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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 34 to 38
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Does this sound like your life? Do you get the feeling that everything is accelerating? Not only are activities getting significantly quicker, but our assumptions are changing, too.
Take exercise: we used to think that the longer we spent on, say, a pleasurable walk in the countryside, the more good it did us. Not anymore. The new (34) _______ is for HIIT – short for High-Intensity Interval Training - (35) _______ just twelve minutes of very intense activity is supposed to be every bit as beneficial as conventional exercise. Get on that rowing machine and keep it short and sharp! It’s supposed to get you fitter in a considerably shorter period of time than conventional exercise routines. Advocates of HIIT training claim that it can burn fat up to 50% more effectively than low-intensity exercise. They also maintain that it speeds up metabolism and so makes you burn more calories throughout the day. However, some recent research would appear to (36) ______ these claims.
(37) _______ have our personalities changed, too? Smartphones allow us to access information in no time at all. Research demonstrates that 80% of people will not wait more than 30 seconds for a video to load. A recent survey suggests we now walk 10% faster than we did ten years ago. It seems we even start to get annoyed after five seconds waiting for the car in front of us to start moving when the traffic light turns green. Overtime, we come to expect (38)_____ to be available infinitely more quickly than in the past. We have far less patience. We’ve forgotten how to slow down. Welcome to modern life.
(Adapted from Navigate by Mark Bartram and Kate Pickering)
Câu hỏi:(34) __________
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A.
potential
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B.
leisure
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C.
habit
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D.
fad
Lời giải tham khảo:
Đáp án đúng: D
Đáp án D
Giải thích:
Kiến thức về từ vựng
A. potential (n): tiềm năng
B. leisure (n): nhàn hạ
C. habit (n): thói quen
D. fad (n): mốt, sự thịnh hành
Căn cứ vào nghĩa ta chọn D
Thông tin: Take exercise: we used to think that the longer we spent on, say, a pleasurable walk in the countryside, the more good it did us. Not anymore. The new fad is for HIIT – short for High-Intensity Interval Training
Tạm dịch: Lấy ví dụ như tập thể dục: chúng ta từng nghĩ rằng chúng ta càng dành nhiều thời gian cho việc đi bộ chậm rãi ở 1 vùng nông thôn, thì điều đó càng có lợi cho chúng ta. Tuy nhiên bây giờ không còn như vậy nữa. Thứ trào lưu thịnh hành là HIIT - viết tắt của Luyện tập ngắt quãng cường độ cao
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A.
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CÂU HỎI KHÁC
- It’s an extremely __________ cure for a headache.
- He needs to do the homework before going out with his friends, ____?
- We thought the repairs on the car would cost about $500, but our estimate was way off the _______ it was $4000.
- Vietnam has played _________ high spirits and had an impressive 2-0 victory over Yemen.
- All the applicants for the post are thoroughly ________ for their suitability.
- Solar energy isn't widely used ________ it is friendly to the environment.
- Peters wife gave him a (n) _____ bike as a birthday present last week.
- You should not lose heart; success often comes to those who are not _________ by failures.
- Choose the best option: The students _______ the topic when the bell rang.
- _______, he will go out with his friends.
- My mother doesn't _______ eye to eye with my father sometimes.
- It is not always easy to _______ a decision at the last minute.
- I demand to know how this vase __________, and no one is leaving till I find out
- Choose the best option: ________ hard all day, I was exhausted.
- The older you are, _______________ you may become.
- Cathy and Graham are at a restaurant.
- Mark and Tim are talking about British literature.
- Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation: scholar, honor, motto, fortune
- Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation: borrowed, conserved, approached, complained
- Choosee the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress: continue, recognise, uncover, remember
- Choosee the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress: leaflet, model, export, cartoon
- Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s): She is a down-to-earth woman with no pretensions.
- Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s): For environment safety, we need to find ways to reduce emission of fum
- Choose the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word: Poverty in many African countries increases the likelihood that people poac
- Choose the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word: I dont believe in anything he says, he is unreliable.
- He helped us a lot with the project. We couldn’t continue without him.
- The storm was so great. Many families'd to be evacuated to safer parts of the city.
- Find the mistake: We have conducted exhausting research into the effects of smartphones on students’ behaviour an
- Find the mistake: On the table is hundreds of books written in English.
- Find the mistake: Tim works as a doctor and he earns twice as much as her brother.
- You should have finished your work by noon, Fiona” said Mark.
- It is necessary for the local authority to impose social distancing on this infected area.
- I haven’t bought any books for 2 years.
- The new (34) _______ is for HIIT – short for High-Intensity Interval Training
- (35) _______ just twelve minutes of very intense activity is supposed to be every bit as beneficial as conventional exercise.
- However, some recent research would appear to (36) ______ these claims.
- (37) _______ have our personalities changed, too?
- Overtime, we come to expect (38)_____ to be available infinitely more quickly than in the past.
- Which would be the best title for the passage?
- The phrase settle down” in paragraph 1 mostly means _______.
- According to the passage, the main reason why delaying parenthood becomes a norm in developed countries is that _______.
- This word 'it” in paragraph 4 refers to _______.
- Choose the true statement.
- Which best serves as the suitable title for the passage?
- The word malaise” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______.
- The consequences of not having enough time for family are mentioned in the passage EXCEPT _______.
- The word 'this” in paragraph 3 (three) refers to _______.
- The word treadmill” in paragraph 5 mostly describes something which is _______.
- Which of the following sentence is true, according to this passage?
- Which of the following can be inferred from this reading passage?
