Tài liệu ôn tập thi công chức tỉnh Quảng Nam năm 2016 tiếng Anh phần điền từ

ĐÁP ÁN CÂU HỎI ÔN TẬP THI CÔNG CHỨC TỈNH QUẢNG NAM NĂM 2016
MÔN TIẾNG ANH – PHẦN ĐIỀN TỪ (bản full)

C1.
We've just come back exhausted after a two-week holiday in France. We were really stupid. On
the last day we drove non-stop from Marseille to Calais- we should have(1)_____ our journey in
Lyon or Paris. As if that wasn't enough, the sea was so rough in the English Channel that the (2)
_____ took three hours instead of one and a half. Next year we've decided we're going on a
cheap (3) _____ holiday to Italy. It sounds marvellous- the cost of the flight, the hotel and all
our meals are (4) _____ in the price. While we're in Rome we'll be going on a guided (5) _____
of the Coliseum. The last time I was in Italy, I was on a business (6) _____ - I can't say I saw
many of the famous tourist (7) _____ on that occasion
1/ A. stopped
2/ A. expedition
3/ A. party
4/ A. involved
5/ A. tour
6/ A. excursion
7/ A. views

B. paused
B. crossing
B. overall
B. included
B. view
B. journey
B. visits

C. interrupted
C. cruise
C. package

C. contained
C. sightseeing
C. trip
C. scenes

D. broken
D. passage
D. inclusive
D. combined
D. trip
D. travel
D. sights

C2.
According (1)_____computer models that were used to estimate the running speeds of
dinosaurs, the Tyrannosaurus Rex would have been able to outrun a footballer. The study
shows that the dinosaur could reach a top (2)_____of 8 metres a second, which is
(3)_____faster than the average professional footballer. There has been a lot of controversy
(4)_____whether the Tyrannosaurus Rex was a predator or a scavenger; some believe that its
highly developed sense of smell indicates that it was a scavenger, (5)_____others say that its
keen eyesight shows that it was a hunter. The (6)_____group will appreciate the recent study,
as a hunter is more (7)_____to require such speed. The University of Manchester study used a
powerful supercomputer to calculate the running speeds of five meat-eating dinosaurs and
used data taken (8)_____ from dinosaur fossils, (9)_____than referring to previous work on
(10)_____animals.
1. To
2. A. swift
3. A. fractionally

B. fast

B. fractional

C. rate
C. fractionals

D. speed
D. fraction


4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

A. at
While
A. former
A. probable
Directly
Rather
Modern

B. as
B. latter
B. possible

C. likely

C. to

D. about

C. first
D. probably

D. later

C3.
In 1993, Greg Mortenson took a (1)_____to Pakistan to climb K2, the second tallest
mountain in the world. On his way down the mountain, he got lost. Food and water were
(2)_____, but Mr. Mortenson found a small village. The people there saw that he was
(3)______and helped him. While in the village, Mr. Mortenson watched the children write
in the dirt for their school lessons. The village did not have money to build a school or
(4)______a teacher. Before he left, Mr. Mortenson (5)______to return to the village and
help them build a school. Mr. Mortenson returned to the US and wrote to many
(6)______people. That idea did not work very well, but (7)______enough people heard
about Mr. Mortenson's plan and helped him. That was the beginning of the Central Asia
Institute, an organization that has (8)______in building or helping to build more than 130
schools in small villages in Pakistan and Afghanistan. With the help of (9)______David Relin,
Mr. Mortenson wrote the famous book Three Cups of Tea. Some people have criticized him,
however, Mr. Mortenson was given an (10)_____in 2009 by the government of Pakistan for
his work in that country.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Trip
Hard to find
In need
Pay for
Volunteered
Rich
At last
Succeeded
Journalist
(a) prize

