Work in pairs. Tell each other whether you agree or disagree with the following ideas.
1. We should not use our smartphones for more than a few hours every day.
2. By 2050, the way people communicate with each other will be different from now.
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 questions.
What Do You Think?
We have all had bad experiences with restaurants, stores, or hotels. Maybe you have gone to a restaurant that served terrible food. Perhaps you have gone to a store that had high prices or bad service. Or maybe you have booked a hotel and found out later that the room was nothing like the advertisement.
These days, we have a better chance of preventing these unpleasant surprises. We can do this by using apps. “App” is short for “application”. An app is a computer programme on a smartphone. You can use apps to do almost anything. Apps can help you play games, get directions, talk to friends, and so on.
If f you want to find information about a store or a hotel, you can use a review app. Review apps help us evaluate services and products before we hand over our money. The idea is very simple. After you go to a restaurant or stay in a hotel, you can post a review with one of your apps. You can say anything you want. If you like a hotel you stayed in, you can tell people that it was wonderful. If you think that the food in a certain restaurant was bad, then you tell people not to eat there. Other people can use their apps to read your reviews.
Plenty of people prefer not to use these review apps. Many of these people prefer to go out and decide for themselves whether or not a service is good. However, review apps are getting more and more popular every day. Some apps are for specific services. For example, Tripadvisor focuses on travel, and Goodreads focuses on books. There are also other, larger apps that provide information for just about every service that you can think of.
The phrase “is short for” in paragraph 2 can best be replaced by ________.
A. stands for
B. supports
C. takes after
D. offers
Chọn A.
Đáp án A.
Ta có: to be short for = to stand for: là chữ viết tắt của một từ/cụm từ nào đó.
Các đáp án khác.
B. supports: ủng hộ
C. takes after: trông giống
D. offers: đem lại
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 questions.
What Do You Think?
We have all had bad experiences with restaurants, stores, or hotels. Maybe you have gone to a restaurant that served terrible food. Perhaps you have gone to a store that had high prices or bad service. Or maybe you have booked a hotel and found out later that the room was nothing like the advertisement.
These days, we have a better chance of preventing these unpleasant surprises. We can do this by using apps. “App” is short for “application”. An app is a computer programme on a smartphone. You can use apps to do almost anything. Apps can help you play games, get directions, talk to friends, and so on.
If f you want to find information about a store or a hotel, you can use a review app. Review apps help us evaluate services and products before we hand over our money. The idea is very simple. After you go to a restaurant or stay in a hotel, you can post a review with one of your apps. You can say anything you want. If you like a hotel you stayed in, you can tell people that it was wonderful. If you think that the food in a certain restaurant was bad, then you tell people not to eat there. Other people can use their apps to read your reviews.
Plenty of people prefer not to use these review apps. Many of these people prefer to go out and decide for themselves whether or not a service is good. However, review apps are getting more and more popular every day. Some apps are for specific services. For example, Tripadvisor focuses on travel, and Goodreads focuses on books. There are also other, larger apps that provide information for just about every service that you can think of. 5
Which of the following would be another good title for the passage?
A. Wasteful Apps
B. Complaints from Customers
C. Customer Services
D. Conveniences for Customers
Chọn C.
Đáp án C.
Dịch câu hỏi: Điều nào sau đây sẽ là một tiêu đề tốt cho đoạn văn?
A. Ứng dụng lãng phí
B. Khiếu nại của khách hàng
C. Dịch vụ khách hàng
D. Tiện ích cho khách hàng
Có thể thấy bài viết này nói về các dịch vụ dành cho khách hàng, do đó "Customer Services" là tiêu đề thay thế phù hợp nhất. Các đáp án còn lại không phù hợp.
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 questions.
What Do You Think?
We have all had bad experiences with restaurants, stores, or hotels. Maybe you have gone to a restaurant that served terrible food. Perhaps you have gone to a store that had high prices or bad service. Or maybe you have booked a hotel and found out later that the room was nothing like the advertisement.
These days, we have a better chance of preventing these unpleasant surprises. We can do this by using apps. “App” is short for “application”. An app is a computer programme on a smartphone. You can use apps to do almost anything. Apps can help you play games, get directions, talk to friends, and so on.
If f you want to find information about a store or a hotel, you can use a review app. Review apps help us evaluate services and products before we hand over our money. The idea is very simple. After you go to a restaurant or stay in a hotel, you can post a review with one of your apps. You can say anything you want. If you like a hotel you stayed in, you can tell people that it was wonderful. If you think that the food in a certain restaurant was bad, then you tell people not to eat there. Other people can use their apps to read your reviews.
Plenty of people prefer not to use these review apps. Many of these people prefer to go out and decide for themselves whether or not a service is good. However, review apps are getting more and more popular every day. Some apps are for specific services. For example, Tripadvisor focuses on travel, and Goodreads focuses on books. There are also other, larger apps that provide information for just about every service that you can think of.
