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VIII. Choose the option that has similar meaning to the original sentence.

35. The traditional crafts are not so famous but the villagers are living on them.

A. Even though the traditional crafts are not so famous, the villagers are living on them.

B. While the traditional crafts are not so famous, the villagers are living on them.

C. Because the traditional crafts are not so famous, the villagers are living on them.

D. Since the traditional crafts are not so famous, the villagers are living on them.

36. “Don’t leave your luggage unattended.”

A. He told me not to leave his luggage unattended.

B. He asked me not to leave my luggage unattended.

C. He said to me not to leave my luggage unattended.

D. He told me to leave my luggage unattended.

37. The salary of a professor is higher than that of a secretary.

A. The salary of a secretary is lower than a professor.

B. The salary of a secretary is lower than that of a professor’s.

C. The salary of a secretary is lower than of a professor.

D. The salary of a secretary is lower than that of a professor.

38. “What should we do to help her overcome stress?”

A. They didn’t know what to do to help her overcome stress.

B. They didn’t know what they should do to help her overcome stress.

C. Both are correct.

D. Both are incorrect.

39. Can you give me some advice on where I should buy good sport shoes?

A. Can you give me some advice on where to buy good sport shoes?

B. Can you give me some advice on how to buy good sport shoes?

C. Can you give me some advice where to buy good sport shoes?

D. Can you give me some advice on where buy good sport shoes?

40. Although it’s not easy, you must learn where you should put word stress.

A. Although it’s not easy, you must learn where put word stress.

B. Although it’s not easy, you must learn where should to put word stress.

C. Although it’s not easy, you must learn where to put word stress.

D. Although it’s not easy, you must learn where you to put word stress.

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35. The traditional crafts are not so famous but the villagers are living on them.

A. Even though the traditional crafts are not so famous, the villagers are living on them.

B. While the traditional crafts are not so famous, the villagers are living on them.

C. Because the traditional crafts are not so famous, the villagers are living on them.

D. Since the traditional crafts are not so famous, the villagers are living on them.

36. “Don’t leave your luggage unattended.”

A. He told me not to leave his luggage unattended.

B. He asked me not to leave my luggage unattended.

C. He said to me not to leave my luggage unattended.

D. He told me to leave my luggage unattended.

37. The salary of a professor is higher than that of a secretary.

A. The salary of a secretary is lower than a professor.

B. The salary of a secretary is lower than that of a professor’s.

C. The salary of a secretary is lower than of a professor.

D. The salary of a secretary is lower than that of a professor.

38. “What should we do to help her overcome stress?”

A. They didn’t know what to do to help her overcome stress.

B. They didn’t know what they should do to help her overcome stress.

C. Both are correct.

D. Both are incorrect.

39. Can you give me some advice on where I should buy good sport shoes?

A. Can you give me some advice on where to buy good sport shoes?

B. Can you give me some advice on how to buy good sport shoes?

C. Can you give me some advice where to buy good sport shoes?

D. Can you give me some advice on where buy good sport shoes?

40. Although it’s not easy, you must learn where you should put word stress.

A. Although it’s not easy, you must learn where put word stress.

B. Although it’s not easy, you must learn where should to put word stress.

C. Although it’s not easy, you must learn where to put word stress.

D. Although it’s not easy, you must learn where you to put word stress.

19 tháng 10 2018

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence

1. The wounded persons were taken to hospital by the police

→ The police .......took the wounded to the hospital..........................

2. "Don't leave your luggage unattended"

→ He asked me .....not to leave his luggage unattended.............

3. The salary of a professor is higher than that of a secretary

→ The salary of a secretary is ........not as high as a professor's..........

4. He felt very miserable, so he looked for someone to share his life with.

→ He looked .......for someone to share his life with because he felt very miserable........

5. I didn't realize how late it was and I didn't stop studying till after midnight

→I didn't realize how late it was and I went ..........on studying till after midnight........

20 tháng 10 2018

1. took the wounded persons to the hospital

21 tháng 5 2017

1 he asked me who the editor of that book ........................?

a is b are c was d were

2 if you want to attend the couse , you ......................... pass the examinition

a have to b has to c had to d could

3 he told me he ........................... leave the city the followiing day

a will have to b would have to c has to d had to

4 he wants to know whether i .......................... back tomorrow

a come b will come c would come d came

5 i wonder why he ........................ love his family

a does not b do not c did not d has not

6 you can come .....................you want

a unless b so c if d because

7 tomy asks his teacher...........................................

a where is new york b where was new york c where new york was d where new york is

8 that man call us where ...........................

a does tony live b tony lives c tony living d is tony living

21 tháng 5 2017

1 he asked me who the editor of that book ........................?

a is b are c was d were

2 if you want to attend the couse , you ......................... pass the examinition

a have to b has to c had to d could

3 he told me he ........................... leave the city the followiing day

a will have to b would have to c has to d had to

4 he wants to know whether i .......................... back tomorrow

a come b will come c would come d came

5 i wonder why he ........................ love his family

a does not b do not c did not d has not

6 you can come .....................you want

a unless b so c if d because

7 tomy asks his teacher...........................................

