3. Read the Reading Strategy. Then look at the sentences in exercise 4 below. Find a synonym or paraphrase in the text for each underlined phrase in the sentences.
(Đọc Chiến lược Đọc hiểu. Sau đó xem các câu trong bài tập 4 bên dưới. Tìm một từ đồng nghĩa hoặc cách diễn giải trong văn bản cho mỗi cụm từ được gạch chân trong các câu.)
was very keen on = loved (yêu thích)
offered = gave (cho)
to earn money for = get paid for (kiếm tiền)
a disadvantage = The only problem (bất lợi)
4. Read the Reading Strategy. Then look at questions 1-4 in exercise 5. Find the underlined words in the text and explain why those options are not correct.
(Đọc Chiến lược Đọc. Sau đó, xem các câu hỏi 1-4 trong bài tập 5. Tìm các từ gạch chân trong văn bản và giải thích tại sao các lựa chọn đó không đúng)
Reading Strategy(Chiến lược đọc)
Do not assume that because a multiple-choice option contains words from the text, it is correct. Focus on meaning, not on individual words.
(Đừng cho rằng vì một đáp án trong trắc nghiệm chứa từ trong bài đọc, là đúng. Tập trung vào ngữ nghĩa. không phải riêng rẽ từng từ một.)
Treat option as a true or false task in order to find the option that is true.
(Coi các lựa chọn là một bài tập đúng sai để tìm ra đáp án nào đúng.)
1. Hilary said that she didn’t like the taste of coffee, so she couldn’t drink a lot.
(Hilary nói rằng cô ấy không thích mùi vị của cà phê, vì vậy cô ấy không thể uống nhiều.)
2. Kevin first saw baby turtle at a turtle sanctuary.
(Lần đầu tiên Kevin nhìn thấy rùa con tại khu bảo tồn rùa.)
3. Kevin saw loads of multicolored fish but he didn’t catch them.
(Kevin nhìn thấy vô số cá nhiều màu nhưng anh không bắt.)
4. Terry lost in the jungle because he chased a monkey which ran away with his sunglasses.
(Terry đã bị lạc trong rừng vì anh ta đuổi theo một con khỉ, nó đã bỏ chạy cùng chiếc kính râm của anh ta.)
Read the Reading Strategy and the questions in exercise 4. Then answer the following questions.
1. Which questions in exercise 4 ask about
a. the writer's intention?
b. the writer's opinion?
c. factual information?
2. How did you decide on the answers to question 1?
3. Which question in exercise 4 is about the whole blog post?
1.
*Questions in exercise 4 asking about the writer's intention: Question 6
(Các câu hỏi ở bài tập 4 hỏi về dụng ý của người viết: Câu hỏi 6)
*Questions in exercise 4 asking about the writer's opinion: Question 4 and 5
(Các câu hỏi trong bài tập 4 hỏi về quan điểm của người viết: Câu hỏi 4 và 5)
*Questions in exercise 4 asking about factual information: Question 1 and 2
(Các câu hỏi trong bài tập 4 hỏi về thông tin thực tế: Câu hỏi 1 và 2)
2. By reading the first part without the options.
(Bằng cách đọc phần đầu tiên mà không có tùy chọn.)
3. Which question in exercise 4 is about the whole blog post? => Question 6
(Câu hỏi nào trong bài tập 4 là về toàn bộ bài đăng trên blog? => Câu 6)
Read the Reading Strategy. Is there a question about the main idea or the writer's overall opinion in the questions in exercise 4?
Reading Strategy 1 Multiple-choice questions are always in the same order as the information in the text. 2 If there is a question testing the main idea of the text, or the writer's overall opinion, it will come last. 3 The correct option will match the meaning of the text but use different words. Make sure the other options are not right or are not mentioned in the text. 4 If you can't decide between the options, an intelligent guess is better than no answer. |
Yes, question 5 is about the writer's overall opinion of ‘yarn bombing’.
Read the Reading Strategy. Then complete these tasks.
1 Look at question 1 in exercise 4. Read the second paragraph of the text.
2 Circle the correct option and identify the sentence of the paragraph which gives the answer.
3 Which words are used in the sentence instead of the words in the correct option?
A perfect companion
A: Hello there.
B: How are you?
A: I am doing very well. How are you?
B: Fine.
A: Glad to hear it. What's for today?
B: Nothin'.
A: Fair enough. What do you want to study?
B: I dunno.
A: You don't know what you want to study?! Lazy humans!
B: Say what I need to study.
A: You have not yet told me what you want to study.
