VHM 10 diem

1. The Earth is ......., so it is called a sphere, a globe, or a ball.

• round
• crew
• navigate
• route

2. The ..... refers to the Far East.

• Orient
• crew
• navigate
• route

3. Columbus's first ........ to the New World occurred in 1942.

• voyage
• crew
• navigate
• route

4. Columbus landed on an ...... in the Bahamas.

• island
• crew
• navigate
• route

5. Columbus thought that he had reached the Orient, but he had actually discovered the Western Hemisphere, the ....... of North and South America.

• continents
• crew
• navigate
• route

6. Columbus wanted ...... and ....... He got neither during his lifetime, but now, almost 500 years after his death, he is famous all over the world.

• fame
• wealth
• symbolize
• sympathetic

7. Today, students ........ a famous poem about Columbus. This poem is about Columbus's........., his refusal to give up his dream.

• memorize
• persistence
• symbolize
• sympathetic

8. Expensive jewelry and expensive cars are often considered .......

• luxuries
• persistence
• symbolize
• sympathetic

1. When you step on someone's toes, it is polite to .......... (say that you’re sorry).

• apologize
• blessings
• enemies
• tourists

2. The Pilgrims gave thanks to God for the ............ (the good things) that they had received.

• blessings
• reunions
• enemies
• tourists