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Antonym 01
Select the antonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence in the unit:
1/ He looks healthy enough.
	A. sick	B. strong	C. ugly	D. slim
2/ I study many subjects such as Math, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Vietnamese Literature, History, Geography etc.
	A. learn	B. teach	C. see	D. review
3/ But I like English best because it’s an important means of international communication.
	A. love	B. miss	C. hate	D. ignore
4/ I’ve been learning English for four years now, so I can speak English quite well.
	A. pretty	B. badly	C. rather	D. helplessly
5/ They are very kind to the students and they enjoy teaching very well.
	A. unimportant	B. hopeless	C. irregular	D. unkind
6/ I’m interested in teaching profession because I love working with children.
	A. unconcerned	B. worried	C. unhappy	D. bored
7/ We live in a small flat above the corner shop in Tay Son Street.
	A. huge	B. immense	C. titanic	D. big
8/ He has to ride his bike in narrow and crowded streets on the way to and from school.
	A. little	B. few	C. empty	D. minor
9/ I don’t really like getting up early but I have to because I often have lessons at 7.15.
	A. lately	B. late	C. early	D. firstly
10/ We live in a small flat above the corner shop in Tay Son Street.
	A. under	B. beneath	C. below	D. after
11/ Ask and answer questions about your daily routine, using the cues below.
	A. Question	B. Reply	C. Tell	D. Repeat
12/ What time do you go to bed?
	A. go out	B. sit down	C. leave for	D. get up
13/ I drink some cups of tea, have a quick breakfast and then lead the buffalo to the field.
	A. weak	B. strict	C. slow	D. thin
14/ I leave the house at a quarter past five and arrive in the field at exactly 5.30.
	A. quickly	B. weakly	C. wrongly	D. successfully
15/ I continue to work from a quarter past eight till 10.30.
	A. complete	B. finish	C. come	D. start
16/ Our neighbors have always been very friendly towards us.
	A. cool	B. hot	C. warm	D. mad
17/ Choose the answer A, B, or C that best suits the meaning of the italicized word(s).
	A. lastly	B. late	C. worst	D. weakly
18/ We are not losing anything.
	A. stopping	B. finding	C. buying	D. selling
19/ Are they happy with their lives or not? Why?
	A. tired	B. disappointed	C. sad	D. unlucky
20/ Although it’s a long day for us, we feel we are contented with what we do.
	A. dissatisfied	B. excited	C. shocked	D. interested
21/ Which ones do you think would be difficult for blind and deaf people?
	A. slight	B. easy	C. light	D. soft
22/ Which ones do you think would be difficult for blind and deaf people?
	A. clear	B. sharp-sighted	C. smooth	D. dauntless
23/ But for the determination of Pham Thi Thu Thuy, twenty-five disabled children in Tra Xuan Commune would still be stuck at home instead of in primary school learning how to read and write.
	A. vigorous	B. interested	C. wealthy	D. learned
24/ But for the determination of Pham Thi Thu Thuy, twenty-five disabled children in Tra Xuan Commune would still be stuck at home instead of in primary school learning how to read and write.
	A. later	B. following	C. subordinate	D. secondary
25/ The class began seven years ago with a mix of children, some dumb, deaf or suffering a lisp and others mentally retarded.
	A. loud	B. heavy	C. garrulous	D. strong
26.Gradually more children were sent to the class as their parents realized that the teacher was trying her best to help their poor kids.
	A. good	B. rich	C. strong	D. lucky
27/There was a lot of opposition from the parents of the disabled children as they did not believe that their children could learn anything.
	A. doubt	B. reply	C. regret	D. ignore
28/ Fill each of the blanks below with a suitable word from the reading passage.
	A. unimportant	B. irrelevant	C. uninteresting	D. impossible
29/ Work with a partner and fill in the blanks with the right questions.
	A. sick	B. liberal	C. unhealthy	D. improper
30/ Why did the parents oppose to the idea of sending their children to the special class at first?
