Bài luyện thi môn Anh Văn - Ôn thi Đại học năm học 2015-2016 - Lesson 16 - Phạm Thái Bạch Mai

LESSON 16 – April 06th, 2016
WRITING 1. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given and no more than four other words. Do not change the word given.
0. I met Peter ten years ago.	known
 I have known Peter for ten years.
1. I haven't seen a film since July.	last
 I ...............................in July.
2. It's been months since I have seen a good movie on TV.	time
 The last...............................a good movie on TV was months ago.
3. Mum bought a DVD player when Dad got his new job.	until
 Mum didn't...............................Dad got his new job.
4. This is the first time I have been to the cinema on my own.	never
 I .............................the cinema on my own before.
5. I've worn my hair like this for as long as I can remember.	started
 I can't remember.............................wearing my hair like this.
6. I haven't been to Phong Nha before.	first
 This is ............................... been to Phong Nha.
WORD FORMS.
Allergies can (0) dramatically affect the lives of millions of people. Flowers, pets and even house dust can make people itch, sneeze, scratch and feel generally (1)............. There are also a lot of foods that cause allergic (2)............Some of these are so extreme that they can be really dangerous. That's why a (3)...........of which foods potentially pose a threat can save someone's life. Only a small number of foods cause the (4)........... of allergies. These include milk, eggs, nuts, wheat, fish and shellfish. The most common symptoms are (5)........... breathing, skin rashes and (6).......... Sometimes the symptoms appear (7)........... after the person has eaten a meal including one of these ingredients. If the throat swells and the person cannot breathe properly, expert (8)........... advice from a hospital or health centre should be sought. This may sound (9)............ but in fact only a few people who believe they have food allergies really do have them. Most are actually only suffering from some form of 'food (10)...........' and as
unpleasant as this may be, it certainly won't kill you.
0. DRAMA 
1. MISERY 
2. REACT 
3. KNOW 
4. MAJOR 
5. DIFFICULT 
6. SICK 
7. IMMEDIATE 
8. PROFESSION 
9. ALARM 
10. TOLERATE
READING 1. You are going to read an article about an unusual photograph. Six sentences have been removed from the article, choose from the sentences A-G the one which fits each gap (1-6). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. The key words in the sentences have been underlined to help you. 
THE MAN IN THE DOORWAY
 [|||(0)||] A couple of years ago my friend Jack gave me a poster as a birthday present. It’s an aerial photograph of a huge wave breaking around a lighthouse during a terrible storm. Standing in the doorway of the lighthouse is a man. This person must be the lighthouse keeper, and the whole picture is very dramatic. I put the poster on my bathroom wall and I have looked at it almost every day since Jack gave it to me. I’ve seen postcards with the same picture, and a couple of my friends have the same poster. [|||(1)||] One of my friends claimed that the man had been killed by the wave a few seconds after the photograph was taken. She said that this was common knowledge and that that was why the photograph was so popular.
 I was horrified. It seemed terrible that someone would make money out of a photograph taken just before someone had died. Worse still, since it had been taken from the air, the photographer must have been safe in a helicopter. [|||(2)||] The more I thought about it, the less comfortable I felt about the poster. Eventually, I took it down and put it in a cupboard. Even though it wasn’t on the wall any more I couldn’t get it out of my mind. The photographer’s name, Jean Guichard, was in small print just below the image and I decided to try to contact him. [|||(3)||] Guichard himself seemed to have disappeared without trace and there was no way of getting in touch with him.
 I did, however, find some information on a website about urban myths. [|||(4)||] This site described the same story my friend had told me about the photographer capturing the last few seconds of the lighthouse keeper’s life. A lot of people believed this story, and they had complained to the poster company about the publication of such a macabre image. I then followed the link to the poster company’s webpage and it was there that I discovered the real story, which the company had published to stop the complaints.
 Apparently the storm had lasted for days and the lighthouse keeper, Theodore Malgome, was holding on, hoping the lighthouse would survive the strong waves. Malgome had heard the noise of the helicopter, and was intrigued. In spite of the danger, he opened the door of the lighthouse to see who was flying by on such a terrible night. [|||(5)||] The poster company obviously thought that some people might not simply take their word for it. [|||(6)||] There are two images: the one in the poster and a second one showing Malgome stepping inside and closing the door. So that’s one mystery solved. The really strange thing is that there’s no information about Guichard, the photographer. Now I wonder what happened to him!
[1]
A .These are stories that many people believe but which often have no basis in fact.
B. I was talking to them about it one day and we were discussing what had happened to 
 the lighthouse keeper.
C. To avoid this, they provided extra photographs to back up their explanation.
D. Then, after satisfying his curiosity, he simply closed the door again and was 
 completely unharmed.
E. Although I searched the Internet for ages I was unable to find an address for him, 
 though there were hundreds of sites where I could buy the poster.
F. I wondered why he hadn't tried to rescue the lighthouse keeper, instead of just taking photographs of him from the aircraft.
G. The wind is very strong, and it is surprising that the man looks unafraid.
[2] Find words or phrases in the texts and sentences (A-G) that mean the following.
 1. from the air (section 0)	
 2. something known by most people (section 1)	
 3. not leaving any evidence (section 3)	
 4. strange, frightening and often connected with death (section 4) .
 5. very interested (section 5)	
 6. not hurt (section 5)	
 7. believe them (section 6)	
READING 2. Read the text below and decide which word (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
MUSIC ON YOUR MIND
 You know the feeling - you’re listening to music and suddenly your whole (0) ...... changes from sad to happy. This mind-altering power of music is amazing, and Internet music sites are using sophisticated ways of (1)........us in touch with new artists. They search our downloaded files or online listening habits (2).........patterns, and the results are often surprising - would you believe that AC/DC fans may well enjoy Beethoven?
