Read the passage and mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the blanks. According to sociologists, there are several different ways in which a person may be recognized as the leader of a social group in the United States. In the family, traditional cultural patterns confer leadership on one or both of the parents. In other cases, such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradually (26)__________as leaders, although there is no formal process of selection. In larger groups, leaders are usually chosen formally through election or recruitment.(27)__________of the common belief that leaders are people with unusual personal ability, decades of research have failed to produce consistent evidence that there is any category of “natural leaders”. It seems that there is no set of personal qualities that all leaders have (28)__________common;rather, virtually any person may be recognized as a leader if the person has qualities that meet the needs of that particular group.Furthermore, although it is commonly supposed that social groups have a single leader, research suggests that there are (29)__________two different leadership roles that are held by different individuals. Instrumental leadership emphasizes the completion of tasks by a social group. Group members look to instrumental leaders to “get things done”. Expressive leadership, on the other hand, is leadership (30)__________ emphasizes the collective well-being of a social group’s members. In other cases, such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradually (26)__________as leaders, although there is no formal process of selection.

Câu 33:

Read the passage and mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the blanks.

According to sociologists, there are several different ways in which a person may be recognized as the leader of a social group in the United States. In the family, traditional cultural patterns confer leadership on one or both of the parents. In other cases, such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradually (26)__________as leaders, although there is no formal process of selection. In larger groups, leaders are usually chosen formally through election or recruitment.(27)__________of the common belief that leaders are people with unusual personal ability, decades of research have failed to produce consistent evidence that there is any category of “natural leaders”. It seems that there is no set of personal qualities that all leaders have (28)__________common;rather, virtually any person may be recognized as a leader if the person has qualities that meet the needs of that particular group.Furthermore, although it is commonly supposed that social groups have a single leader, research suggests that there are (29)__________two different leadership roles that are held by different individuals. Instrumental leadership emphasizes the completion of tasks by a social group. Group members look to instrumental leaders to “get things done”. Expressive leadership, on the other hand, is leadership (30)__________ emphasizes the collective well-being of a social group’s members.

(27)__________of the common belief that leaders are people with unusual personal ability, decades of research have failed to produce consistent evidence that there is any category of “natural leaders”.

Lời giải:

Đáp án đúng: D

Đáp án đúng là: D. Despite

Giải thích:

Cấu trúc: Despite + noun phrase / V-ing.

Ở đây ta có “the common belief (niềm tin phổ biến)” là danh từ, nên dùng Despite.

Although và Whereas đi với mệnh đề (S + V), In spite cần “of”.

→ Despite the common belief that leaders are people with unusual personal ability…

Câu 34:

Read the passage and mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the blanks.

According to sociologists, there are several different ways in which a person may be recognized as the leader of a social group in the United States. In the family, traditional cultural patterns confer leadership on one or both of the parents. In other cases, such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradually (26)__________as leaders, although there is no formal process of selection. In larger groups, leaders are usually chosen formally through election or recruitment.(27)__________of the common belief that leaders are people with unusual personal ability, decades of research have failed to produce consistent evidence that there is any category of “natural leaders”. It seems that there is no set of personal qualities that all leaders have (28)__________common;rather, virtually any person may be recognized as a leader if the person has qualities that meet the needs of that particular group.Furthermore, although it is commonly supposed that social groups have a single leader, research suggests that there are (29)__________two different leadership roles that are held by different individuals. Instrumental leadership emphasizes the completion of tasks by a social group. Group members look to instrumental leaders to “get things done”. Expressive leadership, on the other hand, is leadership (30)__________ emphasizes the collective well-being of a social group’s members.

It seems that there is no set of personal qualities that all leaders have (28)__________common;rather, virtually any person may be recognized as a leader if the person has qualities that meet the needs of that particular group

Lời giải:

Đáp án đúng: B

Đáp án đúng là: B. in

Giải thích:

Cụm cố định: have something in common = “có điểm chung”.

→ that all leaders have in common

Câu 35:

Read the passage and mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the blanks.

According to sociologists, there are several different ways in which a person may be recognized as the leader of a social group in the United States. In the family, traditional cultural patterns confer leadership on one or both of the parents. In other cases, such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradually (26)__________as leaders, although there is no formal process of selection. In larger groups, leaders are usually chosen formally through election or recruitment.(27)__________of the common belief that leaders are people with unusual personal ability, decades of research have failed to produce consistent evidence that there is any category of “natural leaders”. It seems that there is no set of personal qualities that all leaders have (28)__________common;rather, virtually any person may be recognized as a leader if the person has qualities that meet the needs of that particular group.Furthermore, although it is commonly supposed that social groups have a single leader, research suggests that there are (29)__________two different leadership roles that are held by different individuals. Instrumental leadership emphasizes the completion of tasks by a social group. Group members look to instrumental leaders to “get things done”. Expressive leadership, on the other hand, is leadership (30)__________ emphasizes the collective well-being of a social group’s members.

Furthermore, although it is commonly supposed that social groups have a single leader, research suggests that there are (29)__________two different leadership roles that are held by different individuals

Lời giải:

Đáp án đúng: C

Đáp án đúng là: C. types

Giải thích:

Cấu trúc: there are + plural noun → cần danh từ số nhiều.

“two different leadership roles” là hai loại vai trò, nên chọn types.

→ there are two different types of leadership roles

Câu 36:

Read the passage and mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the blanks.

According to sociologists, there are several different ways in which a person may be recognized as the leader of a social group in the United States. In the family, traditional cultural patterns confer leadership on one or both of the parents. In other cases, such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradually (26)__________as leaders, although there is no formal process of selection. In larger groups, leaders are usually chosen formally through election or recruitment.(27)__________of the common belief that leaders are people with unusual personal ability, decades of research have failed to produce consistent evidence that there is any category of “natural leaders”. It seems that there is no set of personal qualities that all leaders have (28)__________common;rather, virtually any person may be recognized as a leader if the person has qualities that meet the needs of that particular group.Furthermore, although it is commonly supposed that social groups have a single leader, research suggests that there are (29)__________two different leadership roles that are held by different individuals. Instrumental leadership emphasizes the completion of tasks by a social group. Group members look to instrumental leaders to “get things done”. Expressive leadership, on the other hand, is leadership (30)__________ emphasizes the collective well-being of a social group’s members.

Expressive leadership, on the other hand, is leadership (30)__________ emphasizes the collective well-being of a social group’s members

Lời giải:

Đáp án đúng: B

Đáp án đúng là: B. that

Giải thích:

Cấu trúc: leadership that emphasizes... → “sự lãnh đạo mà nhấn mạnh vào...”.

Các từ khác (which, who, where) không phù hợp ngữ pháp.

→ leadership that emphasizes the collective well-being...

Câu 1:

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of others in each of the following questions

Lời giải:

Đáp án đúng: D

Đáp án đúng là: D. transfer

Giải thích: “a” trong transfer được phát âm /æ/, trong khi ở ancient, educate, stranger đều phát âm /eɪ/.

Câu 2:

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of others in each of the following questions

Lời giải: