Bài đọc hiểu tiếng anh

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(1) _______ six o’clock yesterday evening, the River Thames burst its banks and
flooded a wide area. By nine o’clock the floods had reached the town of Dorchester. The
main street was soon (2) _______ three feet of water. Fire engines arrived quickly to
pump away the water, but heavy rain made the job very (3) _______.
Mrs. Rose Willow, a (4) _______ nearly 80 years old, and living alone in her cottage,
trapped upstairs (5) _______ three hours. Finally, firemen were able to rescue her with
ladders and a small (6) _______ “My cat, Tibbies, stayed with me all the time” said Mrs.
Willow. “She (7) _______ me a lot. She sat with me, so I didn’t feel afraid.”
The rain has finally stopped, the river level is falling and the weather forecast is good,
(8) _______ the floods have done a great deal of damage.
“Luckily, nobody was (9) _______ or injured.” Chief Fire Office Hawkins (10)
_______ reporters, “but it will take a long time to clear up the mess.”
1
A. In
B. To
C. At
D. Until
2.
A. over
B. under
C. through
D. between
3.
A. easy
B. difficult
C. quick
D. clean
4.
A. girl
B. man

C. lady
D. child
5.
A. for
B. during
C. while
D. through
6. A. ship
B. boat
C. car
D. bicycle
7.
A. worried
B. frightened
C. bored
D. helped
8.
A. but
B. also
C. therefore
D. so
9.
A. burnt
B. cut
C. scratched
D. drowned
10. A said
B. asked
C. told
D. spoke

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Many parents believe that they should begin to teach their children to read when they
are (1) _______ more than toddlers. This is fine if the child shows a real interest but (2)
_______ a child could be counter-productive if she isn’t ready. Wise parents will have a
(3) _______ attitude and take the lead from their child. What they should provide is a
selection of (4) _______ toys, books, and other activities. Nowadays there is plenty of
good (5) _______ available for young children, and of course, seeing plenty of books in
use about the house will also (6) them to read. - Of course, books are no longer the only
(7) _______ of stories and information. There is also a huge range of videos, which can


(8) _______ and extend the pleasure a child finds in a book and are (9) _______ valuable
in helping to increase vocabulary and concentration. Television gets a bad (10) _______
as far as children are concerned, mainly because too many spend too much time watching
programmes not intended for their age group.
1. A. scarcely
B. rarely
C. slightly
D. really
2. A. insisting
B. forcing
C. making
D. starting
3. A. cheerful
B. contended C. relaxed
D. hopeful
4. A. bright
B. thrilling
C. energetic D. stimulating
5. A. material

B. sense
C. produce
D. amusement
6. A. provoke
B. encourage C. provide
D. attract
7. A. source
B. site
C. style
D. basis
8. A. uphold
B. found
C. reinforce D. assist
9. A. properly
B. worthily
C. perfectly D. equally
10. A. review
B. press
C. criticism
D. result
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Why do people like to chew gum? Some people say they like the taste. (1) _______
say they can think better if they chew gum. Some people chew it when they have some
boring work to (2) _______. Others chew gum when they are nervous.
Gum is a (3) of several things. For many years gum companies made gum from
chicle. Chicle is a natural gum from a tree in Mexico and Central America. Now
companies use plastic and rubber made from petroleum (4) _______ of chicle.
Gum must be soft (5) _______ you can chew it. A softener keeps it soft. The gum
company makes the softener from vegetable oil. A sweetener makes the gum sweet. The
sweetener is usually sugar. Then the company (6) _______ the flavour.

Thomas Adams made the first gum from chicle in 1836. (7) _______, chewing gum
was not new. The Greeks chewed gum from a tree (8) _______ 2,000 years ago. Mayan
Indians in Mexico chewed chicle. Indians in the Northeastern United States taught
Europeans to chew gum from a tree there.
People first made bubble gum in 1928. Children like to (9) _______ bubble with
bubble gum. Some university students do (10) _______.
1.
2.
3.

