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DAY 12 – GUIDED CLOZE

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A Stone-Age restaurant
At first (1)__________, Berlin's sauvage restaurant looks much like many other fashionable
eateries. But look closely and you'll discover that it offers an unusual experience
(2)__________ Paleolithic (or Stone-Age) food.
Diners sit at candle-lit tables and eat meals (3)__________ on the dietary habits of our
prehistoric (4)__________ who lived between two million and 200,000 years ago. The food
includes unprocessed fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, eggs, nuts and seeds, but sugar, bread, rice
and dairy products are (5)__________ forbidden, as they were unavailable to Stone Age hunter-
gatherers.
The restaurant's owners insist that the 'Paleo diet' (6)__________ greater energy levels,
increased muscle mass and clearer skin. ‘Many people think this diet is just a passing fashion,
it's a world-wide (7)__________,’ says one. It is probably strongest in the USA where
thousands of people have apparently gone ‘Paleo'. One of the best-known people to
(8)__________ the caveman cuisine is the veteran pop singer, Tom Jones, who (9)__________
to have lost more than ten kilos after switching to it.
1: a. scan b. glance c. view d. spot
2: a. consisting b. starring c. highlighting d. featuring
3: a. based b. linked c. derived d. inspired
4: a. founders b. originators c. ancestors d. pioneers
5: a. tightly b. precisely c. extremely d. strictly
6: a. brings about b. sets up c. pulls out d. follows with
7: a. situation b. phenomenon c. circumstance d. incident
8: a. enter b. adopt c. assume d. exert
9: a. asserts b. maintains c. claims d. states

at first glance: cái nhìn đầu tiên

feature: đặc trưng
strictly forbidden: nghiêm ngặt
bring about: mang lại
world-wide phenomenon: hiện tượng toàn cầu

originator (n): người sáng lập

pioneer (n):người tiên phong
adopt = implement (v): thực hiện
eateries: quán ăn
candle- lit table : bàn đầy nến
prehistoric (a): tiền sử

phenomenon (n): hiện tượng

phenomenal success (n): thành
công vang dội
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Word-of-mouth success – what publishers dream of
'Word of mouth', a phrase that first (1)__________ in Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night, is the
kind of publicity all publishers want for their books. Positive reviews are useful, but it's only
when lots of people start talking about a book that it really (2)__________ it sales-wise. Word
of mouth is what (3)__________ behind the initial success of JK Rowling's Harry Potter books,
for example.
Some publishers will go to any (4)__________ to stimulate the phenomenon. Years ago, one
company paid its own staff to read books published by the company whenever they travelled
on public transport. The thinking was that the bright yellow covers would (5)__________ and
become the subject of casual conversations among passengers, which would in (6)__________
boost sales.
With the (7)__________ of social networking, creating word of mouth has almost become a
science. However, despite Twitter, Facebook and the rest, publishers still find it as difficult as
ever to generate that (8)__________ thing, a viral conversation about a new book that
persuades lots of people to buy it. It still seems to be unclear what the (9)__________ to
achieving word of mouth is.
1: a. presents b. appears c. springs d. lands
2: a. pushes b. hits c. makes d. gets
3: a. formed b. ran c. rested d. lay
4: a. lengths b. extents c. terms d. measures
5: a. show off b. stick up c. stand out d. shine on
6: a. order b. turn c. line d. sequence
7: a. advent b. entrance c. outset d. opening
8: a. remote b. isolated c. hidden d. elusive
9: a. root b. key c. base d. guide

stimulate (v): thúc đẩy

make it sales-wise: làm sth thành công tăng doanh số
lie behind: đứng sau (thành công của ai)
stand out: nổi bật
in turn: do đó
with the advent of: với sự ra đời của
elusive (a): khó đạt được -> elude (v): luôn tránh né
Success exludes me: thành công né tránh tôi
from the outset = from the beginning: bắt đầu
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Teenagers and Digital Technology

In many countries, there is a widespread (1)__________ that teenagers' lives nowadays are
(2)__________ by technology. However, information (3)__________ in a recent study of
Australian teenagers' use of and attitudes towards technology suggests that this view doesn't
(4)__________ the reality of their everyday existence. The research by academics from the
University of Canberra in Australia found that, while most teenagers had ready access to home
computers, mobile phones and other electronic devices, they generally spent more time on
traditional (5)__________, such as talking to family and friends, doing homework, and
enjoying hobbies and sports than on using technology. Accessing social media and playing
computer games (6)__________ as low as ninth and tenth (7)__________ among the ten most
common after-school activities.
Fifteen-year-old Laura Edmonds is one of the teenagers (8)__________. She admits 'to being
very (9)__________ to her smartphone' and makes full use of various apps, but if she needs to
(10)__________ after a hard day at school, she tends to 'hang out with my friends, listen to
music or chat with my mum and dad'.
thiền
1: a. mediation b. perception c. sensation d. comprehension
2: a. mastered b. dominated c. prevailed d. commanded
3: a. amounted b. gained c. achieved d. gathered
4: a. repeat b. reproduce c. reflect d. recreate
5: a. pursuits b. events c. operations d. processes
6: a. classes b. ranked c. valued d. graded
7: a. subsequently b. separately c. correspondingly d. respectively
8: a. surveyed b. surmised c. surrounded d. surpassed
9: a. related b. attached c. absorbed d. fastened
10: a. unwind b. unfold c. unload d. unbend

widespread perception: quan điểm chung

be dominated by: chi phối / kiểm soát
gather information: thu thập thồn tin
traditional pursuits: các thú vui truyền thống
ranked: xếp hạng
survey (v): khảo sát
surmise (v): phỏng đoán
attach to sth: gắn liền với
admit to Ving: thừa nhận làm gì
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the over-confident (n): người quá tự tin

Exceptionally Talented or just Over-confident?
According to a study on what lies at the heart of success, it seems that the key is not what might
be expected, in other words talent, hard work or a good education, but instead it’s total,
unadulterated confidence. Confident people tend not to be (1)__________ by their own
shortcomings and often have (2)__________ than life personalities. This means they make
themselves more visible in the workplace, pushing themselves forward at every opportunity
and so (3)__________ promotion over those who may well be more competent but appear on
the (4)__________ to be less talented.
Confident people are often admired and their opinions valued; (5)__________, they are able to
influence decisions made within a group. This could have implications for the recruitment
procedures of many companies, as a typical job interview often involves a group task which
unfairly (6)__________ the over-confident. Such a display of confidence may carry too much
(7)__________ with interviewers, and better, quieter candidates may be (8)__________ down,
leading to a less efficient workforce.
1: a. put back b. put off c. put under d. put across
2: a. bigger b. wider c. greater d. larger
3: a. being b. making c. reaching d. getting
4: a. top b. head c. surface d. front
5: a. consequently b. so c. while d. as
6: a. supports b. favors c. shows d. demonstrates
7: a. consideration b. power c. force d. weight
8: a. moved b. sent c. turned d. passed

be put off : bị thất vọng -> off-putting (a) : thất vọng

larger than life: extremely big
on the surface: bề nổi ( nghĩa bóng)
get promotion : được thăng chức
favor (v): có lợi cho sb
carry weight with: có sức nặng ( ảnh hưởng quang trọng vs sb)