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Choose a, b, c or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlinded part, or has a close meaning to the original one
Câu 6: You are old enough to take _____ for what you have done.
Câu 7: These quick and easy _____ can be effective in the short term, but they have a cost.
Câu 8: John is _____ only child in his family so his parents love him a lot.
Câu 9: According to the boss, John is the most ____ for the position of executive secretary.
Câu 10: She got up late and rushed to the bus stop.
Câu 11: Billy, come and give me a hand with cooking.
Câu 12: Whenever problems come up, we discuss them frankly and find solutions quickly.
Câu 13: What are the _____ of that country? - I think it is some kinds of cheese and sauces.
Câu 14: Peter tried his best and passed the driving test at the first _____.
Câu 15: Where is Jimmy? - He is _____ work. He is busy _____ his monthly report.
Câu 16: With greatly increased workloads, everyone is _____ pressure now.
Câu 17: We are not allowed _____ jeans at school.
Câu 18: Sometimes I do not feel like _____ to my sibling about my troubles.
Câu 19: The worker was _____ his boss expected, so he was offered a raise.
Câu 20: John _____ a respectful and obedient student.
Câu 21: I love ______ films but I seldom find time to go the cinema.
Câu 22: In the-last hundred years, traveling _____ much easier and more comfortable.
Câu 23: In the 19th century, it ______ two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon.
Câu 24: In the past the trip _____ very rough and often dangerous, but things a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years.
Câu 25: Now you _____ from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours.
Câu 26: When Carol _____ last night, I _____ my favorite show on television.
Câu 27: By this time next summer, you _____your studies.
Câu 28: Right now, Jim _____ the newspaper and Kathy _____ dinner.
Câu 29: Last night at this time, they ____ the same thing. She_____ and he ____ the newspaper.
Câu 30: When I _____ home last night, I _____ that Jane _____ a beautiful candlelight dinner.
Choose the best sentence that can be made from the words given.
Câu 31: Family rules / important / teach children values / respect for themselve and others.
Câu 32: Family rules / help / raise children / run a household / easier and smoother.
Câu 33: My mother / definitely a traditional stay-at-home woman / offer / us / great love and a strict upbringing.
Câu 34: everyone in my family / do the share / household chores.
Câu 35: We / not allow / go out in the evening / make / finish all homework / go to bed.
Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
Every family has its quirks. Mine is no different. I was born in an Italian American family in 1973. We follow the classic stereotype. My father works and my mother stays home with the kids. There are certain things that we remember from our childhood: phrases, jokes, movies. But one piece of advice that sticks with me from an early age comes from my mother.
“Don’t finish your food or you will never get married.” It was an illogical jump from the idea that a “lady” is not a glutton and therefore will not finish the food on her plate or take the last cookie off of the platter. A “lady” especially a young lady must never appear hungry. If she did, she would not be an ideal candidate for a wife.
To this day, I do not finish what is on my plate and I will never eat the last of anything.
It is not a conscience thing. When I think about it, I make a point to finish the food on my plate, there is still some teenage rebellion against mom in this thirty-four year-old body, but the thought of not finishing is so ingrained that I rarely think about it.
When my husband and I are at dinner, he will gesture to something on the table and say, “Finish your food” and I will respond, “I can’t, I'll never get married.” That always makes him laugh and say, “So what have these last six years been?” But for me it is something special that | will carry around with me _ something that is my family. My brother remembers the phrase and he admits that in his dating days he did watch to see if any of the girls would take the last piece of pie or pizza. I think he fell in love with his fiancé because she would eat whatever she wanted to and do not worry about anyone judging her for it, As I embark on starting my own family, I wonder what I will tell my daughter. Will I encourage her to finish every last piece? Or will I continue to the legacy of my mother and tell her not eat the last piece lest she not get married? Will she one day laugh to her girlfriends about her mother leaving one granola bar, one piece of cheese, or one rice cake alone in their bags?
Câu 36: The writer’s mother never let her eat the last piece of food on her plate.
Câu 37: All the mothers in the world never let their daughter eat the last piece of food on their plate.
Câu 38: The writer often eats up all she has on her plate and up to now she is still single.
Câu 39: The writer does not believe in what her mother has said but she considers her mother’s words something special.
Câu 40: The writer has two sons.
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On December 10, 2006, I was going through some hard time. The landlady did not want to release the house any more so I had to (Câu 41) _____ and only had one month to find a place. Because Christmas was coming and it was difficult for me to (Câu 42) _____ a suitable accommodation. I had only some money (Câu 43) _____. I could not buy a Christmas tree and some presents for my three boys, (Câu 44) _____ I had to use the money to find a place to live. Tome, it broke my heart as I could not prepare the Christmas for my three boys. I have been their only parent since my husband (Câu 45) _____ away two years ago. I was so sad and everything was getting on my nerves. Although I managed to solve the problem myself I could not help (Câu 46) _____ my sons about the things. When I suddenly woke up at midnight, I found my eldest son was sitting (Câu 47) _____me. He kissed me and said, "Don't worry, Mum. We love you very much and always stand by you (Câu 48) ____ happens." At the moment I started weeping, grabbed him and kissed him. His words and love made me (Câu 49) _____ all about what I was stressing about. In fact ever since that moment, I have realized that I can overcome any problems thanks to my sons' love. The most important thing of my life is that my boys are safe and healthy, and they bring me joy all the time. The memory (Câu 50) _____ me that nothing really matters, when I have the love of my children.
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