Bài luyện thi môn Anh Văn - Ôn thi Đại học năm học 2015-2016 - Lesson 19- Phạm Thái Bạch Mai

LESSON 19 – April 21st, 2016
WORD FORMS. 
SUPPORTING THE MUSEUM’S WORK
 Behind the scenes at the museum, over three hundred (1)....are engaged in vital research into areas of (2)....significance, addressing issues such as water pollution, tropical disease, and the management of (3)....systems. Research at the museum is partly funded by your (4).fee, but if you would like to make an (5).donation, please do so. You can also support our work with a Museum Credit Card.
 Please complete an application form at the Information Desk. A further way to support our work is to become a member of the Museum by paying a small annual (6)....fee. The advantages of (7)....include free entry, a free magazine, considerable (8)......on prices in the Museum Shop and an exclusive programme of special events.
(1) SCIENCE
(2) GLOBE
(3) ECOLOGY
(4) ADMIT
(5) ADD
(6) SUBSCRIBE
(7) MEMBER
(8) REDUCE
WRITING 1. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and six words, including the word given. Here is an example (0).
0. I’ve never been at all interested in learning to play a musical instrument. 	 SLIGHTEST
 I’ve never had the slightest interest in learning to play a musical instrument.
1. Anna’s fed up with the company and she’s intending to leave work as soon as she can. 	 NO
 Anna’s fed up with the company and she’s got.......... longer than she has to.
2. Susan picked the baby up gently, because she didn’t want to wake him. 	 TO
 Susan picked the baby up gently so ........... him.
3. They were able to creep away unobserved because it was very dark.	 OWING
 They were able to creep away unobserved...............it was very dark.
4. The car was redesigned and, as a result, sales rose rapidly.	 RESULTED
 The successful redesigning of the car................... in sales.
5. Despite improving his performance, Smith is still not in the top three for the 10,000 
 metres. 	 LED
 The improvement in Smith’s performance....... in the top three for the 10,000 metres.
6. We should leave about six, otherwise we might not get there in time for dinner. SET
 If ............ six, we might not get there in time for dinner.
7. You should make the sauce thicker if you want to improve the flavour. 	 THICKEN
 You’ll .........................................order to improve the flavour.
8. After several years, heavy traffic caused the bridge to collapse. 	 	 DUE
 The collapse................................. several years of heavy traffic.
READING 1. Read the following magazine article and answer questions. Give only one answer to each question. 
Margaret And Her Liquid Assets
 Margaret Wilkins is said to have a 'sixth sense'. She can hold a forked haze rod above the ground and detect water. She is increasingly in demand by farmers whose wells have dried up.
 Together with her husband, Margaret Wilkins runs a welldrilling business, using technology such as drilling rigs and air-compressed hammers. But when it comes to locating water, she needs nothing more than a forked hazel stick. The couple's success rate is higher than 90 per cent. Dowsing - the ability to locate water, minerals and lost objects underground - is a so-called 'sixth sense'. There are many theories about how it is done, ranging from the physical, such as magnetism, to the spiritual. One of the most credible is based on the knowledge that everything on this planet vibrates, water more than other matter. It is suggested that dowsers have an acute ability to sense vibrations while standing on the Earth's surface; some dowsers say that they can 'sense' water, others that they can smell it, smell being the most acute sense.
 For the Wilkins, the drought years of recent times have been busy, with an almost six-week-long waiting list at one stage. Most of Margaret's customers are farmers with wells that have dried up: 'We will see customers only once in a lifetime because wells last for a long time.' Other customers own remote cottages or barns, now holiday homes, where the expense of running water pipes for great distances is prohibitive. Others are golf-course developers with clubhouse facilities to build. Margaret tries to locate water between 50 and 70 metres down. 'You can't drill a well where there is the slightest risk of farm or other waste getting into the water supply. The water we locate is running in fissures of impervious rock and, as long as we bring the water straight up, it should give a good clean supply, though Cornwall is rich in minerals so you have to watch out for iron.'
 Another necessity is electricity to drive the pump; this is too expensive to run across miles of fields so ideally the well should be near to existing power supplies. After considering all this, Margaret can start to look for water. On large areas, such as golf courses, she begins with a map of the area and a pendulum. 'I hold the pendulum still and gently move it over the map. It will swing when it is suspended over an area where there is water.'