a where is new york b where was new york c where new york was d where new york is

8 that man call us where ...........................

a does tony live b tony lives c tony living d is tony living

Some people ask me if I like living in my hometown. The answer is certainly ‘yes’. The simple reason is that it has lots of (1. interest)...... places. If you want to widen your knowledge of the past, you can go to the museum. It’s a (2. history)....... building, with a big collection of valuable artefacts. There is also a craft village in my hometown. There, the (3. village)....... make drums. Their drums are not only famous in the (4. local)........ , but also nationwide. You can visit the...
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Some people ask me if I like living in my hometown. The answer is certainly ‘yes’. The simple reason is that it has lots of (1. interest)...... places. If you want to widen your knowledge of the past, you can go to the museum. It’s a (2. history)....... building, with a big collection of valuable artefacts. There is also a craft village in my hometown. There, the (3. village)....... make drums. Their drums are not only famous in the (4. local)........ , but also nationwide. You can visit the old workshop, where drums are still made in the traditional way. Some of them are huge! Another (5. attract)......... in my hometown is the local library. It’s an (6. educate) place where anyone can borrow books and take them home to read. Besides, it also has a (7. read)........... club. I’m one of its members, and we gather once a week to discuss what we’ve read together. My hometown is also a (8. culture)........... centre, with many traditional festivals and activities. I love it very much.

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14 tháng 6 2017

Some people ask me if I like living in my hometown. The answer is certainly ‘yes’. The simple reason is that it has lots of (1. interest)...INTERESTING... places. If you want to widen your knowledge of the past, you can go to the museum. It’s a (2. history)...HISTORIC.... building, with a big collection of valuable artefacts. There is also a craft village in my hometown. There, the (3. village)...VILLAGERS.... make drums. Their drums are not only famous in the (4. local)...LOCAL..... , but also nationwide. You can visit the old workshop, where drums are still made in the traditional way. Some of them are huge! Another (5. attract).....ATTRACTION.... in my hometown is the local library. It’s an (6. educate) place where anyone can borrow books and take them home to read. Besides, it also has a (7. read).......READING.... club. I’m one of its members, and we gather once a week to discuss what we’ve read together. My hometown is also a (8. culture).......CULTURAL.... centre, with many traditional festivals and activities. I love it very much.

14 tháng 6 2017

Some people ask me if I like living in my hometown. The answer is certainly ‘yes’. The simple reason is that it has lots of (1. interest) interesting places. If you want to widen your knowledge of the past, you can go to the museum. It’s a (2. history) historical building, with a big collection of valuable artefacts. There is also a craft village in my hometown. There, the (3. village) villagers make drums. Their drums are not only famous in the (4. local) locality, but also nationwide. You can visit the old workshop, where drums are still made in the traditional way. Some of them are huge! Another (5. attract) attraction in my hometown is the local library. It’s an (6. educate) educational place where anyone can borrow books and take them home to read. Besides, it also has a (7. read) reading club. I’m one of its members, and we gather once a week to discuss what we’ve read together. My hometown is also a (8. culture) cultural centre, with many traditional festivals and activities. I love it very much.

Read the text anh think of the word which best fits each space. when people are asked why they choose to live in big cities. Most of them usually talk about the variety of intertainment to be enjoyed there. But i wonder how (1)...........of them actually feel like (2).....to the theater or a concert after a hard day (3)........the offic anh a crowed ride home on the Underground. And how many of them visit the famous galleries and museums other than (4)......they 're caught in the rain...
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Read the text anh think of the word which best fits each space. when people are asked why they choose to live in big cities. Most of them usually talk about the variety of intertainment to be enjoyed there. But i wonder how (1)...........of them actually feel like (2).....to the theater or a concert after a hard day (3)........the offic anh a crowed ride home on the Underground. And how many of them visit the famous galleries and museums other than (4)......they 're caught in the rain without an umbrella? Meanwhile, those tourists (5)..........make shopping anh travel (6)............the centre of town so difficult in the summer mothss, are visiting the sights which the inhabitants are so pround of, but don't quite have the time to see. It was only (7)..........moving to the country that i realised how to enjoy my free time. Living there (8)...........me aware that legs are not intended simply to(9)...........you (10).........your front door to your car! Evenings are filled (11).........little more than a leisurely drink withfriends who'd (12).........talk about darts than discotheques. Of course there are days when I'm tempted (13)..............the entertainment page the national newspaper to go up to town, but when you have to take the dog for a walk across the fields, talk to the postman, and see the amsteur dramatic society's latest production, you 're far (14)..............busy to the find time!
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11 tháng 11 2017

Read the text anh think of the word which best fits each space.

