Đọc – Tiếng Anh 5 – EN36 Unit1 Crime and punishment The sons are composers and prize winning musicians, while Dad makes the instruments Matthew Rye reports Whole families of musicians are not exactly rare However, it is unusual to come across one that includes not only writers and performers of music, but also an instrument maker When South Wales schoolteachers John and Hetty Watkins needed to get their ten year old son, Paul, a cello to suit his blossoming talents, they baulked at the costs inv.
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Trang 2Unit1: Crime and punishment
Trang 3The sons are composers and prize-winning musicians, while Dad makes the
Whole families of musicians are not exactly rare However, it is unusual to come across one that includes not only writers and performers of music, but also an
When South Wales schoolteachers John and Hetty Watkins needed to get their year-old son, Paul, a cello to suit his blossoming talents, they baulked at the costs involved ‘We had a look at various dealers and it was obvious it was going to be very expensive,’ John says ‘So I wondered if I could actually make one I discovered that the Welsh School of Instrument Making was not far from where I lived, and I went along for evening classes once a week for about three years.’
ten-‘After probably three or four goes with violins and violas, he had a crack at his first cello,’ Paul, now 28, adds ‘It turned out really well He made me another one a bit later, when he’d got the hang of it And that’s the one I used right up until a few months ago.’ John has since retired as a teacher to work as a full-time craftsman, and makes up to a dozen violins a year – selling one to the esteemed American player Jaime Laredo was ‘the icing on the cake’ Both Paul and his younger brother, Huw, were encouraged to play music from an early age The piano came first: ‘As soon as I was big enough to climb up and bang the keys, that’s what I did,’ Paul remembers But it wasn’t long before the cello beckoned ‘My folks were really quite keen for me to take up the violin, because Dad, who played the viola, used to play chamber music with his mates and they needed another violin to make up a string trio I learned it for about six weeks but didn’t take to it But I really took to the character who played the cello in Dad’s group I thought he was a very cool guy when I was six or seven So he said he’d give me some lessons, and that really started it all off Later, they suggested that my brother play the violin too, but he would have none of it.’
‘My parents were both supportive and relaxed,’ Huw says ‘I don’t think I would have responded very well to being pushed And, rather than feeling threatened by Paul’s success, I found that I had something to aspire to.’ Now 22, he is beginning to make
Meanwhile, John Watkins’ cello has done his elder son proud With it, Paul won the string final of the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition Then, at the remarkably youthful age of 20, he was appointed principal cellist of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, a position he held, still playing his father’s instrument, until last year Now, however, he has acquired a Francesco Rugeri cello, on loan from the Royal Academy of Music ‘Dad’s not said anything about me moving on, though recently he had the chance to run a bow across the strings of each in turn and had
to admit that my new one is quite nice! I think the only thing Dad’s doesn’t have – and may acquire after about 50–100 years – is the power to project right to the back
of large concert halls It will get richer with age, like my Rugeri, which is already 304
Soon he will be seen on television playing the Rugeri as the soloist in Elgar’s Cello Concerto, which forms the heart of the second programme in the new series, Masterworks ‘The well-known performance history doesn’t affect the way I play the
Trang 4work,’ he says ‘I’m always going to do it my way.’ But Paul won’t be able to watch himself on television – the same night he is playing at the Cheltenham Festival Nor will Huw, whose String Quartet is receiving its London premiere at the Wigmore Hall the same evening John and Hetty will have to be diplomatic – and energetic – if they are to keep track of all their sons’ musical activities over the coming weeks.
Trang 5What is meant by ‘crack’ in the second paragraph?
Trang 6a attempt Câu tr ả l i ờ đ úng
b plan
Trang 7c shock
Trang 8d period
Trang 9What does Paul say about his performance of Elgar’s Cello Concerto?
Trang 10a It is typical of his approach to everything he plays Câu tr l i ả ờ úng
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b It is less traditional than other performances he has given.
Trang 12c He considers it to be one of his best performances.
Trang 14d Some viewers are likely to have a low opinion of it.
Trang 15What will require some effort from John and Hetty Watkins?
Trang 16a Preventing their sons from taking on too much work.
Trang 17b Advising their sons on what they should do next.
Trang 19c Reminding their sons what they have arranged to do.
Trang 21d Being aware of everything their sons are involved in Câu tr l i ả ờ úng
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Trang 22What does Paul say about the Rugeri cello?
Trang 23a The cello his father made may become as good as it.Câu tr l i ả ờ úng
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Trang 24b He was not keen to tell his father that he was using it.
Trang 25c His father’s reaction to it worried him.
