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1. Read through the text. Then use the words in capital letters below it to form a word that fits each space.

Like all (0)..........., Elias Howe had sudden '' flashes of (1)............''. His strange dream is just one example of (2)......... processes that are still beyond our (3)............ . This is why there is so much (4)............. about dreams and what that really are. Dreams have no (5).............. at the time we have then. Our (6)................ of dreams happens after they are over. Some (7)............think that our dreams are partly the (8).............. of our unconscious minds. Our memory of the dream my be (9).............. different fromthe dream we (10)............ had.

0. invent 1. inspire 2. psychology 3. understand 4. disagree 5. mean 6. interpret 7. science 8. produce 9. complete 10. actual

2. Rewrite the second sentence in each pair. Use no more thann five words including the word in bold. Do not change this word.

1.'' I'm very busy'', Tom said to Joe. ( told)

Tom ........................... busy.

2. ''Would you mind coming to my office?'' Tom said to his partner. (asked).

Tom ............................ his office.

3. '' Yes, I have a little money in Switzerland.'' , he said. ( admitted)

Tom.............................. in Switzerland.

3. Complete the sentence below with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

Last night I (have)........... a very strange dream. In this dream, I was in a restaurant. I ( sit).............. alone and (read)............. a book. Suddenly I (look)........ up and (see)........ a man (stare)........... at me. I (look)........... around and (see)............... a lot of other people (sit)......... at tables near him. They (laugh)............... and (smile).............. about something. The waiter (come) ............ over to me. He (begin).............. to smile. I (ask).............. him why he (smile).......... . The other people (begin)........ to laugh even louder. The waiter (point).......... to my legs. Then I (understand)............... why everybody (laugh).......... . I (not wear)........ any trousers.

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8 tháng 7 2019

1. Read through the text. Then use the words in capital letters below it to form a word that fits each space.

Like all (0) inventors, Elias Howe had sudden '' flashes of (1) inspiration''. His strange dream is just one example of (2) psychological processes that are still beyond our (3) understanding . This is why there is so much (4) disagreements about dreams and what that really are. Dreams have no (5) meaning at the time we have then. Our (6) interpretation of dreams happens after they are over. Some (7) scientists think that our dreams are partly the (8) products of our unconscious minds. Our memory of the dream my be (9) completely different from the dream we (10) actually had.

0. invent 1. inspire 2. psychology 3. understand 4. disagree 5. mean 6. interpret 7. science 8. produce 9. complete 10. actual

2. Rewrite the second sentence in each pair. Use no more thann five words including the word in bold. Do not change this word.

1.'' I'm very busy'', Tom said to Joe. ( told)

Tom told Joe that he was very busy.

2. ''Would you mind coming to my office?'' Tom said to his partner. (asked).

Tom asked if his partner could come to his office.

3. '' Yes, I have a little money in Switzerland.'' , he said. ( admitted)

Tom admitted having a little money in Switzerland.

3. Complete the sentence below with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

Last night I (have) had a very strange dream. In this dream, I was in a restaurant. I ( sit) sat alone and (read) read a book. Suddenly I (look) looked up and (see) saw a man (stare) staring at me. I (look) looked around and (see) saw a lot of other people (sit) sitting at tables near him. They (laugh) laughed and (smile) smiled about something. The waiter (come) came over to me. He (begin) began to smile. I (ask) asked him why he (smile) smiled . The other people (begin) began to laugh even louder. The waiter (point) pointed to my legs. Then I (understand) understood why everybody (laugh) laughed . I (not wear) didn't wear any trousers.

Part 3: Read the passage below and choose the best answer for each question. (0,5pt) These days we hear a lot of nonsense about the ‘great classless society’. The idea that the twentieth century is the age of the common man has become one of the great clichés of our time. The same old arguments are put forward in evidence. Here are some of them: monarchy as a system of government has been completely discredited. The monarchies that survive have been deprived of all political power....
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Part 3: Read the passage below and choose the best answer for each question. (0,5pt)

These days we hear a lot of nonsense about the ‘great classless society’. The idea that the twentieth century is the age of the common man has become one of the great clichés of our time. The same old arguments are put forward in evidence. Here are some of them: monarchy as a system of government has been completely discredited. The monarchies that survive have been deprived of all political power. Inherited wealth has been savagely reduced by taxation and, in time, the great fortunes will disappear altogether. In a number of countries the victory has been complete. The people rule; the great millennium has become a political reality. But has it? Close examination doesn’t bear out the claim.