When people are asked why they choose to live in big cities. Most of them usually talk about the variety of intertainment to be enjoyed there. But i wonder how (1)......many.....of them actually feel like (2)...going..to the theater or a concert after a hard day (3)....at....the offic anh a crowed ride home on the Underground. And how many of them visit the famous galleries and museums other than (4)...that...they 're caught in the rain without an umbrella? Meanwhile, those tourists (5).....who.....make shopping anh travel (6).....to.......the centre of town so difficult in the summer mothss, are visiting the sights which the inhabitants are so pround of, but don't quite have the time to see. It was only (7)....like......moving to the country that i realised how to enjoy my free time. Living there (8).....makes......me aware that legs are not intended simply to(9)...........you (10).........your front door to your car! Evenings are filled (11)....up.....little more than a leisurely drink withfriends who'd (12)....rather.....talk about darts than discotheques. Of course there are days when I'm tempted (13)......to........the entertainment page the national newspaper to go up to town, but when you have to take the dog for a walk across the fields, talk to the postman, and see the amsteur dramatic society's latest production, you 're far (14)......on........busy to the find time!

Give the correct form of the word in ackets. 1. One of the __________________________ in my hometown is the traditional market, which is open every Sunday. (ATTRACT) 2. What are the differences between Dong Ho ________________ and Sinh ones? (PAINT) 3. This is a very beautiful piece of______________________ (EMBROIDER) 4______________________________ is one of the biggest problems in this city. (EMPLOY) 5. Photography is strictly ________________ in this museum. (FORBID) 6.These baskets...
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Give the correct form of the word in ackets.
1. One of the __________________________ in my hometown is the traditional market, which is open every Sunday. (ATTRACT)
2. What are the differences between Dong Ho ________________ and Sinh ones? (PAINT)
3. This is a very beautiful piece of______________________ (EMBROIDER)
4______________________________ is one of the biggest problems in this city. (EMPLOY)
5. Photography is strictly ________________ in this museum. (FORBID)
6.These baskets are _____________________________ from strips of bamboo. (WEAVE)
7.These _______live mainly on farming and making incenses when crops are over.( VILAGE)

8.It’s a______________place where anyone can bo
ow books and take them home to read.(EDUCATE)
9. There are so many places of_____________ in Ha Noi that I am not sure I can see them all.
( INTERESTING )
10. Sydney, located in the state of New South Wales, Australia , is a city of national and _____________ diversity. ( CULTURE )
11. A worker who has special skill and training, especially one who makes things is a (n) _____________. (ARTS )
12. Bat Trang, one of the most famous _____________ village in Ha Noi, Viet Nam, is credited for making pottery.( CRAFTMAN).
13.In the old days, almost all grown up girls in this village learnt how to make these _____________ hats. ( TRADITION).
14.These baskets are _____________ from strips of bamboo.(WEAVE)
15.When tourists come to a specific place, many of them choose to buy crafts as souvenirs to _____________ them of the place they have been to.( REMIND)

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7 tháng 12 2018

1. attractions

2. painting

3. embroidery

4. employer

5. forbiden

6. weaved

7. villagers

8. education

9. interested

10. cultural

11. artisan

12. craftmen

13. tradional

14. weaving

15. remind

Read the text and choose the best answer in 1-5. (2 ms) “Oh, you’re so lucky living in Bath, It’s such a wonderful, lovely, historical place,” people say enthusiastically, and all you can think of is the awful parking, the crowds of tourists, the expensive shops, the narrow-minded council, and the terrible traffic.... Luckily, I don’t live in Bath but nearly ten miles away in a village called Limpley Stoke in the Avon valley. It seems to be normal in the countryside these days for...
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Read the text and choose the best answer in 1-5. (2 ms)

“Oh, you’re so lucky living in Bath, It’s such a wonderful, lovely, historical place,” people say enthusiastically, and all you can think of is the awful parking, the crowds of tourists, the expensive shops, the narrow-minded council, and the terrible traffic....

Luckily, I don’t live in Bath but nearly ten miles away in a village called Limpley Stoke in the Avon valley. It seems to be normal in the countryside these days for professional people who work in the town prefer to live in the villages, this makes the housing so expensive that the villagers and agricultural workers have to live in the cheaper accommodation in town, with the result that the farmers commute out to the farm and everyone else commutes in. Certainly, there is nobody in the village could be called an old style villager. The people nearest to me include a pilot, an accountant, a British Rail manager, a retired teacher... not a farm worker among them. But I don’t think there is anything wrong with that- it’s just that the nature of villages is changing and there is still quite a strong sense of community here. A lot of this sense of community comes from the Post Office, which is a center for all the gossip and information. I find out what is going on while I am there, pretending to control my two-year-old son. My feeling is that if my son took the money collected for the children, it would go directly where it was needed but they don’t see it like that.

Working at home I tend to wander round the village at times when other people are at the office, which has given me a reputation for being incredibly lazy or unbelievably rich but I still don’t get enough time to look after the garden we bought. My wife had a good idea for the first year. “Let’s just leave it and see what comes up” There were some nice plants among the weeds. She had a good idea for the second year as well. “Why don’t we leave it and see if it all comes up again?” We did, and that is why we need to hire a full-time gardener this year.

