Extract Two
You overhear a conversation in a shop between a jewellery-maker and a customer.
3. The jeweller took up her craft because ____
A. she was unable to continue in her original career.
Đáp án đúng là: A
Giải thích: Thông tin: the jeweller says that she used to be a graphic designer, but she had to quit due to an eye problem that made it difficult for her to work on a computer screen. She says that she then decided to try jewellery making as a hobby, and found it very enjoyable and rewarding
Dịch: người thợ kim hoàn nói rằng cô ấy từng là một nhà thiết kế đồ họa, nhưng cô ấy đã phải nghỉ việc do một vấn đề về mắt khiến cô ấy gặp khó khăn khi làm việc trên màn hình máy tính. Cô ấy nói rằng sau đó cô ấy quyết định thử làm đồ trang sức như một sở thích và thấy nó rất thú vị và bổ ích
He works until nine o'clock every evening, and that's quite ____ the work he does over the weekend.
I'm sure Rachel will become a famous model one day.
=> I think it's only ________________________________.After leaving home, she walked to a spot near the motorway.
=> After leaving home, she made _____________________.
It was not until they sent me the invitation ____ how meaningful I was to them.
The offer to go and work in England was a complete surprise. (blue)
V. Complete each sentence using a verb from column A in the correct form and a particle from column B. You use each verb and particle once ONLY.
A |
B |
go call put go stand look take wear
|
out back away off on in |
53. Mary isn't very wasteful with her income, she prefers to ____ some money for her studies in Oxford.
I remember that my father took me to town to see that film. (being)
Consumers often ____ from the increasing competition among supermarkets, which try to attract customers by lowering their prices.
A prize of $25,000 is offered to whoever ____ the one-hour cycling record of 90 kilometres.
I ____ cycling by accident, but once I have started, I loved it.
________
A. There will be a question-and-answer session at the end of the conference which will _____ delegates the opportunity to get more information.
B. I'd love a holiday on the Galapagos Islands, but I really can't _____ it.
C. The managing director warned that the company cannot ______ any more bad publicity.
VI. Think of one word which can be used appropriately in all three sentences.
61. ________
A. The bill includes a 10% service _____.
B. The manager is away at a conference and has left her deputy in ____.
C. The youngest daughter took ______ of the family business when her father retired.
Another twenty well-trained engineers have been _____ to accelerate the design work in the assembly department.
We are hoping the campaign will _____ well or else we'll lose our trading partners.