C4.
Beijing is the capital city of the People’s Federal Republic of China. “Beijing” comes from the
Chinese words “northern” and “capital” and follows a(n) (1) _____East Asian tradition of
naming capital cities literally. Other similarly named cities (2)_____Nanjing in Southern China
which means “southern capital”, and Tokyo in Japan, which means “eastern capital”. Beijing is
the political and cultural (3) _____of China and is world-famous for its many historical


attractions. Four million people visit Beijing each year to see (4)_____such as the magnificent
Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square and The Great Wall of China. It is also one of the world’s
great modem metropolises and is (5)______of 21st century vitality. Towering skyscrapers, huge
shopping malls, and modem commercial areas are just as much a (6)_____of modern-day
Beijing. In 2001, Beijing celebrated the news that it had been selected to (7)______the 2008

Summer Olympics. Hundreds of thousands of flag-waving Chinese poured into Beijing’s streets,
singing and cheering. Fireworks (8) _____up the sky as the city rejoiced. The morning after the
(9) ______, the titles of all Beijing’s newspapers were printed in red — a special colour in
Chinese (10)______that is reserved for good and important news.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A

past
include
square
sights

total
piece
host
glowed
statement
tradition

B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B

ancient
contain
centre
views
rich
part
show
lit
declaration
custom

C

C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C

antique
involve
middle
visions
full
section
display
shone
announcement
habit

D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D

D

older
consist
heart
displays
complete
bit
view
flamed
transmission
folklore

C5.
Most people think that the capital of the (1)_____world is Hollywood, in the (2)_____.
However, the real movie capital is Mumbai, in (3)_____. Mumbai used to be known as Bombay,
and the movie industry there is often called “Bollywood.” Bollywood makes twice as many
movies each year as Hollywood — more than 1,000 movies a year. The (4)_____ from
Bollywood are very different from those made by Hollywood studios. For one thing, Bollywood
movies are much (5)_____than most Hollywood movies. Most Bollywood movies are more than
three hours long, and contain singing, dancing, action, adventure, mystery, and romance (but
usually no kissing). Because Bollywood movies contain so many different features, this
(6)_____of movie is sometimes called a “masala” movie — “masala” is an Indian word for a
mixture of spices. Another big (7) _____between Bollywood and Hollywood movies is the way
the movies are made. It takes much longer to make a movie in Hollywood than in Bollywood.
(8)_____, filming may begin on a Bollywood movie before the script is even finished. The
director and writers can make (9)_____the story while the movie is being made. Sometimes
they will even write the script by hand instead (10)_____taking time to type it. Bollywood
actors are very popular and some are in such high demand that they may work on several
movies at the same time.

1. Movie


2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

United States
India.
Movies
Longer
Style
Difference
In fact
Up
Of

C6.
There is an old English (1)_____, “Laughter is the best medicine”. One person who certainly
would have agreed with this is Norman Cousins. Norman Cousins the editor of a magazine
called Saturday Review for almost forty years. He also wrote and (2) _____about world peace
and anti-nuclear and anti-war issues, traveling (3)_____many different countries to share his
ideas. In the 1960s, after returning to the United States from a busy and tiring trip to Europe,
Mr. Cousins got sick. He discovered he had a rare disease known as <i>ankylosing

spondylitis</i> that caused the joints between his bones to (4)_____ stiff. In less than a week
after he got (5)_____, he could not stand. Every move that he (6)_____was painful. He was not
able to sleep at night. The doctors told Mr. Cousins that they did not (7)_____how to cure his
problem and he might never get over the illness. Mr. Cousins, however, refused to give
(8)_____hope. Mr. Cousins thought that the illness could be caused (9)_____unhappy thoughts.
He did not want to (10)_____medicine to cure himself. Instead, he felt that happy thoughts or
laughter might cure his illness.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Saying
Spoke
To
Become
Back
Made
Know
Up
By
take

C7.

