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Đề thi thử THPTQG năm 2019 chuẩn cấu trúc của bộ giáo dục có đáp án (Đề số 9)

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Câu 1:

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

He decided to buy some chocolate kept in an________container for his father

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Đáp án D.

- airtight (ndj): không cho phép không khí vào hoặc ra

Tạm dịch: Anh ẩy quyết định mua một ít sôcâla được bảo quàn trong một cái hộp kín khí


Câu 2:

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

The politician tried to arouse the crowd, but most of them were_______to his arguments.

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Đáp án B.

- to be indifferent to sth: thờ ơ, lãnh đạm.

Tạm dịch: Nhà chính trị cố gắng khuấy động đám đông nhưng hu hết bọn họ đều tỏ ra thờ ơ với những luận đim ca ông ấy.


Câu 3:

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

- “Can you take the day off tomorrow?”

- “Well, I’ll have to get_______from my boss.”

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Đáp án A.

A. permission: sự cho phép

B. licence (n): giấy phép, ví dụ: lái xe,...

C. allowance (n): tiền trợ cấp

D. permit (n): giấy phép lao động

Vậy A là phù hợp nhất.

Tạm dich: Bạn có thể ngh ngày mai không? Vâng, tôi phải xin phép ông chủ đã.

Kiến thức cần nhớ

to take a/ the day off: nghỉ làm (tạm thời không đi làm)


Câu 4:

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

I do not believe that this preposterous scheme is__________of our serious consideration.

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Đáp án A.

- to be worthy of sth: thích hợp, thích đáng, xứmg đáng với

Tạm dich: Tôi không tin rằng kể hoạch ngớ ngẩn này lại đáng để chúng ta xem xét nghiêm túc.

Lưu ý: Các cấu trúc với từ worth, worthy, worthwhile whorthless:

* worth sth: trị giá bằng cái gì. Ex: The paintings are worth 2 milion dollars.

* worth + V-ing sth: đáng làm gì. Ex: It is worth reading a book.

* worthy + of sb/sth: xứng đáng với ai/ cái gì. Ex: She felt she was not worthy of him.

* worthwhile cũng giống như từ “worth”: worthwhile +V-ing: đáng làm gì đó.

Cấu trúc khác của worthwhile”: worthwhile to do sth = worthwhile for sb to do sth.

* worthless là tính từ đồng nghĩa với valueless: không có giá trị và trái nghĩa với valuable/ priceless


Câu 5:

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

He made me_____________they had left the district

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Đáp án C.

Cấu trúc: make sb/ slh do sth: khiển ai làm gì.

Tạm dịch: Anh ta làm cho tôi tin là họ đã đì khỏi quận đó.

Kiến thức cần nhớ

Cấu trúc: - make/ let/ have sb do sth

- get sb to sth


Câu 7:

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

It’s a pity you didn’t ask because I________you

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Đáp án B.

Cấu trúc: could, may, might + have + PP: có lẽ đã

- Diễn đạt một điều gì đó có thể đã xảy ra hoặc có thể đúng ở quá khứ nhưng người nói không dám chắc:

Ex: I didn’t hear the telephone ring, I might have been sleeping at that time: Tôi đã không nghe thấy chuông điện thoại, lúc đó có lẽ tôi đã ngủ.

- Diễn đạt điều gì đó có thể xảy ra nhưng đã không xảy ra:

Ex: Why did you leave him come home alone? He might/ could have got lost: Sao anh lại để nó đi về nhà một mình? Nó có thế đã bị lạc. Sự thật là nó không bị lạc.

Tạm dịch: Thật đáng tiếc vì bạn đã không bảo tôi trước vì tôi có lẽ đã có thể giúp bạn.

Kiến thức cần nhớ

- Must have PP: chuyện chắc chắn xảy ra trong quá khử

- Might have PP: chuyện đã có thể xảy ra trong quá khứ

- Can’t (couldn’t) have PP: chuyện không thể xảy ra trong quá khử             


Câu 8:

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 difficult to guess what her__________ to the news would be

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Đáp án B.

- reaction to sth: sự phản ứng đi với cái gì.

- opinion about on sth = feeling about sth: quan đim về việc gì


Câu 9:

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

The greater part of London______ of wood, but after the great fire, wider streets and brick houses__________.

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Đáp án D.

Lưu ý: Khi có hai hành động cùng xảy ra trong quá khứ, hành động xảy ra trước đ thì QKHT, hành động xảy ra sau đ QKĐ.

Tạm dịch: Phần lớn các công trình nhà cửa của London trước đây được làm bằng gỗ, nhưng sau trận đại hỏa hoạn thì những con phố rộng và những căn nhà bằng gạch đã được xây dựng lên.


Câu 10:

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

Harry and Kate are talking in Harry’s office.

Kate: “May I open the window?”

Harry: “_________”

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Đáp án D.

Câu cảm thán Go ahead!: Cứ tự nhiên.

Tạm dịch: Tôi có thể mở cửa số được không? - Cứ tự nhiên đi


Câu 11:

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

The show was very funny. They were___________sport commentators.

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Đáp án A.

A. sending up: châm biếm, đ kích.

Các đáp án khác không phù hợp:

B. taking up (v): tiếp tục, đảm nhận, làm cho ngn lại (quần áo), bắt đầu học cách chơi một môn thể thao nào đó.

C. looking up (v): cải thiện, tra cứu.

D. bringing up (v): nuôi dưỡng.

Tạm dịch: Show diễn đó rt hài hước. Mọi người châm biếm các bình luận viên thể thao vờ làm cho khản già cười bể bụng


Câu 12:

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

Maria is talking to Ann after work.

Maria: “____________?”

Ann: “With pleasure.”

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Đáp án A.

- with pleasure: chỉ sự đồng ý một cách lịch sự.

Tạm dịch: Bạn có th cho tôi đi nhờ được không?

- Được thôi!

Các đáp án khác không phù họp:

B. Bạn có phiền không nếu tôi hút thuốc?

C. Bạn có kể hoạch làm gì?

D. Bạn có muốn dùng một tách trà không?


Câu 13:

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

The newcomer has got few friends, __________?

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Đáp án C.

Cách thành lập câu hỏi đuôi:

- Câu giới thiệu dùng thì HTHT hoặc HTHTTD, phần hỏi đuôi phải muợn trợ động t have hoặc has.

- Câu giới thiệu khẳng định, phần hi đuôi phủ định.

S + V(s/ es/ ed/ 2)…., don’t/ doesn’t/ didn’t + S?        

- Câu giới thiệu phủ định, phần hỏi đuôi khẳng định

S + don’t/ doesn’t/ didn’t + V.....,do/ does/ did + S?

Tạm dịch: Người mới đến cổ rất ít bạn phái không?


Câu 14:

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

__________ more help, I could call my neighbour

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Đáp án B.

Cấu trúc đảo của câu điều kiện loại I:

Should + S + V, S + can/ could + V.

Tạm dịch: Nếu cần giúp đỡ, tôi có thể gọi hàng xóm


Câu 15:

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

In 1864 George Pullman designed a sleeping car that eventually saw widespread use

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Đáp án A.

Tạm dịch: Vào năm 1864, George Pullman đã thiết kế một chiếc xe có giường ngủ ______đã được sử dụng rộng rãi.

- eventually (adv): cuối cùng

A. previously (adv): trước đây

B. ultimately (adv): cuối cùng, sau cùng

C. familiarly (adv): thân mật, không khách khí, suống

D. simultaneously (adv): đồng thời, xảy ra cùng một lúc, làm cùng một lúc

Do đó đáp án chính xác là previously(đề bài yêu cu tìm đáp án trái nghĩa).


Câu 16:

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

Why are you so arrogant?

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Đáp án C.

- arrogant (adj): kiêu căng, kiêu ngạo, ngạo mạn

A. snooty (adj): khinh khnh, kiêu kỳ

B. stupid (adj): ngu ngốc, ngu xuẩn

C. humble (adj): khiêm tốn, nhún nhường

D. cunning (adj): xo quyệt, xảo trá

Đáp án chính xác là humble(đề bài yêu cầu tìm đáp án trái nghĩa).


Câu 17:

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 asked to account for his presence at the scene of crime.

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Đáp án C.

Tạm dịch: Anh ta được đề nghị_______sự xuất hiện của mình ở hiện trường vụ án.

- account for (v) giải thích, đưa lí do cho.

Ex: This accounts for his behaviour: điều đó giải thích thái độ đối x ca hắn.

