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Exercise 1:
One of the leading schools of psychological thought in the twentieth century was behaviorism – the belief that the role of the psychologist is to study behavior, which is observable, rather than conscious or unconscious thought, which is not Probably the best-known proponent of behaviorism is B.F Skinner, who was famous for his research on how rewards and punishment influence behavior He came to believe that positive reinforcements such as praise, food, or money were more effective in promoting good behavior than negative reinforcement, or punishment
Question 1: In ‘behaviorism’ in line 2, a psychologist is concerned with
(A) Conscious thought patterns
(B) Unconscious thought patterns
(C) Observable actions
(D) Unobservable actions
Question 2: What is ‘positive reinforcement’ in line 7?
(A) A fine
(B) A reward
(C) A punishment
(D) A penalty
Question 3: What is ‘negative reinforcement’ in line 9?
(A) A promotion
(B) A reward
(C) A surprise
(D) A punishment
Exercise 2:
Ring Lardner himself was born into a wealthy, educated, and cultured family For the bulk
of his career, he worked as a reporter for newspapers in South Bend, Boston, St Louis and Chicago However, it is for his short stories of lower middle-class Americans that Ring Lardner
is perhaps best-known In these stories, Lardner vividly creates the language and ambiance of this lower class, often using the misspelled words, grammatical errors, and incorrect diction that typified the language of the lower middle class
Question 4: The word ‘vividly’ in line 6 is closest in meaning to?
(A) In a cultured way (B) In a correct way (C) In a lifelike way
CHINH PHỤC MỌI KỲ THI TIẾNG ANH
UNIT 2: READING SKILL
Trang 2(D) In a brief way
Question 5: The word ‘misspelled’ in line 7 is closest in meaning to?
(A) Highly improper (B) Vulgar
(C) Incorrectly written (D) Slang
Question 6: The word ‘diction’ in line 8 is closest in meaning to?
(A) Writing (B) Sentence structure (C) Form
(D) Speech
Exercise 3:
The piece of eight was the nickname of Spanish peso, which was the rough equivalent of the
American dollar in early America; the peso was accepted coin in much of the Americas, particularly during the period when the stores of Spanish ships were regularly stripped by pirates
on the waters off the Americas and ‘redistributed’ throughout coastal towns The nickname piece
of eight derived from the fact that the peso was equal to eight reals and therefore had the numeral
8 stamped on it The piece of eight was sometimes actually cut into pieces, or bits, and one popular size was one-referred to today as two-bits, particularly in the western part of the country
A visitor to that area if told ‘It’ll be two bits.’ should take it that the price of an item is being given
Question 7: The word ‘rough’ in line 1 is closest in meaning to?
(A) Unsmooth
(B) Mean
(C) Approximate
(D) Heavy
Question 8: ‘Stores’ in line 3 are probably
(A) Departments
(B) Markets
(C) Shops
(D) Supplies
Question 9: The word ‘take’ in line 9 could best be replaced by
(A) Hold
(B) Understand
(C) Possess
(D) Grab
COMMON ROOTS AND AFFIXES Roots and Affixes Meanings Examples
Trang 3-able, -ible capable of eatable, payable
-al relating to national, political
-ance, -ence state, action or quality of appearance, difference
-an, -ian of or belonging to american, christian
anti- against antislavery, antisocial
audi-, audio- connecting with hearing auditor, auditorium
auto- by oneself or by itself automatic, autobiography
bio- of life and living things biology, biography
cent-, centi- hundred or hundredth centuty, centimeter
counter- opposite, against countermarch,
counterargument dic- say, speak diction, dictate
dis- not, negative dislike, dishonest
en- put into, cause to be endanger, enrich
-en make or cause to be widen, strengthen
-er, -or a person or thing that does an
action
writer, visitor
-ent, -ant that is or does sth different, pleasant
-ese nationality or language Vietnamese, Japanese
ex- former, used to be ex-wife, ex-student
-ful full of, having the qualities of,
an amount that fills sth
handful, joyful
-fy, -ify make or become purify, terrify
geo- of the earth geology, geography
-graph- something written or drawn autograph, graphology
-hood state or quality of childhood, livelihood
homo- same, like homosexual, homophone
il- not, negative, against illegal, illogical
inter- between, among international, intermediate
intra- inside, within intracompany, intranet
ir- not, negative irresponsible, irregular
-ish having the nature of, from the
country mentioned
childish, swedish
-ism principles or teaching of buddhism, socialism
-ist a person who is skilled in an
area
biologist, artist
-ive, -tive having the nature of effective, sensitive
-ise, -ize cause to be or become socialize, familiarize
-less lack of, without clueless, hopeless
Trang 4-logy, -ology the science or study of philosophy, zoology
-ly in the manner of quickly, quietly
mal- bad or badly malpractice, maltreat
-ment the action or condition of movement, statement
milli- 1000th part of millimetre milligram
mini- very small or short miniskirt, minicab
mis- bad, wrong, badly, wrongly misunderstand,
miscommunication mono- one, single monologue, monotonous
-ness the condition of sadness, loneliness
non- not, lack of nonfiction, non-profit
-ous having the nature of conscious, joyous
out- do more than, greater, better outweigh, outnumber
-phon- sound, voice telephone, phonology
-port- carry, movement transport, export
pre- before preintermediate, pretest
re- back, agian replay, rewrite
semi- half, happening twice semiclassic, semiannual
-ship the quality or state of friendship, scholarship
-spect- look, see speactator, inspect
sub- under, less important subzero, subeditor
super- over, more than usual supernatural, superpower
tele- over a distance television, telegram
thermo- related to heat thermometer, thermoplastic
-tion, -sion, -ion, -ation, -ition,
-xion
the action or process of explanation, explosion
trans- across translate, transplant
un- not, negative unfortunately, unable
uni- one, single uniform, unisex
under- not enough underestimate, undercook
-ward, -wards in the direction of towards, northward
-y in the condition of rainy, shiny
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