reading gap filling

Introduction: Câu hỏi phần điền từ trong đề thi: Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.. Practice: R

GAP- FILLING (Điền từ)

I Introduction:

Câu hỏi phần điền từ trong đề thi: Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to choose the word

or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Trong phần này, các em đọc đoạn văn với độ dài khoảng 200 -250 từ với 10 chỗ trống Các em đọc kĩ và tìm lựa chọn thích hợp để điền vào các chỗ trống đó

Câu hỏi vocabulary => liên quan đến content

Grammar Parts of speech (N, Adj, Adv, Pronoun, V)

Structures

Methods (phương pháp):

- Đọc lướt toàn bộ bài đọc để hiểu được ý chính của bài

- Phân loại xem câu hỏi thuộc loại câu hỏi về từ vựng hay về ngữ pháp

- Chọn đáp phù hợp sau khi đã phân tích các vấn đề liên quan đến từ vựng, ngữ pháp

- Nếu cần thiết => Đọc kĩ câu trước và sau chỗ trống

- Dùng phương pháp loại trừ

- Không nhất thiết phải làm theo trình tự của bài

II Practice: Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to choose the word or phrase that best fits

each of the numbered blanks.

Reading 1:

Environmental Concerns Earth is the only place we know of in the universe that can support human life (1) _ human activities are making the planet less fit to live on As the western world (2) _ on consuming two-thirds of

the world's resources while half of the world's population do so just to stay alive we are rapidly destroying the

(3) _ resource we have by which all people can survive and prosper Everywhere fertile soil is (4) _

built on or washed into the sea Renewable resources are exploited so much that they will never be able to

recover (5) _ We discharge pollutants into the atmosphere without any thought of the consequences As a (6) _ the planet's ability to support people is being reduced at the very time when rising human numbers and consumption are (7) _ increasingly heavy demands on it

The Earth's (8) _ resources are there for us to use We need food, water, air, energy, medicines, warmth, shelter and minerals to (9) _ us fed, comfortable, healthy and active If we are sensible in how we use the resources, they will (10) _ indefinitely But if we use them wastefully and excessively, they will

soon run out and everyone will suffer

Question 2 A continues B repeats C follows D carries

Question 6 A result B reaction C development D product

Reading 2:

We are using up the world’s petroleum We use (1) in our cars and to heat our building in winter Farmers use petrochemicals to (2) the soil rich They use them to kill insects (3) eat plants These chemicals go (4) rivers and lakes and kill the fish there Thousands of pollutants also go into the air and pollute it Winds carry this (5) _ air to other countries and other continents

Poor farmers use the same land over and (6) _ The land needs a rest so it will be better next year However, the farmers must have food this year Poor people cut down forests (7) _ firewood In some areas when the trees are gone, the land (8) _desert Poor people can’t save the environment for the (9) _ This is not a problem for one country or one area of the world It is a problem for all- humans The people and the nations of the world must work together to (10) _ the world’s resources

Question 1 A it B them C that D those

Reading 3:

Why is it that many teenagers have the energy to play computer games until late at night but can’t find the energy to get out of bed (1) for school? According to a new report, today’s generation of children are

in danger of getting so (2) _ sleep that they are putting their mental and physical health at (3) _ Adults can easily survive on seven to eight hours’ sleep a night, (4) _teenagers require nine or ten hours According to medical experts, one in five youngsters (5) anything between two and five hours’ sleep a night less than their parents did at their age

This (6) _ serious questions about whether lack of sleep is affecting children’s ability to concentrate at school The connection between sleep deprivation and lapses in memory, impaired reaction time and poor concentration is well (7) _ Research has shown that losing as little as half an hour’s sleep a night can have profound effects (8) how children perform the next day A good night’s sleep is also crucial for teenagers because it is while they are asleep (9) they release a hormone that is essential for their

‘growth spurt’ (the period during teenage years when the body grows at a rapid rate) It’s true that they can, to some (10) , catch up on sleep at weekends, but that won’t help them when they are dropping off to sleep in class on a Friday afternoon

By Tim Falla and Paul A.Davies, Solutions Advanced OUP

Question 1: A behind time B about time C in time D at time

Question 2: A few B less C much D little

Question 3: A jeopardy B threat C risk D danger

Question 4: A or B because C whereas D so

Question 5: A puts B gets C brings D makes

Question 6: A raises B rises C results D comes

Question 7: A organized B arranged C established D acquired

Reading 4:

