15000 bài tập tách từ đề thi thử môn Tiếng Anh có đáp án (Phần 67)

It takes a long time to raise a family of owlets, so the great horned owl begins early in the year. In January and February, or as late as March in the North, the male calls to the female with a resonant hoot. The female is larger than the male. She sometimes reaches a body length of twenty-two to twenty-four inches, with a wingspread up to fifty inches. To impress her, the male does a strange courtship dance. He bobs. He bows. He ruffles his feathers and hops around with an important air. He flutters from limb to limb and makes flying sorties into the air. Sometimes he returns with an offering of food. They share the repast, after which she joins the dance, hopping and bobbing about as though keeping time to the beat of an inner drum. Owls are poor home builders. They prefer to nest in a large hollow in a tree or even to occupy the deserted nest of a hawk or crow. These structures are large and rough, built of sticks and bark and lined with leaves and feathers. Sometimes owls nest on a rocky ledge, or even on the bare ground. even to occupy the deserted nest of a hawk or crow. These structures are large and rough, built of sticks and bark and lined with leaves and feathers. Sometimes owls nest on a rocky ledge, or even on the bare ground. The mother lays two or three round, dull white eggs. Then she stoically settles herself on the nest and spreads her feather skirts about her to protect her precious charges from snow and cold. It is five weeks before the first downy white owlet pecks its way out of the shell. As the young birds feather out, they look like wise old men with their wide eyes and quizzical expressions. They clamor for food and  keep the parents busy supplying mice, squirrels, rabbits, crayfish, and beetles. Later in the season baby crows are taken. Migrating songsters, waterfowl, and game birds all fall prey to the hungry family. It is nearly ten weeks before fledglings leave the nest to search for their own food. The parent birds wearyof family life by November and drive the young owls away to establish hunting ranges of their own

What is the topic of this passage?

The phrase "a resonant hoot" is closest in meaning to

It can be inferred from the passage that the courtship of great horned owls

According to the passage, great horned owls

According to the passage, which of the following is the mother owl's job?

The phrase "precious charges" refers to

According to the passage, young owlets eat everything EXCEPT

The word "they" refers to

What can be inferred from the passage about the adult parents of the young great horned owls?

The phrase "weary of" is closest in meaningto

For many people who live in cities, parks are an important part of the landscape. They provide a place for people to relax and play sports, as well as a refuge from the often harsh environment of a city. What people often overlook is that parks also provide considerable environmental benefits.

One benefit of parks is that plants absorb carbon dioxide—a key pollutant—and emit oxygen, which humans need to breathe. According to one study, an acre of trees can absorb the same amount of carbon dioxide that a typical car emits in 11,000 miles of driving. Parks also make cities cooler. Scientists have long noted what is called the Urban Heat Island Effect: building materials such as metal, concrete, and asphalt absorb much more of the sun’s heat and release it much more quickly than organic surfaces like trees and grass. Because city landscapes contain so much of these building materials, cities are usually warmer than surrounding rural areas. Parks and other green spaces help to mitigate the Urban Heat Island Effect.

Unfortunately, many cities cannot easily create more parks because most land is already being used for buildings, roads, parking lots, and other essential parts of the urban environment. However, cities could benefit from many of the positive effects of parks by encouraging citizens to create another type of green space: rooftop gardens. While most people would not think of starting a garden on their roof, human beings have been planting gardens on rooftops for thousands of years. Some rooftop gardens are very complex and require complicated engineering, but others are simple container gardens that anyone can create with the investment of a few hundred dollars and a few hours of work.

Rooftop gardens provide many of the same benefits as other urban park and garden spaces, but without taking up the much-needed land. Like parks, rooftop gardens help to replace carbon dioxide in the air with nourishing oxygen. They also help to lessen the Urban Heat Island Effect, which can save people money. In the summer, rooftop gardens prevent buildings from absorbing heat from the sun, which can significantly reduce cooling bills. In the winter, gardens help hold in the heat that materials like brick and concrete radiate so quickly, leading to savings on heating bills. Rooftop vegetable and herb gardens can also provide fresh food for city dwellers, saving them money and making their diets healthier. Rooftop gardens are not only something everyone can enjoy, they are also a smart environmental investment.

Based on its use in paragraph 2, it can be inferred that mitigate belongs to which of the following word groups?

Using the information in paragraph 2 as a guide, it can be inferred that _______.

Based on the information in paragraph 3, which of the following best describes the main

difference between parks and rooftop gardens?

The author claims all of the following to be the benefits of rooftop gardens except _______.

