Alfred Wainwright came from a relatively poor family but managed to (0) ......... qualifications in accountancy. However...

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III. Read the following passage and answer the question You have probably never heard of Charles Burgess Fry but in the early years of this century, he was the (1) ....................... famous in England. He became ....................... (2) while still at the university, mainly ....................... (3) of his sporting achievements. He was, at the same time, captain of the university football, cricket and athletics teams and held the world record for the long jump. He was ..................

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III. Read the following passage and answer the question

You have probably never heard of Charles Burgess Fry but in the early years of this century, he was the (1) ....................... famous in England. He became ....................... (2) while still at the university, mainly ....................... (3) of his sporting achievements. He was, at the same time, captain of the university football, cricket and athletics teams and held the world record for the long jump. He was ....................... (4) a popular sport journalist. He was ....................... (5) famous that letters addressed to ‘Mr. Fry, Oxford’ were delivered to him ....................... (6) any difficulty. His college, although it had quite a different name, ....................... (7) known as ‘Fry’s College’.

Some people have criticized Fry’s sporting ....................... (8). They point out that he lived at a time ....................... (9) standards were quite low and ....................... (10) was much easier to do well in several sports. It is certainly true that athletes ....................... (11) that time did not have the totally dedicated approach of modern athletes. However, it is only fair to judge him ....................... (12) the standards of his ....................... (13) time. There is no doubt that he ....................... (14) extraordinary skill and an ability to write ....................... (15) sport with style and intelligence

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Corn dog

28 tháng 7 2017 lúc 22:28

Nowadays in the news you can read a lot about biotechnology and the controversies about it and perhaps you ask yourself what it is exactly. Well, this article is going to give you a brief history of the field of biotechnology and show you that, although the word “biotechnology” was first used in 1919, we have been using biotechnology for many thousands of years in ways that are completely uncontroversial. It will also look at the more modern developments which have started intense debate....

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Nowadays in the news you can read a lot about biotechnology and the controversies about it and perhaps you ask yourself what it is exactly. Well, this article is going to give you a brief history of the field of biotechnology and show you that, although the word “biotechnology” was first used in 1919, we have been using biotechnology for many thousands of years in ways that are completely uncontroversial. It will also look at the more modern developments which have started intense debate. When you are drinking a cold beer on a hot day, or eating a delicious cheese sandwich, you can thank biotechnology for the pleasure you are experiencing. That’s right! Beer, bread and cheese are all produced using biotechnology. Perhaps a definition will be useful to understand how. A standard definition is that biotechnology (or biotech for short) is the application of science and engineering to the direct or indirect use of living organisms. And as you know, the food and drink above are all produced by the fermentation of micro-organisms. In beer, the yeast multiplies as it eats the sugars in the mixture and turns them into alcohol and CO2. This ancient technique was first used in Egypt to make bread and wine around 4000BC! Antibiotics are used to prevent and treat diseases, especially those caused by bacteria. They are natural substances that are created by bacteria and fungi. The first antibiotic was made in China in about 500BC – to cure boils. In 1928 Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin and it was considered a medical miracle. Modern research is looking at the creation of super-antibodies which can kill bacteria and viruses inside the cells that house them. Our modern consumer society produces a lot of waste which needs to be disposed of safely and without harmful end products. Environmental biotechnology can help. Indeed, the use of bacteria to treat sewage was first practiced in 1914 in Manchester, England. Vermiculture or using worms to treat waste is another environmentally-friendly practice and the end product is a natural fertiliser. Bacteria have even been developed to help with problems such as oil spills. They convert crude oil and gasoline into non-toxic substances such as carbon dioxide, water and oxygen and help create a cleaner, healthier environment. These examples of biotechnology are accepted by most people. However, the discovery of the DNA structure by Watson and Crick in 1953 was the beginning of the modern era of genetics and the following areas of biotech are very controversial. Read on… The genetic modification of plants and crops has been in practice for many years. This involves changing the genetic code of these plants so that they are more resistant to bad conditions like drought, floods and frost. Supporters of GM food say that it can offer the consumer better quality, safety and taste and for over a decade Americans have been eating GM food. However, things are very different in Europe where genetically modified food is very strictly regulated and regarded with deep suspicion by the public. GM food has even been called “Frankenfood” in the press, a term inspired by the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. There is a great cultural divide between America and Europe over whether such food is safe to eat and will not harm the environment and the discussion is still in progress. 1997 saw the birth of Dolly the sheep, the first animal cloned from an adult cell. This was a remarkable achievement which created world-wide debate on the ethical issues surrounding cloning. International organisations such as the European parliament, UNESCO and WHO all declared that human cloning is both morally and legally wrong. However, we need to make a distinction between reproductive cloning and therapeutic cloning. Nowadays the idea of reproductive cloning – creating a copy of another person - is no longer interesting for researchers. Instead therapeutic cloning is creating excitement in the biotech world. Key to this technique is stem cells, which are master cells that have the potential to become any other kind of cell in the body e.g. nerve cells, blood, heart muscle or even brain cells. Stem cells themselves have generated a lot of controversy as it was believed that only human embryos could provide them. However, it now appears that adult stem cells offer the same possibility. This would mean that a patient who suffered a heart attack could provide doctors with his adult stem cells which could then be implanted back into his heart and used to create heart muscle, replacing the muscle that was damaged. As the genetic code is identical, there would be no problem of the body rejecting the implant as, unfortunately, happens with organ transplants. In the future, biotechnologists hope that stem cells could be used to grow entire organs. In this way biotechnology offers the hope of revolutionising medical treatment. In this brief overview of the history of biotechnology we have jumped from making bread to making human organs - an enormous leap- and it is clear that these modern practices raise many controversial issues. However, despite the debate, we can imagine that as biotechnology has been around for many years, it will still be around for some time to come - but who knows where it will take us? Questions: After reading, choose the best answer for the following questions 1. What is the main topic of the article? Brief history and modern developments of biotechnology Benefit of biotechnology Modern research in biotechnology 2. What does the pronoun "IT" in the first paragraph refer to? Biotechnology The article The word "Biotechnology" 3. Which products were first made with fermentation of micro-organisms? Beer, bread and cheese Bread and wine Beer and cheese Decide whether the statement below is True or False. 4. Alexander Fleming discovered super-antibodies which can kill bacteria and viruses inside the cells that house them. TrueFalse 5. GM food is easily available in the U.S. and Europe. TrueFalse 6.Researchers believe that adult stem cells could be used to create body parts. TrueFalse

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Ngọc Phương

30 tháng 3 2020 lúc 10:27

III. Read the passage and choose the best answers to fill in the blanks : Nam had a wonderful holiday (1) __________ summer. He came to Hanoi, the (2) __________ of Vietnam. He stayed (3) __________ his uncle’s house for three weeks. He visited a lot of interesting places (4) ____________ as Uncle Ho’s Mausoleum, Ba Dinh Square, West Lake, Lenin Park, etc. He bought some (5) _____________ for his friends and a cap (6) _____________ a national flag on it for him. Nam liked the cap much. He wore i...

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III. Read the passage and choose the best answers to fill in the blanks :
Nam had a wonderful holiday (1) __________ summer. He came to Hanoi, the (2) __________ of
Vietnam. He stayed (3) __________ his uncle’s house for three weeks. He visited a lot of interesting places
(4) ____________ as Uncle Ho’s Mausoleum, Ba Dinh Square, West Lake, Lenin Park, etc. He bought
some (5) _____________ for his friends and a cap (6) _____________ a national flag on it for him. Nam
liked the cap much. He wore it all day. When he (7) ___________ to HCM City, he spoke (8)
_____________ his friends about the vacation.
1. a. next b. last c. on d. all are correct
2. a. city b. country c. capital d. town
3. a. at b. with c. for d. to
4. a. like b. a lot c. such d. many
5. a. souvenirs b. people c. tourists d. families
6. a. with b. of c. for d. from
7. a. lived b. be c. arrived d. returned
8. a. for b. at c. to d. all are correct

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minh hong

21 tháng 2 2020 lúc 19:30

ead the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. Last week I made the mistake of visiting the village where I grew up. It was a small, friendly community with two farms and a number of old cottages round the village green. I realized very quickly that although in many ways it appears unchanged, in reality hardly anything is the same. All the pretty cottages are there, of course, and both the picturesque farmhouses. But...