It is a fallacy to suppose that all men are equal and that society will be leveled out if you provide everybody with the same educational opportunities. (It is debatable whether you can ever provide everyone with the same educational opportunities, but that is another question.) The fact is that nature dispenses brains and ability with a total disregard for the principle of equality. The old rules of the jungle, ‘survival of the fittest’, and ‘might is right’ are still with us. The spread of education has destroyed the old class system and created a new one. Rewards are based on merit. For ‘aristocracy’ read ‘meritocracy’; in other respects, society remains unaltered: the class system is rigidly maintained.

Genuine ability, animal cunning, skill, the knack of seizing opportunities, all bring material rewards. And what is the first thing people do when they become rich? They use their wealth to secure the best possible opportunities for their children, to give them ‘a good start in life’. For all the lip service we pay to the idea of equality, we do not consider this wrong in the western world. Private schools which offer unfair advantages over state schools are not banned because one of the principles in a democracy is that people should be free to choose how they will educate their children. In this way, the new meritocracy can perpetuate itself to a certain extent: an able child from a wealthy home can succeed far more rapidly than his poorer counterpart. Wealth is also used indiscriminately to further political ends. It would be almost impossible to become the leader of a democracy without massive financial backing. Money is as powerful a weapon as ever it was.

In societies wholly dedicated to the principle of social equality, privileged private education is forbidden. But even here people are rewarded according to their abilities. In fact, so great is the need for skilled workers that the least able may be neglected. Bright children are carefully and expensively trained to become future rulers. In the end, all political ideologies boil down to the same thing: class divisions persist whether you are ruled by a feudal king or an educated peasant.

(Source: http://ebooks.grsu.by/ot_slov_k_rechi/6-3-a-fair-society.htm)

1. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Equality of opportunity in the twentieth century has not destroyed the class system.

B. Equality means money.

C. There is no such society as classless society.

D. Nature can’t give you a classless society.

2. According to the author, the same educational opportunities can’t get rid of inequality because _______.

A. The principle ‘survival of the fittest’ exists.

B. Nature ignores equality in dispensing brains and ability.

C. Material rewards are for genuine ability.

D. People have the freedom how to educate their children.

3. Who can obtain more rapid success?

A. Those with wealth. B. Those with the best brains.

C. Those with the best opportunities. D. Those who have the ability to catch at opportunities.

4. Why does the author say the new meritocracy can perpetuate itself to a certain extent? Because _______.

A. Money decides everything.

B. Private schools offer advantages over state schools.

C. People are free to choose the way of educating their children.

D. Wealth is used for political ends.

5. According to the author, ‘class divisions’ refers to ___________.

A. The rich and the poor. B. Different opportunities for people.

C. Oppressor and the oppressed. D. Genius and stupidity.

Part 6: Read the text about dreams. Then decide whether the sentences 1 to 7 are Right or Wrong. If there is not enough information in the text tick the column “doesn’t say”. Tick (ü) the ones that you choose. (0,7pt)

What’s in a dream?

Sometimes, after you wake up, you can’t stop thinking about a dream you had. But most of the time you forget your dreams very quickly or feel like you haven’t had any dreams. But you have. Most 15-year-olds have spent 15 months of their lives dreaming. But they only remember a few of their dreams.

Experts aren’t sure why we dream. But a lot of people think dreams show how we feel about things in our lives. All teens have to deal with similar things, like exam stress and hormones. So they often have similar dreams. For example they are flying over mountains and trees and feel very happy. This means that they are in control of their life and feel powerful. But if they find it difficult to fly, they feel powerless in real life and if there are things that get in their way, like trees or aeroplanes, there could be something that won’t let them do what they want.

Right

Wrong

Doesn’t say

1. 1. Very often we do not remember the dreams we have had at night.

2. 2. Sometimes it is better to forget quickly the dreams we have had.

3. 3. Some dreams can stay in our mind for some time.

4. 4. Experts think that dreaming is a way to deal with our daily problems.

5. 5. 15-year-olds dream more often because of their hormones.

6. 6. All 15-year-olds have the same sort of problems which means they often have the same sort of dreams.

7. 7. If you dream that you are flying this means you are very happy.

III. WRITING: (2,0pts)

Part 1: Read the first sentence, and then complete the second setence with the same meaning. (1,0pt)

1. Doing regular exercise often helps improve your attitude to life. (DO)

® Many ________________________________________________________________________ on life.

2. I suppose she finally gave way to demands for an interview with the tabloid press. (CONSENTED)

® I dare ______________________________________________________________ by the tabloid press.

3. Due to his repentance of the sins, as it were, he will not be executed. (OWING)

® His immunity _____________________________________________________________ over the sins.

4. He needs to obtain the tuition exemption; otherwise he will be forced to leave. (GOES)

® Unless exempted __________________________________________________________________ ear.

5. Although the office received a flood of complaints, it managed to achieve positive outcomes. (BROUGHT)

® The office, deluged ____________________________________________________________ unturned.