A. complain (v): kêu ca, kêu, phàn nàn, than phiền; oán trách

B. exchange (v): đổi, đổi chác, trao đối

C. explain (v): giải thích, thanh minh

D. arrange (v): sắp xếp, sắp đặt, sửa soạn

Câu hỏi tìm đáp án gần nghĩa nhất. Ta thấy đáp án chính xác và phù hợp nhất với văn cảnh là explain”.

Kiến thức cần nhớ

- explain (v): giải thích

- explanation (n): sự/ lời giải thích

- explanatory (adj): mang tính giải thích

- explain sth to sb

- explain away: thanh minh


Câu 18:

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.

Pop music is not my cup of tea; I prefer classical music.

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Đáp án A.

Tạm dịch: Nhạc Pop__________; tôi thích nhạc cổ điển hơn.

- is not my cup of tea: không phải là cái mà tôi thích thú, quan tâm đến

Ex: An evening at the opera isn't everyone's cup of tea: Một buổi ti ở nhà hát opera không phải là cái mà ai cũng thích.

A. doesn’t suit my taste: không phù hp với khẩu vị ca tôi

B. is not my favourite drink: không phải là đồ uống yêu thích của tôi

C. is something I enjoy most: là cái gì đó mà tôi thích nhất

D. is an object I don’t need: là một vật mà tôi không cần

Dựa vào những giải nghĩa ờ trên thì đáp án chính xác là doesn’t suit my taste”.


Câu 19:

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 the position ofprimary stress in each of the following questions

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Đáp án A.

A. great /greɪt/ (adj): to lớn, tuyệt vời, đi

B. bean /bi:n/ (n): hạt đậu, đậu

C. teacher / 'ti:t∫ə / (n): giáo viên

D. means / 'mi:nz / (n): phương tiện

Đáp án chính xác là A vì phần gạch chân được đọc là âm /eɪ / khác với những đáp án còn lại đọc âm /i:/.


Câu 20:

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 the position ofprimary stress in each of the following questions

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Đáp án C.

A. removed / rɪ'mu:vd / (v): rời... đi

B. approved / ə'pru:vd / (v): ủng hộ

C. beloved / bɪ'lʌvɪd/ (adj): rất được yêu thích - ch s dụng trước danh từ

D. relieved / rɪ'li:vd / (v): làm dịu đi, làm an tâm

Ta thấy các đáp án A, B, D đều có từ gạch chân đọc là /d/, còn đáp án C là /id/.

Kiến thức cần nhớ

Cách đọc đuổi -ed:

- /id/ sau từ tận cùng là t, d

- /t/ sau s, sh, ch, th, p, k, f.

- /d/ sau nguyên âm và những phụ âm còn lại.


Câu 21:

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 ofprimary stress in each of the following questions

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Đáp án A.

Nhấn trọng âm âm tiết th 2, còn lại nhn âm thử 3.

A. statistical / stə'tɪstɪkl / (adj): dựa trên thống kê

B. solidarity / ,sɒlɪ'dærəti/ (n): tình đoàn kết, hữu nghị

C. sociology / ,səʊsi'ɒlədʒi / (n): xã hội học

D. managerial / ,mænə'dʒɪəriəl/ (adj): thuộc về công việc quản


Câu 22:

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 ofprimary stress in each of the following questions

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Đáp án C.

Nhấn trọng âm âm tiết thứ 1, còn lại nhấn âm th 2.

A. familiar / fə'mɪljə(r)/ (adj): quen thuộc, thân thuộc

B. redundant / rɪ'dʌndənt / (adj): dư, thừa

C. customary / 'kʌstəməri/ (adj): thông thường, thành thói quen

D. reluctant / rɪ'lʌktənt / (adj): min cưỡng, bất đắc dĩ, không thích


Câu 23:

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.

Gilbert Newton Lewis, a chemist, helped to develop the modem electron theory of valence, a theory what explains the forces holding atoms together in molecules

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Đáp án C.

Đổi what thành that/ which.

Đây là câu dùng mệnh đề quan hệ giới hạn làm rõ nghĩa cho cụm từ “the modern electron theory of valence, a theory”.

Tạm dịch: Gilbert Newton Lewis, một nhà hóa học, đã giúp phát triển lý thuyết điện từ hiện đại về giá trị, một lý thuyết giải thích các lực đang giữ các nguyên tử với nhau trong các phân tử


Câu 24:

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.

Carnegie Hall was the first bulding in New York designing specially for orchestral music

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Đáp án B.

Đổi designing thành designed hoặc which/ that was designed.

Tạm dịch: Carnegie Hall là tòa nhà đầu tiên ở New York được thiết kế đặc biệt dành cho nhạc giao hưởng.


Câu 25:

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.

Lady Liberty has long been a symbol of free and hope to people all over the world, but have you ever wondered where she came from?

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Đáp án C.

Đổi free thành freedom.

“and” là liên từ ni các sự vật, sự việc có chung đặc điểm hay còn gọi là có cấu trúc song song với nhau.

Hiện tượng liệt kê song song nên các từ (hay cụm từ) phải đồng loại: “hope” là danh từ đứng sau giới từ “of ’ nên trước “and” cũng phải là danh từ.

Tạm dịch: Tượng nữ thần tự do từ lâu đã là một biểu tượng của tự do và hy vọng cho mọi người trên toàn thể giới, nhưng bạn đã bao giờ tự hỏi cô ấy đến từ đâu?


Câu 26:

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.

        Accustomed though we are to speaking of the films made before 1927 as "silent", the film has never been, in the full sense of the word, silent. From the very beginning, music was regarded as an indispensable accompaniment; when the Lumiere films were shown at the first public film exhibition in the United States in February 1896, they were accompanied by piano improvisations on popular tunes. At first, the music played bore no special relationship to the films; an accompaniment of any kind was sufficient. Within a very short time, however, the incongruity of playing lively music to a solemn film became apparent, and film pianists began to take some care in matching their pieces to the mood of the film.

        As movie theaters grew in number and importance, a violinist, and perhaps a cellist, would be added to the pianist in certain cases, and in the larger movie theaters small orchestras were formed. For a number of years the selection of music for each film program rested entirely in the hands of the conductor or leader of the orchestra, and very often the principal qualification for holding such a position was not skill or taste so much as the ownership of a large personal library of musical pieces. Since the conductor seldom saw the films until the night before they were to be shown (if, indeed, the conductor was lucky enough to see them then), the musical arrangement was normally improvised in the greatest hurry.

        To help meet this difficulty, film distributing companies started the practice of publishing suggestions for musical accompaniments. In 1909, for example, the Edison Company began issuing with their films such indications of mood as “pleasant”, “sad”, “lively”. The suggestions became more explicit, and so emerged the musical cue sheet containing indications of mood, the titles of suitable pieces of music, and precise directions to show where one piece led into the next.

        Certain films had music especially composed for them. The most famous of these early special scores was that composed and arranged for D.w. Griffith's film Birth of a Nation, which was released in 1915.

The passage mainly discusses music that was_________.

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Đáp án B.

Keywords: mainly, discuss, music.

Clue: “Accustomed though we are to speaking of the films made before 1927 as “silent”, the film has never been, in the full sense of the word, silent. From the very beginning, music was regarded as an indispensable accompaniment...”: Mặc dù chúng ta đã quen thuộc khi nhc tới những bộ phim được sản xuất trước năm 1927 là "phim câm" thì những phim này chưa bao giờ thực sự tà phim câm cả. Ngay từ khi mới bắt đầu, âm nhạc đã được xem là thứ dồng hành không thể thiếu...

Đáp án đúng là B. played during silent films: được chơi trong suốt các bộ phim câm.

Các đáp án còn lại không phù hợp: A. performed before the showing of a film: được chơi trước khi trình chiếu một bộ phim.

C. recorded during film exhibitions: được thu lại trong khi triển lãm phim.

D. specifically composed for certain movie: được soạn đặc biệt cho một bộ phim nhất định.


Câu 27:

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.

        Accustomed though we are to speaking of the films made before 1927 as "silent", the film has never been, in the full sense of the word, silent. From the very beginning, music was regarded as an indispensable accompaniment; when the Lumiere films were shown at the first public film exhibition in the United States in February 1896, they were accompanied by piano improvisations on popular tunes. At first, the music played bore no special relationship to the films; an accompaniment of any kind was sufficient. Within a very short time, however, the incongruity of playing lively music to a solemn film became apparent, and film pianists began to take some care in matching their pieces to the mood of the film.

