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XX – MATCH UP THE DEFINITIONS (1-16) WITH THE CORRECT IDIOMS (A-P):
1. Intelligence, reasoning, ability
2. Something that is extremely easy (to do)
3. Stealing goods while shopping
4. A story that is so exaggerated or incredible that is difficult to believe
5. Something which appears bad at first but then turns out well
6. A worker who does an office job
7. A trick played upon someone
8. A factory worker rather than an office worker
9. A lot of excitement and discussion about something that is trivial
10. An amount of money saved for future use
11. A job without prospects
12. A very important day in someone’s life
13. A tiresome, irritating person
14. Physical application to hard work
15. A wild guess
16. A warning of danger which turns out to be false
a. A blessing in disguise
b. A blue – collar worker
c. A dead – end job
d. Elbow grease
e. A false alarm
f. Grey matter
g. A nest – egg
h. A pain in the neck
i. A piece of cake
j. A practical joke
k. A red – letter day
l. Shoplifting
m. A shot in the dark
n. A storm in a teacup
o. A tall story
p. A white – collar worker

E40 WRITING TASK 2:

No.3​

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Present a written argument or case to an educated reader with no specialist
knowledge of the following topic:​

News e***ors decide what to broadcast on television and what to
print in newspapers. What factors do you think influence these
decisions? Do we become used to bad news? Would it he better if
more good news was reported?​

You should write at least 250 words.
Use your own ideas knowledge and experience and support your arguments with​

examples and relevant evidence.

It has often been said that “Good news is bad news” because it does not sell
newspapers. A radio station that once decided to present only good news soon
found that it had gone out of business for lack of listeners. Bad news on the other
hand is so common that in order to cope with it, we often simply ignore it. We have
become immune to bad news and the newspapers and radio stations are aware of
this.
While newspapers and TV stations may aim to report world events accurately, be
they natural or human disasters, political events or the horrors of war, it is also
true that their main objective is to sell newspapers and attract listeners and
viewers to their stations. For this reason TV and radio stations attempt to reflect
the flavour of their station by providing news broadcasts tailormade *****it their
listeners’ preferences. Programmes specialising in pop music or TV soap operas
focus more on local news, home issues and uptodate traffic reports. The more
serious stations and newspapers like to provide “so called” objective news reports
with e***orial comment aimed at analysing the situation.
If it is true, then, that newspapers and TV stations are tailoring their news to their
readers’ and viewers’ requirements, how can they possibly be reporting real
world events in an honest and objective light? Many radio and TV stations do, in
fact, report items of good news but they no longer call this news. They refer to
these as human interest stories and package them in programmes specialising,
for instance, in consumer affairs or local issues. Good news now comes to us in
the form of documentaries the fight against children’s cancer or AIDS, or the
latest developments in the fight to save the planet from environmental pollution.​

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You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Present a written argument or case to an educated reader with no specialist
knowledge of the following topic:​

News e***ors decide what to broadcast on television and what to
print in newspapers. What factors do you think influence these
decisions? Do we become used to bad news? Would it he better if
more good news was reported?​

You should write at least 250 words.
Use your own ideas knowledge and experience and support your arguments with
examples and relevant evidence.​

Model answer: 300 words


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No.4:

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
As part of a class assignment you have to write about the following topic:​

We are becoming increasingly dependent on computers. They are used in
businesses, hospitals, crime detection and even to fly planes. What things
will they be used for in the future? Is this dependence on computers a
good thing or should we he more auspicious of their benefits?​