6. They designed the stadium to make hooliganism impossible. (SUCH)

® The stadium ____________________________________________________________ out hooliganism.

7. The new manager needs more time to finish his incomplete work, so he assigns the team to recruit more staff before they take over KFC. (HELM)

® Pending _________________________________________________________________ on his backlogs.

8. We resorted to supporting for clearing the man’s name since the public so strongly protested against the judge’s statement. (CLAMOURED)

® We might _________________________________________________________ at the judge’s statement.

9. If he only continued to play the main role when the proposal was drafted. (INSTRUMENTAL)

® Long ____________________________________________________________________ of the proposal.

10. The novel may be outstanding, but I have read a better one of this genre as yet. (EXCEPTION)

® By ________________________________________________________________________ of this genre

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8 tháng 1 2020

Lần sau chia nhỏ ra mà hỏi nhé!

III. WRITING: (2,0pts)

Part 1: Read the first sentence, and then complete the second setence with the same meaning. (1,0pt)

1. Doing regular exercise often helps improve your attitude to life. (DO)

® Many _____________ a time does regular exercise do wonders for your outlook _________ on life.

2. I suppose she finally gave way to demands for an interview with the tabloid press. (CONSENTED)

® I dare ___ say she finally consented with being interviewed ______ by the tabloid press.

3. Due to his repentance of the sins, as it were, he will not be executed. (OWING)

® His immunity ___ from execution was somewhat owing to his remorse___________ over the sins.

4. He needs to obtain the tuition exemption; otherwise he will be forced to leave. (GOES)

® Unless exempted _____ from the tuition, out he goes on his________________ ear.

5. Although the office received a flood of complaints, it managed to achieve positive outcomes. (BROUGHT)

® The office, deluged ____ as it was with complaints, brought off leaving to stone___ unturned.

6. They designed the stadium to make hooliganism impossible. (SUCH)

® The stadium__ was designed in such a way as to stamp_________ out hooliganism.

7. The new manager needs more time to finish his incomplete work, so he assigns the team to recruit more staff before they take over KFC. (HELM)

® Pending _____ the take over of KFC, the new manager at whose helm the team recruits more staff, needs to catch up___ on his backlogs.

8. We resorted to supporting for clearing the man’s name since the public so strongly protested against the judge’s statement. (CLAMOURED)

® We might _______________ as well have clamoured to clear the man's name, so great was the PUBLIC OUTCRY___ at the judge’s statement.

9. If he only continued to play the main role when the proposal was drafted. (INSTRUMENTAL)

® Long ________ was instrumental in the drafting____ of the proposal.

8 tháng 1 2020

Lần sau không làm hết được thì thôi nhé!

Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the passage below: Most people feel that when they dream, they are (1)............. off to another world. On the (2)............., dreams are often connected to our daily lives. When our whole (3)............. is filled with something, when we are either very upset (4)............. when we are in good spirit, a dream will represent this reality in symbols. It is often (5)............. that we benefit from dreams because they help the...
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Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the passage below:

Most people feel that when they dream, they are (1)............. off to another world. On the (2)............., dreams are often connected to our daily lives. When our whole (3)............. is filled with something, when we are either very upset (4)............. when we are in good spirit, a dream will represent this reality in symbols. It is often (5)............. that we benefit from dreams because they help the spirit to heal itself, when things (6)............. wrong. Dreams are therefore a kind of escape, almost a holiday from (7)............. life, with its fears and responsibilities, It is, however, a strange kind of holiday because whether we have a wonderful time or whether it turns (8)............. to be a nightmare, we quickly forget it. Most dreams disappear forever (9)............. you are one of those people disciplined enough to write them down as soon as you (10).............

1.A.carried B.brought C.taken D.guided

2.A.opposite B.contrast C.contrary D.other side

3.A.mind B.spirit C.brain D.soul

4.A.else B.or C.but also D.unless

5.A.spoken B.declared C.said D.stated

6.A.go B.turn C.become D.get

7.A.genuine B.real C.actual D.fatual

8.A.off B.up C.down D.out

9.A.unless B.except that C.therefore D.thus

10.A.arise B.awake C.rise up D.wake up

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21 tháng 10 2017

Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the passage below:

Most people feel that when they dream, they are (1)............. off to another world. On the (2)............., dreams are often connected to our daily lives. When our whole (3)............. is filled with something, when we are either very upset (4)............. when we are in good spirit, a dream will represent this reality in symbols. It is often (5)............. that we benefit from dreams because they help the spirit to heal itself, when things (6)............. wrong. Dreams are therefore a kind of escape, almost a holiday from (7)............. life, with its fears and responsibilities, It is, however, a strange kind of holiday because whether we have a wonderful time or whether it turns (8)............. to be a nightmare, we quickly forget it. Most dreams disappear forever (9)............. you are one of those people disciplined enough to write them down as soon as you (10).............

