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BÀI TẬP LUYỆN ĐỌC H líu TIÊNG ANH

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Khi học tiếng Anh, việc học kỹ năng nghe, nói và viết là rất cẩn thiết, nhưng kỹ năng đọc cũng không kém phần quan trọng Bạn có bao giờ cảm thấy việc đọc hiểu một đoạn văn hay một bài báo bằng tiếng Anh mất quá nhiều thời gian với bạn? Đôi khi, bạn có thể đọc với tốc độ từ 200 đến 350 từ trong một phút nhưng bạn lại không nắm được nội dung của toàn bài hay bỏ qua một vài ý chính? Điều này hoàn toàn có thể xảy ra nếu bạn không biết cách đọc hiểu nhanh và hiệu quả

Nhằm cung cấp cho người học tiếng Anh một tài liệu tham khảo phù hợp để luyện tập kỹ năng đọc hiểu tiếng Anh, đặc biệt là cách xử lý các dạng bài tập kiểm tra kĩ năng đọc hiểu khác nhau, thường gặp trong các đề thi tốt nghiệp THPT

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bạn đọc cuốn sách "Bài tập luyện đọc hiểu tiếng Anh cho

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Nội dung sách bao gổm bốn phần chính như sau:

Phần 1: Câu hỏi đọc hiểu (Comprehension Questions) Phần này gồm các bài tập yêu cầu người học chọn lựa đáp án đúng nhất theo dạng trắc nghiệm Thông tin giúp người học tìm câu trả lời đúng có thể dựa vào từ (cụm từ) hoặc thông qua ý của câu và đoạn văn

Phần 2: Trắc nghiệm từ vựng (Multiple Choice Vocabulary) Phần này gồm những bài đọc ngấn với 10 ô trống Dựa vào 10 nhóm từ đã cho, người học chọn từ đúng

để hoàn thành đoạn văn

Phần 3: Câu đúng - sai (True - False) Phần này yêu cẩu người học xác định nội dung các câu đúng hay sai so với nội dung đoạn văn

Phẩn 4: Hoàn chỉnh đoạn văn (Text Completion) Phấn này gổm hai dạng bài: Gap - filling: đây là dạng bài chọn từ đúng trong số các từ cho sẵn để điển vào các chỗ trống trong đoạn văn; Cloze: dạng bài tập này yêu cẩu hoàn chỉnh đoạn văn bằng cách điền từ còn thiếu vào các khoảng trống trong đoạn văn - một từ cho mỗi khoảng trống

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hiểu tiếng Anh cho học sinh THPT" sẽ giúp các em học sinh

nâng cao được kỹ năng đọc hiểu và làm tốt phần bài tập đọc hiểu trong chương trinh học tiếng Anh ở bậc THPT cũng như trong các để thi tốt nghiệp THPT và tuyển sinh ĐH - CĐ

Trong quá trình biên soạn, chắc chắn không thể tránh khỏi những sai sót, nhẩm lẫn, vì vậy rất mong nhận được những ý kiến đóng góp quý báu của bạn đọc để cuốn sách được hoàn thiện hơn trong lẩn tái bản sau

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TEST1Communication in general is process of sending and receiving messages that enables humans to share knowledge, attitudes, and skills Although we usually identify communication with speech, communication is composed of two dimensions - verbal and nonverbal.Nonverbal communication has been defined as communication without words It includes apparent behaviors such as facial expressions, eyes, touching, tone

of voice, as well as less obvious messages such as dress, posture and spatial distance between two or more people.Activity or inactivity, words or silence all have message value: they influence others and these others, in turn, respond to these communications and thus they are communicating

Commonly, nonverbal communication is learned shortly after birth and practiced and refined throughout a person’s lifetime Children first learn nonverbal expressions by watching and imitating, much as they learn verbal skills

Young children know far more than they can verbalize and are generally more adept at reading nonverbal cues than adults are because of their limited verbal skills and their recent reliance on the nonverbal to communicate As children develop verbal skills,

exist although become entwined in the totalcommunication process.

1 According to the writer,

A Nonverbal language is only used by the deaf and the mute

B One cannot communicate in both verbal and nonverbal language

C Those who can listen and talk should not use nonverbal language

D People communicate with both verbal and nonverbal language

2 Which is not included in nonverbal communication?

C facial expressions D tone of voice

3 We can learn from the text that

A nonverbal can never get any responses

B most people do not like nonverbal communication

C even silence has message value

D touching is not accepted in communicating

C have learnt how to communicate in nonverbal language since a child.

D communicate in nonverbal language much less than they do in verbal language

5 The word "reading" has a close meaning to

A looking at the words that are written

go to sleep one night because he heard a strange noise coming from the bar The next morning, he found that the doors had been blocked by chairs and the furniture had been moved Though Mr Thompson had turned the light off before he went to bed, they were on in the morning He also said that he had found five empty whisky bottles which the ghost must have drunk the night before When I suggested that some villagers must have come in for a free drink, Mr Thompson shook his

head The villagers have told him that they will not accept the inn even if he gives it away.

1 Mr Thompson wants to sell his inn because _

A he heard a strange noise from the bar

B he found the doors had been blocked by chairs

C he found five empty whisky bottles

D he thinks it’s visited by a ghost

2 Mr Thompson _

A believes in ghost

B thinks the villagers are playing a trick

C wants to give it away

D thinks the villagers drank the whisky

3 Mr Thompson is selling his inn This means his inn is

D the doors.

5 Which of the following is NOT mentioned in this passage?

A Mr Thompson doesn’t want to live in that bar

B There was something unusual happened in his inn

C Mr Thompson saw five ghosts drinking whisky

D The writer thought that some people entered his house and drank whisky

TEST 3Sometimes you know things about people the first time you see them, for example, that you want to be friends with them or that you don’t trust them But perhaps this kind of intuition isn’t as hard to explain as it may seem For instance, people give out body language signal all the time The way you hold your body, head and arms tells people about your mood If you hold your arms tightly at your sides, or fold them across your chest, people will generally feel that you are being defensive Holding your head to one side shows interest in the others, while an easy, open posture indicates that you are self-confident All this affects the way you feel about someone

Also, a stranger may remind you of a meeting with someone This may be because of something as simple as the fact that he or she is physically similar to someone who treated you well or badly Your feeling about a stranger could be influenced by a smell in the air that brings to mind a place where you were happy as a child Since even a single word can bring back a memory such

as that, you may never realize it is happening

1 What does the word “open” in the passage most closelymean?

A strengthens one’s past behaviors

B reminds one of one’s past treatment

C revives one’s past memories

D points to one’s childhoods

4 What does the second paragraph discuss?

A Meanings of signal some implies towards a stranger

B Factors that may influence one’s feelings about a stranger.

C How people usually behave to a stranger

D Factors that cause people to act differently

5 Intuition described in the passage can be explained by means of _

A styles B languages C patterns

TEST 4Upon the creation of the United State, one of the core concepts on which the hopes for the new democracy were pinned was the ideal that its citizens would be enlightened individuals with clearly articulated rights and the opportunity for individual achievement and education It was believed that in a free nation where the power belongs to the people, the commitment to education defines the progress of that democracy and is the catalyst for future progress This core value has not only stood the test of time but has also grown in importance In this new Information Era and international economy, education is an increasingly vital commodity, a precursor of potential success and a driving force of chance It is importance to recognize, however, that we approach education today differently than in the past, partly because the kinds of jobs people had didn’t require

the kind of basic education and specialized training that

is often required in the workforce today In the 1950s, for instance, only 20 percent of American jobs were classified

as professional, 20 percent as skilled; and 60 percent as unskilled Today, our world has changed The proportion

of unskilled jobs has fallen to 20 percent, while jobs now account for at least 60 percent of the workforce Even more important, almost every job today increasingly requires a combination of academic knowledge and practical skills that require learning throughout a lifetime

1 Education is defined in this passage as a driving force

A has remained the same

B has changed dramatically

C has been reversed

D has changed slightly.

