Bài đọc hiểu tiếng anh

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LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
Do you ever wish you were more optimistic, someone who always (1) _______ to be
successful? Having someone around who always (2) _______ the worst isn’t really a lot
of (3) _______ - we all know someone who sees a single cloud on a sunny day and says.
“It looks (4) _______ rain.” But if you catch yourself thinking such things, it’s important
to do something (5) _______ it.
You can change your view of life, (6) _______ to psychologists. It only takes a little
effort, and you’ll find life more rewarding as a (7) _______. Optimism, they say, is partly
about self-respect and confidence but it’s also a more positive way of looking at life and
all it has to (8) _______ Optimists are more (9) _______ to start new projects and are
generally more prepared.to take risks.
Upbringing is obviously very important in forming your (10) _______ to the world.
Some people are brought up to (11) _______ too much on others and grow up forever
blaming other people when anything (12) _______ wrong. Most optimists, on the (13)
_______ hand, have been brought up not to (14) _______ failure as the end of the world
– they just (15) _______ with their lives.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8,
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.

15.

A. counted
A. worries
A. amusement
A. so
A. with
A. judging
A. result
A. supply
A. possible
A. opinion
A. trust
A. goes
A. opposite
A. regard
A. get up

B. expected
B. cares
B. play
B. to
B. against
B. according
B. reason
B. suggest
B. likely
B. attitude
B. believe
B. falls

B. next
B. respect
B. get on

C. felt
C. fears
C. enjoyment
C. for
C. about
C. concerning
C. purpose
C. offer
C. hopeful
C. view
C. depend
C. comes
C. other
C. suppose
C. get out

D. waited
D. doubts
D. fun
D. like
D. over
D. following
D. product
D. propose
D. welcome
D. position

D. hope
D. turns
D. far
D. think
D. get over

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The point at which physical decline with age begins adversely to affect a driver’s
capability has not yet been thoroughly studied. A survey of more than 3,000 road
accidents in Michigan involving drivers aged over 55 showed that in eight out of ten (1)
_______ it was a driver over the age of 71 who had (2) _______ a collision by failing to
yield, turning carelessly or changing lanes.
Older drivers are obviously more (3) _______ to injury in vehicle crashes, as well as
being a potential higher (4) _______ through their own driving (5) _______.
Reaction (6) _______ in an emergency involves many different physical (7) _______
such as the production of the nerve impulse, perception of the signal, (8) _______ of
response and transmission to the muscles.
Some of these (9) _______ more than others with age, but the overall effect increases
the time it takes to respond for more (10) _______ drivers.
Part of the ageing process, however, does not include the (11) _______ of experience,
often in the subconscious, which triggers (12) _______ danger warnings than in younger
drivers who have not experienced similar situations.
This (13) _______ of judgement heightens the perception of risk and often (14)
_______ older drivers to avoid a situation which might then (15) _______ them to the
test.
1.
2.
3.

4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

A users
A. avoided
A. likely
A. degree
A. practice
A. period
A. events
A. choice
A. improve
A. mature
A. collection
A. sooner
A: lack
A. follows
A. fix

B. points

B. prevented
B. susceptible
B. chance
B. activity
B. time
B. parts
B. suggestion
B. deteriorate
B. ancient
B. addition
B. earlier
B. maturity
B. progresses
B. force

C. cases
C. caused
C. possible
C. factor
C. experience
C. process
C. factors
C. section
C. reduce
C. older
C. storage
C. former
C. absence
C. leads
C. enable

D. attempts
D. activated
D. common
D. risk
D. behaviour
D. system
D. forms
D. preference
D. increase
D. elderly
D. summary
D. later
D. strength
D. pulls
D. put


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THE TELEPHONE IN THE US
The telephone was invented in 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell, a Scotsman who
became a US citizen. The word “telephone’’ had been (1) _______ existence since the
1830s and had been (2) _______ to a number of inventions designed to produce sound.
Bell had become interested in the possibility of long-distance speech (3) _______ his
work with the deaf. He was twenty-eight and his assistant. Thomas Watson, was (4)
_______ twenty-one when they (5) _______ their great success on 10th March 1876.
Despite their long and (6) _______ association, Bell’s first communication by telephone
was not “Tom, come here, I want you”, (7) _______ “Mr. Watson, come here, I want
you”.
(8) _______ with excitement, Bell and Watson demonstrated their invention to a US

telegram company. The company wrote to Bell, (9) _______ that his invention was
interesting. However, after (10) _______ it careful consideration, they had (11) _______
to the conclusion that it had “no future”. Fortunately for Bell, others could see the
possibilities. (12) _______ four years of its invention, the’ US had 60,000 telephones. In
the next twenty years that (13) _______ increased to over 6 million.
Today, ninety-three per cent of US homes have a phone, a (14) _______ of phone
ownership no other nation comes near to equalling. Each US household makes or
receives (15) _______ average 3,516 calls per year, an astonishing statistic.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.

A. in
A. joined
A. through
A. quite
A. managed
A. narrow
A. but
A. Whole

A. saying
A. regarding
A. reached
A. Under
A. figure

B. with
B. named
B. as
B. just
B. achieved
B. attached
B. otherwise
B. Deep
B. informing
B. giving
B. come
B. From
B. count

C. to
C. employed
C. because
C. simply
C. succeeded
C close
C. instead
C. Entire
C. describing
C. taking

C. arrived
C. Within
C. measure

D. out
D. applied
D. along
D. lately
D. fulfilled
D. near
D. although
D. Filled
D. referring
D. bearing
D. brought
D. About
D. extent


14. A. grade
15. A. on

B. height
B. by

C. level
C. at

D. rank
D. for

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AN UNUSUAL PLACE TO LIVE
Set in the red desert of central Australia is the mining town of Cooper Pedy. At first
sight, the town looks (1) _______ to many other such communities, but Cooper Pedy is
different. Sixty per cent of its population of some 4,000 people live underground. There
are today about 800 underground houses as well as shops, hotels and even churches in the
town and the (2) _______ hills Once a site has been chosen, special tunnelling machines
are (3) _______ in to create passages and rooms in the sandstone. Rock pillars are left to
(4) _______ the roof, and doors and windows are cut into the front. Houses are of all
shapes and (5) _______ the largest having twenty rooms, and some even have their own
swimming pool. Living underground may (6) _______ strange but in fact it has a (7)
_______ of advantages. In summer, the temperature outside can (8) _______ an
astonishing 47°C, and in winter the nights can be (9) _______ cold, however, inside the
houses it remains a steady 25°C all year (10) _______ Many people say that living
underground (11) _______ them feel very secure. There is no problem with noise from
the neighbours and the houses are not (12) _______ by the fierce dust storms that
regularly (13) _______ through the area. And of course, if your family (14) _______ or
lots of friends come to stay, you can (15) _______ dig another room.
1.
2.
3.
4
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.

12.
13.

A. similar
A enclosing
A. entered
A. push
A. volumes
A. consider
A. sum
A. achieve
A. extremely
A. wide
A. makes
A. spoiled
A. pour

B. like
B. close
B. brought
B. lift B. areas
B. hear
B. plenty
B. reach
B. heavily
B. round
B. enables
B. influenced
B. sweep

C. same
C. near
C. worked
C. rise
C. sizes
C. suggest
C. number
C. fulfil
C. sharply
C. across
C. allows
C. disturbed
C. flood

D. alike
D. surrounding
D. placed
D support
D. numbers
D. sound
D total
D. hold
D. strongly
D. along
D. gets
D. affected
D. hurry


14: A. grows

15. A. ever

B. rises
B regularly

C. stretches
C. always

D. explodes
D. only

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SEASIDE HOLIDAYS IN BRITAIN
British families started going on holiday to the seaside around the middle of the 19th
century. The invention of the railways (1) _______ this possible. The first holidaymakers
were quite rich and went for their health and education The seaside was a place to be (2)
_______ of illness, and doctors recommended bathing in the sea and drinking sea water.
Also to (3) _______ their knowledge, families attended concerts and read books from the
library.
At that time, ordinary working people had very little time (4) _______ work.
However, in 1871, the government (5) _______ four “Bank Holidays’’ - national holiday
days. This (6) _______ people to have a day or two out, which (7) _______ gave them a
(8) _______ for leisure and the seaside. At first, they went on day-trips, taking (9)
_______ of special cheap tickets on the railways.
By the 1880s, rising incomes (10) _______ that many ordinary workers and their
families could have a week’s holiday at the seaside. Rail fares were reduced and cheap
hotels were built to (11) _______ them. Holidaymakers enjoyed being (12) _______,
sitting on the beach, bathing in the sea, and eating ice-cream. Cheap entertainment was
(13) _______ offer and holidaymakers went to (14) _______ fun.
Today, the English seaside (15) _______ popular, with more than 18 millions holidays

taken there each year.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

A. let
A. cured
A. raise
A. out
A. installed
A. allowed
A. hardly ever
A. taste
A. benefit
A. caused

B. made
B. remedied
B. spread
B. off
B. presented
B. provided
B. here and there

B. sense
B. opportunity
B. produced

C. got
C. recovered
C. increase
C. away
C. introduced
C. offered
C. seldom
C. favour
C. advantage
C. meant

D. had
D. improved
D. add
D. from
D. brought
D. opened
D. now and then
D. pleasure
D. profit
D. resulted


11.
12.
13.

14.
15.

A accommodate
A. idle
A. in ‘
A get
A. remains

B. board
B. easy
B. for
B. have
B. stays

C. cater
C. restful
C. to
C. take
C. continues

D. lodge
D. spare
D. on
D. make
D. lasts

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FILM MUSIC
In the early days of the cinema, before sound was introduced, silent films were (1)

_______ by a pianist, or even a small orchestra playing in the cinema itself. One reason
for this was to (2) _______ up the noise of the projector. However, a more important role
was to provide (3) _______ for what was going on in the film, and (4) _______ the
audience through the story. Different kinds of music were (5) _______ with different
situations, such as fights, chases, romantic scenes and so on. Music was also used to
identify, the geographical- location or historical setting of the story. In (6) _______
individual characters often had their own tune, which could also (7) _______ what sort of
person they were.
Music (8) _______ something extra to what was happening on the flat screen. It could
create atmosphere and (9) _______ the involvement of the audience, one moment
encouraging them to relax, the next developing a (10) _______ of tension. And all this
was done without any words being spoken.
Audiences at that (11) _______ would have been (12) _______ with the musical
language connected with the traditions of popular theatre, and many of these were (13)
_______ to the new medium of the cinema. Today, (14) _______ the films produced may
be technically very different from before, much of the musical history still (15) _______.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

A. chased
A. tie
A. support
A. persuade

A. associated
A. measure
A. point
A. placed
A. increase

B. pursued
B. put
B. description
B. guide
B. united
B. addition
B. indicate
B. made
B. rise

C. taken
C. cover
C. suggestion
C. follow
C. joined
C. plus
C. paint
C. added
C. grow

D. accompanied
D. make
D. comment
D. send

D. collected
D. total
D. draw
D. put
D. lift


10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

A. look
A. time
A. popular
A. transferred
A. instead
A. remains

B. meaning
B. spell
B. educated
B. moved
B. however
B. stays

C. sight
C. occasion

C. familiar
C. transported
C. despite
C. keeps

D. sense
D. century
D. experienced
D. carried
D. although
D. rests

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THE FIRST BICYCLE
The history of the bicycle goes back m.ore than 200 yea’s. In 1791, Count de Sivrac.
(1) _______ onlookers in a park in Paris as he showed off his two-wheeled invention, a
machine called the “celerifere”. It was basically an (2) _______ version of a children’s
toy which has been in (3) _______ for many years. Sivrac’s “celerifere” had a wooden
frame, made in the (4) _______ of a horse, which was mounted on a wheel at either end.
To ride it, you sat on a small seat, just like a modern bicycle, and pushed (5) _______
against the (6) _______ with your legs - there were no pedals. It was impossible to steer a
“celerifere” and it had no brakes, but I despite these problems the invention very much
(7) _______ to the fashionable young men of Paris. Soon they were (8) _______ races up
and down the streets. Minor (9) _______ were common as riders attempted a final burst
of (10) _______. Controlling the machine was difficult as the only way to change (11)
_______ was to pull up the front of the “celerifere” and (12) _______ it round while the
front wheel was (13) _______ in the air.
“Celerifere” were not popular for long, however, as the (14) _______ ;of no springs,
no steering and rough roads made riding them very uncomfortable. Even so, the wooden
“celerifere” was the (15) _______ of the modern bicycle.

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

A. delighted
B. cheered
A. increased
B. enormous
A. use
B. play
A. resemblance B. shape
A. fast
B. deeply
A. surface
B. ground
A. attracted
B. appealed
A. going
B. getting
A. wounds
B. trips

C. appreciated
C. extended

C. operation
C. body
C. heavily
C. earth
C. took
C. holding
C. injuries

D. overjoyed
D. enlarged
D. service
D. appearance
D. hard
D. floor
D. called
D. making
D. breaks


10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

A. velocity
A. direction
A. roll
A. cycling

A. mixture
A. origin

B. energy
B. route
B. drive
B. circling
B. link
B. design

C. pace
C. heading
C. turn
C. winding
C. combination
C. model

D. speed
D. way
D. revolve
D. spinning
D. union
D. introduction

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ZOOS
Many people remember being taken to the zoo as a child. They remember especially
the excitement of (1) _______ seeing animals for the first (2) _______ before they had
only read about them in books or seen them on television. However, there is (3) _______
discussion today about the future of zoos and what their role should be.

Supporters of zoos claim that they have an education (4) _______ and represent a
good way for people of (5) _______ ages to learn more about the natural world. Also,
zoos provide (6) _______ for important research and frequently (7) _______ scientists to
help save those animals which are becoming (8) _______ rare in the wild.
Opponents, however, criticise zoos for a number of reasons. Firstly, they say that it is
(9) _______ to keep animals in cages. Even in the best zoos, animals may (10) _______
because the places in which they have to live are both restricted and (11) _______ This
can cause them to (12) _______ stress and can affect their health. Secondly, they believe
that money would be (13) _______ spent on protecting animals in their (14) _______
environment. Finally, opponents (15) _______ out that most people nowadays can see
well-made nature documentaries on television and that this is a much more valuable
experience than going to a zoo.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

A. actually
A. moment
A. deep
A. activity
A. several
A. ways
A. make
A. completely

A. violent

B. genuinely
B. event
B. considerable
B. function
B. both
B. reasons
B. arrange
B. increasingly
B. severe

C. positively
C. occasion
C. large ‘
C. situation
C. all
C. methods
C. allow
C. totally
C heavy

D truly
D. time
D. important
D. occupation
D. every
D. opportunities
D. let
D. greatly

D cruel


10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

A. suffer
A. designed
A. experience
A. further
A. standard
A. pick

B. injure
C. fail
B. manufactured C. artificial
B. have
C. create
B. rather
C. better
B. daily
C. typical
B. point
C. show

D. hurt

D. false
D. bear
D. more
D. natural
D. speak

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AN ITALIAN VILLAGE IN WALES
The scenery in North Wales is magnificent and so this area is very popular with
tourists. Situated on a dramatic part of the rocky coastline is a village, (1) _______ in
Britain, called Portmeirion. The dream of the architect Clough Williams-Ellis, its
construction began in 1925 and he finally (2) _______ in finishing the (3) _______ in
1973. The result is a copy of a small, and very beautiful, Italian village.
As you wander down the (4) _______ paths towards the village you can (5) _______
the sea through the trees, and there is a marvellous (6) _______ of the whole coastline
from the top of the church tower. (7) _______ the houses, shops and restaurants, there is a
luxury hotel, which seems, at (8) _______ tide, almost to float on the water.
Most of the houses are (9) _______ to visitors in the summer months, (10) _______ a
few people live in Portmeirion all year (11) _______. It is possible for (12) _______ to
visit the village for the day (13) _______ payment of a small entrance (14) _______. Late
spring and early autumn are the best times to visit, (15) _______ in the early morning
when the only sound that can be heard is the splashing of the water in the fountains.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

9.
10.
11.
12.

A. single
A. succeeded
A. task
A. curling
A glimpse
A. display
A. As well
A. complete
A. charged
A. although
A. by
A. spectators

B. unique
B. managed
B. attempt
B. winding
B. glance
B. view
B. More than
B. big
B. paid
B. otherwise
B. along
B. onlookers

C. particular
C. resulted
C. effort
C. rolling
C. look
C. sight
C. In addition to
C. maximum
C. let
C. even
C. round
C. observers

D. only
D. achieved
D. labour
D. waving
D. catch
D. outlook
D. Apart
D. high
D. borrowed
D. despite
D, down
D. sightseers


13.
14.

15.

A. in
A. ticket
A. particularly

B. over
B. fee
B. exactly

C. from
C. fare
C. precisely

D. on
D. subscription
D. distinctly

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A FAMOUS STORY WRITER
Beatrix Potter was a story writer whose books about animals have been translated into
many languages and read by both children and adults. Besides being an author, she was
also (1) _______ as a very successful farmer.
Born in London in 1866, Beatrix was (2) _______ for at home by various servants.
Every year she (3) _______ the days to her annual holiday in the countryside. She would
(4) _______ to her London home small animals which she (5) _______ and drew. As she
grew up, she entertained other children with drawings and stories about these animals. In
1901, she printed a book at her own (6) _______ called “The Tale of Peter Rabbit”. So
many (7) _______ were sold that she bought a farm, where over the next eight years she
wrote many other stories. They all sold very well and readers liked their (8) _______

colour drawings.
With her growing (9) _______, Beatrix started buying more farmland, animals and
property. After her marriage, at the age of 47, Beatrix stopped writing, (10) _______ that
she had run out of (11) _______. She became a farmer and (12) _______ the rest of her
life working with her sheep and awarding prizes at sheep fairs where people often asked
for her (13) _______ on farming methods.
Today, you can visit her house and (14) _______ see the originals of her books and
paintings (15) _______ in a special gallery.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

A. thought
A. attended
A. counted
A. keep
A noticed
A. charge
A. images
A. complete
A. income

B. regarded
B. looked

B. numbered
B. get
B. saw
B. expense
B. prints
B. thorough
B. wages

C. believed
C. cared
C. imagined
C. give
C. observed
C. earning
C. pages
C. particular
C. pay

D. judged
D. minded
D. considered
D. take
D. remarked
D. spending
D. copies
D. detailed
D. receipt


10.

11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

A. telling
A. views
A. involved
A. advice
A. just
A. opened

B. speaking
B. ideas
B. continued
B. mind
B. even
B. revealed

C. saying
C. opinions
C. took
C. suggestion
C. yet
C. displayed

D. talking
D. beliefs
D. spent

D. statement
D. already
D. demonstrated