Choose the word which best fits each gap of the passage: HOW WE READ Why did you decide to read this, and will you keep reading to the end?. Read the passage and choose the best answer
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I.A Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently
1 A penalty B eject C defeat D enthusiast
2 A minor B rival C title D windsurfing
3 A prepared B determined C competed D admired
B Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the other
4 A result B digest C wilderness D compose
5 A precision B spectator C reliable D final
II Choose the best answer:
6 Television only for the last forty or fifty years
A must be existed B has been existed C was existed D has existed
7 So far, many beautiful buildings, built in Bangkok
A were B have been C are D had been
8 I’m sure he would have eaten it
A Had he been hungry C However he had been hungry
Unless he had been hungry D As if he had been hungry
9 I hope you don’t mind to come and meet her
A to be asked B you were asked C being asked D we asked you
10 The more you talk about the matter,
A the situation seems worse C the worse the situation seems
B the worse seems the situation D the situation seems the worse
11 If the prisoners attempt to escape from prison
A he will catch B they will catch
C they will be caught D the prisoners will have caught
12 If you like skiing, there is a ski _ under an hour's drive from London
A station B resort C place D port
13 In water polo only the goalie _ the ball with both hands
A is allowed to touch B is allowed touching
C lets to touch D is permitted touch
14 Snooker is a very popular _ sport in Britain Most of the major tournaments are televised
A spectacle B spectator C audience D viewed
15 Which of these is not a swimming style?
A butterfly B crawl C breaststroke D diving
III Choose the word which best fits each gap of the passage:
HOW WE READ
Why did you decide to read this, and will you keep reading to the end? Do you expect to understand every single part of it and will you remember anything about it in a fortnights’ (16) ? Common sense (17) that the answers to these questions depend on “readability” – whether the (18) matter is interesting, the arguments clear and the (19) _ attractive But psychologists are discovering that to (20) why people read – and often don’t read – technical information, they have to (21) not so much the writing as the reader
Even the most technically confident people often (22) instructions for the video or home computer in favour of hands-on experience And people frequently (23) little notice of consumer information, whether on nutritional labels or in the small print of contracts Psychologists researching reading (24) to assume that both beginners and (25) readers read everything put in front of them from start
to finish There are (26) among them about the (27) of eyes, memory and brain during the process Some believe that fluent readers take (28) every letter or word they see; others (29) that readers rely on memory or context to carry them from one phrase to another But they have always assumed that the reading process is the same: reading starts, comprehension (30) then reading stops
16 A term B period C time D gap
17A suggests B transmits C advises D informs
18 A subject B topic C content D text
19 A pattern B formation C layout D assembly
20 A ensure B determine C value D rate
21 A examine B inquire C trace D calculate
Trang 222 A miss B omit C pass D ignore
24 A tend B undertake C lead D consent
25 A competent B sufficient C considerable D valid
26 A objections B arguments C contests D separations
27 A role B concern C share D relation
29 A insist B direct C urge D press
30 A sets B occurs C issues D establishes
V Read the passage and choose the best answer
Aerobic exercise can help you lose weight It can help you stay at a healthy weight Aerobic exercise burns calories
A calorie is a unit of measurement It measure the amount of energy in foods It measures the amount of energy your body uses When you take in the same number of calories that you burn everyday, your weight stays the same
If you take in fewer calories than you urn, you gain weight Regular exercise helps you burn calories Strength training may also help with weight control lifting weights burns calories Lifting weights also makes more muscles
in your body Muscles burn more calories than fat
Stretching exercise can make your body more flexible There are stretches for your arms, legs, necks, and trunk Many people do slow exercises and stretches called yoga to make their bodies more flexible A physical education teacher can show you how to do stretches You should do warm-up stretches before you do aerobic or anaerobic exercises You should do cool -down stretches can help prevent muscle injuries
31 Your weight will be the same
A by doing aerobic exercise
B when the number of calories you take in every day is burnt
C when you measure the amount of energy in foods everyday
D by lifting weights
32 You put on weight
A when you take in less calories than you burn B by doing regular exercise to burn calories
C unless you do exercise regularly D when you take in more calories than you burn
33 Strength training like lifting weights may help with weights control because
A it burns calories by making more muscles B it makes fat burn calories
C weights are always heavy to lift D you are too tired to take in calories
34 Yoga, which makes your bodies more flexible, are
A warm-up stretches B included in weight lifting
C slow exercises and stretches D only for people who need weight control
35 Warm-up and cool-down stretches
A are needed before you do aerobic exercise B help you finish exercising feeling better
C should be done if you want to avoid muscle injuries D prevent muscles from burning calories
VI Choose the underlined word or phrase in each of the sentences that needs correcting
26 Unlike gas sports balloons, hot air balloons not have nets
A B C D
37 The desert in southern Arizona is dominant by cactus and deep -rooted shrubs
A C D
38 Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized the first U.S women’s rights convention in 1848 and was
A B instrumentally in the struggle to win voting and property rights for women
39 I think I’m very lucky to having been noticed so early in my career
A B C D
40 I close my eyes and relax by concentrate on each part of my body in turn, beginning
A B C D with my neck