48 Bài tập đọc hiểu môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9

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1. READING COMPREHENTION NUMBER 1 Most (1)___ the addicts are men. They come home (2)___ work, eat their meal quickly and then spend the evening (3)___ their computers. Some of them make programs, (4)___ most of them just play games. Some wives say the computer is killing their marriage. Their husbands play until three(5)___ four o'clock (6)___ the morning and all weekend. People call these lonely wives "computer widows". When television became popular (7)___ the 1950s, doctors said it caused "television neck", "TV eyes" and other new illnesses. Now it is the home computer. People say it causes headaches, backaches and makes their eyes tired. But worst (8)___ all, it is addictive. That means it is (9)___ drinking, smoking or taking drugs. Some people can't stop (10)___ it. Your answers: NUMBER 2 The relationship (1) ___ students and teachers is less formal in the USA(2) ___ in many other countries. American students do not stand up when their teachers enter the room. Students are encouraged to ask questions during class, to stop in the teacher’s office for extra help, and to phone if they (3) ___ absent. Most teachers allow students to enter class late or leave (4) ___ if necessary. Despite the lack of formality, students are still expected to (5) ___ polite to their teachers and fellow classmates. When students want to ask questions, they usually raise a hand and wait to be called(6) ___. When a test is being given, talking to a classmate is not only rude(7) ___ also risky. Most American teachers consider that students (8) ___ are talking to each other during a test are cheating. NUMBER 3 In Britain, the issue of whether or (1) ___ children should be made to wear school uniform has been hotly debated (2) ___ many years. Newspapers frequently include reports of children being sent home (3) ___ they were not wearing the right style of shoes (4) ___ the wrong colour of pullover. In Brtain, There is no national uniform policy; it’s the responsibility of each head teacher to decide if their students should wear a uniform, and if so, to lay down exactly (5) ___ that uniform should consist of. In Japan, there is a strict uniform policy in all schools. Boys in secondary schools wear a dark jacket (6) ___ buttons down the front and a high collar, and girls wear a blue and white uniform based (7) ___ a nineteenth-century sailor suit. There is a correct length for girls’ skirts and teachers will sometimes use a tape measure to check (8) ___. In Japan, as in many other countries, children find ways of bending the uniform rules. In the USA, uniforms were introduced in some urban areas in the 1980s in an attempt to prevent students bullying each (9) ___ simply because of the cothes 1
2. they were wearing. Within a decade about 25 per cent of (10) ___ primary school pupils and 12 per cent of secondary students were wearing uniforms. NUMBER 4 Learning a language is, in some way, like (1) ___ how to fly or play the piano. There (2) ___ important differences, but there is a very important similarity. It is this: learning how to do such things needs lots (3) ___ practice. It is never simply to “know” something. You must be able to “do” things with what (4) ___ know. For example, it is not enough simply to read a book on (5) ___ to fly an aero plane. A (6) ___ can give you lots of information about how to fly, but if only read a book and then try to (7) ___ without a great deal of practice first, you will crash and kill (8) ___ . The same is true of (9) ___ the piano. So you think it is enough simply to read about it? Can you play the piano without having lots of (10) ___ first? NUMBER5 Looking nervously around, Michael (1)___up the wallet which he (2)___in the street. Michael was unemployed and he needed some (3)___and now he could buy food for his family. (4)___first he thought it was a book, but then he saw some money in it. He thought he was (5)___. In (6), Michael was very (7)___He didn't have enough money to pay for somewhere to live. He spent most of his time (8)___for work and sometimes he asked people for money. When he (9)___the wallet, he saw lots of money and several (10)___cards and an address inside. Michael took the (11)___to the address. The address was at a large house in the city and the (12)___was very glad to get it (13)___He gave Michael a big (14)___for (15)___he did. NUMBER 6 Television is an important invention of the twentieth century. It has been (1)___ popular that now we can't imagine what life would be (2)___if there were no television. Television is a major (3)___of communication. It brings pictures and sounds from around the world into millions of homes. Through (4)___, viewers can see and learn about people, places and things in faraway lands. Television (5)___our knowledge by introducing to us new ideas (6)___may lead us to new hobbies and recreations. In addition (7)___the news, television provides us with a variety of programs that can satisfy (8)___taste. Most people now seem to like spending their evenings (9)___television. It is more convenient for them to sit at home watching TV (10)___to go out for amusements anywhere else. 2