According to the author, one advantage that rooftop gardens have over parks is that they

The author’s tone in the passage is best described as _______

It can be inferred from the passage that the author would most likely endorse a program that

_______.

One of the most interesting authors of the twentieth century, J.R.R Tolkien, achieved fame through his highly inventive trilogy, The Lord of the Rings. Born in 1892, Tolkien received his education from Oxford and then served in World War I. After the war, he became a professor of Anglo -Saxon and English language and literature at Oxford University.

Although published in 1965, the three books that comprise the Lord of the Rings were written in

intervals from 1936 to 1949. This was mainly due to Tolkien's responsibilities as a professor and the outbreak of World War II. By the late 1960s, this fascinating trilogy had become a sociological phenomenon as young people intently studied the mythology and legends created by Tolkien.

The trilogy is remarkable not only for its highly developed account of historical fiction but also its success as a modern heroic epic. The main plot describes the struggle between good and evil kingdom as they try to acquire a magic ring that has the power to rule the world. The novels, which are set in a time called Middle Earth, describe a detailed fantasy world. Established before humans populated the Earth, Middle Earth was inhabited by good and evil creatures such as hobbits, elves, monsters, wizards, and some humans. The characters and the setting of Middle Earth were modeled after mythological stories from Greece and Northern Europe.

Although readers have scrutinized the texts for inner meaning and have tried to connect the trilogy with Tolkien's real life experiences in England during World War II, he denied the connection. He claims that the story began in his years as an undergraduate student and grew out of his desire to create mythology and legends about elves and their language.

Tolkien was a masterful fantasy novelist who used his extensive knowledge of folklore to create a body of work that is still read and enjoyed throughout the world today.

What can we assume is NOT true about Middle Earth?

The word "scrutinized" in the fourth paragraph could be replaced by_______.

What does this paragraph mainly discuss?

According to the passage, when did "the Lord of the Rings" trilogy become popular with

young people?

When did Tolkien begin to create this trilogy?

What does the word "trilogy" in the first paragraph mean?

What is the setting of Tolkien's trilogy

The word "fascinating" in the second paragraph could be replaced by _______.

A number of factors related to the voice reveal the personality of the speaker.

The first is the broad area of communication, which includes imparting information by use of language, communicating with a group or an individual and specialized communication through performance. A person conveys thoughts and ideas through choice of words, by a tone of voice that is pleasant or unpleasant, gentle or harsh, by the rhythm that is inherent within the language itself, and by speech rhythms that are flowing and regular or uneven and hesitant, and finally, by the pitch and melody of the utterance. When speaking before a group, a person’s tone may indicate uncertainty or fright, confidence or calm. At interpersonal levels, the tone may reflect ideas and feelings over and above the words chosen, or may believe them. Here, the participant’s tone can consciously or unconsciously reflect intuitive sympathy or antipathy, lack of concern or interest, fatigue, anxiety, enthusiasm or excitement, all of which are usually discernible by the acute listener. Public performance is a manner of communication that is highly specialized with its own techniques for obtaining effects by voice and /or gesture. The motivation derived from the text, and in the case of singing, the music, in combination with the performer’s skills, personality, and ability to create empathy will determine the success of artistic, political, or pedagogic communication.

Second, the voice gives psychological clues to a person’s self-image, perception of others, and emotional health. Self-image can be indicated by a tone of voice that is confident, pretentious, shy, aggressive, outgoing, or exuberant, to name only a few personality traits. Also the sound may give a clue to the facade or mask of that person, for example, a shy person hiding behind an overconfident front. 

How a speaker perceives the listener’s receptiveness, interest, or sympathy in any given conversation can drastically alter the tone of presentation, by encouraging or discouraging the speaker. Emotional health is evidenced in the voice by free and melodic sounds of the happy, by constricted and harsh sound of the angry, and by dull and lethargic qualities of the depressed.

The word "Here" in line 9 refers to ___________.

What does the passage mainly discuss?

The word "evidenced" in line 22 is closest in meaning to ___________.

Why does the author mention "artistic, political, or pedagogic communication" in line 14-15?

The word "derived" in line 13 is closest inmeaning to___________.

According to the passage, an overconfident front may hide ___________.

What does the author mean by staring that, "At interpersonal levels, tone may reflect ideas and feelings over and above the words chosen" in lines 8- 9?

According to the passage, what does a constricted and harsh voice indicate?

According to the passage, an exuberant tone of voice may be an indication of a person’s ______

The word "drastically" in line 21 is closest inmeaning to ___________.