1. What is the author’s attitude to Bath?

A. It is a wonderful place to live in. B. It has far too many disadvantages.

C. He feels fortunate to live there. D. It has many good shops.

2. The people who live in the village

A. tend to work on the farms.

B. are mostly professionals who work in the town.

C. are able to afford houses in the town.

D. don’t like the old-style villagers.

3. It would appear from the text that the Post Office

A. sells a wide range of cards.

B. is where most of the charity work is organized.

C. is a place where villagers can talk to each other.

D. sells a range of tinned food as well as stamps.

4. The garden is not in good condition because

A. the author is too lazy to look after it.

B. the author can’t afford to pay a gardener.

C. the author’s no interest in it.

D. nobody has worked on it for over two years.

5. The author feels that living in the village

A. is better than living in Bath. B. has a number of disadvantages

C. tends to be rather dull. D. is something that everyone would enjoy

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22 tháng 12 2017

Read the text and choose the best answer in 1-5. (2 ms)

“Oh, you’re so lucky living in Bath, It’s such a wonderful, lovely, historical place,” people say enthusiastically, and all you can think of is the awful parking, the crowds of tourists, the expensive shops, the narrow-minded council, and the terrible traffic....

Luckily, I don’t live in Bath but nearly ten miles away in a village called Limpley Stoke in the Avon valley. It seems to be normal in the countryside these days for professional people who work in the town prefer to live in the villages, this makes the housing so expensive that the villagers and agricultural workers have to live in the cheaper accommodation in town, with the result that the farmers commute out to the farm and everyone else commutes in. Certainly, there is nobody in the village could be called an old style villager. The people nearest to me include a pilot, an accountant, a British Rail manager, a retired teacher... not a farm worker among them. But I don’t think there is anything wrong with that- it’s just that the nature of villages is changing and there is still quite a strong sense of community here. A lot of this sense of community comes from the Post Office, which is a center for all the gossip and information. I find out what is going on while I am there, pretending to control my two-year-old son. My feeling is that if my son took the money collected for the children, it would go directly where it was needed but they don’t see it like that.

Working at home I tend to wander round the village at times when other people are at the office, which has given me a reputation for being incredibly lazy or unbelievably rich but I still don’t get enough time to look after the garden we bought. My wife had a good idea for the first year. “Let’s just leave it and see what comes up” There were some nice plants among the weeds. She had a good idea for the second year as well. “Why don’t we leave it and see if it all comes up again?” We did, and that is why we need to hire a full-time gardener this year.

1. What is the author’s attitude to Bath?

A. It is a wonderful place to live in. B. It has far too many disadvantages.

C. He feels fortunate to live there. D. It has many good shops.

2. The people who live in the village

A. tend to work on the farms.

B. are mostly professionals who work in the town.

C. are able to afford houses in the town.

D. don’t like the old-style villagers.

3. It would appear from the text that the Post Office

A. sells a wide range of cards.

B. is where most of the charity work is organized.

C. is a place where villagers can talk to each other.

D. sells a range of tinned food as well as stamps.

4. The garden is not in good condition because

A. the author is too lazy to look after it.

B. the author can’t afford to pay a gardener.

C. the author’s no interest in it.

D. nobody has worked on it for over two years.

5. The author feels that living in the village

A. is better than living in Bath. B. has a number of disadvantages

C. tends to be rather dull. D. is something that everyone would enjoy

Giúp mình nhé The perception of today’s youngsters as media-savvy cynics could hardly be further from the truth. Instead, this generation of keen consumers may turn witty advertising into an endangered species. Julia Day reports The youth of today are cynical, media-savvy, seen it all, done it all, wouldn’t-be-seen-dead-in-the-T-shirt types who appreciate only the most achingly trendy adverts, TV shows and magazines, right? Wrong: that was so last generation. Today’s youngsters don’t...
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The perception of today’s youngsters as media-savvy cynics could hardly be further from the truth. Instead, this
generation of keen consumers may turn witty advertising into an endangered species. Julia Day reports

The youth of today are cynical, media-savvy, seen it all, done it all, wouldn’t-be-seen-dead-in-the-T-shirt types
who appreciate only the most achingly trendy adverts, TV shows and magazines, right? Wrong: that was so last generation.

Today’s youngsters don’t “get” clever ads, are not in the least suspicious of commercials ercials, don’t know the difference between newspapers’ political stances, or TV channels, and they don’t mind admitting it. In short, they are not half as media, marketing and advertising literate as we might have thought, according to new research
commissioned by five media groups – Guardian Newspapers, Channel 4, Carlton Screen Advertising, media buying
agency OMD, and Emap Advertising.

As a result media companies and advertisers are going back to basics to arouse the interest of 15- to 24-year-olds with instant impact messages, plain product pictures, bigger posters, annoying jingles, celebrity endorsements and repetitive ads. Today’s youth are a far cry from today’s thirtysomethings who grew up as commercially-naive kids weaned on the cold war, no national commercial radio, three national TV stations, grant-funded higher education, sponsorship-free Glastonbury festivals and regular strikes and student protests.