At 19, Ben Way was already a millionaire, and one of a number of teenagers who _(1) their fortune through the Internet. _(2) makes Ben’s story all the more remarkable is that he is dyslexic, and was _ (3) by teachers at his junior school that he would never be able to read or write properly.” I wanted to prove them _ (4)“, says Ben, creator and director of Waysearch engine which can be used to find goods in online shopping malls

When he was eight, his local authorities _(5) him with a PC to help with school work Although he was _ (6)to read the manuals, he had a natural ability with the computer, and encouraged by his father, he soon began _(7) people $ 10 an hour for his knowledge and skills At the age of 15 he _(8) up his own computer consultancy, Quad Computer, which he ran from his bedroom, and two years later he left school to _(9) all his time to business

“By this time the company had grown and needed to take _(10) a couple of employees to help me”, says Ben That enabled me to start doing business with bigger companies It was his ability to consistently overcome difficult challenges that led him to win the “Young Entrepreneur of the year” award in the same year that he formed Waysearch

Question 4: A wrong B false C untrue D unfair

Question 6: A imppossible B incapable C disabled D unable

Reading 5:

Nearly 200 of the 1500 native plant species in Hawaii are at risk of going extinct in the near future because they have been (1) to such low numbers Approximately 90 percent of Hawaii's plants are found nowhere else in the world but they are (2) by alien invasive species such as feral goats, pigs, rodents and (3) plants

The Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Group is striving to (4) the extinction of the 182 rare Hawaiian plants with fewer than 50 individuals remaining in the (5) Since 1990, (6) a result of their "Plant Extinction Prevention Program", sixteen species have been brought into (7) and three species have been reintroduced Invasive weeds have been removed in key areas and fencing put up in order to (8) plants in the wild

In the future the Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Program aims (9) collecting genetic material from the remaining plants in the wild for storage as a safety net for the future They also aim to manage wild populations and where possible reintroduce species into (10) _

Question 1 A disappeared B reduced C increased D developed

Question 2 A guarded B invested C conserved D threatened

Question 3 A national B native C international D non-native

Question 4 A prevent B encourage C stimulate D influence

Question 7 A contamination B production C cultivation D generation

Question 10 A shelters B reserves C gardens D halls

Reading 6:

Health is something we tend to (1) _ when we have it When our body is doing well, we are hardly (2)

of it But illness can come, even (3) _ we are young In fact, childhood has been a very susceptible time Many diseases attack children in particular, and people know very little (4) to cure them once they struck The result was that many children died About a century ago, (5) _, scientists found out about germs, and then everything changed The (6) _ of many diseases was found, and cures were developed As this medical discovery spread, the world became (7) safer for children The result is that (8) _

a hundred years ago, the average man lived for 35 years, nowadays, in many areas of the world, people can (9) to live for 75 years And what do we expect by the year 2020 ? Undoubtedly, medical science will continue to (10) Some people will be able to avoid medical problems that are unavoidable today

Question 1: A forget B ignore C give up D throw away

Question 2: A awake B keen C aware D concerned

Question 5: A therefore B however C although D moreover

Question 8: A where B when C why D whereas

Question 10: A speed up B advance C accelerate D run

Reading 7:

Although women now (1) almost half of all workers in the US, nearly 80 percent of them are employed

in low-paying clerical, sales, service, or factory jobs Approximately a third of all women workers have clerical jobs, which pay(2) average $12,000 or less Partly as a result, women make only seventy-five cents for every dollar (3) _by men (4) _, men routinely make more money even when education, experience, and responsibilities are (5) _

The gap in male-female earning had great significance because more than 16 percent of US households are (6) _by women Low-paying jobs keep many of these households in poverty Women’s groups such as National Organization for Women have demanded that equal opportunities and equal pay (7) to women According to women’s (8) _Maggie Mc Anany, “It is imperative that the government help to change the situation (of employment for women) We cannot wait for the companies to (9) _themselves Change must come (10) the law.”