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ead the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. Last week I made the mistake of visiting the village where I grew up. It was a small, friendly community with two farms and a number of old cottages round the village green. I realized very quickly that although in many ways it appears unchanged, in reality hardly anything is the same. All the pretty cottages are there, of course, and both the picturesque farmhouses. But none of the inhabitants are country people. All of them are commuters, who leave early every morning for the nearby town. Neither of the farmhouses is attached to a farm these days; the land has been sold and is managed by somebody in an office somewhere who has little interest in the village itself. There are a few new houses, but they have no local character; you can see the same style anywhere in the country. The whole of the village, in fact, has been tidied up so much that it has become nothing more than just another suburb. 1. When the writer revisited his village, he quickly realized that _____________. A. the village changed a lot in appearance B. everything has almost changed C. all the pretty cottages as well as the farmhouses have been built D. the residents of the village are all commuters 2. Neither of the farmhouses _______________ A. has a connection with a farm B. has been sold C. is attached to the farmers. D. is managed by the commuters 3. The word “managed” in the line 8 can be best replaced by ______________. A. controlled B. spent C. used D. taken 4. According to the writer, __________________. A. the village now has no local character B. all the new houses are the same style C. the village is tidier than it used to D. the village has become nothing but a suburb 5. Which of the following is NOT MENTIONED in the passage? A. The writer has visited the village several times before. B. The writer revisited his village last week. C. In fact, the village has changed much. D. The village nowadays has become another suburb.

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Phạm Hồng Vy

22 tháng 9 2018 lúc 9:23

Fill in each gap with one appropriate compound adjective air-sick; airtight; trustworthy; snow-white; carsick; duty-free; homesick; waterproof; praiseworthy; good-tempered Peter was a student living far from home. Because of his hard work at college, he rarely returned home and he sometimes felt (1) .... . Whenever he had a chance to go home to visit his family, he always went by train, not by plane or by car because was afraid of being (2) .... and (3) .... . In his learning, he was very suc...

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Fill in each gap with one appropriate compound adjective

air-sick; airtight; trustworthy; snow-white; carsick; duty-free; homesick; waterproof; praiseworthy; good-tempered

Peter was a student living far from home. Because of his hard work at college, he rarely returned home and he sometimes felt (1) .... . Whenever he had a chance to go home to visit his family, he always went by train, not by plane or by car because was afraid of being (2) .... and (3) .... .

In his learning, he was very successful and always got good marks from all of his teachers, who often said that he was (4) .... and (5) .... had achievements. Besides, his friends often regarded him as a (6) ..... classmate because he was always willing to help them.

One day, he got the first prize with some money in a competition at college. He decided to go to a (7) .... shop for students to buy some chocolate kept in an (8) ...... container for his father, a (9) .... watch for his mother and a doll with (10) .... hair for his little sister .

Fill in each gap with one appropriate compound adjective.

one-egg; one-litre; three-course; five-minute; twelve-man; fifteen-piece; ten-ton; 2,000-word; thirty-five-hour; 4,000-year-old

1. Their cat was run over by a ... lorry.

2. The concert was performed by a ..... orchestra.

3. The man was convicted of murder by the .... jury.

4. The Vietnamese people are proud of their ..... history.

5. The price of a .... bottle of whisky has gone up by 90p.

6. The workers are on strike for better pay and a ..... week.

7. Peter can't go out. He has to write a .... essay by tomorrow.

8. I didn't have a big lunch. Just a .... omelette and some potatoes.

9. My new house is very handy for the shops and only a .... walk from my school.

10. At this excellent restaurant, we can get a .... meal and coffee just for $5 per person.

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Phương Uyên

18 tháng 1 2019 lúc 18:51

Find 7 mistakes in the paragraph and correct them: Alternative sources of energy In the Search for Free Energy, Tutts recently released book, he quotes We ought to be able to obtain the energy we need without the consumption of material. These are not the words of some modern-day environmentalist, but of Nikola Tesla, in 1890. Among his invention was the device to generate electricity by harnessing coming energy. The search for free, and expensive energy continues. Researchers are looking f...

