Use the correct form of the word in brackets to complete the following passage

The (1.discover)........ that a member of your family is sleepwalking may be (2.alarm)....... but it is not an uncommon phenomenon. Both adults and children sleepwalk, however it is more common among children. Sleepwalking is not a psychological (3.order)........, as some may think. Nor is there any (4.connect)........ between dreams and sleepwalking. The explanation which experts give for sleepwalking is that it is mainly due to being (5.tire)...... and under a lot of stress. (6.anxious)......., (7.press)...... at work or at school or even a loss of a favorite (8.possess)....... could trigger it off. Slerpwalkers move easily around the house despite the (9.dark)......, sometimes opening drawers as if searching for something. It is difficult to wake up a sleepwalker and it is comsidered (10.wise)....... because it can cause great distress. The following morning he doesn't usually remember anything. There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence

* 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 from 43 to 50.

  In young language learners, there is a critical period of time beyond which it becomes increasingly difficult to acquire a language. Children generally attain proficiency in their first language by the age of five and continue in a state of relative linguistic plasticity until puberty. [A] Neurolinguistic research has singled out the lateralization of the brain as the reason for this dramatic change from fluidity to rigidity in language function. Lateralization is the process by which the brain hemispheres become dominant for different tasks. The right hemisphere of the brain controls emotions and social functions, whereas the left hemisphere regulates the control of analytical functions, intelligence, and logic. [B] For the majority of adults, language functions are dominant on the left side of the brain. [C] Numerous studies have demonstrated that it is nearly impossible to attain a nativelike accent in a second language, though some adults have overcome the odds, after lateralization is complete. [D]

  Cognitive development also affects language acquisition, but in this case adult learners may have some advantages over child learners. Small children tend to have a very concrete, here- and-now view of the world around them, but at puberty, about the time that lateralization is complete, people become capable of abstract thinking, which is particularly useful for language. Generally speaking, adults can profit from grammatical explanations, whereas children cannot. This is evidenced by the fact that children are rather unreceptive to correction of grammatical features and instead tend to focus on the meaning of an utterance rather than its form. However, language learning theory suggests that for both adults and children, optimal language acquisition occurs in a meaning centered context. Though children have the edge over adult language learners with respect to attaining a nativelike pronunciation, adults clearly have

an intellectual advantage which greatly facilitates language learning.

The word “critical” could best be replaced by_________.

A. plasticity is lacking in language function 

B. the left hemisphere is not yet dominant in language function 

C. It is impossible to attain a native accent in a language 

D. emotions are controlled by the left hemisphere of the brain

* 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 from 43 to 50.

  In young language learners, there is a critical period of time beyond which it becomes increasingly difficult to acquire a language. Children generally attain proficiency in their first language by the age of five and continue in a state of relative linguistic plasticity until puberty. [A] Neurolinguistic research has singled out the lateralization of the brain as the reason for this dramatic change from fluidity to rigidity in language function. Lateralization is the process by which the brain hemispheres become dominant for different tasks. The right hemisphere of the brain controls emotions and social functions, whereas the left hemisphere regulates the control of analytical functions, intelligence, and logic. [B] For the majority of adults, language functions are dominant on the left side of the brain. [C] Numerous studies have demonstrated that it is nearly impossible to attain a nativelike accent in a second language, though some adults have overcome the odds, after lateralization is complete. [D]

  Cognitive development also affects language acquisition, but in this case adult learners may have some advantages over child learners. Small children tend to have a very concrete, here- and-now view of the world around them, but at puberty, about the time that lateralization is complete, people become capable of abstract thinking, which is particularly useful for language. Generally speaking, adults can profit from grammatical explanations, whereas children cannot. This is evidenced by the fact that children are rather unreceptive to correction of grammatical features and instead tend to focus on the meaning of an utterance rather than its form. However, language learning theory suggests that for both adults and children, optimal language acquisition occurs in a meaning centered context. Though children have the edge over adult language learners with respect to attaining a nativelike pronunciation, adults clearly have

an intellectual advantage which greatly facilitates language learning.

The word “critical” could best be replaced by_________.

