===TITLE=== UNIT 9: CLOZE TEST (DROPDOWN) :: 16 QUESTIONS ===TIMER=== 15 ===PART=== 1. READING :: 16 :: 1 ===SECTION=== Cloze Test Dropdown ===DROPDOWN=== **Passage 1** Many people today want to (1) {*improve | invent | praise | borrow} their English skills because English is considered a (2) {concentric | *global | complicated | foreign} language. In our school, we have an (3) {operation | immigrant | *exchange | obesity} student named Carlos. Carlos is a student who (4) {borrows | translates | introduces | *comes} from Mexico. His (5) {*first | official | common | foreign} language is Spanish, but he is also (6) {excellent | *fluent | challenging | permanently} in English. This means he is (7) {Singaporean | *bilingual | concentric | complicated}. Carlos uses a bilingual (8) {*dictionary | T-shirt | school uniform | pants} that helps him look up difficult words quickly. He always tries to communicate effectively with his classmates. ===DROPDOWN=== **Passage 2** To pass the (9) {*entrance | position | charity | relation} exam to the university, you must expand your (10) {variety | *vocabulary | decision | development}. My (11) {immigrant | travel agency | *professor | school uniform}, who teaches linguistics, always says that clarity is important. She uses a thick (12) {T-shirt | pants | *notebook | dictionary} to take notes during her research. She often advises us to (13) {*study | face | establish | praise} further if we want to get a good (14) {*position | obesity | operation | community} in a multinational company. Many students use translation apps, but these apps cannot always (15) {introduce | *translate | recommend | borrow} complicated sentences correctly. Therefore, we should rely on our own knowledge to (16) {invent | look up | refer | *improve} the quality of our writing. Giải thích: (1) improve skills: cải thiện kỹ năng. (2) global language: ngôn ngữ toàn cầu. (3) exchange student: học sinh trao đổi. (4) comes from: đến từ (Mexico). (5) first language: ngôn ngữ thứ nhất/tiếng mẹ đẻ. (6) fluent in English: lưu loát/trôi chảy tiếng Anh. (7) bilingual: người nói được hai ngôn ngữ (song ngữ). (8) bilingual dictionary: từ điển song ngữ (dùng để tra từ – look up). (9) entrance exam: kỳ thi đầu vào (đại học). (10) expand vocabulary: mở rộng vốn từ vựng. (11) professor: giáo sư (người dạy ngôn ngữ học). (12) notebook: sổ tay (dùng để ghi chép – take notes). (13) study further: học lên cao/học sâu hơn. (14) good position: vị trí tốt (trong công ty đa quốc gia). (15) translate: dịch (các ứng dụng dịch thuật không thể luôn luôn dịch đúng). (16) improve the quality: cải thiện chất lượng (bài viết).