Unit 10 the ecosystem - bài tập từ vựng tiếng anh nâng cao có đáp án cho học sinh chuyên anh, học sinh giỏi môn tiếng anh (SAT vocabulary)

Unit 10 the ecosystem - bài tập từ vựng tiếng anh nâng cao có đáp án cho học sinh chuyên anh, học sinh giỏi môn tiếng anh (SAT vocabulary) UNIT 10.THE ECOSYSTEM I.Choose A, B, C or D that best fits each blank in the sentences 1.For a long time,most doctors maintained that taking massive doses of vitamins was relatively harmless; now,however, some are warning that excessive dosages can be_. A.healthy B.wasteful C.toxic D.inane 2. In Jamaica Kincaid's novel Lucy, the West Indian heroine_her employers' world,critically examining its assumptions and values. A.idealizes B.beautifies C.scrutinizes D.excludes 3. The frequent name changes that the country has undergone_the political turbulence that has attended its recent history. A.argue against B.contrast with C.testify to D.jeopardize

UNIT 10.THE ECOSYSTEM

I.Choose A, B, C or D that best fits each blank in the sentences

1.For a long time,most doctors maintained that taking massive doses of vitamins was relatively

harmless; now,however, some are warning that excessive dosages can be_

A.healthy

B.wasteful

C.toxic

D.inane

2 In Jamaica Kincaid's novel Lucy, the West Indian heroine_her employers' world,critically examining its assumptions

and values

A.idealizes

B.beautifies

C.scrutinizes

D.excludes

3 The frequent name changes that the country has undergone_the political turbulence that has

attended its recent history

A.argue against

B.contrast with

C.testify to

D.jeopardize

4 Brachiopods, clamlike bivalves of prehistoric times, were one of the most_forms of life on the Earth: more than 30,000 species have been from fossil records

A.omate retrieved

B.multifarious catalogued

C.scarce extracted D.anachronistic extrapolated

5 Some interactive computer games are so elaborately contrived and require such_strategies that only the most player can master them

A.byzantine adroit

B.nefarious conscientious

C.devious lackadaisical D.onerous slipshod

6.Commerce on the remote island was conducted exclusively by_,exchanging goods for goods

A.credit

B.loan

C.patronage

D.barter

7.The existence of environmental contamination is no longer a point of ; government, industry, and the public agree that it is a serious problem

A.concern

B.cooperation

C.urgency

D.dispute

8 In rock climbing, survival depends as much on , the ability to perceive without conscious reasoning,

as on physical strength

A.autonomy

B.incoherence

C.intuition

D.sophistry

9.Using computer labs to classroom instruction is most effective when the curriculum lab exercises and classroom teaching in a coordinated manner

A.supplement integrates

B.substantiate undermines

C.remedy compromises

D.disparage reinforces

10.Many_of the style of painting exemplified by Marcel Duchamp's work focused on Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase as the _of what they detested about modern art

A.critics epitome

B.proponents realization

C.advocates embodiment

D.debunkers rejection

11.Colonial American playwright Mercy Otis Warren was known for her political _,her keen judgment and insight were widely acknowledged

A partisanship

B.intemperance

C.acumen

D.irreverence

12.Johnson's writing is considered and because it is filled with obscure references and baffling digressions

A.esoteric ingenuous

B.arcane abstruse

C.spare didactic

D.lucid definitive

13.Because the congresswoman has been so openhanded with many of her constituents, it is difficult to reconcile this with her private

A.solicitousness generosity

B.insolence virtue

C.magnanimity pettiness

D.opportunism ambition

14 As sea urchins are becoming scarcer,divers are_to more dangerous depths to retrieve them,_the potential for diving injuries

B.descending increasing

A.swimming lessening

C.removing avoiding

D.returning seeing

15.Anne mentioned John’s habitual boasting about his wardrobe as an example of his_ways

B.egotistical

C.inconspicuous

D tactful

A erratic

16.His peers respected him because he was both_and : steadfast in his beliefs and tactful in his negotiations

