READING SKILL 1: REFERENCE QUESTIONS(Câu hỏi từ liên hệ)

01. Australia has wonderful beaches. Many people go to Australia for their summer vacations. Many of them are surfers. The beaches of Australia have excellent waves for surfing.* The word them in the paragraph refers to ____(A) beaches (B) people (C) vacations (D) Australia

02. Ice climbing is a very dangerous sport. In ice climbing, people climb huge walls of ice on the sides of mountains. They need special equipment, like ice axes and special boots, to climb the ice walls. However, if it gets too warm, the ice can break, and the climbers can get hurt or even die.* The word They in the paragraph refers to____(A) Walls (B) Climbers (C) Mountains (D) People

03. Kelly has a big test in her Spanish class tomorrow. Spanish is her most difficult class in school. Last night she studied for three hours. She thinks she is ready for it, but she is still nervous.* The word It in the paragraph refers to ____(A) test (B) class (C) school (D) Spanish

04. Most professional sports teams have a full-time doctor. Athletes often get small injuries during the sports season. It is the team doctor's job to make sure they do not become serious injuries.* The word they in the paragraph refers to _____ (A) sports teams (B) team doctors (C) athletes (D) small injuries

05. You cannot start campfires in most parks. This is because you could start a forest fire. Even if you are very careful with your campfire, the wind could carry a small spark into the forest. It could then start a fire.* The word It in the paragraph refers to ____

(A) Camp fire (B) Wind (C) Spark (D) Forest

06. One of the great things about the Internet, as well as one of its biggest problems, is that people are basically anonymous on it. In internet chat rooms and web cafes, people can use a different name and even create an entirely different identity if they want to.

In some ways, this is a good thing. For many people, it gives them the chance to do things that they could never do in real life. For example, a person might be very shy in real life, but that same person may find the courage to make friends on the Internet because it feels safer. In addition, people in some countries are not free to express their opinions, especially if they don’t like their government. By using a different identity on the Internet, they can express their opinions without worrying about getting in trouble.* The word they in the passage refers to ______A. people B. countries C. opinions D. friends

Đề CĐ 2010Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process,

whose general pattern varies little from one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at about the same time, take the assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, and so on. The pieces of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an understanding of the workings of governments, have been limited by the subjects being taught. For example, high school students know that they are not likely to find out in their classes the truth about political problems in their society or what the newest filmmakers are experimenting with. There are clear and undoubted conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling. * The word "they" in the last paragraph refers to ______. A. workings of governments B. political problems C. newest filmmakers D. high school students

Đề ĐH 2012- A1: Some regions lack both timber and stone; their peoples used the earth itself, tamping certain mixtures into walls or forming them into bricks to be dried in the sun. Later they baked these substances in kilns, producing a range of bricks and tiles with greater durability. * The word “their” in the last paragraph refers to ______. A. regions B. timber and stone C. mixtures D. walls and bricks

Đề ĐH 201 3 - A1: In about 1840, the process was improved. Then photographers had to carry lots of film and moving things. The process was not simple and photographers had to carry lots of film and processing equipment. However, this did not stop photographers, especially in the United States. After 1840, daguerreotype artists were popular in most cities.* The word “this” in the passage refers to the_______.

A. taking of pictures of people and moving things B. stopping of photographers from taking photosC. fact that daguerreotype artists were popular in most cities D. carrying of lots of film and processing equipment

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READING SKILL 2: VOCABULARY QUESTIONS

(Câu hỏi từ vựng)

01. One of the great things about the Internet, as well as one of its biggest problems, is that people are basically anonymous on it. In internet chat rooms and web cafes, people can use a different name and even create an entirely different identity if they want to.* The word anonymous in the passage is closest in meaning to __A. nameless B. dishonest C. trusting D. criminal

Đề ĐH 2009

Very few people in the modern world obtain their food supply by hunting and gathering in the natural environment surrounding their homes. This method of harvesting from nature’s provision is the oldest known subsistence strategy and has been practised for at least the last two million years. It was, indeed, the only way to obtain food until rudimentary farming and the domestication of wild animals were introduced about 10,000 years ago.

Because hunter-gatherers have fared poorly in comparison with their agricultural cousins, their numbers have dwindled, and they have been forced to live in marginal environments, such as deserts and arctic wastelands. In higher latitudes, the shorter growing seasons have restricted the availability of plant life. Such conditions have caused a greater dependence on hunting, and on fishing along the coasts and waterways. The abundance of vegetation in the lower latitudes of the tropics, on the other hand, has provided a greater opportunity for gathering a variety of plants. In short, the environmental differences have restricted the diet and have limited possibilities for the development of subsistence societies.

Contemporary hunter-gatherers may help us understand our prehistoric ancestors. We know from the observation of modern hunter-gatherers in both Africa and Alaska that a society based on hunting and gathering must be very mobile. While the entire community camps in a central location, a smaller party harvests the food within a reasonable distance from the camp. When the food in the area has become exhausted, the community moves on to exploit another site. We also notice seasonal migration patterns evolving for most hunter-gatherers, along with a strict division of labor between the sexes. These patterns of behavior may be similar to those practised by mankind during the Paleolithic Period.

Question 1: The word “domestication ” in the first paragraph mostly means ______.

A. adapting animals to suit a new working environment B. hatching and raising new species of wild animals in the home C. teaching animals to do a particular job or activity in the home D. making wild animals used to living with and working for humans

Question 2: The word “marginal ” is closest in meaning to “______”. A. disadvantaged B. suburban C. forgotten D.

abandoned

Question 3: The word “conditions ” in the second paragraph refers to ______.

A. the places where plenty of animals and fish can be found B. the situations in which hunter-gatherers can grow some crops C. the environments where it is not favorable for vegetation to grow D. the situations in which hunter-gatherers hardly find anything to eat

De DH 2010In this sense, many Chinese cartoons are different from Western

cartoons in so far as they do not depend chiefly on telling jokes. Often, there is nothing to laugh at when you see Chinese cartoons. This is not their primary aim. In addition to commenting on serious political and social matters, Chinese cartoons have aimed at spreading the traditional Chinese thoughts and culture as widely as possible among the people.

Today, however, Chinese cartoons have an added part to play in spreading knowledge. They offer a very attractive and useful way of reaching people throughout the world, regardless of the particular country in which they live. Thus, through cartoons, the thoughts and teachings of the old Chinese philosophers and sages can now reach people who live in such countries as Britain, France, America, Japan, Malaysia or Australia and who are unfamiliar with the Chinese culture.

Until recently, the transfer of knowledge and culture has been overwhelmingly from the West to the East and not vice versa. By means of cartoons, however, publishing companies in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore are now having success in correcting this imbalance between the East and the West. 1. The pronoun “this” in paragraph 4 mostly refers to ______.

A. a propaganda campaign B. a funny element C. a piece of art D. an educational purpose

2. The word “imbalance” in paragraph 6 refers to ______. A. the mismatch between the East cartoons and the West cartoons B. the dominant cultural influence of the West over the East C. the influence of the East cartoons over the West cartoons D. the discrimination between the West culture and the East culture

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