ĐÁP ÁN CÂU HỎI TIẾNG ANH PHẦN ĐIỀN TỪ THI CÔNG CHỨC NGÂN HÀNG CÂU HỎI TIẾNG ANH THI CÔNG CHỨC (PHẦN ĐIỀN TỪ) C1 We’ve just come back exhausted after a two-week holiday in France We were really exhausted On the last day, we drove non-stop from Marseille to Calais –we should have (1) broken our journey in Lyon or Paris As if that wasn’t enough, the sea was so rough in the English Channel that the (2) expedition took three hours instead of one and a half Next year, we plan to book a cheap (3) overall holiday to Italy It sounds marvellous — the cost of the flight, the hotel and all our meals are (4) includedin the price While we’re in Rome, we’ll be going on a guided (5) tour to Coliseum The last time I was (6) in Italy, I was in a business (7) trip I couldn’t see many of the famous tourist (8) sights on that occasion, but my wife was really interested (9) in Italy We have work hard these years to save money for the next trips in the (10) next years C2 According (1) to computer models that were used to estimate the running speeds of dinosaurs, the Tyrannosaurus Rex would have been able to outrun a footballer The study shows that the dinosaur could reach a top (2) speed of metres a second, which is (3) fractionally faster than the average professional footballer There has been a lot of controversy (4) about whether the Tyrannosaurus Rex was a predator or a scavenger; some believe that its highly developed sense of smell indicates that it was a scavenger, (5) while others say that its keen eyesight shows that it was a hunter The (6) latter group will appreciate the recent study, as a hunter is more (7) likely to require such speed The University of Manchester study used a powerful supercomputer to calculate the running speeds of five meat-eating dinosaurs and used data taken (8) directly from dinosaur fossils, (9) rather than referring to previous work on (10) modern animals • • C3 In 1993, Greg Mortenson took a (1) Trip to Pakistan to climb K2, the second tallest mountain in the world On his way down the mountain, he got lost Food and water were (2) Hard, but Mr Mortenson found a small village The people there saw that he was (3) Need and helped him While in the village, Mr Mortenson watched the children write in the dirt for their school lessons The village did not have money to build a school or (4) Pay for a teacher Before he left, Mr Mortenson (5) Volunteered to return to the village and help them build a school Mr Mortenson returned to the US and wrote to many (6) Rich people That idea did not work very well, but (7) At last enough people heard about Mr Mortenson's plan and helped him That was the beginning of the Central Asia Institute, an organization that has (8) Succeeded in building or helping to build more than 130 schools in small villages in Pakistan and Afghanistan With the help of (9) Journalist David Relin, Mr Mortenson wrote the famous book Three Cups of Tea Some people have criticized him, however, Mr Mortenson was given an (10) Prize in 2009 by the government of Pakistan for his work in that country C4 Beijing is the capital city of the People’s Federal Republic of China “Beijing” comes from the Chinese words “northern” and “capital” and follows a(n) (1) ancient East Asian tradition of naming capital cities literally Other similarly named cities (2) include Nanjing in Southern China which means “southern capital”, and Tokyo in Japan, which means “eastern capital” Beijing is the political and cultural (3) centre of China and is world-famous for its many historical attractions Four million people visit Beijing each year to see (4) sights such as the magnificent Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square and The Great Wall of China It is also one of the world’s great modem metropolises and is (5) full of 21st century vitality Towering skyscrapers, huge shopping malls, and modem commercial areas are just as much a (6) part of modern-day Beijing In 2001, Beijing celebrated the news that it had been selected to (7) host the 2008 Summer Olympics Hundreds of thousands of flag-waving Chinese poured into Beijing’s streets, singing and • • cheering Fireworks (8) glowed up the sky as the city rejoiced The morning after the (9) announcement, the titles of all Beijing’s newspapers were printed in red — a special colour in Chinese (10) tradition that is reserved for good and important news C5 Most people think that the capital of the (1) movie world is Hollyhood, in the (2) United States However, the real movie capital is Mumbai, in (3) India Mumbai used to be known as Bombay, and so the film industry there is called “Bollywood.” Bollywood makes twice as many movies each year as Hollyhood— more than 800 films a year The (4) movies from Bollywood are very different from Hollywood movies For one thing, Bollywood movies are much (5) longer than most Hollywood movies Most Bollywood movies are more than three hours long, and contain singing, dancing, action, adventure, mystery, and romance (but usually no kissing) Because Bollywood films contain so many different features, this (6) style of film is sometimes called a “masala” film (“Masala” is an Indian word for a mixture of spices.) Another big (7) difference between Bollywood and Hollywood movies is the way movies are made It takes much longer to make a movie in Hollywood than in Bollywood (8) In fact, filming may begin on a Bollywood movie before the script even finished The director and writers can make (9) up the story while the film is being made Sometimes they will even write the script by hand instead (10) of taking time to type it • • C6 There is an old English (1) Saying, “Laughter is the best medicine” One person who certainly would