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1 Hãy đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn câu trả lời tốt nhất trong số A, B, C và D.

There are many causes of headaches, and most people suffer them at some time or other Although doctors have come a long way from the old days, when headaches were ascribed to evil spirits and treatments ranged from cutting out part of the skull to concoctions of cow brain and goat dung, they are still not sure what sets off headaches The most significant advance has been the acceptance that they are not the result of emotional stress Until recently, many doctors thought that imbalances in the body’s systems were to blame, but experts now believe it is the brain itself They point to malfunctioning chemicals, such as serotonin, whose job it is to send messages to regulate the contraction and dilation of blood vessels in the brain

Monosodium glutamate, a flavor enhancer used in Chinese cooking, can cause headaches in some people, as do many other common foods Red wine, aged cheese, coffee, chocolate, nuts, and preserved meats contain nitrates, caffeine, and tyramine, chemicals that may produce pounding headaches

Even though the exact culprit has yet to be found, there are plenty of treatments for prevention or cure Over-the-counter preparations such as aspirin are fine for treating the occasional headache, but often exacerbate severe cases Beta blockers, usually used for lowering blood pressure, seem to head off migraines Antidepressant are effective, too But doctors also recommend non-drug treatments such as relaxation techniques, which can be used in combination with medication, and diet modification, to cut out foods that cause attacks

1 According to the passage, many years ago, one way doctors tried to cure headaches was by _

A praying to spirits B sacrificing cows and goats

C operating on the patient’s head D writing prescriptions

2 It is no longer believed that headaches are caused by _

A emotional stress

B malfunctioning chemicals in the brain

C certain kinds of foods

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D contraction and dilation of blood vessels.

3 According to the passage, doctors now believe that headaches are related to _

A imbalance in the body’s systems B chemicals in the brain

C emotional stress D high blood pressure

4 According to the passage, beta blockers can be used to _

C contract blood vessels D treat depression

5 According to the passage, severe headaches cannot be successfully treated by _

C relaxation techniques D serotonin

There was one thing that I found rather strange on my first day as housekeeper at Monk’s House The floors in the house were very thin The bathroom was directly above the kitchen, and when Mrs Woolf was having her bath before breakfast, I could hear her talking to herself On and on she went, talk, talk, talk, asking questions and giving herself the answers I thought there must be two or three people up there with her When Mr Woolf saw that I looked surprised, he told me that Mrs Woolf always said the sentences out loud that she had written during the night She needed to know if they sounded right and the bath was a good place for trying them out

I was not allowed to make coffee at Monk’s House Mr and Mrs Woolf were very particular about coffee and always made it themselves-so Mr Woolf came into the kitchen at eight o’clock every morning to make it When we carried the breakfast trays to Mrs Woolf’s room I noticed that she had always been working during the night There were pencils and paper beside her bed so that when she woke up she could work, and sometimes it seemed as though she had had very little sleep

Mrs Woolf’s bedroom was outside the house in the garden; I used to think how inconvenient it must be to have to go out in the rain to go to bed Her bedroom had been added on to the back of the house; the door faced the garden and a window at the side out

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on to a field Because the writing room was small, she had had a larger one built for her

at the end of the garden against the church wall

I can always remember her coming to the house each day from the writing-room; when I rang the bell for lunch at one o’clock she used to walk down through the garden smoking one of her favourite cigarettes in a long holder She was tall and thin and very graceful She had large, deep-set eyes and a curving mouth- I think perhaps it was this that made her face seem particularly beautiful She wore long skirts-usually blue or brown-in the fashion of the day, and silk jackets of the same colour

Her cigarettes were made from special tobacco called My Mixture Mr Woolf bought

it for her in London, and, in the evenings, they used to sit by the fire and make these cigarettes themselves

Mrs Woolf wore clothes that suited her well I pressed them for her and did any sewing that was necessary-she was not able to sew, although sometimes she liked to try There was one thing in the kitchen that Mrs Woolf was very good at doing; she could make beautiful bread

1 What was particularly unusual about Monk’s House?

A The bathroom was next door to the kitchen

B Mrs Woolf’s bedroom door opened on to the garden

C The kitchen window looked out over the field

D The breakfast room was upstairs

2 What did the writer observe about Mrs Woolf’s writing habits?

A She did a great deal of writing at night

B She worked in the garden whenever she could

C She preferred to write in the house

D She sometimes wrote in the bath

3 Mrs Woolf wore clothes which were _

A in matching colours B designed for her individually

C suitable for country life D rather dull and unattractive

4 Mr Woolf’s attitude towards his wife seemed to be that _

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A he found her strange ways difficult to accept

