157.  Guitar is a …………………………………………..…………instrument.           music

158.  I have ……………………………………..time to play than my friends do.         little

159.  You should do morning exercises to have a…………..……………....body.         health

160.  Where is the …………………………………………...……….restaurant?          near

161.  Minh plays volleyball very __________ .                                              skill

162.  Last year Mr. Nam drove more _______ than he does this year.             dangerous

163.  There are many badminton ____________ nowadays.                         compete

164.  I’d like a nice ________ orange.                                                            juice

165.  It’s very ___________ of you to give me a lift.                                     help

166.  There was a wide ___________ of vegetables on display.                    select

167.  Look at the ______________ ! what are the about.                           advertise

168.  People say that “ ____________ is better than cure”                             prevent

169.  The nurse needs to know Hoa’s __________ .                                      high

170.  Mr. Pike didn’t go to work yesterday because of his _________ .        sick

191.  I know all the boys who live in my ……………………                                      NEIGHBOR)

192.  People in the countryside is……………………                                                         FRIEND

193.  All ……………………between Paris  and Hanoi  have been cancelled due to fog.  FLY

194.  Do you know the ……………………of S.t  Paul’s Cathedral ?                                 HIGH

195.  Taxi drivers have to have a very good …………………….on the street names        KNOW

196.  The hotel was large and …………………..                                                           COMFORT

197.  During his …………………… the family lived in Cornwall                                CHILD

198.  Every woman  nowadays  seems to want to loose. ……………………                WEIGH                        

199.  It’s a nice shop and the assistants are all polite and very……………………         HELP             

200.  The keys were locked inside the car. ……………………, a side window was open.   LUCK

209.  Minh looks ……………………….… because he has a bad toothache.                   happy

210.  Hung drives so …………………………..and he often has accidents.                     danger

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

It is undeniable that instrument innovations hit the right note in 2013 with the 3D-printed guitar, the AT-200 guitar, the seaboard grand and the wheel harp.

1. Some people think that Music isn’t (important) _______________ Maths or Science. I don’t agree. 2. The guitar is one of the (popular) _______________ instruments among young people. 3. It’s (easy) _______________ to play an instrument after you’ve been practising for a while. 4. I play the piano (good) _______________ than I play the violin. 5. Guitars aren’t (expensive) _______________ many other instruments. 6. Saxophones are (heavy) _______________ than a lot of instruments. 7. Traditional pianos are (suitable) _______________ than keyboards for beginners. 8. Mai is (good) _______________ singer in our class.

The guitar is one of the oldest instruments known to man. There were guitars in ancient Egypt and Greece, but the written history of the guitar (1)............................... in Spain in the 13th century. By 1500 the guitar was popular in Italy, France, and Spain. A French document of that time concluded that many people started (2)........................ the guitar. Stradivarius, the undeniable king of liolin makers, could not resist creating a variety of guitars. Also, there was no lack of music written for the instrument. Haydn, Schubert, and others wrote guitar music. When the great musician Beethoven (3).................................. to compose music for the guitar, he got angry and refused to do it, but eventually even Beethoven could not (4)............................... the challenge. Legend tell us he finally called the guitar a miniature orchestra. Indeed the guitar does sound like a little orchestra! Perhaps that is why in rural areas around the world the guitar (5)............................... a source of music for millions to enjoy for long.