Now a lifetime of MTV, the internet, dawn-till-dusk advertising and PlayStation gaming has created a generation
so used to being bombarded with fast-turnover information, they filter it instantly without paying much attention to its meaning. This is a generation of “thoroughbred consumers” says Stuart Armon, managing director of 2cv: research, the company that conducted the so-called Roar research into the media habits of the nation’s youth. “Previous generations were suspicious of advertising, they might have liked ads, but they wouldn’t necessarily buy the product. But this generation has been consuming since they were born. They don’t see any reason to be suspicious,” says Armon.

One young panellist in the focus group research embodied this attitude: “If the advert is good, you think their
product will be good because the more they can spend on advertising, the more money they are obviously getting for
their product.” Armon says the trend has become more pronounced over the seven years that the continuous tracking
study has been running, but has reached a peak in the latest round of interviews with 600 youngsters.

“Advertising is accepted and expected. Young people don’t see anything wrong in being sold to and think that if a product is in a TV ad, it must be good. It’s a myth that they are interested in clever ads – they are not willing to decipher complicated mmessages, they want simple ones.” Many panellists dramatically illustrated this point by revealing they thought Budweiser’s “Real American Heroes” ad, ironically celebrating “Mr foot-long hot dog inventor”, was an ad for hot dogs rather than beer, even though the ad might not be aimed at them.

However, many loved Heineken’s ironic ad featuring Paul Daniels singing Close to You, purely because it made
them laugh. “They are looking for an instant message. If it’s not there, they don’t take any notice. And they literally,
and naively, believe celebrities in ads really use the products they are advertising,” says Armon. A girl panellist from Birmingham commented: “In some of the Nike ads they’ve got all these well-known footballers. You think, ‘Oh my God, they’ve got everybody famous there.’ You think it must be good if they want it.”

The youngsters only read newspapers for the celebrity gossip and sport, rather than news, and couldn’t distinguish between papers’ political stances. They also failed to distinguish between TV channels – they access TV through programmes, not channels, for example watching Sky because The Simpsons is on, not because it’s Sky.

The results of the research deeply worry Sid McGrath, planner at the ad agency that made the infamous “You’ve
been Tango’ed” ads, HHCL and Partners. But they do not surprise him. “My worry is that the youth of today are not
being called upon to flex their intellectual muscles enough,” he says.

“There is instant gratification everywhere – in food it’s Pot Noodles or vending machines, even their pop icons are one-dimensional figures delivered on a plate. Young people are living vicariously through other people’s lives and are not asking for much at the moment. A lot of stimulation is ‘lean back’ – it doesn’t require as much involvement as it used to.”

He says advertising is changing as a result: “Lots of the most popular ads at the moment are happy, clappy, fun.
Easy to digest. They’ve got notice or inclination to decode ads.” One reason behind the shift, McGrath believes, is that young people want relief from the traumas of real life: “Advertising is becoming the opium of the masses rather
than the educator.”

16. Research shows that, compared with the previous generation, young people today are _____.
A. less perceptive B. more sensitive C. more worldly-wise D. better informed
17. In paragraph 3, the word ‘stances’ is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A. attitudes B. situations C. functions D. places

18. According to new research by five media groups, today’s youngsters are _____.
A. able to understand the language of advertising
B. unable to ‘read’ the messages in the many forms of advertising
C. bright enough to do some research before buying something
D. a bit wary of adverts
19. Advertisements aimed at the present young generation _____.
A. are using a variety of new techniques B. are technologically sophisticated
C. are making use of old techniques D. are becoming more subtle
20. It can be inferred that celebrity endorsements are advertisements _____.
A. that show viewers how to become famous
B. that famous people like watching
C. where famous people say they use and like certain products
D. where viewers are invited to take part in a phone-in progra e
21. Young people seem to believe that costly advertising _____.
A. makes no difference to the popularity of the product B. is the mark of a good quality product
C. means the product is probably overpriced D. does not inspire customer confidence
22. According to Stuart Armon, youngsters today pay more attention to an advert _____.
A. if its message is i ediately obvious B. if it is on their favorite TV channel
C. if it gives them something to think about D. if it has a witty element
23. Sid McGrath is concerned that young people these days _____.
A. are encouraged to eat too much B. are given too many choices
C. are not required to drink D. do not get enough exercise
24. The author uses the phrase ‘living vicariously’ in the penultimate paragraph to mean that young people _____.
A. want to become more sophisticated than other people
B. do not imitate people around the
C. do not rely on their own feeling or senses to understand the world around the
D. want to be independent of other people
25. According to McGrath, many advertisements today are adapting to satisfy youngsters’ desire to _____.
A. understand their problems B. see the funny side of their problems
C. forget their problems D. find solutions to their problems

BÀI 2:

There was nothing unusual about Wellington Street, or so I thought as I was growing up. The cobbled street, one
of four identical streets next to each other, was calm, apart from the occasional sound of raised voices from the pub on the corner. Everybody said hello to each other, although rarely much more than that. It was the kind of street that in the past had covered the whole of the north-west of England, affordable housing for the workers, the kind of street that used to be the heart of a community. Now it was a relic, unchanged while the modern world went on around it.

