ENGLISH MS.

HUE- “For success, attitude is equally as important as ability”

TOPIC 1. VOCABULARY GRADE 12

VOCABULARY

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to
each of the following questions.

1. He has been very interested in doing research on _______ since he was at high
school.
a. biology b. biological c. biologist d. biologically

2. Are you sure that boys are more _______ than girls?
a. act b. active c. action d. activity

3. You are old enough to take _______ for what you have done.
a. responsible b. responsibility c. responsibly d.
irresponsible

4. These quick and easy _______ can be effective in the short term, but they have a
cost.
a. solve b. solvable c. solutions d. solvability

5. He was looking at his parents _______, waiting for recommendations.

a. obey b. obedience c. obedient d. obediently

6. The interviews with parents showed that the vast majority were _______ of
teachers.
a. support b. supportive c. supporter d. supporting

7. My husband and I both go out to work so we share the _______.

a. happiness b. household chores c. responsibility d. employment

8. on don is home to people of many _______ cultures.

a. diverse b. diversity c. diversify d. diversification

9. John cannot make a _______ to get married to Mary or stay single until he can
afford a house and a car.
a. decide b. decision c. decisive d. decisively

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10. . It was such a boring speech that I fell _________ .

A. a sleep B. sleep C. sleepy D. sleepily

11. The speaker said nothing worth listening to.

A. complete B. completing C. completely D. completion

12. Pedestrians are supposed to walk on the .

A. road B. side C. pavement D. street

13. Your success in life very largely on yourself.

A. is keen B. depends C. lies D. goes

14. We were so late that we _____ had time to catch the train.
A. nearly B. almost C. hardly D. simply
15. If you wish to learn a new language, you must _____ classes.
A. follow B. present C. attend D .assist
16. We took _____ of the fine weather and spent the day on the beach.
A. chance B. advantage C. occasion D. effect
17. When I saw Minh, I stopped and smiled, but he _____ me and walked on.
A. refused B. omitted C. ignored D. denied

18. Her parents were very _____ because she was out so late that night.
A. responsible B. sorry C. worrying D. worried
19. The nurse was on _____ in the hospital all night.
A. work B. alarm C .service D .duty

20. Will you _____ me to post this letter tomorrow?

A. remember B .suggest C. remind D. mind

21. Most developing countries are in _____ of capital and technical assistance.
A .lack B .need C. shortage D. excess

22. His school report last term was very _____ .

A. satisfying B .fulfilling C. satisfactory D. full

23. Tuan has gone to the baker’s to buy a _____ of bread.

A. loaf B. piece C. bit D. packet
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24. My mother used to be a woman of great _______, but now she gets old and looks
pale.
a. beauty b. beautiful c. beautifully d. beautify

25. Although they are twins, they have almost the same appearance but they are
seldom in _______.
a. agree b. agreeable c. agreement d.
agreeably

26. The more _______ and positive you look, the better you will feel.
a. confide b. confident c. confidently d.
confidence

27. My parents will have celebrated 30 years of _______ by next week.

a. marry b. married c. marriageable d. marriage

28. Many Vietnamese people ______ their lives for the revolutionary cause of the
nation
a. sacrifice b. sacrificed c. sacrificial d. sacrificially

29. Most of us would maintain that physical ______ does not playa major part in how
we react to the people we meet.
a. attract b. attractive c. attractiveness d. attractively

30. They had a ______ candlelit dinner last night and she accepted his proposal of
marriage.
a. romance b. romantic c. romantically d. romanticize

31. They started, as _______ gatherings but they have become increasingly formalized
in the last few years.
a. informal b. informally c. informalize d. informality

32. Children who are isolated and lonely seem to have poor language and ________.
a. communicate b. communication c. communicative d. communicator

33. The lecturer explained the problem very clearly and is always _______ in response
to questions.
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a. attention b. attentive c. attentively d. attentiveness