If you want to give someone the nod in Bulgaria, you have to nod your head to say ‘no’ and shake it to say  "yes" – the exact opposite of what we do! In Belgium, pointing with your index finger or snapping your fingers at someone is very rude.

In France, you shouldn’t rest your feet on tables or chairs. Speaking to someone with your hands in your pockets will only make matters worse. In the Middle East, you should never show the soles of your feet or shoes to others as it will be seen as a grave insult. When eating, only use your right hand because they use their left hands when going to the bathroom. 

In Bangladesh, the ‘thumbs-up’ is a rude sign. In Myanmar, people greet each other by clapping, and in India, whistling in public is considered rude.

In Japan, you should not blow your nose in public, but you can burp at the end of a meal to show that you have enjoyed it. The ‘OK’ sign (thumb and index finger forming a circle) means "everything is good" in the West, but in China it means nothing or zero. In Japan, it means money, and in the Middle East, it is a rude gesture.

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In the Middle East, people do not use their left hands for eating because they use their left hands ___________.

It is mentioned in the passage that many gestures ___________.

Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

The word "others" in paragraph 3 refers to ___________.

People nod their head to say no in ___________.

Over the past 600 years, English has grown from a language of few speakers to become the dominant language of international communication. English as we know it today emerged around 1350, after having incorporated many elements of French that were introduced following the Norman invasion off 1066. Until the 1600s, English was, for the most part, spoken only in England and had not expanded even as far as Wales, Scotland, or Ireland. However, during the course of the next two century, English began to spread around the globe as a result of exploration, trade (including slave trade), colonization, and missionary work. Thus, small enclaves of English, speakers became established and grew in various parts of the world. As these communities proliferated, English gradually became the primary language of international business, banking, and diplomacy.

          Currently, about 80 percent of the information stored on computer systems worldwide is in English. Two thirds of the world's science writing is in English, and English is the main language of technology, advertising, media, international airport, and air traffic controllers. Today there are more than 700 million English users in the world, and over half of these are non-native speakers, constituting the largest number of non-native users than any other language in the world.

What is the main topic of the passage?

In the first paragraph, the word "emerged" is closest in meaning to 

In the first paragraph, the word "elements" is closest in meaning to

Approximately when did English begin to be used beyond England?____________ .

According to the passage, all of the following contributed to the spread of English around the world except ____________ .

In the second paragraph, the word "stored" is closest in meaning to____________ .

According to the passage, approximately how many non-native users of English are there in the world today ? ____________ .

 Rachel Carson was born in 1907 in Springsdale, Pennsylvania. She studied biology at college and zoology at Johns Hopkins University, where she received her master’s degree in 1933. In 1936, she was hired by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, where she worked most of her life.

          Carson’s first book, Under the Sea Wind, was published in 1941. It received excellent reviews, but sales were poor until it was reissued in 1952. In that year she published The Sea Around Us, which provided a fascinating look beneath the ocean’s surface, emphasizing human history as well as geology and marine biology. Her imagery and language had a poetic quality. Carson consulted no less than 1,000 printed sources. She had voluminous correspondence and frequent discussions with experts in the field. However, she always realized the limitations of her nontechnical readers.

          In 1962, Carson published Silent Spring, a book that sparked considerable controversy. It proved how much harm was done by the uncontrolled, reckless use of insecticides. She detailed how they poison the food supply of animals, kill birds and fish, and contaminate human food. At the time, spokesmen for the chemical industry mounted personal attacks against Carson and issued propaganda to indicate that her findings were flawed. However, her work was proved by a 1963 report of the President’s Science Advisory Committee.

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The passage mainly discusses Rachel Carson’s work ______________.

According to the passage, what did Carson primarily study at Johns Hopkins University?

When she published her first book, Carson was closest to the age of

It can be inferred from the passage that in 1952, Carson’s book Under the Sea Wind ______________.

Which of the following was NOT mentioned in the passage as a source of information for The Sea Around Us?

The word “reckless” in line 11 is closest in meaning to ______________.

The word “flawed” in line 14 is closest in meaning to ______________.

Why does the author of the passage mention the report of the President’s Science Advisory Committee (lines 14-15) ?

During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, almost nothing was written about the contributions of women during the colonial period and the early history of the newly formed United States. Lacking the right to vote and absent from the seats of power, women were not considered an important force in history. Anne Bradstreet wrote some significant poetry in the seventeenth century, Mercy Otis Warren produced the best contemporary history of the American Revolution, and Abigail Adams penned important letters showing she exercised great political influence over her husband, John, the second President of the United States. But little or no notice was taken of these contributions. During these centuries, women remained invisible in history books.