Human memory, formerly believed to be rather inefficient, (1)_____really much more
sophisticated than that of a computer. Researchers approaching the problem from a variety of


(2)_____of view have all concluded that there is a great deal more stored in our minds than has
been generally supposed. Dr. Wilder Penfield, a Canadian neurosurgeon, proved that by
stimulating (3)_____brains electrically, he could elicit the total recall of complex events in his
subjects’ lives. Even dreams and other minor events supposedly forgotten (4)_____many years
suddenly emerged in detail. The memory trace is the term for (5)_____forms the internal
representation of the specific information about the event stored in the memory. Assumed to
have been made by structural changes in (6)____brain, the memory trace is not subject to
direct observation but is rather a theoretical construct that is used to speculate about how
information presented at a particular time can cause performance at a later time. Most theories
include the (7)____of the memory trace as a variable in the degree of learning, retention, and
retrieval possible for a memory. One theory is that the fantastic capacity for storage in the
brain is the result (8)____an almost unlimited combination of interconnections between brain
cells, stimulated by patterns of (9)_____. Repeated references to the same information support
recall. Or, to say that another way, improved performance is the result of (10)_____the
chemical bonds in the memory.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Is
Points
Their
For
Whatever
The
Strength
Of
Activity
Strengthening

C8.
Psychologists generally (1)_____memory into (2)_____least two types, short-term and longterm memory, which combine (3)_____form working memory. Short-term memory contains
what we are actively (4)_____on at any particular time, but items are not retained longer
(5)_____twenty or thirty seconds without verbal rehearsal. We use short-term (6)_____when
we look up a telephone number and repeat it to ourselves until we can place the call. On the
other (7) _____, long-term memory can store facts, concepts, and experiences after we stop
thinking (8)_____them. All conscious (9)_____of information, as in problem solving for
example, involves both short-term and long-term memory. As we repeat, rehearse, and recycle
information, the memory trace is strengthened, allowing that information to move (10)_____
short-term memory to long-term memory.


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

8.
9.
10.

Divide
At
To
Focusing
Than
Memory
Hand
About
Processing
from

C9.
I have (1)____ to my hometown of Wilson Creek after an absence of 10 years. So many things
have changed around here. When I left Wilson Creek, there (2)____ a small pond on the right as
you left town. They have filled in this pond and they have built a large shopping mall (3) ____ .
A new post office has also been built just across from my old school. There is a baseball (4) ____
on the outskirts of Wilson Creek which has been changed (5) ____. They have now added a new
stand where probably a few thousand people could sit. It looks really great. The biggest changes
have taken place (6) ____ the downtown area. They have pedestrianised the centre and you
can't drive there anymore. A European-style fountain has been (7) ____ and (8) ____ benches
have also been added along with a grassy area and a new street cafe. My street looks just the
same as it always has but a public library has been built in the next street along. There (9) ____
to be a great park there but they have cut down all the trees which is a pity. The library now has
a large green area in front (10) ____ it but it's not the same as when the park was there.
1.
2.

3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Returned
Was
There
Stadium
completely
Place
Built
Some
Used
Of

C10.
Philology (1)_____the traditional study of language, especially of written languages in their
cultural settings. Because philology (2)_____with the relationship of languages, it is usually


comparative; because these relationships evolve (3)_____time, it is typically historical.
Languages (4)_____ to change in the direction of greater diversity; one language tends to be
superseded by several: a (5)_____“dead” language preserves evidence of the earlier forms from
which “living” languages developed. The descendants of Latin have diverged to the point that,
though Italian is related (6)_____English, they are now foreign to each other as is their common

“parent” to both. Also cultures change the meaning and use of many words. In English, piano is
a keyboard (7)_____; in Italian piano not only names the instrument, it also means “soft” as
opposed to “loud”. The original name for the instrument was pianoforte (soft-loud), because it
was more (8) _____of varying sound volume than instruments like the harpsichord that came
before it. The special meaning of the Italian phrase results from its (9)_____context and the
distinctive feature of the instrument it names. But in English and other languages, we
abbreviate it to piano. The English word still (10)_____the same instrument but the
abbreviation discards “and loud" from the original Italian phrase and hence becomes a name
and not a description.
1.is
2.
3.
4. appear
5. written
6. to
7. instrument
8. capable
9. cultural
10.names
More info: />C11.
Edward Patrick Eagan was (1)_____April 26, 1897, in Denver, Colorado, and his father died in a
railroad accident when Eagan was only a year old. He and his four brothers (2)_____raised by
his mother, who earned a small income from teaching foreign languages. Inspired