34. He is not really friendly and makes no attempt to be _______.

a. society b. social c. socialize d. sociable

35. Parks an important part in helping to form the city’s character.

A. make B. do C. play D. perform

36. It’s a good idea to see your doctor regularly for a(n) ___.
A. revision B. control C.investigation D. check – up

37. It is English pronunciation and phrasal verbs that ___ me a lot of trouble.
A. cause B. make C. get D. have

38. 63. I am very ___ in the information you have given me.
A. concerned B. surprised C. pleased D. interested

39. He went to a seaside resort because he was ___ of windsurfing.

A. fond B. interested C. keen D. enjoyed

40. Life on earth would come to an end if the ___ were destroyed.
A. environment B. nature C. stars D. weather

41. Smoke, dirt and noise are all kinds of ___.

A. pollute B. polluting C. pollutant D. pollution

42. English is now an effective medium of international ___.

A. communication B. talking C. speech D. saying

43. I’ll have to work hard to ___ with the rest of the class.
A. catch B. run C. keep pace D. keep on

44. I liked the book till the end but it had a (n) ending which I didn’t like.
A. bored B. boring C. interested D. interesting

45. She sent me a _______ letter thanking me for my invitation.

a. polite b. politely c. politeness d. impoliteness

46. Mr. Timpson's behavior and comments on occasions were inappropriate and fell
below the _______ standards.
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a. accept b. acceptable c. acceptance d. accepting

47. As an _______, Mr. Pike is very worried about the increasing of juvenile
delinquency.
a. educate b. education c. educator d. educative

48. In England, primary education is provided by state schools run by the government
and by _______ fee-paying schools.
a. independent b. independently c. depended d. independence

49. The United Nations Secretary-General has often spoken of the need for individual
_______ and human rights in his speeches.
a. free b. freedom c. freely d. freeing

50. He did not do well at school and left with few _______ qualifications.
a. academic b. academy c. academician d. academically

51. The Minister of the Education and Training Department appeared on TV last night to
__ his new policy.
a. public b. publicly c. publicize d. publicizing

52. He owed his success not to privilege but to self-education and a driving desire for
_______.
a. achieve b. achiever c. achievement d. achievable

53. Despite many recent _______ advances, there are parts where schools are not
equipped with computers.
a. technology b. technological c. technologically d. technologist

54. There is a wide range of _______ in the education system of the USA.
a. select b. selective c. selected d. selection

55. He graduated with doctorates of _______and surgery from Florence, gaining the
highest honors that year.
a. medicine b. medical c. medicate d. medication

56. The making of good habits _______ a determination to keep on training your child.
a. require b. requires c. requirement d. required
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57. He was the only _______ that was offered the job.
a. apply b. application c. applicant d. applying

58. Parents can express a _______ for the school their child attends.
a. prefer b. preference c. preferential d. preferable

59. Many people have objected to the use of animals in _____ experiments.
a. science b. scientist c. scientific d. scientifically

60. I would like to invite you to participate in the ceremony.

a. graduate b. graduated c. graduation d. graduating

61. Not many places at the universities are left, so choice is on a severe _______.
a. limiting b. limitation c. delimitation d. limited

62. I am so _______ that I cannot say anything, but keep silent.

a. nerve b. nervous c. nervously d. nervousness

63. _______ speaking, I do not really like my present job.

a. Honest b. Honesty c. Honestly d. Dishonest

64. A letter of _______ is sometimes really necessary for you in a job interview.

a. recommend b. recommended c. recommender d. recommendation

65. My ______ pastime is going dancing with my friends.

A. favourite B. favoured C. favour D. favourable

66. If bacteria stopped working, life on earth would come to a(n)_____.

A. finish B. extinction C. end D. disappearance

67. He hoped his ______ would give him a pay rise.

A. employee B. employed C. employ D. employer

68. I find it quite ______ to talk in front of a group of people.

A. embarrassingly B. embarrassed

C. embarrassment D. embarrassing

69. Could you ______ me how to use this new mobile phone?
A. direct B. explain C. say D. show
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70. Do you really ________ me to believe you?

