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BÀI TẬP ĐỌC HIỂUEXERCISE 1: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.. The lines represent

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BÀI TẬP ĐỌC HIỂU

EXERCISE 1: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

One of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Great Pyramid of Giza was a monument of

wisdom and prophecy built as a tomb for Pharaoh Cheops in 2720 B.C Despite its antiquity, certain aspects of its construction makes it one of the truly wonders of the world The thirteen acre structure near the Nile river is a solid mass of stone blocks covered with limestone Inside are the number of hidden passageways and the burial chamber of the Pharaoh It is the largest single structure in the world The four sides of the pyramid are aligned almost exactly on 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 based on astronomical observations

Explorations and detailed examinations of the base of the structure reveal many intersecting lines Further scientific study indicates that these represent a type of timeline of events – past, present and future Many of the events have been interpreted and found to coincide with known facts of the past

Others are prophesied for future generations and are currently under investigation Many believe that

pyramids have supernatural powers and this one is no exception Some researchers even associate it with extraterrestrial beings of ancient past Was this superstructure made by ordinary beings, or one built by a race far superior to any known today?

Question 1: In the second passage, the word “prophesied” is closest in meaning to _

A foretold B terminated C precipitated D affiliated

Question 2: On what did the ancient Egyptians base their calculations?

A Advanced tools of measurement

B Knowledge of the earth’s surface

C Advanced technology

D Observation of the celestial bodies

Question 3: What was the most probable reason for providing so many hidden passageways?

A To allow the weight of the pyramid to settle evenly

B To permit the high priests to pray at night

C To keep grave robbers from finding the tomb and the treasure buried with the Pharaoh

D To enable the Pharaoh’s family to bring food for his journey to the afterlife

Question 4: The word “feat” in the first paragraph is closet in meaning to _

A accomplishment B festivity C appendage D structure

Question 5: What is the best title for the passage?

A Problems with the Construction of the Great Pyramid

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B Exploration of the Burial Chamber of Cheops

C Symbolism of the Great Pyramid

D Wonders of the Great Pyramid of Giza

Question 6: Why is the Great Pyramid of Giza considered one of the seven wonders of the world?

A It was built by a super race

B It is perfectly aligned with the four cardinal points of the compass and contains many prophecies

C It was selected of the tomb of Pharaoh Cheops

D It was very old

Question 7: What has research of the base revealed?

A There are cracks in the foundation

B Tomb robbers have stolen the Pharaoh’s body

C A superior race of people built in

D The lines represent important events

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EXERCISE 2: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions

INTERNET JOBS

Contrary to popular belief, one does not have to be a trained programmer to work online Of course, there are plenty of jobs available for people with high-tech computer skills, but the growth of new media has opened up a wide range of Internet career opportunities requiring only a minimal level of technical expertise Probably one of the most well-known online job opportunities is the job of Webmaster

However, it is hard to define one basic job description for this position The qualifications and

responsibilities depend on what tasks a particular organization needs a Webmaster to perform

To specify the job description of a Webmaster, one needs to identify the hardware and software the

website the Webmaster will manage is running on Different types of hardware and software require different skill sets to manage them Another key factor is whether the website will be running internally

or externally (renting shared space on the company servers) Finally, the responsibilities of a webmaster also depend on whether he or she will be working independently, or whether the firm will provide people

to help All of these factors need to be considered before one can create an accurate webmaster job description

Webmaster is one type of Internet career requiring in-depth knowledge of the latest computer

applications However, there are also online jobs available for which traditional skills remain in high demand Content jobs require excellent writing skills and a good sense of the web as a “new media’

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The term “new media” is difficult to define because it compasses a constantly growing set of new technologies and skills Specifically, it includes websites, email, internet technology, CD-ROM, DVD, streaming audio and video, interactive multimedia presentations, e-books, digital music, computer

illustration, video games, virtual reality, and computer artistry

Additionally, many of today’s Internet careers are becoming paid-by-the-job professions With many companies having to downsize in tough economic items, the outsourcing and contracting of freelance workers online has become common business practice The Internet provides an infinite pool of buyers from around the world with whom freelancers can contract their services An added benefit to such online jobs is that freelancers are able to work on projects with companies outside their own country

How much can a person make in these kinds of careers? As with many questions related to today’s evolving technology, there is no simple answer There are many companies willing to pay people with Internet skills salaries well over $70,000 a year Generally, webmasters start at about $30,000 per year,

but salaries can vary greatly Freelance writers working online have been known to make between

$40,000 to $70,000 a year

Question 8: Which of the followings is true about the job of the freelance writers?

A They may work with others in the company

B It is considered a “content” job

C They manage hardware and software

D They require in-depth knowledge of applications

Question 9: The word “vary” in paragraph 6 can be best replaced by _

Question 10: It can be inferred from the passage that _

A only skilled workers make good money

B online workers can work full-time online

C it is easy to become a webmaster

D workers with limited computer skills can not work online

Question 11: According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE of webmasters?

A They never work independently

B The duties they perform depend on the organization they work for

C They require a minimal level of expertise

D They do not support software products

Question 12: What is the purpose of the passage?

A To inform people about the tasks and the roles of a webmaster

B To inform people about employment related to the Internet

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C To inform people about the computer industry

D To explain why webmasters make a lot of money

Question 13: According to the passage, all of the followings are TRUE except _

A Webmasters must have knowledge of the latest computer applications

B Online workers can not free themselves from the office

C “New media” is not easy to define

D There are online jobs available for workers with minimal computer skills

Question 14: Which of the followings is not mentioned as part of the “new media”?

A Internet technology B writing skills C websites D video games

Question 15: The word “identify” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions

A large number of inventions require years of arduous research and development before they are

perfected For instance, Thomas Edison had to make more than 1,000 attempts to invent the incandescentlight bulb before he finally succeeded History is replete with numerous other examples of

people trying, yet failing to make inventions before they eventually succeede d Yet some inventions have

come about not through hard work but simply by accident

In most cases, when someone unintentionally invented something, the inventor was attempting to create something else For example, in the 1930s, chemist Roy Plunkett was attempting to make a new substance that could be used to refrigerate items He mixed some chemicals together Then, he put them into a pressurized container and cooled the mixture By the time his experiment was completed, he had a new invention It was not a new substance that could be used for refrigeration though Instead, he had invented Teflon, which is today most commonly used to make nonstick pots and pans Similarly, decades earlier, John Pemberton was a pharmacist in Atlanta, Georgia He was attempting to create a tonic that

people could use whenever they had headaches While he was not successful in that endeavor, he

managed to invent Coca - Cola, the world – famous carbonated soft drink

Scientists have also made crucial discoveries by accident when they were conducting experiments In

1928, Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, an antibiotic, in this manner He discovered some mold growing in a dish with some bacteria He noticed that the bacteria seemed to be avoiding the mold When

he investigated further, he determined some of the many useful properties of penicillin, which has saved millions of lives over the past few decades Likewise, in 1946, scientist Percy Spencer was conducting an

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experiment with microwaves He had a candy bar in his pocket, and he noticed that it suddenly melted

He investigated and learned the reason why that had happened Soon afterward, he built a device that could utilize microwaves to heat food: the microwave oven

Question 16: Which title best summarizes the main idea of the passage?

A History's Most Important Inventions

B Accidental Inventions and Discoveries

C How to Become a Great Inventor

D You Don't Always Get What You Want

Question 17: In paragraph 1, the word “arduous” is closest in meaning to _

Question 18: In paragraph 2, the word “endeavor” is closest in meaning to _

Question 19: What does the author say about Teflon?

A People first used it as a refrigeration device

B It was created many years before Coca-Cola

C The man who made it was a pharmacist

D It is used for kitchenware nowadays

Question 20: Who was John Pemberton?

A The person who made Teflon

B The creator of Coca-Cola

C The man who discovered penicillin

D The inventor of the microwave

Question 21: The author uses Alexander Fleming as an example of _

A one of the most famous inventors in history

B a person who made an accidental scientific discovery

C someone who became a millionaire from his invention

D a man who dedicated his life to medical science

Question 22: What does the author imply about penicillin?