        As movie theaters grew in number and importance, a violinist, and perhaps a cellist, would be added to the pianist in certain cases, and in the larger movie theaters small orchestras were formed. For a number of years the selection of music for each film program rested entirely in the hands of the conductor or leader of the orchestra, and very often the principal qualification for holding such a position was not skill or taste so much as the ownership of a large personal library of musical pieces. Since the conductor seldom saw the films until the night before they were to be shown (if, indeed, the conductor was lucky enough to see them then), the musical arrangement was normally improvised in the greatest hurry.

        To help meet this difficulty, film distributing companies started the practice of publishing suggestions for musical accompaniments. In 1909, for example, the Edison Company began issuing with their films such indications of mood as “pleasant”, “sad”, “lively”. The suggestions became more explicit, and so emerged the musical cue sheet containing indications of mood, the titles of suitable pieces of music, and precise directions to show where one piece led into the next.

        Certain films had music especially composed for them. The most famous of these early special scores was that composed and arranged for D.w. Griffith's film Birth of a Nation, which was released in 1915.

What can be inferred that the passage about the majority of films made after 1927?

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Đáp án C.

Keywords: inferred (suy luận), the majority of films, after 1927.

Clue: “Accustomed though we are to speaking of the films made before 1927 as “silent”, the film has never been, in the full sense of the word, silent. From the very beginning, music was regarded as an indispensable accompaniment..Mc dù chúng ta đã quen thuộc khi nhắc tới những bộ phim được sn xuất trước năm 1927 là “'phim câmthì những phim này chưa bao giờ thực sự là phim câm cả. Ngay từ khi mới bắt đầu, âm nhạc đã được xem là thứ đồng hành không thể thiếu...

Phân tích:

A. They were truly “silent”: Chúng thực sự im lặng.

B. They were accompanied by symphonic orchestras: Chúng được chơi cùng dàn nhạc giao hưởng.

C. They incorporated the sound of the actors’ voices: Chúng được kết hợp cht chẽ với âm thanh từ giọng ca diễn viên.

D. They corresponded to specific musical compositions: Chúng tương ứng với một tác phẩm âm nhạc cụ thể.

Những bộ phim câm trước năm 1927 trên thực tế không hoàn toàn im lặng bởi luôn có âm nhạc đồng hành. Dù cho diễn viên không nói nhưng âm nhạc lại được kết hợp với phần diễn của diễn viên để miêu tả được phn diễn đó. Do đó, sau năm 1927 chắc chắn là film đã được lồng tiếng nên đáp án đúng là C.

Kiến thức cần nhớ

-accompany (v)      

/ ə'kʌmpəni /: đi kèm đi cùng, kết hợp, (đệm đàn)


Câu 28:

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.

        Accustomed though we are to speaking of the films made before 1927 as "silent", the film has never been, in the full sense of the word, silent. From the very beginning, music was regarded as an indispensable accompaniment; when the Lumiere films were shown at the first public film exhibition in the United States in February 1896, they were accompanied by piano improvisations on popular tunes. At first, the music played bore no special relationship to the films; an accompaniment of any kind was sufficient. Within a very short time, however, the incongruity of playing lively music to a solemn film became apparent, and film pianists began to take some care in matching their pieces to the mood of the film.

        As movie theaters grew in number and importance, a violinist, and perhaps a cellist, would be added to the pianist in certain cases, and in the larger movie theaters small orchestras were formed. For a number of years the selection of music for each film program rested entirely in the hands of the conductor or leader of the orchestra, and very often the principal qualification for holding such a position was not skill or taste so much as the ownership of a large personal library of musical pieces. Since the conductor seldom saw the films until the night before they were to be shown (if, indeed, the conductor was lucky enough to see them then), the musical arrangement was normally improvised in the greatest hurry.

        To help meet this difficulty, film distributing companies started the practice of publishing suggestions for musical accompaniments. In 1909, for example, the Edison Company began issuing with their films such indications of mood as “pleasant”, “sad”, “lively”. The suggestions became more explicit, and so emerged the musical cue sheet containing indications of mood, the titles of suitable pieces of music, and precise directions to show where one piece led into the next.

        Certain films had music especially composed for them. The most famous of these early special scores was that composed and arranged for D.w. Griffith's film Birth of a Nation, which was released in 1915.

It can be inferred that orchestra conductors who worked in movie theaters needed to ____.

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Đáp án C.

Keywords: inferred, orchestra conductors, needed to.

Clue: “For a number of years the selection of music for each film program rested entirely in the hands of the conductor or leader of the orchestra, and very often the principal qualification for holding such a position was not skill or taste so much as the ownership of a large personal library of musical pieces”: Trong một vài năm việc lựa chọn âm nhạc cho từng chương trình phim hoàn toàn nằm trong quyết định ca người ch huy hoặc người ch đạo dàn nhạc, và rất thường xuyên thì tiêu chuẩn chính để được nắm giữ vị tri này không phải nằm ở kỹ năng hay thm âm mà là ở việc sở hu một kho tàng các bản nhạc đồ sộ riêng.

Phân tích:

Ta ngầm hiểu the ownership of a large personal library of musical piecestrong bối cnh này nghĩa là người chỉ huy dàn nhạc phải biết tới nhiều loại nhạc đa dạng phong phú khác nhau. Do đó, chọn đáp án C. be familiar with a wide variety of music: quen thuộc với các loại nhạc đa dạng khác nhau.

Các đáp án khác không phải là những suy luận đúng:

A. Be able to play many instruments: có khả năng chơi nhiều nhc cụ.

B. Have pleasant voices: có giọng hay.

D. Be able to compose original music: có khả năng soạn nhạc nguyên bn.


Câu 29:

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.

        Accustomed though we are to speaking of the films made before 1927 as "silent", the film has never been, in the full sense of the word, silent. From the very beginning, music was regarded as an indispensable accompaniment; when the Lumiere films were shown at the first public film exhibition in the United States in February 1896, they were accompanied by piano improvisations on popular tunes. At first, the music played bore no special relationship to the films; an accompaniment of any kind was sufficient. Within a very short time, however, the incongruity of playing lively music to a solemn film became apparent, and film pianists began to take some care in matching their pieces to the mood of the film.

        As movie theaters grew in number and importance, a violinist, and perhaps a cellist, would be added to the pianist in certain cases, and in the larger movie theaters small orchestras were formed. For a number of years the selection of music for each film program rested entirely in the hands of the conductor or leader of the orchestra, and very often the principal qualification for holding such a position was not skill or taste so much as the ownership of a large personal library of musical pieces. Since the conductor seldom saw the films until the night before they were to be shown (if, indeed, the conductor was lucky enough to see them then), the musical arrangement was normally improvised in the greatest hurry.

        To help meet this difficulty, film distributing companies started the practice of publishing suggestions for musical accompaniments. In 1909, for example, the Edison Company began issuing with their films such indications of mood as “pleasant”, “sad”, “lively”. The suggestions became more explicit, and so emerged the musical cue sheet containing indications of mood, the titles of suitable pieces of music, and precise directions to show where one piece led into the next.

        Certain films had music especially composed for them. The most famous of these early special scores was that composed and arranged for D.w. Griffith's film Birth of a Nation, which was released in 1915.

The word “them” in paragraph 2 refers to__________.

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Đáp án D.

Keywords: them, paragraph 2.

Clue: Since the conductor seldom saw the films until the night before they were to be shown (if, indeed, the conductor was lucky enough to see them then), the musical arrangement was normally improvised in the greatest hurry: Bởi người chỉ đạo dàn nhạc hiếm khi được xem những bộ phim và phải tới đêm trước khi những bộ phim được trình chiếu (đó là trong trường hợp người ch đạo dàn nhạc may mắn mới được xem bộ phim vào thời điểm đó), việc sắp xếp âm nhạc thông thường được ứng biển trong khoảng thời gian rất ngắn.

Phân tích:

Ta chiếu lên phía trước xem “them” ở đây thay thế cho danh từ nào. Vì “see them” do đó danh từ này phải xem được. Vậy ta chọn đáp án D. films.

Các đáp án khác không phù hợp:

A. years: các năm

B. hands: những bàn tay

C. pieces: những bản nhạc


Câu 30:

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.

        Accustomed though we are to speaking of the films made before 1927 as "silent", the film has never been, in the full sense of the word, silent. From the very beginning, music was regarded as an indispensable accompaniment; when the Lumiere films were shown at the first public film exhibition in the United States in February 1896, they were accompanied by piano improvisations on popular tunes. At first, the music played bore no special relationship to the films; an accompaniment of any kind was sufficient. Within a very short time, however, the incongruity of playing lively music to a solemn film became apparent, and film pianists began to take some care in matching their pieces to the mood of the film.

