15000 bài tập tách từ đề thi thử môn Tiếng Anh có đáp án (Phần 54)

Tyler Perry

Perry had a rough childhood. He was physically and sexually abused growing up, got kicked out of high school, and tried to commit suicide___(44)__—once as a preteen and again at 22. At 23 he moved to Atlanta and took ___(45)___odd  jobs as he started working on his stage career.

In 1992 he wrote, produced, and starred in his first theatre ___(46)____, I Know I’ve Been Changed, somewhat informed  by his difficult upbringing. Perry put all his savings into the show and it failed miserably; the run lasted just one weekend and only 30 people came to watch.He kept  up with the production, working more odd  jobs and often slept in his car to get by. Six years later, Perry finally ___(47)___ through when, on its seventh run, the show became a success.He’s since gone on to have an extremely successful career __(48)___ a director, writer, and actor. In fact, Perry was named Forbes’ highest paid man in the field.

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

School exams are, generally speaking, the first kind of tests we take. They find out (1) _____ much knowledge we have gained. But do they really show how intelligent we are? After all, isn’t it a fact that some people who are very successful academically don’t have any common sense?

Intelligence is the speed at which we can understand and react to new situations and it is usually tested by logic puzzles. (2) ______ scientists are now preparing advanced computer technology that will be able to “read” our brains, for the present tests are still the most popular ways of measuring intelligence.

A person’s IQ is his intelligence (3) ____ it is measured by a special test. The most common IQ tests are run by Mensa, an organization that was founded in England in 1946. By 1976 it had 1,300 members in Britain. Today there are 44,000 in Britain and 100,000 worldwide, (4) ____ in the US.

People taking the tests are judged in relation to an average score of 100, and those (5) _____ score over 148 are entitled to join Mensa. This works out at 2% of the population.

The Internet has truly transformed how students do their homework. (1) ____homework today still means spending time in the library, it’s for a different reason. Rather than using books for research, students today are (2) ______to the Internet to download enormous amounts of data available online. In the past, students were limited to their school’s (3) _________ of books. In many cases, they got to the school library and found out that someone had already taken the books they needed. Nowadays, such inconvenience can be avoided since the Internet never runs out of information. Students, however, do have to (4)_____sure that the information they find online is true. Teachers have also benefited from the homework which is done on the Internet. They do not need to carry students’ papers around with them any more. This is because online (5)______allow students to electronically upload their homework for their teachers to read and mark. Of course, this also means that students can no longer use the excuse that the dog ate their homework!

We can communicate not only through words (31) ______ through body language. Body language includes our posture, facial expressions, and gestures. Because body language is so important, you’ll want (32) ______ what yours is saying and how to interpret other people’s, too. Here are some examples of body language and its meaning. If your posture is slumped and your head is down, this could mean that you are sad or you lack (33) ________. If your posture is straight but relaxed, you are expressing confidence and friendliness. A smile is a sign of friendliness and interest. But people sometimes smile just to be polite. Friendliness and interest are expressed when a person’s eyes meet yours and then look away and meet yours again. A person (34) _______ doesn’t look away is expressing a challenge. Hand gestures can mean a person is (35) _____ in the conversation.

BRINGING THE LEARNING OUTDOORS

Kindergarten is a fun place (1)________ young children learn. In some special kindergartens, children learn outside most of the day!

Some kindergartens are (2)________ the forest. In these "forest kindergartens," children play freely. They're outside in all kinds of weather. At forest kindergartens, children learn by climbing trees and picking fruit. They also learn about and (3)________ animals. For example, they collect chicken eggs and feed baby mice.

Little Flower Kindergarten is in Dong Nai, Vietnam. At this school, children learn about farming. They also learn that it is important (4)________ healthy food. They grow vegetables in gardens - on the roof! They eat the vegetables they grow in their lunches.

At Fuji Kindergarten in Tokyo, Japan, trees grow inside the building! The classroom windows and sliding doors (5)________ open to the outside most of the year. The roof is a big, wooden circle. Children love to play and run on it.

