ON THI TOT NGHIEP - READING

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Passage 1. Parents send their children to the school to prepare for the time when they grow up. Children learn their native language so that they will be able to communicate fluently with other people around them. Moreover, they can preserve the valuable culture and literature of their country. They learn foreign language in order to benefit from other countries’ heritage. The more foreign languages they learn, the more benefit they get. Children also learn mathematics to calculate, geography to know more about nature, and history to know about human beings and historical events. Nearly everything they study at school has some practical uses in their life.
1. Parents send their children to school to……….
A. make them grow up B. prepare for their future C. learn English D. play better
2. Why do children have to learn their native language?
A. to know about nature B. to benefit from foreign countries’ heritage
C. to learn foreign language D. to communicate fluently with other people around them
3. According to the passage, children learn history to know about…….
A. the mankind B. events of history C. practical uses in life D. people and historical events
4. How many school subjects are mentioned in the passage?
A. four B. five C. six D. seven
5. Most of the things children learn at school……….
A. are not necessary B. have some practical uses C. have no use D. are useless
Passage 2. In 1783, two French brothers built the first balloon to take people into the air. One hundred and twenty years (1) , in 1903, the Wright brothers built the first plane with an engine and flew in it. This was (2) the United States. Then, in 1918, the US Post Office began the first airmail service.
Aeroplane changed a lot in the next thirty years. Then, in the 1950s, aeroplanes became much (3) because they had jet engine.
In 1976, Concorde was built in the UK and France. It was the fastest passenger plane in the world at that time and it (4) fly at 2500 km an hour, so the journey from London to New York was only four hours. Today millions of people travel (5) aeroplane, and it is difficult to think of a world without them.
1. A. after B then C, later D. lately
2. A. at B. on C. through D. in
3. A. faster B. fastest C. fast D. more fastly
4. A. must B. could C. should D. ought
5. A. with B. by C. for D. of
Passage 3. The thing I liked most when I was small was the change of seasons. Spring, summer, autumn and winter - I could see them all come and go and each one was completely different. Now in the city, you can buy summer flowers in winter and eat the same vegetables all the year round! Whereas, in the country, I could only eat things at certain time of the year - for example strawberries in June and turnips in winter. I lived my childhood with the seasons.
Also we made most of our food and would never eat frozen or tinned food. Everything was fresh - so it must be better than the type of food I am taking now in the city. City people may think people in the country miss a lot of things about modern life, but in my opinion they miss a lot more than them - they miss real life.
1. What did the writer like most about living on a farm?
A. flowers in spring B. leaves in autumn C. the wild animals and plants D. the change of seasons
2. What does the world “them” in line 2 refer to?
A. 4 seasons B. winter and autumn C. countryside people D. plants
3. Why did the writer never eat tinned food when living in the country?
A. because it was frozen B. because it was contaminated C. because it was very fat D. because it wasn’t very fresh
4. In the countryside, in which season can we buy strawberries?
A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter
5. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?
A. people in the city can grow vegetables all year round B. in the countryside turnips are grown in winter
C. the writer often eats frozen and tinned food now. D. many city people think they live better than those in the country
Passage 4. Wales has a population of about three million. English is the main language and only twenty percent speak both Welsh and English. Every year (1) August there is a Welsh-