1.A.carried B.brought C.taken D.guided

2.A.opposite B.contrast C.contrary D.other side

3.A.mind B.spirit C.brain D.soul

4.A.else B.or C.but also D.unless

5.A.spoken B.declared C.said D.stated

6.A.go B.turn C.become D.get

7.A.genuine B.real C.actual D.fatual

8.A.off B.up C.down D.out

9.A.unless B.except that C.therefore D.thus

10.A.arise B.awake C.rise up D.wake up

13 tháng 1 2018

WORD FORM :

1. They felt _______excited_______ when Tet was coming nearer (excite )

2. We are talking about the _____preservation______ of natural resources ( preserve )

3. Peter can't go for a walk because it is raining _____heavily______ ( heavy )

4. We need some _______volunteers

_______ to clean up the kitchen (volunteer )

5. Who is responsible for the _______environmental______ problems in our city ? ( environment )

6. SO2 is one of several _______pollutants_____ that are very dangerous to our health ( pollute )

7. Drinking too much wine is ______hamrful______ to your health (harm )

8. The shopkeeper said all his vegetables are grown ______freshly_______ ( fresh )

9. People are becoming far more aware of ______environmental________ issues ( environment )

10. She is selling a lot of clothes at a huge _______reduction_______ (reduce )

13 tháng 1 2018

WORD FORM :

1. They felt excited when Tet was coming nearer ( excite )

2. We are talking about the preservation of natural resources ( preserve )

3. Peter can't go for a walk because it is raining heavily ( heavy )

4. We need some volunteers to clean up the kitchen ( volunteer )

5. Who is responsible for the environmental problems in our city ? ( environment )

6. SO2 is one of several pollutants that are very dangerous to our health ( pollute )

7. Drinking too much wine is harmful to your health

8. The shopkeeper said all his vegetables are grown freshly ( fresh )

9. People are becoming far more aware of environmental issues ( environment )

10. She is selling a lot of clothes at a huge reduction ( reduce )

Fill in each numbered blank in the passage with ONE suitable word to complete its meaning : Exercise is good for our body, but do you know that exercise is also good for our mind? A recent research has shown that…( 1 )…exercise makes our mind feel better. Doing exercise… …( 2 )… our mood and give us the confidence to encounter whatever difficulty that we meet in our life. Some studies show…( 3 )…it also enhances the functioning of your brain. When we are physically active our...
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Fill in each numbered blank in the passage with ONE suitable word to complete its meaning :

Exercise is good for our body, but do you know that exercise is also good for our mind? A recent research has shown that…( 1 )…exercise makes our mind feel better. Doing exercise… …( 2 )… our mood and give us the confidence to encounter whatever difficulty that we meet in our life. Some studies show…( 3 )…it also enhances the functioning of your brain. When we are physically active our body releases…( 4 )…known as “endorphins”. These chemicals are our body’s…( 5 )… painkillers and stress reducers. They diminish anger, anxiety, and depression and produce a sense of well being. Meanwhile, other studies have shown that even short time of moderate…( 6 )…can improve our outlook on life and make us less anxious. Whether we…(7 )…a ten-minute walk, do a few jumping jacks, or bicycle around the block, we will feel the benefit both …( 8 )…and emotionally.

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15 tháng 8 2018

Fill in each numbered blank in the passage with ONE suitable word to complete its meaning :

Exercise is good for our body, but do you know that exercise is also good for our mind? A recent research has shown that…( 1 ) regular…exercise makes our mind feel better. Doing exercise… …( 2 )improves… our mood and give us the confidence to encounter whatever difficulty that we meet in our life. Some studies show…( 3 ) that…it also enhances the functioning of your brain. When we are physically active our body releases…( 4 ) hormones…known as “endorphins”. These chemicals are our body’s…( 5 ) natural… painkillers and stress reducers. They diminish anger, anxiety, and depression and produce a sense of well being. Meanwhile, other studies have shown that even short time of moderate…( 6 ) exercise…can improve our outlook on life and make us less anxious. Whether we…(7 ) take…a ten-minute walk, do a few jumping jacks, or bicycle around the block, we will feel the benefit both …( 8 ) physically…and emotionally.

