Yesterday, Carlos went (1) La Tomatina. The festival is held on the last Wednesday of August every year in Buñol, Spain. (2)___ were thousands of people there. In the morning, many people tried (3) up the pole to get the ham. At 11 a.m., they (4)_________a jet from the water cannons and the chaos began. Bags of tomatoes from trucks were (5)___________on the crowds, and they began throwing tomatoes at one another. They all had to wear goggle (6) ____their eyes.
After one hour, they saw another jet and stopped (7) . The whole town square (8) ____red with rivers of tomato juice. Finally, they tried tomato Paella, (9) _________Spanish rice dish. Together with local people and tourists, they enjoyed the (10) ________food and drink.
1. A. at B. in C. to D. from
2. A. There B. They C. That D. This
3. A. climb B. climbed C. climbing D. to climb
4. A. saw B. see C. seen D. seeing
5. A. thrown B. threw C. throw D. throwing
6. A. protecting B. to protect C. protected D. protect
7. A. to throw B. throw C. throwing D. thrown
8. A. were B. are C. was D. is
9. A. tradition B. traditional C. traditionally D. traditionalize
10. A. badly B. better C. well D. good
Choose the sentence that has the same meaning as the first.
11. He drives more carelessly than he used to.
A. He doesn’t drive as carefully as he used to.
B. He doesn’t drive carefully than he used to.
C. He doesn’t drive as carefully than he used to.
D. He doesn’t drive as carefully he does.
12. No one in our club can speak English as fluently as Mai.
A. Mai speaks English more fluently than no one in our club.
B. Mai is the worst English speaker in our club.
C. Mai speaks English as fluently as other people in our club.
D. Mai speaks English the most fluently in our club.
13. The sooner you stop smoking cigarettes the better you’ll feel.
A. As soon as you feel better, you’ll try to stop smoking.
B. You feel so much better since he stopped smoking.
C. Though you feel better, you still smoke.
D. When you stop smoking, you’ll begin to feel better.
14. No one in the class is taller than Dave.
A. Dave is taller student in the class.
B. Dave is the tallest student in the class.
C. Dave is the taller student in the class.
D. Dave is tallest student in the class.
15. The crowd became increasingly angry at the long delay.
A. The crowd became very angry because the delay was so long.
B. The longer the delay was, the angrier the crowd became.
C. The more increasingly the crowd became, the longer the delay was.
D. The more the crowd became angry at the delay, the longer they feel.
16. In spite of trying very hard, we failed in the final match.
A. Although we tried very hard, we failed in the final match.
B. We made all our efforts so that we could gain success in the final match.
C. Whatever efforts we had made, we weren’t able to win in the final match.
D. We failed in the final match as a result of all our great efforts.
17. Although old-age pensions have risen considerably, they haven’t kept pace with the cost of living.
A. The cost of living is so high that they couldn’t keep with it.
B. Despite the fact that old-age pensions have risen considerably, the cost of living isn’t going down.
C. Old-age pensions may have risen considerably, but they haven’t kept pace with the cost of living.
D. The cost of living hasn’t been kept with no matter how high the old-age pensions are.
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1. The crowd became increasingly angry at the long delay.
____The more increasing__________the delay was,____the angrier________ the crowd became.
2. The value of a picture depends on how late I go to bed.
_____________an artist (is)___________the picture is.( Xem lại đề câu này nhé! )
3. How well I sleep depends on how late I go tobed
____The sooner__________I go to bed,______the better________I sleep.
4. I don't spend much time with my family because I work so hard.
_____The harder_________ I work,_____the less_________ I spend with my family.
5. The traffic moves very slowly as more cars comes into the city.
_______The more_______cars come into the city,____the more slowly_____ the traffic moves.
6. How much you sweat depends on how hot you get.
______The hotter________you get,_____the more_________you sweat.
7. Its's hard to concentrate when you are tired.
______The more tired________you are,______the harder________it is to cut something.
8. How much petrol a car uses depends on how big the engine is.
_____The bigger________the engine is,_____the more________the car uses.
9. if a knife is sharp, it is easy to cut something with.
____The sharper________a kinfe is,_____the easier______ it is to cut something.
10. I became increasingly nervous about her fast driving.
____The fasste_______she drove,______the more nervous________ I became.