Trang 26d It has qualities that he had not expected.
Trang 27What does the word “they” in the fourth paragraph refer to?
Trang 28a Paul and Huw.
Trang 29b Dad and Dad’s mates Câu tr l i úng ả ờ đ
Trang 30c Weeks.
d Some lessons
Trang 31What do we learn in the third paragraph about the instruments John has made?
Trang 32a He is particularly pleased about what happened to one of them Câu tr l i úng ả ờ đ
Trang 34b His violins have turned out to be better than his cellos.
c It took him longer to learn how to make cellos than violins.
Trang 35d He considers the one used by Jaime Laredo to be the best.
Trang 36What do we learn about Huw’s musical development?
Trang 37a His brother’s achievements gave him an aim Câu tr l i úng ả ờ đ
Trang 38b His parents’ attitude has played little part in it
c It was slow because he lacked determination
d He wanted it to be different from his brother’s
Trang 40What is meant by ‘diplomatic’ in the last paragraph?
Trang 41a tactful Câu tr l i úng ả ờ đ
Trang 42b excellent
Trang 43c capable
Trang 44d confident
Trang 45Paul first became interested in playing the cello because .
Trang 46a he admired someone his father played music with Câu tr l i ả ờ úng
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Trang 47b he did not want to do what his parents wanted
Trang 48c he wanted to play in his father’s group
Trang 49d he was not very good at playing the piano
Trang 50Why did John Watkins decide to make a cello?
Trang 51a He felt that dealers were giving him false information.
Trang 52b He wanted to avoid having to pay for one Câu tr l i úng ả ờ đ
Trang 53c He was keen to do a course at the nearby school.
Trang 54d He wanted to encourage his son Paul to take up the instrument.
Trang 55Why did John Watkins decide to make a cello?
Trang 56a He wanted to avoid having to pay for one Câu tr l i úng ả ờ đ
Trang 57b He wanted to encourage his son Paul to take up the instrument.
Trang 58c He felt that dealers were giving him false information.
Trang 59d He was keen to do a course at the nearby school.
Trang 60What is meant by ‘crack’ in the second paragraph?
Trang 61a period
Trang 62b shock
Trang 63c plan
Trang 64d attempt Câu tr l i úng ả ờ đ
Trang 65Unit 2: Shopping
Trang 66By the time a child is six or seven she has all the essential avoidances well enough
by heart to be trusted with the care of a younger child And she also develops a number of simple techniques She learns to weave firm square balls from palm leaves, to make pinwheels of palm leaves or frangipani blossoms, to climb a coconut tree by walking up the trunk on flexible little feet, to break open a coconut with one firm well-directed blow of a knife as long as she is tall, to play a number of group games and sing the songs which go with them, to tidy the house by picking
up the litter on the stony floor, to bring water from the sea, to spread out the copra
to dry and to help gather it in when rain threatens, to go to a neighboring house and bring back a lighted faggot for the chief’s pipe or the cook-house fire But in the case of the little girls all these tasks are merely supplementary to the main business of baby-tending Very small boys also have some care of the younger children, but at eight or nine years of age they are usually relieved of it Whatever rough edges have not been smoothed off by this responsibility for younger children are worn off by their contact with older boys For little boys are admitted to interesting and important activities only so long as their behavior is circumspect and helpful Where small girls are brusquely pushed aside, small boys will be patiently tolerated and they become adept at making themselves useful The four or five little boys who all wish to assist at the important, business of helping a grown youth lasso reef eels, organize themselves into a highly efficient working team; one boy holds the bait, another holds an extra lasso, others poke eagerly about in holes in the reef looking for prey, while still another
The small girls, burdened with heavy babies or the care of little staggerers who are too small to adventure on the reef, discouraged by the hostility of the small boys and the scorn of the older ones, have little opportunity for learning the more adventurous forms of work and play So while the little boys first undergo the chastening effects of baby-tending and then have many opportunities to learn effective cooperation under the supervision of older boys, the girls’ education is less comprehensive They have a high standard of individual responsibility, but the community provides them with no lessons in cooperation with one another This is particularly apparent in the activities of young people: the boys organize quickly; the girls waste hours in bickering, innocent of any technique for quick and efficient cooperation
Trang 67It can be inferred that the ‘high standard of individual responsibility’ is
Trang 68a developed mainly through child-care duties Câu tr l i úng ả ờ đ
Trang 69b taught to the girl before she is entrusted with babies
Trang 70c only present in girls
Trang 71d weakened as the girl grows older.