(3)_____Frank Merriwell, the hero of a series of popular novels for boys, Eagan pursued an
education for himself as well as an interest (4)_____boxing. He (5)_____the University of
Denver for a year before serving in the U.S. Army as an artillery lieutenant during World War I.
After the war, he entered Yale University and, while studying there, won the U.S. national
amateur heavyweight boxing title. He graduated from Yale in 1921, attended Harvard Law

School, and received a Rhodes scholarship to the University of Oxford (6)_____he received his
A.M. in 1928. While studying at Oxford, Eagan became (7)_____first American to win the British
amateur boxing championship. Eagan won his first Olympic gold medal as a light heavyweight
boxer (8)_____the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium. Eagan also fought at the 1924
Olympics in Paris as a heavyweight but failed to get a medal. Though he had (9)_____ the sport
just three weeks before the competition, he managed to win a second gold medal as a member
of the four-man bobsled team at the 1932 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Thus he became
the only athlete to (10)____gold medals at both the Summer and Winter Olympics.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Born
Were
By
In
Attended
Where
The
At
Taken up
Win

C12.
Vitamins, taken in tiny doses, (1)_____a major group of organic compounds that regulate the
mechanisms by which the body converts food (2)_____energy. They should not be confused
(3)_____minerals, which are inorganic in their makeup. Although in general the naming of
vitamins followed the alphabetical order of their (4)_____, the nomenclature of individual
substances may appear to be somewhat random and disorganized. Among the vitamins
(5)_____today, five are produced in the body. Because the body produces (6)_____quantities
of some but not sill vitamins, they must be supplemented in the daily diet. (7)_____each
vitamin has its specific designation and cannot be replaced by another compound, a lack of one
vitamin can interfere with the processing of (8)_____. When a lack of even one vitamin in a diet
is continual, a vitamin deficiency may (9)_____. The best way for an individual to ensure a
necessary supply of vitamins is to maintain a balanced diet that includes a variety of foods and
provides adequate quantities of all the compounds. Some people take vitamin supplements,
predominantly in the (10) _____of tablets.


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Are
Into
With

Identification
Known
Sufficient
Although
Another
Result
form

C13.
What has caused these major changes? One reason (1)_____economic necessity may be that
the husband has (2)_____his job and the wife must support the family. Or even if the husband
is working, some families say they can’t survive on only (3)_____paycheck. But probably a
(4)_____important influence has been the “women’s liberation movement”. Women are being
told in (5)_____magazines and TV programs that “You can be successful on your own. Don’t be
satisfied with (6)_____being a wife and mother. Use your intelligence and talents to do
something bigger. And you should be paid (7)____much as a man.” (8)_____doubt this
movement has accomplished much good. But it has also contributed to a selfish “me first”
attitude that is breaking up many families. Sometimes women (9)_____are happy staying at
home feel that working women look (10)____them. There are no easy answers to these
problems. But certainly women’s influence will continue to grow in business, education and
politics.

