Testing 12-3 years (10 )

READING 2 People usually sing because they like music or because they feel happyA. Birds also sing to tell other birds to keep away.. warn other birds to go away READING 3 WHY PEOPLE WOR

Testing 12-3 years (10) (THI THU TOT NGHIEP )

READING COMPREHENSION

READING 1

English is my mother tongue Besides, I can speak French and Spanish I studied the two languages when I was at school Now, I am still learning Spanish at the University As for me, mastering a foreign language is not easy After studying a language, practice is very necessary and useful Traveling to the country where the target language is spoken is very helpful, but if you cannot speak the language well enough you will certainly have troubles I also frequently go to the movies, watch television, listen to the radio in the language I

am trying to learn Reading is another good way to learn Books are good, but I personally think newspapers and magazines are better However, getting some knowledge of the language is the most important thing Grammar and vocabulary should be mastered first

Câu 1: How many languages can the writer speak?

Câu 2: The writer has learnt Spanish .

A in Spain B at high school C at University D at school and at University

Câu 3: Traveling may cause troubles if .

A you cannot speak the language well enough B you can speak the language well enough.

C you can speak the language bad enough D you can communicate in the target language Câu 4: Some useful ways to practice your target language are .

A listening to the radio and watching TV in the target language.

B reading books in the target language.

C seeing films in the target language.

D all are correct.

Câu 5: According to the writer, what should be mastered first?

A vocabulary B vocabulary and grammar C writing skill D reading skill.

READING 2

People usually sing because they like music or because they feel happy They express their happiness by singing When a bird sings, however, its song usually means much more than that the bird is happy Birds have many reasons for singing They sing to give information Their songs are their language

The most beautiful songs are sung by male birds They sing when they want to attract a female bird It is their way of saying that they are looking for a wife

Birds also sing to tell other birds to keep away To a bird, his tree or even a branch of a tree is his home He does not want strangers to come near him, so he sings to warn them

If a bird cannot sing well, he usually has some other means of giving important information Some birds dance, spread out their tails or make other signs

1 People sing because

C they want to tell a story D they know many songs

2 What is one of the main reasons why birds sing?

A They are in a bad temper B They want to give information

3 Which birds sing the most beautiful songs?

C Female birds which attract male birds D Female birds

4 According to the passage, a bird sings

C to warn about the approach of people D to tell other birds to come quickly

5 Most birds usually if they cannot sing well

A give information in another way B warn other birds to go away

READING 3

WHY PEOPLE WORK

All of us know that we have to work hard to earn a living ourselves and to support our family However,

we work not only for material life but also for many things that are beyond gaining money We are working to affirm our ability on a certain field We feel self-reliant, self-confident, and proud because we are financially independent

Anyone who works is regarded as a useful member of society We are working that means we are contributing useful goods and services to our country

Working helps us train our skills and talents We always try our best to do a good job The better we work, the more money we earn and that motivate us to work harder Without working, a man’s life will be empty, purposeless and meaningless and it is easy for a lazy jobless man to do wrongs

1 We have to work hard

A because we are forced to B to make our material life better

C to make ourselves purposeless D All are correct

2 Besides money,

A we can get many other benefits from work B we can get some salary from work

C we sometimes feel very meaningless D we can not contribute anything to our country

3 The more we work _

A the duller we feel B the less we earn

C the more we contribute to society D A and B are correct

4 What motivates us to work harder? -

A good job B good pay C good way D good skills

5 Without working, one's life is _

A better B more confident C self-reliant D meaningless

READING 4

One of my hobbies is collecting stamps I have been a collector since I was about seventeen years old, and this year, I have reached my sixtieth birthday

I began collecting stamps in the summer of 1962 I was sick I couldn’t go to school I was really bored,

so my grandfather brought me a stamp album with a lot of stamps I took to it immediately I was fascinated by

the beautiful colors

Now I have got one of the largest collections of French stamps in the country It was really an interesting hobby and has given me hours of enjoyment People think it must be very lonely but it isn’t at all You can go

to fairs and exhibitions and meet other people who share the same interest It needn’t be expensive either

Câu 1.What is the passage mainly about?

A the advantages of stamp collecting B stamp collecting as a hobby of an old man

C the reason the old man began to collect stamp D one of the largest French stamp collections

Câu 2.The old man started collecting stamps in .

Câu 3.What does it in line 4 refer to?

A.the stamps B the stamp album C.the school D the hobby of collecting stamps

Câu 4.Collecting stamp is a hobby which the writer finds .

