đọc hiểu- HSG Anh 8

1. Read the following passage and choose the best answer to fill in each numbered gap by circling the corresponding letter A,B,C or D
Around the age of sixteen, you must make one of the biggest decisions of your life. Do I stay on at school and hopefully go on to university (1) ....? Do I leave and start work or begin a training (2)... ?
The decision is yours, but it may be (3) ....remembering two things: there is more unemployment (4) ..........those who haven’t been to university, and people who have the right (5) ... will have a big advantage in the competition for jobs. If you decide to go (6) ....into a job, there are many opportunities for training. Getting qualifications will (7) ... you to get on more quickly in many careers, and evening classes allow you to learn (8) .... you earn. Starting work and taking a break to study when you are older is (9) .... possibility. This way, you can save up money for your student days, as well as (10) .... practical work experience.
1. A. after B. later C. then D. past
2. A. school B. class C. course D. term
3. A. worth B. necessary C. important D. useful
4. A. between B. among C. with D. through
5. A. notes B. papers C. arts D. skills
6. A. straight B. just C. direct D. rather
7. A. make B. help C. let D. give
8. A. where B. while C. when D. what
9. A. also B. again C. another D. always
10. A. getting B. making C. taking D. doing
2. Complete the following paragragh by filling in each numbered gap with an appropriate form of the word in block capitals:
The clothes we wear can be a form of communication. Clothes, like a ……… (1) language, give out a message. This can be very simple, for example, when we wear clothing for keeping warm, or perhaps to attend a ………… (2) ceremony, announce our ………(3) views or just look sexy, it isn’t always this simple, however …………. (4), as with speech, our reasons for making any statement have a ……….. (5) to be double or multiple. The man who buys an expensive coat may simultaneously want it to offer ………..(6) from bad weather, and magically surround him with the qualities of an …………(7) film star. ………… (8), people rarely succeed in satisfying both these requirements at once. Even ………(9) both these could actually be made by one single coat, this …………(10) item of clothing may not be available, and if it is, we may not be able to afford it.

1. SPEAK
2. GRADUATE
3. POLITICS
4. FORTUNE
5. TEND
6. PROTECT
7. NATION
8. NATURE
9. SUPPOSE
10. IDEA

3. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space.
Computers
Recent years have seen the appearance of different (1) ........................... of communication. More and (2) ............................ people have a computer (3) ........................... home and they use it to play games, find information (4) ................................ the Net and also to communicate. You can send e-mails, write your own blog and (5) ................................… to other people. It is amazing how easily you can communicate (6) .................................. someone on the other side of the world. It has brought happiness (7) ................................. reassurance to many, knowing that a friend or member of their family is only a click of the mouse away. Some people say it has become (8) ..................................... aid in education and even brought more equality, as most children become computer literate. But it has also (9) ............................ concern. Who takes the responsibility of making (10) ............................ that the Net doesn’t give false facts? (11) ................................ there enough protection from fraud and misinformation? Do young people rely too much (12)................................ computers for their entertainment? (13)................................ it destroy our creativity? The experts (14)............................... now trying to find answers to these (15) .................................
4.: Read the following passage and choose the best answer among A, B, C or D.
STUDYING ABROAD
Before applying to a foreign university, one