Choose the word that best fits each gap in the passage.THE FOUR-YEAR-OLD UNDERGRADUATEA child prodigy (59) ______ four is receiving computer lessons at Brunei university, in London. Nicholas MacMahon is studying at university because he is (60) ______clever for school. A(n) (61) ______ lecturer at the university, Valso Koshy, said that the boy was remarkably intelligent.Nicholas spoke (62) ______ before he was one and (63) ______ the time he was 18 months old he was taking telephone (64) ______ . This was soon followed by conversational French. These are the trademarks of a highly gifted child, unusual but not unique. The strange thing (65) ______ Nicholas is his reading - he taught himself to read before he could speak. Ms. Koshy, an expert (66) ______ gifted children, says Nicholas is quite exceptional. Yet „exceptional‟ underrates his amazing (67) ______ to read, almost from birth. „He was talking when he was one and we realized from start that he could read,‟ his father said. "Soon after, he was (68) ______ my spelling, words (69) ______ caterpillar. Now he (70) ______ insects by their Latin names.‟The list of (71) ______ is impressive, but frightening. A four-year-old who can (72) ______ a Boeing 747 from a DC 10, devours encyclopedias, read The Daily Telegraph and is (73) ______ on the way to becoming a violin virtuoso is hardly normal.
Câu 1: (59)
A. at
B. of
C. about
D. in
Câu 2: (60)
A. very
B. more
C. too
D. extremely
Câu 3: (61)
A. advanced
B. significant
C. serious
D. senior
Câu 4: (62)
A. fluently
B. well
C. smoothly
D. evenly
Câu 5: (63)
A. at
B. by
C. during
D. after
Câu 6: (64)
A. news
B. information
C. notes
D. messages
Câu 7: (65)
A. at
B. for
C. about
D. with
Câu 8: (66)
A. about
B. for
C. with
D. on
Câu 9: (67)
A. ability
B. capability
C. property
D. competence
Câu 10: (68)
A. fixing
B. correcting
C. repairing
D. commenting
Câu 11: (69)
A. as
B. such
C. like
D. for example
Câu 12: (70)
A. realizes
B. determines
C. recognizes
D. identifies
Câu 13: (71)
A. attainments
B. results
C. achievements
D. gains
Câu 14: (72)
A. tell
B. differ
C. vary
D. say
Câu 15: (73)
A. better
B. well
C. advanced
D. far
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Giải chi tiết:
A child of four: một đứa trẻ 4 tuổi.
A child prodigy (59) ______ four is receiving computer lessons at Brunei university, in London.
[ Sự phi thường của một đứa trẻ 4 tuổi là tham gia những bài học về máy tính ở trường đại học Brunei ở Luân Đôn.
Đáp án câu 2 là: CGiải chi tiết:
very: rất
more: nhiều hơn
too: quá
extremely: cực kỳ
Nicholas MacMahon is studying at university because he is (60) ______clever for school.
[ Nicholas MacMahon đang theo học đại học ởi vì cậu bé quá thông minh để đi học lớp bình thường.]
Đáp án câu 3 là: DGiải chi tiết:
advanced: nâng cao
significant: to lớn/ đáng kể
serious: nghiêm trọng
senior: cấp cao
A(n) (61) ______ lecturer at the university, Valso Koshy, said that the boy was remarkably intelligent.
[ Một giảng viên cấp cao ở trường đại học, Valso Koshy, nói rằng cậu bé thông minh ngoài sức tưởng tượng.]
Đáp án câu 4 là: AGiải chi tiết:
fluently : lưu loát
well: tốt
smoothly: trôi chảy/ thông suốt
evenly: thậm chí/ cả những
Nicholas spoke (62) ______ before he was one
[ Nicholas đã nói lưu loát trước khi cậu bé 1 tuổi]
Đáp án câu 5 là: BGiải chi tiết:
Cụm từ: by the time [ ngay khi]
and (63) ______ the time he was 18 months old
[và ngay khi cậu bé 18 tháng tuổi]
Đáp án câu 6 là: DGiải chi tiết:
news: tin tức
information: thông tin
notes: ghi chú
messages: thông điệp/ tin nhắn
he was taking telephone (64) ______ . This was soon followed by conversational French. These are the trademarks of a highly gifted child, unusual but not unique.
[ cậu bé đã có thể đọc tin nhắn điện thoại. Điều này sớm được theo dõi bởi các diễn giả ngừời Pháp]
Đáp án câu 7 là: CGiải chi tiết:
at: tại
for: cho
about: về
with: với
The strange thing (65) ______ Nicholas is his reading - he taught himself to read before he could speak
[ Một điều lạ về Nicholas là kỹ năng đọc của cậu bé - cậu bé tự học đọc trước khi có thể nói.]
Đáp án câu 8 là: DGiải chi tiết:
an expert on st: chuyê gia về lĩnh vực [ nào đó]
Ms. Koshy, an expert (66) ______ gifted children, says Nicholas is quite exceptional.
[ Ông Koshy, một chuyên gia về trẻ tài năng, nói Nicholas khá là xuất chúng.]
Đáp án câu 9 là: AGiải chi tiết:
ability: khả năng
capability: dung tích/ sức chứa
property: tài sản
competence: sự thành thạo
Yet „exceptional‟ underrates his amazing (67) ______ to read, almost from birth. "He was talking when he was one and we realized from start that he could read,‟ his father said.
[ Nhưng sự đánh giá khả năng đọc đáng kinh ngạc của thằng bé, gần như từ lúc mới được sinh ra. " Thằng nói chuyện khi chỉ mới một tuổi và chúng ta nhận ra rằng từ đầu thằng bé có thể đọc", bố ậu bé nói.
Đáp án câu 10 là: BGiải chi tiết:
fixing: sửa chữa [ đồ đạc/ máy móc]
correcting: sửa lỗi [ sửa sai thành đúng]
repairing = fixing
commenting: bình luận
Soon after, he was (68) ______ my spelling,
[ Ngay sau đó, thằng bé sửa lỗi chính tả của tôi.]
Đáp án câu 11 là: CGiải chi tiết:
as: bởi vì/ khi
such + danh từ: ...như vậy
like = such as: chẳng hạn như
for example: ví dụ như/ chẳng hạn như
words (69) ______ caterpillar.
[ những từ chẳng hạn như caterpillar]
Đáp án câu 12 là: DGiải chi tiết:
realizes: nhận ra
determines: kiên định
recognizes: nhận diện/ xác nhận
identifies: xác định
Now he (70) ______ insects by their Latin names.‟
[ Bây giờ thằng bé xác định những con côn trùg bằng tên Latinh của chúng.]
Đáp án câu 13 là: CGiải chi tiết:
attainments: sự đạt được
results: kết quả
achievements: thành tựu
gains: lợi ích
The list of (71) ______ is impressive, but frightening.
[ Danh sách thành tựu rất ấn tượng nhưng cũng rất đáng sợ]
Đáp án câu 14 là: AGiải chi tiết:
tell:kể
differ: làm khác biệt
vary: đa dạng
say: nói
A four-year-old who can (72) ______ a Boeing 747 from a DC 10, devours encyclopedias,
[Một đứa trẻ 4 tuổi có thể kể về 1 chiếc Boeing 474 từ 10 DC, thuộc lòng quyển bách khoa toàn thư,...]
Đáp án câu 15 là: BGiải chi tiết:
better:
well:
advanced:
far:
read The Daily Telegraph and is (73) ______ on the way to becoming a violin virtuoso is hardly normal.
[ ...đọc điện báo hằng ngày và rất giỏi trên con đường trở thành một nhạc sĩ vi-ô-lông đại tài thì hiếm khi xẩy ra.]
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.
A Tale of Two Pharaohs
Tutankhamen was pharaoh of Egypt from 1333-1323 B.C. Having such a short reign and being so young (he died at 18), King Tut was a minor (51)______among pharaohs in Egypt's long history. He (52)_____nothing of great importance to Egypt in his time, yet, in modern times, he is credited with supplying an enormous (53)_______of information about ancient Egyptian culture. It was not in life that Tutankhamen made his mark in history, (54)_____in death. In 1922, Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered (55)_____Howard Carter. an Englishman. Somehow, Tut's tomb escaped rampage for more than 3,000 years. Tut was found just as he (56)_______placed-enclosed in a solid gold sarcophagus, along with all the magnificent trappings of a king. The huge amount and excellent condition of the artifacts (57)________us with valuable knowledge about the life and times of acient Egypt.
Another well-known pharaoh of ancient Egypt is Ramses II, (58)________ruled from 1279-1212 B.C. At a time when people were on average five feet tall and lived only a few decades, Ramses was 6 feet tall, lived to be 90, and ruled (59)_________some 67 years. He is known as Ramses the Great (60)________during his reign he asserted his power for the glory of Egypt and built a new capital and many great temples.
_______(58)
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.
A Tale of Two Pharaohs
Tutankhamen was pharaoh of Egypt from 1333-1323 B.C. Having such a short reign and being so young (he died at 18), King Tut was a minor (51)______among pharaohs in Egypt's long history. He (52)_____nothing of great importance to Egypt in his time, yet, in modern times, he is credited with supplying an enormous (53)_______of information about ancient Egyptian culture. It was not in life that Tutankhamen made his mark in history, (54)_____in death. In 1922, Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered (55)_____Howard Carter. an Englishman. Somehow, Tut's tomb escaped rampage for more than 3,000 years. Tut was found just as he (56)_______placed-enclosed in a solid gold sarcophagus, along with all the magnificent trappings of a king. The huge amount and excellent condition of the artifacts (57)________us with valuable knowledge about the life and times of acient Egypt.
Another well-known pharaoh of ancient Egypt is Ramses II, (58)________ruled from 1279-1212 B.C. At a time when people were on average five feet tall and lived only a few decades, Ramses was 6 feet tall, lived to be 90, and ruled (59)_________some 67 years. He is known as Ramses the Great (60)________during his reign he asserted his power for the glory of Egypt and built a new capital and many great temples.
______(53)
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.
A Tale of Two Pharaohs
Tutankhamen was pharaoh of Egypt from 1333-1323 B.C. Having such a short reign and being so young (he died at 18), King Tut was a minor (51)______among pharaohs in Egypt's long history. He (52)_____nothing of great importance to Egypt in his time, yet, in modern times, he is credited with supplying an enormous (53)_______of information about ancient Egyptian culture. It was not in life that Tutankhamen made his mark in history, (54)_____in death. In 1922, Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered (55)_____Howard Carter. an Englishman. Somehow, Tut's tomb escaped rampage for more than 3,000 years. Tut was found just as he (56)_______placed-enclosed in a solid gold sarcophagus, along with all the magnificent trappings of a king. The huge amount and excellent condition of the artifacts (57)________us with valuable knowledge about the life and times of acient Egypt.
Another well-known pharaoh of ancient Egypt is Ramses II, (58)________ruled from 1279-1212 B.C. At a time when people were on average five feet tall and lived only a few decades, Ramses was 6 feet tall, lived to be 90, and ruled (59)_________some 67 years. He is known as Ramses the Great (60)________during his reign he asserted his power for the glory of Egypt and built a new capital and many great temples.
_______(55)
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.
A Tale of Two Pharaohs
Tutankhamen was pharaoh of Egypt from 1333-1323 B.C. Having such a short reign and being so young (he died at 18), King Tut was a minor (51)______among pharaohs in Egypt's long history. He (52)_____nothing of great importance to Egypt in his time, yet, in modern times, he is credited with supplying an enormous (53)_______of information about ancient Egyptian culture. It was not in life that Tutankhamen made his mark in history, (54)_____in death. In 1922, Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered (55)_____Howard Carter. an Englishman. Somehow, Tut's tomb escaped rampage for more than 3,000 years. Tut was found just as he (56)_______placed-enclosed in a solid gold sarcophagus, along with all the magnificent trappings of a king. The huge amount and excellent condition of the artifacts (57)________us with valuable knowledge about the life and times of acient Egypt.
Another well-known pharaoh of ancient Egypt is Ramses II, (58)________ruled from 1279-1212 B.C. At a time when people were on average five feet tall and lived only a few decades, Ramses was 6 feet tall, lived to be 90, and ruled (59)_________some 67 years. He is known as Ramses the Great (60)________during his reign he asserted his power for the glory of Egypt and built a new capital and many great temples.
__________(51)
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.
A Tale of Two Pharaohs
Tutankhamen was pharaoh of Egypt from 1333-1323 B.C. Having such a short reign and being so young (he died at 18), King Tut was a minor (51)______among pharaohs in Egypt's long history. He (52)_____nothing of great importance to Egypt in his time, yet, in modern times, he is credited with supplying an enormous (53)_______of information about ancient Egyptian culture. It was not in life that Tutankhamen made his mark in history, (54)_____in death. In 1922, Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered (55)_____Howard Carter. an Englishman. Somehow, Tut's tomb escaped rampage for more than 3,000 years. Tut was found just as he (56)_______placed-enclosed in a solid gold sarcophagus, along with all the magnificent trappings of a king. The huge amount and excellent condition of the artifacts (57)________us with valuable knowledge about the life and times of acient Egypt.
Another well-known pharaoh of ancient Egypt is Ramses II, (58)________ruled from 1279-1212 B.C. At a time when people were on average five feet tall and lived only a few decades, Ramses was 6 feet tall, lived to be 90, and ruled (59)_________some 67 years. He is known as Ramses the Great (60)________during his reign he asserted his power for the glory of Egypt and built a new capital and many great temples.
_____(56)