VII. Supply each blank with one suitable word:

Many tourists who visit Central America find (1)______ surprising to learn that the Mayas still live there. (2)______ it is true that their ancient civilization came to an end when their country was (3)______ over by the Spanish conquistadors, the Mayan people carried (4)______ living in the area. Today there are an estimated 1.2 million Mayas (5)______ live in southern Mexico, and many other areas of Central America states have large Mayan populations as (6)______.

Many of their stories and art forms have remained (7)______ over time, and today, women weave clothing and carpets that have signs and symbols that are the same as (8)______ found in ancient temples.

The different patterns and symbols on these brightly coloured (9)______ not only look attractive, (10)______ can also communicate important information such as marital (11)______.

Even though the majority of the Mayas are now Catholics, many of the festivals that they (12)_______ part in are a mixture of the old rituals that their ancestors (13)______ to practise and more modern Christian elements. It was perhaps the Mayas' ability to (14)_______ and change that made it possible for them to survive to the (15)______ day.

VIII. Supply the appropriate forms of words in the brackets:

1. Young children should be well aware of their ________ manner. (BEHAVE)

2. Please put the books back to where you took them. Don’t ________ any of them. (PLACE)

3. The ________ are scheduled to take off at 15:00 and 15:30. (FLY)

4. I’ve never met such a strong man. His energy seems ________. (EXHAUST)

5. Those rose bushes need protection. Spray them with ________. (INSECT)

6. Don’t you know that your good result will make your parents _______ proud of you? (MEASURE)

7. Be careful. You may be _______ to put all your eggs in one basket. (ADVICE)

8. The boy watched the performance of the tigers, _______ with amazement. (BREATHE)

9. I would like to express my admiration for his _______ of knowledge. (PROFOUND)

10. The cancellation of the case resulted from the ________ in court of the defendant resulted in. (APPEAR)

11. The ________ of the Ministry of Education announced the date of the graduation exam. (SPEAK)

12. Mercedes is a very ________ car. (DEPEND)

13. There should be ________ staff in case someone is absent and needs to be replaced. (STAND)

14. You’ll be punished for all your ________. (DO)

15. With all the modern facilities, doing housework is still very ________. (CONSUME)

IX. Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning:

1. It was wrong of you to scare your little brother like that.

You oughtn’t ____________________________________________________________

2. I dislike it when people criticize me unfairly.

I object ____________________________________________________________

3. The fund-raisers haven’t officially decided where to send the proceeds of the concert.

No ____________________________________________________________

4. She is proud that she is such a good DJ.

She prides ____________________________________________________________

5. He delayed writing the book until he had a lot of research.

Only ____________________________________________________________

6. Foolishly, I paid all the money before collecting the goods.

I paid ____________________________________________________________

7. It was an impressive building but it wasn’t to my taste.

Impressive ____________________________________________________________

8. The idea no longer interests her.

She has gone ____________________________________________________________

9. It would have been a superb weekend if the weather had been better.

But ____________________________________________________________

10. Scientists have tried very hard to find a cure for this disease.

Enormous ____________________________________________________________

ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ NGHỊ

Phần I:

1. B

2. D

3. C

4. C

5. C

Phần II:

1. A

2. D

3. D

4. A

5. A

Phần III:

1.	D	11.	A	21.	B	31.	D	41.	B
2.	B	12.	B	22.	C	32.	A	42.	B
3.	B	13.	D	23.	C	33.	D	43.	B
4.	D	14.	A	24.	B	34.	A	44.	D
5.	C	15.	C	25.	C	35.	C	45.	C
6.	C	16.	D	26.	C	36.	C	46.	D
7.	B	17.	A	27.	D	37.	C	47.	C
8.	A	18.	D	28.	B	38.	D	48.	D