The first time I got a sense that my childhood world was not going to remain the same forever was when a letter
arrived from the local council saying that a meeting was being held locally to discuss the development of the area. I
remember wondering why areas had to be developed and I asked my father. He said that people just liked changing
things for the sake of it but my mum interrupted him and explained that the houses needed modernizing. Even then I
could see this as another move in their ongoing argument about money and location. Mum, with her keen sense of
social position and always very aware of what the neighbours thought, wanted to move into a better house, which Dad took to mean a more expensive house.

The evening of the meeting came around and my dad and I went along. It had already started when we got there
and one of the councilors was trying to explain the plans, although the general reaction from the audience was far from positive. I don’t remember the details, but I remember some shouting, until finally one of our neighbours stood up and said that he wasn’t giving his permission for any of it. I remember the councilor saying then, ‘We don’t need permission. We’re telling you, not asking you.’

The mood when we got home was tense. Although she tried to hide it, I think Mum was secretly quite pleased.

Dad sat and frowned at the TV for a while, before Mum brought him a cup of tea. I was surprised when it was he who broke the silence after a minute or two and said, ‘There are one or two nice places up around Ladybride.’ Mum said nothing. She just sipped her tea and looked at me and smiled.

46. The writer describes the street as a place where _____.
A. people felt they were part of a co unity B. people resisted the fast pace of motion life
C. everyone quietly got on with their own life D. everyone could afford their own house
47. Streets of this kind had been built in the past because they were _____.
A. comfortable B. long-lasting C. traditional D. cheap
48. What did the writer NOT understand when the letter arrived?
A. why things had to change B. why his parents were arguing
C. who had organised the meeting D. where they were going to live next
49. Why didn’t the writer’s father want to move house?
A. He knew why the area had to be developed.
B. He didn’t understand why they wanted to change things.
C. He didn’t want to live in a modern house.
D. It would cost them more.
50. Why did the mother’s mother want to move house?
A. She liked to impress other people. B. She didn’t like the neighbours.
C. She knew it would annoy the writer’s father. D. She thought the local council would help.
51. During the meeting, most people were _____.
A. shocked by what they learned B. unhappy about the proposals
C. sympathetic to the councilor D. confused by the explanation
52. Why was the writer surprised by what his father said?
A. He knew that his father was watching television.
B. He thought that it would upset his mother.
C. He knew that what his father said was wrong.
D. He thought his mother would have made the suggestion.
53. According to the passage, who would make a final decision on the development of the area?
A. People in the area B. The councilors C. Home owners D. The writer’s father
54. What would be the most suitable title for this extract?
A. An unhappy childhood B. A difficult marriage C. The wrong decision D. Changing times
55. It can be inferred from the passage that _____.
A. people at the meeting supported the plan to develop the area
B. everybody in the area wanted to modernize their house
C. the writer said that he didn’t give permission for the development
D. the writer’s father finally agreed to move the house

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46. The writer describes the street as a place where _____.
A. people felt they were part of a co unity B. people resisted the fast pace of motion life
C. everyone quietly got on with their own life D. everyone could afford their own house
47. Streets of this kind had been built in the past because they were _____.
A. comfortable B. long-lasting C. traditional D. cheap
48. What did the writer NOT understand when the letter arrived?
A. why things had to change B. why his parents were arguing
C. who had organised the meeting D. where they were going to live next
49. Why didn’t the writer’s father want to move house?
A. He knew why the area had to be developed.
B. He didn’t understand why they wanted to change things.
C. He didn’t want to live in a modern house.
D. It would cost them more.
50. Why did the mother’s mother want to move house?
A. She liked to impress other people. B. She didn’t like the neighbours.
C. She knew it would annoy the writer’s father. D. She thought the local council would help.
51. During the meeting, most people were _____.
A. shocked by what they learned B. unhappy about the proposals
C. sympathetic to the councilor D. confused by the explanation
52. Why was the writer surprised by what his father said?
A. He knew that his father was watching television.
B. He thought that it would upset his mother.
C. He knew that what his father said was wrong.
D. He thought his mother would have made the suggestion.
53. According to the passage, who would make a final decision on the development of the area?
A. People in the area B. The councilors C. Home owners D. The writer’s father
54. What would be the most suitable title for this extract?
A. An unhappy childhood B. A difficult marriage C. The wrong decision D. Changing times
55. It can be inferred from the passage that _____.
A. people at the meeting supported the plan to develop the area
B. everybody in the area wanted to modernize their house
C. the writer said that he didn’t give permission for the development
D. the writer’s father finally agreed to move the house

5 tháng 3 2018

16. Research shows that, compared with the previous generation, young people today are _____.
A. less perceptive B. more sensitive C. more worldly-wise D. better informed
17. In paragraph 3, the word ‘stances’ is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A. attitudes B. situations C. functions D. places

