BAI TAP TUYEN SINH VAO 10

I. Read the passage and then fill in each blank with ONE suitable word.
Passage 1:
Cherating is one of Malaysia’s (1)…………………………… famous beach resorts. Very few places (2)…………………………match Cherating’s beauty and serenity.
A few (3)…………………………my friends and I decided to visit Cherating during our school vacation. We knew that we (4)…………………………most certainly going to have a good time. It (5)…………………………us about one hour to cycle (6)…………………………our town to Cherating. When we reached the place, we (7)…………………………many fishing villages and beautiful beaches stretching for several kilometers.
Cherating is sunny (8)…………………………the year and many people come to Cherating either to swim (9)…………………………to dive. While at Cherating, we also enjoyed the excellent local food. Cherating is needed (10)…………………………of Malaysia’s best tourist attractions.
Passage 2:
Jeans have their long story of development. In the 1950s, two people helped (1)…………………………jeans popular with teenagers: Elvis Presley, the king of rock and roll, and James Dean, a famous movie star. Elvis (2)…………………………tight jeans. Most parents didn’t like Elvis or his music. But teenagers loved (3)…………………………and started to dress like him. In Rebel Without a Case, James Dean wore jeans. He (4)…………………………a hero to many young people. During the 1960s, rock and roll became even (5)…………………………popular. Young people had more freedom. Their clothes showed (6)…………………………independence. Some people decorated their jeans (7)…………………………colorful patches and flowers. In the seventies and eighties, jeans became very expensive. In (8)…………………………to the regular brands like Levi’s and Lee, famous designers like Calvin Klein and Pierre Cardin (9)…………………………making “designer jeans”. They were very stylish and very expensive. Jeans are (10)…………………………popular that Levi’s has sols over twenty billion pairs. Almost anywhere in the world you know what young people want to wear: jeans!
Passage 3:
Freddy liked to go to the countryside to draw animals and plants. One day, while (1)…………………………across a field, looking for rabbits to draw, he was so lost in thought that he did not (2)…………………………a bull running towards him. About a hundred meters (3)…………………………was a tree under which he usually sat to draw. Suddenly, he heard a (4)…………………………noise behind him. It was the bull! He knew that a bull could run much (5)…………………………than a man, but he also knew that a bull could not see very (6)…………………………and noticed only shape and movement. To distract the bull, he threw his bag away (7)…………………………him. The bull saw the sudden movement and headed for the bag. Freddy quickly climbed (9)…………………………the tree and watched the bull attack his bag. (9)…………………………the bull was satisfied and had gone away, he got down from the tree and ran (10)…………………………fast as he could. Everything in the bag was completely ruined.
Passage 4:
college – newspapers – difficult – studies – evening – subjects
– hard – teenagers – language – useful


Every year many people in the world learn English. Some of them are young children. Others are (1)…………………………. Many are adults. Some learn at school, other learn in (2)…………………………classes. A few learn English by themselves or just by hearing the (3)…………………………on television or among their friends. Most people must work (4)…………………………to learn English. Why do these people want to learn English? It isn’t (5)…………………………to answer that question. Young children learn English at school because it is one of their (6)…………………………. Many adults learn English because it is (7)…………………………for their work. Teenagers often learn English for their higher (8)…………………………, because some of their books are in English at (9)…………………………or university. Other people learn English because they want to read (10)…………………………or magazines in English.

Passage 5:
Zamenhof invented a new language (1)…………………………Esperanto to improve understanding between (2)…………………………of different countries. He showed Esperanto to (3)…………………………friends to find out (4)…………………………they thought about it. (5)…………………………in the same year he went to study (6)…………………………a university in Moscow. He wanted (7)…………………………improve Esperanto. Zamenhof’s friends then worked hard to spread (8)…………………………new language. They tried to persuade schools throughout the world to teach it. However, only a (9)…………………………people today speak Esperanto because more and more people use (10)…………………………as a foreign language.
Passage 6.
Nowadays, more and more people are changing the way they use their televisions. Some years ago we (1)…………………………to turn on TV and watch whatever there was. But now we choose the programs we watch (2)…………………………more carefully because we have many (3)…………………………interesting things to do. One result of this change is that we are also becoming (4)…………………………careful about the actual television set itself. As we watch fewer programs, we want to be sure that we will (5