Read the text below and choose the correct word or phrase (A, B, C or D) for each space. Write your answer on the answer sheet. (2.5 points) PLANET EARTH Planet earth is part of a system of planets and their moons, as well as numerous asteroids and comets which (1) _____ around a huge star, the Sun. The Sun itself (2) _____ of gas. Nuclear reactions inside its core (3) _____ the heat and light that make life on the Earth (4) _____ . The Earth is the third of four small terrestrial (Earth...
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Read the text below and choose the correct word or phrase (A, B, C or D) for each space. Write your answer on the answer sheet. (2.5 points)

PLANET EARTH

Planet earth is part of a system of planets and their moons, as well as numerous asteroids and comets which (1) _____ around a huge star, the Sun. The Sun itself (2) _____ of gas. Nuclear reactions inside its core (3) _____ the heat and light that make life on the Earth (4) _____ . The Earth is the third of four small terrestrial (Earth like) planets (5) _____ orbit close to the Sun. Further out in our Solar System are four huge gas planets, while distant Pluto, (6) _____ planet, is made (7) _____ rock and ice. Our Earth is one of the ten planets that orbit the Sun - a huge, burning-hot star in the center of our Solar System. The Solar System and all the stars in the (8) _____ are part of our galaxy - the Milky Way, which (9) _____ as many as 200 billions stars. Beyond our galaxy (10) _____ millions more galaxies. They all add together to make up the Universe.

1. (A) run (B) orbit (C) turn (D) walk

2. (A) consists (B) remains (C) includes (D) maintains

3. (A) produce (B) product (C) production (D) productive

4. (A) able (B) possibility (C) possible (D) ability

5. (A) who (B) where (C) what (D) which

6. (A) the smaller (B) smallest (C) the most smallest (D) the smallest

7. (A) from (B) of (C) for (D) in

8. (A) space (B) sea (C) moon (D) sky

9. (A) consists (B) makes from (C) stays (D) contains

10. (A) is (B) are (C) to be (D) get

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Read the following passage and do the tasks below: Day after day we hear about how anthropogenic development is causing global warming. According to an increasingly vocal minority, however, we should be asking ourselves how much of this is media hype and how much is based on real evidence. It seems, as so often is the case that it depends on which expert you listen to, or which statistics you study. Yes, it is true that there is a mass of evidence to indicate that the world is getting...
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Read the following passage and do the tasks below:

Day after day we hear about how anthropogenic development is causing global warming. According to an increasingly vocal minority, however, we should be asking ourselves how much of this is media hype and how much is based on real evidence. It seems, as so often is the case that it depends on which expert you listen to, or which statistics you study.

Yes, it is true that there is a mass of evidence to indicate that the world is getting warmer, with one of the world's leading weather predictors stating that air temperatures have shown an increase of just under half a degree Celsius since the beginning of the twentieth century. And while this may not sound like anything worth losing sleep over, the international press would have us believe that the consequences could be devastating. Other experts, however, are of the opinion that what we are seeing is just part of a natural upward and downward swing that has always been part of the cycle of global weather. An analysis of the views of major meteorologists in the United States showed that less than 20% of them believed that any change in temperature over the last hundred years was our own fault - the rest attributed it to natural cyclical changes.

There is, of course, no denying that we are still at a very early stage in understanding weather. The effects of such variables as rainfall, cloud formation, the seas and oceans gases such as methane and ozone, or even solar energy are still not really understood, and therefore the predictions that we make using them cannot always be relied on. Dr. James Hansen, in 1988, was predicting that the likely effects of global warming would be a rising of world temperature which would have disastrous consequences for mankind: “a strong cause and effect relationship between the current climate and human alteration of the atmosphere ". He has now gone on record as stating that using artificial models of climate as a way of predicting change is all but impossible. In fact, he now believes that, rather than getting hotter, our planet is getting greener as a result of the carbon dioxide increase, with the prospect of increasing vegetation in areas which in recent history have been frozen wastelands.

In fact, there is some evidence to suggest that as our computer-based weather models have become more sophisticated, the predicted rises in temperature have been cut back. In addition, if we look at the much reported rise in global temperature over the last century, a close analysis reveals that the lion's share of that increase, almost three quarters in total, occurred before man began to "poison" his world with industrial processes and the accompanying greenhouse gas emissions in the second half of the twentieth century.

So should we pay any attention to those stories that scream out at us from billboards and television news headlines, claiming that man, with his inexhaustible dependence on oil-based machinery and ever more sophisticated forms of transport is creating a nightmare level of greenhouse gas emissions, poisoning his environment and ripping open the ozone layer? Doubters point to scientific evidence, which can prove that, of all the greenhouse gases, only two percent come from man-made sources, the rest resulting from natural emissions. Who, then, to believe: the environmentalist exhorting us to leave the car at home, to buy re-usable products packaged in recycled paper and to plant trees in our back yard? Or the skeptics, including, of course, a lot of big businesses who have most to lose, when they tell us that we are making a mountain out of a molehill? And my own opinion? The jury's still out as far as I am concerned!