have agreed with this is Norman Cousins Norman Cousins the editor of a magazine called Saturday Review for almost forty years He also wrote and (2) Spoke about world peace and anti-nuclear and antiwar issues, traveling (3) To many different countries to share his ideas In the 1960s, after returning to the United States from a busy and tiring trip to Europe, Mr Cousins got sick He discovered he had a rare disease known as that caused the joints between his bones to (4) become stiff In less than a week after he got (5) Back, he could not stand Every move that he (6) Made was painful He was not able to sleep at night The doctors told Mr Cousins that they did not (7) Know how to cure his problem and he might never get over the illness Mr Cousins, however, refused to give (8) Up hope Mr Cousins thought that the illness could be caused (9) By unhappy thoughts He did not want to (10) Take medicine to cure himself Instead, he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness C7 Human memory, formerly believed to be rather inefficient, (1) is really much more sophisticated than that of a computer Researchers approaching the problem from a variety of (2) Points of view have all concluded that there is a great deal more stored in our minds than has been generally supposed Dr Wilder Penfield, a Canadian neurosurgeon, proved that by stimulating (3) Their brains electrically, he could elicit the total recall of complex events in his subjects’ lives Even dreams and other minor events supposedly forgotten (4) For many years suddenly emerged in detail The memory trace is the term for (5) Whatever forms the internal representation of the specific information about the event stored in the memory Assumed to have been made by structural changes in (6) The brain, the memory trace is not subject to direct observation but is rather a theoretical construct that is used to speculate about how information presented at a particular time can cause performance at a later time Most theories include the (7) Strength of the memory trace as a variable in the degree of learning, retention, and retrieval possible for a • • memory One theory is that the fantastic capacity for storage in the brain is the result (8) Of an almost unlimited combination of interconnections between brain cells, stimulated by patterns of (9) Activity Repeated references to the same information support recall Or, to say that another way, improved performance is the result of (10) Strengthening the chemical bonds in the memory C8 Psychologists generally (1) _memory into (2) _least two types, shortterm and long-term memory, which combine (3) _form working memory Short-term memory contains what we are actively (4) _on at any particular time, but items are not retained longer (5) _twenty or thirty seconds without verbal rehearsal We use short-term (6) _when we look up a telephone number and repeat it to ourselves until we can place the call On the other (7) _, longterm memory can store facts, concepts, and experiences after we stop thinking (8) _them All conscious (9) _of information, as in problem solving for example, involves both short-term and long-term memory As we repeat, rehearse, and recycle information, the memory trace is strengthened, allowing that information to move (10) _ short-term memory to long-term memory C9 I have (1) Returned to my hometown of Wilson Creek after an absence of 10 years So many things have changed around here When I left Wilson Creek, there (2) Was a small pond on the right as you left town They have filled in this pond and they have built a large shopping mall (3) There A new post office has also been built just across from my old school There is a baseball (4) Stadium on the outskirts of Wilson Creek which has been changed (5) Completely They have now added a new stand where probably a few thousand people could sit It looks really great The biggest changes have taken place (6) Place the downtown area They have pedestrianised the centre and you can't drive there anymore A European-style fountain has been (7) Built and (8) Some benches have also been added along with a grassy area and a new street cafe My street looks just the same as it always has • • but a public library has been built in the next street along There (9) Used to be a great park there but they have cut down all the trees which is a pity The library now has a large green area in front (10) Of it but it's not the same as when the park was there C10 Philology (1) _the traditional study of language, especially of written languages in their cultural settings Because philology (2) _with the relationship of languages, it is usually comparative; because these relationships evolve (3) _time, it is typically historical Languages (4) _ to change in the direction of greater diversity; one language tends to be superseded by several: a (5) _“dead” language preserves evidence of the earlier forms from which “living” languages developed The descendants of Latin have diverged to the point that, though Italian is related (6) _English, they are now foreign to each other as is their common “parent” to both Also cultures change the meaning and use of many words In English, piano is a keyboard (7) _; in Italian piano not only names the instrument, it also means “soft” as opposed to “loud” The original name for the instrument was pianoforte (soft-loud), because it was more (8) _of varying sound volume than instruments like the harpsichord that came before it The special meaning of the Italian phrase results from its (9) _context and the distinctive feature of the instrument it names But in English and other languages, we abbreviate it to piano The English word still (10) _the same