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THE GENERATION GAP
people talk about the generation as a kind of division between young people and their parents. It is something which is (GENERAL) generally a problem when children enter their teenage years, and results in (COMPLAIN) complaints on both sides. Parents, for example, can often be heard to say that young people are disrespectful and disobedient, and in (ADD) addition, young people tend to be (RESPONSIBLE) irresponsible when spending because they don't appreciate the value of money. Adolsescents, on the other hand, complain that their parents don't understand them.
What has gone wrong? One (EXPLAIN) explanation lies in how society has changed in the past , children would (TYPICAL) typically continue the way of life of their parents. In today's world, parents are very (AMBITION) ambitious for their children because they want them to achieve more than they did. The problem is that children often (AGREE) disagree with their parent's plans. (TEENAGE) Teenagers also reach maturity at an (EARLY) earlier age than they used to and want their independence sooner. The resulting conflict is painful to both sides.
Part 4: Supply the correct form of the words in bracket. Write your answers in the space provided under this passage. (20 pts)
THE HISTORY OF TOYS
When did the first toys come into (1) __existence___ (EXIST)and what led to their development? Did they represent an attempt by adults to make children happy, or did they arise from the various playful (2) __activities___ (ACTIVE) of children themselves? As everyone knows, the young (3) ____frequently_ (FREQUENT) copy the (4) _behaviours____ (BEHAVE) of their elders, and, in their play, they often adopt objects used by adults for entirely different purposes. These objects (5) ___encourage__ (COURAGE) the child’s (6) ___imagination__ (IMAGINE) and lead to games in which everyday articles often play unusual and (7) ___unexpected__ (EXPECT) roles.
It is rather surprising that for an (8) ___explanation__ (EXPLAIN) of the origin of toys, we cannot turn to folk stories. However, no traditional tale (9) ___related__ (RELATE) to the origin of toys exists, and so our (10) ___knowledge__ (KNOW) is restricted to archaeological study and
Read the following paragraph and fill in blanks with only one word
Halloween
Halloween is a fun holiday for kids in the United States. Its origins date back hundreds of (1)..years...., but today, children (2)..celebrate .... this day by dressing up in scary and humorous costumes, attending Halloween parties, and going 'door-to-door trick or treat'. When children trick or (3) .....treat.., they go from house to (4)..others.. carrying a bag or other containers, and they knock (5)...some...doors asking for a treat (some kind of candy), and they say that if they aren't (6)......a treat, they will (7)..play.. a trick on the person. It os a carefree holiday, but parents still need to teach their children to (8)..be.... safe. Generally speaking, children (9)..are...... encouraged to visit the house of people they know, and children and parents should carefully inspect the candy they receive to make sure it is safe to (10)..eat... Also, it is a good idea to carry a flashlight so you can see your way when it gets dark
A study into children's television (0) viewing habits reveals VIEW
that children whose parents have a high level of (1) ________education_________ EDUCATE
tend to watch less television than children from less educated
family(2) ________backgrounds ________ . The report also suggests that a high rate of BACK
TV watching among children in poorer (3) _________suburban ________ areas SUBURB
and in the provinces, compared to those living in large urban centre,
is often due to (4) _____poverty____________ and a lack of other kinds of POOR
(5) ________entertainment _________ in the area. Disco, cinema, theatre and sports ENTERTAIN
(6) _________activities_______ offer children in urban centre a wider range ACTIVE
of pastimes, which leads to far (7) _____fewer_________ hours being spent FEW
in front of the box. (8) _______Commercials_______, comedies and adventure films COMMERCE
are children's (9) ________favourite _______ programmes, while twenty per cent FAVOUR
of children said they preferred (10) ________violent_______ films and thrillers. VIOLENCE
Give the correct form of the word in brackets
BILINGUALISM IN CHILDREN
Bilingualism or having two languages in the brain, it was said, disrupted (1.effect) .....effective..thinking. It was argued that having one well- developed language was superior to having two (2.develop)..half-developed ... languages. However, we now know that this early research was misconceived and (3.correction)... incorrect.... The most recent research from Canada, the United States and Wales suggests that bilinguals are, at least, equal to monolinguals, who just know one language, on IQ tests. Far from making people mentally (4.confusion).......confused., bilingualism is now associated with a mild degree of intellectual (5.superior)..superiority.... Research across different continents of the world shows that bilinguals tend to be more fluent, flexible, orginal and elaborate in their answers to this type of open- ended question. Bilinguals are called divergent thinlrrs who like (6.imagine)......imagining. answers to a question. There are other dimensions in thinking where approximately balanced bilimguals may have temporary and (7.occasion)...occasionally .... permanent advantages over monolinguals: increased (8.sense)..sensitivity ...... to communication, a slightly speedier movement through the stages of cognitive (9.develop)...development...., and being less fixed on the sounds of words and more centered on the meaning of words. These advantages may mean an (10.initiate).....initial ... head start in learning to read and learning to think about language
Đáp án: B
Giải thích: made to investigate = make an attempt to do st.
Dịch: Tuy nhiên, rất ít nỗ lực được thực hiện để nghiên cứu hiện tượng này một cách khoa học.
41. Easter _____________
a. is celebrated on every Sunday in March or April
b. is only celebrated by Christians
c. is a public holiday
d. is a spring holiday
42. The word 'Easter' ____________
a. means 'new clothes'
b. was the ancient name of spring and light
c. comes from the name of a goddess
d. means 'the beginning of the spring'
43. The Easter Bunny' is________
a. a sign of flowers blooming
c. an old word for 'Easter
b. a sign of the spring goddess
d. an imaginary rabbit
44. On Easter morning,___________
a. American children run about trying to find the eggs
b. the Easter Bunny appears and brings eggs to children
c. family often get together for a big breakfast
d. children are often given cakes in the shape of a rabit eggs
45. which of the followings is not mentioned in the passage?
a. Easter is an important Christain festival.
b. It was once common for people to wear new clothes to church on Easter Sunday.
c. Children look forward to Easter Sunday because they are given chocolate Easter eggs.
d. Eggs represent new life and the start of spring
when drawing human figures, children often make the head too large for the rest of the body. a recent study offers some insights into this common disproportion in children's illustrations. as a part of the study, researchers asked children between 4 and 7 years old to make several drawing of men. when they drew front views of male figures, the size of the heads was marketly enlarged. however, when the children drew rear view of men, the size of the heads was not so exaggerated. the researchers suggested that children drew bigger heads when they know they must leave room for facial details. therefore, the odd head size in children's illustration is a form of planning ahead and not an indication of a poor sense of scale