Question 1-6: Choose the appropriate letters (A, B, C or D), based on the information from the passage.

1. The author ........

A believes that man is causing global warming

B believes that global warming is a natural process

C is sure what the causes of global warming are

D does not say what he believes the causes of global warming are

2. As to the cause of global warming, the author believes that ........

A occasionally the facts depend on who you are talking to

B the facts always depend on who you are talking to

C often the facts depend on which expert you listen to

D you should not speak to experts

3. More than 80% of the top meteorologists in the United States are of the opinion that .........

A global warming should make us lose sleep

B global warming is not the result of natural cyclical changes, but man-made

C the consequences of global warming will be devastating

D global warming is not man-made, but the result of natural cyclical changes

4. Our understanding of weather ...........

A leads to reliable predictions

B is variable

C cannot be denied

D is not very developed yet

5. Currently, Dr. James Hansen's beliefs include the fact that .......

A it is nearly impossible to predict weather change using artificial models

B the consequences of global warming would be disastrous for mankind

C there is a significant link between the climate now, and man's changing of the atmosphere

D Earth is getting colder

6. Which of these is the best title for this text?

A Global Warming is for real

B Global warming - media hype or genuine threat?

C Weather changes over the last 100 years

D Global Warming - the greatest threat to mankind

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19 tháng 2 2019

Read the following passage and do the tasks below:

Day after day we hear about how anthropogenic development is causing global warming. According to an increasingly vocal minority, however, we should be asking ourselves how much of this is media hype and how much is based on real evidence. It seems, as so often is the case that it depends on which expert you listen to, or which statistics you study.

Yes, it is true that there is a mass of evidence to indicate that the world is getting warmer, with one of the world's leading weather predictors stating that air temperatures have shown an increase of just under half a degree Celsius since the beginning of the twentieth century. And while this may not sound like anything worth losing sleep over, the international press would have us believe that the consequences could be devastating. Other experts, however, are of the opinion that what we are seeing is just part of a natural upward and downward swing that has always been part of the cycle of global weather. An analysis of the views of major meteorologists in the United States showed that less than 20% of them believed that any change in temperature over the last hundred years was our own fault - the rest attributed it to natural cyclical changes.

There is, of course, no denying that we are still at a very early stage in understanding weather. The effects of such variables as rainfall, cloud formation, the seas and oceans gases such as methane and ozone, or even solar energy are still not really understood, and therefore the predictions that we make using them cannot always be relied on. Dr. James Hansen, in 1988, was predicting that the likely effects of global warming would be a rising of world temperature which would have disastrous consequences for mankind: “a strong cause and effect relationship between the current climate and human alteration of the atmosphere ". He has now gone on record as stating that using artificial models of climate as a way of predicting change is all but impossible. In fact, he now believes that, rather than getting hotter, our planet is getting greener as a result of the carbon dioxide increase, with the prospect of increasing vegetation in areas which in recent history have been frozen wastelands.

In fact, there is some evidence to suggest that as our computer-based weather models have become more sophisticated, the predicted rises in temperature have been cut back. In addition, if we look at the much reported rise in global temperature over the last century, a close analysis reveals that the lion's share of that increase, almost three quarters in total, occurred before man began to "poison" his world with industrial processes and the accompanying greenhouse gas emissions in the second half of the twentieth century.

So should we pay any attention to those stories that scream out at us from billboards and television news headlines, claiming that man, with his inexhaustible dependence on oil-based machinery and ever more sophisticated forms of transport is creating a nightmare level of greenhouse gas emissions, poisoning his environment and ripping open the ozone layer? Doubters point to scientific evidence, which can prove that, of all the greenhouse gases, only two percent come from man-made sources, the rest resulting from natural emissions. Who, then, to believe: the environmentalist exhorting us to leave the car at home, to buy re-usable products packaged in recycled paper and to plant trees in our back yard? Or the skeptics, including, of course, a lot of big businesses who have most to lose, when they tell us that we are making a mountain out of a molehill? And my own opinion? The jury's still out as far as I am concerned!

Question 1-6: Choose the appropriate letters (A, B, C or D), based on the information from the passage.

