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- READING COMPREHENSION (Đọc hiểu) Read the passage and choose the best answer
- DROUGHT IN THE UNITED STATES
- FLOODS IN DORCHESTER
VERB TENSE or FORM (Dạng và thì của động từ) Use the correct tense or form of the verb in parentheses :
............................................... for lunch.
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In Stone Age people wore clothes made of fur and leather (1) …………. from animal skins or woven grasses. Then (2) …………. the Bronze Age, people learned to weave clothes on looms. Clothes made of wool and cotton came into existence. Fur, leather, grass, wool and cotton (3) …………… the materials that people at that time could get from the nature. In the 20th century with the (4) …………… of science and (5) ………………, people made their clothes from synthetic materials (6) …………. nylon or acrylic.
Singapore is an island country of about three million people. It’s a beautiful (1) ………… with lots of parks and opens spaces. It’s also a very (2) ………. city. Most people (3) ………. in high-rise flats in different parts of island. The business district is very modern with lots of high new office buildings. Singapore also has some nice older sections. In Chinatown, there are rows of old short houses. The government buildings in Singapore are very beautiful and date (4) …… the colonial days. Singapore is famous for (5) ………… shops and restaurants. There are many good shopping centers. Most of the (6) ……….. are duty free. Singapore’s restaurant sell Chinese, Indian, Malay and European food, and the prices are quite reasonable.
Áo Tứ Thân is (1) …………… one of Vietnam’s enduring relics, having been worn widely by (2) …………… centuries before the Áo Dài. As Vietnam expanded southward, Áo Tứ Thân was the gradually became associated specifically with northern women. Áo Tứ Thân was the (3) …………… of peasant women, which explains why it was often made with plain fabric in dark colors, expect when it was to be worn at special occasions such as festivals (4) …………. weddings. Regardless of its many different forms, the basic Áo Tứ Thân consists (5) …………… : A flowing outer tunic reaching almost the floor, a long skirt, worn under the tunic and Yếm, an ancient bodice worn as an undergarment by women. A silk sash (6) …………… is tied at the waist as a belt. Áo Tứ Thân is modern-day Vietnam (worn almost exclusively in northern-related festivals) tends to be extremely colorful , using different hues throughout the dress, from the tunic to the bodice and the skirt.
An increasing number of people are now going on a(n) (1) ………….. to Egypt. Last year, for example, one and half million (2) ……….. visit Egypt. The population of Egypt is about fifty million and the (3) ……. is Cairo, a busy city of just under nine million people. Although the (4) ……… is hot and dry and most country is desert, the average (5) …………. From October to March is not too high. The most (6) …….... sights are the Pyramid of Giza. However, it is also pleasant to visit Alexandria, Port Said and several other places, and do as much (7) ………. as possible in the time available. A (8) ……… to Luxor is an unforgettable experience, and there are frequent flights there from Cairo. 1. A. visit B. holiday C. trip D. exclusion 2. A. voyagers B. tourist C. passengers D. explores 3. A. head B. state C. capital D. principal 4. A. temperature B. climate C. condition D. position 5. A. weather B. comparison C. climate D. temperature 6. A. famous B. known C. visited D. requested 7. A. viewing B. inspecting C. sightseeing D. looking 8. A. picnic B. trip C. guide D. entertainment Many people think that the teachers give students too (1) ………. homework. That say it is (2) ………. for children to work at home (3) ………. their free time. Moreover, they argue that most teachers do not properly have to repeat tasks which they have already done (4) …….. school. Recently in Greece many parents complained (5) ………… the difficult homework which the teachers give to their children. Most people agree that homework is unfair. A student who can do his homework in a quiet and comfortable room is in (6) ………… better position than a student who does his homework in a small, noisy room with television (7) ………… Some parents help their children (8) …………… their homework. Other parents take no interest at their children’s homework. It is important, however, that teachers talk to parents about homework. A teacher should suggest suitable tasks for parents (9) ………… with their children. Parents are often better (10) …… teacher their own children.
All of us use energy every day – for transportation, cooking, (1) …………. and cooling rooms, manufacturing, lighting and entertainment. The choices we make about (2) …………. we use energy – turning machines off when we’re not using them or choosing to buy (3) …………. appliances – impact our environment and our lives. There are many things we can do to use less energy and use it more wisely. Two main ways to (4) ………… energy are energy conservation and energy efficiency. Turning lights off when you leave the room and (5) ………… aluminum cans are both ways of conserving energy. Energy efficiency is the use of technology that requires less energy (6) ……… the same function. A compact fluorescent light bulb that uses less energy than an ordinary bulb to produce the same (7) …………. of light is an example of energy efficiency.
Air pollution is a cause of ill health in (1) ………… In many countries, there are laws limiting the amount of smoke that factories can produce. Although there isn’t (2) ………. on the (3) ………… of smoke in the atmosphere, doctors have proved that air pollution causes lung diseases. The gar from the exhausts of car have also (4) ………… air pollution in (5) ………… cities. The (6) ………… in petrol produces a poisonous gas that often collects in busy street surrounded by high buildings. Children (7) ………… live in areas where there is a lot of lead in the atmosphere can’t think as (8) ………. as other children and are clumsy when they use their hands. There are other long-term effects of pollution. If the gases in the atmosphere continue (9) ………… increase, the earth’s climate may become warmer. A lot of ice near the Poles may (10) ………… and may cause serious floods.
If you are an environmentalist, plastic is a word you tend to say with a sneer or snarl. It becomes a symbol of our wasteful, throw-away society. But there seems little (1) ………….. it is here to say, and the truth is, of course, that plastics have brought enormous (2) …………. even environmental ones. It is not really the plastics themselves that are the environmental (3) ………… - it is the way society chooses to use and (4) ………. them Almost all the 50 or so different kinds of modern plastic are made from oil, gas or coal – non-renewable natural (5) …………. We (6) …………… well over three million tons of the stuff in Britain each year and, sooner and later, most of it is thrown away. A high (7) ………… of our annual consumption is in the (8) …………… of packaging and this (9) …………. about seven per cent by weight of our domestic (10) …………. Almost all of it could be recycled, but very little of it is, though the plastic recycling (11) ………………. is growing fast. The plastics themselves are extremely energy-rich – they have a higher calorific (12) …………. than coal and one (13) …………… of “recovery” strongly (14) ………… by the plastic manufactures is the (15) …………… of waste plastic into a fuel.
Television first (1) ……………… some fifty years ago in the 1950s. Since then, it has been one of the most popular sources of (2) …………… for both the old and the young. Television can actually satisfy almost all kinds of taste. It (3) ……………… cartoons for children, world news, music and many other programs. If someone is interested in sports, (4) …………., he can tune in to a sports channel. There he can enjoy a (5) …………….. broadcast of an international football match. Television is also a very useful way for companies to (6) ……………… their products. It’s not (7) ……………. hard for us to see why there is a TV set in almost every home today. And, engineers are developing interactive TV which allows to communicate (8) …………… viewers and producers.
WATER There’s much more water than land on the (31) ___ of the earth. The seas and oceans cover nearly (32) ___ of the whole world, and only one-fifth of (33) ___ land. If you traveled over the earth in different directions, you would have to spend (34) ___ more of your time (35) ___ on water that on roads or railways. We sometimes forget that for every mile of land (36) ___ four miles of water. There’s so much water in the surface of our earth that we (37) ___ to use two words to describe. We use the word SEAS (38) ___ those parts of water surface which (39) ___ only few hundreds of mile, the word OCEANS to describe the huge area of water (40) ___ are thousands of miles wide and very deep. 1. A. cover B. surface C. outer D. outside 2. A. four-fives B. four-fifth C. four fifths D. fourth-fifths 3. A. it is B. it’s C. its D. them are 4. A. many B. much C. few D. too 5. A. to move B. move C. moved D. moving 6. A. there are B. there is C. there has D. have 7. A. must B. should C. have D. would 8. A. describing B. describes C. describe D. to describe 9. A. is B. are C. has D. will be 10. A. that’s B. which C. where D. whose DROUGHT IN THE UNITED STATES The Southwestern States of the United States suffered one of the worst droughts in their history from 1931 to 1938. The drought (1) ______ the entire country. Few food crops could be grown. Food became (2)______, and prices went up (3) ______ the nation. Hundreds of families in the Dust Bowl region had to be moved to farms in other areas with the help of the federal government. In 1944, drought brought great damage to (4)______ all Latin America. The drought moved to Australia and then to Europe, (5)______ it continued throughout the summer of 1945. From 1950 to 1954 in the United States, the South and Southwest suffered a (6)______ drought. Hundreds of cattle ranchers had to ship their cattle to other regions because (7)______ lands had no grass. The federal government again (8)______ an emergency drought-relief program. It offered farmers (9)______ credit and seed grains (10)______ low prices. 1. A. pushed B. incurred C. occurred D. affected 2. A. scarce B. mystified C. hidden D. uncommon 3. A. over B. throughout C. all D. across 4. A. near B. totally C. almost D. factually 5. A. which B. that C. where D. when 6. A. heavy B. sharp C. strict D. severe 7. A. pasture B. culture C. moisture D. manure 8. A. carried B. conducted C. convened D. conformed 9. A. emergency B. crisis C. tension D. disaster 10. A. to B. in C. over D. at DRUGS Drugs are one of the (1) ________ profession’s most valuable tools. Doctors prescribe drugs to (2) ________ or prevent many diseases. Every year, penicillin and other (3) ________ drugs save the lives of countless victims of pneumonia and other dangerous infectious diseases. Vaccines prevent attacks by such diseases as (4) ________, polio, and smallpox. The use of these and many other drugs (5) ________ helped millions of people live longer, healthier lives than would (6) ________ have been possible. Almost all our most important drugs, however, were unknown before the 1900’s. For example, the sulfa drugs and antibiotics did not come into use (7) ________ the late 1930’s and early 1940’s. Before that time, about 25 percent of all pneumonia victims in the United States died of the disease. The new drugs quickly reduced the (8) ________ rate from pneumonia to less than 5 percent. Polio vaccine was introduced in 1955. At that time, polio struck about 30,000 to 50,000 Americans each year. (9)________ 1960, the use of the vaccine has reduced the number of new polio cases to about 3,000 a year. In 1900, most Americans did not live (10) ________ the age of 47. Today, Americans live an average of more than 70 years, in great part because of the use of modern drugs. 1. A. medical B. medicine C. health D. medic 2. A. solve B. settle C. ruin D. treat 3. A. germ-killing B. helping C. saving D. rescuing 4. A. AIDS B. measles C. influenza D. hiccups 5. A. would have B. have C. has D. did 6. A. only B. even C. also D. otherwise 7. A. until B. to C. onto D. upon 8. A. end B. ruin C. death D. termination 9. A. About B. By C. To D. Prior 10. A. past B. passing C. well D. through The Great Pyramid of Giza, a monument of wisdom and prophecy, was built as a tomb for Pharaoh Cheops in 2720 B.C. (1)________ its antiquity, certain (2)________ of its construction make it one of the truly great wonders of the world. The four sides of the pyramid are (3)________ almost on exactly true north, south, east and west – an incredible engineering feat. The ancient Egyptians were sun worshippers and great astronomers, so computations for the Great Pyramid were (4)________ on astronomical observations. Explorations and detailed examinations on the base of the structure (5)________ many intersecting lines. Further scientific (6)________ indicates that these (7)________ a type of time line of events – past, present, and future. Many of the events have been interpreted and found to (8)________ with known facts of the past. Others are prophesied for future generations and are presently under (9)________. Was this superstructure made by ordinary beings, or (10)________ built by a race far superior to any known today? 