Test 5

PRACTICE TEST 5
I/ Word formation:
It is not easy for a computer to recognize the words that make up normal,……………… human speech. (CONTINUE)
What do you think is more important in the person you marry- intelligence or ……………… ? (ATTRACT)
That rule is not……………… in this case. (APPLY)
Industrial robots work with far greater …………… than most men. (PRECISE)
Many people still refuse to believe that smoking is ………………… (HARM)
Bjorn Borg is probably the most ………………… tennis – player of all time. (SUCCESS)
The university will be under new ………………… (MANAGE)
We don’t want the refund , we want a …………………… (REPLACE)
His teacher ………………… him to study philosophy. (ENCOURAGEMENT)
He got very angry at first but later he apologised for his ……………… (PATIENT)
The house looked a bit too old.It needs ………………………. (PAINT)
In ……………… with other countries in the region , Vietnam is still a poor country. (COMPARE)
The police held thief by the wrist. The thief follows him without …………… (RESIST)
To my ………………, he passed the exams. (ASTONISH)
Burning gas is an ………. way of heating a house.Coal is much cheaper. (ECONOMY)
Old people often have to save some money for their …………………. (RETIRE)
I don’t really think he has the ……………… to do this job. (ABLE)
The teacher explained his ideas with ………………… (CLEAR)
He is a very ……………….. carpenter. (SKILL)
He …………….. to hit me if I didn’t hand over my money. (THREAT)
I am …………….. he will succeed in his chosen career. (CONFIDENCE)
The …………………… area is only about 1000 km2. (FARM)
Phuong is a ……………… artist. (PROMISE)
She was a ............ in her young. (BEAUTIFUL)
You must put more ............ into your work. (CARE)
September 2nd is the ............ Day of Vietnam. (INDEPENDENT)
Before 1961 people’s flying into outer space was a real ............ (POSSIBLE)
Languages are used for ............ purposes. (COMMUNICATE)
The newspapers ............ is made once a day. (DELIVER)
Thousands of poor children were ............ during World war II. (EDUCATION)
The national ............ meets in Bading Hall. (ASSEMBLE)
No one is sure about the ............ of the lake. (DEEP)
He was rushed to the hospital immediately but he died on ............ (ARRIVE)
The scheme looked good on paper but in practice it proved to be ............ (WORK)
The suit fitted badly and had clearly been made in a very ............ way. (PROFESSION)
Most ............ are fascinated by Iceland. (GEOGRAPHY)
Even in thre rain the ............ was spectacular. (SCENE)
Thank you for your generosity ; we shall always be ............ to you. (DEBT)
We can’t give you the drug yet, as it is still ............ (TEST)
Our tomatoes are ............ nicely, they’ll be ready to eat in about a week. (RIPE)
II. Fill in each blank with one suitable word
Language is not necessarily identified with…………………………. Nor is it the private …………………………of the natives using it. This is specially true for ………………………… since a great many people and peoples are deeply …………………………… in its use. English is …………………………… as the first language in Britain, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, most of Canada, and in some …………………………… countries. It is also used as the second and ……………………………… language by 700 million people in the remaining parts of the world . To those in Asia, Africa and South America, English is an ………………………… language to ……………………… because it provides ready access to world scholarship and international trade. It has……………………… , in 44 countries, an offical language in the fields of politics, medical sciences and……………………… . It is certainly the most internatinal of languages known, spread and used ……………………………… the world.
III. Fill in each blank with one suitable word
Chosen increasing international because
longer part who people
mother progress provides use
Language is considered a significant means of communication in ………………………relations. People in modern world have no …………………… been bound to their old countries. Moreover, in keeping up with speedy scientific ……………………… nowadays, they must widen their cooperative relations with those living in every ………………………… of the world. Due to the fact that no one is able to contact with any natives in the world, it is necessary for ……………………… to choose a certain language as a world-wide common means of communication besides their own ……………………… tongue or first language. That is why English has been ……………………… by most people to be a foreign language to master. More and more people ……………………… English and the number of those …………………… learn English as a foreign language has been…………………… so rapidly that it has outnumbered any others. It is not merely ………………………… English is the most international of languages but because it …………………… ready access to world scholarship and world trade.
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