According to the passage, why do some people prefer NOT to use review apps?
A. They don't trust review apps.
B. They don't know how to use review apps.
C. They think review app are too hard.
D. They prefer to make their own decisions.
Chọn D.
Thông tin ở đoạn cuối: “Many of these people prefer to go out and decide for themselves whether or not a service is good.” (Nhiều người trong số họ thích việc ra ngoài và tự mình quyết định xem dịch vụ đó có tốt hay không hơn).
3.Do you agree or disagree with these statements?
1.We should'n have robots in our life.
I agree (wit this)./I don't agree (with this)
2.Living in the city is better than living in the countryside.
...............................................................
3.Driving a car is more convenivent than riding a motornike.
..................................................................
4.Leaning a foreign language is a waste of time.
...................................................................
5.We must wear our uniforms in school every day.
......................................................................
1 . We shouldn't have robots in our life
=> I don't agree with this
2 . Living in the city is bette than living in the country side
=> I don't agree with this
3. Driving a car is more convenient than riding a motorbike
=> I don't agree with this
4. Learning a foreign language is a waste of time
=> I don't agree with this
5. We must wear our uniforms in school everyday .
=> I don'r agree with this
Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to answer the questions.
We first learn about loving and caring relationships from our families. Family is defined as a domestic group of people with some degree of kinship - whether through blood, marriage, or adoption. Ideally, each child is nurtured, respected, and grows up to care for others and develop strong and healthy relationships. This does not mean that it is always easy to make and keep friends; it just means that we share the goal of having strong relationships.
"Family" includes your siblings and parents, as well as relatives who you may not interact with every day, such as your cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and stepparents.
These are probably the people you are closest to and with whom you spend the most time. Having healthy relationships with your family members is both important and difficult.
Families in the 21st century come in all shapes and sizes: traditional, single parent, blended (more than one family together in the same house], and gay and lesbian parents -just to name a few. No matter the "type" of family you have, there are going to be highs and lows - good times and bad. Many times, however, families become blocked in their relationships by hurt, anger, mistrust, and confusion. These are natural and normal, and few families do not have at least a few experiences with them. The worst time for most families, is during a divorce. By making a few simple changes in the way we look at the world and deal with other people, it is possible to create happier, more stable relationships. Families need to be units of mutual caring and support; they can be sources of lifelong strength for all individuals.
Which of the following is closest in meaning to “siblings” in paragraph 2?
A. husband & wife
B. chilren
C. brothers & sisters
D. friends
Đáp án C
Kiến thức về từ vựng
Câu nào sau đây gần nghĩa nhất với từ “siblings" trong đoạn 2?
A. chồng và vợ B. con cái
C. anh chị em D. bạn bè
Căn cứ vào thông tin đoạn 2:
“Family” includes your siblings and parents, as well as relatives who you may not interact with every day.” (“Gia đình” bao gồm anh chị em và cha mẹ của bạn, cũng như những người thân mà bạn không thể tương tác hàng ngày)
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 questions.
What Do You Think?
We have all had bad experiences with restaurants, stores, or hotels. Maybe you have gone to a restaurant that served terrible food. Perhaps you have gone to a store that had high prices or bad service. Or maybe you have booked a hotel and found out later that the room was nothing like the advertisement.
These days, we have a better chance of preventing these unpleasant surprises. We can do this by using apps. “App” is short for “application”. An app is a computer programme on a smartphone. You can use apps to do almost anything. Apps can help you play games, get directions, talk to friends, and so on.
If f you want to find information about a store or a hotel, you can use a review app. Review apps help us evaluate services and products before we hand over our money. The idea is very simple. After you go to a restaurant or stay in a hotel, you can post a review with one of your apps. You can say anything you want. If you like a hotel you stayed in, you can tell people that it was wonderful. If you think that the food in a certain restaurant was bad, then you tell people not to eat there. Other people can use their apps to read your reviews.
Plenty of people prefer not to use these review apps. Many of these people prefer to go out and decide for themselves whether or not a service is good. However, review apps are getting more and more popular every day. Some apps are for specific services. For example, Tripadvisor focuses on travel, and Goodreads focuses on books. There are also other, larger apps that provide information for just about every service that you can think of.
The word “it” in paragraph 3 refers to ________.
A. A restaurant
B. A hotel
C. A review
D. An idea
Chọn B.
Thông tin: “If you like a hotel you stayed in, you can tell people that it was wonderful.” (Nếu bạn thích một khách sạn mà bạn đã từng ở đó thì bạn có thể nói cho mọi người biết nó tuyệt vời.”
=> It ở đây được dùng thay thế cho “a hotel” đã được nhắc đến ở vế trước của câu.
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 questions.
What Do You Think?