You should write at least 250 words.
[COLOR=#231f20][LEFT]Computers are a relatively new invention. The first computers were built fifty years
ago and it is only in the last thirty or so years that their influence has affected our
everyday life. Personal computers were introduced as recently as the early
eighties. In this short time they have made a tremendous impact on our lives. We
are now so dependent on computers that it is hard to imagine what things would
be like today without them. You have only got to go into a bank when their main
computer is broken to appreciate the chaos that would occur if computers were
suddenly removed worldwide.
In the future computers will be used to create bigger and even more sophisticated
computers. The prospects for this are quite alarming. They will be so complex that
no individual could hope to understand how they work. They will bring a lot of
benefits but they will also increase the potential for unimaginable chaos. They will,
for example, be able to fly planes and they will be able to co ordinate the
movements of several planes in the vicinity of an airport. Providing all the
computers are working correctly nothing can go wrong. If one small program fails
— disaster.
There is a certain inevitability that technology will progress and become
increasingly complex. We should, however, ensure that we are still in a position
where we are able to control technology. It will be all too easy *****ddenly
discover that technology is controlling us. By then it might be too late I believe
that it is very important to be suspicious of the benefits that computers will bring
and to make sure that we never become totally dependent on a completely[/LEFT]
technological world.
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No.2:

Before talking about the essential role of death penalty, you have to think about the
meaning, and the purpose, of any kind of punishment. If you consider that the purpose
is to prevent the guilty from being nasty again, you can be seduced by an
argumentation in favour of the suppression of capital punishment. But you have to
think about another aspect of the problem: a punishment is also useful to impress
people, to make them fear the law. In fact, let's take the example of a young misfit,
which has grown in a violent atmosphere, influenced by older delinquents, e t c . . . He
lives in the streets, he's got no aim but *****rvive. This is the kind of person who
could possibly kill someone for money, or even for f u n . . . Why would he fear prison?
Life would be easier for him there. In ad***ion, in many cases, when you behave
normally, you ​

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can benefit from penalty reductions. This young misfit needs to be
impressed, he needs to know that the law is a frontier. When you cross it, you can​

lose your life. That is why capital punishment helps keeping a distance between
robbery and murder. If you abolish it, you suppress the difference between these two
types of crime, which are completely different.
But there is also a limit to define: even if death penalty is unavoidable, it would be a
crime to apply it to inadequate cases. If there is ​

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no preme***ation or past facts which
can justify such a punishment, it is far too strict to apply death penalty. That is why
the lawmakers have to establish precisely the context in which capital punishment car​

be pronounced. That is the price to pay to limit violence without using excessive
violence..​

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No.1:​

It is certainly true that the position of women in society has undergone a dramatic
change in the past twenty years but I do not feel that this is a direct cause of the
indisputable increase in juvenile-related problems during this period.
It is now accepted that young women should find work on leaving school; indeed to
rely totally on their parents' financial support is no longer an option in many families.
Likewise, once they get married, the majority of women continue working since the
financial pressures of setting up a house and establishing a reasonable standard of
living often require two incomes.
Twenty years ago it was common for women to give up work once they had children
and devote their time to caring for their children. This is no longer the general rule
and the provision of professionally-run child care facilities and day nurseries have
removed much of the responsibility for child rearing that used to fall to mothers.
However, these facilities come at a cost and often require two salaries coming into a
family to be afforded.
I do not believe that the increase in the number of working mothers has resulted in
children being brought up less well than previously. Indeed it could be argued that by
giving mothers the opportunity to work and earn extra money children can be better
provided for than previously. There is more money for luxuries and holidays and a
more secure family life is possible. Of course there are limits as to the amount of time
that ideally should be spent away from home and the ideal scenario would be for one
of the parents (often the wife) to have a part-time job and thus be available for their
children before and after school. It is important to establish the correct balance​

between family life and working life.

Chị ơi ! đây là câu nguyên bản
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Sau đó chị sửa lại thành
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people using = people who used (cái này là cụm phân từ được dùng làm thuộc ngữ). Em xem thêm 1 số ví dụ khác nhé:


Các phân từ trong tiếng Anh gồm 2 hình thức: phân từ hiện tại (Present Participle) là động từ thêm –ing và phân từ quá khứ (Past Participle) là động từ them –ed. Các cụm phân từ là do phân từ hiện tại hay phân từ quá khứ tạo thành đều có thể dùng làm định ngữ bổ nghĩa cho danh từ ở trước. Giống như mệnh đề thuộc ngữ, những cụm phân từ như thế này còn thường được dịch thành từ bổ nghĩa cho danh từ. Ví dụ:

1. Many aspiring to be elected as the party candidate employ top public relations and advertising men, who invent clever catch phrases and set about “selling” their man.