	A. unlimited	B. everyday	C. normal	D. undefined
31/ Look at the illustrations of different parts of a computer system.
	A. together	B. similar	C. average	D. pure
32/ She was wearing a beautiful dress.
	A. unsightly	B. dirty	C. dusty	D. bad
33/ We receive letters from and send letters to almost every part of the world with the help of computers.
	A. take	B. buy	C. sell	D. break
34/ And we can even learn foreign languages on computers.
A. known	B. native	C. natural	D. expected
35/ Each time you turn it on, with appropriate hardware and software, it is capable of doing almost anything you ask.
	A. unsuitable	B. unimportant	C. ill-prepared	D. irregular
36/ The man understood the lessons very well.
	A. ill	B. hardly	C. poorly	D. wrong
37/ Listen to the old man’s story again and write in the missing words.
	A. existing	B. near	C. here	D. nearby
38/ Places of scenic beauty are places where the scenes are interesting and beautiful.
	A. incorrect	B. tiresome	C. irrelevant	D. unlucky
39/ Why is computer a miraculous device?
	A. ordinary	B. improper	C. false	D. ugly
40/ My personal opinion is that the students should be doing more work outside the classroom.
	A. national	B. inner	C. spiritual	D. public
41/ Mountain resort (altitude: 1,500 m) with various ideal excursion places are Xuan Huong Lake, pine forests, waterfalls...
	A. similar	B. like	C. unique	D. likely
42/ We have recently studied rock formations but many of us have never been inside a cave.
	A. out	B. outside	C. out of	D. one side
43/ We hope the excursion will help us relax a lot after working for a term so that we will be able to resume our work with a new start.
	A. ending	B. complete	C. pause	D. shutting
44/ At first, we wanted to travel to Thay Pagoda because it is only over 20 kilometers away and we could make a day excursion.
	A. unessential	B. least	C. extreme	D. last
45/ However, only today have we learnt that the caves near Thay Pagoda are closed until after Tet.
	A. long distance	B. distant	C. far	D. away
46/ Well, it will be a great event in our schooldays because this is the first time we can spend a night together by a campfire.
	A. tiny	B. lesser	C. poor	D. unimportant
47/ Well, it will be a great event in our schooldays because this is the first time we can spend a night together by a campfire.
	A. morning	B. afternoon	C. evening	D. day
48/ We are trying to travel as cheaply as possible.
	A. inconceivable	B. absurd	C. unimportant	D. irregular
49/ My father is easy to persuade but my mother is too protective towards me.
	A. dislike	B. deny	C. discourage	D. ignore
50/ What is An anxious about? Why?
	A. confident	B. cool	C. no worry	D. happy
51/ Before you read, work in pairs, ask and answer the questions.
	A. While	B. After	C. When	D. By the time
52/ She received a general education in local schools and some scientific training from her father.
	A. offered	B. had	C. gave	D. asked
53/ As a brilliant and mature student with a rare gift of concentration, Marie harbored the dream of a scientific career which was impossible for a woman at that time.
	A. ugly	B. dark	C. dull	D. dirty
54/ As a brilliant and mature student with a rare gift of concentration, Marie harbored the dream of a scientific career which was impossible for a woman at that time.
	A. important	B. likely	C. unreal	D. maybe
55/ And in 1891, the shy Marie, with very little money to live on, came to Paris to continue her studies at the Sorbonne.
	A. many	B. a lot	C. few	D. much
56/ And in 1891, the shy Marie, with very little money to live on, came to Paris to continue her studies at the Sorbonne.
	A. go out	B. die away	C. come down	D. get over
57/ In spite of her difficult living conditions, she worked extremely hard.
	A. lazily	B. softly	C. simply	D. easily
58/ After the tragic death of Pierre Curie in 1906, she not only took charge of educating her two children but also took the position which her husband had finally obtained at the Sorbonne.
	A. funny	B. lovely	C. fascinating	D. happy
59/ After the tragic death of Pierre Curie in 1906, she not only took charge of educating her two children but also took the position which her husband had finally obtained at the Sorbonne.
