Bài tập trắc nghiệm 15 phút Đoạn văn điền từ - Tiếng Anh 12 - Đề số 12

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 17 to 21:

During the last 400 years, most scientists have (17) ________on mathematics in their development of their inventions or discoveries. However, one great British scientist, Michael Faraday, did not make (18)__________of mathematics. Faraday, the son of a poor blacksmith, was born in London in 1791 and had no (19) ______beyond reading and writing. In 1812 Faraday was hired as a bottle washer by the great chemist Humphry Davy. Later, Faraday became a greater scientist than Davy, making the last years of Davy's life embittered (20) __________ jealousy. Faraday made the first (21)__________motor in 1821, a device that used electricity to produce movement. 

Question 17:

Here are tips that help succeed in your job interview: Always arrive early. If you do not know (46) _________ the organization is located, call for exact directions (47) ____________ advance. Leave some extra time for any traffic, parking, or unexpected events. If you are running late, call right away and let someone know. The best time to arrive is approximately 5 - 10 minutes early. Give yourself the time to read your resume one more time, to catch your breath, and to be ready for the interview. Once you are at the office, treat everyone you encounter with respect. Be (48) _________ to everyone as soon as you walk in the door. Wear a professional business suit. This point should be emphasized enough. First (49) ____________ are extremely important in the interview process. Women should (50)_________ wearing too much jewelry or make up. Men should avoid flashy suits or wearing too much perfume. It is also important that you feel comfortable. While a suit is the standard interview attire in a business environment, if you think it is an informal environment, call before and ask. Regardless, you can never be overdressed if you are wearing a tailored suit.

Question 50:

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 24 to 28:

Few people now realize the reality of global warming and its effects on the world’s climate. Many scientists (24) _______ the blame for recent natural disasters on the increase in the world’s temperatures and are convinced that, more than ever before, the Earth is at (25) _______ from the forces of the wind, rain and sun. According to them, global warming is making extreme weather events, such as hurricanes and droughts, even more severe and causing sea levels all around the world to rise. Environmental groups are putting pressure on governments to take action to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide which is given (26) _______ by factories and power plants, thus attacking the problem at its source. They are in (27) _______ of more money being spent on research into solar, wind, and wave energy devices, which could then replace existing power (28) _______. Some scientists, however, believe that even if we stopped releasing carbon dioxide and other gases into the atmosphere tomorrow, we would have to wait several hundred years to notice the results. Global warming, it seems, is to stay.

Question 25:        

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 32 to 36:

School exams are, generally speaking, the first kind of tests we take. They find out (32) _____ 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. (33) _____ 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 their intelligence (34) _____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 Britain and 100,000 worldwide, (35) _____ in the US. People talking the tests are judged in relation to an average score of 100, and those (36) _____ score over 148 are entitled to join Mensa. This works out at 2% of the population. Anyone from the age of six can take the tests. All the questions are straightforward and most people can answer them if allowed enough time. But that’s the problem – the whole point of the tests is that they’re against the clock.

Question 34:

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 24 to 28:

A long and happy marriage is something that many people wish for, but finding the right partner is (24) _______ more difficult than you might imagine. A friend of mine, Susan had not been very successful in her attempt to find the perfect partner, and she was beginning to lose heart and feel rather depressed. One day she happened to hear someone (25) _______ about a computer dating agency which could help you to find the ideal partner. Susan immediately (26) _______ an appointment to see someone at the agency, then waited to see what would happen. The agency arranged a meeting with a “suitable” partner at the local railway station a week later, although I (27) _______ her not to go. My friend arrived a few minutes early but could see no one who matched the appearance of the man in the photograph she had been sent. She noticed a man waiting under the station clock and (28) _______ a bunch of flowers. But there was no one else around. Suddenly the man started chatting to her and, after a while, asked her if she would like to go and have a coffee. Not until much later did they come to the conclusion that they had both been waiting for each other! When they had both recovered from the shock, they decided that the computer had been right after all!

