look at Jenny ! she's either happy from her exam results , or she's won the lottery .
A. at B. from C .or C.won
Circle the correct answer A, B, C, or D to complete each of the following sentences.
Susan is from Great Britain. She's ________.
A. British
B. American
C. England
D. Britain
Đáp án là A.
Dịch: Susan đến từ nước Anh. Cô ấy là người Anh.
2. Read the text. Are all lottery winners happy?
(Đọc đoạn văn trên. Có phải tất cả những người thắng xổ số đều hạnh phúc không?)
Last weekend, somebody bought a lottery ticket, chose all the correct numbers and won millions. How lucky! Or maybe not. In the 1970s, scientists at the University of Illinois studied lottery winners and compared their levels of happiness with other people. The results were interesting. The winners felt delighted for a short time, but after that, their happiness returned to normal levels. A similar study by the University of California in 2008 gave the same results. They looked at lottery winners six months after their win and found completely normal levels of happiness. And for a few unlucky people, a huge lottery win was the start of major problems. Alex Toth, for example, won $13 million in 1990. He stopped working, spent the money quickly and had terrible arguments with his family and friends.
People are not always happy when they win the lottery. People can make bad decisions or have terrible arguments with family and friends.
(Không phải lúc nào mọi người cũng vui khi thắng xổ số. Người ta có thể đưa ra những quyết định sai lầm và và có những cuộc cãi vã tệ hại với gia đình và bạn bè.)
Tạm dịch:
Vào cuối tuần trước, đã có ai đó mua một tờ vé số, chọn hết tất cả các con số chính xác và thằng hang triệu đô. Thật may mắn làm sao! Hoặc không. Vào thập niên 70 của thế kỷ trước, các nhà khoa học tại Đại học Illinois đã nghiên cứu về những người thắng xổ số và so sánh mức độ hạnh phúc với những người khác. Kết quả thật thú vị. Những người thắng cuộc cảm thấy vui mừng trong một thời gian ngắn, nhưng ngay sau đó, mức độ hạnh phúc của họ quay lại ở mức bình thường. Một nghiên cứu tương tự thực hiện tại Đại học California năm 2008 cũng cho ra kết quả tương tự. Họ quan sát những người thắng xổ số sau 6 tháng sau chiến thắng của họ và thấy mức độ hạnh phúc hoàn toàn bình thường. Và với một vài người kém may mắn hơn. Một chiến thắng xổ số khổng lồ lại là sự khởi đầu của đa số những rắc rối sau đó. Ví dụ, Alex Toth, thắng 13 triệu đô trong năm 1990. Anh ta nghỉ việc, tiêu xài số tiền đó nhanh chóng, và có những cuộc cãi vã tệ hại với gia đình và bạn của anh ta.
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.
SOCIAL NETWORK
A 16-year-old girl from Essex has been sacked after describing her job as boring on the social networking website, Facebook. The teenager, who had been working (23) ____ an administrative assistant at a marketing company for just three weeks, didn't feel very enthusiastic about the duties she was asked to do. (24) _____ of moaning to her friends she decided to express her thoughts on her Facebook page to a colleague, who (25) _____ the boss's attention to it. He immediately fired her on the (26) _____ that her public display of dissatisfaction made it impossible for her to continue working for the company. She later told newspapers she had been treated totally unfairly, especially as she hadn't even mentioned the company's name. She claimed she's been perfectly happy with her job and that her lighthearted comments shouldn't (27) _____ taken seriously. A spokesperson from a workers' union said the incident demonstrated two things: firstly, that people need to protect their privacy online and secondly, that employers should be less sensitive to criticism.
Điền vào ô số 25
A. got
B. caught
C. paid
D. drew
Đáp án D
Kiến thức về cụm từ cố định
Draw one’s attention to...: thu hút sự chú ý của ai tới...
Tạm dịch:
"lnstead of moaning to her friends she decided to express her thoughts on her Facebook page to a colleague, who (25)________ the boss’s attention to it."
(Thay vì phàn nàn với bạn bè của mình, cô quyết định thể hiện suy nghĩ của mình trên trang Facebook về một đồng nghiệp, người đã thu hút sự chú ý của ông chủ vào nó.)
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.
SOCIAL NETWORK
A 16-year-old girl from Essex has been sacked after describing her job as boring on the social networking website, Facebook. The teenager, who had been working (23) ____ an administrative assistant at a marketing company for just three weeks, didn't feel very enthusiastic about the duties she was asked to do. (24) _____ of moaning to her friends she decided to express her thoughts on her Facebook page to a colleague, who (25) _____ the boss's attention to it. He immediately fired her on the (26) _____ that her public display of dissatisfaction made it impossible for her to continue working for the company. She later told newspapers she had been treated totally unfairly, especially as she hadn't even mentioned the company's name. She claimed she's been perfectly happy with her job and that her lighthearted comments shouldn't (27) _____ taken seriously. A spokesperson from a workers' union said the incident demonstrated two things: firstly, that people need to protect their privacy online and secondly, that employers should be less sensitive to criticism.