Throughout the nineteenth century, this lack of visibility continued, despite the efforts of female authors writing about women. These writers, like most of their male counterparts, were amateur historians. Their writings were celebratory in nature, and they were uncritical in their selection and use of sources.

During the nineteenth century, however, certain feminists showed a keen sense of history by keeping records of activities in which women were engaged. National, regional, and local women's organizations compiled accounts of their doings. Personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, and souvenirs were saved and stored. These sources from the core of the two greatest collections of women's history in the United States one at the Elizabeth and Arthur Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe College, and the other the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College. Such sources have provided valuable materials for later Generations of historians.

Despite the gathering of more information about ordinary women during the nineteenth Century, most of the writing about women conformed to the "great women" theory of History, just as much of mainstream American history concentrated on "great men." To demonstrate that women were making significant contributions to American life, female authors singled out women leaders and wrote biographies, or else important women produced their autobiographies. Most of these leaders were involved in public life as reformers, activists working for women's right to vote, or authors, and were not representative at all of the great of ordinary woman. The lives of ordinary people continued, generally, to be untold in the American histories being published.

In the last paragraph, the author mentions all of the following as possible roles of nineteenth- century "great women" EXCEPT ________.

The word "they"in the 2^nd paragraph refers to ________.

In the first paragraph, Bradstreet, Warren, and Adams are mentioned to show that ________.

The word "representative" in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to________.

In the 2^nd paragraph, what weakness in nineteenth-century histories does the author point out?

What use was made of the nineteenth-century women's history materials in the Schlesinger Library and the Sophia Smith Collection?

What does the passage mainly discuss?

It is commonly believed that school is where people go to get an education. Nevertheless, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The difference between schooling and education implied by this remark is important.

Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. Education knows no limits. It can take place anywhere, whether in the shower or on the job, whether in the kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the formal learning that takes place in school and the whole universe of informal learning. The agent (doer) of education can vary from respected grandparents to the people arguing about politics on the radio, from a child to a famous scientist. Whereas schooling has a certain predictability, education quite often produces surprises. A chance conversation with a stranger may lead a person to discover how little is known of other religions. People receive education from infancy on. Education, then, is a very broad, inclusive term; it is a lifelong process, a process that starts long before the start of school, and one that should be a necessary part of one’s entire life.

Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose general pattern varies little from one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at about the same time, take the assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, and so on. The pieces of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an understanding of the workings of governments, have been limited by the subjects being taught. For example, high school students know that they are not likely to find out in their classes the truth about political problems in their society or what the newest filmmakers are experimenting with. There are clear and undoubted conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling.

In the passage, the expression "children interrupt their education to go to school" mostly implies that________.

What does the writer mean by saying ''education quite often produces surprises"?

Which of the following would the writer support?

According to the passage, the doers of education are ________.

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

The word "they" in the last paragraph refers to ________.

The word "all-inclusive" in the passage mostly means ________.

This passage is mainly aimed at ________.

Horace Pippin, as an African-American soldier during World War I, was wounded in his right arm. He discovered, however, that by keeping his right wrist steady with his left hand, he could paint and draw. Pippin was not trained, but his artistic sensitivity and intuitive feel for two-dimensional design and the arrangement of colour and patterns made him one of the finest Primitive artists America has produced.

Pippin did a series of paintings on the abolitionist John Brown and one on his war experiences, but he shied away from social issues for the most part and achieved his greatest success with scenes of the people and places of his hometown of West Chester, Pennsylvania. His Domino Players, featuring four women gathered around a wooden table in a simple kitchen setting, is an excellent example of his rural domestic scenes.

According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about primitive art?

Horace Pippin discovered he could paint and draw

Where in the passage is the name of Pippin’s hometown mentioned?

It may be inferred from the passage that Pippin

The word “arrangement” in line 5 could best be replaced by which of the following?

With which of the following statements would the author agree?

The passage would most likely be required reading in which course?

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

In many families, the most important decisions are _________ by many women.

Each of us must take __________ for our own actions.

Thanks to the women’s liberation, women can take part in ________ activities.

I know you feel bad now, Tommy, but try to put it out of your mind. By the time you’re an adult, you ______ all about it.

_________, Nam Cao is s realistic writer, but he still used a lot of romance in his stories.

Kate asked Janet where ________ the previous Sunday.

We live in a large house in ______ middle of the village.

If Tom _______ an alarm, the thieves wouldn’t have broken into his house.

My English teacher, Mrs. Jane, was the person _______ I had great respect.

Whole villages were ________ by the floods last year.