        As movie theaters grew in number and importance, a violinist, and perhaps a cellist, would be added to the pianist in certain cases, and in the larger movie theaters small orchestras were formed. For a number of years the selection of music for each film program rested entirely in the hands of the conductor or leader of the orchestra, and very often the principal qualification for holding such a position was not skill or taste so much as the ownership of a large personal library of musical pieces. Since the conductor seldom saw the films until the night before they were to be shown (if, indeed, the conductor was lucky enough to see them then), the musical arrangement was normally improvised in the greatest hurry.

        To help meet this difficulty, film distributing companies started the practice of publishing suggestions for musical accompaniments. In 1909, for example, the Edison Company began issuing with their films such indications of mood as “pleasant”, “sad”, “lively”. The suggestions became more explicit, and so emerged the musical cue sheet containing indications of mood, the titles of suitable pieces of music, and precise directions to show where one piece led into the next.

        Certain films had music especially composed for them. The most famous of these early special scores was that composed and arranged for D.w. Griffith's film Birth of a Nation, which was released in 1915.

According to the passage, what kind of business was the Edison Company?

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Đáp án B.

Keywords: kind of business, the Edison Company.

Clue: “In 1909, for example, the Edison Company began issuing with their films ...”: Vào năm 1909, ví dụ, công ty Edision bắt đầu phát hành những bộ phim của họ...

Phân tích: Ta có từ “issue” phát hành. Trong bối cảnh này tương đương với từ “distribute”: phân phi. Do đó, chọn đáp án B. It distributed films: Công ty này phân phối những bộ phim.

Các đáp án khác không phù hợp:

A. It produced electricity: Công ty này sản xuất điện.

C. It published musical arrangements: Công ty này xut bn các bàn nhạc.

D. It made musical instruments: Công ty này chế tạo các nhạc cụ.

Kiến thức cần nhớ

- meet the difficulty: đáp ứng sự khó khăn này

- meet the needs = meet the demand: đáp ứng nhu cầu, yêu cầu

- meet the requirements: đáp ứng yêu cầu, đòi hỏi


Câu 31:

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.

        Accustomed though we are to speaking of the films made before 1927 as "silent", the film has never been, in the full sense of the word, silent. From the very beginning, music was regarded as an indispensable accompaniment; when the Lumiere films were shown at the first public film exhibition in the United States in February 1896, they were accompanied by piano improvisations on popular tunes. At first, the music played bore no special relationship to the films; an accompaniment of any kind was sufficient. Within a very short time, however, the incongruity of playing lively music to a solemn film became apparent, and film pianists began to take some care in matching their pieces to the mood of the film.

        As movie theaters grew in number and importance, a violinist, and perhaps a cellist, would be added to the pianist in certain cases, and in the larger movie theaters small orchestras were formed. For a number of years the selection of music for each film program rested entirely in the hands of the conductor or leader of the orchestra, and very often the principal qualification for holding such a position was not skill or taste so much as the ownership of a large personal library of musical pieces. Since the conductor seldom saw the films until the night before they were to be shown (if, indeed, the conductor was lucky enough to see them then), the musical arrangement was normally improvised in the greatest hurry.

        To help meet this difficulty, film distributing companies started the practice of publishing suggestions for musical accompaniments. In 1909, for example, the Edison Company began issuing with their films such indications of mood as “pleasant”, “sad”, “lively”. The suggestions became more explicit, and so emerged the musical cue sheet containing indications of mood, the titles of suitable pieces of music, and precise directions to show where one piece led into the next.

        Certain films had music especially composed for them. The most famous of these early special scores was that composed and arranged for D.w. Griffith's film Birth of a Nation, which was released in 1915.

It maybe inferred from the passage that the first musical cue sheets appeared around

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Đáp án B.

Keywords: inferred, the first musical cue sheets.

Clue: “In 1909, for example, the Edison Company began issuing with their films such indications of mood as "pleasant1, "sad", "lively". The suggestions became more explicit, and so emerged the musical cue sheet containing indications of mood Ví dụ vào năm 1909, Công ty Edison đã bắt đầu phát hành những bộ phim ca họ với những biểu thị tâm trạng ẩn trong đó như “vui ”, "buồn ”, “sống động”. Những gợi ý này dần trở nên rõ ràng hơn và vì thế đã xuất hiện những bn sắp xếp trình tự xuất hiện của bàn nhạc bao gồm cả những biểu thị tâm trạng ...

Phân tích: Con số được đưa ra trong manh mối này là 1909. Do đó ta chọn đáp án B. 1909.


Câu 32:

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.

        Accustomed though we are to speaking of the films made before 1927 as "silent", the film has never been, in the full sense of the word, silent. From the very beginning, music was regarded as an indispensable accompaniment; when the Lumiere films were shown at the first public film exhibition in the United States in February 1896, they were accompanied by piano improvisations on popular tunes. At first, the music played bore no special relationship to the films; an accompaniment of any kind was sufficient. Within a very short time, however, the incongruity of playing lively music to a solemn film became apparent, and film pianists began to take some care in matching their pieces to the mood of the film.

        As movie theaters grew in number and importance, a violinist, and perhaps a cellist, would be added to the pianist in certain cases, and in the larger movie theaters small orchestras were formed. For a number of years the selection of music for each film program rested entirely in the hands of the conductor or leader of the orchestra, and very often the principal qualification for holding such a position was not skill or taste so much as the ownership of a large personal library of musical pieces. Since the conductor seldom saw the films until the night before they were to be shown (if, indeed, the conductor was lucky enough to see them then), the musical arrangement was normally improvised in the greatest hurry.

        To help meet this difficulty, film distributing companies started the practice of publishing suggestions for musical accompaniments. In 1909, for example, the Edison Company began issuing with their films such indications of mood as “pleasant”, “sad”, “lively”. The suggestions became more explicit, and so emerged the musical cue sheet containing indications of mood, the titles of suitable pieces of music, and precise directions to show where one piece led into the next.

        Certain films had music especially composed for them. The most famous of these early special scores was that composed and arranged for D.w. Griffith's film Birth of a Nation, which was released in 1915.

Which of the following notations is most likely to have been included on a musical cue sheet of the early 1900's?

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Đáp án A.

Keywords: notations, included on a musical cue sheet

Clue: “so emerged the musical cue sheet containing indications of mood, the titles of suitable pieces of music, and precise directions to show where one piece led into the next”: ... vì thế đã xuất hiện những bản sắp xếp trình tự xuất hiện ca bản nhạc bao gồm cả những biểu thị tâm trạng, tiêu để của loại nhạc phù hợp, và các ch dẫn chính xác đ thế hiện lúc nào sẽ chơi một bàn nhạc khác.

Phân tích: Ta xét các đáp án:

A. “Calm, peaceful”: "Bình tĩnh, yên ả”. Đây là biểu thị tâm trạng: Có được thể hiện trên “musical cue sheet”.

B. “Piano, violin”: Đây là nhạc cụ: Không được thể hiện trên musical cue sheet.

C. “Key of C major”: "khóa Đô trưởng”: Đây là khóa nhạc: Không được thể hiện trên “musical cue sheet”.

D. “Directed by D. w. Griffith's”: "Đạo diễn bởi D.w. Griffith's”: Đây là tên đạo diễn: Không được thể hiện trên “musical cue sheet”.

Vậy đáp án đúng phải là A. “Calm, peaceful”.


Câu 33:

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.

        Accustomed though we are to speaking of the films made before 1927 as "silent", the film has never been, in the full sense of the word, silent. From the very beginning, music was regarded as an indispensable accompaniment; when the Lumiere films were shown at the first public film exhibition in the United States in February 1896, they were accompanied by piano improvisations on popular tunes. At first, the music played bore no special relationship to the films; an accompaniment of any kind was sufficient. Within a very short time, however, the incongruity of playing lively music to a solemn film became apparent, and film pianists began to take some care in matching their pieces to the mood of the film.

        As movie theaters grew in number and importance, a violinist, and perhaps a cellist, would be added to the pianist in certain cases, and in the larger movie theaters small orchestras were formed. For a number of years the selection of music for each film program rested entirely in the hands of the conductor or leader of the orchestra, and very often the principal qualification for holding such a position was not skill or taste so much as the ownership of a large personal library of musical pieces. Since the conductor seldom saw the films until the night before they were to be shown (if, indeed, the conductor was lucky enough to see them then), the musical arrangement was normally improvised in the greatest hurry.

