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TOEFL READING TEST 12.
READING PRACTICE
Having the honor of giving you a TOEFL READING TEST,
And hoping to get your translations for the reading and answers for the questions.
(Your translation in Vietnamese should be under a Word-file attachment)
If unreadable on the Yahoo web, click View on the toolbar of the Internet Explorer, choosing Encoding and then Unicode (UTF-8).
TOEFL READING TEST 12.
Read the short passage. The reading is followed by several questions about it.
There are four possible answers (A-D) for each question. Choose the best answer.
And write ?o= is my final choicê? for A, B, C or D.
TOEFL READING SECTION
YOUR TASK IS NOT GRADED WITHOUT YOUR VIENAMESE TRANSLATION.
Conflict, like stress, is a natural phenomenon when people interact. Conflict in some form is always present; however, It is not always negative. Conflict can be positive, for example, when you and your colleagues try to select the best possible alternative to a problem. However, much more attention is given to the negative aspects of conflict.
Conflict occurs when we fear the unknown. This can be very simple: someone says something in a tone of voice different from our expectations, which raises questions in our mind as to what the real meaning might be. Of course conflict can, and does, occur in much more serious circumstances.
Your ability to detect and understand conflict will place you in a better position to control the situation. Conflict is often categorized in three stages. Stage one is the day-to-day irritations that require minimal coping strategies. Stage one conflict is real but low in intensity. The intensity can increase if irritations increase and no solution is found.
Stage two is reached when the parties become competitive. Each person protects his self-interest and fears loss of face. The win-lose attitude becomes integrated with the problem.
Stage three is reached when the objective changes from wanting to win toward wanting to hurt the other party. This stage can be explosive because other people are drawn into the conflict and sides are chosen. Problem solving is no longer a realistic method of resolution.
By understanding the three stages of conflict, it will be easier for you to handle the day-to-day situations to which you are exposed. You will also be able to detect potential conflict between others in which you do not want to get involved.
1. Conflict is _____.
A. paid attention to because it is negative
B. only positive when occurring between colleagues
C. universally present in human interactions
D. similar to stress in every aspect
2. Stage two conflict is different from stage one conflict in that _____.
A. it is caused by daily disputes
B. it is low in intensity
C. it takes a form of competition
D. it always leads to loss of face
3. The third stage can be explosive because _____.
A. quarreling becomes inevitable
B. it is not longer a conflict between two individuals
C. people begin to hate each other
D. no solution is possible
4. The ability to identify conflict _____.
A. can help you make good use of conflict
B. enables you to win every competition
C. can prevent conflict from occurring
D. can help you deal with the situation better
5. The conflict between a student and his roommate caused by different living habits is an instance of ____.
A. stage one conflict
B. stage two conflict
C. stage three conflict
D. none of the above
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THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
TRANSLATION PRACTICE
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And hoping to get your translations for the reading.
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THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
By Marilyn Christiano
The story of Wilbur and Orville Wright. The Wright Brothers made a small engine-powered flying machine and proved that it was possible for humans to really fly.
Wilbur Wright was born in Eighteen-Sixty-Seven near Melville, Indiana. His brother Orville was born four years later in Dayton, Ohio. Throughout their lives, they were best friends. As Wilbur once said: "From the time we were little children, Orville and I lived together, played together, worked together and thought together."
Wilbur and Orville''s father was a bishop, an official of the United Brethren Church. He traveled a lot on church business. Their mother was unusual for a woman of the nineteenth century. She had completed college. She was especially good at mathematics and science. And she was good at using tools to fix things or make things.
One winter day when the Wright brothers were young, all their friends were outside sliding down a hill on wooden sleds. The Wright brothers were sad, because they did not have a sled. So, Missus Wright said she would make one for them. She drew a picture of a sled. It did not look like other sleds. It was lower to the ground and not as wide. She told the boys it would be faster, because there would be less resistance from the wind when they rode on it. Missus Wright was correct. When the sled was finished, it was the fastest one around. Wilbur and Orville felt like they were flying.
The sled project taught the Wright brothers two important rules. They learned they could increase speed by reducing wind resistance. And they learned the importance of drawing a design. Missus Wright said: "If you draw it correctly on paper, it will be right when you build it."
When Wilbur was eleven years old and Orville seven, Bishop Wright brought home a gift for them. It was a small flying machine that flew like helicopters of today. It was made of paper, bamboo and cork.
The motor was a rubber band that had to be turned many times until it was tight. When the person holding the toy helicopter let go, it rose straight up. It stayed in the air for a few seconds. Then it floated down to the floor.
Wilbur and Orville played and played with their new toy. Finally, the paper tore and the rubber band broke. They made another one. But it was too heavy to fly. Their first flying machine failed.
Their attempts to make the toy gave them a new idea. They would make kites to fly and sell to their friends. They made many designs and tested them. Finally, they had the right design. The kites flew as though they had wings.
The Wright brothers continued to experiment with mechanical things. Orville started a printing business when he was in high school. He used a small printing machine to publish a newspaper. He sold copies of the newspaper to the other children in school, but he did not earn much money from the project.
Wilbur offered some advice to his younger brother. Make the printing press bigger and publish a bigger newspaper, he said. So, together, they designed and built one. The machine looked strange. Yet it worked perfectly. Soon, Orville and Wilbur were publishing a weekly newspaper.
They also printed materials for local businessmen. They were finally earning money. Wilbur was twenty-five years old and Orville twenty-one when they began to sell and repair bicycles. Then they began to make them. But the Wright brothers never stopped thinking about flying machines.
