Kỳ thi thử thpt quốc gia lần 1 năm 2019 môn Tiếng Anh cực hay có lời giải(Đề 10)
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Kỳ thi thử thpt quốc gia lần 1 năm 2019 môn Tiếng Anh cực hay có lời giải(Đề 10)

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1. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions

distinguished

damaged

sacrificed

developed

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Đáp án : B

A./t/            B./d/            C./t/            D./t/

2. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions

opposition

ozone

oppose

overdose

Xem đáp án

Đáp án : A

A./ɒ/           B./əʊ/          C. /əʊ/         D. /əʊ/

3. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions

independence

entertainment

education

impractical

Xem đáp án

Đáp án : D

Phần D trọng âm ở âm tiết thứ 2, còn lại là thứ 3

4. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions

diagnose

investigate

implement

holiday

Xem đáp án

Đáp án : B

Phần B trọng âm ở âm tiết thứ 2, còn lại là thứ nhất

5. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions

India

alternative

continent

satisfy

Xem đáp án

Đáp án : B

Phần B trọng âm ở âm tiết thứ 2, còn lại là thứ nhất

6. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

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

He sat down, ____ his shoes, and tilted back to relax.

pulled up

took out

pulled off

took off

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Đáp án : D

“take off something/take something off”: cởi bỏ cái gì

7. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

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

Microwaves are used for cooking, telecommunications, and ___.

medical diagnosing

medical diagnosis

diagnosed medically

to diagnose medically

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Đáp án : B

Phía trước có xuất hiện “cooking, telecommunications” là những danh từ, vì thế ở đây cũng cần 1 danh từ. “diagnosis” là danh từ, “medical” là tính từ bổ nghĩa

8. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

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

I couldn’t ____ them when we climbed the mountain.

keep out of

keep on with

keep up with

keep away from

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Đáp án : C

“keep up with somebody”: đuổi kịp ai

9. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

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

The director retired early ____ ill-health.

on behalf of

in front of

on account of

ahead of

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Đáp án : C

“on account of” = “because of” : bởi vì (+noun/noun phrase)

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

Mary cannot afford tuition ____ for studying abroad.

finance

fine

fee

pension

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Đáp án : C

“fee”: học phí, lệ phí

“finance”: tài chính

“fine”: tiền phạt

“pension”: tiền lương hưu, tiền trợ cấp

11. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

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

The disappearance of one or several species may result in the loss of ___.

biodiversity

biochemistry

biography

biology

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Đáp án : A

Phía trước có đề cập đến “species” vì thế phía sau sẽ nói về “biodiversity” (đa dạng sinh học)

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

She won the award for ____ her whole life to looking after the poor.

causing

attracting

paying

devoting

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Đáp án: D

Giải thích:

cause (v): gây ra

attract (v): thu hút

pay (v): chi trả

devote (v): cống hiến

Cấu trúc “devote one’s time to doing something”: cống hiến thời gian để làm việc gì

Dựa vào nghĩa, chọn D.

Dịch: Bà ấy đã giành được giải thưởng vì đã cống hiến cả cuộc đời mình để chăm sóc người nghèo.

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

It seems impossible to ____ terrorism in the world.

put stop to

stop at

put an end to

put an end of

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Đáp án : C

Cụm “put an end to something/doing something”: chấm dứt, kết thúc cái gì/làm việc gì

14. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

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

Many organizations have been set up and funds have been ____.

risen

bought

raised

raise

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Đáp án : C

Cụm “put an end to something/doing something”: chấm dứt, kết thúc cái gì/làm việc gì

15. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

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

What university will you take an _____ examination into?

attendance

entry

entrance

admission

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Đáp án : C

“entrance examination”: kỳ thi đầu vào

16. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

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

A: “I regret ____ so much trouble.”  - B: “Well. Let’s forget all about that.”

to have caused

caused

to cause

having caused

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Đáp án : D

Cấu trúc “regret + doing something”: hối hận, hối tiếc làm gì

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

I wish I ____ the party last night so early.

don't leave

didn't leave

haven't leave

hadn't left

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Đáp án : D

“wish + thì quá khứ phân từ” dùng để thể hiện mong ước về 1 việc trong quá khứ

18. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

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

They ____ great difficulty saving up money for a house.

achieved

incurred

found

had

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Đáp án : D

Cấu trúc “have difficulty (in) doing something”: gặp khó khăn trong việc làm gì

19. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

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

A: “Would you like to have dinner with me?”   - B: “_____”.

Yes, it is

Yes, so do I

Yes, I'd love to

I'm very happy

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Đáp án : C

Lời đáp khá quen thuộc khi nhận được lời mời/lời gợi ý: “Yes, I’d love to”

20. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

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

He wanted to know where _____.

I had been

had I been

did I been

I been going

Xem đáp án

Đáp án : A

Đây là câu tương tự như câu gián tiếp, thì quá khứ chuyển thành thì quá khứ hoàn thành (had been), ở đây không dùng “had I been” vì đây không phải câu hỏi, cũng không phải câu đảo ngữ, đơn giản là một câu trần thuật khẳng định

21. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

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

“No parking.” _ This sign means ______.

There’s not enough space for parking here

You can’t go to the park here

There is no park here.

You are not allowed to park your car here

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Đáp án : D

“No parking.” = “You are not allowed to park your car here”: Không được đỗ xe tại đây. “park” danh từ là công viên, động từ là đỗ xe

22. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

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

Minh and Cuong were badly injured in the last match, so ____ can play in this match.

none of them

neither of them

either of them

both of them

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Đáp án : B

“neither of them”: không ai trong số họ (trong số 2 người)

ở đây chọn “neither of them” mà không chọn “none of them” vì “neither” dùng với 2 chủ thể (Minh and Cuong), “none of them” cũng đúng nhưng chính xác hơn là “neither of them”

23. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

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

A: “Would you mind opening the door?”       B: “_____”

Yes, certainly

No, thanks

Not at all

Yes, of course

Xem đáp án

Đáp án : C

Nếu trả lời là Yes, người ta sẽ hiểu là người được hỏi cảm thấy phiền (mind), vì thế đáp án là “Not at all” (Không sao/Không phiền gì cả)

24. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

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

It was raining, _____ we cancelled the trip to the beach.

so

although

but

because

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Đáp án : A

Nguyên nhân – kết quả: Trời mưa, nên (so) chúng tôi huỷ chuyến đi biển

25. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

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

That science book ____ again and again.

is worthy reading

is worth to read

is worth reading

is worth being read

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Đáp án : C

Cấu trúc “to be worth doing”: đáng/có giá trị trong việc làm gì

26. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions

The trouble with Frank is that he never turns up on time for the meeting.

tests

arrives

delays

takes after

Xem đáp án

Đáp án: B

Giải thích:

Kiến thức: Từ vựng

turn up: xuất hiện, tới

Xét các đáp án:

test (v): kiểm tra

arrive (v): đến

delay (v): dời lịch, hoãn

take after (v): giống (ai về ngoại hình)

Dựa vào nghĩa, chọn B.

Dịch: Vấn đề với Frank là anh ấy không bao giờ đến đúng giờ trong một cuộc họp.

27. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions

Childbearing is the women’s most wonderful role.

having no child

educating a child

bring up a child

giving birth to a baby

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Đáp án : D

“childbearing” = “give birth to a baby” : sinh con

28. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions

He was one of the most outstanding performers at the live show last night

impressive

well-known

easy-looking

important

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Đáp án : A

“outstanding” = “impressive”: nổi bật, ấn tượng

29. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions

The 1923 earthquake in Japan killed about 200,000 people and left countless wounded and homeless.

imprisoned

injured

poor

suffered

Xem đáp án

Đáp án: B

Giải thích:

Kiến thức: Từ vựng – Từ đồng nghĩa

wounded: bị thương

Xét các đáp án:

A. imprisoned: bị cầm tù

B. injured: bị thương

C. poor: nghèo

D. suffered: đau khổ

→ wounded = injured

Dịch: Trận động đất năm 1923 ở Nhật Bản đã giết chết khoảng 200.000 người và khiến vô số người bị thương và mất nhà cửa.

30. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions

The Red Cross gives medical aid and other help to victims of major disasters such as floods, earthquakes, epidemics and famines.

shortage of water

serious droughts

serious shortage of food

poverty

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Đáp án : C

“famine” = “serious shortage of food”: nạn đói, thiếu đồ ăn trầm trọng

31. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions

Sharks can detect (A) minute electrical (B) discharges coming (C) from its prey. (D)

can detect

electrical

coming

its prey

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Đáp án : D

Đáp án D “its prey” -> “their prey” vì chủ ngữ là “Sharks” (số nhiều)

32. Trắc nghiệm
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Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions

Sydney Laniar achieved (A) fame both as a (B) poet or (C) a symphony musician. (D)

achieved

as a

or

musician

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Đáp án : C

“or” -> “and” . “both something and something”: cả 2 cái gì đó

33. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions

Ceramic can be harder, light (A), and more resistant (B) to heat (C) than metals. (D)

light

resistant

heat

metals

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Đáp án : A

“light” -> “lighter”. Các tính từ phía trước và phía sau đều được chia trong trạng so sánh, vì thế phải sửa thành lighter

34. Trắc nghiệm
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Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions

Mold is extremely (A) destruction (B) to books (C) in  a library. (D)

extremely

destruction

books

a library

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Đáp án : B

“destruction” - > “destructive”, phía trước có động từ to be và trạng từ, vì thế ở đây ta cần một tính từ (destructive)

35. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

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

       Geographers say that what defines a place are four properties: soil, climate, altitude, and aspect, or attitude to the Sun. Florida’s ancient scrub demonstrates this principle. Its soil is pure silica, so barren it supports only lichens as ground cover. (It does, however, sustain a sand- swimming lizard that cannot live where there is moisture or plant matter the soil.) Its climate, despite more than 50 inches of annual rainfall, is blistering desert plant life it can sustain is only the xerophytic, the quintessentially dry. Its altitude is a mere couple of hundred feet, but it is high ground on a peninsula elsewhere close to sea level, and its drainage is so critical that a difference of inches in elevation can bring major changes in its plant communities. Its aspect is flat, direct, brutal – and subtropical. Florida’s surrounding lushness cannot impinge on its desert scrubbiness.

       This does not sound like an attractive place. It does not look much like one either; Shrubby little oaks, clumps of scraggly bushes, prickly pear, thorns, and tangles. “It appear Said one early naturalist,” to desire to display the result of the misery through which it has Passed and is passing.” By our narrow standards, scrub is not beautiful; neither does it meet our selfish utilitarian needs. Even the name is an epithet, a synonym for the stunted, the scruffy, the insignificant, what is beautiful about such a place?

       The most important remaining patches of scrub lie along the Lake Wales Ridge, a chain of paleoislands running for a hundred miles down the center of Florida, in most places less than ten miles wide. It is relict seashore, tossed up millions of years ago when ocean levels were higher and the rest of the peninsula was submerged. That ancient emergence is precisely what makes Lake Wales Ridge so precious: it has remained unsubmerged, its ecosystems essentially undisturbed, since the Miocene era. As a result, it has gathered to itself one of the largest collections of rare organisms in the world. Only about 75 plant species survive there, but at least 30 of these are found nowhere else on Earth.

What does the passage mainly discuss?

How geographers define a place

The characteristics of Florida’s ancient scrub

An early naturalist’s opinion of Florida

The history of the Lake Wales Ridge

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Đáp án : B

Sau câu mở bài, tác giả đã nhắc đến: “Florida’s ancient scrub demonstrates this principle.” Và các câu và các đoạn tiếp theo đã làm rõ hơn về “The characteristics of Florida’s ancient scrub”

36. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

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

       Geographers say that what defines a place are four properties: soil, climate, altitude, and aspect, or attitude to the Sun. Florida’s ancient scrub demonstrates this principle. Its soil is pure silica, so barren it supports only lichens as ground cover. (It does, however, sustain a sand- swimming lizard that cannot live where there is moisture or plant matter the soil.) Its climate, despite more than 50 inches of annual rainfall, is blistering desert plant life it can sustain is only the xerophytic, the quintessentially dry. Its altitude is a mere couple of hundred feet, but it is high ground on a peninsula elsewhere close to sea level, and its drainage is so critical that a difference of inches in elevation can bring major changes in its plant communities. Its aspect is flat, direct, brutal – and subtropical. Florida’s surrounding lushness cannot impinge on its desert scrubbiness.

       This does not sound like an attractive place. It does not look much like one either; Shrubby little oaks, clumps of scraggly bushes, prickly pear, thorns, and tangles. “It appear Said one early naturalist,” to desire to display the result of the misery through which it has Passed and is passing.” By our narrow standards, scrub is not beautiful; neither does it meet our selfish utilitarian needs. Even the name is an epithet, a synonym for the stunted, the scruffy, the insignificant, what is beautiful about such a place?

       The most important remaining patches of scrub lie along the Lake Wales Ridge, a chain of paleoislands running for a hundred miles down the center of Florida, in most places less than ten miles wide. It is relict seashore, tossed up millions of years ago when ocean levels were higher and the rest of the peninsula was submerged. That ancient emergence is precisely what makes Lake Wales Ridge so precious: it has remained unsubmerged, its ecosystems essentially undisturbed, since the Miocene era. As a result, it has gathered to itself one of the largest collections of rare organisms in the world. Only about 75 plant species survive there, but at least 30 of these are found nowhere else on Earth.

The author mentions all of the following as factors that define a place EXCEPT ___.

life-forms

aspect

soil

altitude

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Đáp án : B

Sau câu mở bài, tác giả đã nhắc đến: “Florida’s ancient scrub demonstrates this principle.” Và các câu và các đoạn tiếp theo đã làm rõ hơn về “The characteristics of Florida’s ancient scrub”

37. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

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

       Geographers say that what defines a place are four properties: soil, climate, altitude, and aspect, or attitude to the Sun. Florida’s ancient scrub demonstrates this principle. Its soil is pure silica, so barren it supports only lichens as ground cover. (It does, however, sustain a sand- swimming lizard that cannot live where there is moisture or plant matter the soil.) Its climate, despite more than 50 inches of annual rainfall, is blistering desert plant life it can sustain is only the xerophytic, the quintessentially dry. Its altitude is a mere couple of hundred feet, but it is high ground on a peninsula elsewhere close to sea level, and its drainage is so critical that a difference of inches in elevation can bring major changes in its plant communities. Its aspect is flat, direct, brutal – and subtropical. Florida’s surrounding lushness cannot impinge on its desert scrubbiness.

       This does not sound like an attractive place. It does not look much like one either; Shrubby little oaks, clumps of scraggly bushes, prickly pear, thorns, and tangles. “It appear Said one early naturalist,” to desire to display the result of the misery through which it has Passed and is passing.” By our narrow standards, scrub is not beautiful; neither does it meet our selfish utilitarian needs. Even the name is an epithet, a synonym for the stunted, the scruffy, the insignificant, what is beautiful about such a place?

       The most important remaining patches of scrub lie along the Lake Wales Ridge, a chain of paleoislands running for a hundred miles down the center of Florida, in most places less than ten miles wide. It is relict seashore, tossed up millions of years ago when ocean levels were higher and the rest of the peninsula was submerged. That ancient emergence is precisely what makes Lake Wales Ridge so precious: it has remained unsubmerged, its ecosystems essentially undisturbed, since the Miocene era. As a result, it has gathered to itself one of the largest collections of rare organisms in the world. Only about 75 plant species survive there, but at least 30 of these are found nowhere else on Earth.

It can be inferred from the passage that soil composed of silica _________.

provides food for many kinds of lizards

is found only in Florida

nourishes many kinds of ground cover

does not hold moisture

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Đáp án : D

Thông tin ở câu: “It does, however, sustain a sand- swimming lizard that cannot live where there is moisture or plant matter the soil.”

38. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

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

       Geographers say that what defines a place are four properties: soil, climate, altitude, and aspect, or attitude to the Sun. Florida’s ancient scrub demonstrates this principle. Its soil is pure silica, so barren it supports only lichens as ground cover. (It does, however, sustain a sand- swimming lizard that cannot live where there is moisture or plant matter the soil.) Its climate, despite more than 50 inches of annual rainfall, is blistering desert plant life it can sustain is only the xerophytic, the quintessentially dry. Its altitude is a mere couple of hundred feet, but it is high ground on a peninsula elsewhere close to sea level, and its drainage is so critical that a difference of inches in elevation can bring major changes in its plant communities. Its aspect is flat, direct, brutal – and subtropical. Florida’s surrounding lushness cannot impinge on its desert scrubbiness.

       This does not sound like an attractive place. It does not look much like one either; Shrubby little oaks, clumps of scraggly bushes, prickly pear, thorns, and tangles. “It appear Said one early naturalist,” to desire to display the result of the misery through which it has Passed and is passing.” By our narrow standards, scrub is not beautiful; neither does it meet our selfish utilitarian needs. Even the name is an epithet, a synonym for the stunted, the scruffy, the insignificant, what is beautiful about such a place?

       The most important remaining patches of scrub lie along the Lake Wales Ridge, a chain of paleoislands running for a hundred miles down the center of Florida, in most places less than ten miles wide. It is relict seashore, tossed up millions of years ago when ocean levels were higher and the rest of the peninsula was submerged. That ancient emergence is precisely what makes Lake Wales Ridge so precious: it has remained unsubmerged, its ecosystems essentially undisturbed, since the Miocene era. As a result, it has gathered to itself one of the largest collections of rare organisms in the world. Only about 75 plant species survive there, but at least 30 of these are found nowhere else on Earth.

The word “sustain” in line 5 is closets in meaning to _______.

support

select

store

stain

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Đáp án : A

“sustain” = “support”: nâng đỡ, chống đỡ, duy trì

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

       Geographers say that what defines a place are four properties: soil, climate, altitude, and aspect, or attitude to the Sun. Florida’s ancient scrub demonstrates this principle. Its soil is pure silica, so barren it supports only lichens as ground cover. (It does, however, sustain a sand- swimming lizard that cannot live where there is moisture or plant matter the soil.) Its climate, despite more than 50 inches of annual rainfall, is blistering desert plant life it can sustain is only the xerophytic, the quintessentially dry. Its altitude is a mere couple of hundred feet, but it is high ground on a peninsula elsewhere close to sea level, and its drainage is so critical that a difference of inches in elevation can bring major changes in its plant communities. Its aspect is flat, direct, brutal – and subtropical. Florida’s surrounding lushness cannot impinge on its desert scrubbiness.

       This does not sound like an attractive place. It does not look much like one either; Shrubby little oaks, clumps of scraggly bushes, prickly pear, thorns, and tangles. “It appear Said one early naturalist,” to desire to display the result of the misery through which it has Passed and is passing.” By our narrow standards, scrub is not beautiful; neither does it meet our selfish utilitarian needs. Even the name is an epithet, a synonym for the stunted, the scruffy, the insignificant, what is beautiful about such a place?

       The most important remaining patches of scrub lie along the Lake Wales Ridge, a chain of paleoislands running for a hundred miles down the center of Florida, in most places less than ten miles wide. It is relict seashore, tossed up millions of years ago when ocean levels were higher and the rest of the peninsula was submerged. That ancient emergence is precisely what makes Lake Wales Ridge so precious: it has remained unsubmerged, its ecosystems essentially undisturbed, since the Miocene era. As a result, it has gathered to itself one of the largest collections of rare organisms in the world. Only about 75 plant species survive there, but at least 30 of these are found nowhere else on Earth.

The author mentions the prickly pear (line 11) as an example of ______.

valuable fruit-bearing plants of the scrub area

unattractive plant life of the scrub area

a pant discovered by an early naturalist

plant life that is extremely are

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Đáp án : B

Thông tin ở câu đầu đoạn 2: “This does not sound like an attractive place. It does not look much like one either….”

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

       Geographers say that what defines a place are four properties: soil, climate, altitude, and aspect, or attitude to the Sun. Florida’s ancient scrub demonstrates this principle. Its soil is pure silica, so barren it supports only lichens as ground cover. (It does, however, sustain a sand- swimming lizard that cannot live where there is moisture or plant matter the soil.) Its climate, despite more than 50 inches of annual rainfall, is blistering desert plant life it can sustain is only the xerophytic, the quintessentially dry. Its altitude is a mere couple of hundred feet, but it is high ground on a peninsula elsewhere close to sea level, and its drainage is so critical that a difference of inches in elevation can bring major changes in its plant communities. Its aspect is flat, direct, brutal – and subtropical. Florida’s surrounding lushness cannot impinge on its desert scrubbiness.

       This does not sound like an attractive place. It does not look much like one either; Shrubby little oaks, clumps of scraggly bushes, prickly pear, thorns, and tangles. “It appear Said one early naturalist,” to desire to display the result of the misery through which it has Passed and is passing.” By our narrow standards, scrub is not beautiful; neither does it meet our selfish utilitarian needs. Even the name is an epithet, a synonym for the stunted, the scruffy, the insignificant, what is beautiful about such a place?

       The most important remaining patches of scrub lie along the Lake Wales Ridge, a chain of paleoislands running for a hundred miles down the center of Florida, in most places less than ten miles wide. It is relict seashore, tossed up millions of years ago when ocean levels were higher and the rest of the peninsula was submerged. That ancient emergence is precisely what makes Lake Wales Ridge so precious: it has remained unsubmerged, its ecosystems essentially undisturbed, since the Miocene era. As a result, it has gathered to itself one of the largest collections of rare organisms in the world. Only about 75 plant species survive there, but at least 30 of these are found nowhere else on Earth.

The author suggests that human standards of beauty are _______.

idealistic

limited

tolerant

defensible

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Đáp án : B

THông tin ở câu thứ 3 đoạn 2: “By our narrow standards, scrub is not beautiful…”

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

       Geographers say that what defines a place are four properties: soil, climate, altitude, and aspect, or attitude to the Sun. Florida’s ancient scrub demonstrates this principle. Its soil is pure silica, so barren it supports only lichens as ground cover. (It does, however, sustain a sand- swimming lizard that cannot live where there is moisture or plant matter the soil.) Its climate, despite more than 50 inches of annual rainfall, is blistering desert plant life it can sustain is only the xerophytic, the quintessentially dry. Its altitude is a mere couple of hundred feet, but it is high ground on a peninsula elsewhere close to sea level, and its drainage is so critical that a difference of inches in elevation can bring major changes in its plant communities. Its aspect is flat, direct, brutal – and subtropical. Florida’s surrounding lushness cannot impinge on its desert scrubbiness.

       This does not sound like an attractive place. It does not look much like one either; Shrubby little oaks, clumps of scraggly bushes, prickly pear, thorns, and tangles. “It appear Said one early naturalist,” to desire to display the result of the misery through which it has Passed and is passing.” By our narrow standards, scrub is not beautiful; neither does it meet our selfish utilitarian needs. Even the name is an epithet, a synonym for the stunted, the scruffy, the insignificant, what is beautiful about such a place?

       The most important remaining patches of scrub lie along the Lake Wales Ridge, a chain of paleoislands running for a hundred miles down the center of Florida, in most places less than ten miles wide. It is relict seashore, tossed up millions of years ago when ocean levels were higher and the rest of the peninsula was submerged. That ancient emergence is precisely what makes Lake Wales Ridge so precious: it has remained unsubmerged, its ecosystems essentially undisturbed, since the Miocene era. As a result, it has gathered to itself one of the largest collections of rare organisms in the world. Only about 75 plant species survive there, but at least 30 of these are found nowhere else on Earth.

