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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27.
GOOD FRIENDS
Psychologists have long known that having a set of cherished companions is crucial to mental well-being. A recent study by Australian investigators concluded that our friends even help to (23) ______ our lives. The study concentrated (24) ______ the social environment, general health, and lifestyle of 1,477 persons older than 70 years. The participants were asked how much contact they had with friends, children, relatives and acquaintances. Researchers were surprised to learn that friendships increased life (25) ______ to a far greater extent than frequent contact with children and other relatives. This benefit held true even after these friends had moved away to another city and was independent of factors such as socioeconomic status, health, and way of life. According to scientists, the ability to have relationships with people to (26) ______ one is important has a positive effect on physical and mental health. Stress and tendency towards depression are reduced, and behaviours that are damaging to health, such as smoking and drinking, occur less frequently. (27) _______, our support networks, in times Trang 3/6 - Mã đề thi 001 of calamity in particular, can raise our moods and feelings of self-worth and offer helpful strategies for dealing with difficult personal challenges.
(Source: Academic Vocabulary in Use by Michael McCarthy and Felicity O’Dell)
Câu hỏi:- A. prolong
- B. lengthen
- C. stretch
- D. expand
Lời giải tham khảo:
Đáp án đúng: A
Kiến thức: Từ vựng
prolong (v): kéo dài (thời gian)
lengthen (v): làm dài ra
stretch (v) : duỗi ra
expand (v): mở rộng
To prolong our lives: kéo dài thời gian cuộc sống của chúng ta.
Chọn A
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CÂU HỎI KHÁC
- Choose A, B, C or D: legal diverse polite complete
- Choose A, B, C or D: interview compliment sacrifice represent
- Choose A, B, C or D: mood flood spoon moon
- Choose A, B, C or D: listens reviews protects enjoys
- Choose A, B, C or D: If he were younger, he ______ a professional running competition now.
- Choose A, B, C or D: The children ______ to bed before their parents came home from work.
- Choose A, B, C or D: Linda refused ______ in the musical performance because she was sick.
- Choose A, B, C or D: There has been little rain in this area for months, ______?
- Choose A, B, C or D: David was deported on account of his expired visa. He ______ it renewed.
- Choose A, B, C or D: The proposal ______ by the environmentalists to grow more trees has received approval from the council.
- Choose A, B, C or D: Project-based learning provides wonderful opportunities for students to develop their ______.
- Choose A, B, C or D: Violent films may have a negative ______ on children.
- Choose A, B, C or D: A good leader should not be conservative, but rather ______ to new ideas.
- Choose A, B, C or D: ______ individuals are those who share the same hobbies, interests, or points of view.
- Choose A, B, C or D: The child has no problem reciting the poem; he has ______ it to memory.
- Choose A, B, C or D: After several injuries and failures, things have eventually ______ for Todd when he reached the final round of the tournament.
- Choose A, B, C or D: The first few days at university can be very daunting, but with determination and positive attitude, freshmen will soon fit in with the new environmen
- Choose A, B, C or D: Deforestation may seriously jeopardize the habitat of many species in the local area.
- Choose A, B, C or D: In this writing test, candidates will not be penalized for minor mechanical mistakes.
- Choose A, B, C or D: After their long-standing conflict had been resolved, the two families decided to bury the hatchet.
- Choose A, B, C or D: John and Mary are talking about what to do after class.John: ______”Mary: Yes, I’d love to.”
- Choose A, B, C or D: Paul and Daisy are discussing life in the future.Paul: I believe space travel will become more affordable for many people in the future.
- Choose A, B, C or D: prolong lengthen stretch expand
- Choose A, B, C or D: in with on at
- Choose A, B, C or D: expectation insurance expectancy assurance
- Choose A, B, C or D: who whom what that
- Choose A, B, C or D: Otherwise For example Moreover However
- What does the passage mainly discuss?
- Choose A, B, C or D: According to paragraph 1, which of the following is NOT true?
- Choose A, B, C or D: The word derived” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.
- Choose A, B, C or D: The word it” in paragraph 2 refers to ______.
- Choose A, B, C or D: The word immense” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.
- Choose A, B, C or D: According to the passage, travel books, biographies and memoirs ______.
- Choose A, B, C or D: According to paragraph 4, which of the following is the most fascinating to booklovers?
- Choose A, B, C or D: Every member (A) of the class were (B) invited to (C) the party by the form teacher (D).
- Choose A, B, C or D: Historically (A), it was the 3rd Asian Games (B) in Japan that (C) tennis, volleyball, table tennis and hockey were (D) added.
- Choose A, B, C or D: Harry no longer smokes a lot.
- Choose A, B, C or D: I’ll call you as soon as I arrive at the airport,” he said to me.
- Choose A, B, C or D: The young girl has great experience of nursing. She has worked as a hospital volunteer for years.
- Choose A, B, C or D: Peter told us about his leaving the school. He did it on his arrival at the meeting.
