ĐÁP ÁN TIÊNG ANH PHẦN ĐIỀN TỪ THI CÔNG CHỨC TỈNH QUẢNG NGÃI 2017

ĐÁP ÁN TIẾNG ANH PHẦN ĐIỀN TỪ THI CÔNG CHỨC TỈNH QUẢNG NGÃI 2017

CLOZE TESTS (20)
C1. Tibet (1)______up images of a mystic land. Snow-capped mountain peaks
pierce the blue sky and fierce chilly winds sweep the rolling grasslands.
Maroon-robed Buddhist monks pray in remote monasteries and (2)_____horsemen pound the rugged earth. People in this high plateau perform punishing
rituals like prostrating hundreds of miles in tattered clothes on pilgrimage.
Spirits, spells and flying apparitions are (3)____ of the Tibetan world. In short,
Tibet remains an exotica. Such images are largely the result of books by
Western travellers and explorers in the last century, which helped in keeping the
mystique (4)____. And when the Communist rulers took over Tibet in the 1950s
and began ——-(5)——____-Chinese language and culture on the people,
Tibet’s own history started to (6)——–in the background. Thus, the only books
available in English to Tsering Wangmo Dhompa as a young girl growing
(7)____ in India and Nepal as a refugee- (8)______those written by Westerners,
and so she came to view the country as a forbidden land, a place where fantasy
and fable collaborated (9)____ a dramatic backdrop of mountains, black magic
and (10)____ with strange customs and appearances.
KEY:
(1) conjures
(2) sturdy
(3) part
(4) alive
(5) imposing
(6) recede
(7) up
(8) were
(9) against
(10) people

C2. Many people believe high heels (1)______ women look good. So much so,

it (2)_______ that the organisers of the Cannes Film Festival reportedly barred
women in flat shoes from walking the red carpet. But all this glam comes at a
cost: wearing heels over 10cm (3)______ can damage your ankles. A study by
Hanseo University in South Korea suggests that continuous (4)_______ exposes
women to the risk of strains, and makes them prone to losing their balance. A
total of 40 women who wear high heels at least three times a week took part in
the study. The strength of their ankles (5)______ measured regularly:


researchers found that two (6)______ the four main muscles became dominant
after a period of between one and three years. This created (7)______ imbalance
in their feet. Dr Yong-Seok Jee from Hanseo University said that the habit of
wearing heels (8)_______ result in deformed feet, back pain and unhealthy
(9)______ patterns. He recommends that women limit the use of these kinds of
shoes and (10)______ their ankle muscles properly.
KEY: (1) make
(2) seems
(3) high
(4) wearing
(5) was
(6) main
(7) an
(8) can
(9) walking
(10) exercise

C3. Educational planning strives (1)______to research, develop, implement and
advance policies, programs and reforms within educational institutions.
Educational planners might (2)_______ at the local, national or international
level to advance or improve education. While educational (3)________ might

center on pre-school and K-12 education, you could also work (4)______
postsecondary education as well. As an educational planner, you could work
within educational institutions, government agencies, and private or not-forprofit (5)_______. Educational planners typically (6)_______ graduate degrees.
You might also consider becoming a licensed teacher or (7)______ additional
degrees in education. Administrators within schools or districts (8)_______
commonly involved in educational planning. Educational planning should aim at
meeting the educational needs of the entire population of all age groups. While
the traditional structure of education as (9)________ three-layer-hierarchy from
the primary stage to the university represents the core, we should not overlook
the periphery, which is equally important under modern conditions. Educational
planning, in (10)_______ words, should take care of the needs of everyone.
KEY (1) strives
(2) work
(3) planning
(4) in
(5) organizations
(6) hold


(7) earning
(8) are
(9) a
(10) their

C4. Could a human have a ____(1)___ relationship with a robot? Perhaps the
question is not as ludicrous as it first sounds. You probably (2)______ that
silicon and circuits don’t do it for you, but they are already part of us. Scientists
can use (3)_____ chips to repair broken connections in the brain or to allow a
man who was paralysed after an accident to play Guitar Hero with his thoughts.
In fact, (4)_____ machines play an increasingly personal role in our daily lives.

