Bài đọc hiểu tiếng anh

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CUBA
Here is a wonderful opportunity at a (1) _______ cost to visit the truly remarkable
island of Cuba. We have (2) _______ rooms at some of the finest hotels for (3) _______
of 7 and 14 nights. You may (4) _______ your time between relaxing and exploring this
beautiful country by taking advantage of our extensive excursion programme.
The (5) _______ of such a small country is amazing and, as it is set in the warm
waters of the Carribean, it is (6) _______ to have one of the most pleasant climates in the
world. Cuba, being so small, is not only an ideal country to (7) _______, but is also a
place where visitors can relax and (8) _______ in exotic surroundings. Not only has
nature (9) _______ Cuba with a magnificent (10) _______ and some fine sandy beaches,
but there are also extensive (11) _______ near them. Most beaches are close to important
(12) _______ such as the national parks with their (13) _______ wildlife, flora and fauna.
Because the south of the island is blessed with being the driest (14) _______ in the
country, most hotels are situated here. Rain is however (15) _______ in the north from
December to July.
1. A. cheap
B. moderate
C. bargain
D. small
2. A. reserved
B. registered
C. required
D. retained
3. A. weeks
B. lengths
C periods
D. times
4. A. divide
B. pass
C. extend

D. part
5. A. division
B. diversity
C. diversion
D. divergence
6. A. suggested
B. hoped
C. reputed
D. credited
7. A. travel
B. wander
C. trip
D. tour
8. A. unwind
B. uncoil
C. unburden
D. unroll
9. A. enhanced
B. endowed
C. endured
D. enlightened
10. A. beach
B. shore
C. coast
D. edge
11. A. facilities
B. activities
C. pursuits
D. sports
12. A. situations

B. sites
C. districts
D. localities
13. A. huge
B. abundant
C. great
D. many
14. A. province
B. suburb
C. region
D. community
15. A. unusual
B. interminable C. inevitable
D. unfortunate
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BASKETBALL
In the spring of 1891, a young Canadian named James Naismith (1) _______ the staff


of the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he was
instructed to devise an (2) _______ game that did not (3) _______ bodily contact, would
not (4) _______ in damage to the gym and in which every player had a (5) ________ to
get in on the action. The game he invented was basketball - or basket ball as it was (6)
_______ until about 1912. Naismith hung peach baskets at (7) _______ end of the gym
and used a soccer ball to play with. The first game, in December 1891, was played (8)
_______ two teams of nine men each and was not exactly a classic. The final (9)
_______ was 1-0. (10) _______ an off-season recreation, basketball took (11) _______ in
a big way, largely because it was cheap and easy to (12) _______ up. Oddly, although
peach baskets were soon (13) _______ by nets, until 1912 it didn’t (14) _______ to
anyone to cut a hole in the bottom of them. Until then it was necessary (15) _______

someone to climb a ladder and retrieve the ball after each score.
1. A. enrolled
B. joined
C. entered
D. became
2. A. inside
B. internal
C. indoor
D. interior
3. A. contain
B. consist
C. belong
D. involve
4
A. cause
B. result
C. end
D. lead
5. A. chance
B. possibility
C. challenge
D. part
6. A. named
B. spoken
C. called
D. referred
7. A. opposite
B. both
C. either
D. double

8. A. against
B. among
C. from
D. between
9
A. goal
B. score
C. shot
D. point
10. A. As
. B. Such
C. Like
D. Yet
11. A. up
B. off
C. out
D. in
12. A. get
B. play
C. set
D. do
13. A. replaced
B. swapped
C. exchanged
D. removed
14. A. think
B. realize
C. suggest
D. occur
15. A. that

