Read the sentences and fill in the blanks to match with the definitions.

1. He wants to attend college because he really likes to learn new and interesting things every day.

2. Many Vietnamese people admire Uncle Ho because he was a great leader.

3. Winning the school competition was a small achievement, but it made her very happy.

4. They lived in a small house during their childhood, but they were always very happy there.

5. Marie Curie was a scientific genius who discovered new elements and won Nobel Prizes.

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1. : to go officially and usually regularly to a place

2. : a person who is unusually intelligent or artistic

3. : something very good and difficult that you have succeeded in doing

4. : the period of somebody's life when they are a child

5. : to respect somebody for what they have done or to respect their qualities

Fill in the blanks to complete the sentences.

1. The old king his country for more than thirty years, so his people knew him well.

2. My grandmother was to helping others, so she volunteered at the hospital for years.

3. Her family her strong spirit; she never gave up on her dreams, even when times were hard.

4. When she was a baby, she was by a loving family, and they raised her with much care.

5. Although she loved her colleagues, she to follow her dream of becoming an artist.

Choose the correct answer that has the CLOSEST meaning to the underlined part.

After the first month, she dropped out of the gym membership because she preferred running outside.

Choose the correct answer that has the CLOSEST meaning to the underlined part.

Marie Curie carried out many important experiments, so she learned a lot about radioactivity.

Choose the correct answer that has the CLOSEST meaning to the underlined part.

Uncle Ho passed away on September 2, 1969, a date that is remembered every year.

Choose the correct answer that has the CLOSEST meaning to the underlined part.

She felt truly on cloud nine when her small business got its first very large order from a big company.

Put the words into the correct columns.

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.