Từ vựng – Bài 8

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. The sun ______ the growth of plants?

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

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

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

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

15. Sally married _____ the Kennedy family?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

38. Wolves were _______ mournfully in the nearby forest?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

59. The police had to _____ the crow ______?

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

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

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

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

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

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

66. We paid the shopkeeper _____ cash?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

92. Shut the window and _____ the cold _______?

93. The garden ______ as far as the river?

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

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

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