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Sheep can recognise faces!

Many people think sheep aren’t very intelligent creatures. But in


fact, (1)…………….. to new research, they may be cleverer than
we think. For example, sheep can actually be trained to recognise
human faces from photographs!
Recognising faces is an important human social (2)…………….. .
However, it seems that sheep are also social animals that can
recognise other sheep as well as (3)…………….. humans. In
experiments, researchers trained eight sheep to recognise the
faces of celebrities from photographs. Training involved getting
the sheep to (4)…………….. decisions about the photos they saw.
At one end of a room, they would see two different photographs,
and would receive a (5)…………….. of food for approaching the
photograph of the celebrity; if they approached the wrong
photograph, they got nothing. Over time, they learned to (6)
…………….. getting food with the celebrity’s photograph. And after
training, the sheep correctly chose the celebrity’s face eight times
out of ten!
make decisions: đưa ra quyết định
1 A regarding B following C resulting D according
2 A skill B talent C knowledge D method
3 A ordinary B usual C familiar D frequent
4 A set B make C have D do
5 A reward B benefit C tip D goal
6 A attach B join C add D connect

Many cities have parks for people to enjoy. And it’s very (1)
…………….. to find wonderful sculptures in them. However, some
sculptures found in Fairbanks, Alaska, aren’t quite the same as in
other cities. When the temperature (2)…………….. at the end of
winter, they all disappear – because they’re made of ice!
Fairbanks has been the home of the World Ice Art Championship
for over 20 years, and artists from many different countries come
to create spectacular ice sculptures. The ice is brought from a
lake (3)…………….. near the sculpture park. It’s said to be so clear
that visitors can read a newspaper through it – even though the
individual pieces are over one metre (4)……………..!
Visitors also have the (5)…………….. to make their own ice
sculptures if they wish, as special classes. There’s a children’s
play park, too, where (6)…………….. everything is made of ice,
including sculptures of favourite animals. It’s a great place to
visit!
1 A usual B general
C common D familiar
2 A develops B rises C grows D builds
3 A located B arranged
C contained D attached
4 A heavy B large C strong D thick
5 A occasion B benefit C opportunity D ability
6 A totally B absolutely C completely D fully

Colouring books
Many people probably used to spend time adding colour to
pictures in colouring books when they were children. However,
once people get older, very few of them continue with the hobby.
Instead, they (1)…………….. their crayons away in the cupboard
forever.
However, psychology researchers now think that even for
adults, (2)…………….. as little as ten minutes a day colouring
pictures in this way can bring huge (3)…………….. For example,
some people say that it improves their (4)…………….. for a while
by making them feel more cheerful and generally calmer.
S + spend + time/money + V-ing
One reason for this may be that other activities (5)……………..
with art, such as drawing or painting, can actually be quite
stressful, especially if you don’t feel very successful at it. But
adding colour to a picture that’s already drawn for you (6)
…………….. only a low level of skill, so you can relax rather than
becoming anxious about it!
1 A leave B set C give D put
2 A taking B completing C spending D filling
3 A benefits B interests C favours D uses
4 A character B mood C condition D mind
5 A connected B joined C compared D attached
6 A depends
B calls C lacks D requires
Clever birds
The wild birds known as ravens are thought to be very clever. In
fact, they can solve some quite (1)…………….. problems,
especially when they’re trying to get food. For example, one bird
was filmed taking a box of nuts from a bird table and (2)
…………….. it onto the ground, so that it would break and the bird
could eat the nuts inside!
Scientists also (3)…………….. that the birds could actually use
stones as tools to (4)…………….. out simple tasks. So in an
experiment, they taught five birds to use a tool to open a box with
food inside. The birds soon became very (5)…………….. at doing
this. So for the next experiment, the birds were given a small (6)
…………….. of tools to choose from. They always picked the tool
that scientists had given them for the first task. And hours later,
they could still remember which tool they’d used!
1 A expert B complicated C heavy
D confused
2 A letting B falling C dropping
D leaving
3 A noticed B advised
C watched D studied
4 A take B carry C make
D check
5 A experienced B intelligent C correct D keen
6 A group
B total C amount D number

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