Fill in the blank with one suitable word

VII. Fill in the blank with one suitable word.

        Charlie Chaplin was born in a very poor part of London. (1) ………………father was a comedian and his mother worked (2) ………………a dancer and a singer. Neither of them (3) ………………successful so the family (4) ……………… very little money. The first time he himself earned (5) ……………… by dancing and singing, he was only five years old. He did many kinds of jobs, but what he loved best was working (6) ………………the theatre.

        When he (7) ……………… about fifteen, he joined a traveling theatre company and went on trips to America. On one such tour, (8) ……………… was offered a part in a film, so he went to Hollywood, where he eventually became both a famous actor (9) ……………… film director.

         He died in Switzerland in 1977, at the (10) ………………  of 88. There is now a statue of him in Leicester Square, London, the city of his birth and early up-bringing.

VIII. Fill in each blank with one suitable preposition.

1. It’s 2.5 km…………my school………..the movie theatre.

2. I live ………..Xuan Dieu street……….my grandparents

3. She is talking…………her students in the school yard.

4. My new house is different……….my old house.

5. My father is a farmer. He works………..a farm.

6. Does your aunt work ……….the central hospital? – Yes, she is a nurse there.

7. I’m always busy. I must work ………..early morning until night.

8. Mr. Minh is a journalist. He writes ………..Tuoi Tre newspaper.

9. This apartment is suitable………….my family.

10. I often help my parents ………….the housework after school.