        To help meet this difficulty, film distributing companies started the practice of publishing suggestions for musical accompaniments. In 1909, for example, the Edison Company began issuing with their films such indications of mood as “pleasant”, “sad”, “lively”. The suggestions became more explicit, and so emerged the musical cue sheet containing indications of mood, the titles of suitable pieces of music, and precise directions to show where one piece led into the next.

        Certain films had music especially composed for them. The most famous of these early special scores was that composed and arranged for D.w. Griffith's film Birth of a Nation, which was released in 1915.

The word “scores” in paragraph 4 most likely means_________.

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Đáp án D.

Keywords: “scores”, paragraph 4.

Clue: “Certain films had music especially composed for them. The most famous of these early special scores was that composed and arranged for D. w. Griffith's film Birth of a Nation, which was released in 1915”: Những bộ phim nhất định có âm nhạc được đặc biệt sáng tác cho chúng. Nổi tiểng nhất trong những ... đặc biệt này là cái được soạn và sắp xếp cho bộ phim Birth of a Nation ca D. w. Griffith's, bộ phim ra mắt năm 1915.

Phân tích: Ta xét nghĩa của các đáp án:

A. totals: tng cộng

B. successes: chuỗi thành công

C. groups of musicians: nhóm các nhà soạn nhc

D. musical compositions: tác phẩm âm nhc

Trong các đáp án trên thì đáp án D là thể hiện rõ nhất nghĩa của từ “scores” trong bối cảnh này.


Câu 34:

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.

NEIGHBOURS INFLUENCE BUYING DECISIONS

        However objective we believe ourselves to be, most of us do not judge a product solely on its merits, considering quality, value and style before making a decision. (34)________, we are easily influenced by the people around US.

       There is nothing wrong with this. It is probably a smarter way to make decisions than (35)______on only our own opinions. But it does make life hard for companies. They have long understood that groups of friends and relatives tend to buy the same products, but understanding the reasons has been tricky. It is because they are so similar with (36)_________to how much money they make and what television ads they watch that they independently arrive at the same decision? Or do they copy one another, perhaps (37)_______envy or perhaps because they have shared information about the products?

        Research in Finland recently found overwhelming evidence that neighbours have a big influence on buying decisions. When one of a person’s ten nearest neighbours bought a car, the chances (38)_______ that person would buy a car of the same brand during the next week and a half rose by 86 per cent. The researchers argued that it was not just a matter of envy.Used cars seemed to attract neighbours even more than new cars. This suggested that people were not trying to keep up with their neighbours, they were keen to learn from them. Since used cars are less reliable, a recommendation of one can strongly influence a buying decision.

Điền vào ô trống 34

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Đáp án B.

Tạm địch: ... However objective we believe ourselves to be, most of us do not judge a product solely on its merits, considering quality, value and style before making a decision. (1)______, we are easily influenced by the people around us:

Cho dù bạn nghĩ mình khách quan đến mức nào thì hầu hết chúng ta đều không đánh giá một sn phẩm đơn thuần dựa trên phẩm chất, chất lượng thực tế, giá trị và mẫu mã của sản phẩm đó trước khi đưa ra quyết định. ______, chúng ta dễ dàng bị ảnh hưởng bởi những người xung quanh.

A. What’s more: Hơn thế là

B. Instead: Thay vào đó

C. Unlike: Không giống như

D. In place: Thay

Ta chọn đáp án có thể đứng làm trạng ngữ. Vì hai vế của câu trái ngược nhau nên từ này cũng phải thể hiện được sự trái ngược đó. Đáp án A không hợp nghĩa. Đáp án C không thể đứng làm trạng ngữ nếu không có danh từ đi kèm. Đáp án C thiếu giới từ “of”, “in place of sth” (thay cho cái gì) và cũng không đứng làm trạng ngữ được. Vậy đáp án đúng phải là B.


Câu 35:

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.

NEIGHBOURS INFLUENCE BUYING DECISIONS

        However objective we believe ourselves to be, most of us do not judge a product solely on its merits, considering quality, value and style before making a decision. (34)________, we are easily influenced by the people around US.

       There is nothing wrong with this. It is probably a smarter way to make decisions than (35)______on only our own opinions. But it does make life hard for companies. They have long understood that groups of friends and relatives tend to buy the same products, but understanding the reasons has been tricky. It is because they are so similar with (36)_________to how much money they make and what television ads they watch that they independently arrive at the same decision? Or do they copy one another, perhaps (37)_______envy or perhaps because they have shared information about the products?

        Research in Finland recently found overwhelming evidence that neighbours have a big influence on buying decisions. When one of a person’s ten nearest neighbours bought a car, the chances (38)_______ that person would buy a car of the same brand during the next week and a half rose by 86 per cent. The researchers argued that it was not just a matter of envy.Used cars seemed to attract neighbours even more than new cars. This suggested that people were not trying to keep up with their neighbours, they were keen to learn from them. Since used cars are less reliable, a recommendation of one can strongly influence a buying decision.

Điền vào ô trống 35

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Đáp án D.

Tạm dịch: It is probably a smarter way to make decisions than (3)_____on only our own opinions:

đây cỏ lẽ là cách thức khôn ngoan để đưa ra quyết định hơn là ch_______vào ý kiến cá nhân

A. basing: dựa trên nền tảng, phát triển từ

B. trusting: tin tưởng

C. supposing: tin rằng

D. relying: phụ thuộc

Cấu trúc: to rely on sth: dựa vào, phụ thuộc vào. Các đáp án khác không phù hợp về nghĩa và không thích hợp với văn cảnh.


Câu 36:

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.

NEIGHBOURS INFLUENCE BUYING DECISIONS

        However objective we believe ourselves to be, most of us do not judge a product solely on its merits, considering quality, value and style before making a decision. (34)________, we are easily influenced by the people around US.

       There is nothing wrong with this. It is probably a smarter way to make decisions than (35)______on only our own opinions. But it does make life hard for companies. They have long understood that groups of friends and relatives tend to buy the same products, but understanding the reasons has been tricky. It is because they are so similar with (36)_________to how much money they make and what television ads they watch that they independently arrive at the same decision? Or do they copy one another, perhaps (37)_______envy or perhaps because they have shared information about the products?

        Research in Finland recently found overwhelming evidence that neighbours have a big influence on buying decisions. When one of a person’s ten nearest neighbours bought a car, the chances (38)_______ that person would buy a car of the same brand during the next week and a half rose by 86 per cent. The researchers argued that it was not just a matter of envy.Used cars seemed to attract neighbours even more than new cars. This suggested that people were not trying to keep up with their neighbours, they were keen to learn from them. Since used cars are less reliable, a recommendation of one can strongly influence a buying decision.

Điền vào ô trống 36

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Đáp án B.

Cấu trúc: with regard to: Liên quan tới, đề cập tới

Kiến thức cần nhớ

Các cụm từ diễn đạt “sự liên quan”

- In connection with

- With regard to

- In relation to

- To concern sb/sth


Câu 37:

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.

NEIGHBOURS INFLUENCE BUYING DECISIONS

        However objective we believe ourselves to be, most of us do not judge a product solely on its merits, considering quality, value and style before making a decision. (34)________, we are easily influenced by the people around US.

       There is nothing wrong with this. It is probably a smarter way to make decisions than (35)______on only our own opinions. But it does make life hard for companies. They have long understood that groups of friends and relatives tend to buy the same products, but understanding the reasons has been tricky. It is because they are so similar with (36)_________to how much money they make and what television ads they watch that they independently arrive at the same decision? Or do they copy one another, perhaps (37)_______envy or perhaps because they have shared information about the products?

        Research in Finland recently found overwhelming evidence that neighbours have a big influence on buying decisions. When one of a person’s ten nearest neighbours bought a car, the chances (38)_______ that person would buy a car of the same brand during the next week and a half rose by 86 per cent. The researchers argued that it was not just a matter of envy.Used cars seemed to attract neighbours even more than new cars. This suggested that people were not trying to keep up with their neighbours, they were keen to learn from them. Since used cars are less reliable, a recommendation of one can strongly influence a buying decision.

Điền vào ô trống 37

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Đáp án C.

Tạm dịch: Or do they copy one another, perhaps (6)_______ envy or perhaps because they have shared

information about the products?: Hay bởi họ bắt chước ln nhau, có l______ghen tị hoặc có lẽ do họ cùng chia sẻ thông tin vè sản phẩm?