3 The phrase “enlightened individuals” in the first sentence most likely means “people w ho _ ”

A always appear brilliant-looking in public

B have often been well-exposed to light

C have acquired an adequate level of education

D bring light to anywhere they go

4 In order to become a good American citizen today, inthe author’s point of view, any individual must

A know well all his/her rights and be ready to grasp his/her opportunity of success in life

B study carefully the history of American educational and vocational systems even since their creation

C understand thoroughly the combination of academic knowledge and practical skills

D move actively forward in the new Information Era and international economy with a prestigious diploma

5 Which of the following titles would be best for thepassage?

A Education and Jobs in the Past and at Present in the United States

B The Significant Role of Education in American Citizens’ Careers

C Academic Knowledge and Practical Skills in American Professions.

D Recent Changes of Educational and Vocational Systems in America

TESTSMost fairy tales in the world begin with "Once upon a time" and end with "They lived happily ever after," so we will begin in the same way

Once upon a time, there was a girl called Cinderella who did all the work in the kitchen while her lazy sister did nothing

One night, her sister went to a ball at the palace Cinderella was left home, very sad After a time, her fairy godmother appeared and told Cinderella that she could

go to the ball — but to return home by midnight

So she went to the ball in a beautiful dress in a wonderful coach She danced with the prince but at midnight she ran back home, leaving one of her shoes on her dancing floor The prince wanted to see her again and went to every house in the capital until he found that the shoe was the right size for Cinderella She and the prince were married and lived happily ever after

1 Books with fairy tales are found in _

A- our country only.

4 Cinderella was very sad because

A her sister did nothing

B her sister went to a ball and left her at home

C she did all the work in the kitchen

D her sister was invited to a ball

5 At the end of the story, _

clear that she all I the prince were married.

B Cinderella’s godmother came to comfort her

C one of Cinderella’s sisters was married to the prince

D the prince invited Cinderella to the ball

TEST 6

In many modern countries, people think of a family

as a mother, a father and their children But this is not the only kind of the family group In some parts of the world, a family group has many other members This kind of large family is called an "extended family" or a

in huts built close together

Early people probably live in joint families They had

to be part of a large in order to survey The members of the group help each other hunt They work together to protect themselves from dangerous animals and other enemies

In China, people lived in joint families When a son

married, he and his wife lived at his parents’ home Unmarried daughters remained at home until they married Chinese children felt very loyal to their parents Younger members of the joint family always took care of the old ones.

India and Africa, some people still live in joint families The members of a joint family share their earnings and property If one member of the group becomes ill or has bad luck, the others help the person

As in the past, the members of the joint family offer each other help and protection

1 The word in paragraph 2 that means “to be made up of’is _

A include B relatives

2 Long time ago, members of joint families

A did not live together

B helped each other catch animals

C only played together

D lived separately in order to survive

3 Chinese people felt loyal to their

A relatives B parents

C cousins D younger members

4 In India and Africa, people in joint families help a person when;

A he has good luck.

B he has bad luck

C he gets rid of illness

D he shares them his earnings

5 On the whole, this story is about

A all types of family

B families in China

C joint families

D families found in India and Africa

TEST 7Jean spent her first few years in Hooper and her family moved to Otsego early in her life She was only ten when her father died unexpectedly, leaving her mother to raise and support their family alone Her mother soon went to work outside the home to provide for the family, and Jean, being one of the oldest, had to help care for her younger siblings Although she had much responsibility

at home, Jean thoroughly enjoyed school and was an excellent student She went on to graduate 10th in her class at Otsego High School in 1953

While still in high school, Jean met a young man named Charles "Chuck" Holly, at a dance in Alamo; and they were quite taken with each other Over the next few years, their love for each other blossomed and they were married on February 24, 1953, while Jean was still in school At the time, Chuck was serving his country in the military, and had come home on leave to marry his sweetheart Unfortunately, shortly thereafter, he was sent overseas to serve in Korea for the next fifteen months.Upon his discharge, the couple settled into married life together in the Plainwell, Otsego area To help make ends meet, Jean went to work at the collection bureau in Kalamazoo for a while, before taking a job at the cheese company in Otsego In 1964, Chuck and Jean were overjoyed with the birth of their son, Chuck, who brought great joy into their lives Jean remembered how her mother was always gone so much working after her father died and she did not want that for her son, so she left her job to devote herself to the role of a mother.

1 Before Jean’s father passed away, her mother used to

A work outside the home

B be a housewife

C support the family alone

D work as a secretary

2 Which is not referred to Jean?

A She was a responsible girl

B She never helped her mother with household chores.

C She often did well at school

D She went to high school

3 Jean’s husband was a _

4 Jean _

A served in the military

B lived in Korea for fifteen months

C had a daughter

D got married when she was a student

5 Which is not true about Jean?

A She disliked staying at home and taking care of her child

B She worked outside the home before she had a child

C She was very happy when she got a baby

D She quit her job to look after her baby

TEST 8

I was born to dance I’ve been dancing all my life, ever since my mother, who gave up a dancing career on the stage when she married my father, picked me up and twirled me around as an infant As much as I loved dancing with her, her greatest gift to me was her

"unconditional love" during her lifetime

My parents divorced after only 5 years of marriage, but my father remarried a lovely lady who also loved to dance They used to take me to a dancing club where I would listen to the music and watch them dance- occasionally my stepmother, Mary, invited me to dance I also met my wife, Charlotte, in a dancing party I danced with her for about 15 minutes, and during that brief span,

I realized that I fell in love with her We kept dancing throughout our marriage My earliest memories of dancing with my daughters started when I came home from work to our small home in Marblehead, Massachusetts, and my daughter Laura was about 3 years old It was very relaxing for me To turn on the record player, pick up Laura in my arms, and dance her around the room!

Our family danced a lot My daughters, Laura and Anne, and I continued to dance on every occasion One favorite memory I have of dancing with Laura and Anne was when I took each of them when they were seniors in high school to the Daddy-Daughter dance We won both dance competitions!

As their father, I have tried to provide my daughters with unconditional love, as my Mother provided to me, endless emotional and loving support, and good educations and life experiences which have helped prepare them for happy and successful adult lives Being

a father who is worthy of their love and respect, I consider fatherhood a privilege, not an entitlement

In 1994, my oldest daughter Laura gave me a lovely book, which I still have, entitled "Fathers and Daughters." My Father’s Day suggestion to every father

is to dance with your daughters at every opportunity It will not only bring you closer, it will give them memories

of you “to hang onto" long after we are gone

1 Of the characters mentioned in the passage, who did not like dancing?

2 The writer _

A could not dance well

B had a devoted mother

C had not met his father since his parents divorced

D did not like to dance with his step mother

3 Which sentence is not true?

A He used to go to a dancing club with his father and step mother

B The writer had two daughters

C The writer enjoyed dancing with his daughters.

D The writer never danced with his step mother

4 Which is not referred to what the writer provides hisdaughters with?

A the arts of dancing

B unconditional love

C endless emotional and loving support

D good educations and life experiences

5 The writer _ fatherhood

A underestimates B appreciates

TEST 9When people plan to marry, they expect to find in their partner not only a lover but a friend also They find

a person with whom they can share their opinions, their emotions, thoughts and fears In marriage we are looking for a partner who will be able to understand our values, our likes and dislikes

