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CHAPTER V: COMPREHENSIVE READING
READING
THEORY
CÁC DẠNG BÀI KIÊM TRA KỸ NĂNG ĐỌC HIỆU
Sau đ}y l| số dạng b|i kiểm tra đọc hiểu phổ biến:
- Đọc đoạn văn hay đoạn hội thoại v| trả lời c}u hỏi.
- Đọc v| tìm một từ phù hợp văn cảnh điền v|o chỗ trống (gap-filling). - Đọc c{c c}u cho sẵn v| sắp xếp chúng th|nh b|i hội thoại hợp lý. - Đọc v| tìm ý chính của đoạn văn.
- Đọc đoạn văn, đoạn hội thoại v| sắp xếp c{c thứ tự thông tin. - Đọc đoạn văn, đoạn hội thoại v| đặt c}u hỏi với từ gợi ý v| trả lời.
- Đọc đoạn văn, đoạn hội thoại v| điền thơng tin cịn khuyết theo bản tóm tắt. - Đọc đoạn văn, đoạn hội thoại v| ho|n th|nh c{c c}u cho sẵn hay x{c định c{c c}u đúng
(TRUE) hay Sai (FALSE) hay Không chứa thông tin (NO INFORMATION) từ b|i đọc
- Đọc đoạn văn v| chọn đ{p {n đúng để trả lời từng c}u hỏi (multiple-choice) - Đọc một đoạn văn d|i v| chú ý c{c thông tin chi tiết, c{c quan điểm, th{i độ v| nối c{c sự lựa chọn phù hợp cho từng đoạn văn ngắn (multiple-matching)
MỘT SỐ THỦ THUẬT LÀM BÀI THI ĐỌC HIỆU
Theo c{c chuyên gia ngôn ngữ, để l|m tốt b|i thi đọc hiểu cần đọc trƣớc c}u hỏi để định hƣớng nội dung cần tìm trong b|i đọc hiểu: Thí sinh nên tập trung đọc những thông tin cần cho c}u trả lời, chứ không nên cố gắng đọc v| hiểu hết tất cả c{c từ trong đoạn văn, đọc m| khơng có định hƣớng gì chiếm rất nhiều thời gian v| g}y ra sự khó hiểu.Tùy theo c{c dạng b|i kiểm tra đọc hiểu m| chúng ta có c{c c{ch l|m kh{c nhau.
PRACTICES
Form 01 : Fill in each space in the following passage with one suitable word.
PASSAGE 1
It is forecast that we can look forward to working (1)_________ hours in the future, but it is necessary for health and tranquility to work a certain (2)_________of hours per week, ideally doing a variety of jobs - something schools have always known. It may be that house building will meet this need. It is a very basic human instinct. Gardening is a related activity. It is already (3)_________to cultivate many hurts and vegetables than to buy them in the shops and the house of the next decade should take this into (4)_________
(5)_________important question is that of energy conservation. The proportion of income (6)_________on keeping warm is steadily going up, and, with the cost of energy likely to double in real terms during the next ten years or
(7)_________many large bady-insulated old houses will become extremely expensive to use. The demand will be (8)_________small, well-insulated homes
located in warm protected areas and making the best (9)_________of the sun's warmth. Efficient heating units will be of prime importance. At (10)_________, we
waste a lot of space in planning rooms which are awkward to use.
PASSAGE 2
We live surrounded by objects and systems that we take for (1) _________ , but which profoundly affect the way we behave, think, work, play, and in general lead our (2)_________ Look, for example, at the place in which you are reading this now, and see how much of (3)_________ surrounds you is understandable, how much of it you could actually build yourself or repair (4)_________ it cease to function. When we start the car or press the (5)_________ in the elevator, or buy food in the supermarket, we gave no (6)_________ to the complex devices or systems that make the car move, or the elevator rise, or the food appear on the shelves.
products of (7)_________ . They have already changed our lives: at the simplest (8)_________ , the availability of transport has made us physically less fit than our ancestors. Many people are alive only because they have been given (9)_________ to disease through drugs. The vast majority of the world's population relies on the abiliy of technology to provide and transport food. We are unable to feed and clothe or keep (10)_________ warm without technology.
PASSAGE 3
The 2015 Nepal earthquake,which (1)_________more than 8,000 people and injured more than 18,000, occurred at 11:56 on 25th April. The earthquake (2)_________about twenty seconds. Its epicenter was the village of Barpak, Gorkha district, and its hypocenter was at a depth (3)_________approximately 15km. It was the worst (4)_________disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal- Bihar earthquake.
Hundreds of thousands of people became (5) _________when their houses collapsed, entire villages were flattened. Many old buildings were completely (6)_________. The country also had a continued risk of landslides.
Two other powerful earthquakes struck Nepal at 06:11 and 06:45. The (7)_________earthquake measured 7.9 Mw and its epicenter was identified at a distance of 80km to the northwest of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. Bharatpur was (8)_________nearest major city to the main earthquake, 53km from the epicenter. The second one was somewhat less powerful (9)_________the first one. It occurred 65km east of Kathmandu. These (10) _________ were really terrible.
Form 02 : Choose the letter A, B, C, or D that best fits each blank in the passage.
PASSAGE 1
When a work project offered me the opportunity to return to New Zealand, I spent several weeks (1)_______ a country I had left in my early twenties. I’d forgotten about the petrol stations where men in smart uniforms (2)_______ to you. They fill your tank, check your oil and still charge you less than one third of the British price for fuel. And the people rush to your assistance if they see you (3)_______over a map. Or the blissful (4)_______of tips. Locals simply cannot understand why anybody should expect to pay extra for friendly efficient service.
Given that New Zealand has about 3,000 kilometers of coastline, it should come as no (5)_______that social life (6)_______around the sea. When Auckland office workers leave their desks at the end of the working day, they don’t (7)_______home. Instead, they (8)_______ a beeline for the marina and spend the evening (9)_______ sail on the Hauraki Gulf. There are more yachts in Auckland than in any other city in the world- no wonder it’s called the City of Sails. Even those who can’t afford a vessel of their own will always know someone who has
one, or at the (10)_______ least, will windsurf the offshore breezes at speeds that make the commuter ferries appear to stand still.