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CHUYÊN ĐỀ ĐỤC LỖ - Phần 9

BÀI 33
Good press photographers must have an "eye" for news, just as journalists must have a "nose" for a
good story. They must be able to interpret a story and decide rapidly how they can take (1) _______ of the best
opportunities to take pictures. The most difficult part of a press photographer's job is that he or she has to be
able to (2) _______ a complicated situation with just one photograph. They rarely have second (3) _______
and must be able to take the required (4) _______ very quickly. Indeed, speed is essential - if the photographs
are not ready for the printing deadline, they are very unlikely to be of any (5) _______.

1. A. advantage B. benefit C. gain D. profit

2. A. draw up B. sum up C. put out D. turn out

3. A. chances B. occasions C. possibilities D. moments

4. A. image B. illustration C. scene D. shot

5. A. role B. gain C. use D. employment

Most press photographers begin work with a local newspaper. There, the (6) _______ is mostly for
material of regional interest. Photographers may be expect to photograph a lot of unexciting events but to (7)
_______ the enthusiasm to put something special into every picture.

6. A. duty B. task C. obligation D. demand

7. A. hold on B. keep up C. carry on D. stay up

There is (8) _______ competition among those who want to move from local to national newspapers.
Here, the work is much more centred on news. The photographer must work (9) _______ greater pressure and
take more responsibility. Only (11) _______ reliable, talented and resourceful photographers (12) _______
this difficult move. The work is tough and can be dangerous. On an overseas assignment, photographers may
have to (13) _______ unfamiliar food and accommodation, physical and mental stress, and (14) _______
difficulty in transporting the pictures from an isolated area to get them to the newspaper (15) _______. They
also have to beat the competition from other publication.

8. A. firm B. forceful C. strict D. strong

9. A. under B. by C. through D. from

10. A. perform B. support C. take D. fetch

11. A. sharply B. highly C. largely D. fully

12. A. make B. pass C. turn D. proceed

13. A. struggle for B. get by C. stand up D. cope with

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14. A. plentiful B. extreme C. far D. grand

15. A. for a time B. by the time C. on time D. with time

No Key Explanation
take advantage of sth: tận dụng, lợi dụng cái gì
1 A
sum up: tóm tắt, tổng kết.
2 B (ở đây như kiếp thợ chụp ảnh phải tóm tắt sự việc chỉ trong 1 bức ảnh)

second chance: cơ hội thứ 2; cơ hội được làm lại sau khi bỏ lỡ (collo)
3 A
take a shot: chụp ảnh.
4 D
be of (any) use: có ích, hữu ích.
5 C
demand for sth: nhu cầu cho cái gì.
6 D
- keep up sth: tiếp tục, duy trì việc gì (ở đây là duy trì sự nhiệt huyết)

+ hold on: chờ đợi (trong thời gian ngắn)

7 B + carry on sth: tiếp tục làm gì

+ stay up (late): thức khuya, đi ngủ trễ

strong competition: sự cạnh tranh mạnh mẽ. (collo)

8 D
under pressure: chịu áp lực.
9 A
take responsibility: chịu / nhận trách nhiệm.
10 C
highly ở đây mang nghĩa là “rất” ( ~ very) và nó đi với cả 3 từ ở sau:
11 B reliable: đáng tin cậy ; talented: đầy tài năng ; resourceful: tháo vát

chỉ có make mới + sb/sth + V-nguyên thể.

12 A make this difficulty move: loại bỏ (hạn chế) được khó khăn này.

cope with sth: đối mặt, đối phó, đương đầu với cái gì
13 D
extreme difficulty: sự khó khăn rất lớn. (collo)
14 B
on time: đúng giờ, không trễ hẹn.
15 C
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BÀI 34
To the passer-by, number 7 Blyth Grove, in Worksop, looks just like any other fairly old house in
Britain. But (1) _______ inside and you go back into a vanished world, (2) _______ William Straw´s house is
exactly as his parents left it when they died in the 1930s.

1. A. trip B. stamp C. tread D. step

2. A. then B. for C. from D. so

William Straw, who died in 1990, lived in the house with his brother Walter after their parents´ deaths.
They lived (3) _______ a strict routine, never married and had no (4) _______ friends. They had no social life
and callers were never (5) _______ into the house.

