WORD FORM CỰC KHÓ 02-08-2021 KHÔNG CÓ ĐÁP ÁN Mã A270728

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Hiking in the Countryside Winter in the British countryside can be very brutal but it has such (1. BREATH) __________ beauty that for many people (2. GO) __________ the pleasure of long country walks is out of the question, however severe the weather. Fortunately, there is a very wide range of hiking gear from which to choose, from the traditional waxed jackets to modern Gore-tex clothing and footwear. But, (3. RESPECT) __________ of your clothing preferences, of all your priorities, the main one should be to keep warm and dry. Layering clothing is a good idea. Start with thermal underwear topped with an outer shell of jackets and overtrousers in (4. PERMEATE) __________ fabrics that keep out the wind and rain but don’t make you sweat. Even in wet weather, rubber boots are unsuitable for proper long walks. You will need good boots with ankle support and good traction. A small rucksack of around 20-litre capacity is fine for short walks but the intrepid hiker will need a substantially larger one of up to 40 litres. Hikers’ rucksacks have been considerably (5. LIGHT) __________ in recent years as more and more lightweight fabrics have been developed.

How often have we heard how technology is making us (6. SOCIAL)__________? But what about the other less identifiable effects technology is having on us? Take, for instance, the cherry-picking of information on search engines, which often confirms users’ (7. EXIST) __________ beliefs, allowing them to construct views irrespective of what is proven. This (8. REPRESENT) __________ of facts can be dangerous in (9. POLE) __________ society. Then there are small but undeniably significant effects on our memory. Information is no longer being memorized with answers only a click away. Few people commit phone numbers to memory, relying instead on their smartphones, in contrast to the pre-tech days when people had countless numbers in their heads. The result is our recollection of information has (10. MARK) __________ deteriorated.

Centenarians Centenarians (people aged 100+ years) exhibit (11. MARK) __________ delayed disability. It seems to manifest only towards the end of their very long lives, at an average age of 93 years. In one study of centenarians, 15% had no clinically (12. DEMONSTRATE) __________ disease at age 100 years and 43% did not exhibit age-related disease until age 80 years or older. In short, living to 100 seems to be advantageous not just in years of survival, but in years of quality life. Interestingly, centenarians appear to have little in common, varying widely when it comes to diet, education, ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Still, studies have revealed some (13. COMMON) __________. Very few centenarians are obese. Most have first degree relatives who also achieve exceptional age, indicating genetic factors are strongly involved in (14. LONG) __________. Substantial smoking history is usually rare. Finally, most centenarians have the personality traits of (15. EXTRAVERT) __________ and serenity; despite life’s ups and downs, they seem better able to maintain a positive outlook and handle stress better than the majority of the population. But one characteristic marks out centenarians (16. DISPUTE) __________ : gender. Some 85% of centenarians are women. Among supercentenarians (those aged 110 or older), the figure is 90%.

A DVD Review Breathtaking underwater footage and detailed scientific explanations make Cuttlefish: Kings of Camouflage a documentary DVD well worth buying. For those who don’t know, cuttlefish are nature’s (17. RIVAL) __________ masters of camouflage – creatures that can, in a fraction of a second, alter their skin colour, pattern and texture to match any background. Viewers are sure to be (18. FIX) __________ by the astonishing underwater scenes in this documentary that capture the (19. INSTANT) __________ physical transformations cuttlefish undergo as they move about the sea floor. But don’t be fooled. Cuttlefish: …