Khóa ‘CHINH PHỤC MỌI KỲ THI TIẾNG ANH’ 2016 – GV Hồng Hạnh Facebook: HongHanhIELTSMoon.vn CHINH PHỤC MỌI KỲ THI TIẾNG ANH UNIT 2: READING SKILL VIDEO LỜI GIẢI CHI TIẾT có website MOON.VN [Truy cập tab Tiếng Anh – Khóa: Chinh phục kỳ thi tiếng Anh] Exercise 1: One of the leading schools of psychological thought in the twentieth century was behaviorism – the belief that the role of the psychologist is to study behavior, which is observable, rather than conscious or unconscious thought, which is not Probably the best-known proponent of behaviorism is B.F Skinner, who was famous for his research on how rewards and punishment influence behavior He came to believe that positive reinforcements such as praise, food, or money were more effective in promoting good behavior than negative reinforcement, or punishment Question 1: In ‘behaviorism’ in line 2, a psychologist is concerned with (A) Conscious thought patterns (B) Unconscious thought patterns (C) Observable actions (D) Unobservable actions Question 2: What is ‘positive reinforcement’ in line 7? (A) A fine (B) A reward (C) A punishment (D) A penalty Question 3: What is ‘negative reinforcement’ in line 9? (A) A promotion (B) A reward (C) A surprise (D) A punishment Exercise 2: Ring Lardner himself was born into a wealthy, educated, and cultured family For the bulk of his career, he worked as a reporter for newspapers in South Bend, Boston, St Louis and Chicago However, it is for his short stories of lower middle-class Americans that Ring Lardner is perhaps best-known In these stories, Lardner vividly creates the language and ambiance of this lower class, often using the misspelled words, grammatical errors, and incorrect diction that typified the language of the lower middle class Question 4: The word ‘vividly’ in line is closest in meaning to? (A) In a cultured way (B) In a correct way (C) In a lifelike way Moon.vn – Học để khẳng định Hotline: 0432 99 98 98 Khóa ‘CHINH PHỤC MỌI KỲ THI TIẾNG ANH’ 2016 – GV Hồng Hạnh Facebook: HongHanhIELTSMoon.vn (D) In a brief way Question 5: The word ‘misspelled’ in line is closest in meaning to? (A) Highly improper (B) Vulgar (C) Incorrectly written (D) Slang Question 6: The word ‘diction’ in line is closest in meaning to? (A) Writing (B) Sentence structure (C) Form (D) Speech Exercise 3: The piece of eight was the nickname of Spanish peso, which was the rough equivalent of the American dollar in early America; the peso was accepted coin in much of the Americas, particularly during the period when the stores of Spanish ships were regularly stripped by pirates on the waters off the Americas and ‘redistributed’ throughout coastal towns The nickname piece of eight derived from the fact that the peso was equal to eight reals and therefore had the numeral stamped on it The piece of eight was sometimes actually cut into pieces, or bits, and one popular size was one-referred to today as two-bits, particularly in the western part of the country A visitor to that area if told ‘It’ll be two bits.’ should take it that the price of an item is being given Question 7: The word ‘rough’ in line is closest in meaning to? 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