ĐÁP ÁN VÀ GIẢI THÍCH TUESDAY, JUNE 23

1. Why don't the police take ________ measures against crime?
(A) affective
(B) ineffective
(C) effective
(D) efficient

effective : hữu hiệu, hiệu quả
efficient : có năng lực (thường dùng chỉ người)

2. Perspiration increases ________ vigorous exercise or hot weather.
(A) during
(B) when
(C) at the time
(D) for

phía sau là danh từ, during là giới từ, giới từ + danh từ
for cũng là giới từ, nhưng không hợp nghĩa
when, at the time mở đầu những mệnh đề phụ thuộc, chúng là liên từ, phải cộng mệnh đề hoặc dạng rút gọn.

3. He told us ________ one man and six women applying for the job.
(A) there was
(B) it was
(C) there were
(D) they were

dùng chủ từ giả there + be + Noun ( and Noun ...) thì be hợp về số với danh từ gần nó nhứt (one man - số ít)

4. The doctor was worried about the patient because she appeared listless and ________.
(A) weak
(B) pale
(C) spiritless
(D) apathetic

weak là chỉ chung về tình trạng sức khỏe yếu, tệ
spiritless : không có tinh thần (để làm gì...)
apathetic : lãnh đạm (về tinh thần)
từ hợp nhất là pale (xanh xao), chỉ về người bệnh cụ thể

5. They decided to finish and finally ________the hard evening with a pizza and a few sodas.
(A) bring to a conclusion
(B) end
(C) terminate
(D) enjoy

enjoy something / doing something
Họ quyết định kết thúc công việc và cuối cùng, thưởng thức một bữa ăn tối cơ khổ với bánh pi-zà và một ít sô-đa.

6. Employers often require that candidates have not only a degree in engineering ________.
(A) but two years experience
(B) also two years experience
(C) but also two years experience
(D) but more two years experience

not only ... but also ...
Cần lưu ý: two years experience không phải là danh từ kép (số đếm-danh từ số ít + Danh từ chính), mà là sở hữu cách.
two years' experience (thường thường nếu kí tự trước dấu phẩy sở hữu cách - apostrophe là chữ s thì ta có thể bỏ phẩy)

7. Prices for bikes can run ________ $250.
(A) as high as
(B) as high to
(C) so high to
(D) so high as

so sánh bằng với phó từ high, lưu ý, so ... as chỉ có thể được dùng trong câu phủ định.

8. ________ 1000 species of finch have been identified.
(A) As many as
(B) As many
(C) As much as
(D) Much as

as + many + as + Noun đếm được số nhiều

9. It can sometimes ________ a home.
(A) to take months to sell
(B) take several months to sell
(C) selling takes several months
(D) to sell taking several months

take + thời gian + to infinitive (mất bao nhiêu thời gian để ...)

10. ________ the coming of autumn, thousands of tourists follow the Blue Ridge Trail to observe the brilliant autumnal foliage.
(A) As soon as
(B) With
(C) Arrived
(D) When

phía sau lỗ trống là the coming of autumn (một nhóm từ danh từ), nên phía trước cần một giới từ (with).
Trong văn cảnh này, with + N có nghĩa là "trong bối cảnh..."

11. ________ two and one half hours to climb to the top of the Empire State Building.
(A) Typically taking it
(B) Typically takes it
(C) It typically takes
(D) To take it typically

It + take + thởi gian + to infinitve (tốn bao nhiêu thời gian để ...)
phó từ có thể đặt trước động từ thường

12. Although exact statistics vary because of political changes, ________ separate nation states are included in the official lists at any one time.
(A) more than two hundred
(B) as much as two hundred
(C) many as two hundred
(D) most that two hundred

so sánh hơn về số : more than + số + Noun

13. The yearly path of the sun around the heavens ________.
(A) is known as the ecliptic
(B) known as the ecliptic
(C) it is known to be ecliptic
(D) knowing as the ecliptic

câu trên cần một vị ngữ, tức là có động từ được chia.
S + be + known + as + N

14. According to a recent survey, ________ doctors do not have a personal physician.
(A) a large amount of
(B) large amount of
(C) a large number of
(D) large number of

a large number of + Noun đếm được, nhiều
a large amount of + Noun không đếm được

15. The tiny pictures on microfilm are ________ small to be read with the naked eye.
(A) so
(B) too
(C) much
(D) such

too ... to (quá ... đến nỗi không thể ...)

16. Memorial Day, a holiday set aside to remember those who have died, is usually celebrated on ________.
(A) thirtieth May
(B) the thirtieth May
(C) May thirty
(D) the thirtieth of May

Một số cách đọc ngày tháng:
Tháng + the + số thứ tự ngày : May the thirtieth
the + số thứ tự ngày + of + Tháng : the thirtieth of May (câu D)
Cách đọc ở câu C) chỉ dành cho phong cách khẩu ngữ

17. The Kilauea volcano ________ on the eastern slope of the larger Mauna Loa volcano.
(A) is situated
(B) has situated
(C) situating
(D) to situate

be + situated ... : tọa lạc tại ...

