Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word. In Britain there is a holiday now which people call Mother’s Day. In the old days many girls from working-class _______(1) in towns and cities and from farmers’ families in the country worked in rich houses. They had to do all the______ (2) and their working day was usually very long, they often______ (3) on Sundays, too. Once a year, it was usually______ (4) Sunday in March, they could visit their mothers. They went home on that day and_______ (5) presents for their mothers and for ______(6) members of their families. They could stay at home only one day, and then they went_____ (7) to their work. People call that day Mothering Day ______(8) Mothering Sunday.Later workers at the factories and girls_______ (9) worked in the houses of rich families received one free day a week, and Mothering Day became Mother’s Day. It is______ (10) last Sunday in March._______(10)A.aB.anC.theD.
Exercise 6. Read the text and questions below, then circle the letter A, B, C or D that you think the best option.Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in the nineteenth century, and later came to the United States. Several members of his family did a great deal to encourage him in the field of science. His father was most instrumental in supervising his work with the deal. While he dealt with the deaf and investigated the science of acoustics, his study eventually led to the invention of the multiple telegraph and his greatest invention of the telephone. The last quarter century of his life was dedicated to the advance in aviation.What was considered to be Alexander Graham Bell’s greatest invention?A.multiple telegraphB.telephone C.aviationD.acoustics
Exercise 6. Read the text and questions below, then circle the letter A, B, C or D that you think the best option.Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in the nineteenth century, and later came to the United States. Several members of his family did a great deal to encourage him in the field of science. His father was most instrumental in supervising his work with the deal. While he dealt with the deaf and investigated the science of acoustics, his study eventually led to the invention of the multiple telegraph and his greatest invention of the telephone. The last quarter century of his life was dedicated to the advance in aviation.What can we conclude about Alexander Graham Bell?A.He worked very hard, but never achieved success.B.He spent so many years working in aviation because he wanted to be a pilot.C.He dedicated his life to the science and the well being of mankind.D.He worked with the deaf so that he could invent the telephone.
Choose the best answer to complete the sentences. Most climate scientists agree the main cause of the current global warming trend is human expansion of the greenhouse _______.A.causes B.effect C.gas D.damage
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 33 to 40.Early peoples had no need of engineering works to supply their water. Hunters and nomads camped near natural sources of fresh water, and populations were so sparse that pollution of the water supply was not a serious problem. After community life developed and agricultural villages became urban centers, the problem of supplying water became important for inhabitants of a city, as well as for irrigation of the farms surrounding the city. Irrigation works were known in prehistoric times, and before 2000 BC the rulers of Babylonia and Egypt constructed systems of dams and canals to impound the flood waters of the Euphrates and Nile rivers, controlling floods and providing irrigation water throughout the dry season. Such irrigation canals also supplied water for domestic purposes. The first people to consider the sanitation of their water supply were the ancient Romans, who constructed a vast system of aqueducts to bring the clean waters of the Apennine Mountains into the city and built basins and filters along these mains to ensure the clarity of the water. The construction of such extensive water-supply systems declined when the Roman Empire disintegrated, and for several centuries local springs and wells formed the main source of domestic and industrial water. The invention of the force pump in England in the middle of the 16th century greatly extended the possibilities of development of water-supply systems. In London, the first pumping waterworks was completed in 1562; it pumped river water to a reservoir about 37 m above the level of the River Thames and from the reservoir the water was distributed by gravity, through lead pipes, to buildings in the vicinity.Increased per-capita demand has coincided with water shortages in many countries. Southeast England, for example, receives only 14 percent of Britain's rainfall, has30 percent of its population, and has experienced declining winter rainfall since the 1980s. In recent years a great deal of interest has been shown in the conversion of seawater to fresh water to provide drinking water for very dry areas, such as the Middle East. Several different processes, including distillation, electrodialysis, reverse osmosis, and direct-freeze evaporation, have been developed for this purpose. Some of these processes have been used in large facilities in the United States. Although these processes are successful, the cost of treating seawater is much higher than that for treating fresh water.From A. Briggs’ article on culture, Microsoft® Student 2008The word “disintegrated” in paragraph 1 is closet in meaning to _______.A.emerged B.failed C.distorted D.thrived
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 8 to 19.Modern skyscrapers have got a steel skeleton of beams and columns that forms a three-dimensional grid, ______?A.do they B.do it C.does it D.haven’t they
Exercise 7. Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one.I learn a lot but I cannot remember anything.A.I learn more and more and remember more and more.B.The less I learn, the more I remember.C.The more I learn, the less I remember.D.I remember not only what I have learnt.
Exercise 5. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.The 22nd SEA Games, hosted this year by Vietnam, has joined the international movement to rid sports of tobacco. For the first time, the regional sporting event will be tobacco-free under a landmark cooperative agreement signed in April 2003 between the World Health Organization (WHO), the 22nd SEA Games Organizing Committee and the Vietnamese Ministry of Health. Hanoi Health Department has organized a press seminar to celebrate and raise awareness about the tobacco-free SEA Games.The 22nd SEA Games is the first games hosted by Vietnam and 10 countries from the Southeast Asian region with nearly 8,000 athletes and coaches will participate. It will be the first tobacco-free international sporting event in Vietnam, joining other international tobacco-free sporting events such as the FIFA World Cup 2002, and the Winter Olympic Games 2002.The 22nd SEA Games will ban all sales, advertising and other promotion of tobacco products, and restricts smoking in all Games venues. The aim is to protect spectators, athletes, event staff, media and other visitors from the serious health hazards of second-hand tobacco smoke, as well as to change public attitudes about the social acceptability of smoking.Madame Pascale Brudon, WHO Representative in Vietnam, stated, "Vietnam has established 3 years ago a comprehensive, ambitious national tobacco control policy and a national tobacco control program. The tobacco-free 22nd SEA Games will be yet another area where Vietnam is leading the way for other countries in the region and the world in protecting its citizens from the debilitating and disastrous consequences of tobacco use."WHO has provided funding and technical assistance to the SEA Games Organizing Committee and Vietnamese Ministry of Health to train of over 4,000 SEA Games organizers and volunteers on the implementation of the tobacco-free policy. An international team of trainers from the Ministry of Health, International Organization for Good Temper (lOGT), WHO and International Development Enterprises (IDE) began a series of national training workshops for volunteers in April, 2003.The tobacco-free SEA Games are an inspiration and a model for other sport events, big and small, not only in Vietnam but also in the Southeast Asian and Western Pacific Region.One of the aims of the tobacco-free SEA Games is A.to sell more and more tobacco during the eventB.to change public attitudes about the social acceptability of smokingC.to reduce the production of tobaccoD.to help athletes to solve the problems of the serious health hazards
Exercise 4. Error Identification.The proposed rationale was that a regional sports event will help promote cooperative, understanding and relations among countries in the Southeast Asian region.A.was that B.will help C.cooperative D.among
Exercise 3. Choose the best answer to complete each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.The ASEAN Para-Games is a biannual multi-sport _______ held after every Southeast Asian Games for athletes with physical disabilities.A.games B.event C.work D.situation
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