The word “insignificant” in line 14 is closest in meaning to ?

inappropriate

unimportant

immature

undisturbed

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Đáp án : B

“insignificant” = “unimportant”: không đáng kể, không quan trọng, không nổi bật

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

       Geographers say that what defines a place are four properties: soil, climate, altitude, and aspect, or attitude to the Sun. Florida’s ancient scrub demonstrates this principle. Its soil is pure silica, so barren it supports only lichens as ground cover. (It does, however, sustain a sand- swimming lizard that cannot live where there is moisture or plant matter the soil.) Its climate, despite more than 50 inches of annual rainfall, is blistering desert plant life it can sustain is only the xerophytic, the quintessentially dry. Its altitude is a mere couple of hundred feet, but it is high ground on a peninsula elsewhere close to sea level, and its drainage is so critical that a difference of inches in elevation can bring major changes in its plant communities. Its aspect is flat, direct, brutal – and subtropical. Florida’s surrounding lushness cannot impinge on its desert scrubbiness.

       This does not sound like an attractive place. It does not look much like one either; Shrubby little oaks, clumps of scraggly bushes, prickly pear, thorns, and tangles. “It appear Said one early naturalist,” to desire to display the result of the misery through which it has Passed and is passing.” By our narrow standards, scrub is not beautiful; neither does it meet our selfish utilitarian needs. Even the name is an epithet, a synonym for the stunted, the scruffy, the insignificant, what is beautiful about such a place?

       The most important remaining patches of scrub lie along the Lake Wales Ridge, a chain of paleoislands running for a hundred miles down the center of Florida, in most places less than ten miles wide. It is relict seashore, tossed up millions of years ago when ocean levels were higher and the rest of the peninsula was submerged. That ancient emergence is precisely what makes Lake Wales Ridge so precious: it has remained unsubmerged, its ecosystems essentially undisturbed, since the Miocene era. As a result, it has gathered to itself one of the largest collections of rare organisms in the world. Only about 75 plant species survive there, but at least 30 of these are found nowhere else on Earth.

According to the passage, why is the Lake Wales Ridge valuable?

It has ecosystems that have long remained unchanged.

It is less than ten miles wide.

It was originally submerged in the ocean.

It is located near the seashore.

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Đáp án : A

THông tin ở đoạn số 3: “….it has remained unsubmerged, its ecosystems essentially undisturbed, since the Miocene era.”

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

       Geographers say that what defines a place are four properties: soil, climate, altitude, and aspect, or attitude to the Sun. Florida’s ancient scrub demonstrates this principle. Its soil is pure silica, so barren it supports only lichens as ground cover. (It does, however, sustain a sand- swimming lizard that cannot live where there is moisture or plant matter the soil.) Its climate, despite more than 50 inches of annual rainfall, is blistering desert plant life it can sustain is only the xerophytic, the quintessentially dry. Its altitude is a mere couple of hundred feet, but it is high ground on a peninsula elsewhere close to sea level, and its drainage is so critical that a difference of inches in elevation can bring major changes in its plant communities. Its aspect is flat, direct, brutal – and subtropical. Florida’s surrounding lushness cannot impinge on its desert scrubbiness.

       This does not sound like an attractive place. It does not look much like one either; Shrubby little oaks, clumps of scraggly bushes, prickly pear, thorns, and tangles. “It appear Said one early naturalist,” to desire to display the result of the misery through which it has Passed and is passing.” By our narrow standards, scrub is not beautiful; neither does it meet our selfish utilitarian needs. Even the name is an epithet, a synonym for the stunted, the scruffy, the insignificant, what is beautiful about such a place?

       The most important remaining patches of scrub lie along the Lake Wales Ridge, a chain of paleoislands running for a hundred miles down the center of Florida, in most places less than ten miles wide. It is relict seashore, tossed up millions of years ago when ocean levels were higher and the rest of the peninsula was submerged. That ancient emergence is precisely what makes Lake Wales Ridge so precious: it has remained unsubmerged, its ecosystems essentially undisturbed, since the Miocene era. As a result, it has gathered to itself one of the largest collections of rare organisms in the world. Only about 75 plant species survive there, but at least 30 of these are found nowhere else on Earth.

The word “it” in line 21 refer to ______.

the Lake Wales Ridge

the peninsula

Florida

the Miocene era

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Đáp án : B

“it” thay thế cho “the peninsula” trong câu: “It is relict seashore, tossed up millions of years ago when ocean levels were higher and the rest of the peninsula was submerged.”

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

       Geographers say that what defines a place are four properties: soil, climate, altitude, and aspect, or attitude to the Sun. Florida’s ancient scrub demonstrates this principle. Its soil is pure silica, so barren it supports only lichens as ground cover. (It does, however, sustain a sand- swimming lizard that cannot live where there is moisture or plant matter the soil.) Its climate, despite more than 50 inches of annual rainfall, is blistering desert plant life it can sustain is only the xerophytic, the quintessentially dry. Its altitude is a mere couple of hundred feet, but it is high ground on a peninsula elsewhere close to sea level, and its drainage is so critical that a difference of inches in elevation can bring major changes in its plant communities. Its aspect is flat, direct, brutal – and subtropical. Florida’s surrounding lushness cannot impinge on its desert scrubbiness.

       This does not sound like an attractive place. It does not look much like one either; Shrubby little oaks, clumps of scraggly bushes, prickly pear, thorns, and tangles. “It appear Said one early naturalist,” to desire to display the result of the misery through which it has Passed and is passing.” By our narrow standards, scrub is not beautiful; neither does it meet our selfish utilitarian needs. Even the name is an epithet, a synonym for the stunted, the scruffy, the insignificant, what is beautiful about such a place?

       The most important remaining patches of scrub lie along the Lake Wales Ridge, a chain of paleoislands running for a hundred miles down the center of Florida, in most places less than ten miles wide. It is relict seashore, tossed up millions of years ago when ocean levels were higher and the rest of the peninsula was submerged. That ancient emergence is precisely what makes Lake Wales Ridge so precious: it has remained unsubmerged, its ecosystems essentially undisturbed, since the Miocene era. As a result, it has gathered to itself one of the largest collections of rare organisms in the world. Only about 75 plant species survive there, but at least 30 of these are found nowhere else on Earth.

The passage probably continues with a discussion of _______.

the unique plants found on the Lake Wales

geographers who study Florida’s scrub

the climate of the Lake Wales Ridge

ancient scrub found in other areas of the country

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Đáp án : A

Cuối đoạn văn là câu: “Only about 75 plant species survive there, but at least 30 of these are found nowhere else on Earth.” Vì thế có thể đoạn sau này sẽ nói về: “the unique plants found on the Lake Wales”

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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions

      Most people can remember a phone number for up to thirty seconds. When this short amount of time elapses, however, the numbers are erased from the memory. How did the information get there in the first place? Information that makes its way to the short term memory (STM) does so via the sensory storage area. The brain has a filter which only allows stimuli that is of immediate interest to pass on to the STM, also known as the working memory.

      There is much debate about the capacity and duration of the short term memory. The most accepted theory comes from George A. Miller, a cognitive psychologist who suggested that humans can remember approximately seven chunks of information. A chunk is defined as a meaningful unit of information, such as a word or name rather than just a letter or number. Modern theorists suggest that one can increase the capacity of the short term memory by chunking, or classifying similar information together. By organizing information, one can optimize the STM, and improve the chances of a memory being passed on to long term storage.

          When making a conscious effort to memorize something, such as information for an exam, many people engage in "rote rehearsal". By repeating something over and over again, one is able to keep a memory alive. Unfortunately, this type of memory maintenance only succeeds if there are no interruptions. As soon as a person stops rehearsing the information, it has the tendency to disappear.

          When a pen and paper are not handy, people often attempt to remember a phone number by repeating it aloud. If the doorbell rings or the dog barks to come in before a person has the opportunity to make a phone call, he will likely forget the number instantly. Therefore, rote rehearsal is not an efficient way to pass information from the short term to long term memory. A better way is to practice "elaborate rehearsal". This involves assigning semantic meaning to a piece of information so that it can be filed along with other pre-existing long term memories.