A. plan B. expect C. think D. wait

71. The animals gathered closely together for__________

A. warmed B. warm C. warmth D. warmly

72. Thank you for _____ me

A. invite B. inviting C. invited D. invitation

73. Could you ______ me how to use this new mobile phone?
A. explain B. say C. direct D. show

74. Doctors have to assume _______ for human life.

a. responsible b. responsibly c. responsibility d. responsibles

75. _______ is increasing, which results from economic crisis.

a. Employment b. Unemployment c. Employ d. Unemployed

76. He was offered the job thanks to his _______ performance during his job interview.
a. impress b. impression c. impressive d. impressively

77. The interviewer gave his consent to John's _______ for work and promised to give
him a job.
a. keen b. keenly c. keener d. keenness

78. _______! I have heard of your success in the new project.

a. Congratulate b. Congratulating
c. Congratulation d. Congratulations
79. It is _______ to fail a job interview, but try again.
a. disappoint b. disappointing c. disappointedly d. disappointment

80. The new policies include cutting _______ subsidies and trade barriers.
a. agriculture b. agricultural c. agriculturalist d. agriculturally

81. The control of _______ has been carried out through measures rooted in
monetarism.
a. inflate b. inflationist c. inflation d. inflator

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82. It is often a good idea to start with small, easily _______ goals.
a. achieve b. achievement c. achievable d. achiever

83. For more than ten years, we have seen the significant _______ in the economy of
our country.
a. develop b. developments c. developers d. developed

84. Henry was a studious student. He needed no _______ to work hard.

a. encourage b. encouraging c. encouragement d. encouraged

85. During the time of economic reforms, the economy has grown _______ with only a
few major setbacks.
a. constant b. constantly c. constants d. constancy

86. Many teenagers show signs of anxiety and _______ when being asked about their
future.
a. depress b. depression c. depressing d. depressed

87. Constant _______ of attack makes everyday life dangerous here.

a. threat b. threaten c. threatening d. threateningly

88. No one can predict the future exactly. Things may happen _______.
a. expected b. unexpected c. expectedly d. unexpectedly

89. More and more __ are very excited at discovering as many interesting things in the
deserts as possible.
a. explores b. explorations c. explorers d. exploratory

90. Can you make a ________ estimate of how much our expedition in the desert may
be?
a. rough b. roughly c. roughing d. roughen

91. After Peter had returned from the Sahara desert, he was confined to bed by a
________ disease.
a. mystery b. mysterious c. mysteriously d. mysteriousness

92. Almost half of turtles and tortoises are known to be threatened with ____.
a. extinct b. extinction c. extinctive d. extinctly
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93. Don't read that book. It's _____.

A. bore B. boredom C. boring D. bored

94. It’s very ______ of you to help me

A. glad B. happy C. kind D. well

95. The new dress makes you more .

A. beauty B. beautiful C. beautifully D. beautify

96. English is the most used language in the world.

A. wider B. widest C. width D. widely

97. He cycled and had an accident.

A. careful B. careless C. carefully D. carelessly

98. My friend is very in listening to rock music.

A. interested B. amused C. surprised D. amazed

99. If an object is in the cabin of a spaceship, it will float.

A. left off B. let of C. let off D. left of

100. You must fill in this form in capital letters.

A. apply B. application C. applicant D. applicable

101. I’m fed up with queuing for my benefit every Thursday.

A. employment B. employee C. unemployed D. unemployment

102. The North is flatter and more than the South.

A. industrial B. industrialize

C. industrialization D. industrialist

103. Current extinction rates are at least 100 to 1,000 times higher than ___ rates found
in the fossil record.
a. nature b. natural c. naturally d. naturalness

104. It is reported that humans are the main reason for most species' declines and
habitat _______ and degradation are the leading threats.
a. destroy b. destructive c. destructor d. destruction

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105. This book is not really ________. It is a waste of money buying it.
a. inform b. information c. informative d. informatively

106. Sometimes it is ________ to find suitable books for our children.

a. difficult b. difficulty c. difficultly d. difficulties

107. A book may be evaluated by a reader or professional writer to create a book

________.
a. review b. reviewing c. reviewer d. reviewed

108. Read the book ________ and you can find the information you need.
a. care b. careful c. carefulness d. carefully

109. Not many people find reading more ________ than watching TV.
a. interest b. interested c. interesting d. interestingly