A.resourceful courteous

B.tenacious manipulative

C.determined demonstrative

D resolute diplomatic

17 Considering that many women had little control over their own lives in medieval England,Margery Kempe's fifteenth-century autobiography demonstrates a remarkable degree of_

B.rationalism C.autonomy

D effacement

A.consecration

18.Following the decree banning_acts,suspected_could be forcibly detained without the filing of formal charges

A.rebellious conformists

B.apolitical loyalists

C seditious insurrectionists

D.subversive nonpartisans

19.By portraying a wide spectrum of characters in his one-man show,John Leguizamo provides a_to the theater's tendency to offer a limited range of roles to Latino actors

B.tribute

C.corollary

D.precursor

A.corrective

20.The rebels saw the huge statue of the dictator as_of the totalitarian regime and swiftly toppled the monument

A.an indictment

B an illusion

C.a symbol

D.a mockery

21.Residents of the isolated island were forced to master the art of navigation, becoming the ocean's most_sailors

B.temperamental

C.congenial

D.reclusive

22.The spotted bowerbird has a _for amassing the bright shiny objects it needs for decorating its bower:

it will enter houses to_cutlery, coins, thimbles,nails, screws, even car keys

A.knack assess

B.penchant pilfer

C.purpose dispense D.predilection disturb

23 Not only was the science of Hildegard of Bingen＿her theology, but her religious visions helped give her scientific works by winning her the support of medieval church authorities

A inseparable from legitimacy

B.unconcerned with prestige

C.derived from profundity

D.diminished by detachment

24 Opponents of the research institute label it ＿anachronism; its scholars, they allege, have_rivaling those of pre-Revolutionary French nobility

A.an elitist perquisites

B.a monarchical tribulations

C.an irreproachable luxuries

D.a reprehensible afflictions

25 O'Leary tolerates worms and snakes but is about insects: he has an exaggerated fear of them A.agnostic

B.eclectic

C.empiric

D.phobic

26 The challenge facing public health officials is to _an outbreak of disease and then that school- children are immunized

A.foster provide

B.predict allege

C.sustain.question D.anticipate ensure

27 Guests at the party found the general merriment infectious and were won over by the party's_ A.presumption

B.gaiety

C.conspicuousness

D.brevity

28 Demagogues do not deserve full blame for last summer's public hysteria: although they turned the mood to their political advantage, they did not actually_it

A.oppose

B.subdue

C.create

D.postpone

29.Orangutans are_apes:they typically conduct most of their lives up in the trees of tropical rain forests A.indigenous

B.recessive

C.pliant

D.arboreal

30.Since establishing the Children's Defense Fund in 1973,Marian Wright Edelman has been

an_advocate,steadfast and constant

A.unwitting

B.unswerving

C.inhibiting

D.antagonistic

31.The author the last act of her play to appease those critics who the work for its brevity

A.eliminated extolled

B.condensed censured

C.expanded disparaged

D.rearranged endorsed

32.The editorial claimed that the gubernatorial candidate lacked worldly wisdom and that this_would likely be his undoing

A nạveté

B.furtiveness

C.venality

D.sarcasm

33.In the 1960's Americans Jean Toomer's 1923 book Cane when an interest in Black culture_many of them to read the classics of Black fiction

A.neglected coerced

B rediscovered inspired

C.collected allowed

D.circulated disinclined

34.In addition to stacks of resumes and references, some employers want to_-the hiring process by employing graphologists to study applicants' handwriting for character analysis

A evaluating supplement

B.envisioning circumvent

C.ameliorating revisit

D.condoning belabor

35 Tame koala bears handled by tourists are＿， but wild koalas are hard to control and typically require two people to hold them

A.gluttonous

B.supple

C.adroit

D.docile

36 Ms.Rivers gave a performance of noteworthy_:her piano repertoire ranged from classical music to jazz

A.intensity

B.precision

C.scope

D.polish

37 The skepticism of some ancient philosophers _and helps to elucidate varieties of nihilism that appeared in the early nineteenth century

