A LITTLE DREAM PROJECT _ PRACTICE 1_ (^_^) INSTRUCTOR: PHAN HUYNH MINH THIEN

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THIEN-ANGLAIS

Exercise 1 : Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence

1. Scientists are looking for an .............................way to reduce energy consumption. (EFFECT)

2. Christmas is ..............................celebrated in many countries. (JOY)
3. Many buildings will be ............................. by solar in the future. (HOT)
4. Because of the viruses, this computer works .............................today. (EFFECT)
5. .............................are trying to preserve the tropical rainforests .(CONSERVE)
6. She cried ............................. when she heard the news. (EXCITE )
7. Scientists are finding the best solution to reduce energy .............................(CONSUMER)
8. Mr. Nothing is one of the best ............................. in the world. ( ENVIRONMENT)
9. We must reduce these ............................. in the area we live in. ( POLLUTE )
10. Hydroelectric power is inexpensive and ............................. safe. (ENVIRONMENT)

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Exercise 2 : Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence

1. Snow in April is an ............................. occurence in this area .( USUALLY )

2. I worry about the ............................. effect of violent films on children (DESTROY )
3. The disastrous wildfire resulted in the ............................. of 7,000 residents. (EVACUATE)
4. We can reduce our costs by making a .............................distribution network (EFFICIENCY)
5. If ............................. continues, there will be no forest left ten years from now. (FOREST)
6. Mr. Known All is one of the best ............................. in the world. ( SCIENCE )
7. The ............................. of the environment is important. (PRESERVE)
8. A tidal wave is strong enough to cause a serious ............................. (DESTROY)
9. Many chemicals have a ............................. effect on the environment. (DISASTER)
10. Our neighbors are very............................. since they are always playing loud music late at
night. (CONSIDER)

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Exercise 3 : Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence : code TC0607

1. Most of the tornadoes remain a mystery. They are rare and ............................. (PREDICT)
2. Lan doesn’t know how to study English ............................. (EFFECT)
3. Traditional ............................. are a good source of fun and entertainment. (CELEBRATE)
4. I think these thin clothes are ............................. for cold weather. (SUIT)
5. Give me something to drink please ! I'm dying of ............................. (THIRSTY )
6. Should English be a ............................. foreign language in Viet Nam ? (COMPEL)
7. Harry asked for a............................. and the cashier gave him one. (RECEIVE)
8. The university has .............................the use of dictionaries during examinations. (AUTHOR)
9. The staff’s bad behavior has brought .............................to the whole company. (GRACEFUL)
10. I would like to express my feelings for his.............................of knowledge. (PROFOUND)

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Exercise 4 : Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence

1. The band performed very ............................. in the concert last night. (IMPRESS)
2. Teenagers always try to be .............................of their parents. (DEPEND)
3. The advantage of living in the countryside is that the air is ............................. (POLLUTE)
4. Her boring essay is the .............................one that I have ever read. (LENGTH)
5. My opinion is that ghosts are ..............................There are no ghosts in this world. (EXIST)
6. Please put the books back to the right positions. Don’t .......................any of them. (PLACE)
7. He didn’t feel happy because he worked ............................. ( SUCCESS )
8. ............................. in Viet Nam has brought a lot of big changes . (INDUSTRY)
9. They gave the cancer patient some morphine to ............................. the pain. (DEATH)
10. David had to............................. from the team because of his serious injury. (DRAW)

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Exercise 5 : Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence : Code TS1920

1. Hanoi will have............................. between 23 O C and 27 O C. (TEMPERATE)

2. It’s worrying that natural disasters are becoming.............................damaging. (INCREASE)
3. UFOs stands for “............................. Flying Objects ” (IDENTIFY)
4. Although robots have proved to be significant , they still have a few .............................
(LIMIT)
5. You can finish the work at home on Sunday if ............................... (NECESSITY)
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6. The police .......................to the emergency quickly and the victims were rescused
(RESPONSE)
7. Is it possible to............................. between a hobby and an interest ? (DISTINCT)
8. Lack of sleep can have a .............................effect on your performance at work. (NOTICE)
9. Ants and bees are described as ............................. insects. (INDUSTRY)
10. Those rose bushes need protection. Spray them with .............................(INSECT)

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Exercise 6 : Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence : code TC0708

1. At the end of the concert, the audience gave the pianist a ........................... ovation. (STAND)
2. A Dilemma is a situation where a difficult choice has to be made between two, sometimes
unpleasant, ............................. (ALTERNATE)
3. It’s very hard to find this shop as it was.................................from all others (DISTINGUISH)
4. When we arrived at the hotel, we were amazed at the ............................. hospitality of the
fans. (COMPARE)
5. The teacher’s criticism has .............................Tom’s interest in learning. (DIE)
6. The public were angry with the Minister’s ............................. to tell the truth about the
bribery. (REFUSE)
7. Be careful ! You may be ............................. to put all your eggs in one basket. (ADVICE)
8. You’ll be punished for all your ............................. (DO)
9. With all the modern facilities, doing housework is still very .............................(CONSUMER)
10. Most of teenagers are now ............................. dressed .(FASHION)

