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Câu hỏi: 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 29 to 35.
It would be easy to feel intimidated by someone who has survived abduction by the Khmer Rouge, run the London marathon shortly after losing their lower right arm and leg in an accident and appeared on the BBC’s Parkinson show. Yet Chris Moon, 39, is refreshingly down to earth, even to the point of finding it difficult to keep the initial appointments for this interview, proving that even superheroes can’t be in two places at once.
At present, Chris runs a company called Making the Best (MTB) to help clients solve problems in human resources and security management. You don’t need to speak to him for long before you realise that this is a particularly appropriate title. Not only does he talk with an almost evangelical zeal about his desire to empower others to get the best out of themselves and their business, but his own philosophy is all about making the best of any situation, however grim it may seem.
“I decided it was about doing the best we can, reaching our full potential and making use of our talents. It’s also about involvement with other people. I wanted to make a difference, do something I could be trained in but also grow as a person, so I decided to join the army.” On graduating from Sandhurst, he was commissioned into the Royal Military Police and also served with several infantry units.
After leaving the army, he felt he wanted to do some sort of charity work, and when he heard that the British charity, the HALO Trust - which specialises in mine clearance - wanted an army officer with agricultural and command experience, he was keen to get involved. It was while clearing mines in Cambodia that he was abducted by the Khmer Rouge, an experience which, not surprisingly, had a profound effect on him. “When we were first kidnapped, I thought I had no control as I kept thinking I can’t do anything about this. But my one thought was never to assume the role of victim. It would have been so easy to give up, but I quickly realised that fear is a state of inactivity. You have to be positive and pursue logic and reason. That was, and still is, my driving force.”
The things he learned from this experience helped him to survive when he was blown up by a mine two years later, while walking in a supposedly clear area in Mozambique. He lost his lower right arm and leg, but does not consider himself a victim. He accepts responsibility because he chose to work in mined areas. So, after all the experiences he has been through, is he surprised to find himself running his own business? “My mum’s cousin had an extremely successful dairy business and when I was very young, he said to me: ‘When you’ve done all the other things you want to do, set up a business and help the best out of people.’ He obviously had it right.”
A. shady
B. honest
C. deceitful
D. persuasive
It would be easy to feel intimidated by someone who has survived abduction by the Khmer Rouge, run the London marathon shortly after losing their lower right arm and leg in an accident and appeared on the BBC’s Parkinson show. Yet Chris Moon, 39, is refreshingly down to earth, even to the point of finding it difficult to keep the initial appointments for this interview, proving that even superheroes can’t be in two places at once.
At present, Chris runs a company called Making the Best (MTB) to help clients solve problems in human resources and security management. You don’t need to speak to him for long before you realise that this is a particularly appropriate title. Not only does he talk with an almost evangelical zeal about his desire to empower others to get the best out of themselves and their business, but his own philosophy is all about making the best of any situation, however grim it may seem.
“I decided it was about doing the best we can, reaching our full potential and making use of our talents. It’s also about involvement with other people. I wanted to make a difference, do something I could be trained in but also grow as a person, so I decided to join the army.” On graduating from Sandhurst, he was commissioned into the Royal Military Police and also served with several infantry units.
After leaving the army, he felt he wanted to do some sort of charity work, and when he heard that the British charity, the HALO Trust - which specialises in mine clearance - wanted an army officer with agricultural and command experience, he was keen to get involved. It was while clearing mines in Cambodia that he was abducted by the Khmer Rouge, an experience which, not surprisingly, had a profound effect on him. “When we were first kidnapped, I thought I had no control as I kept thinking I can’t do anything about this. But my one thought was never to assume the role of victim. It would have been so easy to give up, but I quickly realised that fear is a state of inactivity. You have to be positive and pursue logic and reason. That was, and still is, my driving force.”
The things he learned from this experience helped him to survive when he was blown up by a mine two years later, while walking in a supposedly clear area in Mozambique. He lost his lower right arm and leg, but does not consider himself a victim. He accepts responsibility because he chose to work in mined areas. So, after all the experiences he has been through, is he surprised to find himself running his own business? “My mum’s cousin had an extremely successful dairy business and when I was very young, he said to me: ‘When you’ve done all the other things you want to do, set up a business and help the best out of people.’ He obviously had it right.”
(Adapted from Upstream Advanced by Virginia Evans and Lynda Edwards)
The word “evangelical” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _________A. shady
B. honest
C. deceitful
D. persuasive
Từ “evangelical” trong đoạn 2 đồng nghĩa với từ _____.
A. shady (adj): mờ ám
B. honest (adj): thành thật
C. deceitful (adj): dối trá
D. persuasive (adj): có tính thuyết phục
evangelical (adj): đầy tính thuyết phục = persuasive
A. shady (adj): mờ ám
B. honest (adj): thành thật
C. deceitful (adj): dối trá
D. persuasive (adj): có tính thuyết phục
evangelical (adj): đầy tính thuyết phục = persuasive
Đáp án D.