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 35 to 42.
A newborn baby can see, hear and feel. By the age of five, a child can talk, ride a bike and invent imaginary friends. How does this development happen? We don't understand the way language, thinking and planning develop very well. Now scientists are using new technology to ‘see’ into children's brains. And they are discovering new information about the way a baby's brain develops.
A study in 2010 showed that the experiences a child has in their first few years affect the development of the brain. It showed that children who received more attention often had higher IQs. The brain of a newborn baby has nearly a hundred billion neurons. This is the same number as an adult's brain. As they grow, a baby receives information through the senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. This information creates connections between different parts of the brain. At the age of three, there are a hundred trillion connections.
One experiment looked at images of babies' brains while they were listening to different sounds. The sounds were in different sequences. For example, one sequence was mu-ba-ba. This is the pattern ‘A-B-B’. Another sequence was mu-ba-ge. This is the pattern ‘A-B-C’. The images showed that the part of the brain responsible for speech was more active during ‘A-B-B’ patterns. This shows that babies can tell the difference between different patterns. This experiment is interesting because sequences of words are important to grammar and meaning. Compare two sentences with the same words in a different order: ‘John killed the bear’ is very different from ‘The bear killed John.’ So babies are starting to learn grammatical rules from the beginning of life.
Researchers also know that babies need to hear a lot of language in order to understand grammar rules. But there is a big difference between listening to television, audio books or the internet, and interacting with people. One study compared two groups of nine-month-old American babies. One group watched videos of Mandarin Chinese sounds. In the other group, people spoke the same sounds to the babies. The test results showed that the second group could recognise different sounds, however the first group learned nothing. The scientist, Patricia Kuhl, said this result was very surprising. It suggests that social experience is essential to successful brain development in babies.
What is the main conclusion from the study described in the last paragraph?
A. Babies can understand television at the age of nine months
B. Social interaction has a big influence on the brain
C. Watching videos is a good way to develop a child's brain
D. Mandarin Chinese is not too hard to be learned for American
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Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu
Giải thích:
Kết luận chính từ nghiên cứu được mô tả trong đoạn cuối là gì?
A. Trẻ có thể hiểu được TV ở độ tuổi chín tháng.
B. Tương tác xã hội có ảnh hưởng lớn đến não.
C. Xem video là một cách tốt để phát triển trí não của trẻ.
D. Tiếng Trung phổ thông không quá khó để học đối với trẻ sơ sinh Mỹ.
Thông tin: It suggests that social experience is essential to successful brain development in babies.
Tạm dịch: Nó cho thấy kinh nghiệm xã hội là điều cần thiết để phát triển trí não thành công ở trẻ sơ sinh.
Chọn B
Dịch bài đọc:
Một em bé sơ sinh có thể nhìn, nghe và cảm nhận. Đến năm tuổi, một đứa trẻ có thể nói chuyện, đi xe đạp và nghĩ ra những người bạn tưởng tượng. Làm thế nào phát triển này xảy ra? Chúng ta không quá hiểu cách ngôn ngữ, suy nghĩ và lập kế hoạch phát triển. Bây giờ các nhà khoa học đang sử dụng công nghệ mới để 'nhìn' vào bộ não của trẻ em. Và họ đang khám phá thông tin mới về cách phát triển não bộ của em bé.
Một nghiên cứu vào năm 2010 cho thấy những trải nghiệm của một đứa trẻ trong vài năm đầu tiên ảnh hưởng đến sự phát triển của não. Nó cho thấy rằng những đứa trẻ nhận được nhiều sự chú ý hơn thường có IQ cao hơn. Bộ não của một đứa trẻ sơ sinh có gần một trăm tỷ tế bào thần kinh. Đây là con số tương tự như bộ não của người trưởng thành. Khi chúng lớn lên, một em bé nhận được thông tin thông qua các giác quan của thị giác, thính giác, khứu giác, vị giác và xúc giác. Thông tin này tạo ra các kết nối giữa các phần khác nhau của não. Ở tuổi lên ba, có hàng trăm nghìn tỷ kết nối.
