\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0B\u1ea1n \u0111ang chu\u1ea9n b\u1ecb cho k\u1ef3 thi Olympic Ti\u1ebfng Anh v\u00e0 mu\u1ed1n n\u00e2ng cao k\u1ef9 n\u0103ng \u0111\u1ecdc hi\u1ec3u v\u00e0 \u0111i\u1ec1n t\u1eeb v\u00e0o ch\u1ed7 tr\u1ed1ng? H\u00e3y tham kh\u1ea3o t\u00e0i li\u1ec7u “Chinh ph\u1ee5c Open Cloze c\u00f3 \u0111\u00e1p \u00e1n” – b\u1ed9 s\u01b0u t\u1eadp g\u1ea7n 50 b\u00e0i Open Cloze t\u1eeb c\u00e1c \u0111\u1ec1 thi \u0111\u1ec1 ngh\u1ecb Olympic khu v\u1ef1c c\u1ee7a c\u00e1c tr\u01b0\u1eddng THPT chuy\u00ean tr\u00ean to\u00e0n qu\u1ed1c.<\/p>\r\n\n\r\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0B\u1ed9 t\u00e0i li\u1ec7u n\u00e0y \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c bi\u00ean so\u1ea1n b\u1edfi \u0111\u1ed9i ng\u0169 Fanpage Ambrosia High School for the Gifted \u0111\u1ea3m b\u1ea3o \u0111\u1ea7y \u0111\u1ee7, ch\u00ednh x\u00e1c v\u00e0 mang t\u00ednh th\u1ef1c ti\u1ec5n cao. M\u1ed7i b\u00e0i Open Cloze trong t\u00e0i li\u1ec7u \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c l\u1ef1a ch\u1ecdn k\u1ef9 c\u00e0ng t\u1eeb c\u00e1c \u0111\u1ec1 thi ch\u00ednh th\u1ee9c, gi\u00fap b\u1ea1n l\u00e0m quen v\u1edbi c\u00e1c d\u1ea1ng c\u00e2u h\u1ecfi th\u01b0\u1eddng xu\u1ea5t hi\u1ec7n trong k\u1ef3 thi Olympic Ti\u1ebfng Anh.<\/p>\r\n\n\r\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0B\u00ean c\u1ea1nh \u0111\u00f3, \u0111\u1ec3 t\u0103ng kh\u1ea3 n\u0103ng xu\u1ea5t hi\u1ec7n tr\u00ean k\u1ebft qu\u1ea3 t\u00ecm ki\u1ebfm c\u1ee7a Google, b\u00e0i vi\u1ebft n\u00e0y s\u1eed d\u1ee5ng t\u1eeb kh\u00f3a ch\u00ednh nh\u01b0 “Chinh ph\u1ee5c Open Cloze<\/b>“, “t\u00e0i li\u1ec7u \u00f4n thi Olympic Ti\u1ebfng Anh”, “\u0111i\u1ec1n t\u1eeb v\u00e0o ch\u1ed7 tr\u1ed1ng”, “\u0111\u00e1p \u00e1n”. Tuy nhi\u00ean, ch\u00fang t\u00f4i c\u0169ng \u0111\u1ea3m b\u1ea3o t\u00ednh \u0111a d\u1ea1ng v\u00e0 ch\u1ea5t l\u01b0\u1ee3ng c\u1ee7a n\u1ed9i dung \u0111\u1ec3 thu h\u00fat \u0111\u1ed9c gi\u1ea3. V\u1edbi b\u1ed9 t\u00e0i li\u1ec7u “Chinh ph\u1ee5c Open Cloze c\u00f3 \u0111\u00e1p \u00e1n”, b\u1ea1n s\u1ebd c\u00f3 th\u00eam t\u00e0i li\u1ec7u \u00f4n thi \u0111\u1ea7y \u0111\u1ee7 v\u00e0 ch\u1ea5t l\u01b0\u1ee3ng \u0111\u1ec3 chu\u1ea9n b\u1ecb cho k\u1ef3 thi Olympic Ti\u1ebfng Anh c\u1ee7a m\u00ecnh.<\/p>\r\n\n\r\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Hy v\u1ecdng b\u00e0i vi\u1ebft n\u00e0y s\u1ebd gi\u00fap b\u1ea1n t\u00ecm \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c t\u00e0i li\u1ec7u \u00f4n luy\u1ec7n ph\u00f9 h\u1ee3p v\u00e0 \u0111\u1ea1t \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c k\u1ebft qu\u1ea3 cao trong k\u1ef3 thi s\u1eafp t\u1edbi.<\/p>\r\n\n\n
<\/span><\/p> Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will\nland among the stars. T\u1ed4NG H\u1ee2P B\u00c0I T\u1eacP OPEN CLOZE T\u1eea C\u00c1C \u0110\u1ec0 THI \u0110\u1ec0\nNGH\u1eca OLYMPIC KHU V\u1ef0C C\u1ee6A C\u00c1C TR\u01af\u1edcNG THPT CHUY\u00caN TR\u00caN TO\u00c0N QU\u1ed0C <\/span><\/p> Men and women are different. It is a premise\nuniversally accepted, (1) _________ the \nsubsequent argument concerning access to equal opportunities. However,\nwhat is beginning to emerge is just how\nwide the gap is between the sexes. (2) _________ recently, it had been thought\nthat many of the hundreds of genes on the X and \nY chromosomes were inactive, a consequence of damage during the (3)\n_________ of combination and\nrecombination which leads to the creation of a new human being. It was believed\nthat (4)_________ one of the two X\nchromosomes in women was active and (5) _________ there were none on the Y chromosomes on men, (6)\n_________ the result that both sexes would be comparable to (7) _________ one working X chromosome. Now, it is known that both X chromosomes in\nwomen (8) _________ to a women’s genetic \ninheritance, while startling new evidence shows that the Y chromosome is\n(9) _________ from inactive. This means\nthat men and women differ (10) _________ as much as one to two percent of their genomes, an astounding figure when\nconsidering that there is only a 1.5% difference between a man and a male chimpanzee, or a woman and