A. judgmental

B. particular

C. crucial

D. negative

* 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 from 43 to 50. In young language learners, there is a critical period of time beyond which it becomes increasingly difficult to acquire a language. Children generally attain proficiency in their first language by the age of five and continue in a state of relative linguistic plasticity until puberty. [A] Neurolinguistic research has singled out the lateralization of the brain as the reason for this dramatic change from fluidity to rigidity in language function. Lateralization is the process by which the brain hemispheres become dominant for different tasks. The right hemisphere of the brain controls emotions and social functions, whereas the left hemisphere regulates the control of analytical functions, intelligence, and logic. [B] For the majority of adults, language functions are dominant on the left side of the brain. [C] Numerous studies have demonstrated that it is nearly impossible to attain a nativelike accent in a second language, though some adults have overcome the odds, after lateralization is complete. [D] Cognitive development also affects language acquisition, but in this case adult learners may have some advantages over child learners. Small children tend to have a very concrete, here- and-now view of the world around them, but at puberty, about the time that lateralization is complete, people become capable of abstract thinking, which is particularly useful for language. Generally speaking, adults can profit from grammatical explanations, whereas children cannot. This is evidenced by the fact that children are rather unreceptive to correction of grammatical features and instead tend to focus on the meaning of an utterance rather than its form. However, language learning theory suggests that for both adults and children, optimal language acquisition occurs in a meaning centered context. Though children have the edge over adult language learners with respect to attaining a nativelike pronunciation, adults clearly have an intellectual advantage which greatly facilitates language learning.

The word “unreceptive” is closest in meaning to____________.

A. indifferent

B. refusing to receive 

C. unable to

D. insensitive

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 23 to 27

No one can say when sports began. Since it is impossible to (23) _____ a time when children did not spontaneously run races or wrestle, it is clear that children have always included sports in their play, but one can only speculate about the (24) _____ of sports as autotelic physical contests for adults. Hunters are depicted in prehistoric art, but it cannot be known (25) _____ the hunters pursued their prey in a mood of grim necessity or with the joyful abandon of sportsmen. It is certain, (26) ______, from the rich literary and iconographic evidence of all ancient civilizations that hunting soon became an end in itself at least for royalty and nobility. Archaeological evidence also indicates that ball games were common among ancient peoples as (27) _____as the Chinese and the Aztecs.

Điền ô 26

A. therefore

B. so

C. consequently

D. however

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 23 to 27

No one can say when sports began. Since it is impossible to (23) _____ a time when children did not spontaneously run races or wrestle, it is clear that children have always included sports in their play, but one can only speculate about the (24) _____ of sports as autotelic physical contests for adults. Hunters are depicted in prehistoric art, but it cannot be known (25) _____ the hunters pursued their prey in a mood of grim necessity or with the joyful abandon of sportsmen. It is certain, (26) ______, from the rich literary and iconographic evidence of all ancient civilizations that hunting soon became an end in itself at least for royalty and nobility. Archaeological evidence also indicates that ball games were common among ancient peoples as (27) _____as the Chinese and the Aztecs.

Điền ô 24

A. emergence

B. emerge

C. emergency

D. immersion

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 23 to 27

No one can say when sports began. Since it is impossible to (23) _____ a time when children did not spontaneously run races or wrestle, it is clear that children have always included sports in their play, but one can only speculate about the (24) _____ of sports as autotelic physical contests for adults. Hunters are depicted in prehistoric art, but it cannot be known (25) _____ the hunters pursued their prey in a mood of grim necessity or with the joyful abandon of sportsmen. It is certain, (26) ______, from the rich literary and iconographic evidence of all ancient civilizations that hunting soon became an end in itself at least for royalty and nobility. Archaeological evidence also indicates that ball games were common among ancient peoples as (27) _____as the Chinese and the Aztecs.

Điền ô 25

A. when

B. whether

C. how

D. why

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 23 to 27

No one can say when sports began. Since it is impossible to (23) _____ a time when children did not spontaneously run races or wrestle, it is clear that children have always included sports in their play, but one can only speculate about the (24) _____ of sports as autotelic physical contests for adults. Hunters are depicted in prehistoric art, but it cannot be known (25) _____ the hunters pursued their prey in a mood of grim necessity or with the joyful abandon of sportsmen. It is certain, (26) ______, from the rich literary and iconographic evidence of all ancient civilizations that hunting soon became an end in itself at least for royalty and nobility. Archaeological evidence also indicates that ball games were common among ancient peoples as (27) _____as the Chinese and the Aztecs.

Điền số 23

A. think

B. see

C. have

D. imagine

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 23 to 27

No one can say when sports began. Since it is impossible to (23) _____ a time when children did not spontaneously run races or wrestle, it is clear that children have always included sports in their play, but one can only speculate about the (24) _____ of sports as autotelic physical contests for adults. Hunters are depicted in prehistoric art, but it cannot be known (25) _____ the hunters pursued their prey in a mood of grim necessity or with the joyful abandon of sportsmen. It is certain, (26) ______, from the rich literary and iconographic evidence of all ancient civilizations that hunting soon became an end in itself at least for royalty and nobility. Archaeological evidence also indicates that ball games were common among ancient peoples as (27) _____as the Chinese and the Aztecs.

Điền ô 27

A. different

B. far

C. similar

D. old