A. The other
A. make
A. mixture

B. Others
B. get
B. roll

C. The others
C. do
C. fix

D. Other
D. carry
D. connection


4. A. aside
B. apart
C. inside

D. instead
5. A. so that
B. then
C. for
D. that
6. A. puts
B. places
C. adds
D. fits
7. A. However
B. More
C. But
D. Though
8. A. more
B. over
C. above
D. than
9. A. turn
B. set
C. pass
D. blow
10. A. so
B. too
C. then
D. same
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The table tennis match was very enjoyable before someone lit a cigarette and ruined
the evening. After (1) _______ smoking, they let the cigarette fall on the wooden floor.
Unfortunately, they dropped it without putting it out but (2) _______ paid any attention
to it. Even the woman (3) _______ next to the man with the cigarette did not notice.

Soon, however, there was (4) _______ smoke. Suddenly flames (5) _______ up into the
air. Someone immediately ran out of the room (6) _______ the fire brigade. Two or three
men got some buckets of water (7) _______ the fire, but it was useless. Everyone in the
large hut (8) _______ very frightened. The next moment people rushed towards the main
doors. Before the next brigade arrived, the whole building was on fire. On (9) _______
the burning building, one of the firemen succeeded in (10) _______ an old woman.
1. A finish
B. finishing
C. finished
D. finishes
2. A. someone
B. anyone
C. no one
D. anybody
3. A. she was
B. was
C. who was D. she
4. A. a lot of
B. many
C. a few
D. little
5. A. shoot
B. shoots
C. shot
D. shooting
6. A. phone
B. phoning
C. to phone
D. for phoning
7. A. to put out

B. they put out C. putting out D. put out
8. A. was
B. were
C. has
D. have
9. A enter
B. entering
C. entered
D. he entered
10. A. he rescued B. rescue
C. rescues
D. rescuing
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There is now increasing concern about the world’s energy (1) _______, particularly
about those involving fossil (2) _______. In less than a hundred years we shall probably
(3) _______ all the present (4) _______ of oil and gas. The world’s coal (5) _______
should last longer but, once used, these cannot be(6) _______. It is important, therefore,
that we should develop such (7) _______ sources of energy as solar energy and nuclear


energy as well water and wind (8) _______ (classed as (9) _______ energy). Until these
energy (10) _______ are widely used, it is important for the developed countries to
reduce energy consumption as much as possible.
1. A. possessions
B. resources
C. goods
D. materials
2. A. fuels
B. powers
C. forms

D energies
3. A. end
B. complete
C. total
D. exhaust
4. A. findings
B. productions C. amounts
D. sources
5. A. reserves
B. stores
C. mines
D. contents
6. A. updated
B. repeated
C. renewed
D. produced
7. A. traditional
B. alternative
C. revolutionary D. surprising
8. A. force
B. strength
C. power
D. motion
9. A. repeatable
B. continual
C. renewable
D. continuous
10. A. goods
B. supplies
C. provisions D. materials

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It was a Monday morning in the office and, as usual everyone was busy sorting
through their mail before starting work. The other staff had (1) _______ that Nicky, one
of the computer operators, had been (2) _______ rather miserable recently and they
wondered what might have happened to make her so (3) _______. Suddenly Nicky
accidentally (4) _______ over a cup of coffee As she was clearing up the mess, the girl
sitting next to her happened to glance at Nicky’s right hand. There was a large swelling at
the (5) _______ “What on earth have you (6) _______ to yourself? Does it (7)
_______?’’ asked the girl. “Yes it does. I think I’ve (8) _______ it using the computer,”
replied Nicky. “I think you’d better go and let the doctor (9) _______ it,” said the girl.
“Let’s hope there’s no permanent (10) _______ to your hand.”
1.
A recognized B. realized
C. noticed
D. identified
2.
A appearing
B. seeming
C. pretending
D. looking
3.
A sick
B. bored
C. uninterested
D. depressed
4.
A kicked
B. punched
C. hit
D. knocked

5.
A wrist
B. elbow
C. knee
D. ankle
6. A made
B. done
C. happened
D. brought
7.
A harm
B hurt
C. disturb
D. upset
8.
A injured
B. ruined
C. spoiled
D. destroyed
9.
A check
B. inspect
C. examine
D. investigate
10. A pain
B. destruction
C. damage
D. suffering
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Speech is one of the most important (1) _______ communicating. It consists of far
more than just making noises. To talk and also to (2) _______ by other people, we have
to speak a language, that is, we have to use combinations of (3) _______ that everyone
agrees to stand for a particular object or idea. Communication would be impossible if
everyone made up their own language.
Learning a language properly is very (4) _______. The basic (5) _______ of English
is not very large, and not only about 2,000 words are needed to speak it quite (6)
_______. But the more idea you can (7) _______ the more precise you can be about their
exact meaning.
Words are the (8) _______ thing we use in communicating what we want to say. The
way we (9) _______ the words is also very important. Our tone of voice can express
many emotions and (10) _______ whether we are pleased or angry, for instance.
1. A. ways
B. reason
C. rules
D. tests
2. A. be examined B. be talked
C be understood D. be spoken
3. A. sounds
B. languages
C. systems
D. talks
4. A. important
B. expensive
C. simple
D. easy
5. A. word
B. vocabulary C. grammar
D. structure

6. A. good
B. fluent
C. well
D. perfect
7. A. grow
B. need
C. pass
D. express
8. A. most
B. main
C. certain
D. full
9. A. send
B. talk
C. say
D. pass
10. A. ask
B. understand C. know
D. show
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A lot of people like to play their records as loudly as possible. The (1) _______ is that
the rest of the family and the neighbours often complain (2) _______ they don’t like the
music. One (3) _______ to this problem is to wear headphones, but headphones are
usually uncomfortable.’ An armchair which has a record-player system built into it has
just been (4) _______ by a British engineer, Stephen Court.
The armchair looks like an ordinary armchair with a high back. However, each of the
two sides of the chair has three loudspeakers inside to reproduce middle and high sounds.
Low sounds are reproduced by a pair of loudspeakers in a hollow (5) _______ under the
seat. Anyone who sits in the chair hears sounds coming from all around his/her head.

Because we cannot tell the exact (6) from which low sounds come, it doesn’t (7)
_______ that they come from underneath or behind. It is the higher sounds coming from
the sides of the chair that create a stereo effect.
These sounds travel only a few inches to reach the listener’s ears. (8) _______, it
takes only a little power to make the music sound very loud. Only a small amount of
sound leaks out from behind the chair into the room to (9) _______ others. Most of the
sound is (10) _______ by the listener.
1. A. conclusion
B. impact
C. sequence
D. result
2. A. if
B. for
C. lest
D. since
3. A way
B. answer
C. conclusion
D. settlement
4. A. drawn
B. discovered
C. imagined
D. designed
5. A. hole
B. set
C. location
D. space
6. A. destination
B. reason

C. source
D. departure
7. A. care
B. make sense
C. matter
D. mean
8. A. Surprisingly B. Strangely
C. Consequently D. Eventually
9. A disappoint
B. dismiss
C. deter
D. disturb
10. A. integrated
B. absorbed
C. admitted
D. accommodated
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Death is not necessarily a failure of energy on the part of the Life Force. People with
no (1) _______ try to make things which will last forever, and even want to live forever
themselves. But the (2) _______ man knows very well that it is a waste of labor to make
a machine that will last ten years, because it will probably be superseded in half that time
by an improved machine (3) _______ the same purpose. He also knows that if somebody
were to convince us that our dream of personal immortality is no dream but a hard (4)
_______ such a shriek of despair would go up (5) _______ the human race as no other
conceivable horror could provoke. We (6) ______ voluntarily, knowing that it is time for
us to be scrapped, to be remanufactured. We must all be born again, and yet again and
again. No man is willing to make a serious effort to keep alive. The (7) _______ he sees
death approach, he gets into bed and sends for a doctor. He knows very (8) _______ at
the back of his conscience that he is rather a poor job and (9) _______ be
remanufactured. He knows that his (10) _______ will make room for a birth. Adapted

from A Treatise on Parents and Children by George Bernard Shaw.


1. A. luck
B. time
C. imagination
D. hope
2. A. intelligent
B. lazy
C. friendly
D. ridiculous
3. A. answer
B. answers
C. answering
D. answered
4. A. choice
B. situation
C. memory
D. fact
5. A. to
B. from
C. about
D. with
6. A. remain
B. try
C. die
D. become
7. A. moment
B. fear
C. reason

D: hope
8. A. much
B. well
C. few
D. special
9. A. ought to be
B. was to
C. might have been D. can be
10. A. health
B. death
C. decision
D. condition
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THE PERFECT PARTNER
A long and happy (1) _______ is something that many people wish for, but finding
the right partner is (2) _______ more difficult than you might imagine. A friend of mine,
Susan, had not been very successful in her attempt to find the perfect partner, and she was
beginning to lose heart and feel rather(3) _______. One day she happened to hear
someone (4) _______ about a computer dating agency which could help you to find the
ideal partner. Susan immediately (5) _______ an appointment to see someone at the
agency, then waited to see (6) _______ would happen. The agency arranged a meeting
with a “suitable” partner at the local railway station a week later, although I (7) _______
her not to go. My friend arrived a few minutes early but could see no one who matched
the (8) _______ of the man in the photograph she had been sent. She noticed a man
waiting under the station clock and (9) _______ a bunch of flowers, but there was no one
else around. Suddenly the man started chatting to her and, after a while, asked her if she
would like to go and have a coffee. Not until much later did they come to the conclusion
that they had both been waiting for each other! When they had both (10) _______ from
the shock, they decided that the computer had been right after all!
1.

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

A. honeymoon
A. so
A. depressed
A. mentioning
A. did
A. that
A. advised

B. wedding
B. much
B. ashamed
B. telling
B. had
B. what
B. urged

C. marriage
C. too
C. embarrassed
C. talking
C. set
C. which
C. suggested

D. engagement
D. lot
D. bored
D. relating
D. made
D. who
D. whispered


8. A. look
B. appearance
C. gesture
D. manner
9. A. fetching
B. wearing
C. carrying
D. holding
10. A. returned
B. recovered
C. reviewed
D. realized
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Dear Mum and Dad,
This is just a quick letter to let you know that I’m fine. We’re all working quite hard
because the exams are only a few weeks away, but our teacher (1) _______ he thinks
we’ll do well. (My landlady’s not so sure - she keeps (2) _______ me I should stop (3)
_______ so much TV and do a bit more reading)
Anyway, we had a wonderful time at half term. I went off to Paris for a few days with
some of the others from the school, and we went on a guided (4) _______ of the city. We

saw most of the famous (5) _______ like the Louvre, where they have an amazing (6)
_______ of paintings, and the Eiffel Tower. Then we went down to the South of France
by train. It was so fast - the whole (7) _______ was only about four hours. We spent (8)
_______ time in Nice and in Cannes as well, and we all really enjoyed it. On our last day
we went to a small island (9) _______ the lie des Pelerins, and we saw the castle where
they used to keep the “Man in the Iron Mask”. All in all, we had a great time and the
weather was really good as well The only thing I felt (10) _______ about was that we
didn’t have enough time to spare to go swimming - maybe next time.
Anyway, I must go now as I’ve got to do a bit of homework for tomorrow. Will you
write soon?
Love,
Janie
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

A. says
A. saying
A. watch
A. trip
A. shows
A. set
A. voyage

A. a little
A. spoken
A. sorry

B. tells
B. telling
B. watched
B. visit
B. sights
B. group
B. travel
B. little
B. said
B. apologetic

C. speaks
C. speaking
C. to watch
C. tour
C. views
C. gallery
C. drive
C. few
C. called
C. displeased

D. talks
D. talking
D. watching
D. excursion

D. looks
D. collection
D. journey
D. a few
D. told
D. regretful


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HOOKED ON THE NET
The latest addiction to trap thousands of people is the Internet, which has been (1)
_______ for broken relationships, job losses, financial ruin, and even one suicide.
Psychologists now recognize Internet Addiction Syndrome (IAS) as a new illness that
could (2) _______ serious problems and ruin many lives. Special help groups have been
set up to (3) _______ sufferers help and support.
Psychologists have described many worrying examples, including one man who took
his own life after (4) _______ more than £14.000 to feed his addiction, and a teenager
who had to receive psychiatric treatment for his 12-hour-a-day (5) _______. “This illness
is not fake, and it must be taken seriously,” said an expert in behavioural addiction at
Nottingham Trent University. “These are not sad people with serious personality (6)
_______, they are people who were fine before they found the Internet.”
IAS is similar to other problems like gambling, smoking and drinking: addicts have
dreams about the Internet; they need to use it first thing in the morning; they (7) _______
to their partners about how much time they spend online; they wish they could cut down,
but are unable to do so. A recent study found that many users spend up to 40 hours a
week on the Internet; (8) _______ they felt guilty, they became depressed if they were
made to stop using it.
Almost anyone can be at risk. Some of the addicts are teenagers who are already (9)
_______ on computer games and who (10) _______ it very difficult to resist the games
on the Internet. Surprisingly, however, psychologists say that most victims are middleaged housewives who have never used a computer before.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

A. blamed
A. lead
A offer
A. gaining
A. habit
A. mistakes
A betray
A. although

B. faulted
B. affect
B suggest
B. lending
B. custom
B. errors
B. deceive
B. despite

C. mistaken
C. take
C. recommend

C. winning
C. manner
C. faults
C. cheat
C. unless

D accused
D. cause
D. advise
D. borrowing
D. routine
D. defects
D. lie
D. without


9. A. taken
B. addicted
C. tied
D. hooked
10. A. say
B. feel
C. find
D. have
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BODY AND MIND
People have tried for over 2000 years to find a relationship (1) _______ people’s
physical features and their character, and even though there is a complete (2) _______ of
evidence for such an idea, it is still popular.
The Ancient Greeks were interested in the idea of human personality although they

did not link it with outward appearance. Later, during the Renaissance, some writers (3)
_______ that there was a direct connection between a person s character and their face,
and they called this new science would (4) _______ you know a great deal about a person
simply by analysing their face. Kings and princes were interested in the science, as they
thought it might (5) _______ them to be better judges of character, and they believed that
these new skills would (6) _______ it more difficult for dishonest courtiers to (7)
_______ them in.
Despite the fact that nobody takes these theories seriously nowadays, scientists are
still interested in the basic idea. They have shown that there is a link between a person’s
character and their build.
Extroverts and other confident, outgoing people are usually short and thick set, and in
contrast, people who are (8) _______ and reserved tend to be (9) _______ and thin. There
is some scientific basis to this theory because glands have such an important effect on
both a person’s build and their moods, so it is not (10) _______ to find a link between
them.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

A. between
A. lack
A. claimed
A. allow
A. make

A. change
A. take
A. conceited
A. long

B. among
B. shortage
B. told
B. permit
B. allow
B. make
B. put
B. arrogant
B. high

C. from
C. failure
C. pretended
C. let
C. let
C. let
C. set
C. proud
C. tall

D. with
D. need
D. related
D. enable
D. learn

D. turn
D. bring
D. shy
D. great


10.

A. surprising

B. surprised

C. interested

D. interesting