We extend a sense of self into our (5)______, and we develop a feeling of
attachment for the object. Soon, neural implants will offer the chance to
(6)______ our memories, thinking and sensory experiences. This will have
(7)______ in what people feel, even in shaping the (8)______ of the user.
Gradually, and without realising (9)________, we are experiencing not just a
merging of body and bionics, but (10)_______of mind and machine.
KEY: (1) romantic
(2) think
(3) computer
(4) intelligent
(5) smartphones
(6) improve
(7) consequences
(8) personality
(9) it
(10) also

C5. (1)______ is what you use to buy things. You may (2)______ money from
completing household chores, getting good grades, for your allowance, or for
losing a tooth. Money is very important in our world and (3)_____ in many
different forms. People have been using money for hundreds of years. Before
money gave specific values for things, people simply traded items. In the United
States, we use the (4)______ as our currency or money, but people in different
parts of the world use different (5)______, though some countries also use or
accept our dollars. People earn money from the (6)______ they work and use
that money to save for the future or pay for their houses, cars, good, taxes,


medical needs, and (7)_______ items, among (8)_____ things. Even things such
(9)_____ turning the lights on, using the air conditioning or (10)_______, and

connecting to the internet cost money.
KEY: (1) money
(2) earn
(3) our
(4) the dollar
(5) currencies
(6) jobs
(7) household
(8) other
(9) as
(10) heat

C6. Banks are (1)______ where people can keep their money. Most people use
banks to save money in their savings (2)______ and to pay money from their
checking accounts. Today, when a person earns money from their (3)_____,
their paycheck is often electronically deposited (put) into their savings or
checking account. Then, he or she can pay their bills by (4)______ checks from
their checking accounts or pay online where their bills are electronically
connected to (5)______bank accounts. Banks also give loans to people. Banks
use the money that their customers deposit (6)______ lend to people to buy new
houses, cars, or to start businesses among other reasons. The bank (7)_____
money from lending by charging interest. In other words, people have to pay
back more than they (8)______. This amount depends on how risky (9)_____
bank thinks the borrower is and how fast the (10)_____ is paid back among
other things.
KEY: (1) places
(2) accounts
(3) checking
(4) writing
(5) their

(6) to
(7) makes
(8) borrowed
(9) the
(10) loan


C7. Hummingbirds are amazing little (1)_____. They are the smallest of all
birds and weigh less than (2)_____ a penny. The bee hummingbird, at barely
more than two inches long, is the (3)_____ bird in the world. Unlike most birds,
hummingbirds (4)_____ iridescent feathers. Iridescent feathers glitter and shine
in the sun. Hummingbirds are often dazzling combinations of greens and reds or
greens and blues. Others are violet, orange, golden, silver or other combinations
only Mother Nature could dream (5)_____. All hummingbirds have long bills to
insert into flowers. Some hummingbirds have special bills to fit into specific
flowers. Hummingbirds are the (6)_____ birds that can fly backwards.
Hummingbirds are also unique among bird species in that they (7)_____nectar
from flowers. You can attract hummingbirds to (8)______ yard with special
feeders that are filled with (9)_____ water. These feeders are usually bright red
in color because hummingbirds are attracted to (10)_____.
KEY: (1) birds
(2) even
(3) smallest
(4) have
(5) up
(6) only
(7) drink
(8) your
(9) sugar
(10) red

C8. The Amazon is the world's largest tropical (1)_____. It covers an area of
nearly 2.8 million square miles, which is nearly the size of the (1)_____ of
Australia. The Amazon Rainforest gets its life from the majestic Amazon River,
the world's second (3)_____ river, which runs directly through the heart of the
region. The rainforest itself is simply the drainage basin for the river and its
many tributaries. The vast forest (4)_____consists of four layers, each featuring
its own ecosystems and specially adapted (5)_____ and animals. The forest floor
is the lowest region. Since only two (6)_____ of the sunlight filters through the
top layers to the understory, very few plants grow here. The forest (7)_____,
however, is rich with rotting vegetation and the bodies of (8)_____ organisms,
which are quickly broken down (9)_____ nutrients integrated into the soil. Tree


roots stay close to these (10)_____ nutrients and decomposers, such as
millipedes and earthworms, use these nutrients for food.
KEY: (1) rainforest
(2) continent
(3) largest
(4) itself
(5) plants
(6) percent
(7) floor
(8) dead
(9) into
(10) available