Cấu trúc: out of envy = because of envy: bởi sự ghen tị, do ghen tị.


Câu 38:

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.

NEIGHBOURS INFLUENCE BUYING DECISIONS

        However objective we believe ourselves to be, most of us do not judge a product solely on its merits, considering quality, value and style before making a decision. (34)________, we are easily influenced by

the people around US.

       There is nothing wrong with this. It is probably a smarter way to make decisions than (35)______on only our own opinions. But it does make life hard for companies. They have long understood that groups of friends and relatives tend to buy the same products, but understanding the reasons has been tricky. It is because they are so similar with (36)_________to how much money they make and what television ads they watch that they independently arrive at the same decision? Or do they copy one another, perhaps (37)_______envy or perhaps because they have shared information about the products?

        Research in Finland recently found overwhelming evidence that neighbours have a big influence on buying decisions. When one of a person’s ten nearest neighbours bought a car, the chances (38)_______ that person would buy a car of the same brand during the next week and a half rose by 86 per cent. The researchers argued that it was not just a matter of envy.Used cars seemed to attract neighbours even more than new cars. This suggested that people were not trying to keep up with their neighbours, they were keen to learn from them. Since used cars are less reliable, a recommendation of one can strongly influence a buying decision.

Điền vào ô trống 38

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Đáp án C.

Tạm dịch: When one of a person’s ten nearest neighbours bought a car, the chances (38)___ that person would buy a car of the same brand during the next week and a half rose by 86 per cent: Khi một trong số mười người hàng xóm thân cận với một cá nhân mua một chiếc xe hơi thì cơ hội         cá nhân đó cũng mua một chiếc xe nhãn hiệu tương tự trong một tuần rưỡi sau đó tăng tới 86%.

Câu trên đã có đủ các thành phần ca câu, do đó chỉ có đáp án C là đúng.

The chances that that person...: cơ hội để/ là/ rng người đó...


Câu 39:

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.

        Glass is a remarkable substance made from the simplest raw materials. It can be colored or colorless, monochrome or polychrome, transparent, translucent, or opaque. It is lightweight impermeable to liquids, readily cleaned and reused, durable yet fragile, and often very beautiful. Glass can be decorated in multiple ways and its optical properties are exceptional. In all its myriad forms - as table ware, containers, in architecture and design - glass represents a major achievement in the history of technological developments.

        Since the Bronze Age about 3, 000 B.C., glass has been used for making various kinds of objects. It was first made from a mixture of silica, line and an alkali such as soda or potash, and these remained the basic ingredients of glass until the development of lead glass in the seventeenth century. When heated, the mixture becomes soft and malleable and can be formed by various techniques into a vast array of shapes and sizes. The homogeneous mass thus formed by melting then cools to create glass, but in contrast to most materials formed in this way (metals, for instance), glass lacks the crystalline structure normally associated with solids, and instead retains the random molecular structure of a liquid. In effect, as molten glass cools, it progressively stiffens until rigid, but does so without setting up a network of interlocking crystals customarilyassociated with that process. This is why glass shatters so easily when dealt a blow. Why glass deteriorates over time, especially when exposed to moisture, and why glassware must be slowly reheated and uniformly cooled after manufacture to release internal stresses induced by uneven cooling.

         Another unusual feature of glass is the manner in which its viscosity changes as it turns from a cold substance into a hot, ductile liquid. Unlike metals that flow or freeze at specific temperatures glass progressively softens as the temperature rises, going through varying stages of malleability until it flows like thick syrup. Each stage of malleability allows the glass to be manipulated into various forms, by different techniques, and if suddenly cooled the object retains the shape achieved at that point. Glass is thus amenable to a greater number of heat-forming techniques than most other materials.

Why does the author list the characteristics of glass in paragraph 1?

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Đáp án B.

Keywords: characteristics of glass, paragraph 1.

Clue: “Glass can be decorated in multiple ways and its optical properties are exceptional. In all its myriad forms...”: Thủy tinh có thể được trang trí theo nhiều cách và những tinh chất quang học của nó rất đặc biệt. Trong tất cả các hình dáng vô cùng đa dạng...

Phân tích: Theo như manh mối thì tác giả liệt kê các đặc tính của thủy tinh nhằm thể hiện tính linh hoạt của nó. Vậy chọn đáp án B. To show the versatility of glass. Các đáp án khác không phù hợp:

A. To demonstrate how glass evolved: Để diễn tả sự phát triển ca thủy tỉnh.

C. To explain glassmaking technology: Đ giải thích công nghệ chế tạo thy tinh.

D. To explain the purpose of each component of glass: Đ gii thích chức năng của mỗi thành phần trong thủy tinh


Câu 40:

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.

        Glass is a remarkable substance made from the simplest raw materials. It can be colored or colorless, monochrome or polychrome, transparent, translucent, or opaque. It is lightweight impermeable to liquids, readily cleaned and reused, durable yet fragile, and often very beautiful. Glass can be decorated in multiple ways and its optical properties are exceptional. In all its myriad forms - as table ware, containers, in architecture and design - glass represents a major achievement in the history of technological developments.

        Since the Bronze Age about 3, 000 B.C., glass has been used for making various kinds of objects. It was first made from a mixture of silica, line and an alkali such as soda or potash, and these remained the basic ingredients of glass until the development of lead glass in the seventeenth century. When heated, the mixture becomes soft and malleable and can be formed by various techniques into a vast array of shapes and sizes. The homogeneous mass thus formed by melting then cools to create glass, but in contrast to most materials formed in this way (metals, for instance), glass lacks the crystalline structure normally associated with solids, and instead retains the random molecular structure of a liquid. In effect, as molten glass cools, it progressively stiffens until rigid, but does so without setting up a network of interlocking crystals customarilyassociated with that process. This is why glass shatters so easily when dealt a blow. Why glass deteriorates over time, especially when exposed to moisture, and why glassware must be slowly reheated and uniformly cooled after manufacture to release internal stresses induced by uneven cooling.

         Another unusual feature of glass is the manner in which its viscosity changes as it turns from a cold substance into a hot, ductile liquid. Unlike metals that flow or freeze at specific temperatures glass progressively softens as the temperature rises, going through varying stages of malleability until it flows like thick syrup. Each stage of malleability allows the glass to be manipulated into various forms, by different techniques, and if suddenly cooled the object retains the shape achieved at that point. Glass is thus amenable to a greater number of heat-forming techniques than most other materials.

What does the author imply about the raw materials used to make glass?

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Đáp án A.

Keywords: raw materials, make glass.

Clue: “It was first made from a mixture of silica, line and an alkali such as soda or potash, and these remained the basic ingredients of glass until the development of lead glass in the seventeenth century”: Thủy tinh được làm từ hn hp silic, thép, chất kiềm ví dụ như Natri cacbonat hoặc Kali cacbonat, và đây vẫn là các nguyên liệu cơ bản của thủy tinh cho đến khi có sự phát triển ca thủy tinh chì vào thể kỷ 17.

Phân tích: Đến thế kỷ 17, các nguyên liệu cơ bản để tạo ra thủy tinh vẫn không thay đổi. Do đó, chọn đáp án A. They were the same for centuries: Các nguyên liệu thô vẫn như vậy trong nhiều thế k.

Các đáp án khác không phù hp:

B. They are liquid: Các nguyên liệu thô là chất lỏng.

C. They are transparent: Các nguyên liệu thô trong suốt.

D. They are very heavy: Các nguyên liệu thô rất nặng


Câu 41:

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.

        Glass is a remarkable substance made from the simplest raw materials. It can be colored or colorless, monochrome or polychrome, transparent, translucent, or opaque. It is lightweight impermeable to liquids, readily cleaned and reused, durable yet fragile, and often very beautiful. Glass can be decorated in multiple ways and its optical properties are exceptional. In all its myriad forms - as table ware, containers, in architecture and design - glass represents a major achievement in the history of technological developments.

        Since the Bronze Age about 3, 000 B.C., glass has been used for making various kinds of objects. It was first made from a mixture of silica, line and an alkali such as soda or potash, and these remained the basic ingredients of glass until the development of lead glass in the seventeenth century. When heated, the mixture becomes soft and malleable and can be formed by various techniques into a vast array of shapes and sizes. The homogeneous mass thus formed by melting then cools to create glass, but in contrast to most materials formed in this way (metals, for instance), glass lacks the crystalline structure normally associated with solids, and instead retains the random molecular structure of a liquid. In effect, as molten glass cools, it progressively stiffens until rigid, but does so without setting up a network of interlocking crystals customarilyassociated with that process. This is why glass shatters so easily when dealt a blow. Why glass deteriorates over time, especially when exposed to moisture, and why glassware must be slowly reheated and uniformly cooled after manufacture to release internal stresses induced by uneven cooling.

