1 LỚP CHUYÊN ANH MIỄN PHÍ – CHUYÊN ANH TUTORIALS

DAY 32 – GUIDED CLOZE

Balancing Attachment and Growth

In the (1)________ of personal growth and self-discovery, the ideas of attachment and detachment can often be
seen as two sides of the same (2)________. To grow, you must (3)________ yourself of unhealthy attachments
while simultaneously developing healthier connections. This process is not about (4)________ away with all
forms of attachment but rather discerning which connections serve to enrich your life and which ones (5)________
you back.

The (6)________ that we must free ourselves from every emotional or material tie is misguided. Instead, it is
essential to act (7)________ the understanding that certain attachments, when balanced, can be beneficial.
(8)________ go does not imply a cold severing of ties but a thoughtful release of those that no longer align with
our values or well-being. By doing so, we create space for growth and transformation.

1: a. realm b. vicinity c. perimeter d. bounds

2: a. page b. note c. penny d. coin
3: a. clear b. rid c. strip d. dispose
4: a. making b. casting c. doing d. carrying
5: a. hold b. bring c. take d. push
6: a. sustenance b. insistence c. resistence d. diffidence
7: a. off b. around c. with d. on
8: a. Allowing b. Permitting c. Letting d. Granting

The Concept of Evolution

Charles Darwin did not invent the concept of evolution. When he was a student in Edinburgh in the late 1820's,
evolution was already the (1)________ of the town. But evolution was rejected by the establishment. Those who
(2)________ to evolutionary thinking were called Lamarckists, after the French scientist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck,
who was the first to propose that species are not static, but change over time and give (3)________ to new species.
Lamarck had offered this (4)________ in a book published in 1809. He did not, however, propose a correct
mechanism for (5)________ species change into each other. The mechanism was discovered first by Charles
Darwin and independently by Alfred Russel Wallace. From reading the economist Thomas Malthus, Darwin was
aware of the consequences of (6)________ growing populations. Once resources become limiting only a
(7)________ of individuals can survive. Darwin was also an (8)________ observer of animal breeders. He
analysed their methods and studied their results. Slowly he understood that nature like a gigantic breeder.

1: a. talk b. story c. gossip d. tale

2: a. combined b. cohered c. adhered d. abode
3: a. occasion b. evidence c. raise d. rise
4: a. perspective b. perception c. prospect d. incentive
5: a. all b. how c. now d. once
6: a. expressly b. exponentially c. exquisitely d. exclusively
7: a. friction b. division c. section d. fraction
8: a. onerous b. arduous c. ardent d. amorous
2 LỚP CHUYÊN ANH MIỄN PHÍ – CHUYÊN ANH TUTORIALS

Thailand’s floating markets

For those of you yet to experience the wonders of the floating markets of Thailand, I can tell you that you’re in
for a spectacular (1)________. Visits to these markets are made on a traditional narrow boat and, as you approach,
your senses will be overwhelmed. The sights, sounds and smells are amazing, and a (2)________ display of
produce is on offer. Floating markets were originally constructed as a means to an (3)________. This was so that
traders, keen to avoid the bustling streets of Bangkok, could easily transport their goods on the city’s waterways.
Before long, these slender canals expanded to other cities around the country. Nowadays, these colourful markets
attract vast quantities of tourists and are a (4)________ element of local economies. Getting the most out of your
market trip involves real commitment. The Damnoen Saduak market, for instance, gets very crowded, so
(5)________ an early start and aim to arrive no later than 7am. Booking an organised tour is the most convenient
thing to do, but bear (6)________ mind that you should factor in travelling time of about an hour. This could mean
getting up at dawn. Also, tourists are expected to make at least one purchase white at the market. This doesn’t
necessarily mean (7)________ out on expensive produce, but these markets are how many people earn a living,
so act like a responsible tourist and make a point (8)________ buying something.

1: a. satisfaction b. comfort c. treat d. relief

2: a. profound b. quaint c. dazzling d. muddled
3: a. end b. action c. odds d. use
4: a. paramount b. structural c. supporting d. fundamental
5: a. do b. make c. have d. take
6: a. in b. on c. at d. to
7: a. splashing b. struggling c. succumbing d. straining
8: a. for b. of c. from d. over

Amondawa

The Amondawa, who live in a remote, forested area of the Brazilian state of Rondonia, were first (1)________ by
the outside world in 1986. Traditionally they have lived by small-scale farming, hunting and fishing. Like many
other Amazonian languages, theirs has a very restricted number vocabulary, with only four numbers, so the
(2)________ of clock time and a numerically based calendar is hardly surprising. For the Amondawa, time during
the day is marked by the sun’s (3)________ in the sky, and by activities such as rising, eating and working that
habitually take place at different times. With no words for month and year, longer intervals are named as
subdivisions of the dry and rainy seasons. The language has no abstract (4)________ for time, and when asked to
(5)________ the Portuguese word tempo, speakers use the word kuara, or sun. Neither do the Amondawa celebrate
birthdays. People pass through named life stages, taking on a new personal name based on gender and clan with
each transition. When a new baby is born, for example, it will take the name of its older (6)________ and that
child will adopt a different name. Having no calendar or other number-based timemeasurement system, the
Amondawa have no (7)________ concept of “abstract” time. Their time intervals are structured around the
rhythms of the natural and social world, rather than being segments of a calibrated timeline independent of and
superimposed upon these worlds. Amondawa time, to put it another way, is identical to the events and routines of
everyday life, rather than being, as it is for us, a “technology of the mind” used for organising those events and
routines. Amondawa time (8)________ us as odd and remarkable. But taking a longer (9)________ of human
culture, traditional societies like the Amondawa can manage without the cognitive technologies of calendar and
clock. It seems that our experience of time (10)________ as much to cultural invention as to the workings of the
brain.

1: a. communicated b. contacted c. interfered d. interacted

2: a. lack b. rarity c. shortage d. non-appearance
3: a. site b. location c. position d. place
4: a. technicality b. expression c. term d. reference
5: a. interpret b. paraphrase c. reword d. translate
6: a. cousin b. relative c. sibling d. relation
7: a. relevant b. respective c. corresponding d. correlative
8: a. balances b. impresses c. regards d. strikes
9: a. sight b. view c. look d. study
10: a. traces b. belongs c. comes d. owes