C9. Dolphins are marine mammals that are related to whales and porpoises. A
marine mammal is one that lives in the (1)_____. Dolphins are found all over
the world’s oceans as well (2)_____ in rivers and marshes. Dolphins are

carnivores, meat eaters, and (3)_____on fish, squid, and other marine life. They
often swim together in groups called ‘pods’. They are thought to have powerful
eyesight and hearing, but do (4)_____ have a sense of smell. Dolphins come in
different sizes. Some are smaller than the average person, but others, such as the
orca, can be 30 feet (5)_____, or more than five times as long as the average
person. Dolphins are thought to be very (6)_____ and communicate with each
other using clicks and whistles. All dolphins are powerful (7)_____. Have you
ever (8)_____ (9)_____ dolphin? Groups of dolphins can often be seen bobbing
in and (10)_____ of waves close to the shoreline.
KEY: (1) water
(2) as
(3) feed
(4) not
(5) long
(6) intelligent
(7) swimmers.
(8) seen
(9) a
(10) out


C10. Did you know that spiders are (1)_____ insects? They are actually called
arachnids, a group of animals related to insects that have eight (2)_____ and that
have venom. There are many different kinds of spiders. They live all over the
world and can be (3)_____ in just about every habitat. Most like (4)_____
places, (5)_____ may include your home, closets, or basement. Spiders are very
interesting. Some spin silk webs to (6)_____ and eat prey, while others attack
their prey. Some spiders, like tarantulas, are large enough to eat lizards and
mice! Many people are afraid (7)_____ spiders because they bite. Most spiders,
however, will only bite (8)_____they think they are danger and most are

harmless. Spiders are (9)_____ helpful to people (10)_____ many eat insect
pests like cockroaches and mosquitoes.
KEY: (1) not
(2) legs
(3) found
(4) dark
(5) which
(6) catch
(7) of
(8) if
(9) actually
(10) because

C11. The French and Indian War, also known (1)_____ the Seven Years War,
began in the Spring on 1754. The dispute arose over the presence of British and
French settlers in the Ohio River (2)_____ in and around present day Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, but resulted (3)_____ battles that were fought far from there. Both
the French and English wanted exclusive rights (4)_____ the area because of its
economic potential and plethora of fur-bearing wildlife. Despite attempts in
Europe to solve the territory battle diplomatically, no compromise (5)_____ be
made. French settlers began building forts (6)_____ the Ohio River to protect
the land from the British. Meanwhile, Robert Dinwiddie, lieutenant governor of
Virginia, had begun issuing land-grants (7)_____ the region for (8)_____ of his
colony. French and British military forces were (9)_____ authorized by their
respective governments to take the necessary measures to (10)_____ the other.
KEY: (1) as


(2) Valley
(3) in

(4) to
(5) could
(6) along
(7) in
(8) members
(9) both
(10) remove

C12. Siem Reap is a small town near the world famous (1)______ of Angkor
Wat. The town is charming and worth exploring, with some fine examples of
Khmer and French colonial architecture set among the more modern
developments. Nowadays, visitors (2)______ flocking in, using it as a base for
visits to the nearby temples. From the 9th to the 14th centuries, when Europe
was still (3)_____ out of the Dark Ages, the Cambodian Empire of Angkor
covered most of present-day Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand. The heart
of (4)________ empire during the 12th century was the ancient capital of
Angkor Thom, near present day Siem Reap, the site of the world’s largest
temple complexes, which were rediscovered (5)______ 1861. This spectacular
city was (6)________ over 30 years under the reign of King Suryavarman II
(1113-1150). The area covers about 400 square kilometres and is full of the
finest examples of Khmer art and architecture. Tourists are always amazed
(7)_______ the scale of the place. In Angkor Wat you will find more than 100
stone monuments (8)________ temple buildings, each of which contains
countless statues, sculptures and reliefs that have weathered extremely little over
(9)__________ last 800 years. To see the whole thing can take several days. The
most important temples to visit in the area are Angkor Wat, especially at sunrise
or sunset; Angkor Thom, the (10______ of the capital; Ta Prohm, a palace
overgrown by jungle; and Bayon.
KEY: (1) temple
(2) are

(3) struggling
(4) this
(5) in
(6) built
(7) at
(8) and
(9) the


(10) remains

C13. The Battle of Lake George was fought on September 8, 1755. British
forces of 1,500 soldiers and 200 Mohawk Indians (1)_____ the command of
William Johnson defeated (2)_____ much larger allied French and Indian force
of 3,500 under German General Baron Dieskau. The battle (3)_____ when
French and Indian forces ambushed a group of Massachusetts and Connecticut
regiments on (4)_____ road between Lake George and Ft. Edward. Although the
regiments were pushed back, they were able to (5)_____ off French and Indian
assaults on their base camp. Meanwhile, New Hampshire and New York
regiments were sent from Fort Edward to reinforce the (6)_____regiments. On
the way, these regiments seized a French baggage train along with critical
supplies. An astonished General Dieskau (7)_____also captured, and the French
and Indian troops (8)_____ scattered away from (9)_____ main battle. The
events of the battle of Fort William Henry were depicted in the famous novel
(10)_____ James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans.
KEY: (1) under
(2) a
(3) started
(4) a
(5) hold