(Source: Discoveries magazine April 2016)

Everyone needs a home where they feel sheltered and safe. Today we live in modern flats and houses, (1) ___________ have air-conditioning to keep us cool, and heating to keep us warm. There is electricity for lighting and supplies of gas or oil for the heating. Hot and cold water (2) ___________ from the taps and dirty water disappears (3) ___________ the drains. Many of our homes have balconies or gardens. In the past, people made their homes from materials that they found nearby. When we look at different houses we can tell how old they are from the materials used and the way they were built. It was different long (4) ___________ people did not have water in their homes and there were no electric lights. To keep warm, they sometimes made (5) ___________ inside their homes. With a fire started they could cook their food and heat water

Parents and teachers are always making (1) ________ between the time when they were children and the present generation . They say everything was better than it is today, especially in education. (2) ________ , they say they used to work much harder in school, and that nowadays, we aren’t very interested. I disagree, because we spend hours every day doing homework after our lessons or (3) ________ for exammination. I wonder (4) ________ our parents really had to study so much after school every day. In my opinion, it is no exaggeration to say we have forgotten how to play. I think one reason why kids (5) ________ in class is because they need to get rid of stress.

Vietnamese generally shake hands when greeting and parting. Using both hands shows respect as does a (1) _______ bow of the head. In rural areas, elderly people who do not extend their hand are greeted with a slight bow. Women are more likely to bow the head than to shake hands. Vietnamese names begin with the family name and are (2) _______ by a given name. People address one another by their given names, but add a title that indicates their perceived relationship to the other person. These titles are family related rather than professional. Among colleagues, for example, the younger of the two might combine the given name with the title of “Anh” (Older Brother). A/n (3) _______ greeting combined with the given name and title is “Xin chao” (Hello). Classifiers for gender and familiarity are also combined with the greeting. In formal meetings, business cards are sometimes exchanged on greeting.

          Vietnamese have a strong (4) _______ of hospitality and feel embarrassed if they cannot show their guests full respect by preparing for their arrival. Therefore, it is (5) _______ to visit someone without having been invited. Gifts are not required, but are appreciated. Flowers, incense, or tea may be appropriate gifts for the hosts. Hosts also appreciate a small gift for their children or elderly parents

Any change in one part of an ecosystem can cause changes in other parts. Droughts, storms and fires can change ecosystems. Some changes ____46___ ecosystems. If there is too little rainfall, plants will not have enough water to live. If a kind of plant dies off, the animals____47___feed on it may also die or move away. Some changes are good for ecosystems. Some pine forests need fires for the pine trees to reproduce. The seeds are sealed inside pinecones. Heat from a forest fire melts the seal and lets the seeds ____48___. Polluting the air, soil, and water can harm ecosystems. Building dams on rivers for electric power and irrigation can harm ecosystems ____49___ the rivers. Bulldozing wetlands and cutting down forests destroy ecosystems. Ecologists are working with companies and governments to find better ways of ___50____ fish, cutting down trees, and building dams. They are looking for ways to get food, lumber, and other products for people without causing harm to ecosystems.

Children (37) _____ this and other Finnish public schools are given not only basic subject instruction in math, language and science, but learning-through-play-based preschools and kindergartens, training in second languages, arts, crafts, music, physical education, ethics, and, amazingly, as many as four outdoor free-play breaks per day, each (38) _______ 15 minutes between classes, no matter how cold or wet the weather is. Educators and parents here believe that these breaks are a powerful engine of learning that improves almost all the “metrics” that (39) _______ most for children in school – executive function, concentration and cognitive focus, behavior, well-being, attendance, physical health, and yes, test scores, too.

The homework load for children in Finland varies by teacher, but is lighter overall than most other developed countries. This insight is supported by research, (40) ______ has found little academic benefit in childhood for any (41) _______ than brief sessions of homework until around high school.