B.disseminates

C.confounds

D.foreshadows

38.Some critics of congressional proceedings contend that important debates on issues are marred by a _ of denunciations and accusations that precludes discourse

A.repertory expendable

B.barrage libelous

C.rehash repetitive D.cacophony orderly

39.Like many other groups of people in the United States who have needed laws t_equal

rights,Americans with

disabilities have had to

legislation addressing their concerns

A.guarantee lobby for

B.preclude enact

C.compound contend with D.suppress ratify

40.The cafe attracts a

clientele: a startlingly heterogeneous group of people collects there

A motley

B.callous

C.languid

D.humane

41.The second edition of the textbook provides _footnotes; since the first edition, the editors have apparently_a

great deal of background data

A meager accumulated

B.copious amassed C.voluminous excised D.monotonous embellished

42 Professor Fernandez has been about most of the purportedly humanitarian aspects of the colonial government and has insisted that its actions were, on the contrary,

A.dubious self-serving

C.excited gratuitous

D.disillusioned benevolent

43.Concrete is_of many materials, a composite of rocks, pebbles, sand, and cement

A.a conflagration

B.a distillation

C.a concordance

D.an amalgamation

44.The depiction of the＿ wolf is largely a misconception; wolves are _creatures that prefer to run in packs

A.howling noisy

B.lone social

C.vicious dangerous

D.hungry famished

45.Jazz pioneer Louis Armstrong is renowned for his improvisations on the trumpet; his innovations as a vocalist are equally

A.obscure

B.conventional

C.erroneous

D.noteworthy

46.Andrew's hunch that Ms Smith would lose the election was when her opponent won in a landslide, proving Andrew's to be correct

A.compromised prediction B substantiated endorsement C.confirmed intuition D.belied retraction 47.The medicine does have a salutary effect by pain, even if recent studies prove that it cannot eliminate such

discomfort entirely

A.alleviating

B.distracting

C.revitalizing

D.augmenting

48.The intern was almost too he felt the suffering of his patients as if it were his own.

A candid

B.disarming

C.empathetic

D.hysterical

49.As the charismatic speaker left the podium, she was surrounded by_of zealous supporters who_our attempts

to approach her

A an entourage interfered with

B.a debacle concurred with

C.a dearth intercepted

D.a coalition encompassed

50.Sally was a lighthearted and even-tempered woman;she had none of her sister's_

A truculence

B affability

C.equanimity

D resilience

51.Because postmodernist critics often rely on_language,their prose frequently seems_to nonspecialists who fail to comprehend its meaning

A.accessible abstruse

B.arcane unequivocal

C.esoteric impenetrable

D.hackneyed exotic

52.Eduardo was _to find that the editorial he had written was_by several typographical errors

A dismayed authenticated

B.overjoyed exacerbated

C.intrigued enveloped

D.embarrassed marred

53 In order to_the loss, of natural wetlands used by migrating snow geese,onservationists in the 1960's and 1970's wetland refuges in the northern prairies

A standardize ignored

B offset surrendered

C.explain dismantled

D compensate for established

54 Frequently used as a spice,ginger also has_properties: it can be used to help treat coughs, colds,and upset stomachs

B invariable

C.edible

D.curative

A timeworn

55 The scientific organization the newspaper for prominently covering the predictions of a psychic while_to report on a major research conference

A.celebrated failing

B.denounced neglecting

C.spumed hastening

D.honored opting

56 The colors and patterns on butterflies' wings may seem merely , but they are actually _ the survival of these insects, enabling them to attract mates and to hide from predators

A.artificial dependent on

B unique unnecessary to

C.decorative instrumental in

E.unrelated precursors of

57.A discerning publishing agent can_promising material from a mass of submissions, separating the good from the bad

B.dramatize

C finagle

D.overhaul

A.winnow

Il.Choose the correct option A, B, C or D that best fits each blank in the passages