(6) other
(7) was
(8) were
(9) the
(10) by

C14. George Washington (1)_____ born on February 22, 1732 in Westmoreland
County, Virginia, although he grew up near Fredericksburg. In his childhood
and adolescence, he studied math and surveying. When he (2)_____ 16, he went
to live with his brother Lawrence in Mount Vernon. George was scarred with
Smallpox before the age of 20, (3)_____ inherited his brother’s land, including
Mt. Vernon, when he died in 1752. Washington’s military career began in 1753,


when he was sent into Ohio country during the French and Indian War to protect
British interests in the area. (4)_____ 1754, he battled the French and was forced
to (5)_____ Fort Necessity, near present-day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He
continued (6)_____ an officer in Ohio country, and served (7)_____ the British
general Edward Braddock when their army was ambushed by the French in
1755. Once again, Washington tasted defeat (8)_____ their surrender of Fort
Duquesne to French forces. Luckily for the future United States, the French
agreed (9)_____ release him rather than keep him as a prisoner. He helped
(10)_____ Fort Duquesne back in 1758.
KEY: (1) was
(2) was
(3) but
(4) In
(5) surrender
(6) as
(7) under

(8) after
(9)
(10) take

C15. The Age of Exploration started in the 1400's. Europeans were desperate
(1)_____get spices from Asia. Spices were used to preserve foods and keep
them from spoiling. Spices, however, (2)_____ expensive and dangerous
(3)_____ get. Traders had to travel parts of the dangerous Silk Road, a land
route from Europe to Asia to get them. Because the Silk Road was frequently
closed (4)_____ to various wars, European rulers (5)_____ to pay for
explorations to find a sea route to Asia so they could get spices more easily and
for cheaper. Portugal was the first European country that sent explorers to search
for the (6)_____ route to Asia. Prince Henry the Navigator started a school of
navigation and financed the first voyages to the west coast (7)_____ Africa. In
the 1400's, however, sailors were afraid of sea monsters and boiling hot water at
the Equator, so progress was slow. After Bartholomew Dias and his crew
(8)_____it to Africa's Cape (9)_____ Good Hope, Vasco da Gama and his crew
became the first to sail (10)_____ Africa and through the Indian Ocean to India.
KEY: (1) to
(2) were
(3) to
(4) due


(5) began
(6) to
(7) of
(8) made
(9) of
(10) around

C16. The Dallas Cowboys have been an NFL team (1)_____ 1960. They are one
of two teams that play professional football (2)_____ the state of Texas. It took
the Cowboys eleven years before they (3)_____ the Super Bowl, the NFL
championship game. They (4)_____ that game to the Baltimore Colts by a score
of 16 to 13. The Cowboys soon got much better! In the 1970s, they played in
five Super Bowls and won two of them. After they defeated the Denver Broncos
in Super Bowl 12, people (5)_____ calling them America’s Team. Although the
Cowboys failed to make any Super Bowls in the 1980s, they played in three
Super Bowls in the 1990s and won all three of them, including two in a row
(6)_____ the Buffalo Bills and one against their big rival, the Pittsburgh
Steelers. It was during this time, (7)_____ Quarterback Troy Aikman, Running
Back Emmitt Smith and Wide Receiver Michael Irvin all became big stars. All
three would eventually (8)_____ members of the Pro Football Hall-of-Fame.
The Cowboys won their last Super Bowl (9)_____ 1995 and haven’t made it
back since. That hasn’t discouraged owner Jerry Jones from spending big bucks,
though. In 2009, Cowboys Stadium opened. It can hold over 110,000 people,
making it the (10)_____domed stadium in the world. It cost over one billion
dollars to build.
KEY: (1) since
(2) in
(3) made
(4) lost
(5) started
(6) against
(7) that
(8) become
(9) in
(10) largest