18. According to new research by five media groups, today’s youngsters are _____.
A. able to understand the language of advertising
B. unable to ‘read’ the messages in the many forms of advertising
C. bright enough to do some research before buying something
D. a bit wary of adverts
19. Advertisements aimed at the present young generation _____.
A. are using a variety of new techniques B. are technologically sophisticated
C. are making use of old techniques D. are becoming more subtle
20. It can be inferred that celebrity endorsements are advertisements _____.
A. that show viewers how to become famous
B. that famous people like watching
C. where famous people say they use and like certain products
D. where viewers are invited to take part in a phone-in progra e
21. Young people seem to believe that costly advertising _____.
A. makes no difference to the popularity of the product B. is the mark of a good quality product
C. means the product is probably overpriced D. does not inspire customer confidence
22. According to Stuart Armon, youngsters today pay more attention to an advert _____.
A. if its message is i ediately obvious B. if it is on their favorite TV channel
C. if it gives them something to think about D. if it has a witty element
23. Sid McGrath is concerned that young people these days _____.
A. are encouraged to eat too much B. are given too many choices
C. are not required to drink D. do not get enough exercise
24. The author uses the phrase ‘living vicariously’ in the penultimate paragraph to mean that young people _____.
A. want to become more sophisticated than other people
B. do not imitate people around the
C. do not rely on their own feeling or senses to understand the world around the
D. want to be independent of other people
25. According to McGrath, many advertisements today are adapting to satisfy youngsters’ desire to _____.
A. understand their problems B. see the funny side of their problems
C. forget their problems D. find solutions to their problems

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The perception of today’s youngsters as media-savvy cynics could hardly be further from the truth. Instead, this
generation of keen consumers may turn witty advertising into an endangered species. Julia Day reports

The youth of today are cynical, media-savvy, seen it all, done it all, wouldn’t-be-seen-dead-in-the-T-shirt types
who appreciate only the most achingly trendy adverts, TV shows and magazines, right? Wrong: that was so last generation.

Today’s youngsters don’t “get” clever ads, are not in the least suspicious of commercials ercials, don’t know the difference between newspapers’ political stances, or TV channels, and they don’t mind admitting it. In short, they are not half as media, marketing and advertising literate as we might have thought, according to new research
commissioned by five media groups – Guardian Newspapers, Channel 4, Carlton Screen Advertising, media buying
agency OMD, and Emap Advertising.

As a result media companies and advertisers are going back to basics to arouse the interest of 15- to 24-year-olds with instant impact messages, plain product pictures, bigger posters, annoying jingles, celebrity endorsements and repetitive ads. Today’s youth are a far cry from today’s thirtysomethings who grew up as commercially-naive kids weaned on the cold war, no national commercial radio, three national TV stations, grant-funded higher education, sponsorship-free Glastonbury festivals and regular strikes and student protests.

Now a lifetime of MTV, the internet, dawn-till-dusk advertising and PlayStation gaming has created a generation
so used to being bombarded with fast-turnover information, they filter it instantly without paying much attention to its meaning. This is a generation of “thoroughbred consumers” says Stuart Armon, managing director of 2cv: research, the company that conducted the so-called Roar research into the media habits of the nation’s youth. “Previous generations were suspicious of advertising, they might have liked ads, but they wouldn’t necessarily buy the product. But this generation has been consuming since they were born. They don’t see any reason to be suspicious,” says Armon.

One young panellist in the focus group research embodied this attitude: “If the advert is good, you think their
product will be good because the more they can spend on advertising, the more money they are obviously getting for
their product.” Armon says the trend has become more pronounced over the seven years that the continuous tracking
study has been running, but has reached a peak in the latest round of interviews with 600 youngsters.

“Advertising is accepted and expected. Young people don’t see anything wrong in being sold to and think that if a product is in a TV ad, it must be good. It’s a myth that they are interested in clever ads – they are not willing to decipher complicated mmessages, they want simple ones.” Many panellists dramatically illustrated this point by revealing they thought Budweiser’s “Real American Heroes” ad, ironically celebrating “Mr foot-long hot dog inventor”, was an ad for hot dogs rather than beer, even though the ad might not be aimed at them.

However, many loved Heineken’s ironic ad featuring Paul Daniels singing Close to You, purely because it made
them laugh. “They are looking for an instant message. If it’s not there, they don’t take any notice. And they literally,
and naively, believe celebrities in ads really use the products they are advertising,” says Armon. A girl panellist from Birmingham commented: “In some of the Nike ads they’ve got all these well-known footballers. You think, ‘Oh my God, they’ve got everybody famous there.’ You think it must be good if they want it.”

The youngsters only read newspapers for the celebrity gossip and sport, rather than news, and couldn’t distinguish between papers’ political stances. They also failed to distinguish between TV channels – they access TV through programmes, not channels, for example watching Sky because The Simpsons is on, not because it’s Sky.

The results of the research deeply worry Sid McGrath, planner at the ad agency that made the infamous “You’ve
been Tango’ed” ads, HHCL and Partners. But they do not surprise him. “My worry is that the youth of today are not
being called upon to flex their intellectual muscles enough,” he says.

“There is instant gratification everywhere – in food it’s Pot Noodles or vending machines, even their pop icons are one-dimensional figures delivered on a plate. Young people are living vicariously through other people’s lives and are not asking for much at the moment. A lot of stimulation is ‘lean back’ – it doesn’t require as much involvement as it used to.”