      Encoding information semantically also makes it more retrievable. Retrieving information can be done by recognition or recall. Humans can easily recall memories that are stored in the long term memory and used often; however, if a memory seems to be forgotten, it may eventually be retrieved by prompting.

          The more cues a person is given (such as pictures), the more likely a memory can be retrieved. This is why multiple choice tests are often used for subjects that require a lot of memorization.

According to the passage, how do memories get transferred to the STM?

They are filtered from the sensory storage area.

They revert from the long term memory.

They get chunked when they enter the brain.

They enter via the nervous system.

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Đáp án : A

Thông tin ở câu số 4 đoạn 1: “Information that makes its way to the short term memory (STM) does so via the sensory storage area.”

46. Trắc nghiệm
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions

      Most people can remember a phone number for up to thirty seconds. When this short amount of time elapses, however, the numbers are erased from the memory. How did the information get there in the first place? Information that makes its way to the short term memory (STM) does so via the sensory storage area. The brain has a filter which only allows stimuli that is of immediate interest to pass on to the STM, also known as the working memory.

      There is much debate about the capacity and duration of the short term memory. The most accepted theory comes from George A. Miller, a cognitive psychologist who suggested that humans can remember approximately seven chunks of information. A chunk is defined as a meaningful unit of information, such as a word or name rather than just a letter or number. Modern theorists suggest that one can increase the capacity of the short term memory by chunking, or classifying similar information together. By organizing information, one can optimize the STM, and improve the chances of a memory being passed on to long term storage.

          When making a conscious effort to memorize something, such as information for an exam, many people engage in "rote rehearsal". By repeating something over and over again, one is able to keep a memory alive. Unfortunately, this type of memory maintenance only succeeds if there are no interruptions. As soon as a person stops rehearsing the information, it has the tendency to disappear.

          When a pen and paper are not handy, people often attempt to remember a phone number by repeating it aloud. If the doorbell rings or the dog barks to come in before a person has the opportunity to make a phone call, he will likely forget the number instantly. Therefore, rote rehearsal is not an efficient way to pass information from the short term to long term memory. A better way is to practice "elaborate rehearsal". This involves assigning semantic meaning to a piece of information so that it can be filed along with other pre-existing long term memories.

      Encoding information semantically also makes it more retrievable. Retrieving information can be done by recognition or recall. Humans can easily recall memories that are stored in the long term memory and used often; however, if a memory seems to be forgotten, it may eventually be retrieved by prompting.

          The more cues a person is given (such as pictures), the more likely a memory can be retrieved. This is why multiple choice tests are often used for subjects that require a lot of memorization.

The word elapses in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to:

continues

adds up

passes

appears

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Đáp án : C

“elapse” = “pass”: trôi qua (thường nói về thời gian)

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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions

      Most people can remember a phone number for up to thirty seconds. When this short amount of time elapses, however, the numbers are erased from the memory. How did the information get there in the first place? Information that makes its way to the short term memory (STM) does so via the sensory storage area. The brain has a filter which only allows stimuli that is of immediate interest to pass on to the STM, also known as the working memory.

      There is much debate about the capacity and duration of the short term memory. The most accepted theory comes from George A. Miller, a cognitive psychologist who suggested that humans can remember approximately seven chunks of information. A chunk is defined as a meaningful unit of information, such as a word or name rather than just a letter or number. Modern theorists suggest that one can increase the capacity of the short term memory by chunking, or classifying similar information together. By organizing information, one can optimize the STM, and improve the chances of a memory being passed on to long term storage.

          When making a conscious effort to memorize something, such as information for an exam, many people engage in "rote rehearsal". By repeating something over and over again, one is able to keep a memory alive. Unfortunately, this type of memory maintenance only succeeds if there are no interruptions. As soon as a person stops rehearsing the information, it has the tendency to disappear.

          When a pen and paper are not handy, people often attempt to remember a phone number by repeating it aloud. If the doorbell rings or the dog barks to come in before a person has the opportunity to make a phone call, he will likely forget the number instantly. Therefore, rote rehearsal is not an efficient way to pass information from the short term to long term memory. A better way is to practice "elaborate rehearsal". This involves assigning semantic meaning to a piece of information so that it can be filed along with other pre-existing long term memories.

      Encoding information semantically also makes it more retrievable. Retrieving information can be done by recognition or recall. Humans can easily recall memories that are stored in the long term memory and used often; however, if a memory seems to be forgotten, it may eventually be retrieved by prompting.

          The more cues a person is given (such as pictures), the more likely a memory can be retrieved. This is why multiple choice tests are often used for subjects that require a lot of memorization.

All of the following are mentioned as places in which memories are stored EXCEPT the_______.

STM

sensory storage area

maintenance area

long term memory

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Đáp án : C

“STM”, “sensory storage area” và “long term memory” đều được nhắc đến trong bài:

- Information that makes its way to the short term memory (STM) does so via the sensory storage area. (đoạn 1)

- By organizing information, one can optimize the STM, and improve the chances of a memory being passed on to long term storage. (cuối đoạn 2)

48. Trắc nghiệm
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions

      Most people can remember a phone number for up to thirty seconds. When this short amount of time elapses, however, the numbers are erased from the memory. How did the information get there in the first place? Information that makes its way to the short term memory (STM) does so via the sensory storage area. The brain has a filter which only allows stimuli that is of immediate interest to pass on to the STM, also known as the working memory.

      There is much debate about the capacity and duration of the short term memory. The most accepted theory comes from George A. Miller, a cognitive psychologist who suggested that humans can remember approximately seven chunks of information. A chunk is defined as a meaningful unit of information, such as a word or name rather than just a letter or number. Modern theorists suggest that one can increase the capacity of the short term memory by chunking, or classifying similar information together. By organizing information, one can optimize the STM, and improve the chances of a memory being passed on to long term storage.

          When making a conscious effort to memorize something, such as information for an exam, many people engage in "rote rehearsal". By repeating something over and over again, one is able to keep a memory alive. Unfortunately, this type of memory maintenance only succeeds if there are no interruptions. As soon as a person stops rehearsing the information, it has the tendency to disappear.

          When a pen and paper are not handy, people often attempt to remember a phone number by repeating it aloud. If the doorbell rings or the dog barks to come in before a person has the opportunity to make a phone call, he will likely forget the number instantly. Therefore, rote rehearsal is not an efficient way to pass information from the short term to long term memory. A better way is to practice "elaborate rehearsal". This involves assigning semantic meaning to a piece of information so that it can be filed along with other pre-existing long term memories.

      Encoding information semantically also makes it more retrievable. Retrieving information can be done by recognition or recall. Humans can easily recall memories that are stored in the long term memory and used often; however, if a memory seems to be forgotten, it may eventually be retrieved by prompting.

          The more cues a person is given (such as pictures), the more likely a memory can be retrieved. This is why multiple choice tests are often used for subjects that require a lot of memorization.

Why does the author mention a dog's bark?

To give an example of a type of memory

To provide a type of interruption

To prove that dogs have better memories than humans

To compare another sound that is loud like a doorbell

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Đáp án : B

THông tin: “If the doorbell rings or the dog barks to come in before a person has the opportunity to make a phone call, he will likely forget the number instantly.” Tức là: “a type of interruption”

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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions

      Most people can remember a phone number for up to thirty seconds. When this short amount of time elapses, however, the numbers are erased from the memory. How did the information get there in the first place? Information that makes its way to the short term memory (STM) does so via the sensory storage area. The brain has a filter which only allows stimuli that is of immediate interest to pass on to the STM, also known as the working memory.

      There is much debate about the capacity and duration of the short term memory. The most accepted theory comes from George A. Miller, a cognitive psychologist who suggested that humans can remember approximately seven chunks of information. A chunk is defined as a meaningful unit of information, such as a word or name rather than just a letter or number. Modern theorists suggest that one can increase the capacity of the short term memory by chunking, or classifying similar information together. By organizing information, one can optimize the STM, and improve the chances of a memory being passed on to long term storage.

