Question 38. Tom is unhappy. He always makes mistakes. ( wish)
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He makes a lot of mistakes, which makes his teacher angry. (always)
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Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question.
If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a disaster. According to several scientists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children.
However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well - especially if the parents are very supportive of their child.
Michael is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Michael's mother knows very little about music, but his father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.
Winston, Michael's friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his parents are successful musicians, and they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.
One of the serious mistakes parents can make is to …………
A. push their child into trying too much
B. help their child to become a genius
C. make their child become a musician
D. neglect their child's education
Đáp án: B
Thông tin: If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a disaster. According to several scientists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make.
Dịch: Nếu cha mẹ nuôi dạy một đứa trẻ với mục đích duy nhất là biến đứa trẻ thành thiên tài, chúng sẽ gây ra thảm họa. Theo một số nhà khoa học, đây là một trong những sai lầm lớn nhất mà các bậc cha mẹ đầy tham vọng mắc phải.
Complete each sentence with a word formed from the word given.
36. Banh Chung is a ……………………dish at Tet in Vietnam. (tradition)
37. He laughed ……………………when he was watching “Tom and Jerry” on TV. (unhappy)
38. If we go on littering, the environment will become ……………………polluted. (serious)
39. Minh Hang won the highest prize in a dancing ……………………last week. (compete)
40. The children felt ……………………when their mother was coming back home. (excitement)
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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 answer to each of the questions from 38 to 45.
If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a disaster. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children
However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well – especially if the parents are very supportive of their child.
Michael Collins is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Michael’s mother knows very little about music, but his father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.
Winston Smith, Michael’s friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his parents are successful musicians, and they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.
Question:One of the serious mistakes parents can make is to______.
A. push their child into trying too much.
B. help their child to become a genius.
C. make their child become a musician.
D. neglect their child’s education.
Đáp án A
Một trong những sai lầm nghiêm trọng mà các bậc phụ huynh có thể mắc phải đó là ______.
A. đẩy con cái vào việc cố gắng quá sức.
B. giúp con trở thành một thiên tài.
C. làm cho con trở thành một nhạc sĩ.
D. thời ơ việc học hành của con.
Dẫn chứng ở 2 câu đầu tiên: “If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a disaster. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make”- (Nếu cha mẹ nuôi nấng con cái chỉ với một mục đích duy nhất là biến con mình trở thành thiên tài, thì họ sẽ gây ra 1 thảm họa khôn lường. Theo như 1 vài nhà tâm lí giáo dục, đó là 1 trong những sai lầm lớn nhất mà các bậc phụ huynh hay tham vọng thường mắc phải).
=> Việc nuôi con chỉ với mục đích biến chúng trở thành 1 thiên tài nghĩa là đang đẩy chúng vào việc cố gắng quá sức mình, chứ không phải là giúp đỡ chúng trở thành thiên tài.
Change the word in brackets to complete the sentence
-Nam's mother is ____because he always makes mistakes.(HAPPY)
-I love these people because they are very_____.(FRIEND)
-She is not___from her sister.(DIFFER)
-Her new shool is___than her old school.(BIG)
Change the word in brackets to complete the sentence
-Nam's mother is __unhappy__because he always makes mistakes.(HAPPY)
-I love these people because they are very__friendly___.(FRIEND)
-She is not_different__from her sister.(DIFFER)
-Her new shool is_bigger__than her old school.(BIG)
Change the word in brackets to complete the sentence
-Nam's mother is _unhappy___because he always makes mistakes.(HAPPY)
-I love these people because they are very__friendly___.(FRIEND)
-She is not__different_from her sister.(DIFFER)
-Her new shool is_bigger__than her old school.(BIG)
Change the word in brackets to complete the sentence
-Nam's mother is _unhappy___because he always makes mistakes.(HAPPY)
-I love these people because they are very__friendly___.(FRIEND)
-She is not_different__from her sister.(DIFFER)
-Her new shool is_bigger__than her old school.(BIG)
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 38 to 45.
If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a disaster. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children
However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well – especially if the parents are very supportive of their child.
Michael Collins is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Michael’s mother knows very little about music, but his father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.