C17. In 1274, Italian explorers Marco (1)_____ Niccolo Polo set out on a 24
year (2)_____ in which they traveled the famous Silk Road from Italy, through
brutal deserts and towering mountains (3)_____ eastern China. They (4)_____
over 4,000 miles in all. Marco and Niccolo were among the very first Europeans
to explore the fabled empire of China. In China, Marco Polo even worked for
ruler Kublai Khan. Polo (5)_____ his experiences and findings in China by
writing a book. Polo described materials and inventions never before (6)_____
in Europe. Paper money, a printing press, porcelain, gunpowder and coal were
among the products he wrote about. He also described the vast wealth of Kublai
Khan, as well (7)_____ the geography of northern and southern China.
European rulers were very interested (8)_____ the products Polo described.
However, trading for them along the Silk (9)_____ was dangerous, expensive
and impractical. European rulers began to wonder if there was a sea route to the
east to get the products they wanted at a reasonable (10)_____.
KEY: (1) and
(2) journey
(3) to
(4) traveled
(5) detailed
(6) seen
(7) as
(8) in
(9) Road
(10) price

C18. Rainbows are often (1)_____ when the sun comes out after or during a
rainstorm. Rainbows are caused when sunlight shines through drops of (2)_____
in the sky at specific angles. When white sunlight enters a raindrop, it exits the
raindrop a different (3)_____. When light exits lots of different raindrops at

different angles, it produces the red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and
violet that you see in a rainbow. Together, these (4)_____are known as the
spectrum. These colors can sometimes be seen in waterfalls and fountains as
well. Did you know that there are double rainbows? In a double (5)_____, light
reflects twice inside water droplets and forms two arcs. In most double
rainbows, the colors of the top arc are opposite from (6)_____ in the bottom arc.
In (7)_____ words, the order of colors starts with purple on top and ends with


the red on bottom. In addition, rainbows sometimes appear as white arcs
(8)_____ night. These rainbows are called moonbows and are so rare that very
(9)_____ people will ever see one. Moonbows are (10)_____ by moonlight
(rather than sunlight) shining through drops of water.
KEY: (1) seen
(2) water
(3) color
(4) colors
(5) rainbow
(6) those
(7) other
(8) at
(9) few
(10) caused

C19. Butterflies are (1)_____ of the most interesting insects on the planet Earth.
There are more than seventeen thousand different (2)_____ of butterflies.
Butterflies come in all shapes and sizes. Butterflies go through four main stages
of life. The first stage is the egg stage followed by the larva stage. As a larva, or
caterpillar, the future butterfly (3)_____ as much as possible. As it grows, it
sheds it outer skin, or exoskeleton. This (4)_____ happen four or five times.

After a few weeks, the caterpillar enters the next stage of its life, the chrysalis
stage. In the chrysalis, the caterpillar will liquefy (5)_____ a soup of living cells.
Then, it will reorganize into a butterfly and the metamorphosis is complete. In
later parts of the chrysalis stage, you (6)_____ see the forming butterfly through
the chrysalis. When the butterfly emerges from the chrysalis, it pumps its
(7)_____ to send blood through them so that (8)_____ can fly.
(9)_____butterflies only live a couple of weeks, just enough time to drink flower
nectar and to mate. Some, like the Monarch Butterfly, (10)_____, may live
many months.
KEY: (1) some
(2) kinds
(3) eats
(4) may
(5) into
(6) can
(7) wings


(8) it
(9) Most
(10) however

C20. Raisins are (1)_____ grapes that have been eaten for thousands of years.
Nearly 3,500 years ago, the first raisins were discovered as grapes that
(2)_____drying in the sun on a vine. In medieval Europe, raisins were used as
sweeteners, medicine, and even as a form (3)_____money. In America, raisins
were first grown after an 1873 heat wave in California destroyed its valuable
grape crop, leaving only dried, wrinkly, but tasty grapes on the vines. Soon,
farmers (4)_____ developing seedless grapes in California that were thinskinned and sweet. These grapes (5)_____ purposely dried in the sun and
became the popular dark raisin we eat and enjoy today. Later, a golden

(6)_____of raisin was made by treating grapes with a chemical (7)_____ sulfur
dioxide and using special methods to dry them. Today, central California
(8)_____ the center of the world’s raisin industry, (9)_____ nearly 95 percent of
the world’s raisins. Its green valleys, sunny climate, and hot temperatures
provide the perfect conditions for grapes (10)_____are dried into raisins.
KEY: (1) dried
(2) were
(3) of
(4) began
(5) would be
(6) variety
(7) called
(8) remains
(9) producing
(10) that
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