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 from 39 to 43.
It was widely reported last year that sales of guidebooks are falling fast, thanks to developments in the Internet and mobile phones. It makes sense. Why bother taking a heavy book with you when you can down all the information you need to your phone as you walk around the cathedral?
Writing a new book about a place is a rewarding job, but one that is becoming a rarity. Publishers are more concerned with keeping existing books up to date than bringing out new ones in an already crowded market. This is understandable, since every guidebook is actually out of date as soon as it is published. It may have been researched a year before being printed and it could have sat on the bookshop shelf for a year or two, so its information might be three years old by the time the reader uses it in practice. It is hardly surprising, therefore, that some publishers are inviting almost as much in updating and redesigning their books as they did creating them. Updating guides is nowadays a good way for new writers to get started.
But if the Internet via a mobile phone can deliver information just as well as printed paper but much faster, at almost no cost, is there a future for printed guidebook? Other books you read at home, but a travel guide's main purposes for urgent reference when you're desperate to find accommodation or somewhere to eat. Using a modern cellphone, any traveller can now enjoy a “paperless holiday”. Want to know the opening times of the museum? Look them up online. Need some information on the ancient building you're standing in? Download it.
Which could be the best title for the passage?
A. Guidebooks Flourishing Despite the IT Revolution?
B. Enjoying a Paperless Holiday
C. Guidebooks in Decline: What's the Future?
D. Guidebooks on the Brink of Extinction
Giải thích:
Cái nào có thể là tiêu đề tốt nhất cho đoạn văn?
A. Sách Hướng dẫn Hưng thịnh Bất chấp Cách mạng CNTT?
B. Tận hưởng một kỳ nghỉ không giấy tờ
C. Sách hướng dẫn giảm: Tương lai là gì?
D. Sách hướng dẫn bên bờ vực tuyệt chủng
Thông tin: It was widely reported last year that sales of guidebooks are falling fast, thanks to developments in the Internet and mobile phones.
Tạm dịch: Năm ngoái, có nhiều thông tin cho rằng doanh số bán sách hướng dẫn đang giảm nhanh vì sự phát triển của Internet và điện thoại di động.
Chọn C.
The expert says progress and economical development depend on educating children.
Harry had packed his luggage. After that, he loaded it into the car and set off for the airport.
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.
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 1 to 5.
The outbreak of COVID-19 is an unprecedented public health crisis, touching nearly all countries and (1) _______ across the world. The health impacts of COVID-19 are devastating and, rightly, in the forefront of our minds, cross our media, and impacting people's lives and livelihoods across the world. One of the most tangible outcomes of COVID-19 is the ever-increasing socio-economic gap between learners. Over 365 million children are missing out on important school feeding programmes (2) _______ keep them healthy and motivated to learn. Moreover, families may be pushed to (3) _______ to negative coping mechanisms to meet their needs, including child labour or reducing the number and quality of meals at a time when staying healthy and keeping a strong immune system is particularly important. Home learning may itself be a source of stress for families and learners, with pressure to take on new responsibilities. Many children are suffering from anxiety, living without access to the internet or other means required to benefit from distance learning. (4) _______ older children are stressed about missing months of education (5) _______ they have to care for younger children in the home while parents and caregivers are working.
As far as I can judge, she was completely unaware _______ the seriousness of the situation.
In both adults and children, the intake of free sugars should _______ to less than 10% of total energy intake.
(5) _______ they have to care for younger children in the home while parents and caregivers are working.
According to the passage, urban expansion facilitates the spread of disease because _______.