a\nfemale chimpanzee. <\/span><\/p> WHAT IS A DIAMOND? It is perhaps difficult to believe that\ndiamond, like graphite and charcoal, is a (1) _________ of carbon. Diamond\ncrystallizes in cubic form, at enormous pressures and high temperatures\nover the course of millions of years\n(much diamond occurs as well- formed crystals, most commonly as octahedral or eight-sided crystal). The\nprocess has been imitated under laboratory conditions and then applied industrially to create (2)\n_________ diamonds. These have proven to be mainly of (3) _________ industrial,\nplain quality or very small in size. The diamond’s exceptional properties\narise from the crystal structure, in which\nthe bonding between the carbon (4) _________ is immensely strong and uniform. First, a diamond possesses extraordinary\npowers of light reflection. (5) _________ properly cut, it gathers light within itself,\nreflecting it back in a shower of fire and brilliance. Second, it is the only gem mineral (6) _________ of a single,\nunadulterated element, making it the purest of earth’s gemstones. Thirdly, it is the hardest\ntransparent substance (7) _________ to man. Steel, for example, Fanpage: https:\/\/facebook.com\/iloveambrosia Email: ambrosiaontop@gmail.com 1 Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will\nland among the stars. (8) _________ which most machine tools are\nmade, cannot cut diamond. The only material that can cut diamond is (9) _________ diamond!\nTherefore, for that purpose, the industry uses, ‘industrial grade’, usually black, diamonds. It is fitting that the purest and most\nbrilliant of all the world’s stones should also be the most enduring one. These (10) _________ make\na diamond the perfect symbol of engagement and \nlove. <\/span><\/p> Put simply, an allergy is a disorder in which\nthe body over-reacts to harmless substances \nwhich in (1) ______ circumstances should not produce any reaction at\nall. An allergy can occur in (2) ______\nany part of your body, and can be caused by just about anything. Mainly though,\nallergies become evident on parts of the\nbody (3) ______ exposed to the outside world. Certain allergies occur only at certain times of the year, while\nothers are there all the time. Those that occur all the year (4) ______ are probably caused by\nsomething you come into (5) ______ with every day of your life, some seemingly harmless (6) ______ such\nas your deodorant or the pillow you lie on each night. Allergies can occur at any time during your\nlife, but usually do so before your fortieth birthday. Sometimes the symptoms are so (7) ______ you\ndo not even know you have an allergy, and it may take years for an allergy to become\nnoticeable. It all (8) ______ on the amount of the substance to which you are exposed and for how long.\nSometimes an allergy can disappear as suddenly as it arrived, without any (9) ______. Sometimes it\ncomes and goes for no apparent (10) ______, and with no regularity. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p> How often do you go along to a gig and see (1)\n_________ new? Well, Quest’s Friday night gig \nat the City Hall certainly caught my (2) _________. Having heard one or\ntwo tracks online, I was (3) _________ a group of about six musicians. Imagine\nmy surprise when just three young men walked \non stage. It was clear that the band already have a\nsmall but (4) _________ following. A group of fans in front of the small stage were singing (5)\n_________ to at least half of the songs. And it was easy to see why. Quest have a clever combination of\ncatchy (6) _________, an irresistible beat, and very much their own sound. All three of the band\nmembers play with great energy and expertise (7) _________ their age. The only downside was when it came to the\nencores. They (8) _________ up repeating some \nof their material and giving us cover (9) _________ of early rock\nclassics. A bit disappointing, but give\nthem time and I’m sure they’ll be writing a lot more. Fanpage: https:\/\/facebook.com\/iloveambrosia Email: ambrosiaontop@gmail.com 2 Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will\nland among the stars. I’m sure we’ll be hearing a lot more from\nQuest. Check them out every Friday at the City Hall until the end of the month. It’s well (10)\n_________ it. <\/span><\/p> Cell phones have been (1) ______ in Japan\nsince the early 1990s, but it was not until 1999 that their use really took (2) ______. The age of\ncell phones has emerged but with it come (3) ______. Cell phones are used on business trains, in\nrestaurants, and in all areas of life. They cause problems when they (4) ______ during meetings,\nconcerts, weddings or (5) ______ funerals. What\u2019s more, people speak loudly in public and students\nread and text messages during lessons. More seriously, when a cell phone is used near a person using\na pacemaker to regulate his heartbeat, its radio waves may (6) ______ with the functioning of\nthe machine. Now, something is being done to solve these problems. In many places, new\ntechnology is being used to (7) ______ the cell phones. Airline passengers are requested to stop using cell\nphones while on (8) ______. Concert halls ask their audience to switch their phones to (9) ______\nmode. However, phone (10) ______ fear that if they do not answer their phones, they will lose\nvaluable business opportunities. That\u2019s why many do not turn off their phones even when they are. <\/span><\/p> The Greek philosopher, Socrates, (1)\n_____________to peace as ‘the time when children bury their parents’ and war as ‘the time when\nparents bury their children’ . War, in other words, is a time when the natural state of things is thrown\n(2) _____________chaos and (3) _____________of any good comes out of it. The people who suffer in a war need not (4)\n_____________be the losing party. There are \nalways two sides to an argument. Both warring parties will inevitably\nsustain casualties, and it is the people\nwho pay for all the senseless damage. In a war, the soldiers (5)\n_____________be enemies to each other,\nbut they are still somebody’s father, brother, son or husband. Someone will (6)\n ____________ for them if they die. Our generation is fortunate (7)\n_____________we have not had the misfortune to go (8) _____________ a war. We\nshould prevent such tragic events from recurring in the future. We should do our utmost to preserve peace, first in our\n(9) _____________lives, and then in others. Only then can we live in (10) _____________with one\nanother. <\/span><\/p> Fanpage: https:\/\/facebook.com\/iloveambrosia Email: ambrosiaontop@gmail.com 3 Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will\nland among the stars. KRAKATOA \n Volcanic eruption has been a constant threat\nto our natural environment for millions of years, but seldom in recent times (1) ___________ a\nvolcano erupted with the ferocity of Krakatoa. Krakatoa, (2) ___________ is a volcanic island\ngroup in Indonesia, erupted on 27th August \n1883. Not only was the explosion (3) ___________ loud that it was heard\nas far away (more than 3,000 km) as\nPerth in Australia, (4) ___________ it is also recognized as (5) ___________\nthe loudest sound (6) ___________\nrecorded. Ten thousand people in the region were killed,\nmany (7) ___________ in the enormous \ntsunamis which the eruption produced \u2013 tsunamis which eventually reached\nSouth Africa and the English\nChannel. The explosion also had a major effect on the\n(8) ___________ world\u2019s weather system. The \nvolcanic dust in the atmosphere reduced the (9) ___________ of sunlight\nreaching the earth\u2019s surface, reducing\nglobal temperatures by more than one degree centigrade. Only after five\nyears had passed (10) ___________ global\ntemperatures begin to normal. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p> CAMPING HOLIDAYS Although it has a reputation for being rather\nbasic in terms of home comforts, the modern \nmaterial used in the manufacture of tents means camping is at least a\nlot less hard work. Nowadays tents are\n(1) _________ lightweight that you hardly notice you’re carrying them. They’re\neasy to (2) _________ up yet still a cheaper alternative to hotel\naccommodation. Talk to an expert first before spending a lot\nof money (3) _________ a tent. Different tents \nsuit different needs and there’s no point (4) _________ buying a\nmountaineering tent (5) _________ you’re\nplanning to camp in these conditions. Don’t (6) _________ tempted to splash out\non all the latest equipment either. Most\nof the fun of camping lies in the chance to get back to nature. There’s no need to take anything more (7) ________\nthe basics. Always try to plan your arrival at the site\nlong before (8) _________ gets dark. You will want to see (9) _________ you’re doing when you\ntry to erect your tent. Don’t forget to ask for permission if you’re not camping on a registered site,\nand remember to take a supply of food and drink with you in (10) _________ the local shops are\nclosed when you arrive. You can then enjoy your first meal under the stars and begin to appreciate the\njoys of camping. Fanpage: https:\/\/facebook.com\/iloveambrosia Email: ambrosiaontop@gmail.com 4 Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will\nland among the stars. ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS The largest land mammal alive today is the\nelephant. Today, there are two kinds of elephants – the African elephant and the Indian\nelephant. (1) ______, this has not always been the case. Until about 10,000 years ago, there was another\ngroup, the mammoths, which unfortunately are now (2) ______. Mammoths, which\nlived in the intense cold of northern Russia and North America, looked very similar to modern elephants. A\ndifference, of course, is that adult mammoths had a double layer of long hair (3) ______ their whole\nbodies. Some scientists point a (4) ______ at humans\nas the factor responsible for the extinction of \nthe mammoths – supposedly (5) ______ mammoth bones have been found in\nplaces where humans lived. However,\nthanks to recent evidence, many researchers now believe changes in weather is\na (6) ______ accurate explanation for\nthe extinction of mammoths. The climate changed, and with it, the types of plants (7) ______ changed. This\nin (8) ______ affected the mammoths, which now had trouble finding food. The changes in climate\nprobably took place quite suddenly, and in fact, whole mammoths have been found perfectly (9) ______\nin the ice. Because mammoths and modern elephants are\nsomewhat similar, some scientists think it \nmight be possible to bring (10) ______ the animals by mixing DNA taken\nfrom frozen mammoths with that of an\nelephant. <\/span><\/p> THE TROUBLE WITH SCHOOL In the first few years at school all appears\nto (1) _______ very well. There is much concern, (2) _______ the part of the teachers, with\nhigh educational standards, and the children, even (3) _______ who are far from\nbeing privileged in other ways, seem eager and happy. However, by the time the children (4) _______ adolescence,\nthe promise of the early years frequently remains unfulfilled. Many leave school (5) _______\nhaving mastered those basic skills which society demands, let (6) _______ having developed the\nability to exercise any sort of creative intelligence. There is no denying that, in spite of the\nenlightened concern of our primary schools with \nhappiness, schooling (7) _______ or other turns into a distinctly\nunhappy experience for many of our \nchildren. Large numbers of them emerge from it well aware that they are\nill-equipped life in our society. So\nthen they either regard (8) _______ as stupid for failing or else, quite\nunderstandably, Fanpage: https:\/\/facebook.com\/iloveambrosia Email: ambrosiaontop@gmail.com 5 Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will\nland among the stars. they regard the activities at which they have\nfailed as stupid. In any event they want no (9) _______ of them. How can we justify a long (10)\n_______ of compulsory education which ends like that? <\/span><\/p> Energy is one of the (1) _______ that many\npeople are interested in. It is not an unfamiliar word. It is heard, said, discussed day after day.