In Eighteen-Ninety-Nine, Wilbur decided to learn about all the different kinds of flying machines that had been designed and tested through the years. Wilbur wrote to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. He asked for all the information it had on flying.
The Wright brothers read everything they could about people who sailed through the air under huge balloons. They also read about people who tried to fly on gliders -- planes with wings, but no motors.
Then the Wright brothers began to design their own flying machine. They used the ideas they had developed from their earlier experiments with the toy helicopter, kites, printing machine and bicycles.
Soon, they needed a place to test their ideas about flight. They wrote to the Weather Bureau in Washington to find the place with the best wind con***ions. The best place seemed to be a thin piece of sandy land in North Carolina along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. It was called Kill Devil Hill, near the town of Kitty Hawk. It had the right wind and open space. Best of all, it was private.
In Nineteen-Hundred, the Wright brothers tested a glider that could carry a person. But neither the first or second glider they built had the lifting power needed for real flight. Wilbur and Orville decided that what they had read about air pressure on curved surfaces was wrong. So they built a wind tunnel two meters long in their bicycle store in Dayton, Ohio. They tested more than two-hundred designs of wings. These tests gave them the correct information about air pressure on curved surfaces. Now it was possible for them to design a machine that could fly.
The Wright brothers built a third glider. They took it to Kitty Hawk in the summer of Nineteen-Oh-Two. They made almost one-thousand flights with the glider. Some covered more than one-hundred-eighty meters. This glider proved that they had solved most of the problems of balance in flight. By the autumn of Nineteen-Oh-Three, Wilbur and Orville had designed and built an airplane powered by a gasoline engine. The plane had wings twelve meters across. It weighed about three-hundred-forty kilograms, including the pilot.
The Wright brothers returned to Kitty Hawk. On December Seventeen, Nineteen-Oh-Three, they made the world''s first flight in a machine that was heavier than air and powered by an engine. Orville flew the plane thirty-seven meters. He was in the air for twelve seconds. The two brothers made three more flights that day. The longest was made by Wilbur. He flew two-hundred-sixty meters in fifty-nine seconds. Four other men watched the Wright brothers'' first flights. One of the men took pictures. Few newspapers, however, noted the event.
Wilbur and Orville returned home to Ohio. They built more powerful engines and flew better airplanes. But they success was almost unknown. Most people still did not believe flying was possible. It was almost five years before the Wright brothers became famous. In Nineteen-Oh-Eight, Wilbur went to France. He gave demonstration flights at heights of ninety meters. A French company agreed to begin making the Wright brothers'' flying machine.
Orville made successful flights in the United States at the time Wilbur was in France. One lasted an hour. Orville also made fifty-seven complete circles over a field at Fort Myer, Virginia. The United States War Department agreed to buy a Wright brothers'' plane. Wilbur and Orville suddenly became world heroes. Newspapers wrote long stories about them. Crowds followed them. But they were not seeking fame. They returned to Dayton where they continued to improve their airplanes. They taught many others how to fly.
Wilbur Wright died of typhoid fever in Nineteen-Twelve. Orville Wright continued designing and inventing until he died many years later, in Nineteen-Forty-Eight.
Today, the Wright brothers'' first airplane is in the Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Visitors to the museum look at the Wright brothers'' small plane with its cloth wings, wooden controls and tiny engine. Then they see space vehicles and a rock collected from the moon. This is striking evidence of the changes in the world since Wilbur and Orville Wright began the modern age of flight, one-hundred years ago.

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TOEFL READING TEST 13 ONCE A WEEK FOR NOVEMBER 2004.
Read the short passage. The reading is followed by several questions about it.
There are four possible answers (A-D) for each question. Choose the best answer.
And write ?o= is my final choicê? for A, B, C or D.
TOEFL READING SECTION
YOUR TASK IS NOT GRADED WITHOUT YOUR VIENAMESE TRANSLATION.
The wide variety of climates in North America has helped spawn a complex pattern of
soil regions. In general, the realm?Ts soils also reflect the broad environmental partitioning
into ?ohumid Americâ? and ?oarid Americâ?. Where annual precipitation exceeds 20 inches
(50 centimeters), soils in humid areas tend to be acidic in chemical content. Since crops
(5 ) do best in soils that are neither acidic(higher in acid content) nor alkaline(higher in salt
content), fertilization is necessary to achieve the desired level of neutrality between the
two. Arid Americâ?Ts soils are typically alkaline and must be fertilized back toward
neutrality by adding acidic compounds. Although many of these dry land soils, particularly
in the Great Plains, are quite fertile, European settlers learned over a century ago that
(10) water is the main missing ingredient in achieving their agricultural potential. In the
1970?Ts, certain irrigation methods were perfected and finally provided a real opportunity
to expand more intensive farming west from the Central Lowland into the drier portions
of the Great Plains. Glaciation also enhanced the rich legacy of fertile soils in the central
United States, both from the deposition of mineral-rich glacial debris left by melt water
(15) and from thick layers of fine wind-blown glacial material, called loess, in and around the
middle Mississippi Valley.
Natural vegetation patterns could be displayed on a map of North America, but the
enormous human modification of the North American environment in modern times has
all but reduced this regionalization scheme to the level of the hypothetical. Nonetheless,
(20) the humid America-arid America dichotomy is still a valid generalization: the natural
vegetation of areas receiving more than 20 inches of water yearly is forest, whereas the
drier climates give rise to a grassland cover. The forests of North America tent to make
a broad transition by latitude. In the Canadian North, needle-leaf forests dominate, but
these coniferous trees become mixed with broadleaf deciduous trees as one crosses the
(25) border into the Northeast United States. As one proceeds toward the Southeast, broadleaf
vegetation becomes dominant. Arid America mostly consists of short-grass prairies or
stepper. The only areas of true desert are in the Southwest.
QUESTION 21-29
21 What aspect of North America does the passage mainly discuss?
(A) The wide variety of climates
(B) Soil types and vegetation patterns
(C) Improved irrigation methods and the expansion of agriculture
(D) The change in precipitation patterns
22 The word ?ospawn? in line 1 is closest in meaning to
(A) distinguish
(B) eliminate
(C) protect
(D) create
23 The word ?opartitioning? in line 2 is closest in meaning to
(A) division
(B) modification
(C) opening
(D) circulating
24 According to the passage, acidic soils tent to be associated with
(A) a high salt content
(B) an increase in farming
(C) large amounts of rain
(D) glacial melt water
25 The word ?oenhanced? in line 13 is closest in meaning to
(A) implied
(B) increased
(C) indicated
(D) informed
26 How did glacial meltdown affect the soil in North America?
(A) It redistributed the soil types
(B) It added salt to the soil
(C) It made the soil more neutral in content
(D) It added minerals to the soil
27 The phrase ?othis regionalization schemê? in line 19 refers to the
(A) movements of glacial deposits
(B) patterns of natural vegetation
(C) human modification of the North American environment
(D) distinction between humid America and arid America
28 The word ?otransition? in line 23 is closest in meaning to
(A) elevation
(B) change
(C) advantage
(D) con***ion
29 The passage supports which of the following statements?
(A) Arid America is not necessarily characterized by the presence of deserts
(B) Most of Canada and the northeastern United States consists of short-grass prairies wherever
natural vegetation has not been modified by humans
(C) The accumulation of loess is primarily the result of irrigation
(D) Glaciation removed the fertile layer of soil from much of the Mississippi Valley
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THE ANSWERS TO THE TOEFL READING TEST 11. ​

READING PRACTICE
Here is the Vietnamese translation and reading task for the TOEFL READING TEST,
Under the pens of the college students with the scores of 10,
PHẠM KIM OANH

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2003 TOEFL READING TEST 11.
Read the short passage. The reading is followed by several questions about it.
There are four possible answers (A-D) for each question. Choose the best answer.
And write ?o= my final choicê? for A, B, C or D.
TOEFL READING SECTION​

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In the early decades of the United States, the agrarian movement promoted the farmer
as society?Ts hero. In the minds of agrarian thinkers and writers, the farmer was a person on
whose well-being the health of the new country depended .The period between the
Revolution, which ended in 1783, and the Civil War, which ended in 1865, was the age of
(5 )the farmer in the United States. Agrarian philosophers, represented most eloquently by
Thomas Jefferson, celebrated farmers extravagantly for their supposed centrality in a good
society, their political virtue, and their superior morality. And virtually all policy makers,
whether they subscribed to the tenets of the philosophy held by Jefferson or not, recognized
agriculture as the key component of the American economy. Consequently, government at
(10) all levels worked to encourage farmers as a social group and agriculture as economic
enterprise.

Trong những thập niên 'ầu của Mỹ, phong trào ruTng 'ất 'ã nâng 'i l? thuTc vào sức s'ng sung mãn của ngỈời nông dân. Thời 'ifm giữa cuTc Cách Mạng, mà 'ã kết thúc nfm 1783, và CuTc NTi Chiến, kết thúc nfm 1865, là thời 'ại của nông dân Y Mỹ. Những triết gia thời phong trào ruTng 'ất, mà 'ại di?n hùng h"n nhất bYi Thomas Jefferson, 'ã tôn vinh những ngỈời nông dân không ng>t lời cho vng ngại trên tuyến thủy lT. Chính phủ qu'c gia 'ã nhập nhiều gi'ng 'Tng thực vật và phát 'Tng những cuTc thám hifm tìm ra những vùng 'ất tr"ng trọt cho tỈỈng lai Y miền Tây. Thêm vào 'ó, những chính sách thỈỈng mại của Chính phủ 'ã tạo 'iều ki?n thuận lợi cho vi?c xuất khẩu nông sản. Về phần mình, nông dân dỈờng nhỈ thố mãn 'Ỉợc những kỳ vọng của xã hTi mà những triết gia thời phong trào ruTng 'ất giành cho họ, khi tầm nhìn rTng hỈn và lòng tự tôn cao hỈn, mà cả hai là sản phẩm của Cách Mạng, 'ều 'Ỉợc phản ánh t>i mTt cấp 'T nào 'ó trong cách cỈ xử của họ. Nông dân dỈờng nhỈ trY nên khoa học hỈn, tham gia vào các hTi nông dân và 'ọc nhiều báo nông nghi?p mà 'Ỉợc 'ề xỈ>ng trên khắp 'ất nỈ>c. Họ bắt 'ầu sử dụng những nông cụ cải tiến, thử nghi?m những gi'ng cây tr"ng và vật nuôi thuần chủng m>i, và trY nên d. lĩnh hTi ''i v>i những lý thuyết hi?n 'ại về cải tạo 'ất tr"ng.

They also responded to inducements by national and state governments. Farmers
streamed to the West, filling frontier lands with stunning rapi***y. But farmers responded
(25) less to the expectations of agrarians and government inducements than to growing market
opportunities. European demand for food from the United States seemed insatiable. War,
industrialization, and urbanization all kept demand high in Europe. United States cities
and industries grew as well; even industries not directly related to farming thrived because
of the market, money, and labor that agriculture provided.

