BÀI TẬP THỰC HÀNH ĐIỀN TỪ (1)
Exercise 1.
One thing about London which every visitor from abroad admires is the large (1) ______ of parks. They
are lungs of London which are like green islands of peace and quiet in the middle of a noisy sea. They play
an important part in helping to (2) ________ the city’s character.
The best known parks are, of course, the central ones : St James’s Park, Hyde Park, Regent’s Park, and
Kensington Gardens which have many (3) _______. Hyde Park has the Serpentine, a little lake, whick is a
good place (4) ______ swimming or rowing, and Speaker’s Conner (5) _____ one may get up ans say
anything one pleases. In Regent’s Park there are the zoo and the Open – Air Theatre.
Kensington Gardens has the Round Pond which is used by “ dry land sailors” of all ages to (6) ________
every kind of modern yacht. St James’s Park boasts a truly elegant lake (7) ______ which live a great
variety of wild ducks and, apart from these individual attractions, (8) _____ park has a greater or lesser
expanse of well – kept grass. Here, in fine weather, can be seen hundreds of lucky people who have
escaped for a while (9) _______ the noise and bustle of the town, some sitting on chairs, some lying full
length (10) ______ the ground, some strolling aimlessly around.
Exercise 2.
English is much different from the language which (1) ______ once brought across the North Sea by the
Anglo – Saxons.
Although the Anglo –Saxons would be able to recognize many individual words, it’s the way (2) ______
which those words are put together to (3) __________ sentences that would be hardly recognizable (4)
_______ them.
Many people say it’s the flexibility of function of individual words, the assimilation of borrowings (5)
_______ the spontaneous creation of new words (6) ______ have made English an effective medium of
international communication.
Exercise 3.
In the world today, there are 5000 to 6000 living languages, of which English is (1) ____ far the most
widely used. As a mother tongue, it ranks second only to Chinese, which is little used (2) _______ China.
Approximately 350 million people speak English as their first language. It is the English language (3)
_____ is used as the language of aviation, international sport and pop music. 75% of the world’s mail is in
English, 60% of the world radio (4) ______ broadcasr in English and more than half of the world’s
periodicals are printed in English.
It is the English language that is used as an (5) ______ language in 44 countries, ans as the language of
business, commerce and technology (6) ________ many others. English is now an effective medium of
international communication. However, it is (7) ______ written English, which is not systematically
phonetic, that causes difficulties (8) ________ foreigners.
A number of world varieties of English exist : British, American, Caribbean, West African, East African,
Indian, South – East Asian, Australian (9) ______ others, having distinctive aspects of pronunciation and
useage, (10) ______ which they are recognized.
Exercise 4.
It has been said that the British and Americans are “ two people seperated (1) _____ a common
language”. However, the (2) _______ between British and American English are comparatively small.
Although some British irate people occasionally complain (3)______ the latest American TV series (4)
______ which they are unable to understand a word, it is clear that few people have serious problems. In
fact, it is television, films, and pop music (5) ______ have helped to bring them closer (6) _______ , and
those minor difficulties which might occur (7)_____ comprehension are probably much fewer than 40 or 50
years ago. Normally four or five American programmes are found in an evening on British television, and 6
or 7 of the American 20 best records are (8) ____ British artists.
Exercise 5.
What will man (1) _____ like in the future – in 5000 or even 50,000 years from now ? We can only (2)
_____ a guess , of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from (3) ______ he is today. For man
is slowly changing all the time.
Let us take an obvious example. Man, even five hundreds years ago, was shorter than he is today. Now,
(4) ______ average, men are about three inches taller. Five hundred years is a relatively short period of
time , so we may think that man will continue to grow taller.
Again, in the modern world we use our brains a great deal. Even so , we still (5) ______ use of only
about 20% of the brain’s capacity. As time goes on, however, we shall have to use our brains more and
more and eventually we shall need larger ones ! This is likely to bring (6) _____ a physical change, too.
