Reading comprehension of the 8th form (4)

13. Choose the words or phrases that best fit each of the blank spaces
A friendly letter
Dear Sally,
I’m really looking forward (1)______ you again. I can’t wait for summer to come. Once the school (2)_______, I’ll write to you again so that we can arrange (3)______ we’re going to go on holiday. I’m going (4)______ to my parents and persuade them to let me (5)______ a bit longer with you this time. My dad said that as soon as the exams are (6)_____, we would go on one of those package coach tours of Italy. I don’t know about you, but I’d rather (7)______ the time by the seaside (8)______ travel around in a coach. I keep (9)______ them I don’t want to go with them, but they won’t listen. If they refuse (10)______ me come and see you, I don’t know what I’ll do!
1.
A. to see B. to seeing C. to have seen D. seeing
2.
A. to finish B. finished C. finishes D. finishing
3.
A. when B. what C. where D. which
4.
A. to say B. to tell C. to speak D. to chat
5.
A. stay B. to stay C. staying D. stayed
6.
A. off B. over C. out D. away

7.
A. to spend B. spending C. spent
D. spend
8.
A. than B. rather than C. to D. more than
9.
A. to tell B. telling C. tell D. told
10.
A. let B. letting C. having let D. to let

14. Read the passage and choose True (T) or False (F)
   Once, a farmer lived a comfortable life with his family. His chickens laid many eggs which the farmer used to sell to buy food and clothing for his family. One day, he went to collect the eggs and discovered one of the chickens laid a gold egg. He shouted excitedly to his wife: “We’re rich! We’re rich!”. His wife wanted more, so her husband decided to cut open all the chicken and find more gold eggs. Unlikely, they couldn’t find any eggs. When he finished, all the chickens were dead. The farmer was so foolish and his wife was so greedy.
1.
1. Once, a farmer lived a uncomfortable life with his family. F
---> Once, a farmer lived a comfortable life with his family.
2. The farmer decided to cut open all the chickens and find more gold eggs. T
3. They could find some gold eggs. F
---> "Unlikely, they couldn’t find any eggs."
4. The farmer was so foolish and his wife was so greedy. T
15. Read the passage and complete the information in the table.
    My friend’s name is Mary, a student. Her address is 20 Hang Trong, Ha Noi. She’s fourteen years old. She lives with her parents and her sister. She is a beautiful girl with a lovely smile. She’s tall and thin and has short curly hair. Although she’s quite reserved in public, she’s very kind. Of all her friends, Lan and Minh are her best friends.
Name:
1.

Age:
2.

Job:
3.

Address:
4.

2 adjectives describe character
5. and 6

Number of members in family:
7.

Name of best friends:
8.


Answer:
1. Mary 2. 14/fourteen/14 years old/fourteen years old 3. student 4. 20 Hang Trong Ha Noi 5. reserved 6. kind 7. 4/four 8. Lan and Minh

16. Read the passage and choose True (T) or False (F)
    Graham Bell was born in Scotland in 1847, but when he was twenty-three, he moved with his parents to Canada. At the end of the year, he left his family and went to Boston. Though Bell was a dreamer, he was also a practical thinker and a man of action. At Boston University, he worked as a teacher of the deaf - mutes, he started experimenting with ways of transmitting speech over a long distance. This led to