READING 5

Wild animals (and wild plants) and the wild places where they live are seriously threatened almost everywhere One species has become extinct in each year of this century But many hundreds are now in danger Lack of attention would lead to the rapid advance of the process of extinction

Already many kinds of wild animals has been so reduced in number that their role in the ecosystem is forgotten Animals like the great apes, the whales, seals etc thought to be in danger of extinction

But even more important, perhaps than individual kinds of animals and plants, whole habitats are in danger of vanishing: marshes are being drained, and the world forests, especially tropical forests are being cut down to satisfy man’s needs of timber and paper

What would our world be like if all the wild animals and wild plants vanished? - Would our life still exist then?

1 What would happen to the human beings if the wild life vanished?

A Many species would quickly become extinct B The human life would be seriously threatened

C Species would go on dying out D Tropical forests would be cut down

2 What is more important than individual kinds of animals and plants?

A the vanishing of whole habitats B the extinction of many species.

D man’s need of timber and paper C the rapid advance of the process of extinction

3 What does the writer caution us against?

A cutting down the tropical forests B hunting wild animals

C draining marshes D destroying our environment

4 What would happen if we cut down forests?

Cutting down forests would cause

A the changes of temperature B the flood C both A and B are correct D none are correct

5 “To threaten” in the passage means

A to pollute B to give fear to C to vanish D to poison

READING 6

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known to the world as Mark Twain, was the son of a lawyer in the State of Missouri He was born in 1835 When he was five years old, he was sent to school He did not like school but had many friends and was their leader In summer when school was over, the boys spent many hours on the river As Mark Twain said later, many events in “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” really took place and the characters were from his real life Tom Sawyer was the portrait of the writer; Huckleberry Finn was his friend, Tom Blankenship; Aunt Polly was his mother; Tom’s brother, Sid, was like his brother Henry The novel was

published in 1876 It is now known to children and grown-ups all over the world.

1 What was Mark Twain’s father’s job?

2 Mark Twain started school in ……

3 Mark Twain ……

4 What did he usually do in summer?

A He enjoyed reading C He spent the holidays on the Mississippi River

B He prepared for the next school year D He worked as a fisherman

5 The characters in “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” were ……

A boring B from his imagination C from his real life D A and C are correct

READING 7

I was born in Newcastle, a city in the North East of England Newcastle is on the bank of the

River Tyne It is quite big, with a population of about 200,000 people There is a cathedral and a

university There are five bridges over the River Tyne, which link Newcastle to the next town,

Gateshead, where there is one of the biggest shopping centres in the world A few years ago, the main

industries were shipbuilding and coalmining, but now the chemical and soap industries are important

I moved to London ten years ago but I often return to Newcastle I miss the people, who are very

friendly, and I miss the beautiful countryside near the city, where there are so many hills and streams

Câu 1: Newcastle is

A a city near the North East of England B a small town in England

C a city in the North East of England D a city in the North of England

Câu 2: The population of Newcastle is

C much more than 200,000 people D about 200,000 people

Câu 3: Gateshead has one of in the world

A the largest rivers B the most important shipbuilding industries

C the most beautiful countrysides D the biggest shopping centres

Câu 4: According to the passage, the writer

A is still living in Newcastle B has never returned to Newcastle

C doesn't live in Newcastle any more D has come back to live in Newcastle

Câu 5: Which of the following is NOT true about Newcastle?

A Its people are friendly B Its main industry now is shipbuilding

C It has a cathedral and a university D It is next to Gateshead

READING 8

A new study shows that women can reduce their chances of developing heart disease by jogging for about three hours every week The researchers at Harvard University Medical in Boston have just reported the results of the study on the New England Journal of Medicine The study is the first to show the effectiveness of jogging in the developing of heart disease in women Only a few earlier studies have examined the effects of jogging on the heart, but nearly all have been done on men The new study involves more than 72,000 women between the ages of forty and sixty-five during a period of eight years The researchers have found that women who jog at least three hours a week have a thirty to forty percent lower chance of suffering a heart attack than those who do not

1 The new study is about

A men and heart attack C the effect of jogging to reduce heart attacks on women

B men and jogging D medicine in Harvard University

2 Who have done the research?

A The journalists on the New England Journal of Medicine

B The researchers at Harvard University Medical in Boston

C Women between the ages of forty and sixty-five

D Some joggers

3 How many hours should women jog at least a week to reduce heart attacks?

4 Most of the early researches have been done on

5 How long does the new research take?