Họ cũng 'áp lại 'Ỉợc sự c. vũ của chính quyền liên bang và chính phủ qu'c gia. NgỈời nông dân '. xô về miền Tây, tràn lên tận cả những miền 'ất vùng biên gi>i v>i nhanh 'ến mức 'T choáng váng. NhỈng ngỈời nông dân phản ứng v>i sự mong 'ợi của Chính phủ và những nhà cải cách ruTng 'ất ít hỈn là v>i những cỈ hTi của th
Được lequocan sửa chữa / chuyển vào 07:16 ngày 31/10/2004

THE ANSWERS TO TOEFL WRITING TEST 6.
WRITING PRACTICE
Here is the Vietnamese translation and writing task for the TOEFL WRITING TEST,
Under the pens of the college students with the scores of 07,
HOÀNG TRẦN MINH CHÂU
NGUYỄN HẢI YẾN
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TOEFL WRITING TEST 6.
Read the short passage. The reading is followed by several questions about it.
There are four possible answers (A, B, C or D) for each question. Choose the best answer.
And write the word(s) or phrase(s) of A, B, C or D in the blanks
TOEFL WRITING SECTION
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I. RECONSTRUCT THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES, USING THE WORDS IN CAPITALS:
Model: He was forced to accept a transfer to another office. CHOICE
He had no choice but to accept a transfer to another office.
Anh ấy không còn sự lựa chọn nào ngoài việc chấp nhận một sự thuyên chuyển sang một chức vị khác.
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
1. The Social Security pamphlet told me all about the benefits I could claim. (ENTITLED)
The Social Security pamphlet told me all about the benefits I was entitled to.
Sổ An Sinh Xã Hội cho tôi biết tất cả về những phúc lợi mà tôi có quyền được hưởng.
2. Nations that have more than 70% of their population over 65 are classed as "aged". (CLASSIFICATION)
Nations that have more than 70% of their population over 65 are clasified as "aged".
Những quốc gia mà có hơn 70% dân số trên 65 được phân loại là ?ogià?.
II. FILL IN EACH BLANK WITH AN APPROPRIATE WORD BY ADDING TO THE SUPPLIED WORD THE NECESSARY PREFIX OR SUFFIX OR BOTH AS IS REQUIRED:
Model: He made ____ (remit) efforts to improve the general welfare of his community.
He made __unremitting__ efforts to improve the general welfare of his community.
Anh đã thực hiện những nổ lực không nguôi để cải thiện phúc lợi chung cho cộng đồng mình.
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
3. If you go to live in a foreign country, you have to (habit) yourself to new ways of doing things.
If you go to live in a foreign country, you have to habituate yourself to new ways of doing things.
Nếu bạn đến sống tại một quốc gia khác, bạn phải tập cho mình quen với lối làm việc mới.
4. The crab is a (delicious) we can seldom enjoy now.
The crab is a delicacy we can seldom enjoy now.
Món cua là một đặc sản mà giờ đây chúng ta hiếm có thể tận hưởng.
III. COMBINE EACH GROUP OF SENTENCES INTO ONE SINGLE SENTENCE:
Model:
The girl sat on the sidewalk.
The girl''s back leand against the wall of a shop.
The girl looked at the new surroundings.
The girl had bright eyes.
The girl had rosy cheeks.
Her eyes were full of wonder and curiosity.
THE ANSWER
Sitting on the sidewalk, her back leaning the wall of a shop, the bright-eyed, rosy-cheeked girl looked at the new surroundings, her eyes full of wonder and curiosity.
Đang ngồi bên vệ đường, tựa lưng lên bờ tường của một cửa hiệu, người con gái đôi má hồng hồng, mắt sang long lanh nhìn ra cảnh vật xung quanh mới mẻ, đôi mắt nàng tràn đầy nỗi ngạc nhiên và hiếu kỳ.
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
5. The purpose of many Americans is overcoming their fear of unknown murderers.
The unknown murderers hunt city streets.
Many Americans take instruction.
They are instructed in some sort of Oriental self-defence.
Many Americans take instructions in some sort of Oriental self-defence to overcome their fear of unknown murderers hunting city streets.
Nhiều người Mỹ cẩn trọng theo một loại hình tự vệ Phương Đông nào đó để vượt qua nỗi sợ những kẻ sát nhân vô danh săn lùng trên đường phố.
THE RESULTS
HOANG TRAN MINH CHAU [hoangtranminhchau@yahoo.com] = 07
NGUYEN HAI YEN [babytae1987@yahoo.com] = 07
Lee Brian [ducanh2481987@yahoo.com] = 06
pham kim oanh [happy_ghost2785@yahoo.com] = 06
nguyen phamduy [duystyle@yahoo.com] = 05
Bye Bye
November 2, 2004
E***ed by Le Quoc An

TOEFL WRITING TEST 7.(ONCE A WEEK)
WRITING PRACTICE
Having the honor of giving you a TOEFL WRITING TEST,
And hoping to get your translations for the reading and answers for the questions.
(Your translation in Vietnamese should be under a Word-file attachment)
If unreadable on the Yahoo web, click View on the toolbar of the Internet Explorer, choosing Encoding and then Unicode (UTF-8).
TOEFL WRITING TEST 7.
Read the short passage. The reading is followed by several questions about it.
There are four possible answers (A, B, C or D) for each question. Choose the best answer.
And write the word(s) or phrase(s) of A, B, C or D in the blanks
TOEFL WRITING SECTION
YOUR TASK IS NOT GRADED WITHOUT YOUR VIENAMESE TRANSLATION.
I. RECONSTRUCT THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES, USING THE WORDS IN CAPITALS:
Model: He was forced to accept a transfer to another office. CHOICE
He had no choice but to accept a transfer to another office.