We have all had bad experiences with restaurants, stores, or hotels. Maybe you have gone to a restaurant that served terrible food. Perhaps you have gone to a store that had high prices or bad service. Or maybe you have booked a hotel and found out later that the room was nothing like the advertisement.
These days, we have a better chance of preventing these unpleasant surprises. We can do this by using apps. “App” is short for “application”. An app is a computer programme on a smartphone. You can use apps to do almost anything. Apps can help you play games, get directions, talk to friends, and so on.
If f you want to find information about a store or a hotel, you can use a review app. Review apps help us evaluate services and products before we hand over our money. The idea is very simple. After you go to a restaurant or stay in a hotel, you can post a review with one of your apps. You can say anything you want. If you like a hotel you stayed in, you can tell people that it was wonderful. If you think that the food in a certain restaurant was bad, then you tell people not to eat there. Other people can use their apps to read your reviews.
Plenty of people prefer not to use these review apps. Many of these people prefer to go out and decide for themselves whether or not a service is good. However, review apps are getting more and more popular every day. Some apps are for specific services. For example, Tripadvisor focuses on travel, and Goodreads focuses on books. There are also other, larger apps that provide information for just about every service that you can think of.
The word “it” in paragraph 3 refers to ________.
A. A restaurant
B. A hotel
C. A review
D. An idea
Chọn B.
Thông tin: “If you like a hotel you stayed in, you can tell people that it was wonderful.” (Nếu bạn thích một khách sạn mà bạn đã từng ở đó thì bạn có thể nói cho mọi người biết nó tuyệt vời.”
=> It ở đây được dùng thay thế cho “a hotel” đã được nhắc đến ở vế trước của câu.
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 questions.
What Do You Think?
We have all had bad experiences with restaurants, stores, or hotels. Maybe you have gone to a restaurant that served terrible food. Perhaps you have gone to a store that had high prices or bad service. Or maybe you have booked a hotel and found out later that the room was nothing like the advertisement.
These days, we have a better chance of preventing these unpleasant surprises. We can do this by using apps. “App” is short for “application”. An app is a computer programme on a smartphone. You can use apps to do almost anything. Apps can help you play games, get directions, talk to friends, and so on.
If f you want to find information about a store or a hotel, you can use a review app. Review apps help us evaluate services and products before we hand over our money. The idea is very simple. After you go to a restaurant or stay in a hotel, you can post a review with one of your apps. You can say anything you want. If you like a hotel you stayed in, you can tell people that it was wonderful. If you think that the food in a certain restaurant was bad, then you tell people not to eat there. Other people can use their apps to read your reviews.
Plenty of people prefer not to use these review apps. Many of these people prefer to go out and decide for themselves whether or not a service is good. However, review apps are getting more and more popular every day. Some apps are for specific services. For example, Tripadvisor focuses on travel, and Goodreads focuses on books. There are also other, larger apps that provide information for just about every service that you can think of.
If you want to book a hotel, how can a review app help you?
A. It can tell you about the hotel before you book it.
B. It can tell you how to use a smartphone.
C. It can tell you about other people who post reviews.
D. It can help you write better reviews.
Chọn A.
Thông tin ở đoạn 3: “Review apps help us evaluate services and products before we hand over our money.” (Các đánh giá ứng dụng giúp chúng ta đánh giá các dịch vụ và sản phẩm trước khi trả tiền). Nghĩa là đánh giá ứng dụng sẽ cho chúng ta biết khách sạn đó như thế nào trước khi đặt phòng.
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 25 to 29. Fill in the appropriate word in question 26
Speech is one of the most important ways of communicating. It consists of far more than just making noises. To talk and also to (25) ______ by other people, we have to speak a language, that is, we have to use combinations of (26) ______ that everyone agrees to stand for a particular object or idea. Communication would be impossible if everyone made up their own language.
Learning a language properly is very important. The (27) _______ vocabulary of English is not very large, and only about 2,000 words are needed to speak it quite well. But the more ideas you can (28) ______, the more precise you can be about their exact meanings.
Words are the main thing we use in communicating what we want to say. The way we say the words is also very important. Our tone of voice can express many emotions and (29) _____ whether we are pleased or angry, for instance.
A. sounds
B. languages
C. systems
D. talks
Chọn A.
Đáp án A.
Xét 4 đáp án:
A. sounds: âm thanh
B. languages: ngôn ngữ
C. systems: hệ thống
D. talks: các cuộc trò chuyện để “speak” (nói) thì cần có các âm thanh
Ý trong bài: Để nói chuyện và cũng để được hiểu bởi người khác, chúng ta phải nói một ngôn ngữ, nghĩa là, chúng ta phải sử dụng sự kết hợp của âm thanh mà mọi người đồng ý đứng cho một đối tượng hay ý tưởng cụ thể.