ON THI HSG 9

1. Fill each gap with one suitable word in the texts below:
A. TRAVEL IN BRITAIN
London is Britain’s biggest city. It is a very old ( 1 ) ------------ and dates back to the Romans. It is a ( 2) ---------- ofinteresting buildings and churches, and it ( 3 ) ---------- many beautiful parks. It also has some of the best museums ( 4 ) -------------- the world. London is very crowded in the summer, but it is not busy in the winter. It is a popular city with foreign tourists ( 5 ) --------------- has more than eight million ( 6 ) -------------- a year. The city is ( 7 ) ---------------- for its shopping and many excellent department stores. London has convenient trains and buses that cross the city, so it is
( 8 ) --------------- for tourists to get around.
B.
Fashion refers to the kinds of clothing that are in a desirable style at a particular time. At different times in ( 1 ) ---------------------- , fashionable dress has taken very different forms. In moden ( 2) -------------------------- nearly everyone follows fashion to some extent. A young woan would look odd if she wore the clothing ( 3 )
------------------- her grandmother had worn when young. However, only a small minority of people dress in the clothing that appears in highfashion magazines or on
( 4 ) -------------- -show runways.
It is not always easy to tell the ( 5 ) --------------- between basic clothing and fashionable
clothing. Especially today, fashion ( 6 ) --------------- often use inexpensive and functional items of clothing as inspiration. Blue jeans, for instance, originated as functional work clothing for miners and farmers. Yet today, even people who dress in ( 7 ) ----------------- , T-shirts, sports clothes may be influenced ( 8 ) ---------------- fashion. One year, fashionable jeans may have narrow legs; the next year the legs may be baggy.
C
Clothes can often tell us what a person ( 1 ) ----------- , either for a short time, like being a guest at a wedding or ( 2) ----------------- walker in the country, or more permanently in his or her daily work. It is not difficult to decide if ( 3 ) -------------- is a police or traffic officer, a nurse, or a fire-fighter; these people all ( 4 ) ---------------- uniform at work. Even when people don’t wear ( 5 ) ------------- , most jobs have their own type of ( 6 ) -------------------. Bank managers don’t usually wear T-shirts and trainers to ( 7 ) --------------- , for example! Similarly, builders and roadworkers don’t wear suits and ties! Instead they wear boots to protect their feet, helmets to ( 8 )
----------------- their heads, and jeans and T-shirts because their work is very dirty.
D
Dear Sir,
I saw vyour school’s -------------- in today’s edition of the Viet Nam News. I am --------------- in learning Vietnamese nd I would like some ----------------- about your school. I speak a little Vietnamese, but I -------------------- to learn to read and write it. Could you please ----------------- me details of courses and fees? I can complete a spoken Vietnamese test if ---------------------- .
I’m looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours faithfully,
John Robinson
2. Choose the correct word amonh A, B, C or D to fill in each blank in the following letter:
Dear Regia,
I’m in the California desert. Lary offered ( 1 ) ------------------ me anywhere I wanted for the long weekend, so I chose Death Valley.
We’re ( 2) --------------- at great hotel right in the desert. I’m a little sleepy today ( 3 ) ----------- we had to leave the house at 4.00 a.m to catch out fligh, and the trip took
( 4 ) ---------------- than we expected. But tomorrow I can stay in bed all morning. Larry’s going to take me to see those morning rocks in the afternoon. That’ll be ( 5 ) ---------------------.
Unfortunately, we have to leave here ( 6 ) ---------------------- Monday afternoon so that we can go back to work on Tuesday. Sometimes, I’d really love to move to California. It’s so warm here ( 7 ) ---------------- we can leave the window open through it’s winter.
By the way, thank you for the invitation. Larry loved the idea of staying ( 8 ) ---------- you for a few days next month. So we’ll see you soon!
Linda.
A. for taking B. to take C.of taking D. to taking
A. stayed B. stay C. staying D. to stay
A. because B. because of C. although D. but
A. long B. length C. longest D. longer
A. interesting B. interested C. interest D. to interest
A. in B. at C. during D. on
A. in order that B. so that C. that D. in order to
A. of B. with C. to D. in
3. Fill in each gap with one suitable word in the following passage: