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.The first question we might ask is: What can you learn in college that will help you in being an employee? The schools teach a great many things of value to the future accountant, doctor or electrician. Do they also teach anything of value to the future employee? Yes, they teach the one thing that it is perhaps most valuable for the future employee to know. But very few students bother (10) ______ it. This basic is the skill ability to organize and express ideas in writing and in speaking. This means that your success as an employee will depend on your ability to communicate, with people and to present your own thoughts and ideas to them so they will (11) ________ understand what you are driving at and be persuaded.Of course, skill in expression is not enough (12) _______ itself. You must have something to say in the first place. The effectiveness of your job depends (13) _______ your ability to make other people understand your work as they do on the quality of the work itself.Expressing one's thoughts is one skill that the school can really teach. The foundations for skill in expression have to be laid early: an interest in and an ear for language; experience in organizing ideas and data, in brushing aside the irrelevant, and above all the habit of verbal expression. If you do not lay these foundations (14) ________ your school years, you may never have an opportunity again.
Câu 1: (10)
A. learn
B. learning
C. with learning
D. to learn
Câu 2: (11)
A. as well
B. both
C. either
D. not
Câu 3: (12)
A. for
B. by
C. on
D. in
Câu 4: (13)
A. on much
B. much on
C. on most
D. most on
Câu 5: (14)
A. during
B. for
C. when
D. of
Giải chi tiết:
bother doing sth: bận tâm, quan tâm tới việc làm gì ( việc theo thói quen)
bother to do sth: bận tâm, quan tâm tới việc làm gì (việc cụ thể)
But very few students bother (10) to learn it.
Tạm dịch: Nhưng rất ít sinh viên bận tâm tới việc học nó.
Chọn D
Đáp án câu 2 là: BGiải chi tiết:
both… and… : vừa thế này vừa thế kia
not: sai nghĩa
as well = too, tuy nhiên “as well” phải đứng cuối câu
either: nếu dùng either thì phía sau phải có “or”
This means that your success as an employee will depend on your ability to communicate, with people and to present your own thoughts and ideas to them so they will (11) both understand what you are driving at and be persuaded.
Tạm dịch: Điều này có nghĩa là thành công của bạn với tư cách là một nhân viên sẽ phụ thuộc vào khả năng giao tiếp của bạn, với mọi người và trình bày suy nghĩ và ý tưởng của riêng bạn cho họ để cả hai sẽ hiểu những gì bạn đang nói và bị thuyết phục.
Chọn B
Đáp án câu 3 là: BGiải chi tiết:
By itself/ myself/ himself/…: tự bản thân
Of course, skill in expression is not enough (12) by itself.
Tạm dịch: Tất nhiên, chỉ mỗi kỹ năng thể hiện là không đủ.
Chọn B
Đáp án câu 4 là: BGiải chi tiết:
most – dạng so sánh nhất của “many/ much” thì phải có mạo từ “the” ở đằng trước.
“much” bổ nghĩa cho động từ “depend” do đó nó phải đứng ngay sau từ “depends”.
The effectiveness of your job depends (13) much on your ability to make other people understand your work as they do on the quality of the work itself.
Tạm dịch: Hiệu quả công việc của bạn phụ thuộc nhiều vào khả năng của bạn để khiến người khác hiểu công việc của bạn cũng như chính chất lượng công việc.
Chọn B
Đáp án câu 5 là: AGiải chi tiết:
during + một quãng thời gian: trong quãng thời gian.
of (prep): không phù hợp làm giới từ thời gian
for (prep): Cấu trúc for + khoảng thời gian là trạng từ chỉ thời gian của thì hoàn thành, không phù hợp
when: Sau when không được dùng một cụm danh từ duy nhất.
If you do not lay these foundations (14) during your school years, you may never have an opportunity again.
Tạm dịch: Nếu bạn không đặt những nền tảng này trong những năm học, bạn có thể không bao giờ có cơ hội nữa.
Chọn A
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