3. NUMBER 7 John lived (1)___ his mother in a very big house, and when she died, the house became (2)___ big for him, (3)___ he bought a smaller one in the next street. There was a very nice old clock in his first house, and when the men came to take his furniture (4)___ the new house, John thought, "I'm not going to let them (5)___ my beautiful old clock in their truck. Perhaps they'll break it, and then repairing it will (6)___ expensive." So he picked it up and began to carry it down the road in his arms. It was heavy, so he stopped two or three times to have a (7)___ . Then suddenly a small boy came along the road. He stopped and looked (8)___ John for a few seconds. Then he said to John, "You're a foolish man, (9)___ you? Why don't you (10)___ a watch like everybody else?" NUMBER 8 In 1973, when the tiger appeared to (0) be facing extinction, the World Wide Fund for nature and (1)___ Indian Government agreed to set (2) ___ “Operation Tiger” – a campaign (3) ___ save this threatened creature. They started by creating nine special parks (4) ___ that tigers could live in safety. The first was at Ramthambhore , a region (5) ___ was quickly turning into a desert (6) ___ too much of the grass was being eaten by the local people’s cattle. At the time there (7) ___ just fourteen tigers left there. The government had to clear twelve small villages, which means moving nearly 1,000 people and 10,000 cattle so the land (8) ___ be handed back to nature. Today, Ramthambhore is a very different place, with grass tall (9) ___for tigers to hide in, and there are now at (10) forty of them (11) ___the park, wandering freely about. Other animals have also benefited. For example, there are many (12) ___ deer and monkeys than before. The people (13) ___ were moved are now living in better conditions. They live in new villages away (14) ___ the tiger park, with schools, temples and fresh water supplies. There are now sixteen such tiger parks in India and the animals’ future looks (15) ___ little safer. NUMBER 9 To many people, their friends are most important (1)___ in their life. Really good friends (2)___ the good times and the bad times, help you when you’ve got problems, never judge you and never turn their (3)___ on you. Your best friend may be (4)___ you’ve known all your life, someone you’ve grown up with and been through lots of (5)___ and downs with. There are all sorts of things that can bring about this special relationship. It may be the (6)___ of enjoying the same activities, having the outlook on life, or sharing similar (7)___ . Most of us (8)___ met someone that we’ve immediately felt relaxed with, (9)___ if we’ve known them for years. However, usually it really does take you years to (10)___ to know someone well enough to consider him (11)___ best friend. 3
4. To the majority of (12)___ this is someone we trust completely and who understands us (13)___ than anyone else. It’s the person you can turn (14)___ for impartial advice and a shoulder to cry on (15)___ life gets you down. NUMBER 10 In Britain there is a holiday now which people call Mother’s Day. In the old days many girls from working-class (1) ___in towns and cities and from farmers’ families in the country worked in rich houses. They had to do all the (2) ___and their working day was usually very long, they often (3) ___ on Sundays, too. Once a year, it was usually (4) ___Sunday in March, they could visit their mothers. They went home on that day and (5) ___presents for their mothers and for (6) ___ members of their families. They could stay at home only one day, and then they went (7) ___ to their work. People call that day Mothering Day (8)___Mothering Sunday. Later workers at the factories and girls (9)___worked in the houses of rich families received one free day a week, and Mothering Day became Mother’s Day. It is (10) ___last Sunday in March. NUMBER 11 Few people now question the reality of global warming and its effects on the world climate. Many scientists put the blame for the recent natural disasters on the increase (1) ___ the world temperatures and are convinced that, more than (2) ___ before, the earth is at (3) ___ from the force of the wind, rain and sun. (4)___ to them, global warming is making extreme weather events, even as hurricanes and droughts even more severe and causing sea levels all around the world to (5)___ . Environmental groups are putting pressure on governments to take action to reduce the (6)___ of carbon dioxide which is given off by factories and power plants, thus attacking the problem as it’s source. They are in favor of more money being spent on research into solar, wind and wave energy devices, which could then replace existing power stations. Some scientists, (7)___, believe that even if we stopped releasing carbon dioxide and other gases into the atmosphere tomorrow, we (8)___ have to wait several hundred years to know the results. Global warming, it seems, is to stay. NUMBER 12 Illiteracy is the condition of being (1) ___ to read and write. Illiteracy is also (2) ___ to describe the condition of being ignorant or unknowledgeable in a particular subject or field. Computer illiteracy is (3) ___ inability to use a computer programming language. Most of us (4) ___ use computers know how to send emails, or how to create a new folder. But we know (5) ___ about programming languages, the artificial 4
