2. The results of ________ were satisfactory.

A. competitions

B. competitor

C. competitive

D. compete.

3. Thailand ________ Vietnam just one goal in the final in The 22nd SEA Games.

A. won

B. beat

C. knocked

D. scored

4. The Vietnamese were very satisfied with excellent performances of the young and __athletes.

A. energetic

B. energy

C. energetically

D. energize

5. The score in the game or competition is shown on________.

A. scoreboard

B. score draw

C. score line

D. scorecard

6. On behalf of the referees and athletes, they swore to an oath of “solidarity, ________ and Fair Play “.

A. Honest

B. Honesty

C. Honestly

D. Dishonest

7. People used to consider women to be better_________ for childbearing and homemaking.

A. regarded

B. suited

C. understood

D. kept

8. In the past, men seemed to_________ their duties at home.

A. expect

B. inspect

C. neglect

D. collect

9. Nowadays, women have gained significant legal_________.

A. wrongs

B. rights

C. responsibilities

D. works

10. The pioneer thinkers_________that women shouldn’t be discriminated on the basis of their sex.

A. recommended

B. disapproved

C. showed

D. passed

11. The_________for women’s rights began in the 18th century.

A. battle

B. war

C. struggle

D. fight

12. Women are only asking to be given equal_________to that of men.

A. state

B. status

C. situation

D. ideas

13.Thatscholar_________on people who haven’t been to university.

A. looks up

B. looks at

C. looks down

D. looks on

14. Most relations between men and women soon_________in to love.

A. deep

B. deepen

C. deeply

D. depth

15.The newspaper provided little_________about the cause of the war.

A. enlightenment B. meanings

C. reasons

D. ideas

16. Almost half of turtles and tortoises are known to be threatened with __________.

A. extinct

B. extinction

C. extinctive

D. extinctly

17. Current extinction rates are at least 100 to 1,000 times higher than _____ rates found in the fossil record.

A. nature

B. natural

C. naturally

D. naturalness

18. It is reported that humans are the main reason for most species' declines and habitat _______ and

degradation are the leading threats.

A. destroy

B. destructive

C. destructor

D. destruction

19. We have to apply effective measures to save many plant and animal species _______ extinction.

A. from

B. in

C. for

D. on

20. Over-exploitation for food, pets, and medicine, pollution, and disease are recognized____ a serious threat _____ extinction

A. as / of

B. to / for

C. over / with

D. upon / at

21. Clearing forests for timber has resulted _______ the loss of biodiversity.

A. with

B. at

C. in

D. for

23. The world's biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate, which makes wildlife ____.

A. prosperous

B. prefect

C. vulnerable

D. remained

22. Humans depend on species diversity to provide food, clean air and water, and fertile soil foragriculture.

A. destruction

B. contamination

C. fertilizer

D. variety

24. Life on Earth is disappearing fast and will continue to do so unless urgent action is taken.

A. vanishing

B. damaging

C. polluting

D. destroying

25. _______ is the protection of environment and natural resources.

A. Survival

B. Commerce

C. Conservation

D. Extinction

26. Hunting for meat and burning forests for soil cause destruction to wildlife.

A. organization

B. contamination

C. protection

D. damage

27. Laura handled the vase with great care for fear of breaking it.

A. strength

B. comfort

C. success

D. attention

28. It is considered wise to keep silent when one is angry because saying anything then may make matters worse.

A. sensible

B. generous

C. modest

D. careless

29. "What I've got to say to you now is strictly off the record and most certainly not for publication," said the government official to the reporter.

A. beside the point

B. not recorded

C. not popular

D. not yet official

30. During the days when the temperature dropped under 100C, electric heater sold like hot cakes in Northern cities of Vietnam.

A. very cheap B. very expensive C. very hot

D. very rich

31. A letter of _____ is sometimes really necessary for you in a job interview.

A. recommend

B. recommended

C. recommender

D. recommendation

1. The book is so interesting that I can't ________.

A. put down it

B. put it down

C. put down

D. be put down

3. What do you mean, he's watching television? He's ______ to be washing the car.

A. hoped

B. expected

C. supposed

D. thought

4. Children are ______ in watching cartoon films.

A. interested

B. keen

C. fond

D. concerned

5. The ____thing about travelling by train rather than by car is that you can sleep or read during the journey.

A. enjoyment

B. enjoyed

C. enjoying

D. enjoyable

6. I wonder who drank all the milk yesterday. It ___ have been Jane because she was out all day.

A. must

B. could

C. needn't

D. can't

7. I don’t know why he isn’t here at the moment. He ________ stuck in the traffic jam.

A. must get

B. may be

C. should be

D. must have got

8. Never agree______ something you know to be wrong.

A. doing

B. to do

C. you will do

D. that will do

9. The place ______ good films is the Odeon Cinema.

A. to see

B. seeing

C. can see

D. we see

10. They spent a lot of money _________ their children with the best education.

A. providing

B. provided

C. to provide

D. on providing

12. Don’t spend time ___________ about things that may never happen.

A. worried

B. worrying

C. to worry

D. and worry

13. Never _______ I experienced such a storm since I was a child.

A. had

B. have

C. did

D. was

14. _________cheese is essentially a concentrated form of milk; it contains the same nutrients as milk.

A. Although

B. Because

C. However

D. Besides

15. The crowd are becoming___excited.

A. less and least

B. less and most

C. more and more

D. more and most

16. Bricks ________ from many different types of clay.

A. were making

B. can be made

C. are to make

D. can make

17. Water polo is a game _____is played in the water by two teams, each with seven players.

A. in which

B. who

C. which

D. why

18. Failure to win the championship will _______in the dismissal of the coach.

A. result

B. happen

C. affect

D. cause

19. There was a hold-up on the road because a bridge had been _______ away by the flood.

A. washed

B. flowed

C. blown

D. destroyed

20. He _______ his life to helping the poor.

A. spent

B. experienced

C. dedicated

D. used

21. She ran in a marathon last week but _______ after ten kilometers.

A. dropped out

B. closed down

C. broke up

D. made up

22. Gertrude takes _______ her mother; she has blue eyes and fair hair, too.

A. in

B. up

C. after

D. down

23. It took him a long time to _______the death of his wife.

A. take away

B. get over

C. take off

D. get through

24. Billy hasn't been working; he won't _______ his examinations.

A. get off

B. get through

C. keep up

D. keep off

25. Did Mr. Tan _______ the class while Miss Fiona was ill in hospital?

A. take away

B. take over

C. take up

D. take oFF

26. Paula applied for the post but she was_______.

A. turned down

B. checked out

C. kept under

D. pushed ahead

27. If orders keep coming in like this, I'll have to _______ more staff.

A. give up

B. add in

C. gain on

D. take on

28. Why do they _______ talking about money all the time?

A. keep on

B. side with

C. take after

D. work off

29. I'd rather you _______ anyone else about our plan.

A. not tell

B. didn't tell

C. not to tell

D. don't tell

30. At present we are __________ an anti-drug campaign.

A. setting up for

B. carrying out

C. taking part

D. joining with

31. ________you study for these exams, ________you will do.

A. The harder/ the better

B. The more / the much

A. The hardest / the best

D. The more hard / the more good

32. They decided to postpone their journey till the end of the month because of the epidemic.

A . take up

B . turn round

C. put off

D. do with