 After the map has indicated likely areas, Margaret walks over the fields with a hazel stick, forked and equal in length and width each side. 'Once I'm above water I get a peculiar feeling; I reel slightly. When it subsides I use the stick to locate the exact spot where we should drill.' Gripping the two forks of the stick with both hands, she eases them outwards slightly to give tension. 'When water is immediately below, the straight part of the stick rises up. It's vital to drill exactly where the stick says. A fraction the wrong way, and you can miss the waterline altogether. My husband will dowse the same area as me; usually, not always, we agree on the precise place to drill. If we disagree, we won't drill and will keep looking until we do agree.'
 Margaret Wilkins is not in isolation, carrying out some curious old tradition down in the west of England. Anthropologists and writers have long been fascinated by this inexplicable intuition. Margaret calls it an 'intuitive perception of the environment' and that is the closest we can get to understanding why she locates water so accurately. If she did not have this 'sixth sense', how else could the family live off their well-drilling business year after year?
1. What does the writer say about the theory of vibration and dowsers?
 A. It has only recently been accepted.	 B. There are limits to its application.
 C. There might be some truth in it.	 D. It is based on inaccurate information.
2. One reason why people employ Margaret to find water is....
 A. the isolated position of their property.	B. the failure of their own efforts.
 C. the low fees she charges for her work.	D. the speed at which she operates.
3. Margaret is cautious about new finds of water in Cornwall because they may be....
 A. unfit for human consumption.	B. too insignificant to be worthwhile.
 C. too deep to bring to the surface.	D. expensive to locate with certainty.
4. When Margaret and her husband use the dowsing stick to locate places to drill, they....
 A are unlikely to achieve the same result.	B. have regular differences of opinion.
 C. employ different techniques.	D. are unwilling to take risks.
5. What does the writer suggest as proof of the effectiveness of Margaret's dowsing?
 A. the interest shown in it by anthropologists and writers
 B. the regular income which can be made from it
 C. people's appreciation of the tradition behind it 
 D. people's description of it as a 'sixth sense
REAGING 2. THE ITALIAN CITY OF VENICE
 The Italian city of Venice is unique in its position as an island city. The 118 separate islands on which the city stands lie in a huge lagoon, the waters of which are protected (1).......the seaward side by a line of sandbanks with three gaps in them. These gaps (2).......the tides to come in and out, (3).........with the city’s maritime traffic. The lagoon, which was (4).........created by the interaction of Adriatic tidal (5)........and the waters of several Alpine rivers, (6)........careful protection and maintenance (7)....... prevent flooding of the very city it (8)........ The present urban structure of the city dates (9).........to the 7th century, (10).......a system of canals and bridges was built to link all the islands together. The Grand Canal, the main waterway of Venice, divides the city (11)........two parts. It is (12).........with palaces, churches, hotels and other fine, historic buildings and (13).......the center of a network of more than 200 canals which branch off it on (14)........side. The gondola (15)........one of the symbols of Venice; however, there are (16)........than 400 of these boats left today and the cost of maintenance is impossibly (17)....... .There is also a variety of motor-powered boats on the canals, ranging (18)........public water buses to private motorlaunch taxis. Automobiles are (19)........from the city but you can get everywhere you need to go (20).........foot, making use of the 400 or so canal bridges.
1. A. for 	B. in 	C. on 	D. with
2. A. pull 	B. allow 	C. let 	D. leave
3. A. floating 	B. along 	C. also 	D. combined
4. A. originally 	B. firstly 	C. formerly 	D. surely
5. A. cliffs 	B. ponds 	C. shores 	D. currents
6. A. wants 	B. asks 	C. needs 	D. brings
7. A. in 	B. by 	C. to 	D. for
8. A. covers 	B. surrounds 	C. floats 	D. surfaces
9. A. back 	B. long 	C. before 	D. years
10. A. where 	B. when 	C. which 	D. but
11. A. at 	B. by 	C. to 	D. into
12. A. lining 	B. joined 	C. lined 	D. full
13. A. draws 	B. is 	C. has 	D. shows
14. A. either 	B. every 	C. has 	D. consists
15. A. remains 	B. stays 	C. has 	D. consists
16. A. hardly 	B. few 	C. least 	D. fewer
17. A. large 	B. increased 	C. big 	D. high
18. A. with 	B. from 	C. about 	D. of
19. A. refused 	B. cut off 	C. banned 	D. allowed
20. A. using 	B. on 	C. with 	D. of
READING 3. Match the words on the left with the words on the right to form collocations, and then put them into the gaps in the text below.