3. A. based on B. as from C. along with D. according to

4. A. deep B. close C. familiar D. warm

5. A. mentioned B. requested C. invited D. offered

Their parents had a (6) _______ grocery shop and the family moved into the house in 1923, immediately
spending £70 – a huge (7) _______ in those days – on total redecoration. Their father died in 1932 and their
mother in 1939, when William, then a history lecturer at London University, returned to Worksop. He (8)
_______ his job and set up house with Walter, who had been (9) _______ the shop since their father´s death.
(10) _______, the two cut themselves off from the rest of the world.

6. A. succeed B. successor C. successful D. successfully

7. A. sum B. wealth C. fund D. quantity

8. A. gave up B. finished off C. ended with D. got out

9. A. leading B. commanding C. running D. conducting

10. A. From then on B. At the moment C. Ever since D. That time

Nothing that their parents had owned was ever moved or (11) _______ away. Towards the end of their
lives, it seems that they became (12) _______ of the value of what they had done, because they began to put
(13) _______ on various pictures and items of furniture, explaining where they (14) _______ came from.
Today, the house is open to the public, and visitors quickly (15) _______ that it is the closest they are ever
likely to come to time travel.

11. A. removed B. thrown C. done D. dismissed

12. A. clear B. wise C. thoughtful D. aware

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13. A. labels B. posters C. messages D. certificates

14. A. early B. originally C. freshly D. newly

15. A. catch B. regard C. realise D. distinguish

No Key Explanation
- step inside: bước vào bên trong (cái nhà đó).
1 D
for: bởi vì (liên từ) ~ because.
2 B
live according to a (strict) routine: sống theo một nề nếp (nghiêm khắc).
3 D
- close friend: bạn thân
4 B
ở đây có nghĩa: những người ghé thăm (caller) không bao giờ được mời vào nhà.
5 C
cần 1 tính từ bổ nghĩa cho grocery shop: cửa hàng tạp hóa.
6 C
- a huge sum: một số tiền / khoản tiền lớn.
7 A
- give up: từ bỏ.
8 A
- run a shop: quản lý cửa hàng.
9 C
- from then on: kể từ đó về sau.
10 A
- throw away: vứt đi.
11 B
- be/ become aware of sth: có ý thức, nhận thức về cái gì.
12 D
put a label on sth: dán / gắn nhãn lên cái gì.
13 A
orginally come from: có nguồn gốc từ đâu.
14 B
realise that: nhận ra rằng.
15 C
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BÀI 35

If you’re an environmentalist, plastic is a word you (1) _______ to say with a sneer or a snarl. It has
become a symbol of our wasteful, throw-way society. But there seems little doubt it is here to stay, and the
truth is, of course, that plastic has brought enormous (2) _______ even environmental ones. It’s not really the
plastics (3) _______ that are the environmental evil – it’s the way society choose to use and (4) _______ them.

1. A. make B. tend C. confess D. admit

2. A. benefits B. pleasures C. savings D. incomes

3. A. yourself B.itself C. themselves D. ourrselves

4. A. dispose B. abuse C. endanger D. store

Almost all the 50 or so different kinds of modern plastic are made from oil, gas or coal – non-renewable
natural (5) _______. We import well over three million tonnes of the stuff in Britain each year and, _______,
most of it is thrown away. A (7) _______ proportion of our annual consumption is in the (8) _______ of
packaging, and this (9) _______ for about seven per cent by weight of our domestic (10) _______. Almost all
of it could be recycled, but very little of it is, though the plastic recycling (11) _______ is growing fast.

5. A. fuels B. processes C. products D. resources

6. A. soon or late B. early or late C. sooner or later D. earlier or later

7. A. considerable B. probable C. invisible D. editable

8. A. way B. kind C. type D. form

9. A. defends B. numbers C. accounts D. collects

10. A. refuse B. goods C. requirements D. rubble

11. A. manufacture B. industry C. factory D. plant

The plastics themselves are extremely (12) _______ – they have a higher calorific value than coal and
one (13) _______ of ‘recovery’ strongly (14) _______ by the plastic manufacturers is the (15) _______ of
waste plastic into a fuel.

12. A. enegy-richly B. rich-energetic C. richly-energy D. energy-rich

13. A. measure B. mechanism C. method D. medium

14. A. desired B. argued C. presented D. favoured

15. A. conversion B. melting C. change D. replacement

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Explanation
No Key
chỉ có tend to do: có xu hướng làm gì.
1 B
bring enormous benefits: mang lại những lợi ích to lớn.

+ pleasure: sự thích thú, dễ chịu.

2 A + savings: tiền tiếp kiệm.
+ income: thu nhập.

themselves chính là the plastics (những đồ nhựa).