Question 1 A made of B make up C take up D take in

Question 4 A Although B Whatever C Moreover D Contrary

Question 5 A equally B equality C equal D equalizing

Question 7 A are giving B are given C is giving D be given

Question 8 A action B activity C activist D active

Reading 8:

In the past people suffered (1) a disease called scurvy Their gums bled, their skin became rough, their wounds did not (2) and their muscles wasted away The (3) of these symptoms was a lack of

vitamin C; people ate preserved meats and foods and could not get fresh vegetables and fruits

The best (4) of vitamin C are oranges, lemons, grapefruit, cantaloupes, strawberries, and fresh vegetables These fruits must be fresh because vitamin C is destroyed by heat, storage, or exposure (5) air Although today more people (6) vitamin C pills than any other supplement, some people still have scurvy, (7) some of the elderly, alcoholics, and the chronically ill

Research shows that vitamin C reduces the (8) of colds and can help prevent cancer There is also evidence that vitamin C prevents heart disease, (9) wound healing, helps prevent gum disease, and helps protect us from pollutants such as cigarette smoke Some recent research also shows that vitamin C has a positive effect on some mental (10) and increases life span

Question 4 A store B resources C provider D sources

Question 6 A consume B drink C take D have

Question 7 A containing B including C consisting D like

Question 8 A severity B seriousness C gravity D importance

Question 9 A hastens B hurries up C quickens D speeds

Question 10 A chaos B confusions C disorders D disturbances

GAP- FILLING (Điền từ)

I Introduction:

Câu hỏi phần điền từ trong đề thi: Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to choose the word

or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Trong phần này, các em đọc đoạn văn với độ dài khoảng 200 -250 từ với 10 chỗ trống Các em đọc kĩ và tìm lựa chọn thích hợp để điền vào các chỗ trống đó

Câu hỏi vocabulary => liên quan đến content

Grammar Parts of speech (N, Adj, Adv, Pronoun, V)

Structures

Methods (phương pháp):

- Đọc lướt toàn bộ bài đọc để hiểu được ý chính của bài

- Phân loại xem câu hỏi thuộc loại câu hỏi về từ vựng hay về ngữ pháp

- Chọn đáp phù hợp sau khi đã phân tích các vấn đề liên quan đến từ vựng, ngữ pháp

- Nếu cần thiết => Đọc kĩ câu trước và sau chỗ trống

- Dùng phương pháp loại trừ

- Không nhất thiết phải làm theo trình tự của bài

II Practice: Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to choose the word or phrase that best fits

each of the numbered blanks.

Reading 1:

Environmental Concerns Earth is the only place we know of in the universe that can support human life (1) _ human activities are making the planet less fit to live on As the western world (2) _ on consuming two-thirds of

the world's resources while half of the world's population do so just to stay alive we are rapidly destroying the

(3) _ resource we have by which all people can survive and prosper Everywhere fertile soil is (4) _

built on or washed into the sea Renewable resources are exploited so much that they will never be able to

recover (5) _ We discharge pollutants into the atmosphere without any thought of the consequences As a (6) _ the planet's ability to support people is being reduced at the very time when rising human numbers and consumption are (7) _ increasingly heavy demands on it

The Earth's (8) _ resources are there for us to use We need food, water, air, energy, medicines, warmth, shelter and minerals to (9) _ us fed, comfortable, healthy and active If we are sensible in how we use the resources, they will (10) _ indefinitely But if we use them wastefully and excessively, they will

soon run out and everyone will suffer

Question 2 A continues B repeats C follows D carries

Question 6 A result B reaction C development D product

Reading 2:

We are using up the world’s petroleum We use (1) in our cars and to heat our building in winter Farmers use petrochemicals to (2) the soil rich They use them to kill insects (3) eat plants These chemicals go (4) rivers and lakes and kill the fish there Thousands of pollutants also go into the air and pollute it Winds carry this (5) _ air to other countries and other continents

Poor farmers use the same land over and (6) _ The land needs a rest so it will be better next year However, the farmers must have food this year Poor people cut down forests (7) _ firewood In some areas when the trees are gone, the land (8) desert Poor people can’t save the environment for the (9) _

This is not a problem for one country or one area of the world It is a problem for all- humans The people and the nations of the world must work together to (10) _ the world’s resources

Question 1. A it B them C that D those

Reading 3:

Why is it that many teenagers have the energy to play computer games until late at night but can’t find the energy to get out of bed (1) for school? According to a new report, today’s generation of children are

in danger of getting so (2) _ sleep that they are putting their mental and physical health at (3) _ Adults can easily survive on seven to eight hours’ sleep a night, (4) _teenagers require nine or ten hours According to medical experts, one in five youngsters (5) anything between two and five hours’ sleep a night less than their parents did at their age