Trang 72Which of the following if true would weaken the author’s contention about ‘lessons
I Group games played by younger girls involve cooperation
II Girls can learn from watching boys cooperating III Individual girls cooperate with their mothers in looking after babies
Trang 73a III only
d II only
Trang 74Which of the following is the best description of the author’s technique in handling her material?
Trang 75a Both description and interpretation of observations Câu tr l i ả ờ úng
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Trang 76b Description of evidence to support a theory.
Trang 77c Generalization from a particular viewpoint.
Trang 78d Presentation of facts without comment.
Trang 79It can be inferred that in the community under discussion all of the following are important except…
Trang 80a domestic handicrafts
c well-defined social structure
Trang 81d fishing skills
Trang 82Who do the girls or boys work in tean better, according to the passage?
Trang 83a Both girls and boys work well.
d Both girls and boys does not work well.
Trang 84The expression ‘innocent of’ (in the last paragraph) is best taken to mean
Trang 85a unskilled in Câu tr l i úng ả ờ đ
Trang 86b uninvolved in
Trang 87c unsuited for
Trang 88d not guilty of
Trang 89The word ‘brusquely’ (line 9) most nearly means
Trang 90a abruptly Câu tr l i úng ả ờ đ
Trang 91b gently
Trang 92c quickly
Trang 93d nonchalantly
Trang 94What was boys’ attitude to girls when they worked in team to capture eels?
Trang 95a They felt bored
d They did not show anything.
Trang 96The primary purpose of the passage with reference to the society under discussion
is to…
Trang 97a criticize the deficiencies in the education of girls
Trang 98b explain some differences in the upbringing of girls and boys Câu
tr l i úng ả ờ đ
Trang 99c show that young girls are trained to be useful to adults
Trang 100d give a comprehensive account of a day in the life of an average young girl
Trang 101The list of techniques in paragraph one could best be described as…
Trang 102a useful social skills Câu tr l i úng ả ờ đ
Trang 103b household duties
Trang 104c rudimentary physical skills
Trang 105d important responsibilities
Trang 106Unit 3: Language
Trang 107I chose a small house on the edge of the city It was an ideal place for me, because I wanted fresh mountain air, space, privacy, a place where one could feel the presence of ancient gods and the spirits of nature The house was merely an empty shell, but I chose it because it was on the sunny side of the valley, high enough to have a good view over the town, with sufficient breeze to diminish the occasionally stupefying heat It took me a good year to make the place inhabitable The first thing that I did was to dig out the well at the side of the house, which had caved in on itself and was full of mud and rocks I was helped in this by a Frenchman named Antoine, a man of considerable culture who had chosen to live here because he was attached to the people, with whom he had arrived in the original immigration We repaired the walls and the roof of the house, and painted the rooms completely white so that they became suddenly clean, bright, and spacious.
Antoine and I managed, at some danger to ourselves, to install electricity by connecting up a cable to the faltering system invented by a teacher This man was Professor Luis, who had set up a row of windmills to generate power; this was perfectly adequate for lighting, but was somewhat feeble when high amperage was required, so that the electric cooker that I had flown in by helicopter turned out to be
It often happens when setting up a house that one finds quite suddenly that there is
an urgent need for some item overlooked during the last expedition The track down from my house was a deeply pitted one that served as a watercourse each time that
it rained, and although I have stabilised it since, it was to begin with only negotiable
on foot or by mule, or by Antoine’s ancient three-wheeled tractor This tractor had been half-buried in the mud of the flood at Chiriguana, but Senor Vivo’s father, who
is in fact General Sosa, governor of Cesar, had it dog out and brought in slung under a vast helicopter gunship, at his son’s request It is commonly said in this country that General Sosa is the only member of the military hierarchy who ever
There was, at the far end of the town, a tienda that sold goods brought in by train from Ipasueno, and so every few days I would find myself rattling and bumping
mule-my way to it on Antoine’s formidable old tractor This shop was owned by a aged couple who left the running of it to their daughter, a girl of twenty or so years whose name was Ena, as I discovered by overhearing the father asking of her the
Ena was small and strongly built; usually she wore a plain, faded blue dress, and her feet were always bare Sometimes I used to think that her head was very slightly too large for her, but she had an appealing and serene face framed by her long black hair She reminded me forcibly of a Greek girl with whom I had once been in love, for she had the same smooth and soft olive skin, and big brown eyes beneath eyebrows almost heavy enough to meet in the middle On her forearms were the traces of soft black downy hair, which to be frank, is something that has always driven me crazy, and her fingers were slim and elegant The best thing about her, however, was her elfin spirit; she had an air of quiet amusement, an innocent devilry, that gave her the aura of having existed from all