This conversation is between a visually-impaired student, Nick, and his digital tutor named Ann Sullutor.
Ann Sullutor is the brainchild of a 22nd century scientist modelled on and named after the dedicated tutor of Helen Keller. You can have conversations with Ann Sullutor via a wristwatch or any piece of jewellery. The idea of the digital tutor was to help disabled children study in mainstream schools.
Early in the morning, Ann Sullutor wakes up from a full charge of energy, ready for a 20-hour non-stop working day. Nick is quite independent in familiar situations, but if he comes across something unexpected, he can turn to Ann Sullutor for help by using his voice to control the watch on this wrist. Similarly, if he is in an unfamiliar place, he can get directions from Ann through a tiny set of earphones. In an emergency, for example, if there is an obstacle or unexpected vehicle, Nick receives a tiny vibration as a warning. Ann sends reports to the child's parents on a regular basis or on demand.
Registered in the school system and equipped with an immense database, Ann can easily keep track of Nick's schedule and curriculum. During class, Ann gives off a warning beep when Nick is distracted, quicky converts the new material into braille or dictates what the teacher has just written on board. Ann is there to bridge the gap between Nick and his classmates. In Nick's individual sessions, Ann suggests lessons depending on his preference and ability. She can adapt the lesson to aid Nick's learning process, but she doesn't jump in immediately to offer him a hand. Nick has to work on his own for a while before Ann makes a few suggestions. She may even ask Nick to read some extra materials to get a grasp of the topic. Nick often complains about Ann's persistence and strictness. In his fury, Nick sometimes does wish to turn Ann off for a while, which can only be done by his parents.
Ann Sullutor is much more than a beautifully-designed gadget for a visually-impaired child. She can make a perfect companion to any child that needs a tutor or a friend to talk with.
Reading Strategy In a multiple-choice question, the correct option will match the meaning of the text but use different words. It is therefore important not to automatically assume that a multiple-choice option which contains words from the text is correct. |
* Câu hỏi 1 bài tập 4
1 Ann Sullutor
a is an invention of the 22nd century.
b costs a huge sum of money.
c takes a 20-hour energy charge.
d can't be controlled orally.
Thông tin: “Ann Sullutor is the brainchild of a 22nd century scientist”
(Ann Sullutor là sản phẩm trí tuệ của một nhà khoa học thế kỷ 22.)
Chọn A
Từ được dùng trong câu thay cho từ phương án đúng là: “brainchild” (sản phẩm trí tuệ) thay thế cho “invention” (sự phát minh)
Read the Reading Strategy. Then read the sentences below and the highlighted words in the text. Say which sentence links to which highlighted word and underline the part of the sentence which helped you to decide.
A. You see the world differently, develop your own views and your own sense of right and wrong.
B. They may not say so, but they are probably feeling a sense of loss and may even feel rejected by you.
C. Firstly, let your parents know that you still love and value them.
D. Keep talking to your parents.
E. In general, emotionally and socially, the adolescents like you are experiencing profound changes in terms of freedom, privacy, interests, decisions and opinions.
F. You hate being told what to do all the time.
G. Despite this, you should always listen carefully.
A. opinions and idealistic
B. communication
C. secondly
D. communication
E. physically
F. made decision
G. made decisio
• For questions 1−10, read the text below and then decide which answer best fits each gap.
HAVING A LAUGH
In one study conducted in 2016, samples of laughter from (1) _________ of English-speaking students (2) _________ at the University of California, Santa Cruz. A team made up of more than 30 (3) __________ scientists, anthropologists, and biologists then played these recordings to listeners from 24 (4) __________ societies, from indigenous tribes in New Guinea to city-dwellers in India and Europe. Participants were asked (5) __________ they thought the people laughing were friends or strangers. On average, the results were remarkably consistent: worldwide, people’s guesses were correct approximately 60% of the time.
Researchers (6) __________ that different types of laughter serve as codes to complex human social hierarchies. A team led by Christopher Oveis from the University of California, San Diego, found that (7) __________ individuals had different laughs from low-status individuals and that strangers’ judgments of an individual’s social status (8) ____________ by the dominant or submissive quality of their laughter. In their study, 48 male college students (9) _____________ to groups of four, with each group (10) _____________ two low-status members, who had just joined their college fraternity group, and two high-status members, older students who had been active in the fraternity for at least two years.
