Bài tập môn Tiếng Anh - Luyện thi Đại Học năm học 2015-2016 - Bài số 20 - Phạm Thái Bạch Mai

LESSON 20 – May 05th, 2016
READING 1. THE TRADE IN RHINO HORN
 Last year, thieves broke into a Scottish castle and stole only one thing: a rhino horn, which at 1.5 metres was the longest in the world. In China, pharmaceutical factories have been building up (1) .... of antiques made from rhino horn, for the sole (2)......of smashing them to powder to make the (3) ...... ingredient of many of their medicines. And in Africa poachers continue to die in the (4).....for the black rhino.
 Recently, conservationists met to (5) .... a campaign to persuade countries where rhino horn is (6) ...... part of the traditional medicine to (7) ...... to substitutes. The biggest (8) ....to the survival of the rhinoceros is the (9)......of certain countries to enforce a ban on domestic (10) ........ in rhino horn.
 The rhino horn is included in many (11) ...... for disorders ranging from fevers to nosebleeds. Horn, like finger nails, is made of keratin and has no proven medicinal (12) ..... Traditional substitutes, such as horn from buffalo or antelope, are (13)......as second best.
 The battle is (14) ...... to be winnable. But it may be harder than the battle against the trade in ivory, for there is a (15) ...... between the two commodities. Ivory is a luxury; rhino horn, people believe, could save the life of their child.
1. A. amounts 	B bundles 	C. collections 	D. groups
2. A. reason 	B intention 	C. need 	D. purpose
3. A. essential 	B real 	C. actual 	D. true
4. A. chance 	B search 	C. fight 	D. race
5. A. design 	B. plan 	C. programme 	D. form
6. A hardly 	B. even 	C. nearly 	D. still
7. A. vary 	B. switch 	C. modify 	D. adjust
8. A. threat 	B. danger 	C. disaster 	D. menace
9. A. rejection 	B. denial 	C. refusal 	D. protest
10. A. business 	B. commerce 	C. selling 	D. trading
11. A. recipes 	B. aids 	C. remedies 	D. doses
12. A. capacity 	B. values 	C. control 	D. powers
13. A. regarded 	B. valued 	C. known 	D. reputed
14. A. imagined 	B. dreamed 	C. thought 	D. viewed
15. A. variation 	B. difference 	C. gap 	D. comparison
WORD CHOICE. Read the sentences and circle the correct answer.
1. Are there any special habits / customs during Christmas season in your country?
2. Marion and Joshua used to be very close but since they had that terrible argument they have become complete strangers / foreigners.
3. Saint Moritz is a famous ski resort / region in Switzerland.
4. Visitors to the museum are requested not to touch any of the exhibitions / exhibits.
5. What exactly is the benefit / purpose of your business trip to Italy?
6. How often does the Eurovision Song Contest take place / take part?
7. How about trying on / trying out that new Chinese restaurant round the corner?
8. There is a(n) replica / original of the Eiffel Tower in that museum.
9. Do you certainly / actually expect me to believe your silly excuse for being late?
10. Lots of tourists marvel / wonder at the ancient temple of Athena on the Acropolis.
READING 2. Read an extract from a novel, then choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text. 
MOVING HOUSE
 A few days later, Lyn’s mother told her to spend her evening sorting out and packing her belongings. ‘I’ll see to your clothes,’ she said. ‘I want you to do your books and paints and things. I’ve put some cardboard boxes in your room.’
 ‘You should’ve asked me,’ said Lyn, following her into the bedroom and seeing the assorted boxes.
 ‘I would’ve got some. There’s lots outside the supermarket near school.’
 ‘These came from the local shop. Oh, it’s all right, I’ve shaken out all the dirt,’ she said as Lyn tipped up the nearest one, checking that it was empty.
 ‘OK. I’ll do it,’ said Lyn. ‘Were ready to move then, are we?’
 ‘Yes, the day after tomorrow. You’re going to miss the end of school term, but you won’t mind that, will you?’
 ‘You mean Friday’s my last day at school?’ Lyn pushed the boxes aside with her foot to clear a path to her bed so that she could sit down. ‘You could’ve told me,’ she said. ‘I have got people to say goodbye to, you know.’