If a man and a woman are bom and raised in the same country, most likely they are familiar with the same songs, movies, jokes, books and life in general They

basically have the same roots In the case of a western man and foreign woman family everything is more complicated and requires much more patience and understanding from both spouses On one hand each of the partners has an opportunity to learn a great deal about the other’s country, culture, traditions and life styles which can be very interesting On the other hand it can be very disappointing if there is the inability to understand your partner’s excitements and frustrations For example, you are watching the television and suddenly you see a famous actor or singer, or other type

of an artist whose name you have grown up with Maybe this artist was an idol for your parents and the music of this artist was often played in your house when you were

a child Unfortunately you realize that your wife is unable

to understand your feelings because she has no idea who this artist is Her eyes are absolutely empty because she has never even heard the song before You feel rather disappointed! Remember that your wife has the same situation with you You do not know her country’s songs, her country’s famous actors, her books She has her own memories and in actuality, for her, everything is much more difficult than it is for you At least, you live in your own country where everybody can understand you She lives in completely strange surroundings, where she has nobody to share her feelings with, except you

Do some research and learn about your wife’s country, culture and lifestyles Talk with her, ask her questions, get to know what songs she likes, what movies and books are of interest to her The Internet will give

you a great opportunity to find anything! Tell her about your country’s culture, let her listen to the music that you like, rent a movie for her that left you with great impression Let her understand you better through the things that you like Patience and time will help you to fight cultural differences.

1 A spouse should

A let the partner to do everything alone

B be not only a lover but also a friend

C not share the feelings with the partner

D not interfere with what the partner’s likes and dislikes

2 According to the passage,

A Spouses who have the same nationality need more patience and understanding in their marriage than those who are from different cultures

B Spouses who are from different cultures need more patience and understanding in their marriage than those who have the same roots

C Spouses who have the same roots go not share anything together

D Spouses who are from different cultures can never share anything together

3 If there is the inability to understand a spouse’sexcitements and frustrations the marriage, he or shemay feel

5 To overcome cultural differences in marriage needs

A patience and time

B time and money

C movies and music

D books and the Internet

In the past, both men and women were expected to

be married at quite young ages Marriages were generally arranged by parents and family, with their children having little chance to say no in the matter In the past it was not surprising to find that a bride and groom had only just met on the day of their engagement

or marriage

In modern Vietnam, this has changed completely as people choose their own marriage-partners based on

TEST 10

love, and in consideration primarily to their own needs and wants Moreover early marriage is quite illegal.

The traditional Vietnamese wedding is one of the most important of traditional Vietnamese occasions Regardless of westernization, many of the age-old customs practiced in a traditional Vietnamese wedding continue to be celebrated by both Vietnamese in Vietnam and overseas, often combining both western and eastern elements Besides the wedding ceremony, there is also

an engagement ceremony which takes place usually half

a year or so before the wedding Due to the spiritual nature of the occasion, the date and time of the marriage ceremony are decided in advance by a fortune teller The traditional Vietnamese wedding consists of an extensive array of ceremonies: the first is the ceremony to ask permission to receive the bride, the second is the procession to receive the bride (along with the ancestor ceremony at her house), the third is to bring the bride to the groom’s house for another ancestor ceremony and to welcome her into the family, then the last is a wedding banquet The number of guests in attendance at these banquets is huge, usually in the hundreds Several special dishes are served Guests are expected to bring gifts, often money, which the groom and bride at one point in the banquet will go from table to table collecting

1 In the past, _

A Vietnamese couples were free to make a decision

on the marriage

B Vietnamese marriage was decided by parents and family.

C getting married at an early age was not allowed

D parents had no right to interfere their children’s marriage

2 In former days, the fact that a bride and groom hadonly first met just on the day of their engagement ormarriage was _

B All marriages are arranged by parents and family

C Marriage is quite westernization

D Couples do not get married at quite young ages

4 According to the passage,

A Oversea Vietnamese people do not like to organize

D Vietnamese people never ask a fortune teller the date and time of the marriage ceremony.

5 Which does not exist in a Vietnamese wedding party?

TEST 11Movements and gestures by the hands, arms, legs, and other parts’ of the body and face are the most pervasive types of nonverbal messages and the most difficult to control It is estimated that there are over 200.000 physical signs capable of stimulating meaning in another person For example, there are 23 distinct eyebrow movements, each capable of stimulating a different meaning

Humans express attitudes toward themselves and vividly through body movements and postures Body movements express true messages about feelings that cannot be masked Because such avenues of communication are visual, they travel much farther than spoken words and are unaffected by the presence of noise that interrupt, or cancels out speech

People communicate by the way they walk, stand, and sit We tend to be more relaxed with friends or when

addressing those of lower status Body orientation also indicates status or liking of the other individual More direct orientation is related to a more positive attitude.Body movements and postures alone have no exact meaning, but they can greatly support or reject the spoken word If these two means of communication are dichotomized and contradict each other, some result will

be a disordered image and most often the nonverbal will dominate

1 Which part of body is not used to send body message?

2 Face gestures

A can help us control our feelings

B are the most difficult to control

C cannot express our feelings

D do not include eye brow moments

3 Body communication is

4 According to the text, body movements cannot express

5 Nonverbal communication

A may be interrupted by noise

B has no relation to verbal communication

C dominates words

TEST 12

In 1988, for the first time in British history, a National Curriculum was introduced The National Curriculum tells pupils which subjects they have to study, what they must learn and when they have to take assessment tests.Between the ages of 14 and 16, pupils study for their GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) exams Pupils must take English Language, Maths and Science for GCSE, as well as a half GCSE in a foreign language and Technology In addition, they must also be taught Physical Education, Religious Education and Sex Education, although they do not take exams in these subjects

At the age of 16, pupils can leave school If pupils stay

on, they usually take A (Advanced) levels, AS (Advanced Supplementary) level or GNVQs (Greater National Vocational Qualifications) It is quite common to combine, for example, two A levels with one AS level, or one A level with one GNVQ

Pupils taking A levels study traditional subjects, such

as French, Physics or History To go to university, pupils usually need two or three A levels

AS levels are the same standard as A levels, but only half of the content: AS level German pupils take the A- level German language exam, but do not take the A-level German Literature exam

GNVQs are vocational qualifications Pupils usually take on GNVQ in subjects such as Business, Leisure and Tourism, Manufacturing, and Art and Design One GVNQ (at advanced level) is equal to two A levels

1 Britain began to have a National Curriculum

A one hundred years ago

B in the nineteenth century

C four or five D five or six

4 Which of the following subjects do pupils NOT take onGNVQ in?

A German Literature B Business

C Art and Design D Manufacturing

5 Pupils normally study for their GCSE between the agesof

A 12 and 14 B 14 and 16

TEST 13Parents send their children to school to prepare for the time when they grow up Children learn their native language so that they will be able to communicate fluently with other people around them Moreover, they can preserve the valuable culture and literature of their country They learn foreign languages in order to benefit from other country’s heritage The more foreign languages they learn, the more benefits they get.Children also learn Maths to calculate, geography to know about nature, and history to know about human beings and historical events Nearly everything they study at school has some practical uses in their life

1 How many school subjects are mentioned in the passage?

B events of the history

C people and historical events

D practical uses of life

3 Why do children have to learn their native language?

A To learn foreign languages

B To communicate fluently with other people around them

C To know about nature

D To benefit from foreign countries’ heritage

4 Most of the things children learn at school

A are useless

B have no uses

C are not necessary

D have some practical uses

5 Parents send their children to school to

A learn English

B make them grow up.

C prepare for their future

D play better

TEST 14University Entrance Examination is very important in Vietnamese students High school graduates have to take

it and get high results to be admitted to universities The pressure on the candidates remains very high despite the measures that have been taken to reduce the heat around these exams, since securing a place in a state university

is considered a major step towards a successful career for

young people, especially those from rural areas or

disadvantaged families In the year 2004, it was estimated that nearly 1 million Vietnamese students took the University Entrance Examination, but on average only 1 out of 5 candidates succeeded Normally, candidates take

3 exam subjects, and each lasts; 180 minutes for the fixed group of subjects they choose There are 4 fixed groups

of subjects: Group A: Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry; Group B: Mathematics, Biology, and Chemistry; Group C: Literature, History, and Geography; Group D: Literature, Foreign Language, and Mathematics