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III. PRACTICE Mark the correct answer to each of the following questions. 1. Opera singer Maria Callas was known for her ____, powerful voice. A. intensity B. intensify C. intense D. intensely 2. Many readers will disagree with the selection and the assessments as any guide will inevitably be ____. A. subject B. subjected C. subjective D. subjectivism 3. Politicians ____ blame the media if they don’t win the election. They’re so predictable. A. variable B. variety C. various D. invariably 4. This is very ____! Can’t you practise your violin somewhere else? A. convenient B. conveniently C. inconvenient D. convenience 5. I would like to show you my latest ____, which I have called “Boats on a Lake”. A. creativity B. creator C. create D. creation 6. During the festival ____ were hanging from every tree. A. decorator B. decorations C. decorative D. decorativeness 7. He offered to give me a ____ of how the machine worked. A. demonstrator B. demonstration C. demonstrate D. demonstrative 8. Those countries are ____ on other countries for most of their food. A. dependent B. independence C. dependable D. dependability 9. He acted in an extremely ____ manner, which made him very unpopular. A. dictation B. dictatorial C. dictate D. dictatorship 10. He hoped the ____ agency would find him a job. A. employee B. unemployed C. employer D. employment 11. I’m afraid they weren’t very ____ about your idea of going out this evening. A. enthusiastically B. enthusiastic C. enthusiasm D. enthusiast 12. The student did not do well in the class; he had a problem with ____. A. absenteeism B. absently C. absentee D. absent 13. The information in that article is ____ inaccurate. A. historian B. historical C. history D. historically 14. Some people show ____ attitude toward the misery of others, totally untouched by their suffering. A. passionate B. dispassionate C. passion D. passionately 15. The charity organization received a large gift from the ____. A. donation B. donor C. donate D. donated 16. The sick child must stay away from others because he has a ____ disease. Ms. Tâm Anh - 0974081190

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A. communicate B. communicable C. communicator D. communication 17. The technician applying for the position was asked to supply a ____ list of her former places of employment. A. chronological B. chronologically C. chronologist D. chronology 18. I do not understand what these results ____. A. significant B. signify C. significance D. significantly 19. They said my illness was ____. Don’t they realize I’m in a lot of pain? A. imaginary B. imagination C. imagine D. imaginative 20. She was a much less ____ student than her sister. A. industrial B. industrious C. industrialist D. industrialized 21. It was very ____ of you to notice that. A. observant B. observatory C. observation D. observe 22. There is a ____ of carrots because of the bad weather. A. shortly B. shorten C. shortage D. short 23. The factory manager was so ____ that the employees left in disgust. A. dictator B. dictatorial C. dictatorship D. dictate 24. Their failure to act is ____ of their lack of interest. A. indicate B. indicator C. indication D. indicative 25. The company was ____ and made a tremendous amount of money. A. progress B. progressive C. progression D. progressively 26. The ____ account given by the witness convinced the jury of the plaintiffs right to a settlement. A. description B. describing C. descriptive D. describe 27. We drove at five miles an hour because the ____ was so poor. A. visible B. visual C. view D. visibility 28. They handled the merchandise ____ for the manufacturer. A. exclude B. exclusion C. exclusive D. exclusively 29. The job was done ____, and we were extremely displeased. A. incompetence B. incompetency C. incompetent D. incompetently 30. “Since the goal seems ____, I believe we should begin at once,” Tom argued. A. achievements B. achieve C. achievable D. achieving 31. She seemed always to speak ____, especially at our club meeting. A. controversy B. controversial C. controversially D. controvert Ms. Tâm Anh - 0974081190

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32. When the automobile salesman described the car so ____, we became very uneasy about buying it. A. ambiguity B. ambiguousness C. ambiguous D. ambiguously 33. He is under 25, hard-working and ____. A. energy B. energize C. energizing D. energetic 34. Phil was sentenced to three years’ ____ for his part in the robbery. A. prisoner B. imprison C. imprisonment D. prison 35. Julia is being kept in an isolation ward because she is highly ____. A. infectious B. infection C. infected D. infecting 36. The Pikes live in a four-bedroomed bungalow in a very nice ____ area. A. residing B. resident C. residence D. residential 37. Don’t put David in charge of arranging the theatre trip; he’s too ____. A. organized B. disorganized C. unorganized D. organization 38. The rhinoceros, whose numbers have dropped alarmingly recently, has been declared a/an ____ species. A. danger B. endanger C. endangered D. dangerous 39. David’s compositions are full of mistakes but they are very ____. A. imaginative B. imaginary C. imagination D. imaginable 40. Scientists always ____ their data before writing up the results of their research. A. analyse B. analysis C. analyses D. analyst 41. Our professor ____ said we should turn in the assignment on Friday. A. specific B. specifically C. specifying D. specification 42. Students can gain ____ benefits from learning to work together. A. considerate B. considering C. consideration D. considerable 43. The ____ dressed woman in the advertisement has a posed smile on her face. A. stylish B. stylishly C. stylistic D. stylistically 44. Most people can ____ clearly between a real and a simulated smile. A. differ B. different C. difference D. differentiate 45. Many citizens say they are ____ of the political policies of the candidates in a local election. A. ignoring B. ignorant C. ignorantly D. ignorance 46. Although the professor gave ____ directions for the research paper, I was still confused. A. define B. definite C. definitely D. definition 47. I am currently researching the reasons why birds ____ in winter. Ms. Tâm Anh - 0974081190

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A. migrate B. migrating C. migrant D. migration 48. During the Industrial Revolution, there was a complete ____ of society in urban areas. A. transforming B. transformer C. transformation D. transformable 49. It’s a very depressed area and almost 20% of young adults are ____. A. employed B. unemployed C. employment D. unemployment 50. I don’t know why it caused so much ____. A. embarrass B. embarrassed C. embarrassing D. embarrassment - THE END - Ms. Tâm Anh - 0974081190