I saw many of the famous tourist (10) _____ on that occasion.
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Kiến thức: Từ vựng
Giải thích:
view (n): sự ngắm nhìn, xem visit (n): chuyến viếng thăm
scene (n): cảnh vật sight (n): cảnh ( cảnh đẹp)
The last time I was in Italy, I was on a business trip - I can't say I saw many of the famous tourist (10) sights on that occasion
Tạm dịch: Lần cuối cùng tôi ở Ý là đợt đi công tác - tôi không thể nói tôi đã nhìn thấy nhiều cảnh tham quan nổi tiếng trong dịp đó
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Dịch bài đọc:
Chúng tôi vừa mới hồi sức sau kì nghỉ 2 tuần ở Ohaps. Chúng tôi thật sự rất ngốc. Vào ngày cuối cùng, chúng tôi lái xe thẳng từ Marseille đến Calais - chúng tôi đã nên bỏ cuộc hành trình của chúng tôi ở Lyon hay Paris. Như thể điều đó là không đủ, biển quá khắc nghiệt chỗ con kênh nướ Anh đến nỗi phải mất 3 tiếng thay vì tiếng rưỡi để vượt qua. Năm tới chúng tôi quyết định sẽ có một kì nghỉ trọn gói giá rẻ ở Ý. Nghe có vẻ huyền bí - chi phí của chuyến bay, khách sạn và tất cả các bữa ăn của chúng tôi được bao gồm trong giá. Khi đến Ronem chúng tôi sẽ đi du lịch theo đoàn đến Coliseum. Lần cuối cùng tôi ở Ý là đợt đi công tác - tôi không thể nói tôi đã nhìn thấy nhiều cảnh tham quan nổi tiếng trong dịp đó.
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.
Hospitality
Hospitality - looking after visitors - is universal but in different cultures hostsare (1)______to receive guests in different ways.
In much of the ancient world it was the custom to provide passing travellers with food and water. Today some old customs have (2)_______. In a traditional Japanese household, if a guest admires a particular object in the house, the host will want to give it to the guest straight away. And in parts of Russia guests are greeted with bread and salt on a special cloth.The guest is (3)______to kiss them and hand them back to the host. Sometimes the guest breaks off a small piece of bread, dips it in the salt and eats it.
In some countries, when foreign guests arrive from abroad, they may feel they have been given a particularly (4)______meal. But this is probably because the host politely offers more and more food and
drink and the guest is too embarrassed to (5)_______anything down.
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 36 to 40.
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 (36) __________ 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 (37)__________ in popularity. A survey by the French army in 1881 showed that among the 387 men (38) __________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 (39) __________ 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 (40) __________ the painRead the 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 blanks from 16 to 20.
It can take a long time to become successful in your chosen field, however talented you are. One thing you have to be aware of is that you will face criticism along the way. The world is full of people who would rather say something negative than positive. If you’ve made up your (16) ______ to achieve a certain goal, such as writing a novel, don’t let the negative criticism of others prevent you from reaching your target, and let the constructive criticism have a positive effect on your work. If someone says you’re totally in the (17)_______ of talent, ignore them. That’s negative criticism. If, (18)________, someone advises you to revise your work and gives you a good reason for doing so, you should consider their suggestions carefully. There are many film stars who were once out of work . There are many famous novelists who made a complete mess of their first novel – or who didn’t, but had to keep on approaching hundreds of publishers before they could get it (19)_______. Being successful does depend on luck, to a certain extent. But things are more likely to (20)_______ well if you persevere and stay positive
