Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping. We know relatively little about sleep.
A. We shall know more about sleep if we spend more than one-third of our lives sleeping.
B. Despite spending about one-third of our lives sleeping, we know relatively little about sleep.
C. We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping so that we know relatively little about sleep.
D. We know relatively little about sleep; as a result, we spend about one-third of our lives sleeping.
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Đáp án B
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Tạm dịch: Chúng ta dành khoảng một phần ba cuộc đời để ngủ. Chúng ta biết rất ít về giấc ngủ.
A. Chúng ta sẽ biết nhiều hơn về giấc ngủ nếu chúng ta dành hơn một phần ba cuộc đời để ngủ.
B. Mặc dù dành khoảng một phần ba cuộc đời để ngủ, chúng ta biết rất ít về giấc ngủ.
C. Chúng ta dành khoảng một phần ba cuộc đời để ngủ để chúng ta biết khá ít về giấc ngủ.
D. Chúng ta biết rất ít về giấc ngủ; kết quả là, chúng ta dành khoảng một phần ba cuộc đời để ngủ.
Mary: “I will never go mountaineering again.” – Linda: “Me ______.”
Scientists have _______ a lot of research into renewable energy sources.
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 37 to 41.
TATTOOING: AN ANCIENT TRADITION
Tattooing is an old art. In ancient Greece, people who had tattoos were regarded as members of the upper classes. On the other hand, tattooing was (37) __________ in Europe by the early Christians, who thought that it was a sinful thing to do. It was not until the late 18th century, when Captain Cook saw South Sea Islander decorating their bodies with tattoos that attitudes began to change. Sailors came back from these islands with
pictures of Christ on their backs and from then on, tattooing (38)__________ in popularity. A survey by the French army in 1881 showed that among the 387 men (39) __________there were 1,333 designs.
Nowadays, not everybody finds tattoos acceptable. Some people thing that getting one is silly because tattoos are more or less permanent. There is also some (40) __________ about catching a blood disease from unsterilized needles. Even for those who do want a tattoo, the process of getting one is not painless, but the final result, in their eyes, is (41) __________ the pain.
Điền vào ô 41
Before going to bed, he wanted some tea but there was _______ left.
It is interesting to take _______ a new hobby such as collecting stamps or going fishing.
New machinery has enhanced the company’s productivity and _______.
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 some societies, language is associated with social class and education. People judge one’s level in society by the kind of language used.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.
He was so intelligent a student that he could pass the final exam easy.
Working as a volunteer gives her a chance to develop her interpersonal skills, promote friendship, and _______ her own talent.
As a(n) _______ girl, she found it difficult to socialize with other students in the class.
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.
There was a long period without rain in the countryside last year so the harvest was poor.