This (6) _ serious questions about whether lack of sleep is affecting children’s ability to concentrate at school The connection between sleep deprivation and lapses in memory, impaired reaction time and poor concentration is well (7) _ Research has shown that losing as little as half an hour’s sleep a night can have profound effects (8) how children perform the next day A good night’s sleep is also crucial for teenagers because it is while they are asleep (9) they release a hormone that is essential for their

‘growth spurt’ (the period during teenage years when the body grows at a rapid rate) It’s true that they can, to some (10) , catch up on sleep at weekends, but that won’t help them when they are dropping off to sleep

in class on a Friday afternoon

By Tim Falla and Paul A.Davies, Solutions Advanced OUP

Question 1: A behind time B about time C.in time D at time

Question 2: A few B less C much D little

Question 3: A jeopardy B threat C risk D danger

Question 4: A or B because C whereas D so

Question 5: A puts B gets C brings D makes

Question 6: A raises B rises C results D comes

Question 7: A organized B arranged C established D acquired

Reading 4:

At 19, Ben Way was already a millionaire, and one of a number of teenagers who _(1) their fortune through the Internet. _(2) makes Ben’s story all the more remarkable is that he is dyslexic, and was _ (3) by teachers at his junior school that he would never be able to read or write properly.” I wanted to prove them _ (4)“, says Ben, creator and director of Waysearch engine which can be used to find goods in online shopping malls

When he was eight, his local authorities _(5) him with a PC to help with school work Although he was _ (6)to read the manuals, he had a natural ability with the computer, and encouraged by his father, he soon began _(7) people $ 10 an hour for his knowledge and skills At the age of 15 he _(8) up his own computer consultancy, Quad Computer, which he ran from his bedroom, and two years later he left school to _(9) all his time to business

“By this time the company had grown and needed to take _(10) a couple of employees to help me”, says Ben That enabled me to start doing business with bigger companies It was his ability to consistently overcome difficult challenges that led him to win the “Young Entrepreneur of the year” award in the same year that he formed Waysearch

Question 3: A said B told C suggested D reported

Question 6: A imppossible B incapable C disabled D unable

Reading 5:

Nearly 200 of the 1500 native plant species in Hawaii are at risk of going extinct in the near future because they have been (1) to such low numbers Approximately 90 percent of Hawaii's plants are found nowhere else in the world but they are (2) by alien invasive species such as feral goats, pigs, rodents and (3) plants

The Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Group is striving to (4) the extinction of the 182 rare Hawaiian plants with fewer than 50 individuals remaining in the (5) Since 1990, (6) a result of their "Plant Extinction Prevention Program", sixteen species have been brought into (7) and three species have been reintroduced Invasive weeds have been removed in key areas and fencing put up in order to (8) plants in the wild

In the future the Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Program aims (9) collecting genetic material from the remaining plants in the wild for storage as a safety net for the future They also aim to manage wild populations and where possible reintroduce species into (10) _

Question 1 A disappeared B reduced C increased D developed

Question 2 A guarded B invested C conserved D threatened

Question 3 A national B native C international D non-native

Question 4 A prevent B encourage C stimulate D influence

Question 7 A contamination B production C cultivation D generation

Question 10 A shelters B reserves C gardens D halls

Reading 6:

Health is something we tend to (1) _ when we have it When our body is doing well, we are hardly (2)

of it But illness can come, even (3) _ we are young In fact, childhood has been a very susceptible time Many diseases attack children in particular, and people know very little (4) to cure them once they struck The result was that many children died About a century ago, (5) _, scientists found out about germs, and then everything changed The (6) _ of many diseases was found, and cures were developed As this medical discovery spread, the world became (7) safer for children The result is that (8) _

a hundred years ago, the average man lived for 35 years, nowadays, in many areas of the world, people can (9) to live for 75 years And what do we expect by the year 2020 ? Undoubtedly, medical science will continue to (10) Some people will be able to avoid medical problems that are unavoidable today

Question 1: A forget B ignore C give up D throw away

Question 2: A awake B keen C aware D concerned

Question 5: A therefore B however C although D moreover

Question 8: A where B when C why D whereas

Question 10: A speed up B advance C accelerate D run

Reading 7:

Although women now (1) almost half of all workers in the US, nearly 80 percent of them are employed

in low-paying clerical, sales, service, or factory jobs Approximately a third of all women workers have clerical jobs, which pay(2) average $12,000 or less Partly as a result, women make only seventy-five cents for every dollar (3) _by men (4) _, men routinely make more money even when education, experience, and responsibilities are (5) _

The gap in male-female earning had great significance because more than 16 percent of US households are (6) _by women Low-paying jobs keep many of these households in poverty Women’s groups such as National Organization for Women have demanded that equal opportunities and equal pay (7) to women According to women’s (8) _Maggie Mc Anany, “It is imperative that the government help to change the situation (of employment for women) We cannot wait for the companies to (9) _themselves Change must come (10) the law.”