He says advertising is changing as a result: “Lots of the most popular ads at the moment are happy, clappy, fun.
Easy to digest. They’ve got notice or inclination to decode ads.” One reason behind the shift, McGrath believes, is that young people want relief from the traumas of real life: “Advertising is becoming the opium of the masses rather
than the educator.”

16. Research shows that, compared with the previous generation, young people today are _____.
A. less perceptive B. more sensitive C. more worldly-wise D. better informed
17. In paragraph 3, the word ‘stances’ is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A. attitudes B. situations C. functions D. places

18. According to new research by five media groups, today’s youngsters are _____.
A. able to understand the language of advertising
B. unable to ‘read’ the messages in the many forms of advertising
C. bright enough to do some research before buying something
D. a bit wary of adverts
19. Advertisements aimed at the present young generation _____.
A. are using a variety of new techniques B. are technologically sophisticated
C. are making use of old techniques D. are becoming more subtle
20. It can be inferred that celebrity endorsements are advertisements _____.
A. that show viewers how to become famous
B. that famous people like watching
C. where famous people say they use and like certain products
D. where viewers are invited to take part in a phone-in progra e
21. Young people seem to believe that costly advertising _____.
A. makes no difference to the popularity of the product B. is the mark of a good quality product
C. means the product is probably overpriced D. does not inspire customer confidence
22. According to Stuart Armon, youngsters today pay more attention to an advert _____.
A. if its message is i ediately obvious B. if it is on their favorite TV channel
C. if it gives them something to think about D. if it has a witty element
23. Sid McGrath is concerned that young people these days _____.
A. are encouraged to eat too much B. are given too many choices
C. are not required to drink D. do not get enough exercise
24. The author uses the phrase ‘living vicariously’ in the penultimate paragraph to mean that young people _____.
A. want to become more sophisticated than other people
B. do not imitate people around the
C. do not rely on their own feeling or senses to understand the world around the
D. want to be independent of other people
25. According to McGrath, many advertisements today are adapting to satisfy youngsters’ desire to _____.
A. understand their problems B. see the funny side of their problems
C. forget their problems D. find solutions to their problems

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16. Research shows that, compared with the previous generation, young people today are _____.
A. less perceptive B. more sensitive C. more worldly-wise D. better informed
17. In paragraph 3, the word ‘stances’ is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A. attitudes B. situations C. functions D. places

18. According to new research by five media groups, today’s youngsters are _____.
A. able to understand the language of advertising
B. unable to ‘read’ the messages in the many forms of advertising
C. bright enough to do some research before buying something
D. a bit wary of adverts
19. Advertisements aimed at the present young generation _____.
A. are using a variety of new techniques B. are technologically sophisticated
C. are making use of old techniques D. are becoming more subtle
20. It can be inferred that celebrity endorsements are advertisements _____.
A. that show viewers how to become famous
B. that famous people like watching
C. where famous people say they use and like certain products
D. where viewers are invited to take part in a phone-in progra e
21. Young people seem to believe that costly advertising _____.
A. makes no difference to the popularity of the product B. is the mark of a good quality product
C. means the product is probably overpriced D. does not inspire customer confidence
22. According to Stuart Armon, youngsters today pay more attention to an advert _____.
A. if its message is i ediately obvious B. if it is on their favorite TV channel
C. if it gives them something to think about D. if it has a witty element
23. Sid McGrath is concerned that young people these days _____.
A. are encouraged to eat too much B. are given too many choices
C. are not required to drink D. do not get enough exercise
24. The author uses the phrase ‘living vicariously’ in the penultimate paragraph to mean that young people _____.
A. want to become more sophisticated than other people
B. do not imitate people around the
C. do not rely on their own feeling or senses to understand the world around the
D. want to be independent of other people
25. According to McGrath, many advertisements today are adapting to satisfy youngsters’ desire to _____.
A. understand their problems B. see the funny side of their problems
C. forget their problems D. find solutions to their problems

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.In the UK there are currently about 300 Feng Shui consultants. They will come to your house or office and give you advice (1) ________ on your lifestyle and date of birth. According to one such expert, I (2) ________ install an aquarium with six black and one red goldfish in my living room in order to absorb bad vibes. He also told me...
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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.

In the UK there are currently about 300 Feng Shui consultants. They will come to your house or office and give you advice (1) ________ on your lifestyle and date of birth. According to one such expert, I (2) ________ install an aquarium with six black and one red goldfish in my living room in order to absorb bad vibes. He also told me to pay attention to one of my windows. He advised me to put plants on the window still to (3) ________ the loss of positive energy. The real “weak spot” in my house, however, was the cooker. He reassured me that hanging some dried vegetable above it would solve the problem. Whether you (4) ________ in the power of Feng Shui or not, it is certainly having a major impact on the (5)________ thousands of people organize their home.

Question 1

A. based

B. put

C. held

D. carried

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Đáp án: A

Giải thích: based on st (dựa trên cái gì)