BÀI TẬP THỰC HÀNH ĐIỀN TỪ (1)
Exercise 1.
One thing about London which every visitor from abroad admires is the large (1) ______ of parks. They
are lungs of London which are like green islands of peace and quiet in the middle of a noisy sea. They play
an important part in helping to (2) ________ the city’s character.
The best known parks are, of course, the central ones : St James’s Park, Hyde Park, Regent’s Park, and
Kensington Gardens which have many (3) _______. Hyde Park has the Serpentine, a little lake, whick is a
good place (4) ______ swimming or rowing, and Speaker’s Conner (5) _____ one may get up ans say
anything one pleases. In Regent’s Park there are the zoo and the Open – Air Theatre.
Kensington Gardens has the Round Pond which is used by “ dry land sailors” of all ages to (6) ________
every kind of modern yacht. St James’s Park boasts a truly elegant lake (7) ______ which live a great
variety of wild ducks and, apart from these individual attractions, (8) _____ park has a greater or lesser
expanse of well – kept grass. Here, in fine weather, can be seen hundreds of lucky people who have
escaped for a while (9) _______ the noise and bustle of the town, some sitting on chairs, some lying full
length (10) ______ the ground, some strolling aimlessly around.

Exercise 2.
English is much different from the language which (1) ______ once brought across the North Sea by the
Anglo – Saxons.
Although the Anglo –Saxons would be able to recognize many individual words, it’s the way (2) ______
which those words are put together to (3) __________ sentences that would be hardly recognizable (4)
_______ them.
Many people say it’s the flexibility of function of individual words, the assimilation of borrowings (5)
_______ the spontaneous creation of new words (6) ______ have made English an effective medium of
international communication.

Exercise 3.
In the world today, there are 5000 to 6000 living languages, of which English is (1) ____ far the most
widely used. As a mother tongue, it ranks second only to Chinese, which is little used (2) _______ China.
Approximately 350 million people speak English as their first language. It is the English language (3)
_____ is used as the language of aviation, international sport and pop music. 75% of the world’s mail is in

become weaker and and we have to wear glasses . But over a very long period of time it is (8) ______ that
man’s eyes will grow stronger.
On the other hand, we tend to make less use of our arms and legs. These, (9) ______ a result, are likely
to grow weaker. At the same time, however, our fingers will grow more sensitive because they are used a
great deal in modern life.
But what about hair ? This will probably disappear from the body altogether in course of time, because it
does not serve a useful (10) ______ any longer. In the future, then both sexes are likely to be bald.
Exercise 6.
Language is not necessarily the private property of (1) _______ who use it, just as French is not the private
property of French people, (2) _______ English of English people. English is spoken as a first language in
the United States, in Australia, in New Zealand, in most of Canada, in certain nations of Africa, and in
other areas of the world. It is unreasonable to regard any language (3) _________ the possession of a
particular nation , and with no language is it more unreasonable than with English. This is not to say that
English is used by a greater (4) ________ of speakers than any other languages, for it is easily outnumbered
in this respect by Chinese. But it is the most international of languages. A Dane and a Dutch person
meeting in Rome will almost automatically find (5) _____ speaking to each other in English. The pilots of a
Russian plane approaching Cairo will use English to (6) ________ for landing instructions. Malaysian
lecturers use English when addressing their Malaysian students in Kuala Lumper. (7) __ people in Africa ,
Asia, and South America, English is an important foreign language to master, not merely because it is the
language of Britain or the United States, but because it provides ready (8) ______ to world scholarship and
world trade. It is understood more widely than any other languages.
It is true, then, that a great many people – and a great many people – are (9) _____ in the use of English.
Millions of men and women in four continents have English as their first language, and millions in every
part of the world use it as their second or foreign language. This gives us some idea of the importance of
English, and it shows both the United States and Britain that the language is not possession of these two
nations alone. It is also the property of the Canadian and the Indian, the Australian and the Nigerian. It (10)
_______ to those who use it.

Exercise 7.
With important exceptions, then, the transition from school to work is on the whole fairly smooth for (1)