I hope you____the point of everything your mother and I do for you. A. annoy B. have C. see D. take

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 following questions.

It’s often said that we learn things at the wrong time. University students frequently do the minimum of work because they’re crazy about a good social life instead. Children often scream before their piano practice because it’s so boring. They have to be given gold stars and medals to be persuaded to swim, or have to be bribed to take exams. But the story is different when you’re older.

Over the years, I’ve done my share of adult learning. At 30,1 went to a college and did courses in History and English. It was an amazing experience. For starters, I was paying, so there was no reason to be late - I was the one frowning and drumming my fingers if the tutor was late, not the other way round. Indeed, if I could persuade him to linger for an extra five minutes, it was a bonus, not a nuisance. I wasn’t frightened to ask questions, and homework was a pleasure not a pain. When I passed an exam, I had passed it for me and me alone, not for my parents or my teachers. The satisfaction I got was entirely personal.

Some people fear going back to school because they worry that their brains have got rusty. But the joy is that, although some parts have rusted up, your brain has learnt all kinds of other things since you were young. It has learnt to think independently and flexibly and is much better at relating one thing to another. What you lose in the rust department, you gain in the maturity department.

In some ways, age is a positive plus. For instance, when you’re older, you get less frustrated. Experience has told you that, if you’re calm and simply do something carefully again and again, eventually you’ll get the hang of it. The confidence you have in other areas - from being able to drive a car, perhaps - means that if you can’t, say, build a chair instantly, you don’t, like a child, want to destroy your first pathetic attempts. Maturity tells you that you will, with application, eventually get there.

I hated piano lessons at school, but I was good at music. And coming back to it, with a teacher who could explain why certain exercises were useful and with musical concepts that, at the age of ten, I could never grasp, was magical. Initially, I did feel a bit strange, thumping out a piece that I’d played for my school exams, with just as little comprehension of what the composer intended as I’d had all those years before. But soon, complex emotions that I never knew poured out from my fingers, and suddenly I could understand why practice makes perfect.

The writer’s main point in paragraph 2 is to show that as people grow up, __________.

A. they cannot learn as well as younger learners

B. they have a more positive attitude towards learning

C. they tend to leam less as they are discouraged

D. they get more impatient with their teachers

1

NH

Nguyen Hoang Hai

22 tháng 12 2019

Đáp án B.

Keywords: main point, paragraph 2, as people grow up. Toàn bộ nội dung đoạn 2 nói về trải nghiệm học tập của tác giả khi đi học đầy đủ, không ngại hỏi, không ngại bài về nhà.. .vân vân. Như vậy tác giả muốn chỉ ra rằng khi ta lớn thường có thái độ tích cực hơn về việc học.

Chọn đáp án B. they have a more positive attitude towards learning.

Các đáp án còn lại đều sai thông tin:

A. they cannot leam as well as younger learners: họ không thể học như những người trẻ được.

C. they tend to learn less as they are discouraged: họ có xu hướng học ít đi vì không được động viên.

D. they get more impatient with their teachers: họ trở nên thiếu kiên nhẫn hơn với giáo viên.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.Do you ever find yourself flustered when you see someone you don't expect? Have you experienced those embarrassing and awkward moments (25)_____ you can't think of something to say? Prepare yourself for the future so you won't be caught off guard. Beingprepared can (26)_____ the difference between feeling self-conscious and being confidentas you express...

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Dương Minh

12 tháng 11 2018

1

NH

Nguyen Hoang Hai

12 tháng 11 2018

Đáp án A

Kiến thức về từ loại

A. contagious / kən'teidʒəs/ (a): dễ lây, truyền nhiễm

B. contagiousness /kən'teidʒəsnis/ (n): sự lây lan

C. contagiously /kən'teidʒəsli/ (adv): dễ lây

D. contagion /kən'teidʒən/ (n): sự lây bệnh

Căn cứ vào cụm từ “might be” nên vị trí trống cần một tính từ.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.Do you ever find yourself flustered when you see someone you don't expect? Have you experienced those embarrassing and awkward moments (25)_____ you can't think of something to say? Prepare yourself for the future so you won't be caught off guard. Beingprepared can (26)_____ the difference between feeling self-conscious and being confidentas you express...