18. The sudden expansion of heated air associated with lightning produces ________ often heard during a storm.
(A) thunder is the rumbling sound
(B) the rumbling sound, thunder is
(C) the rumbling sound, thunder, that
(D) thunder, the rumbling sound

produce something, ta dùng Noun thunder.
Sau dấu phẩy là nhóm từ tuyệt đối (Absolute Phrase), các bạn vui lòng xem lại lí thuyết ở các trang trước!

19. ________, business managers plan the tasks that their employees are to carry out.
(A) It is the organizing process
(B) They process the organizing
(C) While the organizing process
(D) Through the organizing process

Through + Something : nhờ vào ...

20. A child in the first grade tends to be ________ all of the other children in his class.
(A) the same old to
(B) the same age than
(C) as old like
(D) the same age as

the same age as : bằng tuổi với ...

;">Cám ơn các bạn đã nhiệt tình làm bài!

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24

1. Lee contributed fifty dollars, but he wishes he could contribute ________.
(A) one other fifty dollars
(B) the same amount also
(C) another fifty
(D) more fifty dollars

2. It is gravity ________ objects toward the earth.
(A) pulling
(B) that pulls
(C) to pull
(D) what pulls

3. Using a globe can be ________ it is educa-tional.
(A) enjoyable
(B) to enjoy as
(C) as enjoyable
(D) as enjoyable as

4. "Forty-niners" ________ to California for gold in 1848.
(A) rushed
(B) are rushed
(C) have rushed
(D) rushing

5. ________ many of the designs for the new capital were considered lost forever, Benjamin Banneker helped reproduce the original plans.
(A) When
(B) During
(C) If as
(D) How

6. The wheel, ________ has remained important for 4,000 years, is one of mankind's first inventions.
(A) how
(B) when
(C) which
(D) about

7. ________ has improved a lot since she started her new job.
(A) To type like Mary
(B) Mary types
(C) Mary's typing
(D) Mary is typing

8. I know ________ a different way to get there but I like this one.
(A) is
(B) there is
(C) that is
(D) it is

9. Physical fitness exercises can cause injuries ________ the participants are not careful.
(A) that
(B) to
(C) if
(D) with

10. Although solar energy is cheaper than oil, ________ have advantages as well as disadvantages.
(A) both of them
(B) both however
(C) so both
(D) the two

11. Birds head south to warmer climates when ________.
(A) is cold weather
(B) does cold weather come
(C) cold weather comes
(D) comes cold weather

12. If one of the participants in a conversation wonders ________, no real communication has taken place.
(A) what said the other person
(B) what the other person said
(C) what did the other person say
(D) what was the other person say

13. He________looked forward to the new venture.
(A) eagerly
(B) with great eagerness
(C) eagernessly
(D) in a state of increasing eagerness

14. The juice contained in the brittles of the nettle causes an intense itch when ________ a persons skin.
(A) it enters
(B) entering it
(C) there it enters
(D) its entry in

15. Everyone ________ albinos has a certain amount of pigment in the skin to add color.
(A) but
(B) that
(C) without
(D) not

16. In the Morrill Act, Congress granted federal lands to the states ________ agricultural and mechanical arts colleges.
(A) for establish
(B) to establish
(C) establish
(D) establishment

17. Ancient people believed that ________ with a sun and a moon rotating around it.
(A) the earth was the center of the universe
(B) the earth is the center of the universe
(C) the center of the universe is earth
(D) the universe has earth at the center

18. Technically, glass is a mineral and ________.
(A) water so
(B) water is so
(C) so is water
(D) so water is

19. Unlike the earth, which rotates once every twenty-four hours, ________ once every ten hours.
(A) the rotation of Jupiter
(B) the occurrence of Jupiter's rotation
(C) Jupiter rotates
(D) Jupiter's rotating

20. They were happy the train arrived on time and ________.
(A) punctually
(B) not late at all
(C) at the right platform
(D) when it was due

Seems easy. Let me try first

1. Lee contributed fifty dollars, but he wishes he could contribute ________.
(A) one other fifty dollars
(B) the same amount also
(C) another fifty
(D) more fifty dollars

2. It is gravity ________ objects toward the earth.
(A) pulling
(B) that pulls
(C) to pull
(D) what pulls

3. Using a globe can be ________ it is educa-tional.
(A) enjoyable
(B) to enjoy as
(C) as enjoyable
(D) as enjoyable as

4. "Forty-niners" ________ to California for gold in 1848.
(A) rushed
(B) are rushed
(C) have rushed
(D) rushing

What is "forty-niners" btw? I guess it's an appellation of people who lived in the period of 1849, isn't it?