Anh ấy không còn sự lựa chọn nào ngoài việc chấp nhận một sự thuyên chuyển sang một chức vị khác.
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
1. While researching her article the journalist learnt a lot about the insecurity of workers in the catering industry. (TAUGHT)
2. In the West, caring for the young and old was tra***ionally done through the extended family. (CUSTOM)
II. FILL IN EACH BLANK WITH AN APPROPRIATE WORD BY ADDING TO THE SUPPLIED WORD THE NECESSARY PREFIX OR SUFFIX OR BOTH AS IS REQUIRED:
Model: He made ____ (remit) efforts to improve the general welfare of his community.
He made __unremitting__ efforts to improve the general welfare of his community.
Anh đã thực hiện những nổ lực không nguôi để cải thiện phúc lợi chung cho cộng đồng mình.
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
3. Spitting in public places is an (eradicate) habit.
4. His (neglect) resulted in the accident.
III. COMBINE EACH GROUP OF SENTENCES INTO ONE SINGLE SENTENCE:
Model:
The girl sat on the sidewalk.
The girl''s back leand against the wall of a shop.
The girl looked at the new surroundings.
The girl had bright eyes.
The girl had rosy cheeks.
Her eyes were full of wonder and curiosity.
THE ANSWER
Sitting on the sidewalk, her back leaning the wall of a shop, the bright-eyed, rosy-cheeked girl looked at the new surroundings, her eyes full of wonder and curiosity.
Đang ngồi bên vệ đường, tựa lưng lên bờ tường của một cửa hiệu, người con gái đôi má hồng hồng, mắt sang long lanh nhìn ra cảnh vật xung quanh mới mẻ, đôi mắt nàng tràn đầy nỗi ngạc nhiên và hiếu kỳ.
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
5. Suppose there aren''t any burgers.
Suppose there aren''t any hot dogs.
Can a picnic really be fun?
The picnic is on the Fourth of July.
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TOEFL GRAMMAR TEST 2003 (59- 64) FOR THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER 2004.
TOEFL GRAMMAR PRACTICE 59-64
Having the honor of giving you a TOEFL GRAMMAR TEST,
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DIRECTIONS
A . [Although] [originated] in tropical Africa, watermelon [is now] cultivated [all over] the world. (Mặc dù xuất xứ từ Châu Phi nhiệt đới, nhưng dưa hấu giờ đây đang được canh tác trên toàn thế giới.)
A. Although
B. Originated = Originating
C. is now
D. all over
B . In 1995, Newt Gingrich was sworn ______ Speaker of the House, the first Republican Speaker in more than 40 years. (Vào 1995, Newt Gingrich được tuyên thệ phụng sự như Phát Ngôn Viên Của Hạ Viện, Phát Ngôn Viên Đầu Tiên cho Đảng Cộng Hoà trong suốt hơn 40 năm.)
A. in as = is my final choice
B. to be
C. to
D. in
GRAMMAR TEST
59. Living organisms contain more water _________ substance.
(A) than do any other
(B) does than any other
(C) other than do they any
(D) than they do any other
60. The twentieth century has been a period of enormous growth in mathematical research and in the number of mathematicians and fields _________ them.
(A) they require
(B) requiring
(C) require
(D) as required
61. In artifacts from [as early] as the Stone Age, mathematics and art can be seen [to have fused] in the geometric patterns [decorate] pottery, [weaving], and carpentry.
A. as early
B. to have fused
C. decorate
D. weaving
62. [Despite] their common heritage, background, and homogeneity, the [original] United states [consisted of] 13 distinct political entities, each commanding considerable [loyal] from its citizenry.
A. Despite
B. original
C. consisted of
D. loyal
63. [Fossil] records support the assumption [which] microorganisms [were] the first forms [of life].
A. Fossil
B. which
C. were
D. of life
64. The choreographer George Balanchine [created] more than 150 [works] for the New York City Ballet, [that which] he [was] a founder.
A. created
B. works
C. that which
D. was
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THE ANSWERS TO THE TOEFL GRAMMAR TEST 2003 / 53-58
THE ANSWERS TO THE TOEFL GRAMMAR TEST 53-58
TOEFL GRAMMAR PRACTICE
Here is the Vietnamese translation and grammar task for the TOEFL GRAMMAR TEST,
Under the pens of a college students with the score of 10,
HUYEN TR@N - BUI THU TRANG
TU LAP - CA DAI - HA NGUYEN THU
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GRAMMAR TEST
53.The human skin forms _________ against the action of physical, chemical, and bacterial agents on the deeper tissues. (Da người tạo ra một tấm chắn bảo vệ chống lại tác động của những tác nhân vật lý, hóa học và vi khuẩn trên những mô sâu hơn.)
A. how protective a barrier is
B. a protective barrier = my final choice
C. a barrier protects
D. and which a barrier protects
54.Medical research at the cellular level, _________ research on the immune system, has been made possible through twentieth-century advances in techniques of genetic research. (Các cuộc nghiên cứu y học ở cấp độ tế bào, chẳng hạn như như nghiên cứu về hệ thống miễn dịch, đã tạo điều kiện khả thi cho nhiều sự tiến bộ vào thế kỷ 20 về công nghệ nghiên cứu gen.)
A. which
B. whereas
C. such as = my final choice
D. is also
55.[The three] main television networks in the United States account [for] more [advertising] dollars than any [others] medium. (Ba mạng vô tuyến truyền hình chính ở Mỹ chiếm nhiều đô la chi cho quảng cáo hơn bất cứ phương tiện truyền thông nào khác.)
A. The three
B. for
C. advertising
D. others = other (an adjective)
56.In 1913 [when] he [was] only 18 [year old], Leo Sowerby?Ts violin concerto was [performed] by the Chicago Symphony. (Năm 1913, khi ông chỉ mới 18 tuổi, bản công séc tô viết cho đàn vi-ô-lông của Leo Sowerby được Dàn Nhạc Giao Hưởng Chicago trình diễn.)
A. when
B. was
C. year old = years old (a plural noun)
D. performed
57.[Fossil] records support the [which] microorganisms [were] the first forms [of life]. (Những ghi nhận về hóa thạch đã chứng minh cho giả định rằng những vi sinh vật là những dạng đầu tiên của sự sống.)
A. Fossil
B. which = that (a noun clause in apposition = mệnh đề danh từ đứng đồng cách)
C. were
D. of life
58.The St. Louis Post-Dispatch [was] founded in 1878 and [by] 1881 [had become] the [most largest] evening newspaper in the city. (Tờ Nhật Tin Bưu Điện St. Louis được sáng lập vào năm 1878 và trước năm 1881 đã trở thành tờ bào buổi chiều lớn nhất trong thành phố.)
A. was
B. by
C. had become
D. most largest = largest
Account for: be responsible for: to be responsible for something or be an important factor in something
Ex: Export sales account for at least half of our total business.
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THE RESULTS
Huyen Tr@n [huyentran135@yahoo.com] = 10
Bui Thu trang [bttrang2001@yahoo.com] = 10
tu lap [phieudu_rockee@yahoo.com] = 10
ca dai [thangkhothoidai2410@yahoo.com] = 10
Ha Nguyen Thu [ntha4vcb@yahoo.com] = 10
lan nguyen [nguyenxuanlan0903@yahoo.com] = 8.5
the thoi nhi [the_thoi_nhi@yahoo.com] = 8.5
Lee Brian [ducanh2481987@yahoo.com] = 8.5
Xuan Nguyen [liemxuan@hcm.vnn.vn] = 8.5
minh luong thi [ngocmynh@yahoo.com] = 8.5
Phung Bac Viet [vietpb_itt@yahoo.com] = 8.5
Le Thi Thu Thao [thuthao@saigonpostel.com.vn] = 07
nguyen phamduy [duystyle@yahoo.com] = 07
Hieu Tran Chi [tranchihieu2001@yahoo.com] = 07
pham kim oanh [happy_ghost2785@yahoo.com] = 07
ALADANH [viecie2002@yahoo.com] = 07
Vu Duy Kien [Vu.Kien@student.uib.no] = 05
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November 2, 2004
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PRESIDENT BUSH RE-ELECTED
TRANSLATION PRACTICE
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PRESIDENT BUSH RE-ELECTED
By Paula Wolfson
White House
3 November 2004
President Bush has won a second term in office. Long after the polls closed Tuesday night, Senator John Kerry called Mr. Bush Wednesday morning Washington time to concede defeat.
The conversation was brief - less than five minutes long and described by Kerry campaign aides and White House staff members as "courteous."
It came after a long night of vote counting in the crucial state of Ohio confirmed Mr. Bush''s lead in both the popular vote and among members of the Electoral College, which determines the results.
Senator Kerry is expected to make a formal concession speech shortly 2:00 p.m. EST with a victory speech from President Bush to follow.
All indications are the president will use the opportunity to thank his Democratic Party opponent for a race well run. The Republican incumbent - who will be inaugurated for a second term in January - is also expected to reach out to try to heal some of the deep political divisions that were so apparent in the election campaign.
Tuesday''s election was a good for the Republicans all around. In ad***ion to retaining the White House, the president''s party strengthened its majority in both houses of the U.S. Congress.

BUSH TO GET BACK TO WORK AFTER ENJOYING ELECTION WIN
By Paula Wolfson
White House
3 November 2004
President Bush has won a second four-year term in office. The Republican incumbent delivered his victory speech shortly after his Democratic Party opponent, John Kerry, conceded defeat.
Mr. Bush spoke in a building named for the last Republican president to win re-election: Ronald Reagan.
He looked out at the cheering crowd with tired eyes and savored the moment, telling his supporters America has spoken.
"The voters turned out in record numbers and delivered an historic victory," he said.
In his remarks Mr. Bush made clear he believes he has received a mandate from the American people to continue his foreign and domestic policies. He said the United States is entering a season of hope, both at home and abroad, and made specific mention of Afghanistan and Iraq.
"With good allies at our side we will fight this war on terror with every resource of our national power so our children can live in freedom and in peace," he added.
But the president also acknowledged that a deep political divide plagues America. He spoke directly to voters who cast ballots for his opponent, and said he will do all he can to deserve their trust.
"A new term is a new opportunity to reach out to the whole nation," he noted. "We have one country, one Constitution and one future that binds us."
His words brought to an end to a bitter, hard-fought election season. The president had hoped for a quick victory, but a long night of vote counting in the crucial state of Ohio delayed the outcome.
Senator Kerry formally conceded in a brief telephone conversation with the president some twelve hours after the polls closed and once it became clear Mr. Bush had an insurmountable lead.
A short time later Senator Kerry told supporters in his hometown of Boston, Massachusetts that he offered to work with Mr. Bush to heal the nation''s political wounds.
"We talked about the danger of division in our country and the need - - the desperate need -- for unity, for finding the common ground together. Today, I hope that we can begin the healing," said Mr. Kerry.
Mr. Kerry''s running mate, Senator John Edwards, was at his side and struck a more defiant tone. He said even though the outcome of this election will not change, the Kerry campaign will continue to insist that every vote is counted and all voters are heard.