A Doctors seldom use it nowadays

B Some people are not affected by it

C It is an invaluable medical supply

D Mold combines with bacteria to make it

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With Robert Laurent and William Zorach, direct carving enters into the story of modern sculpture in the United States Direct carving - in which the sculptors themselves carve stone or wood with mallet and chisel - must be recognized as something more than just a technique Implicit in it is an aesthetic principle

as well: that the medium has certain qualities of beauty and expressiveness with which sculptors must

bring their own aesthetic sensibilities into harmony For example, sometimes the shape or veining in a

piece of stone or wood suggests, perhaps even dictates, not only the ultimate form, but even the subject

matter

The technique of direct carving was a break with the nineteenth-century tradition in which the making of a clay model was considered the creative act and the work was then turned over to studio assistants to be cast in plaster or bronze or carved in marble Neoclassical sculptors seldom held a mallet

or chisel in their own hands, readily conceding that the assistants they employed were far better than they were at carving

With the turn-of-the-century Crafts movement and the discovery of nontraditional sources of inspiration, such as wooden African figures and masks, there arose a new urge for hands-on, personal execution of art and an interaction with the medium Even as early as the 1880's and 1890's, nonconformist European artists were attempting direct carving By the second decade of the twentieth century, Americans - Laurent and Zorach most notably - had adopted it as their primary means of working

Born in France, Robert Laurent (1890-1970) was a prodigy who received his education in the United States In 1905 he was sent to Paris as an apprentice to an art dealer, and in the years that followed he

witnessed the birth of Cubism, discovered primitive art, and learned the techniques of woodcarving from

a frame maker

Back in New York City by 1910, Laurent began carving pieces such as The Priestess, which reveals his fascination with African, pre-Columbian, and South Pacific art Taking a walnut plank, the sculptor carved the expressive, stylized design

It is one of the earliest examples of direct carving in American sculpture The plank's form dictated the rigidly frontal view and the low relief Even its irregular shape must have appealed to Laurent as a

break with a long-standing tradition that required a sculptor to work within a perfect rectangle or square Question 23: The word “medium” in paragraph 1 could be used to refer to _

A principle B mallet and chisel C technique D stone or wood Question 24: What is one of the fundamental principles of direct carving?

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A A sculptor must work with talented assistants

B The subject of a sculpture should be derived from classical stories

C The material is an important element in a sculpture

D Designing a sculpture is a more creative activity than carving it

Question 25: The word “dictates” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _

Question 26: How does direct carving differ from the nineteenth-century tradition of sculpture?

A Sculptors are personally involved in the carving of a piece

B Sculptors find their inspiration in neoclassical sources

C Sculptors have replaced the mallet and chisel with other tools

D Sculptors receive more formal training

Question 27: The word “witnessed” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _

Question 28: Where did Robert Laurent learn to carve?

Question 29: The phrase “a break with” in paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to _

A a solution to B a collapse of C a destruction of D a departure from Question 30: The piece titled The Priestess has all of the following characteristics EXCEPT _

A It depicts the front of a person B The carving is not deep

You can usually tell when your friends are happy or angry by the looks on their faces or by their actions This is useful because reading their emotional expressions helps you to know how to respond to

them Emotions have evolved to help us respond to important situations and to convey our intentions to

others But does raising the eyebrows and rounding the mouth say the same thing in Minneapolis as it does in Madagascar? Much research on emotional expressions has centered on such questions

According to Paul Ekman, the leading researcher in this area, people speak and understand substantially the same "facial language" Studies by Ekman's group have demonstrated that humans share

a set of universal emotional expressions that testify to the common biological heritage of the human species Smiles, for example, signal happiness and frowns indicate sadness on the faces of people in such far- flung places as Argentina, Japan, Spain, Hungary, Poland , Sumatra ,the United States, Vietnam, the jungles of New Guinea , and the Eskimo villages north of Artic Circle Ekman and his colleagues claim

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that people everywhere can recognize at least seven basic emotions: sadness, fear, anger, disgust, contempt, happiness, and surprise There are, however, huge differences across cultures in both the context and intensity of emotional displays - the so called display rules In many Asian cultures, for example, children are taught to control emotional responses - especially negative ones- while many American children are encouraged to express their feelings more openly Regardless of culture, however, emotions usually show themselves, to some degree, in people's behavior From their first days of life, babies produce facial expressions that communicate their feelings

The ability to read facial expressions develops early, too Very young children pay close attention to facial expressions, and by age five, they nearly equal adults in their skill at reading emotions on people's faces This evidence all points to a biological underpinning for our abilities to express and interpret a basic set of human emotions Moreover, as Charles Darwin pointed out over a century ago, some emotional expressions seem to appear across species boundaries Cross - cultural psychologists tell us that certain emotional responses carry different meanings in different cultures For example, what emotion do you suppose might be conveyed by sticking out your tongue? For Americans, this might indicate disgust, while in China it can signify surprise Likewise, a grin on an American face may indicate joy, while on a Japanese face it may just as easily mean embarrassment Clearly, culture influences emotional expressions

