WORLD-CUP(C) MATCHES SO ANNOYED(D). QUESTION 47

2010-World-Cup(C) matches so annoyed(D). Question 47: In order (A)no money would be wasted(B), we had to account for(C) every penny we(D) spent. Question 48: The team leader(A) demanded from his team members(B) a serious attitude towards work(C), good team spirit, and that they work hard.(D) Question 49: In my judgment, I think(A) Hem is the best(B) physicist among(C) the scientists of the SEA region.(D) Question 50: After analyzing the steep rise(A) in profits according to(B) your report, it was(C) convinced that your analyses were correct.(D) Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 51 to 60. It’s often said that we learn things at the wrong time. University students frequently do the minimum of work because they’re crazy about a good social life instead. Children often scream before their piano practice because it’s so boring. They have to be given gold stars and medals to be persuaded to swim, or have to be bribed to take exams. But the story is different when you’re older. Over the years, I’ve done my share of adult learning. At 30, I went to a college and did courses in History and English. It was an amazing experience. For starters, I was paying, so there was no reason to be late – I was the one frowning and drumming my fingers if the tutor war late, not the other way round. Indeed, if I could persuade him to linger for an extra five minutes, it was a bonus, not a nuisance. I wasn’t frightened to ask questions, and homework was a pleasure not a pain. When I passed an exam, I had passed it for me and me alone, not for my parents or my teachers. The satisfaction I got was entirely personal. Some people fear going back to school because they worry that their brains have got rusty. But the joy is that, although some parts have rusted up, your brain has learnt all kinds of other things since you were young. It has learnt to think independently and flexibly and is much better at relating one thing to another. What you lose in the rust department, you gain in the maturity department. In some ways, age is a positive plus. For instance, when you’re older, you get less frustrated. Expericence has told you that, if you’re calm and simply do something carefully again and again, eventually you’ll get the hang of it. The confidence you have in other areas – from being able to drive a car, perhaps – means that if you can’t, say, build a chair instantly, you don’t, like a child, want to destroy your first pathetic attempts. Maturity tells you that you will, with application, eventually get there. I hated piano lessons at school, but I was good at music. And coming back to it, with a teacher who could explain why certain exercises were useful and with musical concepts that, at the age of ten, I could never grasp, was magical. Initially, I did feel a bit strange, thumping out a piece that I’d played for my school exams, with just as little comprehension of what the composer intended as I’d had all those years before. But soon, complex emotions that I never knew poured out from my fingers, and suddenly I could understand why practice makes perfect. Question 51: It is implied in paragraph 1 that ... . A. parents should encourage young learners to study more B. young learners are usually lazy in their class C. young learners often lack a good motivation for learning D. teachers should give young learners less homework Question 52: The writer’s main point in paragraph 2 is to show that as people grow up, ... . A. they have a more positive attitude towards learning B. they cannot learn as well as younger learners C. they tend to learn less as they are discouraged D. they get more impatient with their teachers Question 53: The phrase “For starters” in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by “... ”. A. First and foremost B. At the starting point C. At the beginning D. For beginners Question 54: While doing some adult learning courses at a college, the writer was surprised ... . A. to get on better with the tutor B. to feel learning more enjoyable C. to have more time to learn D. to be able to learn more quickly Question 55: In paragraph 3, the word “rusty” means ... . A. impatient because of having nothing to do B. not as good as it used to be through lack of practice C. staying alive and becoming more active D. covered with rust and not as good as it used to be Question 56: The phrase “get there” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to “ ... ”. A. arrive at an intended place with difficulty B. achieve your aim with hard work C. have the things you have long desired D. receive a school or college degree Question 57: All of the following are true about adult learning EXCEPT ... . A. adult learners have fewer advantages than young learners B. adults think more independently and flexibly than young people C. experience in doing other things can help one’s learning D. young people usually feel less patient than adults Question 58: It can be inferred from paragraph 4 that maturity is a positive plus in the learning process because adult learners ... . A. pay more attention to detail than younger learners B. are able to organize themselves better than younger learners C. are less worried about learning than younger learners D. have become more patient than younger learners Question 59: It is implied in the last paragraph that when you learn later in life, you ... . A. should expect to take longer to learn than when you were younger B. can sometimes understand more than when you were younger C. are not able to concentrate as well as when you were younger D. find that you can recall a lot of things you learnt when younger Question 60: What is the writer’s main purpose in the passage? A. To encourage adult learning. B. To describe adult learning methods. C. To show how fast adult learning is. D. To explain reasons for learning. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicat the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions. Question 61: It is English pronunciation that puzzles me most. A. Pronouncing English words is not complicated. B. I was not quick at English pronunciation at school. C. Puzzling me most is how to pronounce English. D. English pronunciation is difficult for me. Question 62: The woman was too weak to lift the suitcase. A. The woman wasn’t able to lift the suitcase, so she was very weak. B. The woman, though weak, could lift the suitcase. C. So weak was the woman that she couldn’t lift the suitcase. D. The woman shouldn’t have lifted the suitcase as she was weak. Question 63: When I arrived, they were having dinner. A. I came in the middle of their dinner. B. They ate their dinner as soon as I arrived. C. When they started having their dinner, I arrived. D. I came to their invitation to dinner. Question 64: They couldn’t climb up mountain because of the storm. A. The storm made it not capable of climbing up the mountain. B. Their climbing up the mountain was unable due to the storm. C. The storm made them impossible to climb up the mountain. D. The storm discouraged them from climbing up the mountain. Question 65: Slightly more than twenty-five percent of the students in the class come from Spanish- speaking countries. A. A considerable proportion of the students in the class are Spanish. B. Seventy-five percent of the students in the class speak Spanish. C. The percentage of the students speaking Spanish fell by twenty-five percent. D. A small minority of the students in the class are Hispanic. Question 66: Because they erected a barn, the cattle couldn’t get out into the wheat field. A. They erected a barn so that the cattle, would get into the wheat field. B. In order not to keep the cattle away from the wheat field, they erected a barn. C. They erected a barn in case the cattle couldn’t get out into the wheat field. D. They erected a barn, and as a result, the cattle couldn’t get out into the wheat field. Question 67: “Would you like some more beer?” he asked. A. He asked me if I wanted some beer. B. He wanted to invite me for a glass of beer. C. He offered me some more beer. D. He asked me would I like some more beer. Question 68: “Stop smoking or you’ll be ill,” the doctor told me. A. I was warned against smoking a lot of cigarettes. B. The doctor suggested smoking to treat illness. C. I was ordered not to smoke to recover from illness. D. The doctor advised me to give up smoking to avoid illness. Question 69: Wealthy as they were, they were far from happy. A. They were as wealthy as they were happy. B. They were not happy as they were wealthy. C. Even if they were wealthy, they were not unhappy. D. Although they were wealthy, they were not happy. Question 70: “We’re having a reunion this weekend. Why don’t you come?” John said to us. A. John cordially invited us to a reunion this weekend. B. John simply asked us why we wouldn’t come to a reunion. C. John didn’t understand why we came to a reunion. D. John asked us why we didn’t come to a reunion this weekend. Read the follwing passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 71 to 80. Wind, water, air, ice and heat all work to cause erosion. As the wind blows over the land, it often (71) small grains of sand. When these grains of sand strike against solid rocks, the rocks are slowly worn away. In this way, (72) very hard rocks are worn away by the wind. When particles of rocks or soil became loosened in any way, running water carries them down the (73) . Some rocks and soil particles are carried into streams and then into the sea. Land that is covered with trees, grass and other plants wears away very slowly, and so loses very (74) of its soil. The roots of plants help to (75) the rocks and soil in place. Water that falls on grasslands runs away more slowly than water that falls on bare ground. Thus, forests and grasslands (76) to slow down erosion. Even where the land is (77) covered with plants, some erosion goes on. In the spring, the(78)... snow turns into a large quantity of water that then runs downhill in streams. (79) a stream carries away some of the soil, the stream bed gets deeper and deeper. (80) thousands of years of such erosion, wide valleys are often formed. Question 71: A. holds up B. cleans out C. carries out D. picks up Question 72: A. though B. still C. even D. such Question 73: A. backside B. hillsides C. borders D. topside Question 74: A. large B. little C. few D. much Question 75: A. store B. back C. stay D. hold Question A. facilitate B. aid C. assist D. help Question 77 A. thinly B. strongly C. thickly D. scarcely Question 78: A. melted B. building C. melting D. formed Question 79 A. Till B. As C. Until D. Although Question 80: A. During B. Among C. After D. In Đề hoàn thành nốt bài và xem đáp án : https://traloihay.net