Điền vào ô 23.
A. for
B. as
C. like
D. at
Đáp án B
CHỦ ĐỀ MASS MEDIA
Work + as + nghề nghiệp: làm nghề gì
Tạm dịch:
“The teenager, who had been working (23) ______ an administrative assistant at a marketing company for just three weeks, didn’t feel very enthusiastic about the duties she was asked to do."
(Cô gái - người đã từng làm trợ lý hành chính tại một công ty tiếp thị chỉ trong ba tuần, đã không cảm thấy rất nhiệt tình về những nhiệm vụ mà cô được yẻu cầu phải làm)
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.
SOCIAL NETWORK
A 16-year-old girl from Essex has been sacked after describing her job as boring on the social networking website, Facebook. The teenager, who had been working (23) ____ an administrative assistant at a marketing company for just three weeks, didn't feel very enthusiastic about the duties she was asked to do. (24) _____ of moaning to her friends she decided to express her thoughts on her Facebook page to a colleague, who (25) _____ the boss's attention to it. He immediately fired her on the (26) _____ that her public display of dissatisfaction made it impossible for her to continue working for the company. She later told newspapers she had been treated totally unfairly, especially as she hadn't even mentioned the company's name. She claimed she's been perfectly happy with her job and that her lighthearted comments shouldn't (27) _____ taken seriously. A spokesperson from a workers' union said the incident demonstrated two things: firstly, that people need to protect their privacy online and secondly, that employers should be less sensitive to criticism.
Điền vào ô số 27
A. to be
B. have been
C. be
D. have
Đáp án B
Kiến thức động từ khuyết thiếu
Cấu trúc " shouldn’t+ have + VPZ” nghĩa là: đã không nên làm gì
Tạm dịch:
“She claimed she's been perfectly happy with her job and that her light-hearted comments shouldn’t (27)_______ taken seriously.”
(Cô cho rằng cô ấy hoàn toàn hải lòng với công việc của mình và những lời bình luận của cô ấy không nên được hiểu là nghiêm túc.)
Dịch bài
Một cô gái 16 tuổi đến từ Essex đã bị sa thải sau khi nói công việc của cô rất nhàm chán trên trang mạng xã hội, Facebook. Cô gái người đã từng làm trợ lý hành chính tại một công ty tiếp thị chỉ trong ba tuần, đã không cảm thấy nhiệt huyết với những nhiệm vụ mà cô được yêu cầu phải làm. Thay vì phàn nàn với bạn bè của mình, cô quyết định thể hiện suy nghĩ của mình trên trang Facebook về một đồng nghiệp, người đã thu hút sự chú ý của ông chủ vào nó. Ông ta ngay lập tức đuổi việc cô ấy vì việc cô ấy thế hiện sự không hài lông trên mạng xã hội khiến cô ta không thể tiếp tục làm việc cho công ty. Cô cho rằng cô ấy hoàn toàn hài lòng với công việc của mình và những lời bình luận của cô ấy không nên được hiểu là nghiêm túc. Một phát ngôn viên của một công đoàn cho biết vụ việc đã chứng mình hai điều: thứ nhất là mọi người cần bảo vệ quyền riêng tư của mình trên mạng và thứ hai là các ông chủ nên bớt nhạy cảm với những lời chỉ trích.
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.
SOCIAL NETWORK
A 16-year-old girl from Essex has been sacked after describing her job as boring on the social networking website, Facebook. The teenager, who had been working (23) ____ an administrative assistant at a marketing company for just three weeks, didn't feel very enthusiastic about the duties she was asked to do. (24) _____ of moaning to her friends she decided to express her thoughts on her Facebook page to a colleague, who (25) _____ the boss's attention to it. He immediately fired her on the (26) _____ that her public display of dissatisfaction made it impossible for her to continue working for the company. She later told newspapers she had been treated totally unfairly, especially as she hadn't even mentioned the company's name. She claimed she's been perfectly happy with her job and that her lighthearted comments shouldn't (27) _____ taken seriously. A spokesperson from a workers' union said the incident demonstrated two things: firstly, that people need to protect their privacy online and secondly, that employers should be less sensitive to criticism.
Question 25
A. got
B. caught
C. paid
D. drew
Đáp án D
Kiến thức về cụm từ cố định
Draw one’s attention to...: thu hút sự chú ý của ai tới...
