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Tiếng Anh THPT – Bảng A 4 Your answers: Line Mistake Correction Line Mistake Correction 13 . 17. 14 . 18. 15 . 19. 16 . 20. SECTION C. READING (70 points) Part 1. Read the passage and choose the best answer. Write your answers A, B, C or D in the corresponding numbered boxes. Why people laugh Sunday May 4 th will be World Laughter Day. Dr Madan Kataria, who introduced this annual event, says we need more laughter in our lives to (1) _____ the global rise of stress and loneliness. But surely that strange sound that we make periodically can’t be the (2) _____ to such problems. If an alien were to land on our planet and (3) _____ a stroll among a crowd of earthlings, it would hear a lot of ‘ha-ha’ noises. It might wonder what (4) _____ this strange habit served. If we ask ourselves what (5) _____ a good laugh, the obvious answer is that it is a response to something funny. (6) _____ one scientist, Robert Provine, says humour has surprisingly little to (7) _____ with that. Instead, it lies at the (8) _____ of such issues as the perception of self and the evolution of language and social behaviour. Provine realised that you cannot capture (9) _____ laughter in the lab because as soon as you (10) _____ it under scrutiny, it vanishes. So, instead, he gathered data (11) _____ hanging around groups of people, noting when they laughed. He collected 1,200 laugh episodes – and episode being (12) _____ as the comment immediately preceding the laughter and the laughter itself. His analysis of this data (13) _____ some important facts about laughter. “It’s a message we send to other people – it (14) _____ disappears when we’re by ourselves,” he says. “And it’s not a choice. Ask someone to laugh and they’ll either try to (15) _____ a laugh or say they can’t do it on command.” 1. A. struggle B. combat C. threaten D. contest 2. A. way B. answer C. end D. response 3. A. make B. get C. walk D. take 4. A. reason B. purpose C. idea D. meaning 5. A. results B. leads C. prompts D. concludes 6. A. However B. Therefore C. As D. But 7. A. go B. bring C. do D. set 8. A. root B. stem C. head D. back 9. A. complete B. authentic C. contemporary D. current 10. A. place B. lay C. stand D. keep 11. A. in B. for C. down D. by 12. A. defended B. decided C. defined D. depicted 13. A. revealed B. investigated C. displayed D. declared 14. A. absolutely B. constantly C. undoubtedly D. virtually 15. A. offer B. pretend C. fake D. imagine