1. A. Though B. In spite C. By D. Despite 2. A. tenets B. relics C. aspects D. properties 3. A. lined B. aligned C. assigned D. fathomed 4. A. set B. based C. fitted D. founded 5. A. reveal B. testify C. impose D. reset 6. A. volume B. trial C. study D. text 7. A. front B. represent C. repose D. forward 8. A. tangle B. consort C. resort D. coincide 9. A. inspection B. introduction C. recommendation D. investigation 10. A. that B. which C. such D. one Most ghost stories are (1)________ in mysterious, old houses or castles. The ghosts themselves whose (2)________ wander the earth at night, are usually the victims of some horrible crimes. This is not always the case as the following story (3)________. When my friend, Paul, was a schoolboy, he often used to chat to Mr. Scott, an elderly gentlemen living on his own. Mr. Scott was a keen gardener. He would always be looking after his lawn or his flowers and Paul was (4)________ the habit of saying a few words to him over the fence. One summer’s evening, as Paul was on his way home from school, he saw, as (5)________, Mr. Scott in his garden. The old man was busily weeding his flowerbeds. When he saw Paul, he invited him into the garden with a (6)________ of his hand. Slowly, they strolled all around, admiring the various flowers. Then, to Paul’s surprise, Mr. Scott bent down and picked a (7)________ of his finest dahlias. ‘Here boy,’ he said. ‘Give these to your mother.’ No sooner had he arrived home than he (8)________ the flowers to his mother. He then told her that they were with Mr. Scott’s compliments. His mother’s face went red with anger. ‘You wicked boy!’ she shouted. ‘How (9)________you say such a thing! I (10)________ into his daughter in the supermarket this morning. She told me that the poor old chap had passed away in his sleep last Friday. 1. A. set B. put C. fixed D. programmed 2. A. bodies B. minds C. spirits D. phantoms 3. A. points B. indicates C. states D. shows
6. A. rise B. spread C. wave D. shake 7. A. carton B. bunch C. roll D. packet 8. A. submitted B. turned C. presented D. demonstrated 9. A. should B. dare C. would D. wrong 10. A. bumped B. struck C. rushed D. knocked FLOODS IN DORCHESTER _____(1) six o’clock yesterday evening, the River Thames burst its banks and flooded a wide area. By nine o’clock the floods had reached the town of Dorchester. The main street was soon _____ (2) three feet of water. Water engines arrived quickly to pump away the water, but heavy rain made their job very _____ (3). Mrs. Rose Willow, a _____ (4) nearly 80 years old, and living alone in her cottage, was trapped upstairs for three hours. _____ (5), rescue workers were able to rescue her with ladder and a small _____ (6). “My cat, Tibbles, stayed with me all the time,” said Mrs. Willow. “She _____(7) me a lot. She sat with me, so I didn’t feel afraid. ” The rain has finally stopped, the river level is falling and the weather forecast is good, _____(8) the floods have done a great deal of damage. “Luckily, nobody was drowned (die in water) or injured,” Chief Rescue Office Hawkins _______ (9) reporters, “but it will take a long time to _______ (10) the mess. ” 1. A. In B. To C. At D. Until 2. A. over B. under C. through D. between 3. A. easy B. difficult C. quick D. lean 4. A. girl B. man C. lady D. child 5. A. Finally B. Final C. Last D. Firstly 6. A. ship B. boat C. car D. bicycle 7. A. worried B. frightened C. bored D. helped 8. A. but B. also C. therefore D. so 9. A. said B. asked C. told D. spoke 10. A. clear B. develop C. take D. fight December 25 is Christmas. Christmas is both a national holiday and a religious holiday. Christmas remember (1) …………………of Jesus Christ on Christmas. Many non-Christians celebrate it, too. The Christmas season starts after Thanksgiving, in (2) …………. November. Christmas is a time for giving presents to friends, family and poor people. Churches, businesses and other groups give money, food and toys to (3) ……………… families. Some people make gifts, but most people (4) …………. presents in stores. Stores get very crowded around Christmas. There are shoppers everywhere ! Stores have beautiful decorations (5) …………… Christmas colors of red and green. Many people decorate their homes (6) …………… Christmas. They buy trees and decorate them (7) ……………. electric lights and ornaments. Some people put electric lights (8) ………………… their houses. (9) ………… Christmas, neighborhoods are beautiful with many bright Christmas lights. Jewish people have a Festival of Lights in December. For 8 days, Jewish people (10) …………. candles and give gifts. This festival, Hanukkah, is a joyful holiday.