110. To become a novelist, you need to be ________.

a. imagine b. imagination c. imaginative d. imaginarily

111. They are going to _______ the pool to 1.8 meter.

a. deep b. depth c. deepen d. deeply

112. The referee had no hesitation in awarding the visiting team a _______.
a. penalty b. penalize c. penal d. penalization

113. The sick man still finds it _____ to stand without support.
A. discomfort B. comforting C. uncomfortable D. comfortable

114. High school students should be ______ for their future jobs before leaving school.
A. ill-spoken B. ill-prepared C. well-prepared D. well-spoken

115. You will have to work hard if you want to ___________.

A. succeed B. successfully C. success D. successful

116. London is ___________ of England.

A. a capital B. capital C. one capital D. the capital

117. Paul has applied for a ______ in a new company.

A. task B. career C. job D. work

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118. Their___________ has lasted for more than 20 years.

A. friendly B. .friend C. friends D. friendship

119. Are you ______ in knowing all the answers?

A. amused B. interested C. excited D. frightened

120. English is an ______ language to learn.

A. easiness B. easily C. easy D. ease

121. Physical ______ are good for our health.

A. activities B. activists C. actions D. acts

122. The parks in our city are _____ peaceful islands in the middle of a stormy sea.
A. similar B. alike C. likely D. like

123. The crowd cheered as the goalkeeper deflected the _______.

a. shoot b. shooting c. shooter d. shot

124. The International Committee of the Red Cross is a private _______ institution
founded in 1863 in Geneva, Switzerland.
a. human b. humanity c. humanization d. humanitarian

125. ASEAN also works for the _______ of peace and stability in the region.
a. promote b. promotion c. promotional d. promoter

126. The motivations for the birth of ASEAN were the desire for a _______ environment.
a. stable b. stability

c. stably d. stabilize

127. The ASEAN Security Community (ASC)aims to ensure that countries in the region live
at _______ with one another and in a democratic and harmonious environment.
a. peace b. peaceful c. peacefully d. peaceable

128. ASEAN's aims include the acceleration of economic growth, _______ progress,
cultural, development among its members, and the promotion of regional peace.
a. society b. social c. socially d. socialize

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129. A combined gross domestic _______ of the member countries of ASEAN has grown
at an average rate of around 6% per year.
a. produce b. productivity c. production d. product

130. Western women are more ________ than Asian women.

a. depend b. dependent c. independent d. independently

131. In some communities a husband's ________ over his wife is absolute.

a. power b. powerful c. powerfully d. powered

132. I think that up to now there has not been a real ________ between men and
women.
a. equal b. equally c. equality d. equalize

133. My father is a ___________ . He works in a garage.

A. farmer B. mechanic C. teacher D. doctor

134. John drives very____________. ; he has never had any accidents.

A. careful B. carefully C. carelessly D. careless

135. If you work hard, you will eventually ________.

A. successfully B. successful C. succeed D. success

136. The weather this summer is ______.

A. disappointment B. disappointing

C. disappointed D. disappointedly

137. He is a very ______ driver. He rarely causes accidents.

A. carefully B. careless C. bad D. careful

138. The meeting is going to be ______ at 7 o’clock tomorrow morning.

A. played B. held C. taken D. run

139. After drinking a big bottle of ______, he got drunk.

A. wine B. milk C. orange juice D. water

140. There are small ... ........................... .. between British and American English.
A. differences B. different C. difference D. differently

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141. Some species of rare animals are in _____________of extinction.

