Kiến thức: Từ vựng
Giải thích:
the remains (n): tàn tích the rest (n): (người/ vật) còn lại
the excess (n): sự vượt quá the left (n): (người vật) còn sót lại, bị bỏ lại
About half of them are trying to get qualifications and skills to help them with their jobs, the (20) rest are taking recreational subjects for personal satisfaction.
Tạm dịch: Khoảng một nửa trong số họ cố gắng nhận lấy bằng cấp và kỹ năng giúp họ trong công việc trong khi số còn lại tham gia môn học giải trí để thỏa mãn cá nhân.
Chọn B
Dịch đoạn văn:
Nhiều người trở lại trường đại học như một sinh viên trưởng thành và tham gia khóa đào tạo kỹ năng toàn thời gian hoặc bán thời gian điều này giúp họ có một công việc. Sự phát triển của việc học mở, làm cho nó có thể được học khi nào thuận tiện cho sinh viên, làm gia tăng cơ hội có cho nhiều người. Loại hình học tập này trước đây bị hạn chế với việc học dựa vào sách và các khóa học tương ứng nhưng bây giờ khóa học bao gồm trên ti vi, CD-Rom hay Internet, và khóa học tự truy cập ở trung tâm ngôn ngữ hoặc trung tâm máy tính.
Người Mỹ tin rằng giáo dục là quan trọng ở tất cả các giai đoạn của cuộc đời và không nên ngừng lại khi bạn có được công việc đầu tiên. Khoảng 40% người lớn tham gia một số lợi hình giáo dục chính quy. Khoảng một nửa trong số họ cố gắng nhận lấy bằng cấp và kỹ năng giúp họ trong công việc trong khi số còn lại tham gia môn học giải trí để thỏa mãn cá nhân. Trường học và cộng đồng đại học sắp xếp các lớp học buổi tối, và danh sách khóa học được công bố bởi hội đồng quản trị giáo dục.
Read the following pasage and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space from 1 to 5.
With job vacancies available all year round offering high salaries, Vietnam has been ranked the second best place in the world to teach English by TEFL Exchange, a community for teachers of English (1)______ a foreign language.
The site (2)______ that a foreign English teacher can earn between $1,200-2,200 a month in Vietnam, where the average annual income in 2016 was just $2,200. They can (3)______ a job any time of year and the best places to do so are the country’s three largest cities: Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang.
Candidates only need to hold a bachelor’s (4)______ and a TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) certificate.
English is an obligatory subject from sixth grade across Vietnam, but in large cities, many primary schools demand high (5)______. Foreign language centers have been thriving here, with students as young as three years old.
Read the following passage and mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the blanks from 6 to 10.
Some years ago, my daughter was studying English at a university on the south coast. One evening, she phoned to (6) _____ me that what she really wanted to do was a travel round the world, (7) _____ she was looking into the possibility of working in another country. She had seen several advertisements in the paper for student teachers of English abroad, and she was interested in one in Italy, (8) _____ she was desperate to visit.
She decided that this would be a good way to achieve her ambition, so she was writing to apply for the job. The reply (9) _____ a long time to arrive, but eventually she received a letter asking if she would go for an interview in London the following week. She was so excited that she immediately got in touch with the school owner and agree to attend the interview . She was determined that nothing would prevent her (10) _____ doing what she had set out to do.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the blanks from 41 to 45.
The United States has many different types of families. While most American families are traditional, (41) _____a father, mother and one or more children, 22 percent of all American families in 1998 were headed by one parent, usually a woman. In a few families in the United States, there are no children. These childish couples may believe that they would not make good parents; they may want freedom from the (42) _____ of childbrearing; or, perhaps they (43) _____ physically able to have children. Other families in the United States have one adult (44) _____ a stepparent. A stepmother or stepfather is a person who joins a family by marrying a father ormother
Americans tolerate and accept these different types of families. In the United States, people have the right to privacy and Americans do not believe in telling other Americans what type of family group they must belong to. They respect each other’s (45) _____ regarding family groups. Families are very important to Americans.
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 31 to 35.
Back in the 1960s and 1970s, the world was becoming more aware of the destructive effects of industry (31)______ the environment and people were starting to think seriously about ways of protecting the environment. One man who was particularly affected by this subject was Gerard Morgan-Grenville. As Morgan-Grenville travelled round earning his living as a gardener, he noticed signs of the damage that was being done to the countryside around him. It wasn't long before Morgan-Grenville decided that he had to do something about this situation. He felt that if people could be shown a better way of living then maybe they would be interested enough to try to protect their (32)_____ environment.
Mr. Morgan-Grenville decided to set up a project (33) ______ would prove what was happening to our surroundings and what could be done about it. So, in 1975, Morgan-Grenville created the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) in a village in Wales.
The main aim of CAT is to search for an ecologically better way of living by using technology which (34) _____ no harm to the environment. One of the most important things CAT did initially was to explore and demonstrate a wide range of techniques and to point out which ones had the least destructive results on the world around us. (35)____, CAT provides information and advice to people all over Britain and all over the world. If more and more individuals are informed about how much damage our modern lifestyle is causing to the planet, maybe more of them would be prepared to look for practical solutions to environmental problems.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrases that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 46 to 50.
ABROAD WITH US
The company study abroad was originally founded in 1991 for students who wished to study French in France. Its success led to the establishment of other schools around the world.
Learning the language in the country in which it is spoken is, of course,a (46)_______ more effective and faster process than studying in your own country. It is also an opportunities to mix with local habitants and (47)_______ a greater and deeper (48)_______ of the people whose language you are studying. This makes the whole experience much more enjoyable.
You may wish to attend an Italian language and a cooking course in Italy or combine a Portuguese course with a sport. You should look at all the possibilities and (49)_______ the best choice.
In order to choose the (50)_______ course and location for you, we suggest you contact us to discuss your particular requirements. From the information you give us, we can make some recommendation.