Winston Smith, Michael’s friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his parents are successful musicians, and they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.
Question:Michael Collins is fortunate in that______.
A. his father is a musician.
B. his parents are quite rich.
C. his parents help him in a sensible way.
D. his mother knows little about music.
Đáp án C
Michael Collins may mắn trong việc ______.
A. cha anh là 1 nhạc sĩ.
B. bố mẹ anh rất giàu có.
C. được bố mẹ giúp đỡ 1 cách tài tình, hợp lí.
D. mẹ anh không biết gì về âm nhạc.
Dẫn chứng ở 2 câu đầu đoạn 3: “Michael Collins is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him” – (Michael Collins rất may mắn. Anh đam mê âm nhạc và được bố mẹ giúp đỡ rất nhiều bằng việc đưa tới các buổi hòa nhạc và sắp xếp cho những buổi học piano và violin).
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 38 to 45.
If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a disaster. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children
However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well – especially if the parents are very supportive of their child.
Michael Collins is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Michael’s mother knows very little about music, but his father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.
Winston Smith, Michael’s friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his parents are successful musicians, and they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.
Question:The phrase "crazy about" in in the paragraph 3 mostly means______.
A. surprised at
B. extremely interested in
C. completely unaware of
D. confused about
Đáp án B
Câu hỏi từ vựng.
A. surprised at: ngạc nhiên về.
B. extremely interested in: cực kì thích thú về.
C. completely unaware of: hoàn toàn không biết về.
D. confused about: bối rối, lúng túng về.
Tobe crazy about sbd/smt: say mê, điên đảo về ai/cái gì = B. tobe extremely interested in smt: cực kì thích thú về ai/cái gì.
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 38 to 45.
If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a disaster. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children
However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well – especially if the parents are very supportive of their child.
Michael Collins is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Michael’s mother knows very little about music, but his father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.
Winston Smith, Michael’s friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his parents are successful musicians, and they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.
Question:Winston’s parents push their son so much and he______.
A. has won a lot of piano competitions.
B. cannot learn much music from them.
C. has become a good musician.
D. is afraid to disappoint them.
Đáp án D
Cha mẹ của Winson thúc ép con mình quá nhiều và anh ấy ______.
A. đã chiến thắng nhiều cuộc thi piano.
B. không thể học được nhiều về âm nhạc từ họ.
C. trở thành 1 nhạc sĩ tài giỏi.
D. sợ sẽ làm họ thất vọng.
Dẫn chứng ở câu cuối cùng: “Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy”- (Winston luôn luôn lo lắng rằng anh sẽ làm bố mẹ mình thất vọng và hiện giờ anh ấy luôn luôn trông rất trầm lặng và không mấy cảm thấy hạnh phúc).
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 38 to 45.
If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a disaster. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children
However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well – especially if the parents are very supportive of their child.
Michael Collins is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Michael’s mother knows very little about music, but his father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.
Winston Smith, Michael’s friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his parents are successful musicians, and they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.
Question:The two examples given in the passage illustrate the principle that______.
A. successful parents always have intelligent children.
B. successful parents often have unsuccessful children.
C. parents should let the child develop in the way he wants.
D. parents should spend more money on the child’s education.
Đáp án C
2 ví dụ được đưa ra trong đoạn văn minh họa cho nguyên tắc______.
A. những bậc phụ huynh thành đạt luôn luôn có những đứa con thông minh.
B. những bậc phụ huynh thành đạt thường có những đứa con bất tài.
C. bố mẹ nên để con cái phát triển theo hướng mà chúng muốn.
D. bố mẹ nên chi nhiều tiền hơn vào việc giáo dục của con cái.
Giải thích: Ví dụ thứ nhất về Michael Collins, anh luôn luôn được bố mẹ ủng hộ và tận tình giúp đỡ cho niềm đam mê của mình, đó là một niềm may mắn lớn; và ví dụ thứ 2 về Winston Smith – bạn của Michael, bố mẹ anh luôn đặt kì vọng vọng lớn vào con trai và họ sẽ không vui nếu như con mình không chiến thắng. Do đó Winston sống rất lặng lẽ và không mấy cảm thấy hạnh phúc.