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 38 to 42.
"Did you see that?" Joe said to his friend Bill. "You're a great shooter!"
Bill caught the basketball and bounced it before throwing it again. The ball flew into the net.
"Bill, you never miss!" Joe said admiringly.
"Unless I'm in a real game," Bill complained. "Then I miss all the time."
Joe knew that Bill was right. Bill performed much better when he was having fun with Joe in the school yard than he did when he was playing for the school team in front of a large crowd.
"Maybe you just need to practice more," Joe suggested.
"But I practice all the time with you!" Bill objected. He shook his head. "I just can't play well when people are watching me."
"You play well when I'm watching," Joe pointed out.
"That's because I've known you since we were five years old," Bill said with a smile. "I'm just not comfortable playing when other people are around."
Joe nodded and understood, but he also had an idea.
The next day Joe and Bill met in the school yard again to practice. After a few minutes, Joe excused himself.
"Practice without me," Joe said to his friend. "I'll be back in a minute."
Joe hurried through the school building, gathering together whomever he could find - two students, a math teacher, two secretaries, and a janitor. When Joe explained why he needed them, everyone was happy to help.
Joe reminded the group to stay quiet as they all went toward the school's basketball court. As Joe had hoped, Bill was still practicing basketball. He made five baskets in a row without noticing the silent people standing behind him.
"Hey, Bill!" Joe called out finally.
Bill turned. A look of surprise came over his face.
I just wanted to show you that you could play well with people watching you," Joe said. "Now you'll have nothing to worry about for the next game!"
At the end of the story, all of the following people watch Bill practice EXCEPT ________
A. the basketball coach
B. a janitor
C. a janitor
D. Joe
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Đáp án A. the basketball coach
Joe hurried through the school building, gathering together whomever he could find—two students, a math teacher, two secretaries, and a janitor. When Joe explained why he needed them, everyone was happy to help.
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“Cậu thấy chưa?” Joe nói với bạn anh ta Bill. “Cậu là một cầu thủ giỏi!”
Bill bắt lấy quả bóng rổ và nẩy bóng trước khi tiếp tục ném nó. Quả bóng bay thẳng vào lưới.
“Bill, cậu không bao giờ ném trượt!” Joe nói một cách ngưỡng mộ.
“Trừ khi tớ ở trong một trận đấu thật.” Bill phàn nàn. “Lúc đấy tớ sẽ ném trượt suốt”.
Joe biết rằng Bill nói đúng. Bill thể hiện tốt hơn nhiều khi anh ta chơi đùa với Joe trong sân trường hơn là chơi trong đội của trường trước một đám đông lớn.
“Có thể cậu cần luyện nhiều hơn”. Joe gợi ý.
“Nhưng tớ đã tập luyện suốt với cậu!” Bill cãi. Cậu ta lắc đầu. “Tớ chỉ không chơi tốt khi có người theo dõi tớ thôi”.
“Cậu chơi rất tốt khi tớ theo dõi mà” Joe chỉ rõ.
“Đó là vì tớ đã quen cậu từ khi chúng ta 5 tuổi,” Bill vừa nói vừa cười. “Tớ chỉ không cảm thấy thoải mái khi chơi mà có nhiều người xung quanh thôi”.
Joe gật đầu và hiểu ra, đồng thời cậu ấy cũng nảy ra một ý tưởng.
Ngày tiếp theo Joe và Bill gặp lại ở sân trường để tập luyện. Sau vài phút, Joe thoái thác.
“Cứ tập luyện mà không có tớ đi,” Joe bảo với bạn của mình. “ Tớ sẽ quay lại trong vài phút nữa”/
Joe băng nhanh qua tòa nhà trường học, tập trung tất cả những người mà cậu ta có thể tìm được – 2 học sinh, một giáo viên toán, một người gác cổng. Khi Joe giải thích vì sao anh ta cần bọn họ, mọi người đều vui vẻ giúp đỡ.
Joe nhắc nhở nhóm người trật tự khi họ đi vào sân bóng rổ. Như Joe kì vọng, Bill vẫn đang luyện bóng. Cậu ta ném trúng 5 quả liền một lúc mà không hề để ý tới đám người yên lặng đằng sau.
“Này Bill,” Cuối cùng thì Joe cũng gọi.
Bill quay lại. Một cái nhìn đầy ngạc nhiên xuất hiện trên khuôn mặt cậu ta.
“Tớ chỉ muốn cho cậu thấy rằng cậu có thể chơi tốt kể cả khi có người đang theo dõi,” Joe nói. “ Bây giờ cậu sẽ không có gì để lo cho trận đấu tiếp theo cả!”
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The idea of building a _________ with human intelligence is not only ambitious butalso highly unconventional.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
I come from a city _________ is located in the southern part of the country.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Communist is the highest form of _________
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
I _________ much of you lately. We _________ three months ago
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
We are concerned with the problem of energy resources _________ we must also think of our environment.
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.
The man wanted to get some fresh air in the room. He opened the window
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
“Why not go and have dinner in a restaurant?” - “ _________”
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Thanks _________ the inventions _________ labor-saving devices, women have more free time to take part _________ social work.
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A _________ is a large animal that lives in deserts and is used for carrying goods and people.
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 25 to 29. Fill in the appropriate word in question 28
We can (25) _______ other people in many different ways. We can talk and write, and we can send messages with our hands and faces. There is also the phone (including the mobile!), the fax, and e-mail. Television, film, painting, and photography can also communicate ideas.
Animals have ways of exchanging information, too. Bees dance and tell other bees where (26) _______ food. Elephants make sounds that humans can’t hear. Whales sing songs. Monkeys use their faces to show anger and love. But this is nothing (27) _______ to what people can do. We have language - about 6,000 languages, in fact. We can write poetry, tell jokes, make promises, explain, persuade, tell the truth, or tell lies. And we have a sense of past and future, not just present.
Radio, film, and television (28) _______ a huge influence on society in the last hundred years. And now we have the Internet, which is infinite. But what is this doing to this? We can give and get a lot of information very quickly. But there is (29) _______ information that it is difficult to know what is important and what isn’t. Modem media is changing our world every minute of every day.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
It could not tell the difference between Indian music and jazz. It _________ tell the difference between Indian music and jazz.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSET in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Though he’s rich, he prefers to live in a modest little house.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The control of _________ has been carried out through measures rooted in monetarism.
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 25 to 29. Fill in the appropriate word in question 27
We can (25) _______ other people in many different ways. We can talk and write, and we can send messages with our hands and faces. There is also the phone (including the mobile!), the fax, and e-mail. Television, film, painting, and photography can also communicate ideas.
Animals have ways of exchanging information, too. Bees dance and tell other bees where (26) _______ food. Elephants make sounds that humans can’t hear. Whales sing songs. Monkeys use their faces to show anger and love. But this is nothing (27) _______ to what people can do. We have language - about 6,000 languages, in fact. We can write poetry, tell jokes, make promises, explain, persuade, tell the truth, or tell lies. And we have a sense of past and future, not just present.
Radio, film, and television (28) _______ a huge influence on society in the last hundred years. And now we have the Internet, which is infinite. But what is this doing to this? We can give and get a lot of information very quickly. But there is (29) _______ information that it is difficult to know what is important and what isn’t. Modem media is changing our world every minute of every day.
Mark the letter A. B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