instrument but the abbreviation discards “and loud" from the original Italian phrase and hence becomes a name and not a description • • C11 Edward Patrick Eagan was (1) born April 26, 1897, in Denver, Colorado, and his father died in a railroad accident when Eagan was only a year old He and his four brothers (2) were raised by his mother, who earned a small income from teaching foreign languages Inspired (3) by Frank Merriwell, the hero of a series of popular novels for boys, Eagan pursued an education for himself as well as an interest (4) in boxing He (5) attended the University of Denver for a year before serving in the U.S Army as an artillery lieutenant during World War I After the war, he entered Yale University and, while studying there, won the U.S national amateur heavyweight boxing title He graduated from Yale in 1921, attended Harvard Law School, and received a Rhodes scholarship to the University of Oxford (6) where he received his A.M in 1928 While studying at Oxford, Eagan became (7) the first American to win the British amateur boxing championship Eagan won his first Olympic gold medal as a light heavyweight boxer (8) at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium Eagan also fought at the 1924 Olympics in Paris as a heavyweight but failed to get a medal Though he had (9) taken up the sport just three weeks before the competition, he managed to win a second gold medal as a member of the four-man bobsled team at the 1932 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York Thus he became the only athlete to (10) win gold medals at both the Summer and Winter Olympics C12 Vitamins, taken in tiny doses, (1) are a major group of organic compounds that regulate the mechanisms by which the body converts food (2) into energy They should not be confused (3) with minerals, which are inorganic in their makeup Although in general the naming of vitamins followed the alphabetical order of their (4) identification, the nomenclature of individual substances may appear to be somewhat random and disorganized • • Among the 13 vitamins (5) known today, five are produced in the body Because the body produces (6) sufficient quantities of some but not all vitamins, they must be supplemented in the daily diet (7) Although each vitamin has its specific designation and cannot be replaced by another compound, a lack of one vitamin can interfere with the processing of (8) another When a lack of even one vitamin in a diet is continual, a vitamin deficiency may (9) result The best way for an individual to ensure a necessary supply of vitamins is to maintain a balanced diet that includes a variety of foods and provides adequate quantities of all the compounds Some people take vitamin supplements, predominantly in the (10) form of tablets C13 What has caused these major changes? One reason (1) is economic necessity It may be that the husband has (2) lost his job and the wife must support the family Or even if the husband is working, some families say they can’t survive on only (3) one paycheck But probably a (4) more important influence has been the “women’s liberation movement.” Women are being told in (5) many magazines and TV programs: “You can be successful on your own Don’t be satisfied with (6) just being a wife and mother Use your intelligence and talents to something bigger And you should be paid (7) as much as a man.” (8) No doubt this movement has accomplished much good But it has also contributed to a selfish “me first” attitude that is breaking up many families Sometimes women (9) who are happy staying at home feel that working women look (10) down on them • • There are no easy answers to these problems But certainly women’s influence will continue to grow in business, education and politics C14 Leisure is generally seen as an (1) event which takes place outside (2) working hours The peak leisure time for most people is between 6.00 pm and 12.00 am, although in recent years there has been an increase in people working (3) unreasonable hours and shifts, together with more "flexitime" Leisure is often thought of purely as a (4) physical activity, i.e playing sport Although many people use their (5) free time in this way, there are plenty of other leisure opportunities that are more (6) passive in nature, such as of one's lifewatching television or sunbathing on a beach It is important to realise that leisure can embrace a whole range of experiences and activities, although personal choice may be limited due to factors such as age or provision of local (7) _ The leisure emphasis will normally change at different (8) levels cycle Different types of leisure (9) age tend to be popular with varying age groups It's probably true, however, that some members of the older (10) are more capable of pursuing active pastimes than they are sometimes given credit for Question 1: A event B incident C affair D experience Question 2: A labor B working C employment D job Question 3: A unsocial B unreasonable C unsociable D unsuitable Question 4: A cultural B physical C social D mental Question 5: A rest B unoccupied C free D empty Question 6: A passive B selective C productive D creative Question 7: A conveniences B capabilities C capacities D facilities • • NGÂN HÀNG CÂU HỎI TIẾNG ANH THI CÔNG CHỨC TỈNH QUẢNG NAM (PHẦN ĐIỀN TỪ) C1 We’ve just come back exhausted after a two-week holiday in France We were really exhausted On the last day, we drove non-stop from Marseille to Calais –we should have (1) broken our journey in Lyon or Paris As if that wasn’t enough, the sea was so rough in the English Channel that the (2) expedition took three hours instead of one and a half Next year, we plan to book a cheap (3) overall