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Sandstone: ct kt (sa thch) plateaux: cao nguyn cliff: vch landscape: phong cnh flock: t tp ng hardship: s gian kh endure: chu ng territory: lnh th invade: xm lc settler: ngi khai ph lnh th shallow: nng cn bake: nung penetrate: xm nhp, xuyn qua monolith: nguyn khi drought: hn hn tribal: thuc v b lc trek: i bng xe do ng vt ko biophysics: ngnh vt l sinh hc surroundings: mi trng xung quanh urban: thuc thnh th rural: thuc nng thn census: s iu tra dn s relay: disposal:

Cambridge IELTS 8, Test 1, Reading passage 3: telepathy spark bitter parapsychologist derision sceptical; sceptic

rigorous genuine compelling advocate alike concur meditation suspect faint swamp tranquillity recline flaw sensory leakage outright fraud For more than a century the issue of telepathy has devided the scientific community, and even today it still sparks bitter controversy among top academics. Since the 1970s, parapsychologists at leading universities and research institutes around the world have risked the derision of sceptical colleagues by putting the various claim for telepathy to the tests in dozens of rigorous scientific studies.

Some researchers say the results constitute compelling evindence that telepathy is genuine. Sceptics and advocates alike do concur on one issue. Reports of telepathic experiences had by people during meditation led parapsychologists to suspect that telepathy might involve 'signals' passing between people that were so faint that they were usually swamped by normal brain activity.

Mt s t vng trch t Cambridge IELTS 8, Test 1, Reading passage 2: oversee rudimentary

disaster vicinity beacon fortuituos recreational; recreative meteorological; meteorology possess stem (+ from) cruise

Lin h ngha ca chng vi nhng t ting Vit sau: trng nom, quan st th s, s ng thm ha vng ln cn n hiu tnh c, ngu nhin thuc s gii tr, tiu khin thuc kh tng hc s hu xut pht t tun tra trn bin Mt s t vng trch trong Cambridge IELTS 8, Test 1, Reading passage 1: chronicle: k s archaeological: thuc kho c hc communal: thuc cng ng orbit: i theo qu o accompany: i km theo revolution: s xoay vng wax: trn dn (trng)

wane: khuyt (trng) conspicous: ng ch latitude: v clime: min, x crucial: ch yu municipal: thuc thnh ph cosmic: thuc v tr cosmos: v tr autumn equinox: im thu phn disseminate: ph bin sundial: ng h mt tri counterpart: bn sao, bn i chiu basin: chu cha nc inscribe: khc (ch) supersede: thay th coil: cuc spring: l xo fusee: bnh cn tension: p lc pendulum: qu lc, con lc devise: sng ch beat: phch, nhp

T vng no thng lin quan n n ng, t vng no thng lin quan n Ph n: aggressive authoritative competitive compliant gentle strong vulnerable

Bn cng nn bit dng danh t (noun form) ca cc tnh t (adjective) trn: aggression authority competition compliance gentleness strength vulnerability Mt s cu v d s dng cc t vng trong stt trc (tham kho: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/): The insurers will need to assess the flood damage. I assumed (that) you knew each other because you went to the same school. I'm goin g to report these holes in the road to the authorities. This latest defeat constitutes a major setback for the government. The institute derives all its money from foreign investments. She indicated to me (that) she didn't want me to say anything. It's difficult to interpret these statistics without knowing how they were obtained. They promised to legislate against cigarette advertising. In the financial sector, banks and insurance companies have both lost a lot of money. The samples varied in quality but were generally acceptable. Mt s t vng hc thut trch trong All-Purpose Academic Word List, Sublist 1: assess: nh gi, nh gi assume: gi s, cho rng authority: nh chc trch, ngi c thm quyn constitute: cu thnh, to thnh derive (from): bt ngun t, nhn c t

indicate: ch ra, biu th interpret: din gii, gii thch labor: lao ng, cng vic legislate: lm lut, lp php sector: khu vc vary: bin i, bin thin Mt s cum t trch t Cambridge IELTS 7, Test 1, Reading passage 1: find prey and avoid obstacles: tm mi v trnh chng ngi vt exploited by other creatures: b khai thc bi cc sinh vt khc nocturnal trades: cuc sng ban m ancestry of all mammals: t tin ca tt c cc loi c v dominated the daytime economy: thng tr cuc sng ban ngy mysterious mass extinction: s tuyt chng ln b n muddy water: nc c obstructed and scattered by the dirt: b chn v phn tn bi tp cht T vng ca ngy hm nay (trch t Cambridge IELTS 7, Test 1, Reading passage 1): Prey: mi (become a pray to: lm mi cho) Obstacle: chng ngi vt Exploit: khai thc Occupy: chim gi Nocturnal: thuc v m Ancestry: t tin Mammal: ng vt c v Dominate: thng tr Survive: sng st Mysterious: b n Extinction: s tuyt chng Emerge: ni bt ln Substantial: tng i ln

Muddy: c ngu Obstruct: chn Scatter: phn tn Maneuver: thc hin hnh ng c mc ch Lantern: n lng (c nh sng xuyn qua v) Bacteria: vi khun Pinprick: vt kim m Immensely: rt nhiu Illuminate: chiu sng Weird: k d Uncanny: k l Phantom: tng tng Limb: tay, chn Sonar: h thng nh v di nc bng m thanh (sound navigation ranging) Feat: k tch Dumb: cm lng (khng ni nn li) Coin: t ra