 Musicians have been (3).......unforgettable music for centuries, using accepted ideas about the emotional appeal of certain combinations of musical sounds. It’s (4) ..... knowledge that major chords sound upbeat (5)......minor chords sound mournful - in tests, even children as young as three connect music in major keys to happy faces. Scientists investigating the subject have been (6).......various experiments such as scanning the brains of people while they listen to music. One thing they (7)........across is that music triggers activity in the motor regions of the brain, which could explain why we often need to (8).......our feet to music. The possibilities for medicine and business are exciting!
0. A. mood 	B. atmosphere 	C. temper 	D. idea
1. A. placing 	B. putting 	C. making 	D. doing
2. A. looking out 	B. looking for 	C. looking up 	 D. looking after
3. A. constructing 	B. forming 	C. inventing 	D. composing
4. A. great 	B. usual 	C. common 	D. wide
5. A. while 	B. during 	C. since 	D. so
6. A. taking 	B. making 	C. doing 	D. having
7. A. came 	B. went 	C. brought 	D. took
8. A. tap 	B. bang 	C. hit 	D. strike
VERB CHOICE. Look at these sentences and then choose the correct verb, GIVE, DO, or MAKE.
1. Our college gives/ makes us a wide choice of subjects to study.
2. The students were asked to give/make their opinions about the new menu in the canteen.
3. We do/make a lot of business with American companies.
4. I would like your newspaper to do/make me an apology.
5. I have done/made hundreds of exercises on grammar and vocabulary this week.
6. We can give/make a discount to our regular customers.
7. The strike didn’t do/make any harm to local businesses.
8. Silva gave/made a remark about her sister which I thought was a bit unkind.
9. The college hopes to do/make a profit by selling its magazine.
10. The bus company has done/made improvements to the services it offers.
11. It is too late to repair some of the damage done/ made to the environment.
12. It is worth doing/making an effort to look back at what you’ve learnt.
13. Nowadays both men and women do/make the housework but it wasn’t like that in the past.
14. You will have to do/make your own bed every morning while you are living here.
15. The band gave / made the best performance of their lives last night.
WRITING 2. Join the pairs of sentences using the correct form of the verbs and the time expressions in bold. Do not change the order of the sentences.
1. I (never be) on an aeroplane. I (do) the parachute jump.	before
2. The storm (blow) over. The sun (come) out. 	as soon as
3. We (travel) for over ten hours. We (arrive) at the campsite.	when
4. I (walk) alongside the river. I nearly (step) on a grass snake.	while
5. I (unpack) my suitcase. I (realise) I (leave) my phone charger at home. when
6. The downpour (stop). The tennis players (continue) their match.	after
7. I (not eat) a truly delicious steak. I (go) to the USA.	until
8. The cabin crew (check) everybody (wear) their seat belt. The plane (take) off.	once
GAP- FILLING. Read the text and fill each gap with ONE suitable word.
 Males And Females And Relationships
 According (0) [TO] psychologists, males and females are completely different when it comes to relationships with other people. (1) .......is all to do with the different relationships they have with their mothers. Boys only feel properly masculine after they become less dependent (2)......their mother and can cope without her when they feel upset. Girls, on the (3).......hand, feel feminine by attaching themselves to their mother and trying to act like her. So being close (4).......someone is a scary thing for boy (5).......makes girls feel more secure.
 The two sexes also react differently when (6).......is stress in a relationship. This is because girls produce more of a hormone known (7)........‘oxytocin’, which calms you down. That means that after a big family argument, for example, girls tend (8)......talk things through while boys often have a strong ‘fight or flight' instinct. So they are more likely to react to stressful situations (9)....... slamming doors or shutting themselves in their rooms where they can spend time alone. These hormonal differences probably began in prehistoric times when calmer females used (10)........make better carers and when men, faced with dangerous hunting situations, (11).......need to be able to fight or flee.
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KEY TO LESSON 16
WRITING 1.
1. I last saw a film in July.
2. The last time I saw a good movie on TV was months ago.
3. Mum didn't buy a DVD player until Dad got his new job.
4. I have never been to the cinema on my own before.
5. I can't remember when I started wearing my hair like this.
6. This is the first time I have been to Phong Nha.
WORD FORMS.
0. dramatically 1. miserable 2. reactions 3. knowledge 4. majority 5. difficult(y )
6. sickness 7. immediately 8. professional 9. alarming 10. Intolerance
READING 1.
[1] 1. B 2. F 3. E 4. A 5. D 6. C 
[2] 1. aerial 2. common knowledge 3. without trace 4. macabre 5. intrigued 
 6. unharmed 7. take their word for it 
READING 2. 1. B 2. B 3. D 4. C 5. A 6. C 7. A 8. A
VERB CHOICE. 1. gives 2. give 3. do 4. make 5. done 6. give 7. do 8. made 9. make 10. made 11. done 12. making 13. do 14. make 15. gave
WRITING 2.
1. I had never been on an aeroplane before I did the parachute jump.
2. As soon as the storm had blown over, the sun came out.
3. We had been travelling for over ten hours when we arrived at the campsite.
4. While I was walking alongside the river, I nearly stepped on a grass snake.
5. When I unpacked my suitcase, I realised I had left my phone charger at home,
6. After the downpour had stopped, the tennis players continued their match.
7. I hadn't eaten a truly delicious steak until I went to the USA.
8. Once the cabin crew had checked everybody was wearing their seat belt, the plane took off.
ONE-WORD FILLING. 0. TO - 1. It - 2. on - 3. other - 4. to - 5. but - 6. there - 7. as - 8. to - 9. by - 10. to - 11. would