B. so
C. for
D. even
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ACUPUNCTURE
Acupuncture is a Chinese method of treating illnesses by inserting needles into certain
points of the body. The idea is that this restores the natural (1) _______ of energy, which
is disturbed when a person is ill. The origins of this therapy have been traced (2) _______
over five thousand years, but it only began to be (3) _______ in the West in the 1970s.
In 1971, James Reston, a well-(4) _______ journalist from the New York Times, was


visiting China when- he developed appendicitis. He was operated (5) _______ a hospital
in Peking, where the doctors used acupuncture to (6) _______ his pain. Reston was
surprised at how (7) _______ it was, and wrote about it in an article for the newspaper.
Soon afterwards, Chairman Mao Tse-tung invited a group of (8) _______ Western
doctors over to China to witness for themselves that acupuncture (9) _______. They were
accompanied (10) _______ television crews, and soon viewers in the West were
watching operations being (11) _______ out on patients with acupuncture needle sticking
out of them. The patients felt (12) _______ pain.
The Western experts were a (13) _______ embarrassed at what they saw/because they
had (14) _______ ridiculed idea that patients could be treated with needles. But now they
were (15) _______ to admit that it actually worked, and acupuncture became a popular
form of therapy.
1. A. scale
B. balance
C. mirror
D. weight
2. A. back
B. forward

C. up
D. towards
3. A. admitted
B. accepted
C. taken
D. held
4. A. famous
B. heard
C. celebrated
D. known
5. A. at
B. over
C. in
D. on
6. A. release
B. repair
C. relieve
D. retain
7. A. influential
B. effective
C. practical
D. used
8. A. distinguished B. impressive
C. distinct
D. related
9. A. did
B. worked
C. won
D. made
10. A. to

B. with
C. by
D. of
11. A. acted
B. brought
C. performed
D. carried
12. A. not
B. any
C. no
D. none
13. A. little
B. tiny
C. quite
D. rather
14. A. early
B. before
C. previously
D. anciently
15. A. had
B. forced
C. pushed
D. insisted
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Medical science has made enormous advances in the twentieth century. Most of the
great “killer” diseases have been (1) _______, and almost every day a new drug appears
on the market. But the medical profession is (2) _______ a crisis of confidence. Surveys
(3) _______ that less than 40% of people really trust their family doctors. People are (4)
_______ away from conventional medicine to look for alternative (5) _______ of
treatment.

The main reason for this is that conventional medicine has (6) _______ to satisfy the
needs of the (7) _______ of people. In spite of the apparent progress made by medical
science, we are actually less (8) _______ than our parents or grandparents.
Medical students are taught that diseases are (9) _______ by germs, viruses and
toxins. Therefore treatment must (10) _______ on attacking these things. The minds and
the emotions are not thought to play any (11) _______ in the disease process. But people
who practise ‘natural’ medicine (12) _______ with this principle, and try to treat the
whole person. They believe that personality and lifestyle are important when considering
a patient’s (13) _______ health.
Some conventional doctors are beginning to (14) _______ that there is a lot of truth in
these ideas, and believe that natural medicine can be a valuable aid. Others (15) _______
regard it as a dangerous threat to their profession.
1.
A. won
B. defeated
C. erased
D. broken
2.
A. experiencing B. holding
C. bearing
D. living
3,
A. indicate
B. lead
C. describe
D. point
4.
A. growing

B. taking
C. turning
D. coming
5.
A. ways
B. makes
C. forms
D. fashions
6. A. missed
B. stopped
C. lost
D. failed
7.
A. lot
B. majority
C. most
D. largest
8.
A. healthy
B. nutritious
C. fine
D. wholesome
9.
A. caused
B. made
C. brought
D. involved
10 . A. aim
B. function
C. concentrate