          When making a conscious effort to memorize something, such as information for an exam, many people engage in "rote rehearsal". By repeating something over and over again, one is able to keep a memory alive. Unfortunately, this type of memory maintenance only succeeds if there are no interruptions. As soon as a person stops rehearsing the information, it has the tendency to disappear.

          When a pen and paper are not handy, people often attempt to remember a phone number by repeating it aloud. If the doorbell rings or the dog barks to come in before a person has the opportunity to make a phone call, he will likely forget the number instantly. Therefore, rote rehearsal is not an efficient way to pass information from the short term to long term memory. A better way is to practice "elaborate rehearsal". This involves assigning semantic meaning to a piece of information so that it can be filed along with other pre-existing long term memories.

      Encoding information semantically also makes it more retrievable. Retrieving information can be done by recognition or recall. Humans can easily recall memories that are stored in the long term memory and used often; however, if a memory seems to be forgotten, it may eventually be retrieved by prompting.

          The more cues a person is given (such as pictures), the more likely a memory can be retrieved. This is why multiple choice tests are often used for subjects that require a lot of memorization.

How do theorists believe a person can remember more information in a short time?

By repeating it

By drawing it

By organizing it

By giving it a name

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Đáp án : C

THông tin ở cuối đoạn 2: “By organizing information, one can optimize the STM, and improve the chances of a memory being passed on to long term storage.”

50. Trắc nghiệm
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions

      Most people can remember a phone number for up to thirty seconds. When this short amount of time elapses, however, the numbers are erased from the memory. How did the information get there in the first place? Information that makes its way to the short term memory (STM) does so via the sensory storage area. The brain has a filter which only allows stimuli that is of immediate interest to pass on to the STM, also known as the working memory.

      There is much debate about the capacity and duration of the short term memory. The most accepted theory comes from George A. Miller, a cognitive psychologist who suggested that humans can remember approximately seven chunks of information. A chunk is defined as a meaningful unit of information, such as a word or name rather than just a letter or number. Modern theorists suggest that one can increase the capacity of the short term memory by chunking, or classifying similar information together. By organizing information, one can optimize the STM, and improve the chances of a memory being passed on to long term storage.

          When making a conscious effort to memorize something, such as information for an exam, many people engage in "rote rehearsal". By repeating something over and over again, one is able to keep a memory alive. Unfortunately, this type of memory maintenance only succeeds if there are no interruptions. As soon as a person stops rehearsing the information, it has the tendency to disappear.

          When a pen and paper are not handy, people often attempt to remember a phone number by repeating it aloud. If the doorbell rings or the dog barks to come in before a person has the opportunity to make a phone call, he will likely forget the number instantly. Therefore, rote rehearsal is not an efficient way to pass information from the short term to long term memory. A better way is to practice "elaborate rehearsal". This involves assigning semantic meaning to a piece of information so that it can be filed along with other pre-existing long term memories.

      Encoding information semantically also makes it more retrievable. Retrieving information can be done by recognition or recall. Humans can easily recall memories that are stored in the long term memory and used often; however, if a memory seems to be forgotten, it may eventually be retrieved by prompting.

          The more cues a person is given (such as pictures), the more likely a memory can be retrieved. This is why multiple choice tests are often used for subjects that require a lot of memorization.

The author believes that rote rotation is________.

more efficient than chunking

an unnecessary interruption

the best way to remember something

ineffective in the long run

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Đáp án : A

THông tin:

- many people engage in "rote rehearsal". By repeating something over and over again, one is able to keep a memory alive.

- one can increase the capacity of the short term memory by chunking…

Vì thế có thể thấy “rote rotation” hiệu suất cao hơn “chunking”

51. Trắc nghiệm
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions

      Most people can remember a phone number for up to thirty seconds. When this short amount of time elapses, however, the numbers are erased from the memory. How did the information get there in the first place? Information that makes its way to the short term memory (STM) does so via the sensory storage area. The brain has a filter which only allows stimuli that is of immediate interest to pass on to the STM, also known as the working memory.

      There is much debate about the capacity and duration of the short term memory. The most accepted theory comes from George A. Miller, a cognitive psychologist who suggested that humans can remember approximately seven chunks of information. A chunk is defined as a meaningful unit of information, such as a word or name rather than just a letter or number. Modern theorists suggest that one can increase the capacity of the short term memory by chunking, or classifying similar information together. By organizing information, one can optimize the STM, and improve the chances of a memory being passed on to long term storage.

          When making a conscious effort to memorize something, such as information for an exam, many people engage in "rote rehearsal". By repeating something over and over again, one is able to keep a memory alive. Unfortunately, this type of memory maintenance only succeeds if there are no interruptions. As soon as a person stops rehearsing the information, it has the tendency to disappear.

          When a pen and paper are not handy, people often attempt to remember a phone number by repeating it aloud. If the doorbell rings or the dog barks to come in before a person has the opportunity to make a phone call, he will likely forget the number instantly. Therefore, rote rehearsal is not an efficient way to pass information from the short term to long term memory. A better way is to practice "elaborate rehearsal". This involves assigning semantic meaning to a piece of information so that it can be filed along with other pre-existing long term memories.

      Encoding information semantically also makes it more retrievable. Retrieving information can be done by recognition or recall. Humans can easily recall memories that are stored in the long term memory and used often; however, if a memory seems to be forgotten, it may eventually be retrieved by prompting.

          The more cues a person is given (such as pictures), the more likely a memory can be retrieved. This is why multiple choice tests are often used for subjects that require a lot of memorization.

The word “it” in the last paragraph refers to______.

STM

information

encoding

semantics

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 Đáp án : B

“it” được thay thế cho “information” trong vế trước: “Encoding information semantically also makes it more retrievable.”

52. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions

      Most people can remember a phone number for up to thirty seconds. When this short amount of time elapses, however, the numbers are erased from the memory. How did the information get there in the first place? Information that makes its way to the short term memory (STM) does so via the sensory storage area. The brain has a filter which only allows stimuli that is of immediate interest to pass on to the STM, also known as the working memory.

      There is much debate about the capacity and duration of the short term memory. The most accepted theory comes from George A. Miller, a cognitive psychologist who suggested that humans can remember approximately seven chunks of information. A chunk is defined as a meaningful unit of information, such as a word or name rather than just a letter or number. Modern theorists suggest that one can increase the capacity of the short term memory by chunking, or classifying similar information together. By organizing information, one can optimize the STM, and improve the chances of a memory being passed on to long term storage.

          When making a conscious effort to memorize something, such as information for an exam, many people engage in "rote rehearsal". By repeating something over and over again, one is able to keep a memory alive. Unfortunately, this type of memory maintenance only succeeds if there are no interruptions. As soon as a person stops rehearsing the information, it has the tendency to disappear.

          When a pen and paper are not handy, people often attempt to remember a phone number by repeating it aloud. If the doorbell rings or the dog barks to come in before a person has the opportunity to make a phone call, he will likely forget the number instantly. Therefore, rote rehearsal is not an efficient way to pass information from the short term to long term memory. A better way is to practice "elaborate rehearsal". This involves assigning semantic meaning to a piece of information so that it can be filed along with other pre-existing long term memories.

      Encoding information semantically also makes it more retrievable. Retrieving information can be done by recognition or recall. Humans can easily recall memories that are stored in the long term memory and used often; however, if a memory seems to be forgotten, it may eventually be retrieved by prompting.

          The more cues a person is given (such as pictures), the more likely a memory can be retrieved. This is why multiple choice tests are often used for subjects that require a lot of memorization.

The word elaborate in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to_____.

pretty

regular

complex

efficient

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Đáp án : C

“elaborate” = “complex”: tỉ mỉ, công phu, phức tạp

53. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions

      Most people can remember a phone number for up to thirty seconds. When this short amount of time elapses, however, the numbers are erased from the memory. How did the information get there in the first place? Information that makes its way to the short term memory (STM) does so via the sensory storage area. The brain has a filter which only allows stimuli that is of immediate interest to pass on to the STM, also known as the working memory.

