Choose the best answers to complete the sentences.
1. What is the similarity between Vietnamese culture and Thai culture?
2. It can be seen that these cultures have ................. lot of things in common.
3. Taking part in social activities and interacting with different cultures widen their knowledge and gradually .............. them.
4. “Jim is more popular than any other painter in this district” has the closest meaning to:
5. He has worked as ................... coordinator for more than 4 years.
6. Older athletes are getting faster and .............. than in the past.
7. Mount Everest is ................ mountain on the earth.
8. My closest friend is looking forward to receiving a scholarship to study at a university in ................ Italy.
9. Before the wedding, the groom usually asks her brother, best friend or father to be his
best man. Synonym of the word "Best man" is ______.
10. Today’s top sports people receive a lot .................. money than in the past.
11. Alan and Susie ................. an argument. They’re not speaking to each other.
12. Many old people don’t like change. They are very set in their ....................
13. Under the circumstances it .................. be best to wait for a few weeks.
14. Some people are .................... interested in animals than in other people.
15. For this recipe to be successful, you ............... cook the meat for at least 2 hours in a moderate oven.
16. He doen’t travel .................. he used to.
17. I’m afraid we can’t raise your ................. this year. The company’s operating on a very
tight budget.
18. Ducks are less susceptible to infection as other types of poultry. Find out the mistake.
19. _________ are surprisingly widespread, including a fear of Friday the 13th and a belief in good-luck charms.
20. People aren’t working because it is a holiday. The children ................... go to school
either.
21. Nations where there is much cultural diversity can also sometimes be known as a ____.
22. In Russia, there is ____ belief that unmarried people should avoid sitting at ____ corner of ____ table because they will find difficulties finding their life partner and will not get married.
23. To many ____ street vendors, the success of their day is determined by how it starts and by their first customer.
24. The Pilgrims didn't know how to grow ____ food or build ____ homes, so a lot of them became very ill.
25. In Portugal, walking backwards will bring bad luck, because it paves ____ way for ____ devil to enter.
26. No one knows the real origins of the Chinese ____ representing the cycles of the lunar year.
27. People from ____ cultures bring language skills, new ways of thinking, and creative solutions to difficult problems.
28. They had ____ food and ____ warm homes for the winter, so they wanted to say thank you to their native American friends.
29. However, another version says the ____ of the 12 animals in the Chinese horoscope was decided thousands of years ago by Buddha, who called for a New Year's meeting of animals.
30. Squanto and Samoset became ____ friends with the Pilgrims and gave them a lot of ____ advice about how to grow food and build homes to make their lives easier.