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Find 7 mistakes in the paragraph and correct them:

Alternative sources of energy

In the " Search for Free Energy", Tutt's recently released book, he quotes " We ought to be able to obtain the energy we need without the consumption of material." These are not the words of some modern-day environmentalist, but of Nikola Tesla, in 1890. Among his invention was the device to generate electricity by harnessing "coming energy". The search for free, and expensive energy continues. Researchers are looking for "fuelless" technologies that will not pollute or run out, and they are not referring to the puny contribution of solar or wind power. The science establishment has so far been proven correct, there's no such thing as a free energy lunch but that hasn't stopped mad scientists trying. They've come up with numerable patents of "over unity" contraptions, supposed giving out more energy than you put in to get them going. The story is fascinating and rarely heavy-going, although the quotes can be overlong and the diagrams are adequately displayed. Tutt admits that only a fraction of what is claimed is true. But it's also true to say we cannot afford to dismiss them out of hand, as one of these conforming investigators may just be able to save our planet from climate change.

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Corn dog

28 tháng 7 2017 lúc 21:15

Read the passage then answer the following questions: I will think of it.It is easy to say this; but do you know what great things have come from thinking? We can not see our thouhts, or hear, or taste, or feel them;and yet what mighty power they have! Sir Isac Newton was seated in his garden on a summers evning, when he saw an appe fall from a tree. He began to think, and, in trying to find out why the apple fell, discoveed how the earth, sun, moon, and stars are kept in their places. A boy na...

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Read the passage then answer the following questions:

"I will think of it."It is easy to say this; but do you know what great things have come from thinking? We can not see our thouhts, or hear, or taste, or feel them;and yet what mighty power they have! Sir Isac Newton was seated in his garden on a summer's evning, when he saw an appe fall from a tree. He began to think, and, in trying to find out why the apple fell, discoveed how the earth, sun, moon, and stars are kept in their places. A boy named James Watt sat quitly by the firside, watching the lid of the tea kette as it moved up and down. He began to think; he wanted to find out why the steam in the kettle moved the heavy lid. From that time he went on thinking and thinking; and when he became a man, he improved the steam engine so much that it could, with the greatest ease, do the work of many horses. When you see a steamboat, a steam mill, or alocomotive, remember that it would never have been built if it had not been for the hard thinking of someone. A man named Galileo was once standing in the cathedral of Pisa, when he saw a chandelier swaying to and fro. This set him thinking, and it led to the invention of thependulum. James Ferguson was a poor Scotch shepherd boy. Once, seeing the inside of a watch, he was filled with wonder. "Why should I not make a watch?" thought he. But how was he to get the materials out of which to make the wheels and the mainspring? He soon found how to get them: he made the mainspring out of a piece of whalebone. He then made a wooden clock which kept good time. He began, also, to copy pictures with a pen, and portraits with oil colors. In a few years, while still a small boy, he earned money enough to support his father. When he became a man, he went to London to live. Some of the wisest men in England, and the king himself, used to attend his lectures. His motto was, "I will think of it;" and he made his thoughts useful to himself and the world.When you have a difficult lesson to learn, don't feel discouraged, and ask someone to help you before helping yourselves.Think, and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose.

1. What is the main idea of this passage?

A/Great geniuses didn't have to think.

B/We should always think.

C/Isaac Newton was a thinker.

D/Galileo was a thinker.

2. What caused Galileo to invent the pendulum?

A/Seeing a cathedral.

B/Thinking about apples.

C/Seeing a chandelier swing and thinking.

D/Thinking about gravity.

3. Why did the king attend James Ferguson's lectures?

A/Because Ferguson taught about pendulums. B/Because Ferguson was a brilliant thinker. C/Because the king was jealous of Ferguson's intelligence. D/Because Ferguson was an entertaining speaker. 4.How is Galileo similar to Isaac Newton?