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Exercise 7 : Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence :

1. We should make the most efforts to stop.................................................. (FOREST)

2. Mr.Trung works for the government and he is a well- known ............................. (SPEECH)
3. The athletes take part in the Olympic games in the true spirit of .............................( SPORT)
4. He examined the parcel ............................., as he had no idea what it could be.(SUSPECT)
5. How do you ............................. the real painting from the fake one ? (DIFFERENT)
6. I object strongly to the ............................. of sport. (COMMERCE)
7. Before the bridge was built, the island was .............................from the mainland except by
ferry. (ACCESS)

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8. Sandra’s parents were ............................. when they heard she had failed two subjects in the
entrance examination . (PERTURBATION)
9. A famous pianist was ............................. for seven years. (PRISON)
10. Playing for U19 Vietnam for the first time was an ............................. experience for Quang
Hai (FORGET)

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Exercise 8 : Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence :

1. Could you give me a reasonable .............................for your bad behavior ? (EXPLAIN)

2. Many rural areas in Viet Nam have been ............................. in the last few years. (URBAN)
3. He’s behaving in a very.............................way. (MYSTERY)
4. He’s a hard-working student. However, he very .....................................................about his
chances of passing his English Placement Test . (OPTIMIST) .
5. Some people believe strongly in the .............................of life on the other planets. (EXIST)
6. His lawyer speaks more ............................. than yours. (PERSUADE)
7. We could see some strange ............................. on her face. ( EXPRESS )
8. The manager was sacked after he tried to............................. his accounts. (FALSE)
9. Parents should encourage ............................. in their children. (DEPEND)
10. The firm closed down because of ............................. situation. (ECONOMY)

Your Answers: 4............................................... 8...............................................

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Exercise 9 : Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence :

1. His boss told him off because he had behaved ............................. (RESPONSIBLE)
2. Young children should be well aware of their ............................. manner. (BEHAVE)
3. That area was a famous military base during the two............................. wars. (RESIST)
4. You should use it as a study room since it is ............................. quiet. (COMPARE)
5. Various kinds of colourful flowers are used to ............................. this garden. (BEAUTIFUL)
6. A............................. friend is one who likes power. (DOMINATE)
7. Robin Hood is a .............................hero who lived in Sherwood Forest. (LEGEND)
8. The manager will change undamaged goods if a............................. is shown as proof of
purchase. (RECEIVE)
9. The cost of............................. must be paid by the buyer. (CARRY)
10. The crowd showed its............................. by shouting insults at the players. (APPROVE)

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Exercise 10 : Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence :

1. He was a very ............................. man; one day he would be happy, the next miserable.
(TEMPERATURE)
2. Our next door neighbor is a .............................who is studying marine life . (BIOLOGY)
3. My main .............................at home is to wash the dishes. (RESPONSIBLE)
4. The restaurant manager was very ............................. and said we could have our meal for
free. (APOLOGY)
5. They were having an............................. about the children.( ARGUE)
6. He was an ............................. pupil and always looked out of the windows. (ATTEND)
7. Mr. Andrew enjoys .............................with his students after class. (SOCIETY)
8. Work experience is an important .......................... experience for young people.(EDUCATE)
9. The British government .............................the railways in 1948. (NATION)
10. An ..........................is the person who answers the questions in an interview. (INTERVIEW)

Exercise 11 : Fill in each numbered space with one appropriate word.

Television occupies a large (1) ............................. of American children's time. Starting in

preschool, children spend more time watching television (2) ............................. participating in
any other activities (3) ............................. sleeping. Children also have extensive experience
with television before (4) ............................. exposed to many socializing agents, such
(5) ............................. schools, peers, and religious institutions . It is important to understand its
potential (6) ............................. and negative effects on a variety of cognitive, academic, social,
behavioral, and attitudinal outcomes.

The (7) ............................. of the current research is to explore the relation between early
television viewing and later reading achievement. The results of (8) ............................. research
suggest that there is considerable overlap (9) ............................. the comprehension processes
that take (10) ............................. during reading and those in pre-reading television viewing
.Thus, it may very well be the case that children (11) ............................. learn these
comprehension skills from television viewing before they are (12) ............................. to read
come equipped, so to speak, with some very important tools when they later start to read. If so,
this has important implications for education, by opening the door for early childhood education
of some of these essential literacy skills. Our research is aimed at determining the relation
between television viewing (13) ............................. later reading comprehension and at
developing guidelines for the effective use (14) ............................. television as a medium for
learning to comprehend.

