50 CÂU HỎI
Every child in Great Britain between the age of five and fifteen must (23)_________school.
A. attend
B. come
C. arrive
D. go
There (24)_________ three main types of educational institutions: primary (elementary) schools, secondary schools and universities.
A. have
B. has
C. are
D. is
(25)_________ Saturdays and Sundays there are no lessons. There are holidays at Christmas,
A. On
B. At
C. For
D. In
In London as in all cities there are two grades of state schools for those (26)_________will go to work at fifteen: primary schools for boys and girls between the ages of five and eleven, and secondary schools for children from eleven to fifteen years.
A. when
B. where
C. which
D. who
The lessons are reading, writing, the English language, English literature, English history, geography, (27)________, nature study, drawing, painting, singing, woodwork and drill.
A. scientist
B. scientifically
C. science
D. scientific
Two-way (23)________ depends on having a coding system
A. exchange
B. interchange
C. communication
D. correspondence
that is understood by both sender and (24)________, and an agreed convention about signaling the beginning and end of the message.
A. announcer
B. receiver
C. messenger
D. transmitter
In fact, the signals (25)______in conversation
A. that people use
B. are used
C. using
D. being used
and meetings are often (26)______.
A. informal
B. non-verbal
C. verbal
D. formal
When (27)______ visual signals are not possible, more formal signals may be needed.
A. their
B. these
C. this
D. that
In the past, when married couples had problems they usually didn’t (31) _________.
A. grow up
B. split up
C. chat up
D. make up
They had to either (32) _________ with each other or continue to live together in an unhappy relationship.
A. get on
B. go out
C. get back
D. fall out
They say that relationships require hard work and (33) _________.
A. agreement
B. argument
C. achievement
D. commitment
These days young people give up when there’s the (34) _________ argument.”
A. smallest
B. slightest
C. most violent
D. most controversial
The truth is, the (35) ______ couples talk, the better their relationship can be.
A. more
B. fewer
C. less
D. least
They must (31)________with an influx of immigrant children, many of whom speak little or no English.
A. do
B. stay
C. fight
D. cope
Schools must make sure that students develop (32)________skills for the job market, and they must consider the needs of nontraditional students, such as teenage mothers.
A. base
B. basis
C. basic
D. basics
They are opening (33)________the traditional European-centered curriculum to embrace material from American, Asian, and other cultures.
A. on
B. into
C. for
D. up
In the (34)________of a recent report by the Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills,
A. minds
B. directions
C. words
D. ways
A strong back, the willingness to work, and a high school diploma were once all that was necessary to (35)________a start in America.
A. make
B. take
C. get
D. bring
Voluntary work is work that you do not get paid for and usually involves doing things to help other people, especially the elderly or the sick or working on (31)______ of a charity or similar organization.
A. behalf
B. basic
C. account
D. ground
Volunteering is especially popular in the US and the reasons this may be found in (32)______ American values such as the Protestant work ethic, the idea that work improves the person who does it, and the belief that people can change their condition if they try hard enough.
A. core
B. primary
C. top
D. essential
In the US young people over 18 can take part in AmeriCorps, a government program that (33)______ them to work as volunteers for a period of time, with the promise of help in paying for their education later.
A. commissions
B. guides
C. encourages
D. demands
The WRVS and other organizations run a meals on wheels service in many parts of Britain, provide hot meals for old people who are (34)______ to cook for themselves.
A. incapable
B. unable
C. enabled
D. offering
Political parties use volunteers at election time, and Churches depend on volunteers to (35) _______ building clean.
A. stay
B. keep
C. help
D. get
Parents whose children show a special interest in a particular sport have a difficult decision to (31) ______ about their children’s career.
A. do
C. make
C. make
D. prepare
For many children it (32) ______starting very young and school work, going out with friends and other interests have to take second place.
A. should
B. means
C. helps
D. tries
In many countries money for training is (33) ______ from the government for the very best young sportsmen and women.
A. should
B. available
C. possible
D. enormous
Many parents are understandably concerned that it is dangerous to start serious training in a sport (34)_____ an early age.
A. at
B. in
C. from
D. on
What is clear is that very (35) _______ people reach the top and both parents and children should be prepared for failure even after many years of training.
A. little
B. many
C. a few
D. few
For some reason people imagine the interviewer is going to jump on every tiny mistake they (31)________.
A. make
B. do
C. perform
D. have
So (32)________ neatly, but comfortably.
A. wear
B. dress
C. put on
D. have on
(33)________, do not learn all your answers
A. However
B. Although
C. Despite
D. Therefore
answers off (34)________ heart. The interviewer wants to meet a human being, not a robot.
A. at
B. by
C. in
D. on
Remember, the interviewer is genuinely interested in you, so the more you relax and are yourself, the more (35) ________ you are to succeed.
A. easy
B. possible
C. likely
D. probable
In common with many other British teenagers, he chose to take a year out before (31)____ to study for his degree.
A. settling down
B. getting up
C. taking over
D. holding back
The more adventurous the young person, the (32)_____ the challenge they are likely to set themselves for the gap year, and for some, like Nigel, it can result in a thirst for adventure.
A. stronger
B. wider
C. greater
D. deeper
Now that his university course has (33)______ to an end, Nigel is just about to leave on a three-year trip that will take him all around the world.
A. stronger
B. turned
C. reached
D. brought
In other words, he’ll be (34)______ mostly on bicycles and his own legs; and when there’s an ocean to cross, he won’t be taking a short cut by climbing aboard a plane, he’ll be joining the crew of a sailing ship instead
A. relying
B. using
C. attempting
D. trying
Nigel hopes to (35)______ on to the people he meets the environmental message that lies behind the whole idea.
A. leave
B. keep
C. pass
D. give
Bonfire Night is (31)______ all over Britain on November 5th.
A. celebrated
B. opened
C. organizing
D. held
He was caught and hanged, (32)______ the other conspirators.
A. related to
B. together
C. associated with
D. along with
Children go from house to house (33)_______ old furniture, newspapers and anything else which will burn for their bonfires.
A. gathered
B. collecting
C. bringing
D. carrying
They make a “guy”, a figure which (34)______ Guy Fawkes, from an old sack and wheel it round the streets asking for money which they use to buy fireworks.
A. symbolizes
B. signals
C. represents
D. resembles
Fireworks are set off and everyone enjoys the display as they stand round the fire (35)______ warm and eating baked potatoes and hot dogs.
A. keeping
B. remaining
C. to stay
D. to hold
As there are more and more mouths (31)_____,
A. to be fed
B. to feed
C. for feeding
D. fed
there comes a great strain (32)_____ the resources of a country; this is real in the case of developing countries with the result they are unable to push ahead economically.
A. to
B. for
C. down
D. on
As food is not sufficient there is chronic malnutrition in these countries especially in women and children resulting in weaker population (33)_____ would only economically be a drain on the country as their productive years will be short.
A. which
B. what
C. who
D. those
. As health and education are the State's (34)_____, they affect the country's finances.
A. problem
B. job
C. affair
D. work
. In many countries the slums are a (35)_____ to the eyes.
A. pain
B. sore
C. hurt
D. wound