Question 27:       

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 41 to 45:

Reference books are not designed to be read from the first page to the last but rather to be consulted to answer the questions and provide both general and specific pieces of information. One of the most (41) ________- used reference books is a dictionary, which provides information about words. It lists meanings and spellings, (42)________how a word is pronounced, gives examples of how it is used, may reveal its origins and also lists synonyms and antonyms. To help you find the words faster, there are guide words at the top of each page showing the first and last words on the page and of course it (43) ________ to know the alphabet! There may be numerous special sections at the back with facts about famous people and places, lists of dates and scientific names, etc. There is usually a section at the front explaining how to use the dictionary, which includes the special abbreviations or signs. An atlas is also a reference book and (44) ________ charts, tables and geographical facts, as well as maps. Political maps locate countries and cities, physical maps show the formation of the land with its mountains and valleys, and economic maps show industries and agriculture. To find a specific place, you need to look in the index at the back of the atlas and the exact position on the map. There are numerous map (45) ________ that you need to know in order to be able to read a map-almost like a special language and these are explained at the front of the atlas.  

Question 45:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35:

                                                                              THE OLD GATE

In the Middle Ages the vast majority of European cities had walls around them. They (31) _______ to defend the city, but they also kept out undesirable people, like those with contagious diseases. Most of London’s gates had been (32) _______ by the end of the eighteenth century. However, by a stroke of luck, the last of them was preserved. This gate is, in actual fact, not called a gate at all; its name is Temple Bar, and it marked the (33) _______ between the old City of London and Westminster. However, as the (34) _______ of traffic through London increased, Temple Bar became an obstacle to its free flow. In 1878 it was decided to take it down, so its stone were numbered, dismantled and put in storage. A couple of years later a wealthy businessman bought the stones and re-erected them at his house in Hertfordshire. In the 1970s the Temple Bar Trust was (35) _______ with the intention of returning the gate to the City of London. Much of the money for this project was donations from the Temple Bar Trust. The stonework needed a lot of restoration, which was carried out by the Cathedral Works Organization. Today, Temple Bar stands next to St Paul’s Cathedral.

Question 33:  

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 24 to 28:

Rural America is diverse in many ways. As we have seen, no one industry dominates the rural economy no single pattern of population decline or growth exists for all rural areas, and no statement about improvements and gaps in well-being holds true for all rural people. Many of these differences are regional in nature. That is, rural areas within a particular geographic region of the country often tend to be similar (24) _______ each other and different from areas in another region. Some industries, for example, are (25) _______ with different regions-logging and sawmills in the Pacific Northwest and New England, manufacturing in the Southeast and Midwest, and farming in the Great Plains. Persistent poverty also has a regional pattern, concentrated primarily in the Southeast. Other differences follow no regional pattern. Areas that rely heavily on the services industry are located throughout rural America, as are rural areas that have little access to advanced telecommunications services. Many of these differences, regional and non-regional are the result of a (26) _______ of factors including the availability of natural (27) ______; distance from and access to major metropolitan areas and the information and services found there; transportation and shipping facilities; political history and structure; and the racial, ethnic, and (28) ______ makeup of the population.

Question 24:      

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks:

In an age when technology is developing faster than ever before, many people are being attracted to the idea of looking back into the past. One way they can do this is by investigating their own family history. They can try to  (37)               out more about where their family came from and what they did. This is now a fast-growing hobby, especial in countries with a  (38)                short history, like Australia and the United States. It is one thing to spend some time going through a book on family history and to take the  (39)               to investigate your own family's past. It is quite another to carry out the research work successfully. It is easy to set about it in a disorganised way and  (40)          yourself many problems which could have been avoided with a little forward planning. If your own family stories tell you that you are connected with a famous character, whether hero or criminal, do not let this idea take over your research. Just treat  it as an interesting possibility. A simple system for collecting and storing your track. The most important thing, (41)      find?  

Question 38:

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 31 to 35:

Many people today would like the traditional two-parent family back, that is to say, they want a man and a woman to (31)______ for life; they also think the man should support the family and the woman should stay home with the children. However, few families now (32)______ into this category. In fact, if more women decide to have children on their own, the single-parent household may become more typical than the traditional family in many countries. Also, unmarried couples may decide to have more children – or they might take in foster children or (33)______. And because people are staying single and living longer (often as widows), there may be more one-person households. (34)______ the other hand, some people believe similar events happen again and again in history: if this is true, people may go back to the traditional (35)_____ or nuclear family of the past. Others think the only certainty in history is change: in other words, the structure of the future family could begin to change faster and faster and in more and more ways.  

Question 33: