Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. When I was a little girl growing up in the 1940, we didn’t have much in the way of material things. The Great Depression had hit just about everyone, and we were just climbing out (37)______it. My dad had a job in a factory, and mom stayed at home with the kids. I got a new outfit (38)_______a year, and that was only...
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
When I was a little girl growing up in the 1940, we didn’t have much in the way of material things. The Great Depression had hit just about everyone, and we were just climbing out (37)______it. My dad had a job in a factory, and mom stayed at home with the kids. I got a new outfit (38)_______a year, and that was only because mom was pretty good at the sewing machine. Good thing, too, because when World War II came, mom got a job sewing uniforms for the soldiers. The extra money helped, and by the time I was in my teens in the late 1950s we had enough to get one of those fancy new TV.
I decided around that time I didn’t want to work in a factory or sew like my mom had. I wanted to go to the college. I wanted to be a lawyer. Though others scoffed, my parents told me that they would support me in any way they could. Fortunately, I worked hard at school and got a scholarship. It wasn’t easy, but a few years later I was a lawyer. In the late ‘60s I knew I could use my education and spirit to help our nation. I took a job working against discrimination. (39)______is where I met your grandpa. He was not only handsome but believed in the same things I did. When your mom came along, I took a year (40)_____but when back to work, we were able to (41)_______a color TV, and like me, your mom was a glued to it.
Điền vào số 37
A. of
B. from
C. into
D. for
II. Write one word in each gap.
A future pop star?
My little brother, Carl, takes (1)...after…our dad in that they both like to sing. The difference is that Dad’s got quite a good voice. Carl can’t sing at all! This doesn’t stop him, though. He’s always singing. He starts as soon as he wakes up, and doesn’t stop until he drops (2)....off…at night. I usually get along very well (3)...with…Carl, but he can be a bit annoying when he starts showing (4)…off . You can count ...on…him to do this whenever we have guests. My mum and dad will be talking to some friends, and then suddenly the conversation will be completely drowned (5)...out… by Carl singing at the top of his lungs. The other day, I told him he should be on the radio. For a second he fell (6) ...over… it, until I told him that that if he was on the radio we could turn it off!