Một thí nghiệm đã xem hình ảnh về bộ não của trẻ sơ sinh trong khi chúng đang lắng nghe những âm thanh khác nhau. Các âm thanh là trong các chuỗi khác nhau. Ví dụ, một chuỗi là mu-ba-ba. Đây là mẫu 'A-B-B'. Một trình tự khác là mu-ba-ge. Đây là mẫu 'A-B-C'. Các hình ảnh cho thấy phần não chịu trách nhiệm về lời nói hoạt động nhiều hơn trong các mẫu 'A-B-B'. Điều này cho thấy các bé có thể cho biết sự khác biệt giữa các mẫu khác nhau. Thí nghiệm này rất thú vị vì các chuỗi từ rất quan trọng đối với ngữ pháp và ý nghĩa. So sánh hai câu với cùng một từ theo một thứ tự khác nhau: J'ohn giết gấu' r rất khác với 'Con gấu giết John'. Vì vậy, các bé bắt đầu học các quy tắc ngữ pháp từ đầu đời.
Các nhà nghiên cứu cũng biết rằng các bé cần nghe nhiều ngôn ngữ để hiểu các quy tắc ngữ pháp. Nhưng có một sự khác biệt lớn giữa nghe tivi, sách âm thanh hoặc internet và tương tác với mọi người. Một nghiên cứu đã so sánh hai nhóm trẻ sơ sinh Mỹ 9 tháng tuổi. Một nhóm đã xem video về âm thanh tiếng Trung Quốc. Trong nhóm khác, mọi người nói những âm thanh tương tự với các em bé. Kết quả kiểm tra cho thấy nhóm thứ hai có thể nhận ra các âm thanh khác nhau, tuy nhiên nhóm thứ nhất không học được gì. Nhà khoa học, Patricia Kuhl, cho biết kết quả này rất đáng ngạc nhiên. Nó cho thấy kinh nghiệm xã hội là điều cần thiết để phát triển trí não thành công ở trẻ sơ sinh.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 5.
Drone racing is an exciting new sport, that has become popular faster than (1)______ other sport before it. Pilots steer small and lightweight, but high-powered drones along courses with obstacles. They fly through gates and around flags at speeds of over a hundred miles an hour.
They control the drones using VR-like headgear. Every drone has a camera (2)______ to it so that spectators can also view flights either on a big screen or with special headgear.
The races take place either outdoors - in big stadiums, or indoors in old warehouses and sports arenas. (3)______ are short because the battery time of drones is limited.
(4)______ drone racing started only a few years ago there are already international competitions that take place all over the world. In professional leagues, drone pilots compete for thousands of dollars. In March, the World Drone Prix was staged in Dubai. A 16-year old British teenager not only one the race but also received a prize money of 250 000 dollars.
Television and other media have become aware of drone racing. ESPN, an Amercian sports channel, will be broadcasting international drone races starting this August. Races are also recorded and uploaded to YouTube and other video platforms (5)______ they can be viewed over and over again.
Điền ô số 1
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 5.
Drone racing is an exciting new sport, that has become popular faster than (1)______ other sport before it. Pilots steer small and lightweight, but high-powered drones along courses with obstacles. They fly through gates and around flags at speeds of over a hundred miles an hour.
They control the drones using VR-like headgear. Every drone has a camera (2)______ to it so that spectators can also view flights either on a big screen or with special headgear.
The races take place either outdoors - in big stadiums, or indoors in old warehouses and sports arenas. (3)______ are short because the battery time of drones is limited.
(4)______ drone racing started only a few years ago there are already international competitions that take place all over the world. In professional leagues, drone pilots compete for thousands of dollars. In March, the World Drone Prix was staged in Dubai. A 16-year old British teenager not only one the race but also received a prize money of 250 000 dollars.
Television and other media have become aware of drone racing. ESPN, an Amercian sports channel, will be broadcasting international drone races starting this August. Races are also recorded and uploaded to YouTube and other video platforms (5)______ they can be viewed over and over again.
Điền ô số 4
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 5.
Drone racing is an exciting new sport, that has become popular faster than (1)______ other sport before it. Pilots steer small and lightweight, but high-powered drones along courses with obstacles. They fly through gates and around flags at speeds of over a hundred miles an hour.
They control the drones using VR-like headgear. Every drone has a camera (2)______ to it so that spectators can also view flights either on a big screen or with special headgear.
