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A surprising number of popular spectator sports, for example football or baseball, (1) ______ in Europe or the USA in the nineteenth century.
started
stemmed
appeared
came
This did not happen by chance. It was the (2) ______ of changes in the way people lived in those places at that time.
result
cause
reason
effect
All this changed with the growth of factories and industry in the nineteenth century, first in Europe and (3) ______ in the USA.
lately
after that
second
then
Suitable games developed or were invented, typically team games, in which the crowd could (4) ______ sides and become involved.
choose
take
select
decide
The recent explosion in TV, with the introduction of satellite and cable channels, has caused an increase in (5) ______ for sports as entertainment.
requirement
need
request
demand
Hobbies are either women or men’s hobbies.
True
False
Collecting old things is an expensive hobby.
True
False
Some hobbies need special things to do.
True
False
People always do free time activities in groups.
True
False
Being bored is healthy for your body and mind.
True
False
Couch potato is a sofa-like vegetable.
True
False
Sometimes free time activities are beneficial.
True
False
Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the given one.
It may take days for students to complete their summer homework.
Students could finish their summer homework in just a few days.
Students may spend days completing their summer homework.
Students don’t need many days to complete their summer homework.
Students might not complete their summer homework within days.
Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the given one.
Jo didn’t let me ride her bike.
Jo allowed me to ride her bike.
Jo didn’t want me to ride her bike.
Jo refused to let me ride her bike.
Jo forgot to let me ride her bike.
Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the given one.
How about going for a bike ride this Sunday?
We must go for a bike ride this Sunday.
I don’t want to go for a bike ride this Sunday.
Are you going for a bike ride this Sunday?
Why don’t we go for a bike ride this Sunday?
Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines the following pair of sentences.
Thanh finished her assignments. Then, she watched a Korean drama.
After finishing her assignments, Thanh watched a Korean drama.
Thanh watched a Korean drama before finishing her assignments.
Thanh watched a Korean drama while finishing her assignments.
Thanh didn’t watch a Korean drama after finishing her assignments.
Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the given one.
I don’t hate helping my mom with the housework.
I don’t mind helping my mom with the housework.
I dislike helping my mom with the housework.
I don’t like helping my mom with the housework.
I detest helping my mom with the housework.
Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the given one.
Many economists believe that Vietnam has achieved great economic success over the last three decades.
Great economic success believed to be achieved over the last three decades.
Vietnam is believed to have achieved great economic success over the last three decades.
Many economists are believed to have achieved great economic success over the last three decades.
People believed that great economic success was achieved by many economists over the last three decades.
Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the given one.
It was only when my father phoned me that I realized I had left the keys home.
Not until did my father phone me did I realize I had left the keys home.
Not until my father phoned me did I realize I had left the keys home.
Only my father phoned me did I realize I had left the keys home.
Only after did my father phone me that I realized I had left the keys home.
Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the given one.
“OK, you can walk the dog today,” Ann said to her youngest son.
Ann arranged to walk the dog for her youngest son that day.
Ann promised to let her youngest son walk the dog the day before.
Ann agreed to let her youngest son walk the dog that day.
Ann encouraged her youngest son to walk the dog the next day.