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Dương Minh

8 tháng 2 2019

1

NH

Nguyen Hoang Hai

8 tháng 2 2019

Đáp án C

Kiến thức về giới từ

Delight in sth: thích thú về điều gì đó

Tạm dịch: “Beng prepared can make the difference between feeling self- conscious and being conﬁdent as you express your delight (3)______ seeing someone you know.” (Chuẩn bị trước có thể tạo ra một sự khác biệt giữa e dè và tự tin khi bạn biểu lộ sự thích thú khi nhìn thấy ai đó mà bạn biết

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.Do you ever find yourself flustered when you see someone you don't expect? Have you experienced those embarrassing and awkward moments (25)_____ you can't think of something to say? Prepare yourself for the future so you won't be caught off guard. Beingprepared can (26)_____ the difference between feeling self-conscious and being confidentas you express...

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Dương Minh

25 tháng 10 2019

1

NH

Nguyen Hoang Hai

25 tháng 10 2019

Đáp án A

Kiến thức về cụm cố định

Make the difference: tạo ra sự khác biệt

Tạm dịch: "Being prepared can (2)_____ the difference between feeling self-conscious and being conﬁdent” (Chuẩn bị trước có thể tạo ra một sự khác biệt giữa e dè và tự tin.)

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.Do you ever find yourself flustered when you see someone you don't expect? Have you experienced those embarrassing and awkward moments (25)_____ you can't think of something to say? Prepare yourself for the future so you won't be caught off guard. Beingprepared can (26)_____ the difference between feeling self-conscious and being confidentas you express...

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Dương Minh

28 tháng 11 2018

1

NH

Nguyen Hoang Hai

28 tháng 11 2018

Đáp án A

CHỦ DỀ WAYS OF SOCIALISING

Kiến thức về đại từ quan hệ

Căn cứ vào từ "moment" nên vị trí trống cần đại từ quan hệ “when”

Tạm dịch: "Have you experienced those embarrassing and awkward moments (1)_____ you can't think of something to say?" (Bạn đã từng trải qua những khoảnh khắc lúng túng và ngượng khi chẳng có gì để nói?)

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.Do you ever find yourself flustered when you see someone you don't expect? Have you experienced those embarrassing and awkward moments (25)_____ you can't think of something to say? Prepare yourself for the future so you won't be caught off guard. Beingprepared can (26)_____ the difference between feeling self-conscious and being confidentas you express...

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Dương Minh

26 tháng 4 2019

1

NH

Nguyen Hoang Hai

26 tháng 4 2019

Đáp án B

Kiến thức về cấu trúc ngữ pháp

Pretend + (not) to V: giả vờ (không) làm gì

Tạm dịch: "Although you might be tempted to pretend not (4)______ or hear the other person ifyou are in a hurry, it's a good idea to be friendly and at least offer a greeting in return.” (Mặc dù bạn có thể bị xúi giục giả vờ không nhìn thấy hoặc nghe thấy người khác khi bạn đang vội, nhưng đó là một ý tưởng tốt để trở nên thân thiện và ít nhất là đáp lại lời chào.)

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 questionsStudents ‘motivation' for learning a language increase when they see connection between what they do in classroom and what they hope to do with the language in the future. A. the reason for which someone does something B. the action that someone takes to deal with something C. the eagerness that someone has to do something D. the...

DM

Dương Minh

8 tháng 4 2017

1

NH

Nguyen Hoang Hai

8 tháng 4 2017

Câu này dịch như sau: Động lực của học sinh khi học ngôn ngữ tăng lên khi chúng nhận ra mối liê hệ giữa việc chúng làm trong lớp học và cái chúng hi vọng làm được với ngôn ngữ đó trong tương lai.

A. lý do để ai đó làm gì

B. hành động ai đó thực hiện để giải quyết việc nào đó.

C. sự háo hức khi phải làm việc gì đó.

D. sự hứng thú với việc mà ai đó cảm thấy khi làm việc gì đó.

=> motivation = the exciment with which one is filled when doing something: động lựC.

=> Chọn A

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.– Clerk: “Good morning, and welcome to Vietcombank. How can I help you?” – Customer: “_____. What kind of accounts do you have?” A. I’d like to withdraw some money. B. I’d like to borrow a loan from the bank. C. I’d like to open a savings account D. I’d like to deposit some money into my...

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Dương Minh

29 tháng 7 2017

1

NH

Nguyen Hoang Hai

29 tháng 7 2017

Đáp án C

- Thư ký: Chào buổi sáng, chào mừng đến với Vietcombank. Tôi có thể giúp gì bạn không?

