Reading comprehension- E8 (02)

05. Read the passage and choose the word that best fits each space

Maria, from class 8B, was very (1)… with cancer last year and was in hospital (2)… several weeks. She’s now at (3)… and is getting (4)…, but she needs a holiday in the sun to help her (5)…. Class 8B would like to (6)… some money for Maria (7)… a holiday. Can you help us? We (8)… a meeting in the school hall (9)… Friday at four o’clock. Please come and give (10)… your ideas and your help.
Câu 1.
A. poor B. badly C. ill D. disease
Câu 2.
A. during B. for C. on D. in
Câu 3.
A. room B. house C. flat D. home
Câu 4.
A. best B. better C. well D. good
Câu 5.
A. recovery B. recovering
C. recover D. recovered
Câu 6.
A. rise B. grow C. raise D. increase
Câu 7.
A. to have B. have C. has D. having
Câu 8.
A. are going to has B. will go to have
C. are having D. will have
Câu 9.
A. at B. for C. on D. in
Câu 10.
A. ours B. we C. us D. our

Keys: 1 C. 2 B. 3 D. 4 B. 5 C. 6 C. 7 A. 8 C. 9 C. 10 C.

06. Read the passage and choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to answer the questions
It is five o’clock in the evening when Rene Wagner comes home from work. She walks into the living room and looks at her three children. They are 14, 13 and 9 years old. They are watching TV. The living room is a mess. There are dirty socks on the floor and cookies on the sofa. Games and toys are every where. Rene is angry, “This place is a mess” she tells her children, “I can’t work all day and then do housework all evening. I’m not going to do housework!” Rene doesn’t do housework. She doesn’t clean or wash dishes. She doesn’t wash clothes, either. Every evening she sits on the sofa and watches TV.
After two weeks, every plate, fork and glass in the house is dirty. All the children’s clothes are dirty. Every garbage basket is full. The house is a mess.
Then, one day Rene comes home from work and gets a big surprise. The kitchen is clean. The children clean the kitchen!
The next day, the living room is clean, and the children are washing their clothes. Rene tells the children “OK, I’ll do the housework again. But you have to help me.”
Now Rene and her three children do the housework together. Then they all sit on the sofa and watch TV!
1. When Rene came home from work, she found the house …............. .
A. clean and dirty B. dirty and tidy C. dirty and untidy D. clean but untidy
2. Rene told her children ….................... .
A. to do the housework B. she couldn’t do housework
C. not to do housework D. she wouldn’t do housework
3. Two weeks later, the house was …............... .
A. very clean B. a mess C. tidy D. rather dirty
4. Some days later, the house was clean again because …...................... .
A. she couldn’t let it that way B. her children did housework.
C. her children didn’t do housework. D. she did housework again.
5. Now Rene does housework again because …................... .
A. her children help her. B. they can watch TV together.
C. her children wash their clothes. D. her children don’t do it.

1. C 2. D 3. B 4. B 5. A

07. Read the passage and choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to answer the questions
These days most people, especially young girls, like (1)…….slim. Our grandparent’s tastes were different (2)……ours but nowadays (3)……seems to enjoy (4)…….fat people. The only thing (5) ……