holiday to Italy It sounds marvellous — the cost of the flight, the hotel and all our meals are (4) includedin the price While we’re in Rome, we’ll be going on a guided (5) tour to Coliseum The last time I was (6) in Italy, I was in a business (7) trip I couldn’t see many of the famous tourist (8) sights on that occasion, but my wife was really interested (9) in Italy We have work hard these years to save money for the next trips in the (10) next years C2 According (1) to computer models that were used to estimate the running speeds of dinosaurs, the Tyrannosaurus Rex would have been able to outrun a footballer The study shows that the dinosaur could reach a top (2) speed of metres a second, which is (3) fractionally faster than the average professional footballer There has been a lot of controversy (4) about whether the Tyrannosaurus Rex was a predator or a scavenger; some believe that its highly developed sense of smell indicates that it was a scavenger, (5) while others say that its keen eyesight shows that it was a hunter The (6) latter group will appreciate the recent study, as a hunter is more (7) likely to require such speed The University of Manchester study used a powerful supercomputer to calculate the running speeds of five meat-eating dinosaurs and used data taken (8) directly from dinosaur fossils, (9) rather than referring to previous work on (10) modern animals • • C3 In 1993, Greg Mortenson took a (1) Trip to Pakistan to climb K2, the second tallest mountain in the world On his way down the mountain, he got lost Food and water were (2) Hard, but Mr Mortenson found a small village The people there saw that he was (3) Need and helped him While in the village, Mr Mortenson watched the children write in the dirt for their school lessons The village did not have money to build a school or (4) Pay for a teacher Before he left, Mr Mortenson (5) Volunteered to return to the village and help them build a school Mr Mortenson returned to the US and wrote to many (6) Rich people That idea did not work very well, but (7) At last enough people heard about Mr Mortenson's plan and helped him That was the beginning of the Central Asia Institute, an organization that has (8) Succeeded in building or helping to build more than 130 schools in small villages in Pakistan and Afghanistan With the help of (9) Journalist David Relin, Mr Mortenson wrote the famous book Three Cups of Tea Some people have criticized him, however, Mr Mortenson was given an (10) Prize in 2009 by the government of Pakistan for his work in that country C4 Beijing is the capital city of the People’s Federal Republic of China “Beijing” comes from the Chinese words “northern” and “capital” and follows a(n) (1) ancient East Asian tradition of naming capital cities literally Other similarly named cities (2) include Nanjing in Southern China which means “southern capital”, and Tokyo in Japan, which means “eastern capital” Beijing is the political and cultural (3) centre of China and is world-famous for its many historical attractions Four million people visit Beijing each year to see (4) sights such as the magnificent Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square and The Great Wall of China It is also one of the world’s great modem metropolises and is (5) full of 21st century vitality Towering skyscrapers, huge shopping malls, and modem commercial areas are just as much a (6) part of modern-day Beijing In 2001, Beijing celebrated the news that it had been selected to (7) host the 2008 Summer Olympics Hundreds of thousands of flag-waving Chinese poured into Beijing’s streets, singing and • • cheering Fireworks (8) glowed up the sky as the city rejoiced The morning after the (9) announcement, the titles of all Beijing’s newspapers were printed in red — a special colour in Chinese (10) tradition that is reserved for good and important news C5 Most people think that the capital of the (1) movie world is Hollyhood, in the (2) United States However, the real movie capital is Mumbai, in (3) India Mumbai used to be known as Bombay, and so the film industry there is called “Bollywood.” Bollywood makes twice as many movies each year as Hollyhood— more than 800 films a year The (4) movies from Bollywood are very different from Hollywood movies For one thing, Bollywood movies are much (5) longer than most Hollywood movies Most Bollywood movies are more than three hours long, and contain singing, dancing, action, adventure, mystery, and romance (but usually no kissing) Because Bollywood films contain so many different features, this (6) style of film is sometimes called a “masala” film (“Masala” is an Indian word for a mixture of spices.) Another big (7) difference between Bollywood and Hollywood movies is the way movies are made It takes much longer to make a movie in Hollywood than in Bollywood (8) In fact, filming may begin on a Bollywood movie before the script even finished The director and writers can make (9) up the story while the film is being made Sometimes they will even write the script by hand instead (10) of taking time to type it  ... conveniences B capabilities C capacities D facilities • • NGÂN HÀNG CÂU HỎI TIẾNG ANH THI CÔNG CHỨC TỈNH QUẢNG NAM (PHẦN ĐIỀN TỪ) C1 We’ve just come back exhausted after a two-week holiday in France... a wife and mother Use your intelligence and talents to something bigger And you should be paid (7) as much as a man.” (8) No doubt this movement has accomplished much good But it has also contributed... their (5) free time in this way, there are plenty of other leisure opportunities that are more (6) passive in nature, such as of one's lifewatching television or sunbathing on a beach It is important