\nIt is close to everyone\u2019s (2) _______ life. You turn on the lamp and it is (3) _______ that gives you\nlight. You turn on a TV and it is energy that gives you pictures and sound. You ride a motorcycle and\nit is energy that gives you (4) _______. You cook your meals and it is energy that gives you\nheat to boil rice. The\nproblem is that the (5) _______ for energy is rising and that the price of\nenergy is getting higher and higher. The\nsupply of energy on earth is limited. It cannot provide us all forever. The (6)\n_______ of energy in the future is inevitable. Therefore, saving energy is a\nmust if we want to (7) _______ to live in a safe and sound world. If we\nsave energy, the environment will be (8) _______ polluted and our health will\nbe better and we will live a more\nmeaningful life and more happily. Perhaps the best solution to the problem of energy is a (9) _______ of clean energy\ncoming from the sun: solar energy. This kind of energy is easily available, free, and inexhaustible.\nFurthermore, it does not cause (10) _______. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p> A healthful lifestyle leads to a longer,\nhappier, healthier life. Staying healthy means eating a well-balanced diet, getting regular exercise,\nand avoiding things that are bad for the (1) ______ and mind. Nutrition plays a key role (2) ______\nmaintaining good health and preventing many diseases. In spite of all the information available\nabout diet, scientists still believe that good nutrition can (3) ______ simple.\nThere are several basic rules to follow. Keep fat intake low. Eat lots of foods\nhigh in carbon hydrates, (4) ______ are\nthe starches in grains, legumes (beans and peas), vegetables and some fruits. (5)______ too much sugar. Limit\nsalt. Eat lots of fruits and vegetables, which are high in (6) ______. A healthy lifestyle is an active lifestyle.\n(7)______ of proper physical exercise can cause \ntiredness, irritability, and poor general health. Physical fitness\nrequires both aerobic exercise, such as\nrunning, bicycle riding, and swimming, (8) ______ muscle-strengthening\nexercise, such as weight-lifting. Fanpage: https:\/\/facebook.com\/iloveambrosia Email: ambrosiaontop@gmail.com 6 Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will\nland among the stars. Finally, good health is acquired by (9)______\nno to bad habits such as smoking, drinking, and \novereating and by avoiding situations that are constantly stressful.\nPeople can take their lives and \nhappiness into their own (10) ______. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is\nthe first step. <\/span><\/p> HOW CAN I COPE BETTER WITH STRESS? Recent research found that having higher\nlevels of self-esteem, a more positive way of \nexplaining why things happen, and avoiding perfectionist thinking were\nstrongly (1) _________ to bouncing back\nwhen things go wrong. To begin with, according to Dr. Judith Johnson\nself-esteem was shown to be (2) __________ \nin two thirds of the studies in mediating the link between failure and\ndistress. All we need to do is write a\nlist of our positive qualities and examples of when we have (3) _______them. Secondly, how we explain things also (4)\n______. If we can brush off a disappointment by (5) ____________ it to external\nfactors, then we have the equivalent of emotional armour. Finally, if we have perfectionist tendencies,\nlower them. Perfectionists hold rigid standards \nthat don\u2019t bend in the stormy (6) _________of life. Johnson says we need\nto set more realistic (7. \n___________. She also advises self-awareness and noticing when\nwe are stressed. If you feel stuck, do \nsomething that (8) _________ you up. You need to plan these things into\na schedule \u2013 doing them will chip away\nat your negative (9) ________, even if you do enjoy them a bit less than usual.\nOther research shows that the (10)\n__________ of friends or family also helps emotional resilience, as does being physically active. <\/span><\/p> FOOD FOR A FUTURE Jon Wynne-Tyson was an original thinker whose\nbest-known book \u201aFood for a Future\u2018 was \npublished in 1975, In this classic work, a case was (1) __________\nforward for (2) __________ can only be\ndescribed as a more responsible and humane attitude towards the world\u2019s food\nresources. It had gradually become clear\nto Wynne-Tyson that the economics and ecology of meat production did not make sense. What justification was\n(3) __________, he argued, for using seven tones of cereal to produce one tone of meat?