Question 31: The word “evolved” is closest in meaning to _

A developed B simplified C increased D reduced

Question 32: Many studies on emotional expressions try to answer the question whether _

A raising the eyebrows has similar meaning to rounding the mouth

B different cultures have similar emotional expressions

C rounding the mouth has the same meaning in Minneapolis and Madagascar

D eyebrow raising means the same in Minneapolis and Madagascar

Question 33: Unlike American children, Asian children are encouraged to _

A change their behaviour B conceal their positive emotions

C display their emotions openly D control their emotions

Question 34: The biggest difference lies in _

A how intensive emotions are expressed

B how often positive emotions are shown

C how emotional responses are controlled

D how long negative emotions are displayed

Question 35: According to the passage, we respond to others by _.

A looking at their faces B observing their looks

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C watching their actions D observing their emotional expressions Question 36: Young children _

A spend a long time learning to read others' emotions

B are sensitive towards others' emotions

C make amazing progress in controlling their emotions

D take time to control their facial expressions

Question 37: The best title for the passage is _

A Human habit of displaying emotions

B Ways to control emotional expressions

C Cultural universals in emotional expressions

D Review of research on emotional expressions

Advertising helps people recognize a particular brand, persuades them to try it, and tries to keep them loyal to it Brand loyalty is perhaps the most important goal of consumer advertising Whether they produce cars, canned foods or cosmetics, manufacturers want their customers to make repeated purchases

The quality of the product will encourage this, of course, but so, too, will affect advertising

Advertising relies on the techniques of market research to identify potential users of a product Are they homemakers or professional people? Are they young or old? Are they city dwellers or country dwellers? Such questions have a bearing on where and when ads should be placed By studying readership breakdowns for newspapers and magazines as well as television ratings and other statistics, an advertising agency can decide on the best way of reaching potential buyers Detailed research and marketing expertise are essential today when advertising budgets can run into thousands of millions of dollars

Advertising is a fast-paced, high-pressure industry There is a constant need for creative ideas that will establish a personality for a product in the public's mind Current developments in advertising increase the need for talented workers

In the past, the majority of advertising was aimed at the traditional white family - breadwinner father, non- working mother, and two children Research now reveals that only about 6 percent of American households fit this stereotype Instead, society is fragmented into many groups, with working mothers, single people and older people on the rise To be most successful, advertising must identify a particular segment and aim its message toward that group

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Advertising is also making use of new technologies Computer graphics are used to grab the attention

of consumers and to help them see products in a new light The use of computer graphics in a

commercial for canned goods, for instance, gave a new image to the tin can

Question 38: What does the passage mainly discuss?

A How to develop a successful advertising plan

B New techniques and technologies of market research

C The central role of advertising in selling products

D The history of advertising in the United States

Question 39: The word "this" in bold type in paragraph 1 refers to

A the quality of the product B effective advertising

C repeatedly buying the same brand D the most important goal

Question 40: It can be inferred from paragraph 2 that advertisers must

A encourage people to try new products

B aim their message at homemakers and professional people

C know about the people who will buy the product

D place several ads in newspapers and magazines

Question 41: According to paragraph 2, market research includes

A studying television ratings

B hiring researchers with backgrounds in many fields

C searching for talented workers

D determining the price of a product

Question 42: The author implies that the advertising industry requires

Question 43: According to the passage, most advertising used to be directed at

A working mothers with children B two-parent families with children

Question 44: The phrase "in a new light" in bold type in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to

Question 45: Where in the passage does the author give an example of a new development in

advertising?

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Martin Luther King, Jr., is well- known for his work in civil rights and for his many famous speeches, among which is his moving “I have a dream” speech But fewer people know much about King’s childhood M.L., as he was called, was born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, at the home of his maternal grandfather M.L.’s grandfather purchased their home on Auburn Avenue in 1909, twenty years before M.L was born His grandfather allowed the house to be used as a meeting place for a number of organizations dedicated to the education and social advancement of blacks M.L grew up in the atmosphere, with his home being used as a community gathering place, and was no doubt influenced by

it

M.L.’s childhood was not especially eventfully His father was a minister and his mother was a musician He was the second of three children, and he attended all black schools in a black neighborhood The neighborhood was not poor, however Auburn Avenue was an area of banks, insurance companies, builders, jewelers, tailors, doctors, lawyers, and other businesses and services Even in the face of Atlanta’s segregation, the district thrived Dr King never forgot the community spirit he had known as a child, nor did he forget the racial prejudice that was a huge barrier keeping black Atlantans from mingling with whites

Question 46: What is the passage mainly about?