      There is much debate about the capacity and duration of the short term memory. The most accepted theory comes from George A. Miller, a cognitive psychologist who suggested that humans can remember approximately seven chunks of information. A chunk is defined as a meaningful unit of information, such as a word or name rather than just a letter or number. Modern theorists suggest that one can increase the capacity of the short term memory by chunking, or classifying similar information together. By organizing information, one can optimize the STM, and improve the chances of a memory being passed on to long term storage.

          When making a conscious effort to memorize something, such as information for an exam, many people engage in "rote rehearsal". By repeating something over and over again, one is able to keep a memory alive. Unfortunately, this type of memory maintenance only succeeds if there are no interruptions. As soon as a person stops rehearsing the information, it has the tendency to disappear.

          When a pen and paper are not handy, people often attempt to remember a phone number by repeating it aloud. If the doorbell rings or the dog barks to come in before a person has the opportunity to make a phone call, he will likely forget the number instantly. Therefore, rote rehearsal is not an efficient way to pass information from the short term to long term memory. A better way is to practice "elaborate rehearsal". This involves assigning semantic meaning to a piece of information so that it can be filed along with other pre-existing long term memories.

      Encoding information semantically also makes it more retrievable. Retrieving information can be done by recognition or recall. Humans can easily recall memories that are stored in the long term memory and used often; however, if a memory seems to be forgotten, it may eventually be retrieved by prompting.

          The more cues a person is given (such as pictures), the more likely a memory can be retrieved. This is why multiple choice tests are often used for subjects that require a lot of memorization.

Which of the following is NOT supported by the passage?

Cues help people to recognize information.

A memory is kept alive through constant repetition.

The working memory is the same as the short term memory.

Multiple choice exams are the most difficult.

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Đáp án : D

Trong bài chỉ viết: “multiple choice tests are often used for subjects that require a lot of memorization.” Chứ không đồng nghĩa rằng: “Multiple choice exams are the most difficult.”

54. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions

      Most people can remember a phone number for up to thirty seconds. When this short amount of time elapses, however, the numbers are erased from the memory. How did the information get there in the first place? Information that makes its way to the short term memory (STM) does so via the sensory storage area. The brain has a filter which only allows stimuli that is of immediate interest to pass on to the STM, also known as the working memory.

      There is much debate about the capacity and duration of the short term memory. The most accepted theory comes from George A. Miller, a cognitive psychologist who suggested that humans can remember approximately seven chunks of information. A chunk is defined as a meaningful unit of information, such as a word or name rather than just a letter or number. Modern theorists suggest that one can increase the capacity of the short term memory by chunking, or classifying similar information together. By organizing information, one can optimize the STM, and improve the chances of a memory being passed on to long term storage.

          When making a conscious effort to memorize something, such as information for an exam, many people engage in "rote rehearsal". By repeating something over and over again, one is able to keep a memory alive. Unfortunately, this type of memory maintenance only succeeds if there are no interruptions. As soon as a person stops rehearsing the information, it has the tendency to disappear.

          When a pen and paper are not handy, people often attempt to remember a phone number by repeating it aloud. If the doorbell rings or the dog barks to come in before a person has the opportunity to make a phone call, he will likely forget the number instantly. Therefore, rote rehearsal is not an efficient way to pass information from the short term to long term memory. A better way is to practice "elaborate rehearsal". This involves assigning semantic meaning to a piece of information so that it can be filed along with other pre-existing long term memories.

      Encoding information semantically also makes it more retrievable. Retrieving information can be done by recognition or recall. Humans can easily recall memories that are stored in the long term memory and used often; however, if a memory seems to be forgotten, it may eventually be retrieved by prompting.

          The more cues a person is given (such as pictures), the more likely a memory can be retrieved. This is why multiple choice tests are often used for subjects that require a lot of memorization.

The word cues in the passage is closest in meaning to_______.

tests

images

questions

clues

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Đáp án : D

“cue” = ”clue”: dấu hiệu, cảnh báo (ví dụ như 1 từ, 1 cụm từ, bức tranh,…nào đó có khả năng làm dấu hiệu)

55. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

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 from 55 to 64. Fill in the appropriate word in question 55

The UK Government ensures that all schools in the UK(55)_______ certain standards, and this includes independent schools as well as those that are  (56)_______ by the Government. All qualifications are awarded by national agencies accredited by the Qualification and Curriculum Authority (QCA), (57)_______ the quality of the qualifications you will gain is guaranteed.

At many independent schools inEngland, you will be encouraged to take part (58)_______ extracurricular activities to develop your hobbies and learn new skills, and you may be encouraged to take graded music exams (59)_______ by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. The exam grades gained from these are widely accepted toward university entry  (60)_______ .

Independent schools do not usually offer vocationally focused qualifications but if you are (61)_______ in these qualifications, you can find out more in the 'career-based and pre-university qualifications' section.

`      The (62)_______ you pay to attend independent school, include your course fees, accommodation and may include some or all extracurricular activities. Fees (63)_______ from school to school and are at the discretion of the institution; there are no national standards. You should expect to pay a minimum of £8,000 per year and fees can be (64)_______ high as £25,000.

notice

look

see

meet

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Đáp án : D

“meet standard”: đạt được tiêu chuẩn

56. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

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 from 55 to 64. Fill in the appropriate word in question 56

The UK Government ensures that all schools in the UK(55)_______ certain standards, and this includes independent schools as well as those that are  (56)_______ by the Government. All qualifications are awarded by national agencies accredited by the Qualification and Curriculum Authority (QCA), (57)_______ the quality of the qualifications you will gain is guaranteed.

At many independent schools inEngland, you will be encouraged to take part (58)_______ extracurricular activities to develop your hobbies and learn new skills, and you may be encouraged to take graded music exams (59)_______ by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. The exam grades gained from these are widely accepted toward university entry  (60)_______ .

Independent schools do not usually offer vocationally focused qualifications but if you are (61)_______ in these qualifications, you can find out more in the 'career-based and pre-university qualifications' section.

`      The (62)_______ you pay to attend independent school, include your course fees, accommodation and may include some or all extracurricular activities. Fees (63)_______ from school to school and are at the discretion of the institution; there are no national standards. You should expect to pay a minimum of £8,000 per year and fees can be (64)_______ high as £25,000.

run

shown

worked

indicated

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Đáp án : A

“run” ở đây có nghĩa là điều hành, vận hành, quản lý,…

57. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

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 from 55 to 64. Fill in the appropriate word in question 57

The UK Government ensures that all schools in the UK(55)_______ certain standards, and this includes independent schools as well as those that are  (56)_______ by the Government. All qualifications are awarded by national agencies accredited by the Qualification and Curriculum Authority (QCA), (57)_______ the quality of the qualifications you will gain is guaranteed.

At many independent schools inEngland, you will be encouraged to take part (58)_______ extracurricular activities to develop your hobbies and learn new skills, and you may be encouraged to take graded music exams (59)_______ by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. The exam grades gained from these are widely accepted toward university entry  (60)_______ .

Independent schools do not usually offer vocationally focused qualifications but if you are (61)_______ in these qualifications, you can find out more in the 'career-based and pre-university qualifications' section.

`      The (62)_______ you pay to attend independent school, include your course fees, accommodation and may include some or all extracurricular activities. Fees (63)_______ from school to school and are at the discretion of the institution; there are no national standards. You should expect to pay a minimum of £8,000 per year and fees can be (64)_______ high as £25,000.

if

because

although

so

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Đáp án : D

Chất lượng được đảm bảo bởi Qualification and Curriculum Authority, cho nên (so) chất lượng bạn đạt được sẽ được cam kết đảm bảo

58. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

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 from 55 to 64. Fill in the appropriate word in question 58

The UK Government ensures that all schools in the UK(55)_______ certain standards, and this includes independent schools as well as those that are  (56)_______ by the Government. All qualifications are awarded by national agencies accredited by the Qualification and Curriculum Authority (QCA), (57)_______ the quality of the qualifications you will gain is guaranteed.