1. The author ........

A believes that man is causing global warming

B believes that global warming is a natural process

C is sure what the causes of global warming are

D does not say what he believes the causes of global warming are

2. As to the cause of global warming, the author believes that ........

A occasionally the facts depend on who you are talking to

B the facts always depend on who you are talking to

C often the facts depend on which expert you listen to

D you should not speak to experts

3. More than 80% of the top meteorologists in the United States are of the opinion that .........

A global warming should make us lose sleep

B global warming is not the result of natural cyclical changes, but man-made

C the consequences of global warming will be devastating

D global warming is not man-made, but the result of natural cyclical changes

4. Our understanding of weather ...........

A leads to reliable predictions

B is variable

C cannot be denied

D is not very developed yet

5. Currently, Dr. James Hansen's beliefs include the fact that .......

A it is nearly impossible to predict weather change using artificial models

B the consequences of global warming would be disastrous for mankind

C there is a significant link between the climate now, and man's changing of the atmosphere

D Earth is getting colder

6. Which of these is the best title for this text?

A Global Warming is for real

B Global warming - media hype or genuine threat?

C Weather changes over the last 100 years

D Global Warming - the greatest threat to mankind

24 tháng 2 2019

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V / Read the passage and then fill the blanks with the best words: These days it is impossible to open a newspaper without reading about the __ (1) __ we are doing to the environment. The earth is being __ (2) __ and the future looks bad. What can each of us do? We cannot clean up our __ (3) __rivers and seas overnight. Nor can we stop the __ (4) __ of plants and animals. But we can stop adding to the problem while scientist __ (5) __ answers and laws are passed in nature's defense. It may no...
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V / Read the passage and then fill the blanks with the best words:
These days it is impossible to open a newspaper without reading about the __ (1) __ we
are doing to the environment. The earth is being __ (2) __ and the future looks bad. What can
each of us do?
We cannot clean up our __ (3) __rivers and seas overnight. Nor can we stop the __ (4) __ of
plants and animals. But we can stop adding to the problem while scientist __ (5) __ answers and
laws are passed in nature's defense.
It may no be easy to __ (6) __ your lifestyle completely but some steps are easy to take: __
(7) __. The amount of driving you do ,or use as little plastic as possible . It is easy to save energy,
__ (8) __ also reduces household bills. We must all __ (9) __ a personal decision to work for
the future of our planet __ (10) __ we want to ensure a better world for our grandchildren.
1. A. harm B. damage C. destruction D. ruin
2. A. threatened B. taken C. pushed back D.occupied
3. A. poisoned B. polluted C. polluting D.poisonous
4. A. death B. disappearance C. appearance D. ruin
5. A. look for B. look into C. look up D. look over
6. A. alter B. change C. transform D. turn
7. A. cut off B. cut out C. cut in D. cut down
8. A. of which B. of that C. which D. that
9. A. get B. come C. give D. make
10. A. if B. whether C. when D. while

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Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C orvD that best fits the blank space in the following passage We don't only choose clothes to make us look (1)_____, we also use them to tell the world (2)_______ our personality. The clothes we wear and our (3)______ as a whole give other people useful information about what we think and (4)_________ we feel. If we feel cheerful, we usually wear (5)_______ clothes and if we feel (6)_____ we sometimes put on dark clothes. But why do teenagers wear black...
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Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C orvD that best fits the blank space in the following passage

We don't only choose clothes to make us look (1)_____, we also use them to tell the world (2)_______ our personality. The clothes we wear and our (3)______ as a whole give other people useful information about what we think and (4)_________ we feel. If we feel cheerful, we usually wear (5)_______ clothes and if we feel (6)_____ we sometimes put on dark clothes. But why do teenagers wear black so (7)_______ ? Is it because they feel miserable all the (8)________? This is unlikely to be the case. It is prbably just because it is (9)_______ to wear black, and young people are real fans of (10)_____

1. A. Attact B. Attractive C. Attractively D. Attraction

2. A. Of B. With C. By D. About

3. A. Appear B. Appearance C. Appeared D. Appearing

4. A. Which B. What C. How D. When

5. A. Colourful B. Colours C. Colourfully D. Colourless

6. A. Depress B. Depressed C. Depressing D. Depression

7. A. Frequent B. Frequency C. Frequently D. Infrequently

8. A. Time B. Day C. Week D. Month

9. A. Fashion B. Fashionable C. Fashioner D. Fashioned

10. A. Fashion B. Fashionable C. Fashioner D. Fashioned

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16 tháng 9 2018

Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C orvD that best fits the blank space in the following passage

We don't only choose clothes to make us look (1)_____, we also use them to tell the world (2)_______ our personality. The clothes we wear and our (3)______ as a whole give other people useful information about what we think and (4)_________ we feel. If we feel cheerful, we usually wear (5)_______ clothes and if we feel (6)_____ we sometimes put on dark clothes. But why do teenagers wear black so (7)_______ ? Is it because they feel miserable all the (8)________? This is unlikely to be the case. It is prbably just because it is (9)_______ to wear black, and young people are real fans of (10)_____