Many aspiring to be elected as the party candidate (= who aspire to be elected as the party candidate) employ top public relations and advertising men, who invent clever catch phrases and set about “selling” their man.
1. A fast railroad train, traveling 96 kilometers an hour, takes more than 48 hours to cross the country.

A fast railroad train, traveling 96 kilometers an hour (= which travels 96 kilometers an hour), takes more than 48 hours to cross the country.

Chi ui! Em nộp bài nhé!
1-f
2-i
3-l
4-o
5-a
6-p
7-j
8-b
9-n
10-g
11-c
12-k
13-h
14-d
15-m
16-e@}

IDIOMS XX - ANSWERS:

ANSWERS:
1.f: grey matter: trí thông minh, chất xám
2.i: a piece of cake: công việc dễ dàng
3.l: shoplifting: trộm vặt trong khi mua sắm
4.o: a tall story: chuyện hoang đường, chuyện khó tin
5.a: a blessing in disguise: sự việc tiền hung hậu kiết
6.p: a white – collar worker: viên chức, nhân viên văn phòng
7.j: a practical joke: trò chơi khăm
8.b: a blue collar worker: công nhân
9.n: a storm in a teacup: sự ầm ĩ vì chuyện không đâu
10.g: a nest egg: món tiền dự phòng
11.c : a dead – end job: 1 công việc không có tương lai
12.k: a red-letter day: ngày quan trọng trong đời
13.h: a pain in the neck: 1 người quấy rối, khó chịu
14.d: elbow grease: sự lao động cật lực
15.m: a shot in the dark: đoán mò
16.e: a false alarm: báo động giả
Thu Huyền: 16/16 ()
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XXI – CHOOSE THE EXPRESSION CORRESPONDING TO THE ITALICIZED IDIOM IN THE SENTENCE.
1. When a person HAS TWO STRIKES AGAINST HIM, he is
a. Beaten by two persons together
b. Badly injured
c. A complete failure
d. At a considerable disadvantage
2. If a man LOSES HIS TOUCH, he
a. Loses his attractiveness or influence with others
b. Loses all his money
c. Loses his sense of touch
d. Breaks off relations with others
3. If a man PULLS HIS PUNCHES, he
a. Drinks a lot liquor
b. Reaches for his drinks
c. Drags his tools to his workbench
d. Appears to be more violent than he really is
4. When an employee STEPS DOWN, he
a. Doesn’t want to go up
b. Leaves an important position with his firm or company
c. Goes downstairs from his office
d. Becomes less reliable
5. If a night game of football is RAINED OUT, it
a. Is called off an account of a power failure
b. Is postponed on account of rain
c. Is stopped because of the bottles thrown by the spectators
d. Takes the place during the rain
6. If a poor musician LOUSES UP a concert, he
a. Publicizes it
b. Ruins it
c. Improves it
d. Enjoys it
7. When a person GOES OFF THE DEEP END, he
a. Acts rashly
b. Dives into the deeper water
c. Loses his self – control
d. Gets very excited
8. When that opera singer PLAYS UP to the conductor, she
a. Plays in harmony with him
b. Plays a musical instrument for him
c. Attracts his interest
d. Flatters and seeks to interest him
9. When someone HAS SOMETHING GOING FOR HIMSELF, he
a. Is successful in some enterprise or undertaking
b. Has his watch ticking
c. Is being arrested
d. Doesn’t do anything
10. If something IS A STEAL, it is
a. A stolen article
b. An act of theft
c. A bargain
d. Done well

Chị ơi ! Em nộp bài nhé!
1.c
2.a
3.d
4.b
5.b
6.b
7.a
8.d
9.d
10.c

hoc thanh ngu so 21
1D 2A 3D 4B 5B 6B 7A 8D 9A 10C

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