1, A. couples B. combines C. put together D. pairs
2, A. have recorded B. recorded C. were recorded D. being recorded
3, A. intellectual B. spiritual C. psychological D. physical
4, A. diverse B. various C. miscellaneous D. disparate
5, A. that B. whether C. jeopardize D. when
6, A. were further found B. were found C. had thus found D. have also found
7, A. exalted B. high-status C. high-position D. higher-reputation
8, A. were influenced B. were affected C. was being influenced D. has been impacted
9, A. were eventually assigned B. were randomly allocated C. were randomly assigned
10, A. inclusive of B. comprised C. incorporated D. composed of
In one study conducted in 2016, samples of laughter from (1) _________ of English-speaking students (2) _________ at the University of California, Santa Cruz. A team made up of more than 30 (3) __________ scientists, anthropologists, and biologists then played these recordings to listeners from 24 (4) __________ societies, from indigenous tribes in New Guinea to city-dwellers in India and Europe. Participants were asked (5) __________ they thought the people laughing were friends or strangers. On average, the results were remarkably consistent: worldwide, people’s guesses were correct approximately 60% of the time.
Researchers (6) __________ that different types of laughter serve as codes to complex human social hierarchies. A team led by Christopher Oveis from the University of California, San Diego, found that (7) __________ individuals had different laughs from low-status individuals and that strangers’ judgments of an individual’s social status (8) ____________ by the dominant or submissive quality of their laughter. In their study, 48 male college students (9) _____________ to groups of four, with each group (10) _____________ two low-status members, who had just joined their college fraternity group, and two high-status members, older students who had been active in the fraternity for at least two years.
1, A. couples B. combines C. put together D. pairs
2, A. have recorded B. recorded C. were recorded D. being recorded
3, A. intellectual B. spiritual C. psychological D. physical
4, A. diverse B. various C. miscellaneous D. disparate
5, A. that B. whether C. jeopardize D. when
6, A. were further found B. were found C. had thus found D. have also found
7, A. exalted B. high-status C. high-position D. higher-reputation
8, A. were influenced B. were affected C. was being influenced D. has been impacted
9, A. were eventually assigned B. were randomly allocated C. were randomly assigned
10, A. inclusive of B. comprised C. incorporated D. composed of
Read the Reading Strategy. Match two of the texts with the photos below. Say what evidence you found to support your answers.
Reading Strategy When you find evidence in the text that supports an answer, underline it and note which question it refers to. If you do that, you can find it again easily when you are checking all your answers at the end. |
1. B
Thông tin: With a view to bringing humans closer to nature, architect Dang Viet Nga created this surreal artistic guesthouse in Da Lat, Viet Nam.
(Với mong muốn đưa con người đến gần với thiên nhiên, kiến trúc sư Đặng Việt Nga đã tạo ra khu nhà nghỉ đậm chất nghệ thuật siêu thực này tại Đà Lạt, Việt Nam)
2. C
Thông tin: If you heard that they were putting homeless people into shipping containers, you might be shocked. But that's exactly what is happening in Brighton, England
(Nếu bạn nghe nói rằng họ đang đưa những người vô gia cư vào các container vận chuyển hàng, bạn có thể bị sốc. Nhưng đó chính xác là những gì đang xảy ra ở Brighton, Anh)
Exercise 5. USE IT! Read the Skills Strategy and then work in pairs. Prepare a new dialogue using the chart below to help you. Practise the new dialogue. One of you is A, the other is B. Then change roles.
(Thực hành! Đọc Skills Strategy và sau đó làm việc theo nhóm. Chuẩn bị một bài hội thoại mới sử dụng sơ đồ bên dưới để giúp em. Thực hành đoạn hội thoại mới. Một em là A, em còn lại là B. Sau đó đổi vai.)
A: Can you help me with something, please?
B: ...
A: How do you say ... in English?
B: ...
A: Can you say that again, please?
B: …
A: How do you spell that?
B: …
A: Great. Thanks, …
A: Can you help me with something, please?
(Bạn có thể giúp mình một chút được không?)
B: Yes, certainly.
(Ừm, chắc chắn rồi.)
A: How do you say “từ điển” in English?
(“Từ điển” nói tiếng Anh như thế nào?)
B: Ohm… it’s “dictionary”.
(Ờ, là “dictionary”.)
A: Can you say that again, please?
(Bạn vui lòng lặp lại được không?)
B: Yes, “dictionary”.
(Ừm, “dictionary”.)
A: How do you spell that?
(Bạn đánh vần từ đó như thế nào?)
B: D – I – C – T – I – O – N – A – R – Y.
A: Great. Thanks, Mai .
(Tuyệt vời. Cảm ơn, Mai.)