1. heavy a. ship
2. high 	 b. attention
3. fully 	 c. of
4. aware d. rain
5. headed e. for
6. at 	 f. sea
7. abandon g. winds
8. pay	 h. equipped
SURVIVORS OF THE STORM
 Few of the passengers had bothered to (1).......to the weather forecast on the radio before they boarded the car ferry for the short trip from the mainland to the island. Minutes after they left port, though, the ship was hit by (2).....and huge waves. Then the ship came to a terrifyingly sudden stop. It had run aground on a sandbank, and it would soon break up. The captain ordered everyone to (3)......immediately. The lifeboats, full of frightened passengers, (4)......the coast, which was several kilometres away and invisible owing to the (5).......that was falling. Everybody was (6)......the danger, but they also knew that the boats they were in were solidly-built and (7)...... .There was a ship-to-shore radio, as well as plenty of drinking water and food in case they had to spend some time (8)...... .
PHRASAL VERBS. Fill the gaps in these sentences with an appropriate particle.
1. If you drop me......on the corner, I can walk the rest of the way.
2. Why don't you take......your coat and make yourself comfortable?
3. I was woken.....by a rumble of thunder directly overhead.
4 'Could you give me a lift to the airport tomorrow?' ~ 'Sure. I'll pick you......around 7.'
5. If we set......early, we'll miss the rush.
6. Don't throw......your glass bottles. Recycle them.
7. I haven't looked forward.....a holiday so much in years.
8. While she was pregnant, her husband waited......her hand and foot.
9. These advertisements are specifically aimed......young people.
10. We've lived here so long we look......Madaguoil as my home. 
ONE-WORD FILLING. Read the passage then think of ONE word that best suits each blank.
Why Climb Mountains?
 There’s (0) nothing more likely to irritate a mountaineer or explorer than to ask them why they do it, or why they are so willing to put (1).......with danger and discomfort. In 1924 when George Mallory was asked why he wanted to climb Mount Everest, he replied: ‘Because it’s there.’ It may be that, having been asked the same question several hundred times, Mallory just didn’t care any more and this was the first phrase to (2)....... . Into his head. Then again, for (3).......we know, it was simply his way of saying, ‘Why not?’ This might seem self-evident (4).......someone like Mallory. You climb Everest because you can. One way to look at people like mountaineers or explorers, or successful ones at any rate, is to see them (5)......people who have realised what they are good at. When you read their books, more often than (6).......they will come across as people who are (7)......ease with their environment, (8).......alien it might seem to an outsider.
KEY TO LESSON 19
WORD FORMS. 
1. scientists 2. global 3. ecological 4. admission 
5. additional 6. subscription 7. membership 8. reduction(s)
WRITING 1.
0. had the slightest interest
1. no intention of working there / staying (any) 	2. as not to wake 
3. owing to the fact that 	4. resulted in a (rapid) rise/increase 
5. has not led to him /his being 	6. we don’t / do not set off about 
7. need/have to thicken the sauce in 	8. of the bridge was due to
READING 1 1. C - 2. A - 3. A - 4. D - 5. B
READING 2.
1. C. on 	 2. B. allow 3. B. along 4. A. originally 5. D. currents
6. C. needs 7. C. to 8. B. surrounds 9. A. back 10. B. when 	
11. D. into 12. B. joined 13. B. is 14. A. either 15. A. remains
16. D. fewer 17. D. high 18. B. from 19. C. banned 20. B. on 
READING 3. 
1. – d (heavy rain)	2. – f (high winds)	3. – h (fully equipeed)	
4. – c (aware of)	5. – e (headed fro)	6. – f (at sea)
7. – a (abandon ship)	8. – b (pay attention)
PHRASAL VERBS. 1. off 2. off 3. up 4. up 5. off 6. away 7. to 8. on 9. at 10. on
ONE-WORD FILLING. 0. NOTHING - 1. up - 2. come / pop - 3. all - 4. to - 5. as - 6. not – 
7. at - 8. however