When my mother is busy preparing dinner, my father often gives her a hand _____ the housework.

UNESCO was established to encourage collaboration _______ nations in the areas ______ education, science, culture, and communication.

Jane really love the ______ jewelry box that her parents gave her as a birthday present

My grandmother takes ______ for keeping house.

Can anyone give me ______ hand, please? I have just fallen over.

Be sure to ______ a real effort to answer all the questions the interview asks.

Since he ______ , I have heard nothing from him.

The noise from the karaoke bar nearby was unbrearable. It kept me wide ______ last night.

She sat there quietly, but during all that time she was getting ______. Finally she exploded.

______ I see Tom and Jerry, I always feel interested because the cartoon is so exciting.

Nothing is destroyed after the serious flood in this area, ______?

It was ______ that he was kept in hospital for nearby a month.

The government is being ______ criticized in the press for failing to limit air pollution.

Your grades are coming down. You should try to ______ the other students in your class.

Environmental __________ is a big problem in large cities nowadays.

She was tired and couldn’t keep ________ the group.

The more you study, ________ .

We’d better ________ really early. It’s a very long journey.

He’d prefer ________ chicken soup rather than _______ milk.

– “Who wrote the poem?” – “It’s said ________ written by one of the Bronte sisters.”

You’re very fat. You should go on a(n) ______.

We have plenty of time for doing the work. We ________ be hurried.

He has got a bulldog quality. He always insists ____ solving each problem completely.

The ________ of the radio by Marconi played an important part in the development of communication.

Unfortunately, the company closed down because it couldn’t keep _____ with rapidly changing technology.

Do you know the beautiful girl ______ is sitting in the car?

The old woman accused the boy _________ window.

The more you study during semester, _________ the week before the exam.

Neither the students nor their lecturer _________ English in the classroom.

In order to make the house more beautiful and newer, the Browns had it _________ yesterday.

Last summer he _________ to Ha Long Bay.

Universities send letters of _________ to successful candidates by post.

Many people lost their homes in the earthquake. The government needs to establish more shelters to care for those _________ have homes.

I love _________ films but I seldom find time to go to the cinema.

We’re going to freeze out here if you don’t let us _________ the bus

I saw him hiding something in a _________ bag.

George won five medals at the competition. His parents _________ very proud of him.

She spent _________ her free time watching TV.

Many species of plants and animals are in______ of extinction.

We should participate in movement ______ to conserve the natural environment.

______ money, he would buy a new car.

______ down to dinner than the telephone rang.

Remember to bring with you your school certificate and letters of ______ from your teachers and your previous employers when you come to the interview.

–“ Did he make any comments?”
–“ Yes, he said it was imperative that we______ on time tomorrow”.

The kind-hearted woman ______ all her life to helping the disabled and the poor

He is the man ______ car was stolen last week.

When the police investigate a crime, they ______ evidence such as fingerprints, hair or clothing

Body language is the potent form of ______ communication

It gets ______ to understand what the professor has explained

We often take this small road home to avoid heavy______ on the main street.

I bought the car because it is in good quality and at a _________ price.

More and more people were moving to Glasgow as they found it _________ to earn a living there.

You aren’t allowed to drive your car in the city centre at _________ rush hour because there is too much traffic then.

I explained the grammar rule as _________ as I could, but many students are still confused.

It’s amazing how Jenny acts as though she and Daren _________ serious problems at the moment.

When we were in Athens, I bought a _________ statuette.

It _________ that many people are homeless after the floods.

The brain is made up of billions of neurons that differ _________ each other greatly _________ size and shape.

I think the strikes will bring _________ some changes in management.

I _________ most of my books _________ to my roommates when I left college.

Different conservation efforts _________ in order to save endangered species.

Many Vietnamese families now own household _________ such as refrigerators, microwaves and cookers.

Lack of sleep over the last few months is finally _________Jane.

In China’s largest psychiatric facility, there is a serious lack of resources but the staffs try hard to _________ this in their treatment of the patients.

Of all the factors affecting agricultural yields, the weather is the one ______ the most.

The passport she carried was ________.

Jane’s eyes burned and her shoulders ached. She ________ at the computer for five straight hours. Finally, she took a break

He showed his _________ for the TV program by switching it off.

It is necessary that he _________ of his old parents.

The two countries have reached an agreement through dialogues described as ________.

People usually can get sufficient _________ of the calcium their bodies need from the food they consume.

The weather is going to change soon; I feel it in my _________.

Kelly wanted to have a live band __________ at her wedding.

It is a top secret. You ________ tell anyone about it.