A. HONEST B. VEHICLE C. HOUR D. HAPPYCÂU 32

Câu 32: A. honest

B. vehicle

C. hour

D. happy

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to

indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Ask most people for their list of top ten of fears, and you’ll be sure to find (33)________

burgled is fairly high on the list. An informal survey I carried among friends at a party last

week revealed that eight of them had had their homes (34)________ into more than twice,

and two had been burgled five times. To put the record straight, (35)________ of my friend

owns valuable paintings or a sideboard full of family silverware. Three of them are students,

in fact. The most typical burglar, it seems, involved the theft of easily transportable items -

the television, the video, even food from freezer.

This may have something to do with the (36)________ that the average burglar is in his (or

her) late teens, and probably wouldn’t know what to do with a Picasso, whereas selling a

Walkman or a vacuum cleaner is a much easier matter. They are perhaps not so

(37)________ professional criminals, as hard-up young people who need a few pounds and

some excitement. (38)________ that this makes your house turned upside down and your

favorite things stolen any easier to (39)________. In most case, the police have no luck

recovering any of the stolen goods. Unless there is any definite (40)________, they are

probably unable to do anything at all. And alarms or special locks don’t seem to help either.

The only advice my friends could (41)________ was “Never live on the ground floor” and

“Keep two or three fierce dogs”, which reminded me of a case, I read about, where the

burglars’ loot included the family’s pet poodle.