Đề thi thử Đại học môn Tiếng Anh đề số 37

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People have tried for over 2000 years to find a relationship______ (41) people's physical features and their character, and even though there is a complete ______(42) of evidence for such an idea, it is still popular.

The Ancient Greeks were interested in the idea of human personality although they did not link it with outward appearance. Later, during the Renaissance, some writers _______(43) that there was a direct connection between a person’s character and their face, and they called this new science that would ______(44) you know a great deal about a person simply by analyzing their face. Kings and princes. were interested in the science, as they thought it might_____ (45) them to be better judges of character, and they believed that these new skills would ______(46) it more difficult for dishonest courtiers to_____ (47) them in.

Despite the fact that nobody takes these theories seriously. nowadays scientists are still interested in the basic idea. They have shown that there is a link between a person’s character and their build.

Extroverts and other confident, outgoing people are usually short and thick set, and in contrast, people who are _____(48) and reserved tend to be ______(49) and thin. There is some scientific basis to this theory because glands have such an important effect on both a person’s build and their moods, so it is not______ (50) to find a link between them.

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Rachel Carson was born in 1907 in Springdale, Pennsylvania. She studied biology in college and zoology at Johns Hopkins University, where she received her master's degree in 1933. In 1936, she was hired by the US Fish and wildlife service, where she worked most of her life.

Carson’s first book, Under the Sea Wind, was published in 1941. It received excellent reviews, but sales were poor until it was reissued in 1952. In that year, she published The Sea Around Us. which provided a fascinating look beneath the ocean‘s surface, emphasizing human history as well as geology and marine biology. Her imagery and language had a poetic quality. Carson consulted no less than 1,000 printed sources. She had voluminous correspondence and frequent discussions with experts in the field. However, she always realized the limitations of her non-technical readers.

In 1962, Carson published Silence Spring, a book that sparked considerable controversy. It proved how much harm was done by the uncontrolled, reckless use of insecticides. She detailed how they poison the food supply of animals, kill birds, and contaminate human food. At that time, spokesmen for the chemical industry mounted personal attacks against Carson and issued propaganda to indicate that her findings were flawed. However, her work was vindicated by a 1963 report of the President’s Science Advisory Committee.

Notes:

- vindicate (v): minh oan, chứng minh là đúng

- propaganda (n): sự tuyên truyền

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Ocean water plays an indispensable role in supporting life. The great ocean basins hold about 300 million cubic miles of water. From this vast amount, about 80,000 cubic miles of water are sucked into the atmosphere each year by evaporation and returned by precipitation and drainage to the ocean. More than 24,000 cubic miles of rain descend annually upon the continents. This vast amount is required to replenish the lakes and streams, springs and water tables on which all flora and fauna are dependent. Thus, the hydrosphere permits organic existence.

The hydrosphere has strange characteristics because water has properties unlike those of any other liquid. One anomaly is that water upon freezing expands by about 9 percent, whereas most liquids contract on cooling. For this reason, ice Floats on water bodies instead of sinking to the bottom. If the ice sank, the hydrosphere would soon be frozen solidly. except for a thin layer of surface melt water during the summer season. Thus, all aquatic life would be destroyed and the interchange of warm and cold currents, which moderate climate, would be notably absent.

Another outstanding characteristic of water is that water has a heat capacity which is the highest of all liquids and solids except ammonia. This characteristic enables the oceans to absorb and store vast quantities of heat, thereby often preventing climate extremes. In addition, water dissolves more substances than any other liquid. It is this characteristic which helps make oceans a great storehouse of minerals which has been washed down from the continents. In several areas of the world, these minerals are being commercially exploited. Solar evaporation of salt is widely practised, potash is extracted from the Dead Sea. and magnesium is produced from sea water along the American Gulf Coast.

Notes:

- hydrosphere (n): ( địa lý, địa chất) thủy quyền

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