D. try
11 . A. game
B. piece
C. part
D. action
12 . A. reject
B. dislike
C. object
D. disagree
13 . A. normal
B. typical
C. common
D. general
14 . A. recognize
B. observe
C. view
D. know
15 . A. still
B. yet
C. but
D. even
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SEASONAL ADVICE
If you are about to graduate from school or college this summer and feel in need of a
little advice about what’s important (1) _______ life, you could do a lot worse than
consider the words of (2) _______ that were read out on my last day at school.
Do not expect to understand the value of your youth until it has (3) _______. But you
can be sure that thirty years from now you’ll (4) _______ back on life and (5) _______

just how good things were. Try not to worry(6) _______ the future - or at least be aware
that worrying never really helps to (7) _______ anything. Real troubles will always sneak
up and (8) _______ you by surprise. But remember it doesn’t do any harm to do
something that (9) _______ you every so often.
Do not lie and cheat - especially in love - and do not (10) _______ up with people
who deceive you. Do not let opportunities pass you by, as the time to do things simply
runs(11) _______. Today is almost certainly more important than tomorrow.
It helps to be kind (12) _______ neighbours and colleagues - it’s nice to know they’ll
(13) _______ you when you’re not around. Friends come and go, but there are a precious
(14) _______ that you should try and (15) _______ on to. Without quality friends, quality
time is harder to come by.
1. A. at
B. with
C. in
D. of
2. A. knowledge B. learning
C. opinion
D. wisdom
3. A. gone
B. been
C. lasted
D. spent
4. A. come
B. look
C. think
D. go
5. A. remind
B. rethink
C. recall
D. reappear

6. A. for
B. at
C. about
D. on
7. A. triumph
B. succeed
C. solve
D. deal
8. A. get
B. happen
C. appear
D. take
9. A. dislikes
B. scares
C. fears
D. minds
10. A. look
B. come
C. put
D. bring
11. A. out
B. down
C. off
D. over
12. A. about
B. to
C. for
D. in
13. A. remark
B. care

C. wish
D. miss
14. A. some
B. little
C. several
D. few
15. A take.
B. hold
C. stay
D. stick
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Australia Day, which is a national -public holiday, is (1) _______ on January 26th, in
the middle of the Australian summer. It commemorates the (2) _______ of Sydney in
1788.
Australia Day is a (3) _______ day, and many families go out for a picnic. Some
people go to the beach, where they go surfing or sunbathe, but the (4) _______ of
Sydney(5) _______ for The Rocks, the oldest (6) _______ of Sydney and the site of the
first colonial settlement. The Rocks, which (7) _______ Sydney Harbour, is packed on


this day. Parades with brass (8) _______ march through the narrow (9) _______ and
hundreds of small boats(10) _______ part in races in the harbour.
Wherever people go, it is (11) _______ to have a barbecue and drink beer. The
traditional (12) _______ is ‘Pavlova’, a sweet cake of meringue with fruit on the top, and
‘damper’, a bread made with flour, water, and sugar and cooked in the fire.
The festivities in Sydney (13) _______ with a huge firework(14) _______. The
yellows, blues and greens light up the night sky and fall like shooting stars into the water
(15) _______. It’s a memorable sight.
1. A. performed
B. enjoyed

C. held
D. celebrated
2. A. achievement B. foundation
C. beginning
D. creation
3. A. family
B. household
C. domestic
D. familiar
4. A. tenants
B. neighbours
C. visitors
D. residents
5. A. go
B. start
C. head
D. aim
6. A part
B. place
C. region
D. section
7. A. glimpses
B. views
C. overlooks
D. observes
8. A. groups
B. bands
C. orchestras
D. musicians
9. A. avenues

B. ways
C. roads
D. streets
10. A. take
B. make
C. play
D. have
11. A. ordinary
B. regular
C. general
D. usual
12. A. course
B. food
C. meal
D. plate
13. A. stop
B. complete
C. end
D. halt
14. A. exhibition
B. demonstration C. show
D. display
15. A. below
B. under
C. down
D. underneath
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STREET PAPERS
The problem of homelessness is an international one. In the capital cities of the world,
the (1) _______ of people begging on the streets is becoming increasingly (2) _______.