	A. one	B. firstly	C. early	D. soon
60/ After the tragic death of Pierre Curie in 1906, she not only took charge of educating her two children but also took the position which her husband had finally obtained at the Sorbonne.
	A. gave away	B. threw away	C. lost	D. left
Antonym 02
Select the antonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence in the unit:
1/ The mass media has become one of the main instruments of political change.
	A. less	B. fewer	C. tiny	D. small
2/ We ought to keep these proposals secret from the chairman for the time being.
	A. lively	B. frequented	C. accessible	D. revealed
3/ Match the word in A with its appropriate definition in B.
	A. indirect	B. illegal	C. improper	D. unreal
4/ What program do you dislike watching and why not?
	A. fancy	B. think	C. imagine	D. want
5/ What are the differences among types of the media?
	A. peace	B. sameness	C. likes	D. need
6/ Heavy rain causes floods all over the country.
	A. light	B. thin	C. tiny	D. trivial
7/ Television can make us passive.
	A. obtrusive	B. enterprising	C. energetic	D. strong
8/ It is an enjoyable way to relax.
	A. incorrect	B. improper	C. hateful	D. unpleasant
9/ We don’t have to think so our brain becomes lazy.
	A. quick	B. diligent	C. hard	D. good
10/ The council demolished it.
	A. made	B. did	C. started 	D. construct
11/ The villagers had to work very hard on the fields all day, but there was not enough food for them.
	A. deficient	B. few	C. little	D. tiny
12/ There were plenty of frogs in the fields around the village.
	A. average	B. little of	C. shortage of	D. few
13/ The village had no proper road or running water.
	A. important	B. irresponsible	C. inappropriate	D. unnecessary
14/ The crops in the fields were not doing so well, the children of the village were ill more often, and there were more insects around.
	A. little	B. plenty	C. rarely	D. hard
15/ They hadn’t been useless.
	A. practical	B. good	C. harmful	D. needed
16/ The villagers decided to stop catching and selling the frogs.
	A. taking	B. receiving	C. getting	D. purchasing
17/ They had to think of some other ways of bettering their lives.
	A. worsening	B. cutting`	C. killing	D. hurting
18/ The sentences in A all appear in the text.
	A. lose	B. hide	C. die	D. disappear
19/ Now, when so many frogs were killed, there were more and more insects.
	A. lesser and lesser	B. fewer and fewer C. lesser and fewer	D. fewer and lesser
20/ The villagers agreed to sell frogs.
	A. did not	B. not	C. denied	D. stopped
21/ For centuries, people have been challenged by the mysteries that lie beneath the blue depths of the ocean.
	A. overhead	B. top	C. over	D. high
22/ For centuries, people have been challenged by the mysteries that lie beneath the blue depths of the ocean.
	A. lengths	B. narrowness	C. width	D. surface
23/ How different a picture we now have of the ocean as the sea has begun to reveal its secrets.
	A. public	B. opening	C. knowledge	D. schooling
24/ The plants and animals of the sea fall into three major groups.
	A. small	B. tiny	C. subordinate	D. unnecessary
25/ Use water sparingly and keep water clean.
	A. many	B. few	C. well	D. plentifully
26/ Use water sparingly and keep water clean.
	A. dusty	B. stained	C. wicked	D. halfway
27/ Fish only species that are not of concern, threatened or endangered.
	A. educated	B. healed	C. defended	D. brought
28/ Fish only species that are not of concern, threatened or endangered.
	A. bettered	B. born	C. safeguarded	D. taught
29/ Keep only fish that you will eat; release the rest.
	A. catch	B. hold	C. take	D. have
30/ Be a smart shopper, choose your seafood responsibly.
	A. soft	B. weak	C. untidy	D. stupid
31/ I'm not being lazy - I'm just conserving my energy for later.
	A. using up	B. shooting off	C. going out	D. throwing away
32/ This is especially worrying when there are about 3,000 plants with value as medicines against cancer, AIDS, heart disease and many other sicknesses.