3 C
- abuse: lạm dụng, dùng sai hướng.
4 B
- natural resources: tài nguyên thiên nhiên
5 D
sooner or later: chẳng sớm thì muộn.
6 C
considerable proportion: tỉ lệ đáng kể (cao).
7 A
- in the form of sth: dưới dạng nào, hình thức nào
8 D
account for: chiếm (tỉ lệ bao nhiêu, thường là %).
9 C
- refuse: rác thải, đồ bỏ đi ~ waste, rubbish …..
10 A
- recycling industry: ngành công nghiệp tái chế
11 B
- energy-rich: giàu năng lượng, chứa nhiều năng lượng.
12 D
method of sth: phương pháp làm gì - method of recovery: phương pháp khôi phục.
13 C (ở đây chọn từ hợp nghĩa)

strongly favoured: rất được ưa chuộng, rất được ưu tiên.

14 D (ở đây chọn từ hợp nghĩa)

- conversion of sth into sth: sự chuyển đổi, biến đổi từ cái gì thành cái gì
15 A
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BÀI 36
From the moment they leave the security of their accustomed environment, travelers are at risk. (1)
_______ arise not just from strange diseases they meet on their travels (2) _______ from other factors too:
seemingly uninspiring home comforts such as safe water (3) _______, sanitation and public hygiene controls,
legal safety standards for motor vehicles and road maintenace, are easily taken for _______, but simply do not
exist in many countries. Environmental factors such as arduous conditions, (5) _______ climate, and high
altitude may (6) _______ a danger; and so may travelers’ own behavior, free from the restraints of the daily
routine, and determined to have a good time with scant (7) _______ for the consequences.

1. A. Hazards B. Changes C. Questions D. Complications

2. A. so B. and C. but D. or

3. A. supplies B. collection C. defence D. stores

4. A. rewarded B. blessed C. controlled D. granted

5. A. worsening B. adverse C. sudden D. unusual

6. A. put B. push C. pose D. plot

7. A. regard B. awareness C. knowledge D. need

When illness or injury occur abroad, travelers are again at a disadvantage – from (8) _______ to
communicate with a doctor on (9) _______ of language or cultural difficulties, or being unable to find a doctor
owing to (10) _______ of the local medical system. There may be a complete (11) _______ of skilled medical
care, or of medical facilities of a standard (12) _______ to travelers from technologically sophisticated
countries.

8. A. timidity B. difficulty C. inflexibility D. inability

9. A. record B. account C. calculation D. credit

10. A. misuse B. ignorance C. doubt D. disbelief

11. A. breakdown B. failure C. absence D. disruption

12. A. insensible B. believable C. possible D. acceptable

When symptoms of an illness (13) _______ abroad do not appear until after return home a final hazard
becomes apparent: the symptoms may be unfamiliar, may pass (14) _______, and the correct diagnosis may
not be considered (15) _______ it is too late.

13. A. received B. acquired C. gained D. formed

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14. A. unknown B. unrecognized C. unforeseen D. unearthed

15. A. in case B. so that C. provided D. until

No Key Explanation
hazards asrise: sự nguy hiểm nảy sinh.
1 A (phù hợp với cụm at risk (gặp nguy hiểm) ở trước)

- ở trước có not just (không chỉ) thì ở sau phải là but … too (mà còn)
( ~ but also / but … as
2 C well)

- water supply: nguồn / sự cung cấp nước

3 A
- take sth for granted: cho là cái gì là hiển nhiên và phải có.
4 D
- adverse climate: khí hậu xấu, khí hậu không thuận lợi
5 B
pose a danger: gây nguy hiểm.
6 C
- regard for sth: sự chú ý, quan tâm đến cái gì
7 A + with scant regard for the consequences: mà ít quan tâm đến hậu quả.

inability to do sth: sự không thể làm gì.

8 D
on account of: bởi vì ~ because of
9 B
- ignorance of sth: sự không biết về cái gì, sự thiếu thông tin hay kiến thức về cái gì.
10 A
absence of sth: sự thiếu hay không có cái gì.
11 C complete absence: sự thiếu vắng hoàn toàn.

acceptable to sb: chấp nhận được đối với ai.

12 D
acquire an illness or disease: bị ốm ; bị mắc bệnh
13 B
pass recognized: (bị) bỏ qua mà không phát hiện ra.
14 B
cả câu có nghĩa là:
15 D “Việc chẩn đoán các triệu chứng bệnh sẽ không chính xác cho đến khi quá trễ rồi.”