Task 1. The words in the box all appear in the passage. Fill each blank with a suitable word. (Change the form of the word and use the dictionary when necessary). (Tất cả các từ trong khung đều đã có trong đoạn văn. Điền vào mỗi chỗ trong bảng một từ thích hợp. (Thay đổi dạng từ và sử dụng từ điển nếu cần thiết.)

Limit              figures             method                 although

Control          increase           international         resources

1. ………… most journalists studied journalism in college, some older writers never attended a university.

2. Can you explain the…………… for changing salt water to fresh water?

3. The number of injuries from automobile accidents…………… every year.

4. Some countries are poor because they have very few natural……………

5. These are all……………: 1, 75, 293.

6. There is a(n)……………of 20 minutes for this short test. Students must turn in their papers at the end of the 20th minute.

7. The United Nations is a(n)…………..organisation.

8. Some children behave badly and their parents can’t…………….them.

Answer

1. Although                    2. Method

3. Increases                    4. resources

4. figures                        6. Limit

7. International                8. control