         Another unusual feature of glass is the manner in which its viscosity changes as it turns from a cold substance into a hot, ductile liquid. Unlike metals that flow or freeze at specific temperatures glass progressively softens as the temperature rises, going through varying stages of malleability until it flows like thick syrup. Each stage of malleability allows the glass to be manipulated into various forms, by different techniques, and if suddenly cooled the object retains the shape achieved at that point. Glass is thus amenable to a greater number of heat-forming techniques than most other materials.

According to the passage, how is glass that has cooled and become rigid different from most other rigid substances?

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Đáp án D.

Keywords: cooled and become rigid, other rigid substances.

Clue: “….in contrast to most materials formed in this way (metals, for instance), glass lacks the crystalline structure normally associated with solids, and instead retains the random molecular structure of a liquid. In effect, as molten glass cools, it progressively stiffens until rigid”: ... đi lập với hầu hết những nguyên liệu được hình thành theo cách này (ví như kim loại), thy tinh thiếu cu trúc pha lé thường liên quan đến chất rắn, và thay vào đó giữ lại cấu trúc phân tử ngẫu nhiên của cht lng. Trên thực tế, khi thủy tinh nóng chảy nguội, nỏ sẽ dần dần đặc lại cho đến khi cứng lại.

Đáp án đúng là D. It has a random molecular structure: Nó có cấu trúc phần từ ngẫu nhiên - có t khóa xuất hiện trong manh mối.

Các đáp án khác không phù hợp:

A. It has an interlocking crystal network: Nó có mạng lưới tinh thể liên kết với nhau.

B. It has an unusually low melting temperature: Nó có nhiệt độ tan chảy thấp khác thường.

C. It has varying physical properties: Nó có tính chất vật lý hay thay đổi.


Câu 42:

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.

        Glass is a remarkable substance made from the simplest raw materials. It can be colored or colorless, monochrome or polychrome, transparent, translucent, or opaque. It is lightweight impermeable to liquids, readily cleaned and reused, durable yet fragile, and often very beautiful. Glass can be decorated in multiple ways and its optical properties are exceptional. In all its myriad forms - as table ware, containers, in architecture and design - glass represents a major achievement in the history of technological developments.

        Since the Bronze Age about 3, 000 B.C., glass has been used for making various kinds of objects. It was first made from a mixture of silica, line and an alkali such as soda or potash, and these remained the basic ingredients of glass until the development of lead glass in the seventeenth century. When heated, the mixture becomes soft and malleable and can be formed by various techniques into a vast array of shapes and sizes. The homogeneous mass thus formed by melting then cools to create glass, but in contrast to most materials formed in this way (metals, for instance), glass lacks the crystalline structure normally associated with solids, and instead retains the random molecular structure of a liquid. In effect, as molten glass cools, it progressively stiffens until rigid, but does so without setting up a network of interlocking crystals customarilyassociated with that process. This is why glass shatters so easily when dealt a blow. Why glass deteriorates over time, especially when exposed to moisture, and why glassware must be slowly reheated and uniformly cooled after manufacture to release internal stresses induced by uneven cooling.

         Another unusual feature of glass is the manner in which its viscosity changes as it turns from a cold substance into a hot, ductile liquid. Unlike metals that flow or freeze at specific temperatures glass progressively softens as the temperature rises, going through varying stages of malleability until it flows like thick syrup. Each stage of malleability allows the glass to be manipulated into various forms, by different techniques, and if suddenly cooled the object retains the shape achieved at that point. Glass is thus amenable to a greater number of heat-forming techniques than most other materials.

The words “exposed to” in paragraph 2 most likely mean________.

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Đáp án C.

Keywords: exposed to, paragraph 2.

Clue: "... Why glass deteriorates over time, especially when exposed to moisture, and why glassware must be slowly reheated and uniformly cooled after manufacture to release internal stresses induced by uneven cooling”: Lí do thủy tinh hỏng theo thời gian, đặc biệt khi tiếp xúc với hơi ẩm,lí do đồ thủy tinh phải được đun lại từ từ và được làm nguội đồng bộ sau khi sn xuất để giải thoát áp lực bên trong gây ra bởi làm nguội không đng đu.

Phân tích: Ta có “to be exposed to” là tiếp xúc với, thường là những thứ khó chịu, độc hại. Trong bối cảnh này tương đương với từ “subjected to”. Do đó, chọn đáp án C. subjected to: chịu đựng cái gì có hại, phụ thuộc vào.

Các đáp án khác không phù hợp:

A. hardened by: bị làm cứng lại, làm rn lại.

B. chilled with: làm cho ớn lạnh, làm giảm nhiệt.

D. deprived of: bị tước đi, bị lấy đi, cướp đi.


Câu 43:

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.

        Glass is a remarkable substance made from the simplest raw materials. It can be colored or colorless, monochrome or polychrome, transparent, translucent, or opaque. It is lightweight impermeable to liquids, readily cleaned and reused, durable yet fragile, and often very beautiful. Glass can be decorated in multiple ways and its optical properties are exceptional. In all its myriad forms - as table ware, containers, in architecture and design - glass represents a major achievement in the history of technological developments.

        Since the Bronze Age about 3, 000 B.C., glass has been used for making various kinds of objects. It was first made from a mixture of silica, line and an alkali such as soda or potash, and these remained the basic ingredients of glass until the development of lead glass in the seventeenth century. When heated, the mixture becomes soft and malleable and can be formed by various techniques into a vast array of shapes and sizes. The homogeneous mass thus formed by melting then cools to create glass, but in contrast to most materials formed in this way (metals, for instance), glass lacks the crystalline structure normally associated with solids, and instead retains the random molecular structure of a liquid. In effect, as molten glass cools, it progressively stiffens until rigid, but does so without setting up a network of interlocking crystals customarilyassociated with that process. This is why glass shatters so easily when dealt a blow. Why glass deteriorates over time, especially when exposed to moisture, and why glassware must be slowly reheated and uniformly cooled after manufacture to release internal stresses induced by uneven cooling.

         Another unusual feature of glass is the manner in which its viscosity changes as it turns from a cold substance into a hot, ductile liquid. Unlike metals that flow or freeze at specific temperatures glass progressively softens as the temperature rises, going through varying stages of malleability until it flows like thick syrup. Each stage of malleability allows the glass to be manipulated into various forms, by different techniques, and if suddenly cooled the object retains the shape achieved at that point. Glass is thus amenable to a greater number of heat-forming techniques than most other materials.

What must be done to release the internal stresses that build up in glass products during manufacture?

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Đáp án A.

Keywords: release internal stresses.

Clue: “... glassware must be slowly reheated and uniformly cooled after manufacture to release internal stresses induced by uneven cooling”: ... đồ thủy tinh phỉ được đun lại ttừ và được làm nguội đng bộ sau khi sn xut đ giải thoát áp lực bên trong gây ra bởi làm nguội không đồng đều.

Phân tích: Quá trình được mô tả trong manh mối trùng với quá trình trong đáp án A. The glass must be reheated and evenly cooled: Thủy tinh phải được làm nóng lại và làm lạnh đồng đều.

Các đáp án khác không phù hợp:

A. The glass must be cooled quickly: Thủy tinh phải được làm lạnh nhanh chóng.

C. The glass must be kept moist until cooled: Thủy tinh phải được giữ ẩm cho đến khi nguội.

D. The glass must be shaped to its desired form immediately: Thủy tinh phải được tạo hình theo thiết kể của nó ngay lập tức.


Câu 44:

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.

        Glass is a remarkable substance made from the simplest raw materials. It can be colored or colorless, monochrome or polychrome, transparent, translucent, or opaque. It is lightweight impermeable to liquids, readily cleaned and reused, durable yet fragile, and often very beautiful. Glass can be decorated in multiple ways and its optical properties are exceptional. In all its myriad forms - as table ware, containers, in architecture and design - glass represents a major achievement in the history of technological developments.

