Bài Tập Trắc Nghiệm Chuyên Đề: Cụm từ cố định (collocation) (Tiếng Anh Lớp 10, 11, 12)

Social networking sites are now estimated to have over 700 million users worldwide. As users can create their own profiles, you might expect them to portray themselves in the best possible light. When putting up a profile, it would be (26) _____ for them to present flattering images, choose sophisticated and discerning interests, and carefully express their thoughts to appear more intelligent than in real life. (27) _____, according to a recent study conducted on 250 Facebook users, this is not the case. Far from being idealised versions of themselves, most users' profiles (28) _____ closely to what they are really like and show their true personalities including their both psychological weaknesses and natural physical flaws. It's not entirely clear why online profiles depict users' personalities so accurately. It could be that users want to portray themselves as they really are, or that people attempt to present an ideal image of themselves but fail to do so. One thing seems clear: social networking sites can in no way be considered a false online world (29) _____ is idealised and removed from reality; rather, they are simply (30) _____ way in which people choose to interact with each other.

Presenting yourself in the best possible light to a prospective employer is what job applications are all about. (34) _____ when you put together a compelling CV, write your concise covering letter and check your Linkedin profile, you might also want to 'Google' yourself and see what comes up, because increasingly that's what employers are doing. Your online identity, in (35) _____ your Facebook profile, could in fact be considered the ultimate CV- a personal, honest and spontaneous description of how you see yourself and how those (36) _____ know you see you. That's not to say that a potential employer is necessarily going to disapprove of your silly behaviors on a night out with friends, indeed, they might be looking for an extrovert character. But it does mean they will be examining your real interests and motivations and mining (37) _____ sites for clues to your true character. So if you say in your CV that you're a motivated, loyal team player and then criticize your employer to friends on Facebook, that's probably not going to go (38) _____ Try Googling yourself and then ask: 'Would you hire you?'

Fairy tales are the stories that adults, especially parents, tell young children. In view of their name, it is surprising that hardly any of them are actually about fairies. Although most fairy tales have happy endings, the stories usually deal with very frightening situations - children abandoned in the forest, terrifying giants, cruel stepmothers. However, despite being scared when they are told the stories, children will often ask to hear them over and over again. Many psychologists believe that what fairy tales do, in addition to stimulating children's imagination, is to show that there are problems in the world and they can be overcome. Just like adults, children have fears and worries: theirs are of things such as abandonment, loss, injuries, witches. Fairy tales present real problems in a fantasy form that children are able to understand. This, it is claimed, allow them to confront their fears and to realise, if ever in their unconscious mind, that no matter how difficult the circumstances, there are always ways of coping.

Advances in technology have generated revolutionary applications that could change the face of education as we know it today. Online learning, also known as electronic learning, may (33) ___ the future of education thanks to recent developments in the Internet and multimedia technologies. It is anticipated that cyberspace institutions or online universities will replace traditional educational (34) ___. Virtual classrooms will be multi-functional, acting simultaneously as learning platforms, forums and (35) ___ networks. They will be geared towards promoting the acquisition of knowledge as a life- long endeavour, (36) ___ occurs through global collaboration. Cyberspace institutions can go a long way towards achieving this as they are able to liberate us from the limitations of time and space. Flexibility of time and location makes e-learning a highly accessible, international resource. (37) ___, prospective students will, regardless of age, background or origin, have unlimited access to both formal and informal learning opportunities. The pursuit of knowledge will consequently become an end in itself and not a means to an end.

Nowadays, television occupies a large portion of children's time. From when they start in preschool, children spend more time watching television than participating in any other activity except sleeping. However, this is not necessarily a bad thing. The results of some research suggest that there is considerable overlap between the comprehension processes activated while reading and the processes that take place during a period of television viewing. If this is so, it may very well be the case that children who learn comprehension skills from television viewing before they ready to read are equipped with some very important tools when they later learn to read. It has been noted that children are frequently better at recalling televised stories they have watched compared to those they have simply heard. Due to the fact that it is a visual medium, television can present information more concretely than written and spoken text, making it an ideal medium in which to cultivate some of the skills and knowledge needed for later reading.

Nowadays, television occupies a large portion of children's time. From when they start in preschool, children spend more time watching television than participating in any other activity except sleeping. However, this is not necessarily a bad thing. The results of some research suggest that there is considerable overlap between the comprehension processes activated while reading and the processes that take place during a period of television viewing. If this is so, it may very well be the case that children who learn comprehension skills from television viewing before they ready to read are equipped with some very important tools when they later learn to read. It has been noted that children are frequently better at recalling televised stories they have watched compared to those they have simply heard. Due to the fact that it is a visual medium, television can present information more concretely than written and spoken text, making it an ideal medium in which to cultivate some of the skills and knowledge needed for later reading.