C14.
Leisure is generally seen as an (1)______ which takes place outside (2)_____ hours. The peak
leisure time for most people is between 6.00 pm and 12.00 am, although in recent years there
has been an increase in people working (3) ____hours and shifts, together with more
"flexitime". Leisure is often thought of purely as a (4)____ activity, i.e. playing sport. Although
many people use their (5)
time in this way, there are plenty of other leisure opportunities
that are more (6) ____in nature, such as of one's life- watching television or sunbathing on a

beach. It is important to realise that leisure can embrace a whole range of experiences and
activities, although personal choice may be limited due to factors such as age or provision of


local (7)_____. The leisure emphasis will normally change at different (8)_____ cycle. Different
types of leisure (9)______tend to be popular with varying age groups. It's probably true,
however, that some members of the older (10)______are more capable of pursuing active
pastimes than they are sometimes given credit for.
1.event
2. working
3. unsocial
4. physical
5. free
6. passive
7.facilities
8. stages
9. activities
10. generation

C15.
Our journey to Greece began at six in the morning, when my family and I set off from the
house in our old car. We'd only gone a mile when we got a (1) ____tyre, and after we'd fixed
that we had to hurry to the airport. We (2)____to reach the check-in just before it closed, then
went through to the departure lounge. Soon we were (3)_____the plane, and looking forward
to our week on an island in the sun. I had a window seat, but since I was directly above the
(4)____I couldn't see much, so I asked the flight (5)____if I could move to another seat. She
found me one nearer the front of the plane, and later on I had a wonderful (6) ______ of the
snow-covered mountains as we crossed over the Austrian Alps. The weather became sunnier as
we approached Greece, and our plane arrived right on (7)____ at Athens' very smart new
airport. Half an hour after we landed, we (8)____the train for the centre of Athens, where we

(9)_____trains for the port of Piraeus. It wasn't long before we were on the waterfront. After a
short wait we were on board our ferry and sailing out to sea. It was a lovely trip, and when
finally we reached our destination, the holiday was a (10)___come true.


1. a flat
2. a could
3. a riding
4. a wing
5. a officer
6. a scene
7. a moment
8. a go into
9. a changed
10. a plan

b level
b managed
b flying
b mast
b helper
b view
b hour
b got onto
b moved
b hope

c dead
c able
c stepping

c platform
c assistant
c sight
c time
c got up
c replaced
c thought

d broken
d succeeded
d boarding
d sail
d attendant
d scenery
d minute
d got over
d exchanged
d dream

C16.
Right now, I am (1)_____at a shelf full of relics, a collection of has-beens, old-timers, antiques,
fossils. Right now, I am looking at a shelf full of books. If you have some spare cash (the going
rate is about $89) and (2)_____looking to enhance your reading experience, then I highly
suggest you consider (3)_____an e-reader. E-readers are replacing the books of old, and I
welcome them with open (4)_____. If you haven't heard of an e-reader and (5)_____ know
what it is, then please permit the following explanation. An e-reader is a device (6)_____allows
you to read e-books. An e-book is a book-length publication in digital (7)_____, consisting of
text, images, or both, and produced on, published through, and readable on computers or
other electronic devices. Sometimes the equivalent of a conventional (8)_____book, e-books
can also be born digital. The Oxford Dictionary of English defines the e-book as "an electronic

version of a printed book," but e-books can and do exist without any printed equivalent. So
now you know what an e-reader is. But you still may be wondering why they put printed books
to shame. E-readers are superior to printed books because they (9)_____space, are
(10)____friendly, and provide helpful reading tips and tools that printed books do not.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Looking
Are
Purchasing
Arms
Don’t
That
Form
Printed
Save
Environmentally


C17.
Many of us are trying to think of new (1)____to help the environment. Groups which are
involved in protecting the environment think they may have found a long-term (2)_____. Most

of the current ways of getting people involved in helping the environment mean that people
have to (3)_____a large organisation and they can sometimes feel the problem is too large or
(4)_____to manage. A new (5) _____is that groups are set up locally to deal with small issues
that affect just the community they (6) _____in. It is hoped this will make people more (7)
_____ of the importance of helping. Also, this plan means that each community works
together by contributing (8)_____the environment and this makes for a strong community. If
every community does this then organisers are (9) _____the effect will be national. The
government may even offer some (10) _____help for projects set up by these local groups. The
idea came from someone who thought that reducing the size of what we do would actually be
more productive. Also, it should mean that helping becomes a pleasure rather than a chore.

