I. Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
Either boys or girls, usually aged from seven to ten, play the two-person game of “Mandarin’s Box”. They draw a rectangle on the ground and (1) it into ten small squares called “rice fields” or “fish ponds”.
They also draw two additional semi-circular boxes at the two (2) of the rectangle, which are called “mandarin’s boxes” – the game’s name, each person has 25 small pebbles and a bigger stone.
Each player places the stone in one of the mandarin’s boxes and five small pebbles in each of the other squares. Then the game begins. The first player takes up the contents of one square onhis or her side of the board, but not a mandarin’s box
and distributes the pebbles one by one, (3) with the text square in (4) direction. Since each square contains five pebbles at the beginning, the first move will distribute five pebbles to the left or right.
After the last pebble is distributed, the player takes the contents of the following square and repeats the distribution (5) . But if the following square is one of the mandarin’s boxes, the turn ends and passes to the other player.
If the last pebble falls into a square that precedes one empty square, the player wins all the contents of the square following the empty square and (6) these pebbles from the board. However, if there are two or more empty squares in a row, the player (7) his or her turn.
Once a player has taken pebbles from the board, the turn is (8) to the other player. If all five squares on one player’s side of the board are emptied at any time, that player must place one pebble he or she has aside back in each of the five squares so that the game can resume.
The game (9) until the two mandarin’s boxes both been (10) . At the end of the game, the player with more pebbles wins, with each of the large stones counting as ten points.
1. A. divide B. share C. separate D. leave
2. A. aims B. ends C. small points D. stops
3. A. start B. starting C. start D. having started
4. A. no B. all C. either D. both
5. A. action B. method C. change D. process
6. A. ends B. disappears C. leaves D. removes
7. A. loses B. succeeds C. fails D. wins
8. A. gone B. made C. handed D. rewarded
9. A. starts B. pauses C. stops D. continues
10.A. held B. taken C. moved D. accepted
1. A. divide B. share C. separate D. leave
Devide into: chia ra
2. A. aims B. ends C. small points D. stops
Dịch: Họ cũng vẽ thêm hai hộp hình bán nguyệt ở hai đầu của hình chữ nhật, được gọi là “hộp của quả quýt”
3. A. start B. starting C. start D. having started
Rút gọn mệnh đề quan hệ
4. A. no B. all C. either D. both
Either direction: một trong 2 hướng
5. A. action B. method C. change D. process
Dịch: Sau khi viên sỏi cuối cùng được phân phối, người chơi sẽ lấy nội dung của squareand sau đó lặp lại quy trình phân phối
6. A. ends B. disappears C. leaves D. removes
Dịch: Nếu viên sỏi cuối cùng rơi vào một hình vuông có trước một hình vuông trống, người chơi sẽ giành được tất cả nội dung của hình vuông sau hình vuông trống và loại bỏ những viên sỏi này khỏi bảng.
7. A. loses B. succeeds C. fails D. wins
Lose turn: mất lượt
8. A. gone B. made C. handed D. rewarded
Dịch: Khi một người chơi đã lấy viên sỏi từ bảng, lượt chơi được trao cho người chơi khác.
9. A. starts B. pauses C. stops D. continues
Dịch: Trò chơi tiếp tục cho đến khi cả hai hộp mandarins đều được lấy.
10.A. held B. taken C. moved D. accepted
Dịch: Trò chơi tiếp tục cho đến khi cả hai hộp mandarins đều được lấy.
1. A : divide ( divide it into : chia nó ra )
2.B: ends
3. B : starting
4. C : either ( Either direction: một trong 2 hướng)
5. D: process
6. D: removes
7. loses ( lose turn: mất lượt)
8.C : handed
9. B : pauses
10. B : taken
Either boys or girls, usually aged from seven to ten, play the two-person game of “Mandarin’s Box”. They draw a rectangle on the ground and (1)divide it into ten small squares called “rice fields” or “fish ponds”. They also draw two additional semi-circular boxes at the two (2)ends of the rectangle, which are called “mandarin’s boxes” – the game’s name, each person has 25 small pebbles and a bigger stone. Each player places the stone in one of the mandarin’s boxes and five small pebbles in each of the other squares. Then the game begins. The first player takes up the contents of one square onhis or her side of the board, but not a mandarin’s box and distributes the pebbles one by one, (3)starting with the text square in (4)either direction. Since each square contains five pebbles at the beginning, the first move will distribute five pebbles to the left or right. After the last pebble is distributed, the player takes the contents of the following square and repeats the distribution (5)process . But if the following square is one of the mandarin’s boxes, the turn ends and passes to the other player. If the last pebble falls into a square that precedes one empty square, the player wins all the contents of the square following the empty square and (6) removes these pebbles from the board. However, if there are two or more empty squares in a row, the player (7)loses his or her turn. Once a player has taken pebbles from the board, the turn is (8)handes to the other player. If all five squares on one player’s side of the board are emptied at any time, that player must place one pebble he or she has aside back in each of the five squares so that the game can resume.
The game (9)pause until the two mandarin’s boxes both been (10)taken . At the end of the game, the player with more pebbles wins, with each of the large stones counting as ten points.