A. danger B. dangerous C. dangerously D. endanger

142. To preserve that ________, it was necessary to preserve the people that had
created it.
a. civil b. civilize c. civility d. civilization

143. The Prime Minister is to consider changes to sexually ________ laws to enforce
equal opportunities.
a. discriminate b. discrimination

c. discriminatory d. discriminated

144. In former days, women were considered not to be suitable for becoming a
________.
a. politics b. political c. politically d. politician

145. All payments to the ICRC are _______ and are received as donations.
a. volunteer b. voluntary c. voluntarily d. voluntariness

146. The Red Cross organizes and leads relief assistance missions after ______, such as
natural disasters, man-made disasters, and epidemics.
a. emergent b. emergencies c. emergently d. emergence

147. One of the tasks of the Red Cross is also to support local _ care projects.
a. health b. healthy c. healthful d. healthily

148. She sustained severe head _______ after being thrown from her horse.
a. injure b. injured c. injuries d. injurious

149. According to World Bank figures, 41 per cent of Brazilians live in absolute _______.
a. poor b. poorer c. poorly d. poverty

150. Up until the middle of the 19th century, there were no _______ and well
established army nursing systems for casualties.
a. organize b. organized

c. organizational d. organizers

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151. Before the 22nd SEA Games, Vietnam had made a good _______ in every aspect.
a. prepare b. preparation c. preparative d. preparer

152. The government initiated the programme of ______ reform in the 1980s.
A. economically B. economic C. economised D. economist

153. A scientist who studies living things is a ______.

A. biologist B. biologicall C. biology D. biological

154. Blue ______ you. You should wear it more often.

A. goes B. matches C. fits D. suits

155. The weather this summer is ______.

A. disappointment B. disappointing

C. disappointed D. disappointedly

156. Smoking is a great ______ to our health.

A. harmless B. harm C. harmful D. harmless

157. . Miss White sang very ______ at my birthday party last night.

A. beautiful B. beautify C. beauty D. beautifully

158. Paul has applied for a ______ in a new company.

A. task B. career C. job D. work

159. How _____ is your father?

A. single B. high C. alive D. tall

160. He had no_____ of selling the clock - it had belonged to his grandfather.

A. interest B. intention C. meaning D. intend

161. Could you fill out this ______ form?

A. applying B. applicable C. application D. applicant

162. ASEAN press praised the great _______ of Vietnamese athletes at the 22nd SEA
Games.
a. sports b. sportsman c. sporting d. sportsmanship

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163. The success of the 22nd SEA Games had a great contribution of many _______
volunteers.
a. support b. supporter c. supportive d. supportively

164. Computers are .............used in schools and universities.

a. wide b. widen c. width d. widely

165. A……………driver is a danger to the public.

a. carelessly b. careless c. carefully d. careful

166. They eventually realize that reckless _______ of the earth's resources can lead only
to eventual global disaster.
a. exploit b. exploitable c. exploitation d. exploitative

167. Farmers make their soil more productive by distributing _______.

a. fertile b. fertility c. fertilizers d. fertilizable

168. To become a novelist, you need to be ________.

a. imagine b. imagination c. imaginative d. imaginarily

169. The final I _______ was 3-0.

a. score b. scoring c. scorer d. scores

170. The referee's _______ is the most important in any sport competition.
a. decide b. decisive c. decision d. decider

171. _______ players are not allowed to interfere with the opponent's movements
unless the player is holding the ball.
a. Defense b. Defensive

c. Defender d. Defensively

172. Many young men prefer scuba-diving because it is _______.

a. adventure b. adventurous

c. adventurously d. adventurist

173. His pronunciation causes me a lot of _____.

A. difficult B. difficulty C. difficulties D. difficultly

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174. How _____ is your father?

A. single B. high C. alive D. tall

175. The ______ of the moon causes the tides on the earth.

A. attractive B. attractiveness C. attraction D. attract

176. I was reading when suddenly the lights ______.

A. came in B. put out C. opened up D. went out
177. There are small _____________between British and American English.
A. differences B. different C. difference D. differently

178. Some species of rare animals are in ............................. .. of extinction.

A. danger B. dangerous C. dangerously D. endanger

179. AIDS is a(n) ____________disease.

A. danger B. endangered C. endanger D. dangerous

180. You will have to work hard if you want to ___________.

A. succeed B. successfully C. success D. successful

181. Hoi An is a tourist ______.

A. attractive B. attracted C. attract D. attraction

182. Miss White sang very _______________ at my birthday party last night

A. beautifully B. beauty C. beautiful D. beautify

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