English Quiz

• to learn

• learning

• to learning

• learn

Answer explanation

Note: be encouraged to do sth

Highest paid teacher?

• Science

• Math

• English

• Gym

Answer explanation

Most schools rarely have huge gaps in teacher salary based on subject, but generally science pays the best, making 11% more on average. The unemployment rate is also 70% lower compared to teachers as a whole, being just 1%. The reason is it’s a more difficult job for schools to staff and they will make bigger offers to secure staff. English and language arts are generally paid the worst

• A. turn up

• B. look into

• C. see through

• D. make out

Answer explanation

D. make out: hiểu, thấy/nhìn được

What percent of women propose to men ?

• Under 1%

• 2%

• 5%

• 7%

Answer explanation

Found a survey of 500 proposals and of that, only 3 were cases the woman proposed to the man and other studies find universally it’s a .5% thing. This is largely due to a culture, where it’s been seen as weird for years and often anti masculine. Good news for men though however is 77% of proposals get a yes

• A. send off

• B. turn off

• C. put off

• D. go off

Answer explanation

D. go off: reo (chuông báo thức); (thức ăn) ôi thiu; (bom) nổ

How many countries is English the main language ?

• 8

• 21

• 45

• 67

Answer explanation

Globally, 67 countries speak English as the main language, which is by far the most of any language and why English is the most spoken language, where 1.4 billion speak it. One interesting though is Mandarin, where even though that’s only the primary language in 8 countries, it is close to English, with 1.1 billion speakers

• A. do they ?

• B. don't they ?

• C. have they ?

• D. haven't they ?

Answer explanation

"barely" mang nghĩa phủ định, thì hiện tại đơn "have" với chủ ngữ "they" nên câu hỏi đuôi phải khẳng định và mượn trợ động từ "do"

What percent of couples break up after the first year ?

• 40%

• 60%

• 70%

• 90%

Answer explanation

For people who recognize as boyfriend and girlfriend, 70% of their relationships will be over in the first year and after that point, there is a 30% chance of breakups every year until the fifth year, where it goes to 15%. There is however a slight surge on the 7th year for dating and married couple to leave, finding it wasn’t what they wanted

• A. alternate

• B. alternatively

• C. alternative

• D. alternation

Answer explanation

C. alternative (sau tính từ là danh từ)

How much electricity is your brain using ?

• None

• 2 watts

• 12 watts

• 34 watts

Answer explanation

For people reading this on a smart phone, know it took 5 watts of electricity to charge their phone, which is less than half the power currently in their brain. The brain uses electricity like any computer and humans sleeping produce 100 watts of power, for a body that will use it daily. Still, even at 12 watts, that’s less than the average desktop computer using 175 watts.