A The prejudice that existed in Atlanta

B M.L.’s grandfather

C Martin Luther King’s childhood

D The neighborhood King grew up in

Question 47 When was M.L born?

parents had met

Question 48: What is Martin Luthur King well- known for?

Question 49: According to the author, M.L _

A had a difficult childhood

B was a good musician as a child

C loved to listen to his grandfather speak

D grew up in a relatively rich area of Atlanta

Question 50: Which of the following statements is NOT true?

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A Auburn was a commercial areas

B M.L.’s grandfather built their home on Auburn Avenue in 1909

C M L grew up in a rich, black neighborhood

D M.L.’s childhood was uneventful

Question 51: From the passage we can infer that _

A M.L.’s father was a church member

B people gathered at M.L.’s to perform religious rituals

C M.L.’s father purchased their home on Auburn Avenue

D M.L had a bitter childhood

Question 52: M.L was _ by the atmosphere in which he grew up

A not affected at all B doubted C certainly influenced D prejudiced

One of the most interesting authors of the twentieth century, J.R.R Tolkien, achieved fame through

his highly inventive trilogy The Lord of the Rings Born in 1892, Tolkien received his education from

Oxford and then served in World War I After the war, he became a professor of Anglo -Saxon and English language and literature at Oxford University

Although published in 1965, the three books that comprise the Lord of the Rings were written in intervals from 1936 to 1949 This was mainly due to Tolkien's responsibilities as a professor and the

outbreak of World War II By the late 1960s, this fascinating trilogy had become a sociological

phenomenon as young people intently studied the mythology and legends created by Tolkien

The trilogy is remarkable not only for its highly developed account of historical fiction but also its success as a modern heroic epic The main plot describes the struggle between good and evil kingdom as they try to acquire a magic ring that has the power to rule the world The novels, which are set in a time called Middle Earth, describe a detailed fantasy world Established before humans populated the Earth, Middle Earth was inhabited by good and evil creatures such as hobbits, elves, monsters, wizards, and some humans The characters and the setting of Middle Earth were modeled after mythological stories from Greece and Northern Europe

Although readers have scrutinized the texts for inner meaning and have tried to connect the trilogy

with Tolkien's real life experiences in England during World War II, he denied the connection He claims that the story began in his years as an undergraduate student and grew out of his desire to create mythology and legends about elves and their language

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Tolkien was a masterful fantasy novelist who used his extensive knowledge of folklore to create a body of work that is still read and enjoyed throughout the world today

Question 53: What can we assume is NOT true about Middle Earth?

A Middle Earth was based on European folktales

B Middle Earth was a fictional world

C The good and evil kingdom fought for the power

D People dominated Middle Earth

Question 54: The word "scrutinized” in the fourth paragraph could be replaced by _

Question 55: What does this paragraph mainly discuss?

A J.R.R Tolkien's work as a professor

B All of J.R.R Tolkien's fantasy books

C J.R.R Tolkien and his trilogy

D The popularity of J.R.R Tolkien

Question 56: According to the passage, when did "the Lord of the Rings" trilogy become popular with

young people?

Question 57: When did Tolkien begin to create this trilogy?

Question 58: What does the word "trilogy" in the first paragraph mean?

A A specific type of fantasy novel B A long novel

C A group of three literary books D An unrelated group of books Question 59: What is the setting of Tolkien's trilogy?

Question 60: The word "fascinating" in the second paragraph could be replaced by

A thrilling B extremely interesting C boring D terrifying

Have you ever entered a tropical rainforest? It’s a special, dark place completely different from anywhere else A rainforest is a place where the trees grow very tall Millions of kinds of animals, insects,

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and plants live in the rainforest It is hot and humid in a rainforest It rains a lot in the rainforest, but

sometimes you don't know it's raining The trees grow so closely together that rain doesn't always reach the ground

Rainforests make up only a small part of the Earth's surface, about six percent They are found in tropical parts of the worldThe largest rainforest in the world is the Amazon in South America The

Amazon covers 1.2 billion acres, or almost five million square kilometers The second largest rainforest is

in Western Africa There are also rainforests in Central America, Southeast Asia, Northeastern Australia, and the Pacific Islands