- Khách hàng: Tôi muốn mở một tài khoản tiết kiệm. Bạn có các loại tài khoản nào

Các phương án khác không phù hợp với ngữ cảnh của câu.

A. Tôi muốn rút tiền.

B. Tôi muốn vay tiền từ ngân hàng.

D. Tôi muốn gửi tiền vào tài khoản của tôi

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 following questions. It’s often said that we learn things at the wrong time. University students frequently do the minimum of work because they’re crazy about a good social life instead. Children often scream before their piano practice because it’s so boring. They have to be given gold stars and medals to be persuaded to swim, or have to be bribed to take...

DM

Dương Minh

29 tháng 1 2017

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 following questions.

It’s often said that we learn things at the wrong time. University students frequently do the minimum of work because they’re crazy about a good social life instead. Children often scream before their piano practice because it’s so boring. They have to be given gold stars and medals to be persuaded to swim, or have to be bribed to take exams. But the story is different when you’re older.

Over the years, I’ve done my share of adult learning. At 30,1 went to a college and did courses in History and English. It was an amazing experience. For starters, I was paying, so there was no reason to be late - I was the one frowning and drumming my fingers if the tutor was late, not the other way round. Indeed, if I could persuade him to linger for an extra five minutes, it was a bonus, not a nuisance. I wasn’t frightened to ask questions, and homework was a pleasure not a pain. When I passed an exam, I had passed it for me and me alone, not for my parents or my teachers. The satisfaction I got was entirely personal.

Some people fear going back to school because they worry that their brains have got rusty. But the joy is that, although some parts have rusted up, your brain has learnt all kinds of other things since you were young. It has learnt to think independently and flexibly and is much better at relating one thing to another. What you lose in the rust department, you gain in the maturity department.

In some ways, age is a positive plus. For instance, when you’re older, you get less frustrated. Experience has told you that, if you’re calm and simply do something carefully again and again, eventually you’ll get the hang of it. The confidence you have in other areas - from being able to drive a car, perhaps - means that if you can’t, say, build a chair instantly, you don’t, like a child, want to destroy your first pathetic attempts. Maturity tells you that you will, with application, eventually get there.

I hated piano lessons at school, but I was good at music. And coming back to it, with a teacher who could explain why certain exercises were useful and with musical concepts that, at the age of ten, I could never grasp, was magical. Initially, I did feel a bit strange, thumping out a piece that I’d played for my school exams, with just as little comprehension of what the composer intended as I’d had all those years before. But soon, complex emotions that I never knew poured out from my fingers, and suddenly I could understand why practice makes perfect.

It is implied in the last paragraph that when you learn later in life, you __________.

A. should expect to take longer to learn than when you were younger

B. find that you can recall a lot of things you leamt when younger

C. can sometimes understand more than when you were younger

D. are not able to concentrate as well as when you were younger

1

NH

Nguyen Hoang Hai

29 tháng 1 2017

Đáp án C.

Keywords: implied, last paragraph, learn later in life.

Clue: “at the age of ten, I could never grasp.. .suddenly I could understand why practice makes perfect”: ở tuổi lên mười, tôi không bao giờ có thế nắm bắt... đột nhiên tôi có thể hiểu tại sao thực hành làm cho hoàn hảo.

- to grasp: nắm chặt, thấu hiểu vấn để

Ex: He grasped my hands: Anh ấy đã nắm chặt tay tôi.

How can I grasp this hard thing: Sao tôi có thể hiểu được điều khó khăn này.

Đoạn văn nói về việc tác giả tập đàn piano lúc nhỏ, và dần lớn lên bỗng hiểu được sâu hơn những bài học, thực hành đó.

Đáp án đúng là C. can sometimes understand more than when you were younger: thi thoảng có thể hiểu được nhiều hơn lúc còn nhỏ.

Các đáp án còn lại là sai.

A. should expect to take longer to learn than when you were younger: thường nghĩ là sẽ phải mất thời gian lâu hơn khi còn nhỏ để học hỏi.

B. find that you can recall a lot of things you learnt when younger: thấy rằng bạn có thể nhớ lại rất nhiều điều bạn đã học được khi còn nhỏ.

D. are not able to concentrate as well as when you were younger: không thể tập trung cũng như khi bạn còn trẻ.