5. languages used to write instructions that can be executed by a computer. Even in technologically (6) ___ countries, a very small percentage of computer users are able to read or write this kind of computer language. Should we (7) ___ the effort to learn a computer language, especially when these are so complicated? The answer is (8) ___. Because of computer illiteracy, users are at the (9) ___ of software manufacturers. Our society becomes more dependent on information (10) ___, and in a few years’ (11) ___, reading and writing a computer language will be as essential (12) ___ using a human language. Computer users will not be able to survive (13) ___ they know the code - the set of detailed instructions that tell a computer what to do. In the (14) ___, survival and professional success will presuppose knowing everything about the machines we (15) ___ with. NUMBER 13 Maybe you recycle cans, glass, and paper. Do you know that nature recycles, too?. One of the things nature (1) ___ is water. Water goes from oceans, lakes, and rivers into the air. Water falls from the air as (2) ___ or snow. Rain and snow eventually find their way back to the oceans. Nature’s recycling program for water is (3) ___ the water cycle. The water cycle has four stages: storage, evaporation, precipitation, and runoff. Water on Earth gets stored (4) ___ oceans, lakes, rivers, ice, and even underground. Water goes from storage into the atmosphere by a process called evaporation. When water evaporates, it changes from a liquid (5) ___ a gas, called water vapor. Water vapor goes up into (6) ___ atmosphere. Water returns to the Earth as precipitation in rain or snow by changing into drops of water (7) ___ the air gets cold enough. Clouds are collections (8) ___ water droplets. Most precipitation falls into the oceans and goes right back into storage. NUMBER 14 Everyone wants to reduce pollution. But pollution problem is ___(1) complicated as it is serious. It is complicated ___(2) much pollution is caused by things that benefit people. For example, exhaust ___(3) automobiles causes a large percentage of all air pollution. But automobiles ___ (4) transportation for millions of people. Factories discharge much of the material ___(5) pollutes the air and water, but factories give employment to a large ___(6) of people. Too much fertilizer or pesticide can ruin soil, but fertilizers and pesticide ___ (7) important aids to the growing of crops. Thus, to end ___ (8) greatly reduces pollution immediately, people would have to ___ (9) using many things that benefit them. Most people do not want to do that, of course. But pollution can ___ (10) gradually reduced in several ways. NUMBER 15 The city of Melbourne, Australia has always had a (1)___ for unusual weather. Melbourne people enjoy (2)___ this joke to visitors: if you don’t like the weather in Melbourne, don’t worry, just wait five minutes, because it’s sure to change. 5
6. At the beginning of 1992, Melbourne had its (3)___ January for over 100 years. It rained for nine days on (4)___. As well as raining all day, the weather was also cold. At night, people in some Melbourne suburbs were (5)___ on their heating as (6)___ it was winter. It was (7)___ cold many people could (8)___ believe that it was summer at all. The best weather in Melbourne, however, is not usually in the summer: it is in the autumn. The autumn usually has more pleasant days (9)___ the summer. The weather in autumn is usually (10)___ of warm days and cool, comfortable (11)___. The (12)___ of the city at this time of year is beautiful, too. Melbourne has many lovely gardens and parklands with beautiful trees. In the autumn, the trees change their (13)___ to red, gold and brown. As they are (14)___ in the air by the wind of a late autumn day, the leaves add life to the city. So even if the summer is cold and wet, people in Melbourne can still look forward to the (15)___ of a warm sunny autumn. NUMBER 16 Henry is probably the luckiest person I know. I normally envy very few of my friends’ jobs because I’m happy with what I do, but Henry Adams is one of those rare people .(1) job I would really like to have myself. Henry, (2 ) had always been interested ( 3 ) both science and animals, wanted to be a vet, and we ( 4 ) both students at university at the same time. When his course finished, ( 5 ) went to Aberdeen, where he looked after domestic animals ( 6 ) as cats and dogs. He always said that he would like to move around because he didn’t believe in staying in any job for too long. So I wasn’t very surprised when he gave (7 ) that job and went to work in the zoo. He stayed there for two years, and in the evenings he studied hard to get some higher qualifications. When he had succeeded (8) passing all his exams, he applied for a job (9) a keeper on a game reserve in Africa in 1994. He is now responsible for the well- being of thousands of animals. In addition, he is in charge of a special program to protect species which are in .( 10 ) .of extinction NUMBER 17 There is much more water than land (1)___ the surface of the earth. The sea and oceans (2)___ nearly four-fifths of the whole world, and only one-fifth of (3)___ land. If you traveled over the earth (4)___ different directions, you would have to spend much more of your time (5)___ on water than on roads or railways. We sometimes forget that (6)___ every mile of land there is four miles of water. There is much water on the surface of our earth that we (7)___ to use two words to describe. We use the word seas to (8)___ those parts of water surface which (9)___ only a few hundreds of miles wide, the word oceans to describe the huge areas of water which are thousands of miles wide (10)___ very deep. NUMBER 18 Most people think of computers (1) ___ very modern inventions, products of our new technological age. But actually the idea for a computer was worked (3) ___ over two centuries (2) ___ by a man called Charles Babbage. Babbage was born in 6