B he led a very separate life

C he did what he could for her

D he watched over her all the time

5 As far as housework was concerned, Mrs Woolf _

A as too busy to do any B disliked doing any

C was very bad at it D liked one or two particular tasks

Surprisingly, no one knows how many children receive education in English hospitals, still less the content or quality of that education Proper records are just now kept

We know that more than 850,000 children go through hospital each year, and that every child of school age has a legal right to continue to receive education while in hospital We also know there is only one hospital teacher to every 1,000 children in hospital

Little wonder the latest survey concludes that the extent and type of hospital teaching available differ a great deal across the country It found that half the hospitals in England which admit children have no teacher A further quarter have only a part-time teacher The special children’s hospitals in major cities do best; general hospitals in the country and holiday areas are worst off

From this survey, one can estimate that fewer than one in five children have some contact with a hospital teacher-and that contact may be as little as two hours a day Most children interviewed were surprised to find a teacher in hospital at all They had not been prepared for it by parents or their own school If there was a teacher, they were much more likely to read books and do maths or number work; without a teacher they would only play games

Reasons for hospital teaching range from preventing a child falling behind and maintaining the habit of school to keeping a child occupied, and the latter is often all the teacher can do The position and influence of many teachers was summed up when

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parents referred to them as “the library lady” or just “the helper”

Children tend to rely on concerned school friends to keep in touch with school work Several parents spoke of requests for work being ignored or, refused by the school Once back at school, children rarely get extra teaching, and are told to catch up as best they can

Many short-stay child-patients catch up quickly But schools do very little to ease the anxiety about falling behind expressed by many of the children interviewed

1 The writer of this article points out that _

A every child in hospital receives some teaching

B not enough is known about hospital teaching

C hospital teaching is of poor quality

D many children pass through hospital each year

2 This latest survey found that hospital teaching is provided _

A for the whole of the usual school day

B in every children’s hospital in the country

C for a small proportion of children

D by full-time teachers

3 It seems that the children interviewed in hospital _

A liked having maths lessons regularly

B wanted to play games most of the time

G did not expect to receive any teaching

D did not want any contact with their schools

4 It is suggested that most teachers of children in hospital were _

A successful in getting the co-operation of parents

B unable to get help from other hospital staff

C unable to provide a proper teaching programme

D in a position of great influence in the hospital

5 Some children in hospital are able to keep up with their school work because _

A the nurses try to teach them

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B their friends help them to do so

C teachers from the school come to the hospital

D their parents bring them books from the library

Before Felix arrived in Baghdad, Miss Bohun had arranged for him to have lessons with a Mr Posthorn of the Education Office Mr Posthorn was a busy man; he not only had his government job but also taught some Arab boys from a wealthy family who hoped eventually to go to an English university He had agreed to “fit Felix in his spare time”, which meant that sometimes Felix went to Mr Posthorn’s office and was told to study this or that, and occasionally Mr Posthorn managed to find a spare hour when he dropped in to Miss Bohun’s and gave Felix some instruction Most of Felix’s day was spent in study in his bedroom He knew he would not get far in this way and he knew also that Mr Posthorn would have been willing to give him more attention had he, like Miss Bohun, not been disappointed in him Miss Bohun did not say or do anything that gave Felix any clue as to how he had failed her, but Mr Posthorn, after testing his knowledge, said without hesitation, “What on earth have you been doing with yourself since you left England?”

Felix explained that in Cairo he had taken lessons with an old English lady, an ex-governess to a royal family, who had taught him English composition, French, drawing, geography and history Unfortunately she had known less Greek, Latin and mathematics than he had His mother had treated lessons there as a joke, and said: “Never mind, darling, when we return to England we’ll make up for lost time.”

“Your parents ought to have been ashamed of themselves, keeping up away from school during the most important years of your life I can’t understand it,” said Mr Posthorn, “Your father was an educated man, wasn’t he?”

Felix explained: “It wasn’t my father’s fault Mother wouldn’t let me go back to England when the war started Father was angry, but Mother said: “If he goes I may not see him again”

Mr Posthorn said: “You’ll never make up for it,” but Felix, although he knew it to be

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a serious matter, could not really care.

