1.Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbers blanks.. Television is one [r]
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1.Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbers blanks
Television is one of man‟s most important means of (1)…… It brings pictures and sounds from around the world into millions of homes A person with a television set can sit in his house, and he can watch the president make a speech or visit a foreign country; He can see what happening and watch statesmen try to bring about peace.Through television, home (2)…….can see and learn about people, places, and things in far-away lands Television also provides more entertainment programmes (3)……any other kind The programmes include plays or dramas, light comedies, sporting events, and motion pictures So(4)…… now plays an important role in many people‟s lives It is more convenient as well as cheaper for people to sit comfortably at home than to go out
Question 1: A communication B transport C way D equipment Question 2: A teachers B doctors C viewers D looker
Question 3: A to B from C of D than
Question 4: A television B radio C network D communication
2.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
Tsunamis, whose name derives from the Janese expression for „ high wave in a harbour‟, are giant sea waves These waves are quite diffetent from storm surges They are also referred to by the general public as tida waves although they have nothing to with tides Scientists often refer to them as seismic sea waves, which is far more appropriate because they are often the result of undersea seismic activity
Tsunamis can be caused when the sea floor suddenly moves, during an underwater earthquake or volcano, and the water above the moving earth is suddenly displaced This sudden shift of water sets off a series of waves These waves can travel great distances At speeds close to 700 kilometres per hour In the open ocean, tsunamis waves are not very high, often no more than one or two metres It is when they hit the shallow waters near the coast that they increase in height, posibly up to 40 metres
Question 1: Tsunamis can be caused when the sea floor suddenly A moves B flows B waves D changes
Question 2: The word „ them „ in the passage refers to A tidal waves B tsunamis C storm surges D sea waves Question 3: It can be understood from the passage that tsunamis
A cause severe damage in the middle of the ocean B General reach heights greater than 40 metres
C Are far more dangerous on the coast than in the open ocean D Are often identified by ships on the ocean
Question 4: The passage mainly discusses
(2)3.Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbers blanks
On Saturday morning, a mudslide (1)………down the Ngan Pho River near the small village of Huong Son District, Ha Tinh province Authorities(2)………… eight dead, eight injured, and as many as 108 people (3)……… The two-square-kilometre path of the mudslide also(4)…………,,about 50 homes A local resident said that the mudslide was caused by ground which has been made unable by heavy rainfall
Question 1: A moving B to move C moved D are moving Question 2: A is confirmed B have confirmed C confirming D confirmed Question 3: A missing B missed C have miss D be missed Question 4: A destroying B to destroy C has destroyed D destroyed
4.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
Alexander Graham Bell is widely known as the inventor of the first telephone He was born on March 3rd, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland When he was 23, Bell emigrated to Canada with his parents and the next year moved to the United States to teach deaf-mute children He took great interest in transmitting the human voice With his colleague Thomas Watson, Bell worked very hard on the experimentation to invent devices such as the harmonic telegraph (used to send multiple messages over a single wire) and
phonautograph (use to draw the shape of the sound waves) The first telephone communication was said to have happened between Bell and Watson in 1876 while Bell was at one end of the line, and Watson worked on the telephone in another room The first transmitted words were, “Mr Watson, come here I want to see you.”
Question 1: Where was Alexander Graham Bell born?
A England B Scotland C Britain D The United States Question 2: What is Bell‟s “harmonic telegraph”?
A is used to make call and multiple messages over a single wire B is used to send multiple messages over a single wire
C is used to send a multiple message over a single wire D is used to draw the shape of the sound waves
Question 3: When did the first communication over the telephone happen?
A 1876 B 1786 C 1847 D 1784
Question 4: What does the word „deaf-mute’ in line mean? A can‟t speak B can‟t hear
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READING 1.A 2.C 3.D 4.A
READING 1.A 2.A 3.C 4.C
READING 1.C 2.B 3.A 4.D