The races take place either outdoors - in big stadiums, or indoors in old warehouses and sports arenas. (3)______ are short because the battery time of drones is limited.
(4)______ drone racing started only a few years ago there are already international competitions that take place all over the world. In professional leagues, drone pilots compete for thousands of dollars. In March, the World Drone Prix was staged in Dubai. A 16-year old British teenager not only one the race but also received a prize money of 250 000 dollars.
Television and other media have become aware of drone racing. ESPN, an Amercian sports channel, will be broadcasting international drone races starting this August. Races are also recorded and uploaded to YouTube and other video platforms (5)______ they can be viewed over and over again.
Điền ô số 2
Drinking too much alcohol is said to _______ harm to our health
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 5.
Drone racing is an exciting new sport, that has become popular faster than (1)______ other sport before it. Pilots steer small and lightweight, but high-powered drones along courses with obstacles. They fly through gates and around flags at speeds of over a hundred miles an hour.
They control the drones using VR-like headgear. Every drone has a camera (2)______ to it so that spectators can also view flights either on a big screen or with special headgear.
The races take place either outdoors - in big stadiums, or indoors in old warehouses and sports arenas. (3)______ are short because the battery time of drones is limited.
(4)______ drone racing started only a few years ago there are already international competitions that take place all over the world. In professional leagues, drone pilots compete for thousands of dollars. In March, the World Drone Prix was staged in Dubai. A 16-year old British teenager not only one the race but also received a prize money of 250 000 dollars.
Television and other media have become aware of drone racing. ESPN, an Amercian sports channel, will be broadcasting international drone races starting this August. Races are also recorded and uploaded to YouTube and other video platforms (5)______ they can be viewed over and over again.
Điền ô số 3
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 35 to 42.
A newborn baby can see, hear and feel. By the age of five, a child can talk, ride a bike and invent imaginary friends. How does this development happen? We don't understand the way language, thinking and planning develop very well. Now scientists are using new technology to ‘see’ into children's brains. And they are discovering new information about the way a baby's brain develops.
A study in 2010 showed that the experiences a child has in their first few years affect the development of the brain. It showed that children who received more attention often had higher IQs. The brain of a newborn baby has nearly a hundred billion neurons. This is the same number as an adult's brain. As they grow, a baby receives information through the senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. This information creates connections between different parts of the brain. At the age of three, there are a hundred trillion connections.
One experiment looked at images of babies' brains while they were listening to different sounds. The sounds were in different sequences. For example, one sequence was mu-ba-ba. This is the pattern ‘A-B-B’. Another sequence was mu-ba-ge. This is the pattern ‘A-B-C’. The images showed that the part of the brain responsible for speech was more active during ‘A-B-B’ patterns. This shows that babies can tell the difference between different patterns. This experiment is interesting because sequences of words are important to grammar and meaning. Compare two sentences with the same words in a different order: ‘John killed the bear’ is very different from ‘The bear killed John.’ So babies are starting to learn grammatical rules from the beginning of life.
Researchers also know that babies need to hear a lot of language in order to understand grammar rules. But there is a big difference between listening to television, audio books or the internet, and interacting with people. One study compared two groups of nine-month-old American babies. One group watched videos of Mandarin Chinese sounds. In the other group, people spoke the same sounds to the babies. The test results showed that the second group could recognise different sounds, however the first group learned nothing. The scientist, Patricia Kuhl, said this result was very surprising. It suggests that social experience is essential to successful brain development in babies.
According to the article, which statement is true?
Jane would never forget ______ the first prize in such a prestigious competition.
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.
Information on the Romans can find not only in these books but also on the Internet.
Solar energy is not widely used _______ it is friendly to the environment
The sign warns people ______ the dangers of swimming in this river
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes each of the following exchanges.
Hana and Jennifer are talking about the book they have read.
- Hana: ‘The book is really interesting and educational.’
- Jennifer: ‘________.’
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes each of the following exchanges.
Susan accidentally stepped on Denise's foot.
- Susan: ‘Oops! I'm sorry, Denise.’
- Denise: ‘________.’
______ non-verbal language is _______ important aspect of interpersonal communication.
