. report B. reporting C. reported D. to report
Question 2: A. with B. at C. of D. in
Question 3: A. pollute B. pollution C. polluted D. pollutant
Question 4: A. vary B. variation C. various D. varying
Question 5: A. short-dated B. long-term C. short-lived D. long-sighted
Question 6: A. There B. Here C. Many D. Much
Question 7: A. intend B. intention C. intentional D. intentionally
Question 8: A. have B. has C. having D. had
Question 9: A. A B. An C. The D. x
Question 10: A. so B. more C. most D. as

Exercise 4. Choose the word or phrase among A, B. C or D that best fits the blank space in
the following passage.
Television is one of man's most important (1) _________of communication. It brings (2)
__________ and sounds from around the world into millions of homes. A person with a
television set can sit in his house and watch the President (3) _______ a speech or visit a foreign
country. He can see a war being fought and watch statesmen try to (4) _______ about peace. (5)
________ television, home viewers can see and learn about people, places, and things in faraway
lands. TV even takes viewers out of this world. It brings them (6) _______ of America's
astronauts as the astronauts explore outer space.
In (7) _________ to all these things, television brings its viewers a steady stream of programmes
that are (8) _______ to entertain. In fact, TV provides many more (9) ________programmes than
any other kind. The programmes include action-packed dramas, light comedies, sporting (10)
___________, and motion pictures.
Question 1: A. ways B. aspects C. kinds D. means
Question 2: A. voices B. portraits C. pictures D. films
Question 3: A. take B. do C. speak D. make
Question 4: A. bring B. bringing C. brought D. to bringing
Question 5: A. because B. throw C. through D. even though
Question 6: A. coverage B. cover C. covering D. covered
Question 7: A. addition B. increase C. development D. advantage
Question 8: A. responded B. published C. designed D. broadcasted
Question 9: A. entertain B. entertainment C. entertaining D. entertained
Question 10: A programs B. channels C. events D. teams