Rainforests provide us with many things In fact, the Amazon Rainforest is called the "lungs of our planet" because it produces twenty percent of the world's oxygen One fifth of the world's fresh water is also found in the Amazon Rainforest Furthermore, one half of the world's species of animals, plants, and insects live in the Earth's rainforests Eighty percent of the food we eat first grew in the rainforest For example, pineapples, bananas, tomatoes, corn, potatoes, chocolate, coffee, and sugar all came from

rainforests Twenty-five percent of the drugs we take when we are sick are made of plants that grow only

in rainforests Some of these drugs are even used to fight and cure cancer With all the good things we get from rainforests, it's surprising to find that we are destroying our rainforests In fact, 1.5 acres, or 6,000 square meters, of rainforest disappear every second The forests are being cut down to make fields for

cows, to harvest the plants, and to clear land for farms Along with losing countless valuable species, the

destruction of rainforests creates many problems worldwide Destruction of rainforests results in more pollution, less rain, and less oxygen for the world

Question61: What is the passage mainly about?

A Where rainforest are located

B Kinds of forests

C Facts about rainforests

D How much oxygen rainforests make

Question 62: According to the passage, rainforests provide human all of the following EXCEPT?

Question 63: Why is Amazon Rainforest called “Lungs of the planet”?

A It provides much of our air B It uses much of the world’s oxygen

Question 64: Where would you find the largest rainforest in the world?

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Question 65: The word “humid” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _

Question 66: The word “harvest” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _

Question67: What is the most likely reason why the author is surprised that we are destroying rainforest?

A It will be too difficult to grow food without them

B They are necessary for the fight against cancer

C It will be too expensive to replant them

D They are necessary for the health of our planet

There are a number of natural disasters that can strike across the globe Two that are frequently linked to one another are earthquakes and tsunamis Both of them can cause a great amount of devastation when they hit However, tsunamis are the direct result of earthquakes and cannot happen without them The Earth has three main parts They are the crust, the mantle, and the core The crust is the outer

layer of the Earth It is not a single piece of land Instead, it is comprised of a number of plates There are

a few enormous plates and many smaller ones These plates essentially rest upon the mantle, which is fluid As a result, the plates are in constant - yet slow - motion The plates may move away from or

towards other plates In some cases, they collide violently with the plates adjoining them The movement

of the plates causes tension in the rock Over a long time, this tension may build up When it is released,

an earthquake happens

Tens of thousands of earthquakes happen every year The vast majority are so small that only

scientific instruments can perceive them Others are powerful enough that people can feel them, yet they

cause little harm or damage More powerful earthquakes, however, can cause buildings, bridges, and other structures to collapse They may additionally injure and kill thousands of people and might even cause the land to change it appearance

Since most of the Earth's surface is water, numerous earthquakes happen beneath the planet's oceans Underwater earthquakes cause the seafloor to move This results in the displacement of water in the ocean When this occurs, a tsunami may form This is a wave that forms on the surface and moves in all directions from the place where the earthquake happened A tsunami moves extremely quickly and can travel thousands of kilometres As it approaches land, the water near the coast gets sucked out to sea This causes the tsunamis to increase in height Minutes later, the tsunami arrives A large tsunami - one more

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than ten meters in height - can travel far inland As it does that, it can flood the land, destroy human settlements, and kill large numbers of people

Question 68: Which of the following statements does paragraph 1 support?

A Earthquakes cause more destruction than tsunamis

B A tsunami happens in tandem with an earthquake

C The most severe type of natural disaster is an earthquake

D Earthquakes frequently take place after tsunamis do

Question 69: The word "it" in bold in paragraph 2 refers to _

Question 70: What is the passage mainly about?

A How earthquakes and tsunamis occur

B What kind of damage natural disasters can cause

C Why tsunamis are deadlier than earthquakes

D When earthquakes are the most likely to happen

Question 71: The word "adjoining" in bold in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _

Question 72: The word "perceive" in bold in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _

Question 73: Which of the following is true regarding the crust?

A There many separate pieces that make it up

B It is the smallest of the Earth's three layers

C It is thicker on land than it is under the water

D The mantle beneath it keeps it from moving too much

Question 74: Based on the passage, what is probably true about tsunamis?

A They kill more people each year than earthquakes

B They are able to move as fast as the speed of sound

C They cannot damage ships sailing on the ocean

D They can be deadly to people standing near shore

Question 75: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in paragraph 3 about earthquakes?

A How many people they typically kill

B How often powerful ones take place

C What kind of damage they can cause

D How severe the majority of them are

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