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To do (15) ............................. , we use a longitudinal design in (16) ............................. we assess

media habits, various kinds (17) ............................. television and text comprehension skills
(i.e., inference making, attention allocation), and background variables for children at three time
periods spaced two years (18) ............................. . Clearly, television viewing is not the sole
context in which important cognitive precursors to literacy may develop. For
(19) ............................., children may be exposed to narratives through (20) .............................
bedtime reading and storytelling, particularly given that most parents have positive beliefs
about the value of such activities.

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Exercise 12 : Fill in each numbered space with one appropriate word.

Most people can (1) ............................. a phone number for up to thirty seconds. When this
short (2) ............................. of time elapses ; however, the numbers are erased from the memory.
How did the information get there in the first place ? Information that makes its way to the short
(3) ............................. memory (STM) does so via the sensory storage area. The brain has a filter
which only allows stimuli that is of immediate interest to pass on to the STM, also known
(4) ............................. the working memory.

There is much debate about the capacity and (5) ............................. of the short term memory.
The most accepted theory comes (6) ............................. George A. Miller, a cognitive
psychologist (7) ............................. suggested that humans can remember approximately seven
chunks of information. A chunk is (8) ............................. as a meaningful unit of information,
such (9) ............................. a word or name rather than just a letter or number. Modern theorists
suggest that one can increase the capacity of the short term memory by chunking, or
(10) ............................. similar information together. By organizing information, one can
optimize the STM, and improve the chances of a memory (11) ............................. passed on to
long term storage.

When making a conscious effort (12) ............................. memorize something, such as

information for an exam, many people engage in "rote rehearsal". By repeating something over
and over (13) ............................. , one is able to keep a memory alive. (14) ............................. ,
this type of memory maintenance only succeeds if there are no interruptions. As soon as a
person stops rehearsing the information, it has the (15) ............................. to disappear. When a
pen and paper are not handy, people often attempt to remember a phone number by repeating it
aloud. If the doorbell rings or the dog barks to come in before a person has the opportunity to

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make a phone call, he will likely forget the number instantly.* Therefore, rote rehearsal is not an
(16) ............................. way to pass information (17) ............................. the short term to long
term memory.* A better way is to practice "elaborate rehearsal". *This involves assigning
semantic meaning to a piece of information so that it can be filed along with other
(18) ............................. long term memories.*

Encoding information semantically also makes it more retrievable. Retrieving information can
(19) ............................. be done by recognition or recall. Humans can easily recall memories
that are stored in the long term memory and used often; however, if a memory seems to be
forgotten, it may eventually be retrieved by prompting. The more cues a person is given (such
as pictures), the more likely a memory can be retrieved. This is why multiple choice tests are
often used for subjects that require a lot of (20) ............................. memorization.

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Exercise 13 : Rewrite the following sentences in such a way that the second sentence has
the same meaning as the first one.

1. They cancelled the concert because it was raining heavily .

 Due .............................................................................................................................................
2.You can use it as long as you like, and it won’t wear out.
 No matter ..................................................................................................................................
3. Do you remembered to post the letter for me ?
 You did ...................................................................................................................................?
4. Although the dog appeared harmless, it was, in fact, quite dangerous.
 Contrary......................................................................................................................................
5. It is believed that the man escaped in a stolen car.
 The man .....................................................................................................................................
6. The critics were strongly impressed by her performance.
 Her performance made...............................................................................................................
7. Helene wore dark glasses so that no one would recognize her. (AVOID)
 Helene wore ..............................................................................................................................
8. I found it when I was looking through some old papers. (CAME)
I ..................................................................................................................................................
9. It was wrong of you to allow a 4-year-old child to walk home alone.
 You should ................................................................................................................................

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10. I could realize how important the family is only after I left home.
 Not until ....................................................................................................................................

Exercise 14 : Rewrite the following sentences in such a way that the second sentence has
the same meaning as the first one.

11. Success depends on hard work.

 The harder .................................................................................................................................
12. Nobody has used this house for over ten years
 This ...........................................................................................................................................
13. It was wrong of you to scare your little brother like that.
You ought ...................................................................................................................................
14. Helene dislikes it when people criticize her unfairly.
 Helene objects ..........................................................................................................................
15. The fund-raisers haven't officially decided where to hold the concert.
 No .............................................................................................................................................
16. My neighbour is proud that she is such a skillful cook.
 She prides .................................................................................................................................
17. He delayed writing the book until he had a lot of research.
 Only..........................................................................................................................................
18. Scientists have tried very hard to find a cure for this disease.
 Enormous .................................................................................................................................
19. It was only when the boss called me that I remembered about the meeting.
 Not until....................................................................................................................................
20. I only recognized him when he came into the room.
 Not until....................................................................................................................................

CALM DOWN AND DO THE TEST PERFECTLY (^_^) THIEN-ANGLAIS

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