AThey were born at the same time. BThey have nothing in common. CThey are both great thinkers. DThey both discovered gravity. 5.Why did James Ferguson decide to make a watch?

A/Because he was curious after seeing the inside of a watch. B/Because the king asked him to. C/Because he needed to support his sick father and mother. D/Because he was poor and needed the money.

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物理疾驰

29 tháng 7 2020 lúc 0:00

điền vào chỗ trống: English is quite unique in the history ...(1)... the worlds languages: an amazing one in seven people in the world speak ...(2)... which makes it undoubletedly the first world language in history. ...(3)... English, Latin, French and greech were also to some extend international languages ...(4)... none of them ever managed to reach either thenumber of users that English has ...(5)... the incredible range of situations in ...(6)... English is used today. For example, 75% of...

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điền vào chỗ trống:

English is quite unique in the history ...(1)... the world's languages: an amazing one in seven people in the world speak ...(2)... which makes it undoubletedly the first world language in history. ...(3)... English, Latin, French and greech were also to some extend international languages ...(4)... none of them ever managed to reach either thenumber of users that English has ...(5)... the incredible range of situations in ...(6)... English is used today. For example, 75% of the world's correspondence and 60% of the world 's telephone conversations are carried ...(7)... in English. Chinese also has a billion speakers, but ...(8)... a Chinese businessman meets a Spanish colleague at a conference, they ...(9)... almost certainly use English as the medium of communication, ...(10)... papers in English and the majority of doctors in thr world learn English as a part of their studies.

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Park Ji Min

28 tháng 4 2017 lúc 12:34

Read the passage carefully, then choose the correct answer The first system of communication of animals is natural. Many kinds of animals have ways of communicating with each other. And one of the most interesting examples is that of bees. These insects communicate with each other by dancing. The most important kind of dance that they do is concerned with food. They get their food from flowers, of course, from plants and trees. When a bee has found some food, it returns to the other...

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Read the passage carefully, then choose the correct answer

The first system of communication of animals is natural. Many kinds of animals have ways of communicating with each other. And one of the most interesting examples is that of bees. These insects communicate with each other by dancing. The most important kind of dance that they do is concerned with food. They get their food from flowers, of course, from plants and trees. When a bee has found some food, it returns to the other bees and can give them three basic kinds of information about the food: which direction it is in, whether it is nearby or a long way away, and whether it is good to eat or poisonous.

The other kind of system of communication of animals is artificial. It means animals learn it; in this case, they learn from man. Several famous experiments have been carried out with chimpanzees, trying to teach them human language.

One of these experiments was done with a chimpanzee called Sarah. Sarah was taught to understand a system of symbols which represented words. The symbols were cut out of coloured plastic, and each different shape stood for a different word. For example, a red square stood for “banana”, Sarah’s favorite fruit. Soon Sarah could not only understand words, but even sentences. She could obey orders: if her human friends put down the symbols for “apple in cup”, she would put the apple in the cup. Later, she began giving the scientists orders – she was writing her own sentences, and she got upset if the scientists did not obey her. We do not yet know whether chimpanzees will ever learn to use language to communicate as freely as human beings do, but the results so far suggest that this is at least a possibility.

41) According to the passage, bees ____________________________________.

A. learn to communicate B. are born to be able to communicate

C. are the most interesting animals D. communicate with each other by flying

42) From the passage, we can conclude that bees are _____________________.

A. so selfish as to let other bees share the bad food

B. so selfish as to look for food for themselves

C. so hardworking that they dance all the time

D. so smart that they know where the food is

43) The experiment done with Sarah is an example of ____________________.

A. animals with natural system of communication

B. animals able to communicate with humans

C. animals possible to use language as humans

D. animals with a system of communication worked out by humans

44) The results of the experiment with chimpanzees show the possibility to teach animals _____.

A. how to use language freely

B. how to give orders

C. how to obey orders

D. how to understand words and sentences

45) The phrase “concerned with” is closest in meaning to ________________.

A. interested in B. responsible for C. related to D. joined to

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