FURY OVER LEAKED PYLON PLANS

An unnamed energy company has the(0)for an extensive network of pylons to be constructed across the Welsh count yside,according to documents leaked to The Weery Blletin,causing(1)-among local

community groups and charities alike The proposed plans would see over 60 miles of transmission cables and a series of 100-foot pylons link up electricity users throughout the region, plans which are completely at (2) with local preservation efforts.Campaigners have repeatedly(3)to bot the company and govely ment ministers to comepres eh the pubic about their agenda for power provision in the county, feaying adnieiative such as this.A nature prese vstion charity spokesman5)the plan as putting a

permanent Sar oninge beantiul natural surroundings that Wales has to offer Many environmental groups are up in (6) ＿about the plans, citing that for an energy company to put these plans down in writing is a bold move,yet these plans are far from being cut and (7)Government approval is

outstanding,and many hope they will be(8)rejected,but many are asking questions of why the

government hasn't released this news, rather than discovering via a leak

0 A schemes B blueprints C layouts D frameworks

1.A frenzy B hassle C mayhem D uproar

2 A edge B odds C stake D risk

3 A appealed B claimed C dictated D challenged

4 A clean B out C open D true

5 A castigated B maligned C condemned D belittled

6 A heads B arms C hands D shoulders

7 A clothed B copied C dried D drained

8.A broadly B commonly C abundantly D roundly

Waterfalls in the Grand Canyon

Though millions of tourists from all over the world visit the Grand Canyon,few are 0) access to the dramatic waterfalls at its heart Every February, a limited number of passes become available for visits over the course of the year and they sell out almost immediately, snatched up by those who have a 1)_for adventure Though access is restricted,it is for good reason The blue-green waters that thunder over the cliff face and then 2) through the canyon give their name to the Havasupai people, who have 3)_the region for thousands of years They 4) their strength from the land,which they consider sacred, and they view themselves as its guardians So, when moderm pressures precluded their ancestral hunter-gather lifestyle, they developed tourism, but in a way that does not 5)＿with their values They built a hotel and a campsite to accommodate around 300, though more would gladly come Local guides talk visitors 6) _the process of keeping safe in the 7) _landscape and also how to respect it,asking that whatever they have brought, including all their rubbish, they carry out when they leave The Havasupai have found a contemporary way to live off the land, but never at the 8)_of their invaluable blue-green waters

0 A avowed B allowed C eschewed D abjured

1 A thirst B quest C taste D stretch

2 A wander B stroll C crawl D meander

3 A resided B dwelt C abided D inhabited

4 A haul B rake C draw D pluck

5 A clash B dispute C brawl D impact

6 A about B through C out D around

7 A stale B arid C shrivelled D dehydrated

8 A forfeiture B mortgage C expense D detriment

DROUGHT

We had been having a period of unusually dry weather, but it hadn't occurred to me that this was officially a drought until l heard the news bulletin that evening.Apparently several years had gone by with rainfall well below normal,which meant that the past six weeks of high temperatures had (1) the problem to a head The newsreader informed viewers of the ensuing hosepipe ban, no longer allowing

us to wash our cars or water the grass with reckless abandon Two more weeks（2) and while the situation in the suburbs remained much the same,it was quite a different (3)_ of fish in agricultural areas Lack of rain had shrivelled crops and, with livestock also beginning to suffer, the drought was threatening to bring farmers to their (4)_.The last (5) _ came on the third of the month when the first fire reared its ugly head Within a matter of hours, thirty acres of forest had succumbed to the flares and any hope of putting out the blaze was growing increasingly(6)

1.A taken B led C carried D brought

2.A expired B went C passed D later

3.A kettle B pot C pan D bowl

4.A hands B tears C end D knees

5.A straw B hay C grass D weed

6.A dark B dim C dull D gloomy

Answers to the Questions:

Section I: Vocabulary in Context

1 C toxic

2 C scrutinizes

3 C testify to

4 B multifarious catalogued

5 A byzantine adroit

6 D barter

7 D dispute

8 C intuition