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We all know stories about people with exceptional memories who have the ability to remember hundreds of numbers after hearing them only once .Now experts are saying that such feats can be taught.
For example, most people can repeat about nine numbers if they are read out one a second. In one experiment, ten hours' training produced only a small improvement, but the results after practising for a thousand hours were amazing: some people remembered 80 ar even 100 numbers. Similarly, most adults can identify only about five out of a set of 21 colours that are only slightly different. But after 80 training hours one person could recognise 18 of them. Studies of 76 major composers show that it took at least ten years of musical training before any of them wrote a major work. Psychologists are therefore raising the possibility that genius is the product of teaching

Exercise 28                   HEALTHY EATING

In the past, any mother would be (0).........proud..........if                            PRIDE

her children were round and slightly fat. Those

days are gone. (1)........Researchers.............have now reached the              RESEARCH

(2)........conclusion........that too much fat and sugar in her children's      CONCLUDE

diets are a major factor in the (3)..........development..........of heart                DEVELOP

diseases and other(4)............illnesses.............when they are older.                     ILL

However, (5)................growing ......children need to eat  a wide                   GROW

range of foods, and their general health could                             

be(6).......... endangered..........by cutting out particular ones. Psychologists   DANGER

say that the (7).......... solution ............is not to change                                   SOLVE

eating habits too fast, but to do it (8)........... carefully..........., so                      CARE        

that children do not lose muscle in addition to                                 

fat. Parents should present food a little (9)........... differently........        DIFFERENCE

, spread butter thinly and avoid putting sugar

on the table. Children should also be(10)....... encouraged ......                     COURAGE

to take part in sports: this way they will be using

the calories that they have eaten.

Exercise 29        COLLECTING EGGCUPS

People collect a large (0)..........................of objects:                         VARY

stamps, postcards, dolls. Some people collect

objects which are connected with (1).................                          HISTORY

events or with (2)..................people. But one of                                FAME

the strangest(3).............is that of eggcups.                                 COLLECT

Kenvin Murphy of Bradford in Yorkshire has

10.000 of them. Not (4)..................., his favorite                       SUPPRISE

eggcup is one in the shape of a (5)...................  Yorkshire man          TYPE

. Kenvin's hobby began seven years ago                         

,  after he (6)..................an elephant eggcup to                                  LOAN

a granddaughter who took such a (7)............................                       LIKE

to it she insisted on keeping it. Kenvin saw a few

eggcups he liked at a (8)......................at a local shop,                        SELL

and started collecting them.

Others like Kenvin's eggcup too. " I have just

bought a ( 9)................for one of my favorites,                           REPLACE

which (10)................disappeared last week, " he said               MYSTERY

1. Variety         2. historical         3. famous          4. collection          5. surprisingly

6. Strangest     7. sale                   8. Others            9. replacement    10. Mysteriously

V. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.

1. To the Chinese, 8 is a lucky number, ____ the Vietnamese believe 9 brings luck, and the 1 and 8 of 18, adding up to 9, are considered success.

A. despite                            B. but                                   C. while                               D. and

2. Many people believe that the first person who visits their home on the first day of the New Year will ____ their life.

A. change                            B. afford                             C. effect                              D. affect

3. That year, things were going a lot better for the Pilgrims, thanks to ____ help of Squanto and Samoset.

A. an                                    B. the                                   C. a                                      D. x

4. In ____ Netherlands, singing at ____  dinner table means you are singing to ____ devil for your dinner – which means bad luck.

A. x - the - the                    B. the - the - a                     C. x - a - the                        D. the - the - the

5. In Spain, it is believes to be bad luck to enter ____ room with your left foot.

A. a                                      B. an                                    C. the                                   D. x

6. Cultural diversity makes the United States a ____ interesting place in which to live for all of its inhabitants.

A. much better                    B. more                                C. many more                     D. much more

7. In every culture, there are basic standards for social ____ such as personal space distance, eye contact, amount of body language displayed in public.

A. reaction                          B. interaction                      C. relationship                    D. relation

8. They invited these friends and their families to ____ special meal. It was ____ first Thanksgiving dinner with turkey, fish, green beans, and soup.

A. a - a                                 B. a - the                              C. a - x                                 D. the - a

9. Today, Australia is one of ____ diverse countries in the world.

A. the more culturally                       B. the most culturally        C. most cultural                  D. the most cultural

10. UN World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development on May 21^st is a chance to celebrate the cultural diversity of people around us, and find out more about what we have ____.

A. as usual                          B. as normal                       C. in common                     D. alike

IV. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.

V. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.

1. To the Chinese, 8 is a lucky number, ____ the Vietnamese believe 9 brings luck, and the 1 and 8 of 18, adding up to 9, are considered success.

A. despite                            B. but                                   C. while                               D. and

2. Many people believe that the first person who visits their home on the first day of the New Year will ____ their life.