Tạm dịch:
"lnstead of moaning to her friends she decided to express her thoughts on her Facebook page to a colleague, who (25)________ the boss’s attention to it."
(Thay vì phàn nàn với bạn bè của mình, cô quyết định thể hiện suy nghĩ của mình trên trang Facebook về một đồng nghiệp, người đã thu hút sự chú ý của ông chủ vào nó.)
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.
SOCIAL NETWORK
A 16-year-old girl from Essex has been sacked after describing her job as boring on the social networking website, Facebook. The teenager, who had been working (23) ____ an administrative assistant at a marketing company for just three weeks, didn't feel very enthusiastic about the duties she was asked to do. (24) _____ of moaning to her friends she decided to express her thoughts on her Facebook page to a colleague, who (25) _____ the boss's attention to it. He immediately fired her on the (26) _____ that her public display of dissatisfaction made it impossible for her to continue working for the company. She later told newspapers she had been treated totally unfairly, especially as she hadn't even mentioned the company's name. She claimed she's been perfectly happy with her job and that her lighthearted comments shouldn't (27) _____ taken seriously. A spokesperson from a workers' union said the incident demonstrated two things: firstly, that people need to protect their privacy online and secondly, that employers should be less sensitive to criticism.
Điền vào ô số 23
A. for
B. as
C. like
D. at
Đáp án B
CHỦ ĐỀ MASS MEDIA
Work + as + nghề nghiệp: làm nghề gì
Tạm dịch:
“The teenager, who had been working (23) ______ an administrative assistant at a marketing company for just three weeks, didn’t feel very enthusiastic about the duties she was asked to do."
(Cô gái - người đã từng làm trợ lý hành chính tại một công ty tiếp thị chỉ trong ba tuần, đã không cảm thấy rất nhiệt tình về những nhiệm vụ mà cô được yẻu cầu phải làm)
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.
SOCIAL NETWORK
A 16-year-old girl from Essex has been sacked after describing her job as boring on the social networking website, Facebook. The teenager, who had been working (23) ____ an administrative assistant at a marketing company for just three weeks, didn't feel very enthusiastic about the duties she was asked to do. (24) _____ of moaning to her friends she decided to express her thoughts on her Facebook page to a colleague, who (25) _____ the boss's attention to it. He immediately fired her on the (26) _____ that her public display of dissatisfaction made it impossible for her to continue working for the company. She later told newspapers she had been treated totally unfairly, especially as she hadn't even mentioned the company's name. She claimed she's been perfectly happy with her job and that her lighthearted comments shouldn't (27) _____ taken seriously. A spokesperson from a workers' union said the incident demonstrated two things: firstly, that people need to protect their privacy online and secondly, that employers should be less sensitive to criticism.
Question 26
A. terms
B. condition
C. grounds
D. basis
Đáp án C
Kiến thức về cụm từ cố định
A. term (n): khái niệm B. condition (n): điều kiện
C. grounds (n): nền tảng D. basis (n): cơ bản
On the grounds that...: trên nền tăng..., với lí do là...
Tạm dịch:
“He immediately fired her on the (26)______ that her public display of dissatisfaction made it impossible for her to continue working for the company.”
(Ông ta ngay lập tức đuổi việc cô ấy vì việc cô ấy thế hiện sự không hài lòng trên mạng xã hội khiến cô ta không thể tiếp tục làm việc cho công ty.)
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.
SOCIAL NETWORK
A 16-year-old girl from Essex has been sacked after describing her job as boring on the social networking website, Facebook. The teenager, who had been working (23) ____ an administrative assistant at a marketing company for just three weeks, didn't feel very enthusiastic about the duties she was asked to do. (24) _____ of moaning to her friends she decided to express her thoughts on her Facebook page to a colleague, who (25) _____ the boss's attention to it. He immediately fired her on the (26) _____ that her public display of dissatisfaction made it impossible for her to continue working for the company. She later told newspapers she had been treated totally unfairly, especially as she hadn't even mentioned the company's name. She claimed she's been perfectly happy with her job and that her lighthearted comments shouldn't (27) _____ taken seriously. A spokesperson from a workers' union said the incident demonstrated two things: firstly, that people need to protect their privacy online and secondly, that employers should be less sensitive to criticism.
Question 24
A. Due
B. Regardless
C. Instead
D. In spite
Đáp án C
Kiến thức về liên từ
A. due to: bởi vì B. regardless of: bất kể
C. instead of: thay vì D. in spite of: despite: mặc dù
Tạm dịch:
“(24)_______ of moaning to her friends she decided to express her thoughts on her Facebook page to a colleague...”
(Thay vì phàn nàn với bạn bè của mình, cô quyết định thể hiện suy nghĩ của mình trên trang Facebook về một đồng nghiệp...)