C18.
E-readers are superior (1)_____printed books because they save space. The average e-reader
can store thousands of digital books, (2)_____a veritable library at your fingertips. Moreover,
being the size and weight of a thin hardback, the e-reader (3)_____is relatively petite. It is easy
to hold and can fit in a pocketbook or briefcase easily. The average novel is about 300 pages
(4)_____. Therefore, if a novel is printed 1000 times, it will use 300,000 pieces of paper. That's a
lot of paper! If there are about 80,000 pieces of paper in a tree, this means it (5)_____almost 4
trees to make these 1000 books. We know that the average bestseller sells about 20,000 copies
per week. That means that it takes over 300 trees each month to sustain this rate. And for the
super (6)_____, these figures increase dramatically. For example, the Harry Potter book series
has sold over 450 million copies. That's about 2 million trees! Upon viewing these (7)_____, it is
not hard to grasp the (8)_____impact of printed books on the environment. Since e-readers use
no trees, (9)_____represent a impact significant amount of preservation in terms (10)_____the
environment and its resources.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

To
Providing
Itself
Long
Takes


6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

bestsellers
Figures
Severe
They
Of

C19.
The latest blockbuster to hit our cinemas is an adventure film which was made
(1)______location in Spain. The (2)______is quite simple; a teenager discovers (3)_____secret
papers which show that the President is in danger. Then she disappears! We interviewed the
actress who (4)_____the part of the teenager in the film, Juliet Roberts. It (5)______things did
not always go well during the production. First, Juliet nearly missed being in the film.
Apparently, a copy of the (6)______, which the producer had sent her to read, got lost in the
post. Then, in the middle of filming, part of the background (7)_______fell on a member of the
camera (8)_______. Luckily, the man was not seriously hurt but they had to (9)_____ another
cameraman to take his place at short notice. Something even worse happened a few days later

when the director slipped and broke his leg. It (10)_____him quite a long time to recover from
the shock and he had to direct the final scenes of the film from his wheelchair.
1. A. on
2. A. drama
3. A. any
4. A. does
5. A. looks
6. A. lines
7. A. scenery
8. A. party
9. A. rent
10. A. needed

B. in
B. intrigue
B. the
B. plays
B. tells
B. words
B. setting
B. crew
B. buy
B. took

C. at
D. to
C. plot
D. line
C. few
D. some

C. makes
D. holds
C. strikes
D. seems
C. script
D. little
C. scene
D. view
C. artists
D. workers
C. hire
D. purchase
C. lasted
D. used

C20.
Mona (1)_____ like to ask people for help. But it is hard (2)_____her to perform daily activities
on her own. She is almost 13, yet she is no larger than a 5-year-old. Mona has trouble
(3)_____her balance and can’t walk very far. When she uses a wheelchair, she can’t push it
(4)_____. Fortunately, Mona has a wonderful service dog (5)_____Sam. A service dog is a dog
that has been trained to assist someone who has a physical problem. Sam (6)_____Mona lean
on him when she walks. He also pulls her wheelchair and turns lights on and off. When Mona
drops something, Sam picks it up. He (7)_____pulls her socks off at night. Sam also helps Mona
with everyday tasks at school. He carries her books from class to class in a special backpack. He


puts Mona’s completed assignments in her teachers’ homework trays. In the lunchroom he
throws away her trash. (8)_____making Mona less dependent on other people, Sam helps her
lead a fuller life. Mona’s classmates flock around Sam like geese. This has helped her
(9)_____friends. Sam also helps Mona be more active. With his aid, she raised over $500 in a

walk-a-thon for her local society. Because of Sam, Mona doesn’t have to ask people for help.
Sam brings her closer to other kids. And he even helps her (10)_____to her community.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Doesn’t
For
Keeping
Herself
Named
Lets
Also
Besides
Make
Contribute

CHÚC CÁC BẠN THI TỐT!