You have to pay a lot for this motorbike.

=> This motorbike __________

According to the passage, what is Phu Quoc Island regarded as?

Read the passage carefully, then choose the correct option (marked A, B, C or D) to answer the questions.

In the 1960s, it took pop and rock groups one or two days to record their songs. Nowadays, it can take months and months. Many rock groups begin by recording only one instrument, for example, the voice. Then they record other instruments- electric piano, synthesizer, guitars, drums and so on.

Next, they might use a computer to add special effects. Finally, they “mix” all the instruments until they get the sound that they want. This means that a CD or cassette will always sound very different from a live concert.

Music engineers have developed a new computer programme that will change the future of music. A computer can analyse a singer’s voice. Then if you give the computer the lyrics and music of a song, the computer can “sing” it in that voice. This means that a singer only needs to record one song and the computer can then sing other songs in the singer’s own voice. Singers can sing new songs many years after they have died.

Most of us listen to music for pleasure, but for the record companies, music is a product, the same as soap powder. When a record company finds a new group (or “band”), they first try to develop the band’s “profile”. They will try to create an “image” for the band that they think will attract young people. Instead of allowing the band’s full artistic freedom, they will often tell the band what they should wear, what they should say and how they should sing and play.

In recent year, many rock groups have started their own record companies because they say that the big companies are too commercial.

The truth only came out on the publication of the general's personal diaries.

Rivers are on of the world's most important natural resources. Many cities are on the large rivers, and (1) ______ every country has a least one river that (2)______  an important part in the lives of its people. Besides transportation, rivers (3)______ water for crops, water to drink, and recreation for people who live along their (4)______ And in (5)______  to get water for crops, engineers sometimes build a dam (6)______  a river and let water become a lake behind the dam. Then people can use their water not (7)______  to irrigate fields but also to make electricity for homes and industries. (8)______ the water often becomes polluted when cities on river bank grow (9)______  and the number of industries increases. We are learning that it is necessary to (10______ rivers clean if we want to enjoy the benefits of the natural resources.

Sửa lỗi sai: The famous Irish rock band U2 wrote the song Walk On to honour this amazed woman, who put her country before everything.

He studied so badly that he couldn't pass the exam.

=> He studied too _.

When a celebrity, a politician or other person in the media spotlight _____ their temper in public, they run the risk of hitting the headlines in a most embarassing way.

Sửa lỗi sai: While he and his wife Ali first went to Africa, they worked in a refugee camp for a month.

A lot of __________ were built to solve the traffic jam problem at intersections.

I almost missed my flight ______ there was a long queue in the duty-free shop.

Hurry up, or you will be late for school.

Have you ever been to Britain? I’ve dreamed of going there ______ I was a little girl.

My brother likes to play computer games.

→ My brother is interested ______.

How could I help, except to offer to lend her some money?

=> Other than ___?