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(1)TRẮC NGHIỆM TIẾNG ANH LỚP 11 MỚI THEO UNIT UNIT 8: OUR WORLD HERITAGE SITES
Bài Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
MY 25,000 WONDERS OF THE WORLD
The coaches at the Uluru Sunset Viewing Area were parked three deep Guides were putting up tables and setting out wines and snacks Ten minutes to go Are we ready? Five minutes, folks Got your cameras? OK, here it comes
Whether an American backpacker or a wealthy traveller, Danish, British, French, we all saw that sunset over Uluru, or Ayer Rock, in what seems to be the prescribed tourist manner: mouth full of corn chips, glass full of Château Somewhere, and a loved one posing in a photo's foreground, as the all-time No Australian icon behind us glowed briefly red
(2)As we become richer and consumer goods are more widely affordable, and satisfy us only briefly before becoming obsolete, we turn to travel to provide us with 'experiences’ These will endure, set us apart from stay-at-home people and maybe, fill our lives with happiness and meaning, Books with helpful titles like 1,000 Places to See Before You Die are bestsellers I'd bet many backpacks on the Machu Picchu Inca Trail are filled with copies, with little tieks penciled in the margins after each must-see sight has been visited Travel is now the biggest industry on the planet, bigger than armaments or pharmaceuticals And yet viewing the main sight of any destination is rarely the highlight of a trip Mostly it sits there on your itinerary like a duty visit to a dull relative The guilt of not visiting the Sistine Chapel, because we preferred to stay in a bar drinking limoncello, almost spoilt a weekend in Rome
In Queensland, the Great Barrier Reef reproached us How could we travel 15,000 miles without seeing it? How would we explain back home that we were too lazy, and preferred to stay playing a ball game in our hotel pool? In the end, we went to the reef and it was fine But it won't rank highly in the things I'll never forget about Australia Like the fact that the banknotes are made of waterproof plastic: how gloriously Australian is that? Even after a day's surfing, the $50 note you left in your surfing shorts is still OK to buy you beer! And the news item that during a recent tsunami warning, the surfers at Bondi Beach refused to leave the sea: what, and miss the ride of their lives? Or the stern warning at the hand luggage X-ray machine at Alice Springs airport: "No jokes must be made whilst being processed by this facility' - to forestall, no doubt, disrespectful Aussie comments: 'You won't find the bomb, mate It's in my suitcase.’ The more I travel, the clearer it seems that the truth of a place is in the tiny details of everyday life, not in its most glorious statues or scenery Put down your camera, throw away your list, the real wonders of the world number indefinitely more than 25
Question 1: What does the author mean by ‘the prescribed tourist manner’ in paragraph 2?
(3)C They are all interested in seeing the wonders of the world
D They all eat, drink and the same things at the sites of the world wonders
Question 2: What did the author think or feel after seeing the sunset over Ayer Rock? A She thought it was pretty good
B She felt exhausted, empty, and bored C She thought that was enough
D She thought this rock was the definitive sunset rock event
Question 3: Why does she think that Uluru is probably the last 'wonder of the world' she will see?
A She doesn't like wandering around the wonders B She doesn't enjoy the Imperial Palace Tour Guide C She doesn't like watching the wonder through a camera
D She doesn't want to explore the sites the way people around her
Question 4: What kind of tourists is she criticising when she says 'eyes are not good enough' in paragraph 4?
A those who stand grumpily at the back of the group B those who wander enchanted through the site
C those who look at the wonders through their cameras D those who lack a recording facility
(4)A books with helpful titles B books that are bestsellers C copies of must-see sights D little pencils
Question 6: The author compares visiting the main tourist sights to A armaments
B Pharmaceuticals C a trip highlight
D a duty visit to a dull relative
Question 7: What does she mean by ‘the Great Barrier Reef reproached us' in paragraph 6?
A The Great Barrier Reef is worth visiting if you are in Australia B It is fine to visit the Great Barrier Reef when you are in Australia
C It seems wrong not to visit the Great Barrier Reef once you are in Australia D The Great Barrier Reef is an unforgettable sight in Australia
Question 8: All of the following are mentioned in the article as memorable aspects of Australia EXCEPT
A banknotes made of waterproof plastic B the fine visit to the Great Barrier Reef
(5)Bài 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.
Herman Melville, an American author best known today for his novel Moby Dick, was actually more popular during his lifetime for some of his other works He traveled extensively and used the knowledge gained during his travels as the basis for his early novels In 1837, at the age of eighteen, Melville signed as a cabin boy on a merchant ship that was to sail from his Massachusetts home to Liverpool, England His experiences on this trip served as a basis for the novel Redburn (1849) In 1841 Melville set out on a whaling ship headed for the South Seas After jumping ship in Tahiti, he wandered around the islands of Tahiti and Moorea This South Sea island sojourn was a backdrop to the novel Omoo (1847) After three years away from home, Melville joined up with a U.S naval frigate that was returning to the eastern United States around Cape Horn The novel White-Jacket (1850) describes this lengthy voyage as a navy seaman With the publication of these early adventure novels, Melville developed a strong and loyal following among readers eager for his tales of exotic places and situations However, in 1851, with the publication of Moby Dick, Melville's popularity started to diminish Moby Dick, on one level the saga of the hunt for the great white whale, was also a heavily symbolic allegory of the heroic struggle of man against the universe The public was not ready for Melville's literary metamorphosis from romantic adventure to philosophical symbolism It is ironic that the novel that served to diminish Melville's popularity during his lifetime is the one for which he is best known today
Question 9: The main subject of the passage is _ A Melville’s travels
B Moby Dick
C Melville’s personal background D the popularity of Melville’s novels
(6)A background B message C bottom D dissertation
Question 11: According to the passage, Melville’s early novels were A published while he was traveling
B completely fictional
C all about his work on whaling ships D based on his travel experience
Question 12: The passage implies that Melville stayed in Tahiti because A he had unofficially left his ship
B he was on leave while his ship was in port C he had finished his term of duty
D he had received permission to take a vacation in Tahiti
Question 13: How did the publication of Moby Dick affect Melville’s popularity? A His popularity remained as strong as ever
B It caused his popularity to decrease C His popularity increased immediately D It had no effect on his popularity
(7)A symbolic of humanity fighting the universe B a single-faceted work
C a short story about a whale D a 47 adventure
Question 15: : In what year did Melville’s book about his experiences as a cabin boy appear?
A 1849 B 1837 C 1847 D 1841
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1 - D - B - D - C - C - D - C - B - D 10 - A 11 - D 12 - A 13 - B 14 - A 15 - A
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