        Since the Bronze Age about 3, 000 B.C., glass has been used for making various kinds of objects. It was first made from a mixture of silica, line and an alkali such as soda or potash, and these remained the basic ingredients of glass until the development of lead glass in the seventeenth century. When heated, the mixture becomes soft and malleable and can be formed by various techniques into a vast array of shapes and sizes. The homogeneous mass thus formed by melting then cools to create glass, but in contrast to most materials formed in this way (metals, for instance), glass lacks the crystalline structure normally associated with solids, and instead retains the random molecular structure of a liquid. In effect, as molten glass cools, it progressively stiffens until rigid, but does so without setting up a network of interlocking crystals customarilyassociated with that process. This is why glass shatters so easily when dealt a blow. Why glass deteriorates over time, especially when exposed to moisture, and why glassware must be slowly reheated and uniformly cooled after manufacture to release internal stresses induced by uneven cooling.

         Another unusual feature of glass is the manner in which its viscosity changes as it turns from a cold substance into a hot, ductile liquid. Unlike metals that flow or freeze at specific temperatures glass progressively softens as the temperature rises, going through varying stages of malleability until it flows like thick syrup. Each stage of malleability allows the glass to be manipulated into various forms, by different techniques, and if suddenly cooled the object retains the shape achieved at that point. Glass is thus amenable to a greater number of heat-forming techniques than most other materials.

The word “it” in paragraph 3 refers to_______.

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Đáp án B.

Keywords: it, paragraph 3

Clue: “Another unusual feature of glass is the manner in which its viscosity changes as it turns from a cold substance into a hot...”: Một đặc tính lạ nữa ca thủy tinh là cách mà độ dẻo ca nó thay đổi khi nó chuyển từ một chất lạnh sang một chất nóng ...

Phân tích: Ta chiếu lên các từ phía trước. Chọn đáp án B. glass: thủy tinh.

Các đáp án khác không phù hợp:

A. feature: đặc tính

C. manner: kiểu, cách

D. viscosity: độ dẻo


Câu 45:

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.

        Glass is a remarkable substance made from the simplest raw materials. It can be colored or colorless, monochrome or polychrome, transparent, translucent, or opaque. It is lightweight impermeable to liquids, readily cleaned and reused, durable yet fragile, and often very beautiful. Glass can be decorated in multiple ways and its optical properties are exceptional. In all its myriad forms - as table ware, containers, in architecture and design - glass represents a major achievement in the history of technological developments.

        Since the Bronze Age about 3, 000 B.C., glass has been used for making various kinds of objects. It was first made from a mixture of silica, line and an alkali such as soda or potash, and these remained the basic ingredients of glass until the development of lead glass in the seventeenth century. When heated, the mixture becomes soft and malleable and can be formed by various techniques into a vast array of shapes and sizes. The homogeneous mass thus formed by melting then cools to create glass, but in contrast to most materials formed in this way (metals, for instance), glass lacks the crystalline structure normally associated with solids, and instead retains the random molecular structure of a liquid. In effect, as molten glass cools, it progressively stiffens until rigid, but does so without setting up a network of interlocking crystals customarilyassociated with that process. This is why glass shatters so easily when dealt a blow. Why glass deteriorates over time, especially when exposed to moisture, and why glassware must be slowly reheated and uniformly cooled after manufacture to release internal stresses induced by uneven cooling.

         Another unusual feature of glass is the manner in which its viscosity changes as it turns from a cold substance into a hot, ductile liquid. Unlike metals that flow or freeze at specific temperatures glass progressively softens as the temperature rises, going through varying stages of malleability until it flows like thick syrup. Each stage of malleability allows the glass to be manipulated into various forms, by different techniques, and if suddenly cooled the object retains the shape achieved at that point. Glass is thus amenable to a greater number of heat-forming techniques than most other materials.

According to the passage, why can glass be more easily shaped into specific forms than can metals?

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Đáp án D.

Keywords: glass, easily shaped, than metals

Clue: “Unlike metals that flow or “freeze” at specific temperatures glass progressively softens as the temperature rises...”: Không giống như kim loại chy hoặc đông lại tại những nhiệt độ cụ th, thy tinh dần dần mềm lại khi nhiệt độ tăng lên ...

Theo manh mi trên thì đáp án chính là D. It gradually becomes softer as its temperature rises:dần tr nên mềm hơn khi nhiệt độ ca nó tăng lên.

Các đáp án khác không phù hợp:

A. It resists breaking when heated: Nó không bị vỡ khi được đun nóng.

B. It has better optical properties: Nó có đc tính quang học tốt hơn.

C. It retains heat while its viscosity changes: Nó chịu được nhiệt trong khi độ dẻo của nó thay đi.

Kiến thức cần nhớ

- rise (Vi): tăng (nội động từ)

- raise (Vt): nâng lên, (nuôi nấng-gia súc, gia cầm); gây (quỹ)-ngoại động từ raise + O


Câu 46:

Mark the letter A, B, c or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

“Never borrow money from friends”, my father said.

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Đáp án B.

Nghĩa câu gốc: ừng bao giờ mượn tiền ca bạn bè", b tôi nói

Đây là câu khuyên nhủ. Nếu không đọc kỹ các phương án đưa ra, các em dễ chọn nhầm đáp án D hoặc A vì có động từ advise, Đáp án đúng là B. dùng cấu trúc tell sb to do sth”.

Các câu còn lại không phù hợp về nghĩa


Câu 47:

Mark the letter A, B, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

They were exposed to biased information, so they didn't know the true story.

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Đáp án C.

Nghĩa câu gốc: Họ bị cung cấp thông tin sai lệch nên họ không biết được sự thật.

Câu gc dùng thì quá khứ nên khi chuyển sang câu điều kiện ta dùng câu điều kiện loại III: If + S + V (QK), S + would/ could/ should + have + PP.

Lưu ý: unbiased: không thiên vị.


Câu 48:

Mark the letter A, B, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

People believe that 13 is an unlucky number.

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Đáp án B.

Nghĩa câu gốc: Mọi người tin rằng 13 là một s không may mn

Câu gốc dùng cấu trúc People say that...” với V1 (believe) V2 (is) đều dùng thì HTĐ nên ta chọn đáp án B là phù hợp.

Lưu ý: Cấu trúc câu bị động đặc biệt với động từ nêu lên ý kiến (V1): say, think, believe, report, know, consider,...

S1 + V1 + that + S2 + V2

- Dạng 1: It is/was + PPII + that + S2 + V2

Ex: People think that he works for a bank.

 It is thought that he works for a bank.

- Dạng 2:

to V/tobe + PPII    (1)

S2 + be + PPII       to be V-ing  (2)

to have + PPII/ to have been + PPII (3)

to have been + V-ing (4)

Bng sử dụng động từ dạng 2:

V1

V2

Trường hp

Hiện tại đơn

- Hiện tại đơn

- Tương lai đơn

(1)

Quá khử đơn

- Quá khứ đơn

- Tương lai trong quá khứ (would)

Hiện tại đơn

- Hiện tại tiếp diễn

- Tương lai tiếp diễn

(2)

Quá khử đơn

Quá khứ tiép diễn

Hiện tại đơn

- Hiện tại hoàn thành

- Tương lai hoàn thành

- Quá khứ đơn

(3)

Quá khứ đơn

Quá khứ hoàn thành

Hiện tại đơn

- Hiện tại hoàn thành tiếp diễn

- Quá khứ tiếp diễn

(4)

Quá khứ đơn

-Quá khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn

Ex: They consider that she is studying abroad.

→ She is considered to be studying abroad.


Câu 49:

Mark the letter A, B, c, or D on you answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

He is very intelligent. He can solve all the problems in no time.

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Đáp án A.

Tạm dịch: Anh ay rất thông minh. Anh ấy có thể giải quyết nhanh tất cả các vấn đề.

Khi viết lại sử dụng cấu trúc đào ngữ: So + adj + to be + ch ngữ + that + mệnh đề đ nhấn mạnh.


Câu 50:

Mark the letter A, B, c, or D on you answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

We had had very salty food. We were all dying of thirst.

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Đáp án B.

Tạm dịch: Ăn đồ ăn rất mặn nên giờ tất c chúng tôi đều đang chết khát.

Dùng cách rút gọn mệnh đề đ nối câu.

Lưu ý: Cách rút gọn 2 mệnh đề có cùng chủ ngữ:

- V-ing đứng đầu nếu chủ thể có thể tự thực hiện được hành động.

Ex: Coming back to Vietnam, she was very excited.

- V-ed đứng đầu nếu chủ thể không tự thực hiện được hành động.

Ex: Known as the founder of that company, she is also helpful to others.


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