On the night of 15th October 1987, the south of England was (13) ____________ by the strongest winds it had known for over two hundred years. (14) ____________ of over 130 km/h blew through the region. Nineteen people were killed, $1,5 billion worth of damage was caused and 19 million trees were (15) _____________ in just a few hours. (16) ______________ people thought of this as a hurricane, the winds of 1987 were only powerful storm force. They are far better than the much more serious storms of 25th January 1990, (17) __________ most of Britain was hit by daytime winds of up to 173 km/h. On this accident, 47 people were killed, even though, unlike in 1987, the weather forecasters issued accurate (18) ____________.
New Year is one of the most important (23) …........ in the United States. On New Year’s Eve, most people go to the parties. At twelve o’clock (24) ……….. night, everybody says “Happy New Year” and they (25) ………… their friends and relatives good luck. New Year’s Eve is usually a long night to many people. They didn’t go home until morning. Another holiday, Halloween, is mainly for children. On this holiday, children (26) ……… as witches, ghosts or others. Most children go from house to house asking for candy and fruit. (27) ………. the people at the house do not give (28) ……….. candy, the children will (29) ……… a trick on them. But this (30) ……….. ever happens. Most people give them candy or fruits.
Why does man want to go to the (1) ……………… ? Just for adventure ? True, there is adventure in space travel. But a trip to the moon would also be practical. (2) …………… example, space stations could be built that would give us valuable information about the (3) ……………….. In space station revolving around the earth, men could live and study the cloud formations (4) …………………. its surface. These formations could tell us (5) ………………… whether to expect in any part of the world at any time. (6) ……………… information would be very (7) ………………. to pilots, to ship captains and even to (8) …………………. who must set dates for planting and harvesting.
Ever since humans have inhabited the earth, they have made (1) _______ of various forms of communication. Generally, this expression of thoughts and feelings has been in the form of oral (2)______. When there is a language (3)______, communication is accomplished through sign language in which motions (4) ______ for letters, words, and ideas. Tourists, the deaf, and the mute have had to (5) ______ to this form of expression. Many of these symbols of whole words are very picturesque and exact and can be used internationally; spelling, however, cannot. Body language (6) ______ ideas or thoughts by certain actions, either intentionally or unintentionally. A wink can be a way of flirting or indicating that the party is only joking. A nod (7) ______ approval, while shaking the head (8) ______ a negative reaction. Other form of nonlinguistic language can be (9) ______ in Braille (a system of raised dots read with the fingertips), signal flags, Morse code, and smoke signals. Road maps and picture signs also guide, warn, and instruct people. (10) ______ verbalization is the most common form of language, other systems and techniques also express human thoughts and feelings. 1. A. usage B. use C. employment D. utility 2. A. address B. speech C. utterances D. claims 3. A. barrier B. obstacles C. divisions D. separation 4. A. point B. signify C. imply D. stand 5. A. refer B. rotate C. resort D. revolve 6. A. progresses B. transmits C. remits D. emits 7. A. signifies B. signs C. registers D. presents 8. A. predicates B. indicates C. abdicates D. implicates 9. A. traced B. trailed C. found D. explored 10. A. While B. As C. Because D. Until
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