	A. unimportantly	B. normally	C. balefully	D. infamously
33/ We may never know the true cost of this destruction.
	A. imaginary	B. dishonest	C. unlawful	D. disloyal
34/ Man and most animals need a constant supply of water to live.
	A. fitful	B. faithless	C. uncertain	D. weak
35/ Rapid run-off would cause frequent floods and leave little water during fry seasons.
	A. Bad	B. Weak	C. Slow	D. Ugly
36/ Rapid run-off would cause frequent floods and leave little water during fry seasons.
	A. sometimes	B. unusual	C. irregular	D. little
37/ The earth is being threatened and the future looks bad.
	A. done	B. made	C. defended	D. varied
38/ We cannot clean up our polluted rivers and seas overnight.
	A. cleared	B. purified	C. honored	D. respected
39/ We can do something to save the earth.
	A. waste	B. kick	C. shoot	D. throw
40/ At times, this can be risky, and the keepers have been injured and one has been killed.
	A. good	B. useful	C. healthy	D. secure
41/ The best time to visit is during the dry season, from October to April, when the hard forest rain is over.
	A. wet	B. engaging	C. obvious	D. cordial
42/ The best time to visit is during the dry season, from October to April, when the hard forest rain is over.
	A. plastic	B. simple	C. relaxed	D. soft
43/ Visitors, especially children, can go there to learn how to recognize the different species of animals and plants.
	A. pure	B. same	C. alike	D. whole
44/ An interesting feature of this park is the Orphanage where lots of orphaned or abandoned animals are taken care of.
	A. bad	B. ugly	C. weak	D. dull
45/ This national park is special because it has plants and animals from both tropical and temperate zones.
	A. warm	B. cold	C. cool	D. wet
46/ Due to an increase in population and the use of nearby land for farming, there are toxic levels of chemicals in the water.
	A. drop	B. lowness	C. shortage	D. illness
47/ When did Nguyen Hue defeat Thanh enemies?
	A. peoples	B. animals	C. friends	D. kids
48/ Rearrange the following sentences to make a letter of acceptance responding to an invitation to spend a weekend in the country.
	A. dislike	B. disparagement	C. rebuke	D. refusal
49/ You know how much I love spending a weekend in the country after a long and hard-working term.
	A. easygoing	B. idle	C. bad	D. weak
50/ If I had been you, I would have gone home immediately.
	A. late	B. lately	C. short	D. shortly
51/ What music is serious and traditional Western European music?
	A. superficial	B. short-range	C. lighthearted	D. simple
52/ What music is serious and traditional Western European music?
	A. uncommon	B. incorrect	C. impossible	D. irregular
53/ When combined with words in a song, it is one of the most powerful means of communication that humans have.
	A. unconvincing	B. feeble	C. ugly	D. harmless
54/ Music can help you beat a bad mood or maintain a good mood.
	A. dispute	B. slight	C. disconnect	D. discontinue
55/ Music can also help you relax and feel rejuvenated.
	A. aged	B. bored	C. tired	D. saddened
56/ To feel rejuvenated, you should start with something serene and relaxing, then gradually change to something with faster tempo and stronger beats.
	A. unhappy	B. unclear	C. anxious	D. helpless
57/ For example, you can play a ballad, then move on to something more energetic such as rock ’n’ roll.
	A. languid	B. ill	C. slow	D. soft
58/ Quang Hung thinks some of Van Cao’s music is very sweet and gentle.
	A. sour	B. distasteful	C. nasty	D. tart
59/ Why does the monitor always go to class on time?
	A. lately	B. late	C. sometime	D. sometimes
60/ Use the prompts below to make up complete sentences about Scott Joplin, a famous American musician.
	A. obscure	B. absent	C. unimportant	D. impossible
61/ The history of what we call cinema today began in the early 19th century.
	A. lately	B. late	C. after	D. next
62/ In the first two decades of its existence, the cinema developed rapidly.
	A. leisurely	B. sluggishly	C. weakly	D. shortly