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.
In many experience, freshmen today are different from those I knew when I started as a counselor and professor 2 years ago. College has always been demanding both academically and socially. But students now are less mature and often not ready for the reponsibility of being in college.
It is really too easy to point the finger at parents who protect their children from life’s obstacle. Parents, who handle every difficulty and every other responsibility for their children writing admission essays to picking college courses, certainly may contribute to their children’s lack of coping strategies. But we can look even more broadly to the social trends of today.
How many people do you know who are on medication to prevent anxiety or depression? The number of students who arrive at college already medicated for unwanted emotions has increased dramatically in the past 10 years. We, as a society, don’t want to “feel” anything unpleasant and we certainly don’t want our children to “suffer”.
The resulting problem is that by not experiencing negative emotions, one does not learn the necessary skills to tolerate and negotiate adversity. As a psychologist, I am well aware of the fact that some individuals suffer from depression and anxiety and can benefit from treatment, but I question the growing number of medicated adolescents today.
Our world is more stressful in general because of the current economic and political realities, but I don’t believe that the college experience itself is more intense today than that of the past 10 years. What I do think is that many students are often not prepared to be young “adults” with all the responsibilities of life.
What does this mean for college faculty and staff? We are required to assist in the basic parenting of these students – the student who complains that the professor didn’t remind her of the due date for an assignment that was clearly listed on the syllabus and the student who cheats on an assignment in spite of careful instructions about plagiarism.
As college professors, we have to explain what it means to be an independent college student before we can even begin to teach. As parents and teachers we should expect young people to meet challenges. To encourage them in this direction, we have to step back and let them fail and pick themselves up and move forward. This approach needs to begin at an early age so that college can actually be a passage to independent adulthood.
What is probably the writer’s attitude in the passage?
A. Indifferent
B. Critical
C. Praising
D. Humorous
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Đáp án B
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Tạm dịch: Thái độ của người viết trong đoạn văn là gì?
A. Không quan tâm B. Phê phán
C. Khen ngợi D. Hài hước
Thông tin: It is really too easy to point the finger at parents who protect their children from life’s obstacle. Parents, who handle every difficulty and every other responsibility for their children writing admission essays to picking college courses, certainly may contribute to their children’s lack of coping strategies.
Dịch bài đọc:
Theo nhiều kinh nghiệm, tân sinh viên ngày nay khác với những gì tôi biết khi tôi bắt đầu làm cố vấn và giáo sư cách đây 2 năm. Trường cao đẳng luôn luôn đòi hỏi học vấn và xã hội. Nhưng bây giờ sinh viên ít trưởng thành hơn và thường không sẵn sàng cho việc chịu trách nhiệm về việc học ở trường đại học.
Thật là quá dễ dàng để chỉ ngón tay vào các bậc cha mẹ bảo vệ con mình khỏi trở ngại của cuộc sống. Cha mẹ, người xử lý mọi khó khăn và mọi trách nhiệm khác cho con của mình khi viết bài tiểu luận nhập học để chọn các khóa học đại học, chắc chắn có thể góp phần làm cho trẻ thiếu các chiến lược đối mặt với khó khăn. Nhưng chúng ta có thể nhìn sâu hơn vào xu hướng xã hội của ngày hôm nay.
Bạn biết bao nhiêu người đang dùng thuốc để tránh lo lắng hoặc trầm cảm? Số sinh viên đến trường đã dùng thuốc vì những cảm xúc không mong muốn đã tăng đáng kể trong 10 năm qua. Chúng ta, như một xã hội, không muốn "cảm thấy" bất cứ điều gì khó chịu và chúng ta chắc chắn không muốn con cái chúng ta "chịu đựng".
Kết quả là do không trải qua những cảm xúc tiêu cực, người ta không học các kỹ năng cần thiết để dung thứ và vượt qua nghịch cảnh. Là một nhà tâm lý học, tôi nhận thức được thực tế là một số cá nhân bị trầm cảm và lo lắng và có thể được hưởng lợi từ điều trị, nhưng tôi đặt câu hỏi về số lượng ngày càng tăng của thanh thiếu niên đang dùng thuốc hôm nay.
Thế giới của chúng ta nói chung căng thẳng hơn vì những thực tế kinh tế và chính trị hiện nay, nhưng tôi không tin rằng ngày nay sinh viên chịu đựng sự căng thẳng ở trường đại học ngày nay lớn hơn so với 10 năm trước. Những gì tôi nghĩ là nhiều sinh viên thường không được chu n bị để trở thành "người lớn" với tất cả các trách nhiệm của cuộc sống.
Điều này có nghĩa gì đối với giảng viên và viên chức ở đại học? Chúng ta buộc phải hỗ trợ việc nuôi dạy cơ bản cho những học sinh này – những người than phiền rằng vị giáo sư đã không nhắc nhở cô về thời hạn cho bài tập được liệt kê rõ ràng trong chương trình học và những người lừa dối làm bài tập mặc dù hướng dẫn c n thận về đạo văn.
