Bài đọc hiểu tiếng anh

1. Hãy đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn câu trả lời tốt nhất trong số A, B, C và D.
HOLIDAYS THAT DONT COST THE EARTH
The tourist industry is considered to be the world’s largest industry. Before 1950
about one million people (1) _______ abroad each year (2) _______ by the 1990s the
figure had (3) _______ to over 400 million every year.
(4) _______ large numbers of tourists, however, are beginning to cause problems. For
example, in the Alps the skiers are destroying the mountains (5) _______ came to enjoy.
Even parts of Mount Everest in the Himalayas are reported to be covered (6) _______ old
tins, tents and food that have been (7) _______ away.
But at a time when we have greater freedom to travel (8) _______ ever before, more
and more people are asking how they can enjoy their holiday (9) _______ causing
problems by spoiling the countryside.
Now there is a new holiday guide called Holidays That Don’t Cost the Earth. It (10)
_______ you how you can help the tourist industry by asking your travel agent or your
tour operator the right questions before you go on holiday.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
o.
7.
8.
9.
10

A. traveled
A. as
A. gone
A. Such
A. which

A. for
A. put.
A. than
A. outside
A. says

B. came
B. because
B. flown
B. More
B. you
B. on
B. thrown
B. when
B. instead
B. offers

C. sailed
C. but
C. risen
C. Few
C. who
C. with
C. given
C. then
C. beside
C. tells

D. were
D. when

D. raised
D. So
D. they
D. below
D. tidied
D. while
D. without
D. gives

2. Hãy đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn câu trả lời tốt nhất trong số A, B, C và D.
There has been a revolution in the world of newspaper. Not many years (1) _______
newspapers were still being produced using techniques unchanged for (2) _______
hundred years.
The journalists gave their stories to a typist, who prepared them for an editor, who
passed them on (3) _______ the printer. The printer, who was a (4) _______ skilled man,
set up the type. (5) _______ was then collected to make the pages. When the pages were


complete, the printing machines could be (6) _______.
Nowadays what (7) _______ ? The journalists type their stories into a computer. The
(8) _______ checks their spelling, plans the pages, shapes the articles. When the pages
are ready, another computer may control the printing.
(9) _______ can be no doubt about it, producing a newspaper is an entirely different
(10) _______ now.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

7.
8.
9.
10.

A. before
A. a
A. to
A. hardly
A. They
A. switched
A. gives
A. computer
A. It
A. skill

B. after
B. more than
B. by
B. mostly
B. Which
B. started
B. occurs
B. editor
B. There
B. work

C, ago
C. an
C. through

C. partly
C. This
C. stopped
C. goes
C. typist
C. You
C. management

D. yet
D. over
D. with
D. very
D. All
D. moved
D. happens
D. printer
D. We
D. business

3. Hãy đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn câu trả lời tốt nhất trong số A, B, C và D.
ADVICE FOR TRAVELLERS WHO MAY FALL ILL WHILE ABROAD
Most British people go abroad on holiday, to visit family, or on short business trips.
People are (1) _______ to find out how to get urgent treatment before leaving the UK.
They have to (2) _______ a form which explains what they (3) _______ do if they fall ill
or (4) _______ an accident, and what arrangements exist in (5) _______ country for
medical treatment. The regulations are fairly simple but (6) _______ people do not have
this information, they may (7) _______ that private medical care is extremely expensive.
It is not unusual for people to discover that they do not have (8) _______ money with
them to (9) _______ the total costs and (10) _______ such circumstances an already
difficult situation becomes even more complicated.

1.
2.
3
4.
5.
6.
7.

A. advised
A. put
A. ought
A. have
A. their
A. because
A. look

B suggested
B. bring
B. will
B. get
B. each
B. whether
B. want

C said
C. fill
C. should
C. happen
C. one
C. as

C. find

D. spoken
D. get
D. may
D. take
D. this
D. if
D. know


8. A. enough
9. A. pay.
10. A. on

B. little
B. give
B. in

C. few
C. spend
C. at

D. full
D. have
D. up

4. Hãy đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn câu trả lời tốt nhất trong số A, B, C và D.
Plato was a very original thinker who lived in (1) _______ Greece. He asked
questions that nobody had asked before. He even tried to (2) _______ how the human

mind works. Plato was born about 428 B.C. in Athens, Greece. He became a pupil of
Greek philosopher Socrates. Then he (3) _______ a school in 387 B.C. He called his
school the Academy. Pupils studied astronomy, biology, mathematics, (4) _______, and
philosophy at the Academy. Plato wrote dialogues - debates that he imagined taking (5)
_______ between teachers and pupils. He hoped these dialogues would help students
understand his ideas. Plato investigated many topics, from (6) _______ to the heavens.
But his most important work was a (7) _______ of knowledge. Plato believed that we
learn about the world in two (8) _______ ways. We get useful information through our
(9) _______, like sight and touch. But we reach truth by using a higher ability, which he
called reason. Plato said that our senses give us imperfect knowledge, because they tell us
about specific objects. But our reason gives us truth, or (10) _______ knowledge, because
it tells us about ideas.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

A. antique
A. teach
A. set up
A. politic
A. part
A. friendly
A. study

A. variety
A. senses
A. imperfect

B. ancient
B. lecture
B. set in
B. political
B care
B. friend
B. research
B. varying’
B. feeling
B. prefect

C. old
C. talk
C. set out
C. politics
C. easy
C. friendship
C. lecture
C. different
C. thoughts
C. perfectly

D. old-aged
D. explain
D. set off
D. politician

D. place
D. befriend
D. lesson
D. differently
D. sensation
D. perfection

5. Hãy đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn câu trả lời tốt nhất trong số A, B, C và D.
When you are driving abroad you should make sure that you have all your documents
with you. These (1) _______ your passport, your driving licence and insurance papers. It
(2) _______ be very inconvenient if you (3) _______ any of these or if you cannot find


(4) _______ quickly. You must also make sure that your car has a nationality plate which
shows the country where the car is registered; for (5) _______, GB for Great Britain, F
for France, N for Norway and so on.
In some (6) _______ you have to pay if you don’t (7) _______ motoring laws and this
can sometimes cost you a lot of money. For instance, you may have to pay immediately if
you are stopped by a police officer for taking no notice of traffic lights, speed (8)
_______ or if you allow children (9) _______ the age of twelve to (10) _______ in the
front seat of a vehicle.
1. A. include
2. A. should
3. A. miss
4. A. that
5. A. once
6. A. countries
7. A. do
8: A. marks
9. A. under

10. A. follow

B. make
B. can
B. hide
B. those
B. example
B. positions
B. allow
B. spots
B. lower
B. pass

C. mean
C. is
C. lose
C. their
C. general
C. ways
C. obey
C. limits
C. over
C. travel

D. contain
D. has
D. pass
D. them
D. fact
D. routes

D. continue
D. numbers
D. behind
D. wait

6. Hãy đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn câu trả lời tốt nhất trong số A, B, C và D.
“My home is in the air - I do an enormous amount of travelling. It is a fast life and (1)
_______ of work, but I like it and that is the only way (2) _______ me. Everything is
tiring - music, traveling - but what can I do? I am not (3) _______ to complaining. It is
hard to imagine now (4) _______ I will ever be very long in one place. My hometown is
on the Caspian sea. There is sea, wind, sun and (5) _______ many tourists and hotels. I
have my own flat with four or five rooms, but I am seldom there. If I am there for a day
or two I prefer to (6) _______ with my mother and grandmother. They live in a small
house, (7) _______ it is very comfortable and my mother cooks for me. I like good,
simple food.
I have no wife, no brothers or sisters and my father (8) _______ when I was seven. He
was an engineer and I don’t (9) _______ him very well. He liked music, very much and
wanted me to (10) _______ a musician”.
1.

A. most

B. full

C. complete

D. more


2.

3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

A. for
B. to
C. in
A. wanted
B. taken
C. used
A. and
B. so
C. while
A. far
B. too
C. much
A. stay
B. go
C. do
A but
B. since
C. even
A. killed
B. gone
C. passed

A. know
B. remember C. remind
A. become
B. turn
C. develop

D. by
D. known
D. that
D. more
D. spend
D. which
D. died
D. see
D. grow

7. Hãy đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn câu trả lời tốt nhất trong số A, B, C và D.
A new restaurant with a difference has opened in the High Street next door to the
Royal Theatre in Bristol. It is called “Starters” and is (1) _______ by Carol and Philip
Wells who opened a (2) _______ restaurant in London last year.
Instead of a traditional three-course (3) _______, customers can choose whatever (4)
_______ want from a list of (5) _______ a hundred starters or first courses. The list also
includes recipes from all over the world and customers are recommended to (6) _______
at least three starters to (7) _______ a satisfying meal.
Prices vary depending on what you have, (8) _______ it is possible to eat quite
cheaply if you (9) _______ want to spend a lot of money. The new restaurant is becoming
very popular and it’s (10) _______ to book a table to avoid waiting.
1.
2.
3.

4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

A. got
A. similar
A. tea
A. you
A. only
A. read
A. make
A. so
A. do
A. well

B. held
B. same
B. meal
B. he
B. up
B. choose
B. be
B. then
B, can
B. best

C. run
C. several
C. food
C. they
C. more
C. look
C. want
C. unless
C. don’t
C. great

D. taken
D. like
D. plate
D. we
D. over
D. want
D. need
D. if
D. will
D. fine

8. Hãy đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn câu trả lời tốt nhất trong số A, B, C và D.
There was a nasty accident at Newton crossroads yesterday morning. A bus
overturned, and some of the passengers were badly (1) _______ Several (2) _______
helped to pull people out of the (3) _______ and give them (4) _______ until help


arrived. Soon the injured were taken to the nearest hospital by ambulance, but there were
so many that the (5) _______ department there had difficulty in treating them all. Most of

the passengers were found to be suffering from severe (6) _______. The bus had crashed
into a brand new car and had completely (7) _______ it although fortunately there was
no-one in the car. Moreover, the new car was fully (8) _______. The police took the
names and addresses of as many (9) _______ as possible. It is believed that the injured
passengers have the right to claim (10) _______.
1. A. pained
2. A. by standers
3. A wreckage
4. A. medicine
5. A. injury
6. A. surprise
7. A damaged
8. A. insured
9. A. suspects
10. A. rewards

B. wounded
B. spectators
B. crash
B. cures
B. ambulance
B. shock
B. knocked
B. guaranteed
B. witnesses
B. prizes

C. knocked down
C. audience
C. damage

C. remedy
C. casualty
C. worry
C. wrecked
C. protected
C. viewers
C. refund

D. injured
D. supporters
D. accident
D. first aid
D. operating
D. nervousness
D. crashed
D. purchased
D. judges
D. compensation

9. Hãy đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn câu trả lời tốt nhất trong số A, B, C và D.
“The Moon Trap” is a new film made by a young Canadian (1) _______ called
Melvin Strang. The main parts of the film are (2) _______ by Sid Chung and Julie Plein
who last appeared in “Music For Ever”.
In this new film (3) _______ star as a young married couple who buy an old house in
the country. After living there (4) _______ a few weeks strange things begin to happen.
Some of the furniture in the house disappears and can’t be (5) _______, windows
break and pictures fall off walls. At night they (6) _______ crying noises, and when the
moon is up loud screams can be heard from the woods nearby.
As you might expect, the young couple try to discover the (7) _______ for all these
strange events and this leads them into some very frightening situations. (8) _______ you

are easily scared, don’t go and see this film! But if you enjoy films with (9) _______ of
adventure and murder (10) _______ this is the film for you.
1.
2.

A. actor
A. played

B. leader
B. given

C. director
C. made

D. manager
D. put


3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

A. the
A. since
A. taken

A. hear
A. way
A. Why
A. lots
A. as

B. they
B. from
B. moved
B make
B. course
B. If
B. much
B when

C. she
C for
C. made
C. seem
C. reason
C. How
C. many
C. than

D. them
D. by
D. found
D. sound
D. use
D. Because

D. all
D. then

10. Hãy đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn câu trả lời tốt nhất trong số A, B, C và D.
For many people, travelling by plane is an exciting experience Others, however, find
the whole idea quite terrifying, (1) _______ flying is no more dangerous (2) _______ any
other form of travel and some experts say it is considerably safer. It is known, however,
that most accidents occur (3) _______ take-off and landing when a (4) _______ decisions
are vitally important.
The people (5) _______ job it is to look (6) _______ the passengers - the stewards
and stewardesses - play an important part.in helping passengers to (7) _______ safe and
comfortable. Indeed for many passengers being (8) _______ such care of is all part of the
total experience. (9) _______ other form of travel involves waiting on people in quite the
same (10) _______, with food, drink, newspapers, magazines, music and even video
films.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

A. although
A. than
A. while
A. leader’s

A whose
A. for
A. feel
A. given
A. Any
A. way

B. too
B. as
B. during
B. chiefs
B. which
B. up
B. rest
B. kept
B. No
B. kind

C. and
C. then
C. for
C. driver’s
C. their
C. after
C. experience
C. shown
C. All
C. sort

D. because

D. with
D. through
D. pilot’s
D. that
D. round
D. lie
D. taken
D. Not
D. part

11. Hãy đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn câu trả lời tốt nhất trong số A, B, C và D.
For many young people sport is a popular part of school life and (1) _______ in one
of the school teams and playing in matches is very important (2) _______ someone is in a
team, it means a lot of extra practice and often spending a Saturday or Sunday away (3)


_______ home, as many matches are played then.
It (4) _______ also involve travelling to other towns to play against other school
teams and then (5) _______ on after the match for a meal or a drink. Sometimes parents,
friends or other students will travel with the team to support (6) _______ own side.
When a school team wins a match it is the whole school which feels proud, (7)
_______ only the players. It can also mean that a school (8) _______ well-known for
being good at certain sports and pupils from that school may end up playing (9) _______
national or international teams so that the school has some really (10) _______ names
associated with it!
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

6.
7
8.
9.
10.

A. having
A. If
A. at
A. ought
A. being
A. their
A. but
A. turns
A. up
A. old

B. being
B. As
B on
B. is
B. staying
B. its
B. however
B. makes
B. to
B. new

C. taking
C. Then

C. for
C. can
C. leaving
C. our
C. and
C. comes
C. for
C. common

D. putting
D. So
D. from
D. has
D. spending
D. whose
D. not
D. becomes
D. beside
D. famous

12. Hãy đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn câu trả lời tốt nhất trong số A, B, C và D.
Mr Alex Fraser lived his entire life in a small town in the North of England. He never
left the house (1) _______ he had been born, never married, never went on holiday and
had no friends.
He worked in a local factory for (2) _______ forty years but even the people who had
worked with him for years (3) _______ very little about him.
He wore the same old clothes year in year out, and although he shopped (4) _______
at the local store he bought only the most basic foodstuffs, never changing his purchases
from one week to the next.
So (5) _______ he died last month neighbours and local people were astonished to

learn that Mr Fraser was not just a rich man, he was in fact (6) _______ millionaire.
He had no bank account, no money invested anywhere but in the various drawers,
cupboards and boxes in his house there were hundreds and thousands of bank (7)


_______ and coins.
It took police over two weeks to clear the house and the bank clerks took just as long
to (8) _______ all the money.
“We had absolutely no idea that he had been hiding his money over the years” one of
his neighbours (9) _______. “In fact we used to feel sorry for him, we thought he was a
poor old man unable to (10) _______ anything better for himself’.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

A. which
A. until
A. reminded
A. regularly
A. while
A. the
A. papers
A. number

A. said
A. pay

B. where
B. above
B. held
B. often
B. when
B. this
B. money
B. count
B. spoke
B. spend

C. who
C. over
C. had
C. sometimes
C. during
C: a
C. letters
C. guess
C. mentioned
C. afford

D. what
D. across
D. knew
D. never
D. that

D. one
D. notes
D. make
D. told
D. give

13. Hãy đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn câu trả lời tốt nhất trong số A, B, C và D.
C & A is probably one of the largest family fashion stores in the world, and their
shops are a familiar sight in (1) _______ High Streets in Britain. But many British people
would be surprised to learn (2) _______ this fashion company has Dutch origins.
Founded in the small market town of Sneek in 1841, the first C & A shop (3) _______
opened by two brothers called Clemens and August Brenninkmeyer. The initials of their
first names formed the name of the shop. As trade grew, more (4) _______ were opened
across Europe and in 1922 C & A came to Britain. (5) _______ success was immediate
and the store was a major influence in bringing down the (6) _______ of women’s
clothes. It was the two brothers who started the (7) _______ working week, at a time
when shopkeepers in Britain expected their (8) _______ to work a 6-day week. Today C
& A employs many thousands of people. All the stores are attractively (9) _______ with
good use of space, lighting and plenty of individual changing rooms where (10) _______
can try things on in comfort before they buy.
1.
2.

A. every
A. that

B. most
B. if

C. more

C. and

D. each
D. because


3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

A. were
A. stores
A. They
A. value
A. five-days
A. staff
A. drawn
A. customers

B. have
B. places
B. This
B. figures
B. five-day
B. groups

B. designed
B. patients

C. had
C. parts
C. That
C. cost
C. five-daily
C. officers
C. set
C. one

D. was
D. houses
D. Their
D. money
D. five-of-day
D. employers
D put
D. persons

14. Hãy đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn câu trả lời tốt nhất trong số A, B, C và D.
It was in 1819, in Vevey, that Francois-Louis Cailler set up a small business making
and selling cocoa and chocolate (1) _______ eventually became the first Swiss chocolate
factory. Handmade chocolate was (2) _______ made in other countries (3) _______
Cailler was the first to (4) _______ the idea of making chocolate by machine. The
business developed and in 1898, Alexandre Cailler, (5) _______ grandson, left Vevey and
built a new factory at Broc in the heart (6) _______ the Gruyere district, an area wellknown (7) _______ the richness of its milk. The following year (8) _______ were 120
workers at the factory and by 1906 over a thousand people (9) _______ employed there
By this time the chocolate industry had (10) _______ an important part of the Swiss

economy.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

A. who
A. yet
A. but
A. think
A. its
A. at
A. for
A. it
A. had
A. turned

B. which
B. now
B. because
B. have
B. their
B. by
B. with

B. there
B. been
B. grown

C. it
C. already
C. so
C. put
C. his
C. up
C. in
C. they
C. were
C. found

D. what
D. even
D. for
D. show
D. whose
D. of
D. to
D. hose
D. was
D. become