Từ vựng – Bài 8

1. You can do it if you want to, but in my opinion it’s not worth the _____ it involves?

2. I’m sorry I’m late, I was held up in a traffic _______?

3. Tell your brother to come _____ because it’s going rain in a minute or two?

4. With the invention of the train, man could travel overland _____ without the need of horses?

5. When he beat the carpet, the _____ rose in clouds?

6. There is something wrong with his vocal chords and as a result, he had always been ______?

7. High in the sky a _____ of birds was flying southward?

8. He hit the other boxer so hard that he broke his lower ______?

9. Most things are now mass-produced rather than ______?

10. You are not allowed to use the ______ after eleven o’clock at night, as it makes too much noise?

11. The old lady couldn’t ____ because she had rheumatism?

12. I dislike going to the dentist as he uses the ______ on my teeth?

13. When there’s a doubt the examiner’s decision is ______?

14. Where do you ______ going for your holidays this yea?

15. The gardener ______ a bucket with water so that he could plant the vegetables?

16. The boy’s allergy to dust caused his skin to _______?

17. He has always gone _____ strange hobbies like collecting bottle-tops and inventing secret codes?

18. Be careful how you _____ that jug; It will break very easily?

19. You can _____ your shorthand ability by taking notes in shorthand during lectures?

20. When I came through the customs at the airport, I had to pay ____ on a clock I had bought?

21. You couldn’t ______ any secrets even for an hour in that little town?

22. Mr and Mrs Green ____ a party for their daughter’s twenty-first birthday?

23. You won’t find a greater variety of flowers anywhere else on _____?

24. The ____ charged by the lawyer for his services was unusually high?

25. A historical novel is a form of which may include many facts?

26. The local tourist bureau will send you _____ about hotels in the area?

27. During the _____ the audience strolled and chatted in the foyer?

28. The police had to _____ the crow ______?

29. It was the longest film I’ve ever seen; it ______ four hours?

30. I ______ him to arrive in time for dinner?

31. A horse drives the ______ from its body with its tail?

32. We couldn’t cut the string because the ______ of the knife was not sharp enough?

33. It is time to ______ the table for dinner?

34. After his prolonged dive in search of the ring he emerged from the water _______?

35. Be quiet! It’s rude to ______ people when they are speaking?

36. Now that he has retired, he lives partly on his pension and partly on the _____ on his post office savings account?

37. As the storm drew nearer, black clouds were _______ over the sky?

38. The us eof plastics for shoes _____ of leather has ruined shoe repairing as a business?

39. Because the company was doing more business, it was necessary to _____ the factory?

40. We paid the shopkeeper _____ cash?

41. This year the farmers were just able to gather the _____ before the fine weather came to an end?

42. When can the students _____ for next year’s evening classes?

43. If we can _____ our present difficulties, then everything should be all right?

44. The crowd stared at the giant and the dwarf as if they were _______ monsters?

45. The ______ of the clock showed that it was time for dinner?

46. I could tell he was surprised from the ______ on his face?

47. Violent programmes on television may have a bad _____ on children?

48. On summer _____ many English men work in their gardens when they come home from work?

49. I cut my finger on a rusty tin and it became badly _______?

50. The lorry driver was badly ______ when his lorry crashed into a wall?

51. I should like to ______ touch with old friends but I have so little time?

52. The plain occupies the west, south and central parts of the continent, though considerable variations are to be found over so ______ an area?

53. You direct me to the nearest garage? One of my tyres is _____ ?

54. Wolves were _______ mournfully in the nearby forest?

55. A strong westerly ______ flattened the standing corn though it brought no rain?

56. Spies may have a number of _____ names and papers?

57. The children thought that the cream was deliciously ______ and they finished it all?

58. I cannot undo the _____ in this piece of string?

59. There’s no need to be frightened of the dog; he’s quite ______?

60. The peasants’ many ______ resulting from ill-treat-ment by their landlords led finally to rebellion?

61. They have a _____ future ahead with little comfort, food or hope?

62. It is not _____ for you to eat too much?

63. Sally married _____ the Kennedy family?

64. All the students were excited at the _______ of a weekend sports competition?

65. Because of the poor harvest, wheat prices have ______ in the last six months?

66. I usually listen to the weather _____, though I have little faith in it?

67. Her mother had asked her to do several ______ before she went out?

68. He knows so much about the stars that I am sure it would be impossible to find his ______?

69. The old man got into the ______ of storing money under the bed?

70. I sat near the entrance for a long time _____ him, but he didn’t arrive?

71. I can’t advise you what to do: you must use your own _______?

72. Because of the strong sun Mrs. William’s new diningroom curtains _____ from dark blue to grey within a year?

73. The sun ______ the growth of plants?

74. You should be very _____ to your teachers for their help?

75. Many of the earliest _____ into the United States established large plantations?

77. ______ of money prevented us from taking a holiday this year?

78. The information-office at the station ___ that all trains were running about one hour behind time?

79. The judge said that he was ______ by the high standards of performance by the riders?

80. My petrol tank was empty so I pulled into a garage to ______?

81. The garden ______ as far as the river?

82. Shut the window and _____ the cold _______?

83. The children _____ a line, then walked quietly into school?

84. When he makes a _____ by car, he takes his family with him?

85. We suddenly saw the bus about to leave and had to run ______ to catch it?

86. You must have ______ the examination before Friday, so bring your money to the office as soon as possible?

87. When you are riding a bicycle you should _____ the handlebars firmly?

88. If present dissatisfaction over salaries continues the _____ result will be loss of staff?

89. He does not _______ his fellow-workers and there are often disagreements between them?

90. You can _______ my surprise when I heard the news?

91. Why can’t you do this small _____ for me? I’ve helped you often enough in the past?

92. It was a long time before the cut on my hand _____ completely?

93. The businessman proved to be an apparently well-behaved ______ middle-aged man?

94. An ambulance must have priority as it usually has to deal with some kind of _______?

95. She looked every where for her book but ______ had to return home without it?

96. Since his retirement, Peter Smith, who was ______ a teacher, has written four novels?