"And I want to talk to the tens of millions of people who worked along side us, who believed in our cause and stood with us," said Mr. Edwards. "You can be disappointed, but you cannot walk away. This fight has just begun."
John Kerry will remain in the Senate, but John Edwards is retiring from Congress. A Republican, Richard Burr, will take his North Carolina seat. Mr. Burr will be part of an increased Republican majority in Congress when the new session begins in January.
Among those who will not be returning is Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle. He lost his bid for re-election to Republican John Thune. It was the first time in half a century that a senate leader was voted out of office.

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MARLON BRANDO, ?oTHE GODFATHER? / Vietnamese Version
ENGLISH-VIETNAMESE TRANSLATION
Here is a Vietnamese translation work for the weekend reading of ARTS & CULTURE,
Under the pens of the seven college students with the names of,
[HONG ANH ?" COBENGOTNGAO - NGUYEN HANG
NGUYEN PHAMDUY - HUYEN TR@N - NGUYEN TRAN MINH THAO
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MARLON BRANDO, ?oTHE GODFATHER?
BỐ GIÀ
By Caty Weaver
PART I
Today, we tell about actor Marlon Brando. Many critics say he was the greatest actor of all time. And many actors say he influenced them more than any other person in the film industry.
Hôm nay, chúng ta bàn về diễn viên Marlon Brando. Nhiều nhà phê bình cho rằng ông đã là diễn viên vĩ đại nhất của mọi thời đại. Và nhiều diễn viên nam nói rằng ông đã ảnh hưởng đển họ nhiều hơn là bất kỳ người nào khác trong ngành công nghiệp phim ảnh.
There was no public service to honor Marlon Brando when he died in two thousand four at the age of eighty. The actor?Ts sister, Jocelyn Brando, said he would have hated such an event. The family held a small private ceremony instead.
Đã không có công lễ nào tôn vinh Marlon Brando khi ông mất vào năm 2004 vào tuổi 80. Chị gái ông, Jocelyn Brando đã nói rằng ông thường đã ghét những sự kiện tôn vinh như thế. Thay vào đó gia đình đã tổ chức một lễ tang nhỏ tại tư gia.
Brando did not seek public attention when he was alive. He protected his private life. But he was a huge star. This, combined with his personal tragedies and his politics, made him a special target of the press.
Brando đã không tìm cách lôi kéo sự chú ý của công chúng khi ông còn sống. Ông bảo vệ đời tư của mình. Nhưng ông là một ngôi sao lớn. Điều này cộng với thảm kịch đời tư và quan điểm chính trị của ông đã khiến ông trở thành mục tiêu đặc biệt của báo chí.
Marlon Brando was born in Omaha, Nebraska in nineteen twenty-four. He was named after his father, a salesman, but his family called him Bud. His mother, Dorothy, was an actress in the local theater. He had two older sisters.
Marlon Brando sinh ra tại Omaham bang Nebraska vào năm 1924. Ông được đặt theo tên của ba ông, một người bán hàng, nhưng gia đình đã gọi ông là Bud. Bà Dorothy mẹ của ông là một diễn viên tại nhà hát địa phương. Ông có hai người chị.
Marlon Brando?Ts childhood was not happy. His parents drank too much alcohol and argued often. Dorothy Brando blamed her husband for the failure of her acting career. The older Marlon Brando did not have a good relationship with his son. In a book about his life, the actor wrote that his father never had anything good to say about his son.
Tuổi thơ của Marlon Brando đầy bất hạnh. Cha mẹ ông uống nhiều rượu và thường xuyên gây gỗ nhau. Bà Dorothy Brando kết tội chồng mình đã làm hỏng sự nghiệp diễn viên của mình. Marlon Brando Cha không có quan hệ tốt với con trai của mình. Trong một cuốn sách viết về cuộc đời mình, ông đã viết rằng cha ông chưa bao giờ có bất cứ điều gì tốt để nói về con trai mình.
The Brandos moved many times when Marlon was young. His parents separated when he was eleven, but they re-united after two years. Young Marlon was always getting into trouble at school. His father decided to send him to a military school in Minnesota. Marlon did not do well in classes there. But he did find support for his interest in theater. A drama teacher urged him to begin acting in plays there and he did. But he was expelled from the school for getting into trouble.
Gia đình Brando đã chuyển nhà bao lần khi Marlon còn nhỏ. Cha mẹ ông ly thân khi ông 11 tuổi, nhưng họ đã tái hợp hai năm sau đó. Marlon con luôn luôn gặp rắc rối ở trường. Cha ông đã quyết định gửi ông theo học tại trường quân sự ở bang Minnesota. Marlon học không giỏi trong lớp tại đó. Nhưng ông đã thực sự tìm thấy một sự hỗ trợ lớn cho niềm đam mê kịch nghệ của ông. Giáo viên dạy kịch đã khuyến khích ông trở thành một diễn viên trong vở kịch tại trường và ông đã thực hiện. Nhưng ông đã bị đuổi khỏi trường do dính vào rắc rối.
Marlon Brando moved to New York City when he was nineteen years old in nineteen forty-three. He took acting classes at the New School for Social Research. One of his teachers was Stella Adler, who taught the ?oMethod? style of realistic acting. The Method teaches actors how to use their own memories and emotions to identify with the characters they are playing.