1. A. Attact B. Attractive C. Attractively D. Attraction

2. A. Of B. With C. By D. About

3. A. Appear B. Appearance C. Appeared D. Appearing

4. A. Which B. What C. How D. When

5. A. Colourful B. Colours C. Colourfully D. Colourless

6. A. Depress B. Depressed C. Depressing D. Depression

7. A. Frequent B. Frequency C. Frequently D. Infrequently

8. A. Time B. Day C. Week D. Month

9. A. Fashion B. Fashionable C. Fashioner D. Fashioned

10. A. Fashion B. Fashionable C. Fashioner D. Fashioned

I. use the correct form of the words in the parentheses in each sentence 1 . his parent are very..........................of him because he studies very well( PRIDE) 2. our main ..............................to export are rice , coffee and rubber(PRODUCE) 3.passover of the Jewish people is a festival which celebrates.......................from slavery(FREE) 4. he got a terrible accident because he drove so............................(CARE) IV. Put the verbs in the right tense or form 5. ba...
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I. use the correct form of the words in the parentheses in each sentence
1 . his parent are very..........................of him because he studies very well( PRIDE)
2. our main ..............................to export are rice , coffee and rubber(PRODUCE)
3.passover of the Jewish people is a festival which celebrates.......................from slavery(FREE)
4. he got a terrible accident because he drove so............................(CARE)
IV. Put the verbs in the right tense or form
5. ba likes ( watch)..................................TV every night
6. I (see)..................................that film two months ago
7. Alex (get) ..............................married next month
8. They decided ( build) ............................a new school in our village
VI. Rewrite the sentences so that they are closest in meaning to the sentences printed before them use the give words
9.some one has just washed our car
=> we...........................................................................................
10. I didn't have enough money , so I didn't buy laptop
=> If.............................................................................................
11. " I must study hard for my next examination"
=> She said...................................................................................
12. I didn't borrow her some money yesterday
=> If only......................................................................................
13. We couldn't drive because of the fog
=> The fog prevented..................................................................
14. They often walked to school when they were young
=> They used to.........................................................................
15. She is the woman , she helped you yesterday
=> She is the woman who....................................................................

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23 tháng 9 2017

I. use the correct form of the words in the parentheses in each sentence
1 . his parent are very.........proud.................of him because he studies very well( PRIDE)
2. our main ...............products...............to export are rice , coffee and rubber(PRODUCE)
3.passover of the Jewish people is a festival which celebrates......freedom.................from slavery(FREE)
4. he got a terrible accident because he drove so...............carelessly.............(CARE)
IV. Put the verbs in the right tense or form
5. ba likes ( watch).............watching.....................TV every night
6. I (see)...................saw...............that film two months ago
7. Alex (get) ............will get..................married next month
8. They decided ( build) .........to build...................a new school in our village
VI. Rewrite the sentences so that they are closest in meaning to the sentences printed before them use the give words
9.some one has just washed our car
=> we has just had our car washed
10. I didn't have enough money , so I didn't buy laptop
=> If i had had enough money , I would have bought the laptop
11. " I must study hard for my next examination"
=> She said she had to study hard for her next examination
12. I didn't borrow her some money yesterday
=> If only i had borrowed her some money yesterday
13. We couldn't drive because of the fog
=> The fog prevented us from driving
14. They often walked to school when they were young
=> They used to walk to school when they were young
15. She is the woman , she helped you yesterday
=> She is the woman who helped you yesterday

23 tháng 9 2017

I. use the correct form of the words in the parentheses in each sentence
1 . his parent are very...............proud...........of him because he studies very well( PRIDE)
2. our main ...............products...............to export are rice , coffee and rubber(PRODUCE)
3.passover of the Jewish people is a festival which celebrates.............freedom..........from slavery(FREE)
4. he got a terrible accident because he drove so............carelessly...............(CARE)
IV. Put the verbs in the right tense or form
5. ba likes ( watch)..............watching....................TV every night
6. I (see)...................saw...............that film two months ago
7. Alex (get) ..............is getting...............married next month
8. They decided ( build) .............to buld...............a new school in our village
VI. Rewrite the sentences so that they are closest in meaning to the sentences printed before them use the give words
9.some one has just washed our car
=> we........................................just has our car washed...................................................
10. I didn't have enough money , so I didn't buy laptop
=> If.......................................i had enough money, i would buy laptop......................................................
11. " I must study hard for my next examination"
=> She said..................................she had to study hard for her following examination.................................................
12. I didn't borrow her some money yesterday
=> If only.......................................i had borrowed her some money yesterday...............................................
13. We couldn't drive because of the fog
=> The fog prevented.........................us from driving.........................................
14. They often walked to school when they were young
=> They used to...............................walk to school when they were young..........................................
15. She is the woman , she helped you yesterday
=> She is the woman who helped you yesterday.