HSG 11 : U1-5

Question 1: Japanese scholars have been .... for ages about why these tall, slender buildings are so stable

• A. mystified

• B. mystification

• C. mystifying

• D. mystic

Question 2: With its special shock absorbers (bộ giảm chấn) to .... the effect of sudden sideways movements from an earthquake, the thirty-six-storey Kasumigaseki building in central Tokyo-Japan's first skyscraper- was considered a masterpiece of modern engineering when it was built in 1968

• A. increase

• B. dry out

• C. dampen ( làm giảm bớt )

• D. augment

Question 3: More surprising is the fact that the individual stores of a Japanese pagoda, unlike their counterparts ( bản tương tự ) elsewhere, are not actually connected to each other. They are simply ….one on top of another like a pile of hats.

• A. tied

• B. placed

• C. glued

• D. stacked ( chồng,xếp đống)

Question 4: The cost of food has now reached a point where a growing number of people believe that it is far too high and that bringing it ... will be one of the great challenges of the twenty-first century

• A. up

• B. down

• C. forth

• D. back

Question 5: They added up the costs of repairing the damage it caused and came .... with a total figure of £2,343m

• A. on

• B. up

• C. by

• D. to

Question 6: But the costs to society can actually be quantified (xác định lượng) and, when added up, can amount ( lên tới) to .... sums.

• A. staggering (gây sửng sôt)

• B. staggered

• C. stagger

• D. staggeringly

Question 7: We are paying for our supposedly cheaper food in three separate ways: once over the counter, secondly through our taxes, which provide the enormous subsidies(tiền trợ giá) .... modern intensive farming, and thirdly to clean up the mess that modern farming leaves behind

• A. propping up (chống đỡ)

• B. holding on

• C. putting away

• D. putting off

Question 8: In Britain, the immediate need to supply food is less urgent, and the costs and the damage of .... farming have been clearly seen, it may be more feasible.(có thể đạt đc)

• A. new

• B. serious

• C. intensive

• D. massive

Question 9: There are reports of igloos ( lều tuyết) losing their insulating (cách nhiệt) properties as the snow drips and refreezes, of lakes ... into the sea as permafrost melts, and sea ice breaking up earlier than usual, carrying seals beyond the reach of hunters.

• A. running

• B, pouring

• C. moving

• D. draining

Question 10: Nobody knows the Arctic (bắc cực) as well as the locals (người dân địa phương), which is why they are not content (hài lòng) simply to .... and let outside experts tell them what's happening.

• A. stand out

• B. stand to

• C. stand up

• D. stand back ( việc giữ khoảng cách)