1 Before he arrived, Miss Bohun had arranged for Felix _

A to go to school in the Education Office

B to have private lessons with some Arab boys

C to study at home every morning

D to be taught by someone who had another job

2 Felix did not feel the arrangements Miss Bohun had made were satisfactory because _

A he knew Miss Bohun was disappointed in him

B his lessorfs were very irregular

C he did not like Mr Posthorn

D he didn’t like studying at Miss Bohun’s

3 Felix’s lessons, before he came to stay with Miss Bohun, _

A were shared with some children from a royal family

B were not thought suitable by his father

C had not covered some subjects properly

D had frequently been interrupted by his mother

4 What did Mr Posthorn think of Felix’s education?

A He thought his father had not encouraged him enough

B He was surprised that Felix had managed to learn anything at all

C He thought Felix had wasted a great deal of valuable time

D He believed that Felix could catch up with the other boys later

5 Why didn’t Felix go home to England when the war started?

A His parents wanted to keep him with them

B His mother would not agree to his going

C His father intended to teach Felix himself

D He didn’t really want to go

The elephants left the shade, crossed an open piece of grass between bushes, and

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came towards the mud-pool when my truck was parked One by one they arrived on the shore, but, just as they seemed to be about to bathe in the inviting muddy liquid, they became aware of the silent trunk with its telltale smell of man The leading elephant merely spread her ears and cautiously backed away taking the young elephants with her

A smaller mother elephant continued to stand next to the pool, however, swinging her long trunk and swaying her head from side to side, always keeping an eye on the trunk The baby elephant behind her held up his head, waving his trunk to sample the suspicious smell in the wind The mother elephant seemed to be uncertain about whether to come on and investigate the truck or to back away with the others Finally she made up her mind and slowly advanced on the truck Her ears were half out, and her trunk moved inquiringly towards the vehicle and then back under her stomach in a rhythmic swing

I was fascinated by this close approach Never before had I been able to see the hairiness around the jaw, nor smell the warm scent of elephant which now- reached me in concentrated waves The mother elephant’s steps were slow but determined, and brought her to within a couple of metres of me

She gave the impression of being intensely curious about this metal object which had appeared in her world and behaved as if it were itself an animal I wondered how far she would accept the situation and, if after all the centuries of men killing elephants, she would ever allow to approach her on foot To be able to move freely among the elephants without their minding was an exciting thought, but I certainly did not expect it would ever be possible

1 It had been the elephants’ intention to _

A feed on the grass B lie in the sunshine

C swim in the pool D avoid the mud

2 The presence of the writer and his vehicle _

A was not noticed by the elephants

B made the leading elephant suspicious

C made the adult elephants curious

D frightened all the elephants away

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3 How did the smaller elephant react to the truck?

A She showed more curiosity than the other elephants

B She kept her baby away from it

C After some hesitation she moved away with the other elephants

D She rushed up to it excitedly

4 While he watched the mother elephant approaching, the author _

A was worried that the elephants were too close

B found the smell very unpleasant

C was impressed by the elephant’s size

D saw details he had not noticed before

5 The author did not expect he would ever be able to _

A shoot the elephants

B touch the elephants

C walk about freely near the elephants

D drive his truck close to the elephants

It took policeman John Pooley only an hour or two to solve the Case of the Thorpeness Burglary It must be said, however, that the crime was not difficult The description, though slight, narrowed the number of persons likely to commit such a crime to one Pooley, of course, knows everyone in the three villages in his care, and their children But after he had made the arrest - something he has to do more rarely than once a month - he felt troubled because he not only knew the man, but also knew that he had family problems

John Pooley’s area is a very large one by police standards, and includes the three villages of Middleton, Dunwich and Westleton, where he lives With a total population of 1,219, he has more than twice as many people to look after as the average policeman has Moreover, he is attached to the Halesworth subdivision and is frequently given duties outside his home area After 15 years as a policeman, he accepts these duties without question, but his villages are clearly where his heart and interest really lie When he was

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first sent to Westleton, he lived in the police house which was both his home and the police station; when the system was changed, he bought the house where he now lives with his wife, Ann, and his two daughters

He could hardly be better qualified for the job of village policeman Before he joined the police, he was an agricultural worker for five years and a male nurse in a mental hospital for six years He says: “If you haven’t had another job before you join the police, you tend to think nothing but police”

Crime in the country, of course, is somewhat different from city crime Who was ever attacked while walking along the village street in Middleton? The things which John Pooley has to watch for are people stealing tools and equipment from farm vehicles, or wood from the surrounding forests There are natural dangers too: he is so worried about the fire risk in he forests that he has turned his bedroom window into a look-out post

1 Why was John Pooley able to solve the Case of the Thorpeness Burglary so easily?

A He had been given a full description of the criminal

B He knew the criminal extremely well

C He knows everything that happens in the area

D There was only one possible suspect

2 From what is said about John Pooley’s work, we learn that he _

A is unpopular with the people in the villages

B objects when he is given work outside his own area

C prefer working in the villages of Middleton, Dunwich and Westleton

D feels unhappy when he arrests anybody

3 John Pooley thinks he is well qualified for his job because _

A he had other jobs before he became a policeman

B he has been a policeman for fifteen years

C he has lived in Westleton all his life

D he is a countryman at heart

4 Crime in this area if different from crime in a big city because _

A it is hardly ever violent

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