Là các giáo sư đại học, chúng ta phải giải thích ý nghĩa của một sinh viên đại học độc lập là gì trước khi chúng ta có thể bắt đầu giảng dạy. Là cha mẹ và giáo viên, chúng ta nên mong đợi những người trẻ tuổi gặp những thách thức. Để khuyến khích họ theo hướng này, chúng ta phải lùi lại và để cho họ thất bại, tự đứng lên và tiến lên phía trước. Cách tiếp cận này cần phải bắt đầu từ khi còn nhỏ để trường đại học có thể thực sự là một sự chuyển tiếp sang tuổi trưởng thành độc lập.
If he _____ the lesson yesterday, he could do the test better today.
There are so many _____ names now that it is impossible to remember them all.
Their children _____ lots of new friends since they _____ to that town.
Before I send this article to the editor, I’d be grateful if you could _____ it for me.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
The government has launched a new road safety campaign in an attempt to reduce the number of road accidents.
Many citizens say that they are _____ of the political policies of the candidates in a local election.
Ann hoped _____ to join the private club. She could make important business contact here.
By next year, my son will have _____ his education at Cambridge University.
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 remote communities, it’s important to replenish stocks before the winter sets in.
All the candidates for the scholarship will be equally treated regarding of their sex, age, or nationality.
The warning was ignored. It was given to the players about their behavior on the pitch.
Read the following passage and mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the blanks.
Over the next 20 to 50 years, it will become harder to tell the (26) _______ between the human and the machine. All, body part will be replaceable. Computers will function like the human brain with the ability to recognize feelings and respond in a feeling way. They will then produce fake people. We will then be able to create a machine duplicate of ourselves (27) _______ we will appear to be alive long after we are dead. Maybe a few decades later, a way will be found to transfer our spirit, including our memories and thoughts, to the new body. Then we can choose to live for as long as we want. It might be expensive. When it becomes possible to do a spirit transfer, they will find (28) _______ to do them automatically. So we will be able to reside within whichever duplicate we want, whenever we want.
Miniature robots will be built (29) _______ through your blood stream and repair damage. Also, larger robots will be used when you are sick. When you have an upset stomach, you will swallow a very small cherry tasting robot which will travel through your stomach taking video of the mess. It will be set up like a video game, so you can control the exploring and the selection of images. Then you can replay the video to help a doctor (30) _______ your illness, or to prove to your employer that you really, were sick.
Điền vào ô 30
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.
Continents and ocean basins represent the largest identifiable bodies on Earth. On the solid portions of the planet, the second most prominent features are flat plains, elavated plateaus, and large moutain ranges. In geography, the term "continent" refers to the surface of continuous landmasses that together comprise about 29.2% of the planet's surface. On the other hand, another definition is prevalent in the general use of the term that deals with extensive mainlands, such as Europe or Asia, that actually represent one very large landmass. Although all continents are bounded by the water bodies or high mountain ranges, isolated mainlands, such as Greenland and India-Pakistan areas are called subcontinents. In some circles, the distinction between continents and large islands lies almost exclusively in the size of a particular landmass.
The analysis of compression and tension in the earth's crust has determined that continental structures are composed of layers that underlie continental shelves. A great deal of disagreement among geologists surrounds the issue of exactly how many layers underlie each landmass because of their distintive mineral and chemical composition. It's also quite possible that the ocean floor rests on top of unknown continents that have not yet been explored. The continental crust is believed to have been forrmed by means of a chemical reaction when lighter materials separated from heavier ones, thus settling at various levels within the crust. Assisted by the measurements of the specifics within crust formations by means of monitoring earthquakes, geologists can speculate that a chemical split occured to form the atmosphere, sea water and the crust before it solidified many centuries ago.
Although each continent has its special features, all consist of various combinations of components that include shields, moutain belts, intracratonic basins, margins, volcanic plateaus, and blockvaulted belts. The basic differences among continents lie in the proportion and the composition of these features relative to the continent size. Climatic zones have a crucial effect on the weathering and formation of the surface features, soil erosion, soil deposition, land formation, vegetation, and human activities.
Mountain belts are elongated narrow zones that have a characteristic folded sedimentary organization of layers. They are typically produced during substabtial crustal movements, which generate faulting and moutain building. When continental margins collide, the rise of a marginal edge leads to the formation of large moutain ranges, as explained by the plate tectonic theory. This process also accounts for the occurrence of mountain belts in ocean basins and produces evidence for the ongoing continental plate evolution.
According to the passage, what are the differences in the structure of continents?
The problem needs to be _____ urgently, otherwise it will be too late.
