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UNIT 8: PEOPLE'S BACKGROUND
I. Write the phonetic script and Vietnamese meaning of the following words.
Vietnamese meaning
....nên. đen.
quyet. dam.
Dân tôn. ta.
1.
background (n)
2. determine (v)
obtain (v)
carcer (n)
5. award (v)
3.
grab. a
professor (n)
7. scientific (adj)
8. education (n)
ambitious (adj)
10. mature (adj)
6.
grad.dug
daiy. han ung.
9.
II. Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition.
Becoming a scientist was impossible ...
Mary lived in a difficult condition. She had little money to live
Have you ever heard ....0.. .Marie Curie?
She received general education
Marie Curie earned a degree in Physics
1.
.....a woman at that time,
2.
3.
4.
..local schools.
5.
.flying colours.
III. Choose the one or phrase that best completes each sentence.
1. Computer models help to determine whether a particular area is likely to flood
a. make up
2. He passed his exams with flying colours.
a successfully
3. Take some aspirin. They can ease your headache.
a. make more serious
(b) find out
c. take over
d. put up
b. difficultly
c. badly
d. easily
b. make less serve
(9. get rid of
d. hurt
4. She harboured her hope of being a teacher.
a. gave up her hope of being a teacher
c. had hope of being a teacher
5. Because of financial problem, she could not go on her study at university.
a. continue
6. Jane is always determined to do anything she wants. She's a
a. ambitious
7. He behaved like an adult. I think he is more..
a. intelligent
8. His mother's death is the greatest
b. built her hope of being a teacher
d kept hope of being a teacher in her mind
b. examine
с. expect
d. finish
.woman.
b. strong-willed
c. brilliant
d. humane
.than the other boys in his class.
d. developed
c. ambitious
.event that she will never get rid of.
c. brilliant
b. mature
d. tragic
a. successful
9. Marie Curie harboured the dream of a
b. comic
.career which was impossible for a woman at that tim
d. scientifically
c. scientist
.child often behaves differently from one who didn't get good schooli
c. education
.of some certain infectious diseases.
b. scientific
a. science
10. A well-
a. educate
b. educated
d. educative
11. Vaccinating is the best
a. prevent
c. preventing
b. prevention
12. Every body shows their deepest sympathy on the
b. death
d. preventer
..of the flood victims.
d. dying
a. die
13. He has just graduated
c. dead
Business Administration.
c. for
..November 7, 1867.
a. in
b. on
d. at
14. Marie Curie was born....
b. from
a. in
с. at
d. on
15. I think it is time to concentrate our great effort
b. of
.improving education
d. with
С. on
a. in