The head, in particular the forehead, will grow larger.
Nowadays our eyes are (7) ______ constant use . In fact we use them so much that very often they
become weaker and and we have to wear glasses . But over a very long period of time it is (8) ______ that
man’s eyes will grow stronger.
On the other hand, we tend to make less use of our arms and legs. These, (9) ______ a result, are likely
to grow weaker. At the same time, however, our fingers will grow more sensitive because they are used a
great deal in modern life.
But what about hair ? This will probably disappear from the body altogether in course of time, because it
does not serve a useful (10) ______ any longer. In the future, then both sexes are likely to be bald.
Exercise 6.
Language is not necessarily the private property of (1) _______ who use it, just as French is not the private
property of French people, (2) _______ English of English people. English is spoken as a first language in
the United States, in Australia, in New Zealand, in most of Canada, in certain nations of Africa, and in
other areas of the world. It is unreasonable to regard any language (3) _________ the possession of a
particular nation , and with no language is it more unreasonable than with English. This is not to say that
English is used by a greater (4) ________ of speakers than any other languages, for it is easily outnumbered
in this respect by Chinese. But it is the most international of languages. A Dane and a Dutch person
meeting in Rome will almost automatically find (5) _____ speaking to each other in English. The pilots of a
Russian plane approaching Cairo will use English to (6) ________ for landing instructions. Malaysian
lecturers use English when addressing their Malaysian students in Kuala Lumper. (7) __ people in Africa ,
Asia, and South America, English is an important foreign language to master, not merely because it is the
language of Britain or the United States, but because it provides ready (8) ______ to world scholarship and
world trade. It is understood more widely than any other languages.
It is true, then, that a great many people – and a great many people – are (9) _____ in the use of English.
Millions of men and women in four continents have English as their first language, and millions in every
part of the world use it as their second or foreign language. This gives us some idea of the importance of
English, and it shows both the United States and Britain that the language is not possession of these two
nations alone. It is also the property of the Canadian and the Indian, the Australian and the Nigerian. It (10)
_______ to those who use it.
Exercise 7.
With important exceptions, then, the transition from school to work is on the whole fairly smooth for (1)
________ boys and girls or, at least, the attractions are greater than the difficulties. There is , indeed, a
determination to overcome problems, and a tendency to play them down. The keenness to go to work in
order to “ help Mum out with the money at home” : the feeling that, at the school – living age, the time is
past when “ having a teacher standing over you all the time watching you” can be tolerated : and above all
the desire to (2) ____ aside the status of school – child in favour of that of Worker – all these factors help
children to (3) ____ get over the obstacles, uncertainties and even disappointments that they encounter
when they start work.
But it cannot be inferred from the apparent ease of the transition that all is well. (4) _____ the
contrary, we have seen that most children are ill –prepared for employment in so far as they know a little
about what to expect when they start work. Even children who are supposedly (5) ___ on a particular
occupation often know little about it, and take no steps to find out. In the Sheffield study, although a
number of boys and girls have given a great deal of thought (6) _______ their future work, only just over
one – third had a reasonable sound knowledge, defined generously, of the tasks which would be involved in
the jobs of their choice. This is to be expected, of course, in view of the unsatisfactory nature of the
guidance given at home and in the school. “ I don’t know what I’ll do”, boys say, “ I have no idea”, “ I’ll
just go along and see what (7)_____”. But whilst some are sanguine, other, as the time to start gets nearer,
begin to worry, and build up all sorts of fearsome prospects in their minds – a chill strikes them as they
wonder (8) _____ they will be able to do the work. What will happen if they cannot do it straight away ?
Will they be sacked on the spot ? And how do they set about starting , even where do they go, who do they
report to? I’ve got myself really worked up about it – I got (9) _______ worried that I nearly didn’t go
along at all, but my mother made me. I know I was silly now – for the Supevisor was ever so friendly. But (
10 ) __________ the time I felt horrible.