Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer to each of the following questions.
Successful(1) students often do the followings while studying. First, they have an overview(2) before reading. Next, they look for important(3) information(4) and pay greater attention(5) to it (which often needs jumping forward(6) or backward(7) to process information). They also relate important points to one another. Also, they activate(8) and use their prior(9) knowledge(10). When they realize that their understanding is not good, they do not wait to change strategies(11). Last, they can monitor(12) understanding and take action to correct or “fix up” mistakes in comprehension(12).
Conversely(13), students with low academic achievement(14) often demonstrate(15) ineffective(16) study skills. They tend to assume(17) a passive role, in learning and rely on others (e.g., teachers, parents) to monitor their studying, for example, low-achieving students often do not monitor their understanding of content(18); they may not be aware(19) of the purpose of studying; and they show little evidence(20) of looking back, or employing “fix-up” strategies to fix understanding problems. Students who struggle with learning new information seem to be unaware that they must extent effort beyond simply reading the content to understand and remember it. Children with learning disabilities do not plan and judge the quality of their studying. Their studying may be disorganized(21). Students with learning problems face challenges with personal organization(22) as well. They often have difficulty keeping track of materials(23) and assignments(24), following directions, and completing work on time. Unlike good studiers who employ(25) a variety(26) of study skills in a flexible yet purposeful(27) manner, low-achieving students use a restricted(28) range of study skills. They cannot explain why good study strategies are important for learning; and they tend to use the same, often ineffective study approach(29) for all learning tasks, ignoring(30) task content, structure or difficulty.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 44 to 50.
Vocabulary:
(1) successful: Thành công
(2) overview: tổng quát
(3) important: quan trọng
(4) information: thông tin
(5) attention: chú ý
(6) forward: ở đằng trước
(7) backward: phía sau
(8) activate: hoạt động
(9) prior: trước
(10) knowledge: hiểu biết
(11) strategies: chiến lược
(12) comprehension: bao quát
(13) conversely: ngược lại
(14) achievement: thành tích
(15) demonstrate: chứng minh
(16) ineffective: không hiệu quả
(17) assume: giả định
(18) content: nội dung
(19) aware: nhận thức
(20) evidence: chứng cớ
(21) disorganized: vô tổ chức
(22) organization: cách tổ chức
(23) materials: vật liệu
(24) assignments: nhiệm vụ
(25) employ: thuê
(26) variety: đa dạng
(27) purposeful: có mục đích
(28) restricted: hạn chế
(29) approach: cách tiếp cận
(30) ignoring: làm ngơ
Question 1. What is the topic of the passage?
A. Successful and low-academic achieving students
B. Successful learners and their learning strategies
C. Study skills for high school students
D. Effective and ineffective ways of learning
Đáp án: D. Effective and ineffective ways of learning
Giải thích: Successful(1) students often do the followings while studying. Conversely(13), students with low academic achievement(14) often demonstrate(15) ineffective(16) study skills.
Question 2. The word “prior” in the first paragraph is closest meaning to?
A. important
B. earlier
C. forward
D. good
Đáp án: B. earlier
Giải thích: They activate(8) and use their prior(9) knowledge(10). (Họ kích hoạt và sử dụng các kiến thức trước đây của họ)
→ prior = earlier: trước đây
Question 3. According to the passage, what can be learnt about passive students?
A. They depend on other people to organize their learning
B. They are slow in their studying
C. They monitor their understanding
D. They know the purpose of studying
Đáp án: A. They depend on other people to organize their learning
Giải thích: They tend to assume(17) a passive role, in learning and rely on others (e.g., teachers, parents) to monitor their studying
Question 4. Which of the followings is NOT an evidence of monitoring studying?
A. Being aware of the purpose of studying
B. Monitoring their understanding of content
C. Fixing up mistakes in understanding
D. Looking at their backs
Đáp án: D. Looking at their backs
Giải thích: low-achieving students often do not monitor their understanding of content(18); they may not be aware(19) of the purpose of studying; and they show little evidence(20) of looking back, or employing “fix-up” strategies to fix understanding problems
Question 5. According to the passage, to learn new information, low-achieving students do NOT .
A. just understand it
B. relate it to what they have known
C. simply remember it
D. read it
Đáp án: B. relate it to what they have known
Giải thích: Students who struggle with learning new information seem to be unaware that they must extent effort beyond simply reading the content to understand and remember it.
Question 6. In compared with low-achieving students, successful students use.
A. aimless study techniques
B. various study skills
C. restricted strategies
D. inflexible study ways
Đáp án: B. various study skills
Giải thích: Unlike good studiers who employ(25) a variety(26) of study skills in a flexible yet purposeful(27) manner, low-achieving students use a restricted(28) range of study skills
Question 7. The underlined pronoun “They” in the last sentence refers to.
A. study strategies
B. study skills
C. low-achieving students
D. good studiers
Đáp án: C. low-achieving students
Giải thích: Unlike good studiers who employ(25) a variety(26) of study skills in a flexible yet purposeful(27) manner, low-achieving students use a restricted(28) range of study skills. They cannot explain why good study strategies are important for learning.