At many independent schools inEngland, you will be encouraged to take part (58)_______ extracurricular activities to develop your hobbies and learn new skills, and you may be encouraged to take graded music exams (59)_______ by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. The exam grades gained from these are widely accepted toward university entry  (60)_______ .

Independent schools do not usually offer vocationally focused qualifications but if you are (61)_______ in these qualifications, you can find out more in the 'career-based and pre-university qualifications' section.

`      The (62)_______ you pay to attend independent school, include your course fees, accommodation and may include some or all extracurricular activities. Fees (63)_______ from school to school and are at the discretion of the institution; there are no national standards. You should expect to pay a minimum of £8,000 per year and fees can be (64)_______ high as £25,000.

for

on

in

into

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Đáp án : C

“take part in something/doing something”: tham gia vào cái gì/làm cái gì

59. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

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 from 55 to 64. Fill in the appropriate word in question 59

The UK Government ensures that all schools in the UK(55)_______ certain standards, and this includes independent schools as well as those that are  (56)_______ by the Government. All qualifications are awarded by national agencies accredited by the Qualification and Curriculum Authority (QCA), (57)_______ the quality of the qualifications you will gain is guaranteed.

At many independent schools inEngland, you will be encouraged to take part (58)_______ extracurricular activities to develop your hobbies and learn new skills, and you may be encouraged to take graded music exams (59)_______ by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. The exam grades gained from these are widely accepted toward university entry  (60)_______ .

Independent schools do not usually offer vocationally focused qualifications but if you are (61)_______ in these qualifications, you can find out more in the 'career-based and pre-university qualifications' section.

`      The (62)_______ you pay to attend independent school, include your course fees, accommodation and may include some or all extracurricular activities. Fees (63)_______ from school to school and are at the discretion of the institution; there are no national standards. You should expect to pay a minimum of £8,000 per year and fees can be (64)_______ high as £25,000.

offering

offer

to offer

offered

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Đáp án : D

Câu này ta có thể hiểu là “you may be encouraged to take graded music exams (which are) offered by…”

60. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

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 from 55 to 64. Fill in the appropriate word in question 60

The UK Government ensures that all schools in the UK(55)_______ certain standards, and this includes independent schools as well as those that are  (56)_______ by the Government. All qualifications are awarded by national agencies accredited by the Qualification and Curriculum Authority (QCA), (57)_______ the quality of the qualifications you will gain is guaranteed.

At many independent schools inEngland, you will be encouraged to take part (58)_______ extracurricular activities to develop your hobbies and learn new skills, and you may be encouraged to take graded music exams (59)_______ by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. The exam grades gained from these are widely accepted toward university entry  (60)_______ .

Independent schools do not usually offer vocationally focused qualifications but if you are (61)_______ in these qualifications, you can find out more in the 'career-based and pre-university qualifications' section.

`      The (62)_______ you pay to attend independent school, include your course fees, accommodation and may include some or all extracurricular activities. Fees (63)_______ from school to school and are at the discretion of the institution; there are no national standards. You should expect to pay a minimum of £8,000 per year and fees can be (64)_______ high as £25,000.

requirements

troubles

problems

questions

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Đáp án : A

“entry requirement”: yêu cầu đầu vào (khi vào trường)

61. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

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 from 55 to 64. Fill in the appropriate word in question 61

The UK Government ensures that all schools in the UK(55)_______ certain standards, and this includes independent schools as well as those that are  (56)_______ by the Government. All qualifications are awarded by national agencies accredited by the Qualification and Curriculum Authority (QCA), (57)_______ the quality of the qualifications you will gain is guaranteed.

At many independent schools inEngland, you will be encouraged to take part (58)_______ extracurricular activities to develop your hobbies and learn new skills, and you may be encouraged to take graded music exams (59)_______ by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. The exam grades gained from these are widely accepted toward university entry  (60)_______ .

Independent schools do not usually offer vocationally focused qualifications but if you are (61)_______ in these qualifications, you can find out more in the 'career-based and pre-university qualifications' section.

`      The (62)_______ you pay to attend independent school, include your course fees, accommodation and may include some or all extracurricular activities. Fees (63)_______ from school to school and are at the discretion of the institution; there are no national standards. You should expect to pay a minimum of £8,000 per year and fees can be (64)_______ high as £25,000.

worried

excited

interested

concerned

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Đáp án : C

Cấu trúc “to be interested in something/doing something”: có hứng thú/thích thú với cái gì/làm cái gì

62. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

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 from 55 to 64. Fill in the appropriate word in question 62

The UK Government ensures that all schools in the UK(55)_______ certain standards, and this includes independent schools as well as those that are  (56)_______ by the Government. All qualifications are awarded by national agencies accredited by the Qualification and Curriculum Authority (QCA), (57)_______ the quality of the qualifications you will gain is guaranteed.

At many independent schools inEngland, you will be encouraged to take part (58)_______ extracurricular activities to develop your hobbies and learn new skills, and you may be encouraged to take graded music exams (59)_______ by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. The exam grades gained from these are widely accepted toward university entry  (60)_______ .

Independent schools do not usually offer vocationally focused qualifications but if you are (61)_______ in these qualifications, you can find out more in the 'career-based and pre-university qualifications' section.

`      The (62)_______ you pay to attend independent school, include your course fees, accommodation and may include some or all extracurricular activities. Fees (63)_______ from school to school and are at the discretion of the institution; there are no national standards. You should expect to pay a minimum of £8,000 per year and fees can be (64)_______ high as £25,000.

fees

funds

donations

bills

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Đáp án : A

“fee”: học phí, lệ phí

“fund”: quỹ

“donation” quyên góp

“bill”: hoá đơn

63. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

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 from 55 to 64. Fill in the appropriate word in question 63

The UK Government ensures that all schools in the UK(55)_______ certain standards, and this includes independent schools as well as those that are  (56)_______ by the Government. All qualifications are awarded by national agencies accredited by the Qualification and Curriculum Authority (QCA), (57)_______ the quality of the qualifications you will gain is guaranteed.

At many independent schools inEngland, you will be encouraged to take part (58)_______ extracurricular activities to develop your hobbies and learn new skills, and you may be encouraged to take graded music exams (59)_______ by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. The exam grades gained from these are widely accepted toward university entry  (60)_______ .

Independent schools do not usually offer vocationally focused qualifications but if you are (61)_______ in these qualifications, you can find out more in the 'career-based and pre-university qualifications' section.

`      The (62)_______ you pay to attend independent school, include your course fees, accommodation and may include some or all extracurricular activities. Fees (63)_______ from school to school and are at the discretion of the institution; there are no national standards. You should expect to pay a minimum of £8,000 per year and fees can be (64)_______ high as £25,000.

vary

exchange

transfer

interfere

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Đáp án : A

“vary”: thay đổi, biến đổi

64. Trắc nghiệm
• 1 điểm

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 from 55 to 64. Fill in the appropriate word in question 64

The UK Government ensures that all schools in the UK(55)_______ certain standards, and this includes independent schools as well as those that are  (56)_______ by the Government. All qualifications are awarded by national agencies accredited by the Qualification and Curriculum Authority (QCA), (57)_______ the quality of the qualifications you will gain is guaranteed.

At many independent schools inEngland, you will be encouraged to take part (58)_______ extracurricular activities to develop your hobbies and learn new skills, and you may be encouraged to take graded music exams (59)_______ by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. The exam grades gained from these are widely accepted toward university entry  (60)_______ .

Independent schools do not usually offer vocationally focused qualifications but if you are (61)_______ in these qualifications, you can find out more in the 'career-based and pre-university qualifications' section.

`      The (62)_______ you pay to attend independent school, include your course fees, accommodation and may include some or all extracurricular activities. Fees (63)_______ from school to school and are at the discretion of the institution; there are no national standards. You should expect to pay a minimum of £8,000 per year and fees can be (64)_______ high as £25,000.

far

as

much

more

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Đáp án : B

Cấu trúc so sánh bằng: “as + adj + as”