Marlon Brando đến New York khi ông 19 tuổi vào năm 1943. Ông theo học lớp diễn xuất tại trường Tân Khoa Xã Hội Học. Một trong những giáo viên của ông là Stella Adler, giáo viên dạy môn phong cách diễn xuất duy thực ?oTheo Phương Pháp?. Phương Pháp Diễn Xuất dạy các diễn viên cách họ sử dụng các hồi ức của và các cảm xúc của riêng mình để nhận biết tính cách nhân vật mà họ đang đóng.
Marlon Brando learned the Method style quickly and easily. Critics say he was probably the greatest Method actor ever. One famous actress commented on his natural ability for it. She said teaching Marlon Brando the Method was like sending a tiger to jungle school.
Marlon Brando học môn Phương Pháp Diễn Xuất một cách nhanh chóng và dễ dàng. Các nhà phê bình nói rằng vào bất kỳ lúc nào hết ông gần như là diễn viên vĩ đại thuộc Phương Pháp Diễn Xuất. Một diễn viên nữ nổi tiếng đã bình luận về khả năng thiên phú của ông trong lãnh vực đó. Bà cho rằng giảng dạy Marlon Brando Phương Pháp Diễn Xuất giống như thả hổ về rừng.
Marlon Brando appeared in several plays. He got his first major part in a Broadway play in nineteen forty-seven, at the age of twenty-three. He received great praise for his powerful performance as Stanley Kowalski in the Tennessee Williams?T play, ?oA Streetcar Named Desire.?
Marlon Brando tham gia trong nhiều vở kịch. Ông đã đóng vai chính đầu tiên tại sân khấu kịch Broadway vào năm 1947 khi ông 23 tuổi. Ông đã nhận được những lời tán dương cho sự diễn xuất tuyệt vời với vai Stanley Kowalski tại nhà hát Temmessee Williams với vở ?oKhát Khao Mang Tên Xe Điện?
His fame grew when he acted the same part in the movie version, released in nineteen fifty-one. Brando plays an angry working-class man. His wife?Ts sister, Blanche, comes to visit them in New Orleans, Louisiana. Blanche?Ts family used to be rich landowners but they lost all their property. Now she is mentally unstable. Stanley treats Blanche unkindly and insults her. Here, he tells Blanche what he thinks about women.
Sự nổi tiếng của ông tăng lên khi ông tham gia diễn xuất cùng vai khi vở kịch được chuyển thể thành phim, được công chiếu vào năm 1951. Barndo đóng vai một người đàn ông cáu tính thuộc tầng lớp lao động. Chị vợ ông ta, Blanche đến thăm họ tại Mew Orleans bang Louisiana. Gia đình Blanche đã từng là địa chủ giàu có nhưng họ đã mất hết tài sản. Giờ đây, bà tâm thần bất ổn. Stanley đối xử với Blanche không tử tế và xỉ nhục bà ta. dưới đây là những gì ông ta nói với Blanche về những gì ông nghĩ về phụ nữ.
(ACT ONE: ?oA Streetcar Named Desire?)
?oI don?Tt go in for that stuff.?
?oTôi không đến vì thứ vớ vẩn đó.?
?oWhat stuff??
?oCái gì vớ vẩn?
?oCompliments to women about their looks. I never met a dame yet didn?Tt know if she was good-lookin?T or not without bein?T told. And there?Ts some of them that give themselves cre*** for more than they?Tve got. I once went out with a dame who told me, ?~I?Tm the glamorous type?T?she says ?~I am the glamorous type.?T I says ?~so what??T?
Ca tụng phụ nữ về vẻ bề ngoài của họ. Tôi chưa bao giờ một người phụ nữ không biết rõ liệu cô ta có ưa nhìn hay không, mà không cần được bảo. Và có những người tiêu xài nhiều hơn họ có. Tôi đã một lần ra ngoài với một phụ nũ bảo tôi rằng, ?~Tôi là loại người phụ nữ quyến rũ?T? cô ta nói ?~Tôi là loại người phụ nữ quyến rũ.?T Tôi nói ?~ Thế thì sao??T?
?oAnd what did she say then??
?oVà sau đó cô ta đã nói gì??
?oShe didn?Tt say nothin?T. I shut her up like a clam.?
?oCô ta đã không nói gì. Tôi đã khiến cô ấy câm như hến?.
?oStreetcar? was Brando?Ts second film. He was nominated for an Academy Award for the performance. He was nominated for Oscars for his next two films as well. In nineteen fifty-two he played Mexican revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata in the movie ?oViva Zapata.? The following year he played Marc Antony in ?o****** Caesar.?
?oXe Điện? là bộ phim thứ hai của Brando. Ông đã được đề cử Giải Thưởng Hàn Lâm Viện cho phần diễn xuất. Ông đã được đề cử giải Oscar cho hai bộ phim tiếp theo của ông. Năm 1952, ông đóng vai lãnh tụ cách mạng người Mêhico Emiliano Zapata trong bộ phim ?oZapata Muôn Năm.? Năm tiếp theo ông đóng vai Marc Anony trong bộ phim ?o****** Caesar.?
Marlon Brando did not win an Oscar for Best Actor until nineteen fifty-four for the movie ?oOn the Waterfront.? Many critics consider it his finest performance. The film?Ts director, Elia Kazan, said it was the best performance by a male actor in the history of film.
Marlon Brando đã không đạt được giải Oscar cho Nam Diễn Viên Xuất Sắc Nhất mãi cho đến năm 1954 cho bộ phim ?oTrên Bến Cảng?. Nhiều nhà phê bình nhận định rằng đó là vai diễn hay nhất của ông. Đạo diễn phim, Elia Kazan nói rằng đó là diễn xuất giỏi nhất của một nam diễn viên trong lịch sử phim ảnh.
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October 25, 2004
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