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Tips cho bài Word Choice

Bài tập: Hoàn thành câu sử dụng từ cho trước  

High – sounding language

Informal language

Dramatic

Vague

Exaggerate

Wordy
  • …………………………………refers to casual conversation that is often used in everyday speech or writing.
  • The term ……………………………… refers to something that is not clearly expressed, defined, or understood.
  • …………………………………language refers to writing or speech that uses more words than necessary to convey an idea.
  • ………………………………………uses sophisticated vocabularies and phrases to elevate the tone of the message.

Tip 1

Avoid exaggerated, overly dramatic, or high-sounding language (Tránh ngôn ngữ phóng đại, quá kịch tính hoặc đao to búa lớn) 

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DON’T think that an answer choice is high sounding just because you are unfamiliar with it ​(ĐỪNG nghĩ rằng một đáp án là cao siêu hay đao to búa lớn chỉ vì bạn chưa quen thuộc với từ đó.)

Tip 2

 Avoid casual and informal language ​(Tránh ngôn ngữ thông tục và suồng sã)

Choose words that are commonly used in academic writing or professional settings​ (Chọn những từ thường được sử dụng trong văn bản học thuật hoặc môi trường chuyên nghiệp.)

Avoid slang and colloquial expressions​ (Tránh tiếng lóng và các biểu thức thông tục.)

Tip 3

Avoid vague and wordy language ​( Tránh ngôn ngữ mơ hồ và dài dòng) 

Vague words to look out for include people, things, something, stuff, matters, aspects, …​(Các từ mơ hồ cần lưu ý bao gồm: people (mọi người), things (mọi thứ/đồ vật), something (điểu gì đó), stuff (đồ đạc/thứ), matters (vấn đề), aspects (khía cạnh),...)

Practice - Luyện tập

Exercise 1. Chọn câu trả lời đúng  

Question 1: Exhausted after a long day at work, Maria decided to _________ with her favorite show.

A. chill out

B. relax

C. take it easy

D. kick back  

Question 2: The CEO's presentation was __________ , and the crowd was clearly impressed.

A. lit

B. extraordinary

C. on fire

D. very cool

Question 3: The employees put forth a plan to cut spending by fifty percent but their boss rejected their ______________

A. audacious scheme

B. brash industrial action

C. bold proposal

D. spirited counsel

Question 4: In medieval times, however, the term _________ a much richer meaning that underlay the expectations placed on aristocratic men 

A. transported

B. moved

C. carried

D. displayed

Question 5: During the meeting, Tom brought up ________ important points

A. a bunch of

B. a ton of

C. several

D. many

Exercise 2: Đọc các câu hỏi sau và chọn câu trả lời đúng

Question 1: The invention in 1958 of the integrated circuit (or microchip) radically altered the semiconductor industry. In fact, some historians argue that it fundamentally ______blank the industry by enabling it to take advantage of mass production methods for the first time.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

A. overwhelmed

B. bypassed

C. obstructed

D. transformed

Question 2: The works of Chicana artist Ester Hernandez are now ______blank in museums both in the United States and abroad, but the murals she contributed to as a member of Las Mujeres Muralistas early in her artistic career were displayed in outdoor public spaces across San Francisco.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

A. invented

B. adjusted

C. featured

D. recommended

Question 3: In the 1990s, conservationists began planting more than 500,000 native trees in the habitat of the Azores bullfinch to boost the bird’s numbers. This approach was apparently ______blank: the Azores bullfinch’s population size increased from as few as 100 birds at the end of the 1980s to around 1,300 in 2023.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

A. amusing

B. costly

C. successful

D. disastrous

Question 4: Former astronaut Ellen Ochoa says that although she doesn’t have a definite idea of when it might happen, she ______blank that humans will someday need to be able to live in other environments than those found on Earth. This conjecture informs her interest in future research missions to the moon.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

A. demands

B. speculates

C. doubts

D. establishes

Question 5: The following text is from Yann Martel’s 2001 novel Life of Pi. The narrator’s family owned a zoo when he was a child.

It was a huge zoo, spread over numberless acres, big enough to require a train to explore it, though it seemed to get smaller as I grew older, train included.

©2001 by Yann Martel

As used in the text, what does the word “spread” most nearly mean?

A. Hidden

B. Discussed

C. Extended

D. Coated

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