Foundation 1.1

1.a ​ (a)   (n) nhà tâm lí

2.a ​ (b)   (n) phản ứng

3.​ (c)   (adv) in general

4.​ (d)   (n) dân số

5.be ​ (e)   for (a) famous for

• psychologist
• reaction
• generally
• population
• known

6.​ (a)   (n) tội ác

7.to ​ (b)   top (v) xếp hạng top

8.to ​ (c)   second/ third (v) xếp hạng 2/3

9.to have (got) sth/ more/ less ​ (d)   with (v) có liên quan nhiều/ ít tới

10.to ​ (e)   a study(v) thực hiện

• crime
• come out
• come
• to do
• carry out

11.a ​ (a)   (n) dân địa phương

12.a ​ (b)   (n) người lạ

13.to ​ (c)   (v) giả vờ

14.a ​ (d)   way of life (n) lối sống thoải mái

15.an ​ (e)   (n) cư dân

• local
• stranger
• pretend
• relaxed
• inhabitant

A team of social psychologists from California has ​ (a)   six years ​ (b)   the reactions of people in cities around the world ​ (c)   different situations. The results show that cities where people have less money ​ (d)   have friendlier populations. Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, which is often known for ​ (e)   crime, comes out top, and the capital of Malawi, Lilongwe, comes third.

• spent
• studying
• learning
• generally
• especially
• its
• their
• to
• with

But ​ (a)   makes one city friendlier than ​ (b)   ? The ​ (c)   from California State University say it has ​ (d)   more to do ​ (e)   environment than culture or nationality.

• what
• another
• the other
• psychologists
• got
• had
• with
• to

They ​ (a)   out a study into the way locals ​ (b)   strangers in 23 cities around the world. The team conducted their research through a ​ (c)   of tests, where they dropped pens or ​ (d)   they were blind and needed help ​ (e)   the street.

• carried
• conducted
• treated
• dealt
• series
• pretended
• crossing
• to cross

The ​ (a)   concludes that people are more helpful in cities with a more ​ (b)   way of life such as Rio. ​ (c)   they were there, researchers received help in 93 percent of cases, and the ​ (d)   in Lilongwe was only a ​ (e)   lower.

• study
• lesson
• relaxed
• relaxing
• While
• When
• percentage
• little
• small
• rate

However, richer cities ​ (a)   as Amsterdam and New York are ​ (b)   the least friendly. ​ (c)   of Amsterdam helped the researchers in 53 percent of cases and in New York just 44 percent. The psychologists ​ (d)   that, in these cities, people tend to be ​ (e)   of time, so they hurry and often ignore strangers.

• such
• like
• considered
• Inhabitants
• found
• figured
• short
• lack