A. change                            B. afford                             C. effect                              D. affect

3. That year, things were going a lot better for the Pilgrims, thanks to ____ help of Squanto and Samoset.

A. an                                    B. the                                   C. a                                      D. x

4. In ____ Netherlands, singing at ____  dinner table means you are singing to ____ devil for your dinner – which means bad luck.

A. x - the - the                    B. the - the - a                     C. x - a - the                        D. the - the - the

5. In Spain, it is believed to be bad luck to enter ____ room with your left foot.

A. a                                      B. an                                    C. the                                   D. x

6. Cultural diversity makes the United States a ____ interesting place in which to live for all of its inhabitants.

A. much better                    B. more                                C. many more                     D. much more

7. In every culture, there are basic standards for social ____ such as personal space distance, eye contact, amount of body language displayed in public.

A. reaction                          B. interaction                      C. relationship                    D. relation

8. They invited these friends and their families to ____ special meal. It was ____ first Thanksgiving dinner with turkey, fish, green beans, and soup.

A. a - a                                 B. a - the                              C. a - x                                 D. the - a

9. Today, Australia is one of ____ diverse countries in the world.

A. the more culturally                       B. the most culturally        C. most cultural                  D. the most cultural

10. UN World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development on May 21^st is a chance to celebrate the cultural diversity of people around us, and find out more about what we have ____.

A. as usual                          B. as normal                       C. in common                     D. alike

Tham khảo

Up until the 1960s,not many British people had flown abroad for their holidays.Although the idea was Attracted ,flying was still too expensive for most people.The only Chose people had was to go to British resorts.Instead of flying,families drove to the British coast.Places like Blackpool and Brighton had milions of Visitor every year.During the 60s and 70s,prices dropped and Travelers began to visit places like Spain.At first,hotels were Comfortable but they slowly got better.These day,the Department lounges at airports are full and people travel Backs and forwards across the world for work and on holiday.Every summer,tourist go in all Director in search of the perfect beach and the perfect resort.

Use the words in capitals to form a new word that fits into each blank!

1. People don’t always show their true ___feelings____ (FEEL).

2. There was a lot of _____________________ when the prince got out of the car and went to the fans. (EXCITE)

3. This is quite a __noisy___ neighbourhood. I wouldn’t want to live here. (NOISE)

4. He told me it wasn’t very ___dangerous__ to swim in that lake. (DANGER)

5. There has been an increase in ___pollution__ in the last 40 years. (POLLUTE)

6. The injection is quite ___unpainful_____. It doesn’t hurt (PAIN)

7. __Unfortunately____, it’s raining today so we can’t go out. (FORTUNATE)

8. They gave us a _____________________ between playing volleyball and singing songs. (CHOOSE)

9. The ____death___ of John Lennon shocked the world. (DEAD)

10.All of a sudden, he ___appeared____ and we didn’t know where he had gone (APPEAR)

11.The flood caused a ___natural__ disaster. People had to leave their homes (NATURE).

12.You must have a lot of __imagination___ if you think about things like that (IMAGINE).

13.My parents took me to the art _____________________, which I really liked. (EXHIBIT)

14.He has been very __helpful____ in these past few days. (HELP)

15.The musician won a lot of _____________________ by uploading all his videos onto YouTube. (FAMOUS)

16.What is the best way to lose __weight___? (WEIGH)

17.When the factory closed over a hundred people became _unemployed____. (EMPLOY)

18.I am _____________________ to give you more money, but you have to be careful about what you spend it on. (WILL)

19.The police couldn’t catch the ___robbers__, so that he escaped. (ROB)

20.It was a ____thrilling____ film . We were all glad we saw it. (THRILL)

21.It was __thought___ for him to play for the rival football team. (THINK)

22.The ___scientist__ agreed to go through with the experiment for us. (SCIENCE)

23. _Realistic__ TV is watched by many people around the world. (REAL)

24.Amateur and ___professional___ players were allowed to take part in the tournament. (PROFESSION)

25.It was a good ___performance_ that we saw yesterday. (PERFORM)

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44. operation

45. emphasise

46. surgeon

47. discomfort

48. beneficial

49.surgical

50.  recovery

51. injection

52.  operation

A

1 collection

2 singers

3 children

4 player

5 musicians

6 collectors

7 entertainment

8 childhood

B

1 join

2 turn

3 sent

4 eat

5 gave

6 carried

7 take

C

1  Jack is crazy about 

2 was a sailor

3 feel like watching

4 took part

5 a game of tennis against

6 used to play

7 really interested in

8 had fun

9 is popular with

10 isn't keen on

D

1 B

2 D

3 C

4 A

5 C

6 A

7 D

8 B

E

35 - D

36 - F

37 - C

38 - A

39 - E

40 - B

1. collection

2. singers

3. children

4. player

5. musicians

6. collectors

7. entertainment

8. childhood

superstitious

uncomforatable

belief

reflection

destroyed

renewable

surrounding

purpose

accidentally

custom