 'I am telling you,’ said her mother reasonably. ‘It doesn’t take two days to say goodbye, does it? You’ll only get upset.’
 ‘Why are we doing my things first?’ Lyn asked. ‘I haven’t got much. There’s all the other stuff in the house - shouldn’t we start on that first?’
 ‘Don’t worry about that. Mrs Wilson’s coming to help me tomorrow.’
 Lyn remembered what Mandy Wilson had said all those days ago. ‘My mum’s coming round to help you pack.’ She felt angry with herself for not having said something straightaway - it was probably too late now. But worth a try. ‘I can help you,’ she said. ‘We can do it together.’
 ‘You’ll be at school - you want to say goodbye.’
 ‘I’ll go in at lunchtime for that. Mum, we can do it together. I don’t want that Mrs Wilson touching our things.’ Mandy Wilson’s mother - picking things over - telling Mandy what they’d found - Mandy at school announcing importantly, ‘My mother says they’ve got cheap plates and half of them are cracked and none of their towels match.’ The image was intolerable.
 Lyn’s mother moved over to sit beside her on the bed. She was wearing her harassed expression. She was clearly feeling the pressure too, but managed to keep her patience. ‘Nothing’s ever straightforward with you, is it?’ she said. ‘It’s been agreed for a long time and it’s extremely kind of her to help. Everything’s got to be wrapped up carefully so it doesn’t get broken, then put in storage boxes in the right order - I don’t doubt you’d do your best, but there’s not room for anyone else - and she offered first.’
 Lyn said no more and got on with the job she’d agreed to do. Her bedroom looked odd when she’d finished, but not as odd as the rest of the house when she got home from school next day.
 It was so sad. There were no curtains at the windows and no ornaments on the shelves, and in the middle of the room stood four large wooden boxes, full of objects wrapped in newspaper.
 But what really struck Lyn most were the rectangles of lighter-coloured paint on the wall where pictures had once hung. It was as if they had been atomised by a ray gun. Moving into the kitchen, she saw empty cupboards, their doors wide open. They had done a thorough job. Lyn turned to her mother. ‘But I want to bake a cake to take to school tomorrow, to say goodbye.’
 ‘Everything’s packed away and I can’t start getting stuff out again now. I know it’s all very unsettling, but it’s only till we get to the new place. I wish I could’ve left it all till tomorrow morning, but I wasn’t sure how long it would all take.’ Even the prospect of going to the usually 
frowned-upon fast-food restaurant for dinner couldn’t cheer Lyn up, and she was quiet all evening.
 Next morning, however, she got up to find a home-made chocolate cake waiting for her in the otherwise bare and uninviting kitchen.
1. When Lyn is asked to pack her belongings, she...
 A. objects to putting her clothes in boxes.	
 B. is worried whether the boxes are clean.
 C. thinks that boxes are unsuitable for the job.	
 D. is annoyed that she forgot to get better boxes.
2. When Lyn says ‘I'll do it' in line 9, she is talking about....
 A. filling something.	B. checking something,
 C. collecting something.	D. replacing something.
3. How does Lyn react to the news that the family is moving soon?
 A. She’s sad to learn that she’s leaving her old home.	
 B. She wonders how her friends will take the news.
 C. She’s worried about missing her schoolwork.	
 D. She wishes she'd been told earlier.
4. Why does Lyn offer to do more of the packing?
 A. She feels her mother needs her support.	
 B. She regrets having refused to do it before.
 C. She distrusts the person who is coming to help.
 D. She’s concerned that some things will get damaged.
5. The word ‘harassed’ in line 30 shows that Lyn's mum was feeling.....
 A. amused.	B. stressed.	C. annoyed.	D. disappointed.
6. What reason does Lyn’s mother give for not accepting Lyn’s offer of help?
 A. Other people have already said they will do it.	
 B. The job will take more than two people.
 C. Lyn would not be capable of doing it.	
 D. Lyn would not enjoy doing it.
7. What made the greatest impress'ion on Lyn when she came home the next day?
 A. how sad her bedroom looked	
 B. the empty spaces where things had once been
 C. how the things from the house had been packed	
 D. the fact that the kitchen had been completely cleared
8. When Lyn mentioned that she wanted to make a cake, her mother.....
 A. suggested getting one from a restaurant. 	B. said she’d have to wait and do it later.
 C. explained why it was impossible.	 	D. offered to make one for her.
WRITING 1. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given.
0. I can't remember the plot at all.	forgotten
 I have FORGOTTEN What the plot is about.
1. I don't know who the winner of the competition is. 	has
 I don't know who...........................the competition.
2. I'm afraid I've lost the tickets. 	find
 I'm afraid..............................the tickets.
3. She planted some flowers in the garden, but they are nearly all dead now. 	have
 The flowers she planted in the garden..............................now.
4. I was talking to her mother a moment ago. 	been
 I..............................to her mother.
5. It's been three years since I started to work here.	working
 I..............................three years.
6. It is Miranda's first visit to Vietnam.	never
 Miranda.............................. to Vietnam before.
7. It's over a year since I last saw him.	seen
 I.............................. over a year.
8. They don't know what the problem is. 	found
 They.............................. what the problem is.
9. She hasn't got any money left.	run
 She.............................. money.
10. Sue has just had her first child.	birth
 Sue...............................her first child.
READING 3. Use your underlined words to help you match headings 1-6 with paragraphs A-E. There is one extra heading.
1. Cosmopolitan society	2. Communication brings us closer
3. Friendly competitors	4. National conflicts
5. A sporting example	6. Something new is coming
WAVING THE FLAG
A. Most of us are proud of where we come from. We sing our national anthems and wave our flags; we cheer when our country wins a gold medal; we feel different from other nationalities. But the world is changing and it's changing fast and a global community is on its way.
B. New technologies are breaking down the borders between people. The Intemet is helping us to get to know each other. You don't need a passport or a visa to talk on Messenger or Skype. I chat with friends from lots of different countries and I don't mind where they come from. All I know is we enjoy the same things. It's not where you're from that matters the most; it's who you are that really counts.
C. Foreign travel too is bringing us together. My mother comes from Brazil, my father's from Sweden, but I live in London and I compete for Great Britain. I speak Swedish, Portuguese and English and in today's world I'm not so unusual. In my neighbourlhood you can hear more than a dozen languages, you can eat food from all around the world and there's a wonderful mixture of music and art.
D. Nationality is still important to us: we follow our flags with pride and compete against other nations. But just because someone comes from another place, doesn't mean they're our enemy. I know lots of athletes from other countries. We're rivals but we get on well and respect each other.
E. I enjoy national differences, but I'm delighted the divisions between people are disappearing. I love the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games: the athletes from all the different countries are wearing their country's colours, but they're all holding hands, singing the same song and waving the same flag.
KEY TO LESSON 20
READINFG 1: 
1 C 2 D 3 A 4 B 5 B 6 D 7 B 8 A 9 C 10 D 11 C 12 D 13 A 14 C 15 B
WORD CHOICE.
1. habits - 2. strangers - 3. resort - 4. exhibits - 5. purpose - 6. take palce - 7. trying out - 8. replica - 9. actually - 10. Marvel
READING 2.
1. B: 'I’ve shaken out all the dirt,’ she said as Lyn tipped up the nearest one, checking that it was empty.
2. A: 'I'll do it' refers to Lyn's mother's request - that she will put her belongings in boxes.
3. D: 'You could've told me,'she said.'I have got people to say goodbye to, you know.'
4. C: 'I don’t want that Mrs Wilson touching our things.'
5. B: She was clearly feeling the pressure, too
6. A: 'It's been agreed for a long time and it's extremely kind of her to help.'
7. B: But what really struck Lyn most were the rectangles of lighter coloured paint on the wall where pictures had once hung.
8. C: Everything's packed away and I can't start getting stuff out again now.
WRITING 1.
 1. who has won - 2. I can't find / I'm unable to find 3. have really all died / - 
 4. have just been talking - 5. have been working here for 6. has never been - 
 7. have not seen him for - 8. have not found (out) 9. has run out of - 10. has just given birth to
READING 3. 1 C 2 B 3 D 5 E 6 A 
To atomize: phun sương || ray gun: súng bắn tia, phun