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<i><b>I. Vocabulary</b></i>
13 unerringly adv /ʌnˈɜːrɪŋli/ luôn trúng đích, khơng sai lệch
19 integrity n /ɪnˈteɡrɪti/ tính chân thực, tính liêm chính
24 indecency n /ɪnˈdiːsənsi/ sự khơng đứng đắn, sự không chỉnh tề
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phủ đứng dầu
<i><b>II. Structures</b></i>
4 step up = take action bước lên, tiến lại, hành động
6 call into question/cast doubt on St nghi ngờ
7 fight like cat and dog/have angry arguments all the time = violently argue: cãi nhau chí chóe 8 work like a charm/be completely successful or effective: thành công rực rỡ
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13 throw up one's hand in horror = be shocked: bị sốc
<i><b>III. Practice exercise 12</b></i>
<i><b>Mark the letter A, B, C, orD on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to theunderlined word(s) in each of the following questions.</b></i>
<b>Question 1: A rumor is floating about that the businessman is getting ready to waste millions again in a</b>
futile attempt to become governor, but that's relevant only to the coyotes who will take his money.
<b>Question 2: Surveying the bare earth, he concluded that the island had suffered some natural c alamity</b>
that had denuded it of vegetation and triggered a decline in rainfall that was turning the place into a desert.
<b>Question 3: Water quality in nearby streams and rivers also deteriorates as tree loss contributes to increased</b>
<b>Question 4: Migration is an excellent example of how nature has responded to the biological imperativefor species to evolve and spread out into all possible ecological niches that can provide the conditions</b>
necessary for species to breed and raise young.
<b>Question 5: How birds manage to unerringly travel between distant locations is one aspect that has</b>
fascinated observers for centuries.
A. accurately B. incorrectly C. successfully D. independently
<b>Question 6: Most studies have found that migratory birds all have some ability to navigate and an innate </b>
drive to travel in a particular direction.
A. draw a map B. give directions C. find their way D. migrate
<b>Question 7: With sailors planting several thousand trees a year, the bare white mountain was soonc loaked in green and renamed Green Mountain.</b>
<b>Question 8: It simply won't work for scientists to continue to appeal to the weight of the evidence, while </b>
refusing to discuss the integrity of their profession.
<b>Question 9: Winning back public confidence is a marathon, not a sprint, but you can't win at all if you don't step up to the starting line.</b>
<b>Question 10: He claimed the cabbie had assaulted him, setting about him with a wheel brace and then </b>
trying to run him over.
<b>Question 11: Apparently, these concerns had been raised before, even by an outfit whose reliability as a watchdog has been called into question recently.</b>
</div><span class="text_page_counter">Trang 4</span><div class="page_container" data-page="4">A. believed B. doubted C. demanded D. trained
<b>Question 12: Their relationship was passionate and never dull, with great highs when their love seemed to overwhelm them and huge lows when they fought like cat and dog .</b>
C. didn't talk to each other D. easily made friends
<b>Question 13: I went about it with military precision, having long lists of everything that needed to be done at what time, and it worked like a charm .</b>
A. was completely successful B. was totally failed C. turned out to be a disaster D. became a feat
<b>Question 14: My point in doing all this is that the Federal Communications Commission's indecency ‘standard' remains about as clear as mud .</b>
C. clear enough to understand D. too clear to understand
<b>Question 15: The sudden rise in poll fortunes last month, when the party was neck and neck with Labour for</b>
the first time in a decade, appears to have been little more than a blip.
<i><b>Mark the letter A, B, Q or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning tothe underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.</b></i>
<b>Question 16: Although this was an improvement, the braking distance the trains required was more thanthe 100 feet of track that were i lluminated .</b>
<b>Question 17: The protected woodlands in Hazelwood will remain largely untouched, but proposals havebeen put forward that they be opened up to pedestrians via a series of walkways.</b>
<b>Question 18: Despite excellent entertainment for dyed-in-the-wool fans, the sameness of this series wasp ointed up when a really imaginative director was put to work on one of them.</b>
A. understated B. highlighted C. emphasized D. exaggerated
<b>Question 19: To understand why India enjoys such impunity, we need to go into the history of the</b>
commission set up in 1946.
<b>Question 20: Logging can also damage aquatic habitats. Vegetation along rivers and stream banks helps</b>
maintain a steady water flow by blocking the entry of soil and other residue, and tree shade inhibits the
<b>growth of algae. Removing trees o bliterates these benefits.</b>
<b>Question 21: Successful desert plants are resilient to scorching summers and frigid winters, drought, and</b>
high-salt conditions.
<b>Question 22: Modern ecologists throw up their hands in horror at what they see as Hookers</b>
environmental anarchy.
A. are shocked B. are amazed C. are disappointed D. are calm
<b>Question 23: The exotic species wrecked the indigenous ecosystem, s queezing out the islands endemic</b>
<b>Question 24: The new arrivals may just be an adornment, with little structural importance for theecosystem. But to Wilkinson, this sounds like clutching at straws .</b>
</div><span class="text_page_counter">Trang 5</span><div class="page_container" data-page="5"><b>Question 25: At least four endemic species have gone extinct on Ascension since the exotics startedarriving. But in their urgency to protect endemics, ecologists are missing out on the study of a great</b>
<b>Question 26: If news of an outbreak came from abroad, relations with the affected country weres uspended.</b>
<b>Question 27: Public opinion has moved toward the view that scientists often try to s uppress alternative</b>
hypotheses and ideas and that scientists will withhold data and try to manipulate some aspects of peer review to prevent dissent.
<b>Question 28: But some of the weird writing calls that composer to mind, especially in the more reflective </b>
moments of the second movement
A. recalls that composer B. forgets that composer C. reminds that composer D. distracts that composer
<b>Question 29: Some successful scientists make their careers by hammering away at one experimental technique that they are good at, and by gathering a gang of co¬workers to do the donkey work .</b>
A. hard and boring work B. exhausting and difficult work C. interesting and simple work D. exciting and challenging work
<b>Question 30: The young politician was in the news every day for weeks, but now he seems to have f allen o ff the radar.</b>
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