But all over the world, homeless people are taking the future into their own (3) _______.
By selling ‘street papers’ they no longer need to beg for a (4) _______.
The concept of the street paper is (5) _______. It is sold by homeless and ex-homeless
people who buy it at a (6) _______ price of 30p and sell it to the public for 70p, keeping
40p for themselves. If they have no money, then they can get the first ten copies on (7)
_______ and pay for them later. Every paper seller receives training and is given a
special (8) _______ badge.


The paper itself (9) _______ articles of general and social interest, film and book (10)
_______ cartoons and the (11) _______ celebrity interview. Advertising and sales(12)
_______ most of the income, and all profits go (13) _______ into helping homeless
people.
The Big Issue is the street paper of the British homeless. It was set up in 1991, and
(14) _______ then it has helped hundreds of people to get (15) _______ the streets and
back into society.
1. A. sight
B. vision
C. look
D. view
2. A. usual
B. common
C. rare
D. routine
3. A. heads
B. shoulders
C. hands
D. mouths
4. A. life
B. living

C. being
D. pay
5. A. easy
B. straight
C. plain
D. simple
6. A. stuck
B. steady
C. held
D. fixed
7. A. credit
B. cheque
C. cash
D. card
8. A. character
B. personality
C. manner
D. identity
9. A. consists
B. contains
C. keeps
D. gets
10. A. stories
B. reviews
C. opinions
D. views
11. A. sometimes
B. often
C. occasional
D. seldom

12. A. give
B. provide
C. show
D. offer
13. A. back
B. out
C. through
D. forward
14. A. from
B. of
C. for
D. since
15. A. out
B. away
C. off
D. up
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SAVE MONEY ON THE BOOK THAT AIMS TO SAVE ANIMALS
Do you want to take part in the battle to save the world’s wildlife? Animal Watch is a
book which will (1) _______ you in the fight for survival that (2) _______ many of our
endangered animals and show how they struggle on the (3) _______ of extinction. As
you enjoyed the book’s 250 pages and over 150 colour photographs, you will have the (4)
_______ of knowing that part of your purchase money is being used to.(5) _______
animals (6) From the comfort of your armchair, you will be able to observe the world’s
animals close-up and explore their habitats. You will also discover the terrible results of
human (7) _______ for land, flesh, and skins.
Animal Watch is packed with fascinating facts. Did you know that polar bears cover
their black noses (8) _______ their (9) _______ so they can hunt their prey in the snow

without being seen, for example? Or that (10) _______ each orangutan which is captured,
one has to die?
This superb (11) _______ has so (12) _______ Britain’s leading wildlife charity that
it has been chosen as Book of the Year, a (13) _______ awarded to books which are
considered to have made a major contribution to wildlife conservation. You will find
Animal Watch at a special low (14) _______ at all good bookshops, but hurry while (15)
_______ last.
1.
A. combine
B. involve
C. bring
D. lead
2.
A. meets
B. opposes
C. forces
D. faces
3.
A. edge
B. start
C. limit
D. end
4.
A. satisfaction
B. enjoyment
C. virtue
D. value
5.
A. enable
B. help

C. allow
D. assist
6. A. preserve
B. conserve
C. revive
D. survive
7.
A. greed
B. interest
C. care
D. concern
8.
A. with
B. by
C. for
D. from
9.
A. feet
B. claws
C. paws
D. toes
10. A. with
B. by
C. for
D. from
11. A. publicity
B. periodical
C. publication
D. reference
12. A. imposed

B. impressed
C. persuaded
D. admired
13. A. symbol
B. title
C. trademark
D. nickname
14. A. beginning
B. preparatory C. original
D. introductory
15. A. stores
B. stocks
C. goods
D. funds
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An American professor who has studied the Mayas has come up with a new theory
about the sudden end of their empire. (1) _______ to Professor Richard Hansen, an
archaeologist at the University of California, the (2) _______ of the Mayan civilization in
Central America was (3) _______ about by the Mayas themselves.
“Their object was to display their (4) _______ and power by making their buildings
and decoration as beautiful as possible. This (5) _______ using large quantities of lime,
which they put on the walls to make them smooth. Unfortunately, the creation of lime is a
process which requires intense heat, and they therefore (6) _______ to cut down huge
numbers of trees. This affected the quality of the soil, and it became almost impossible to
farm”.
Professor Hansen, who has (7) _______ returned from an excavation in the El


Mirador region of northern Guatemala, (8) _______ a meeting of archaeologists in
Philadelphia that the Mayas, having (9) _______ this mistake in the 3rd century, repeated

it 600 years later, at which time it proved fatal Increasing food (10) _______ among the
Mayas created a Central American equivalent of the Peloponnesian War which’ ravaged
(11) _______ Greece. However, (12) _______ the Greek civil war, which only (13)
_______ for 27 years, the Mayan wars (14) _______ on for many centuries and left many
of their great cities and temples in (15) _______.
1. A. Referring
B. Relating
C. According
D. Respecting
2. A. collapse
B. drop
C. crash
D. stop
3. A. made
B. came
C. turned
D. brought
4. A. wealth
B. fortune
C. salary
D. cash
5. A. depended
B. needed
C. requested
D. involved
6. A. obliged
B. forced
C. must
D. had
7. A. still

B. just
C. already
D. yet
8. A. explained
B. suggested
C. claimed
D. told
9. A. done
B. had
C. taken
D. made
10. A. lack
B. shortages
C. droughts
D. failures
11. A. antique
B. old
C. past
D. ancient
12. A. unless
B. apart
C. without
D. unlike
13. A. stayed
B. spent
C. longed
D. lasted
14. A. ran
B. went
C. came

D. brought.
15. A. injuries
B. damages
C. spoils
D. ruins
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DOGS’ MISERY IN SMALL HOUSE
A seventy-year-old widow Mrs. Francis Lovell, pleaded guilty yesterday to causing
unnecessary suffering to the dogs she kept in her small three- roomed house in the village
of Wheatley near Oxford.
The court was told that Mrs. Lovell’s neighbours repeatedly complained to her for
more than six months about the (1) _______ in which the dogs were kept. The dogs often
(2) _______ all night long. Despite these complaints, she (3) _______ to do anything
about the problem. Finally, one of the neighbours who was unable to (4) _______ up with
the noise any longer, called the police.
The police (5) _______ in touch with the RSPCA* who sent one of their inspectors to
call on Mrs. Lovell. The widow claimed that she had “only a few pets’’, and that she (6)


_______ - after them very well. At first she tried to (7) _______ the inspector from
entering her house. However, he (8) _______ on seeing the dogs for himself. It (9)
_______ out that she had forty-four dogs, most of them poodles, and that she never let
them out of the house.
According to the inspector, John Carey, the dogs were all suffering from neglect,
malnutrition and the (10) _______ of being kept all day in a very small house. Seventeen
of them were in such a (11) _______ state that they had to be destroyed.
The lawyer defending Mrs. Lovell said that she had never intended any (12) _______
to the animals.
“My (13) _______ is a lonely old woman whose only companions were her dogs. She
was afraid that if she let them out of the house, something bad would (14) _______ to

them. Her only (15) _______ of income is a very small pension, most of which she used
in order to purchase food for them” he said.
* Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

A. states
A. cried
A. denied
A. put
A. came
A. saw
A. avoid
A. insisted
A. showed
A. results
A. wrong

A. harm
A. client
A. occur
origin

B. conditions
B. barked
B. resisted
B. stand
B. went
B. watched
B. prevent
B. commanded
B. proved
B. returns
B. ill
B. damage
B. customer
B. succeed
B. supply

C. situations
C. sounded
C. disagreed
C. pass
C. became
C. cared
C. escape
C. emphasized
C. turned

C. effects
C. poor
C. hurt
C. patient
C. happen
C. stock

D. positions
D. called
D. refused
D. let
D. got
D. looked
D. refuse
D. impressed
D. found
D. affects
D. ruined
D. injury
D. passenger
D. come
D. source