Question 1 A made of B make up C take up D take in

Question 4 A Although B Whatever C Moreover D Contrary

Question 5 A equally B equality C equal D equalizing

Question 7 A are giving B are given C is giving D be given

Question 8 A action B activity C activist D active

Reading 8:

In the past people suffered (1) a disease called scurvy Their gums bled, their skin became rough, their wounds did not (2) and their muscles wasted away The (3) of these symptoms was a lack of

vitamin C; people ate preserved meats and foods and could not get fresh vegetables and fruits

The best (4) of vitamin C are oranges, lemons, grapefruit, cantaloupes, strawberries, and fresh vegetables These fruits must be fresh because vitamin C is destroyed by heat, storage, or exposure (5) air Although today more people (6) vitamin C pills than any other supplement, some people still have scurvy, (7) some of the elderly, alcoholics, and the chronically ill

Research shows that vitamin C reduces the (8) of colds and can help prevent cancer There is also evidence that vitamin C prevents heart disease, (9) wound healing, helps prevent gum disease, and helps protect us from pollutants such as cigarette smoke Some recent research also shows that vitamin C has a positive effect on some mental (10) and increases life span

Question 4 A store B resources C provider D sources

Question 6 A consume B drink C take D have

Question 7 A containing B including C consisting D like

Question 8 A severity B seriousness C gravity D importance

Question 9 A hastens B hurries up C quickens D speeds

Question 10 A chaos B confusions C disorders D disturbances

III Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Clean freshwater resources are essential for drinking, bathing, cooking, irrigation, industry, and for plant and animal (1) Unfortunately, the global supply of freshwater is (2) unevenly Chronic water shortages (3) _ in most of Africa and drought is common over much of the globe The (4) _ of most freshwater supplies - groundwater (water located below the soil surface), reservoirs, and rivers - are under severe and (5) _ environmental stress because of overuse, water pollution, and ecosystem degradation Over 95 percent of urban sewage in (6) countries is (7) _ untreated into surface waters such as rivers and harbors [chronic: lasting for a long time]

About 65 percent of the global freshwater supply is used in (8) _ and 25 percent is used in industry Freshwater (9) _ therefore requires a reduction in wasteful practices like (10) irrigation, reforms in agriculture and industry, and strict pollution controls worldwide

5 A increasing B growing C climbing D ascending

6 A growing B miserable C poverty D developing

8 A farming B planting C agriculture D growing

9 A reservation B conservation C preservation D retention

10 A ineffective B illogical C irrational D inefficient

IV Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Schools exams are, generally speaking, the first kind of tests we take They find out how much knowledge we have (1) 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 (2) sense?

Intelligence is the speed (3) which we can understand and (4) to new situations and it’s usually tested by logic puzzles Although scientists are now preparing (5) 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 as it is measured by a special test The most common IQ tests are (6) by Mensa, an organization that was found in England in 1946 By 1976 it had 1,3000 members in Britain Today there are 44,000 in Britain and 100,000 worldwide, (7) in the US

People taking the test are judged in (8) to an average score of 100 and those who score over 148 are entitled to join Mensa This (9) 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 (10) enough time But that’s the problem – the whole point of the tests is that they’re against the clock

Câu 7: A considerably B largely C highly D enormously

Câu 9: A comes up B adds up C works out D turns to

V Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Within the last century the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere (26) dramatically, largely (27) people burn vast amounts of fossil fuels, coal and petroleum and its derivatives Average global temperature also has increased - by about 0.6 Celsius degree within (28) _ past century

Atmospheric scientists (29) _ found that at least half of that temperature increase (30) _ attributed to human activity They predict that (31) _ dramatic action is taken, global temperature will continue (32) _ by between 1o C and 3.5o C (between 1.8° and 6.3° F) over the next century Although (33) _ increase may not seem like a great difference, during The Last Ice Age the global temperature (34) _ only 2.2 Celsius degrees cooler than it (35) _presently

26 A has risen B rose C has raised D raised

32 A be rising B to rise C to be risen D to be rising