Đáp án B
short-changed (v): trả thiếu tiền, đối xử với ai không công bằng
short-listed (v): sang lọc, chọn lựa
short-sighted (adj): cận thị, thiển cận
short-handed (adj): không đủ công nhân, không đủ người giúp việc
Tạm dịch: Cô ấy đã được chọn từ 115 ứng viên cho chức vụ giám đốc điều hành.
Mr. Simpkims is the big ______ in the company as he has just been promoted to the position of Managing Director.
A. bread
B. meat
C. cheese
D. apple
Mr. Simpkims is the big ______ in the company as he has just been promoted to the position of Managing Director.
A. bread
B. meat
C. cheese
D. apple
Dozens of applicants showed up for the vacant position, but only a handful of them were shortlisted for the interview.
A. small amount
B. person
C. hand
D. small number
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
The students are going to hearing three short conversations about food.
A. The students
B. going
C. hearing three short
D. about food
Each child had to ____ a short speech to the rest of the class.
A. do
B. carry out
C . make
D. take
Regarding as one of the leading figures in the development of the short story, O Henry is the author of many well- known American novels.
A. Regarding as
B. leading figures
C. the
D. novels
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.
For Better Grades - Use Your Brain!
If you are like most students, you probably started this new academic year with a resolution to study harder. Now, science can you help you keep your resolution. Recent discoveries in brain research (31) _____ to better ways to learn. How does the brain (32) ____ new information? Think of the last time someone told you their phone number. Could you remember that number five minutes later? Probably not! That’s because it was in your short-term memory.
Our memory actually has three components. Sensory memory takes (33) ____ information from our five senses and is stored for just a few seconds while our brain processes it. Short-term memory works like a “holding area” for new information — that’s where you keep the phone number while you dial it. but if you can put the phone number into long-term memory, you’ll remember that same phone number next week. This part of your memory (34) ______ everything from irregular verbs to the names of all your cousins.
When you study, you transfer new information into long-term memory. Every time we learn something new, the structure of the brain actually changes as we build new connections to information that we (35) ______ know. When there are more connections to the new information, it’s easier to find it again.
Question 31:
A. aim
B. point
C. show
D. develop
In a short time, when the clock _______ nine, we _______ here for an hour.
A. strikes-will have been waiting
B. has struck-will wait
C. strikes-will have waited
D. has struck-will be waiting
For Better Grades - Use Your Brain!
If you are like most students, you probably started this new academic year with a resolution to study harder. Now, science can you help you keep your resolution. Recent discoveries in brain research (31) _____ to better ways to learn. How does the brain (32) ____ new information? Think of the last time someone told you their phone number. Could you remember that number five minutes later? Probably not! That’s because it was in your short-term memory.
Our memory actually has three components. Sensory memory takes (33) ____ information from our five senses and is stored for just a few seconds while our brain processes it. Short-term memory works like a “holding area” for new information — that’s where you keep the phone number while you dial it. but if you can put the phone number into long-term memory, you’ll remember that same phone number next week. This part of your memory (34) ______ everything from irregular verbs to the names of all your cousins.
When you study, you transfer new information into long-term memory. Every time we learn something new, the structure of the brain actually changes as we build new connections to information that we (35) ______ know. When there are more connections to the new information, it’s easier to find it again.
Question 32:
A. maintain
B. gather
C. collect
D. save