7. 1791 and grew up to be a brilliant mathematician. He drew up plans for several calculating machines which he called “engines”. In (4) ___ of the fact that he started building some of these, he never finished any of them. Over the years, people have argued (5) ___ his machines would ever work. Recently, however, the Science Museum in London has finished building an engine based on one of Babbage’s designs. It has (6) ___ six years to complete and (7) ___ than four thousand parts have been specially made. Whether it works or not, the machine will be on at a special exhibition in the Science Museum to (8) ___ people of Babbage’s work. NUMBER 19 There came a time, maybe 20,000 years ago, when man, instead of (1)___ merely a hunter, started to domesticate animals. The dog helped in his hunting activities, geese and ducks were kept and bred as a source of food, (2)___ was easier than (3)___ to go out and hunt them. Once humans had domesticated animals, they turned their (4)___ to plants. Instead of being nomads, drifting from place to place following the game animals, they began to create farms and thus enter (5)___ more settled way of life. Villages and towns sprang up in places where previously (6)___ had been only a hamlet. Now animals and plants began to be kept not merely for food, but also for interest’s sake or for their beauty. The first writers on animal life was Aristotle, in 33 BC, and Pliny, in 75 AD, but for many hundreds of years after Pliny the subjects of natural history, in common with many (7)___areas of knowledge, hardly progressed at all. For the most part such zoos as existed were in the hands of the dilettante nobility and were no more than second- rate menageries, without (8)___ scientific purpose. However, in the seventeenth century, naturalists began to realize that they needed a system (9)___ classifying living things because as more plants and animals were discovered, it was difficult to (10)___ track of them all. NUMBER 20 George Washington was born on February 22nd, 1732 in Virginia. His (1)___ were Augustine and Mary Washington. George (2) ___ up on a farm in Virginia. Little is (3) ___ of his early childhood. He attended (4) ___ irregularly from his 7th to his 15th year. His (5) ___ subject was mathematics. He learned to be a surveyor of land when he grew up. He (6) ___ the army and was a leader during the American Revolution. He later became the first (7) ___ of the United States. George Washington is (8) ___ by his people the "Father of our country". The Americans (9) ___his birthday on Presidents' Day in February. His (10) ___ is on the one-dollar bill NUMBER 21 Travelling to all corners of the world is (1) ___ easier and easier. We live (2) ___ a global village, but how well do we know and understand each other? Here is (3) ___ simple test. Imagine you have arranged a meeting at 4 p. m. What time 7
8. should you expect your foreign business colleagues to arrive? If they are German, they‘ll be exactly (4) ___ time. If they are American, they‘ll probably be 15 minutes early. If they are British, they’ll be 15 minutes (5) ___, and you should allow up to an hour for the Indians. Therefore, these are some small advice in (6) ___ not to behave badly abroad. In France you shouldn’t sit down in a cafard until you are shaken hands with everyone you know .In Afghanistan you‘d better spend at last 5 minutes (7) ___ hello. In Pakistan you mustn’t wink. It is offensive. In the Middle East you must never use the left hand for greeting, eating, drinking or smoking. Also, you should care not to admire (8) ___ in your host’s home. They will feel that they have to give it to you .In Russia you must your hosts drink for drink or they will think you are unfriendly. In Thailand you should clasp your hands (9) ___ and lower your head and your eyes when you greet someone. In America you should eat your hamburger with both hands and as quickly as (10) ___. You shouldn’t try to have a conversation until it is eaten. NUMBER 22 Wild animals play an important part in the balance of nature and (1) ___ us with many important products. Birds and other animals help (2). ___ insects. Wild animals provide fur, food and recreation. They also (3) ___ our surroundings more interesting. Uncontrolled hunting has destroyed much wildlife. People have also(4) ___ . animals by destroying their habitats. Many animals, such as passenger pigeon, have disappeared completely. Others, including the whooping crane, the blue whale, and the American alligator, are in danger of (5) ___ . Sometimes it is necessary to keep animals from becoming too (6) ___ For example, rabbits and such rodents as ground squirrels and mice may(7) ___ great damage to crops if they are too abundant. Deer may eat so much (8) ___ that the herd will (9) ___ in winter because no food is left. Predators help hold down the population of their (10) ___ NUMBER 23 English was first written down in the 6th century. At that time, writers had to use the twenty-three letters of the Latin (1)___to write down what they heard. Because English has sounds that do not (2)___in Latin, they added letters to represent the forty-four sounds of English. This resulted (3)___some irregular spelling. After the Norman invasion of England in 1056, French became the language spoken by the king and other people in positions of power (4)___influence. Many French words introduced and the spelling of many English words (5)___to follow French patterns. The result was a rich and irregular mix of spellings. The (6)___press was invented in the 15th century. Many early printers of English texts spoke other first languages, especially Dutch. They often paid little attention to how English words spelled. Sometimes technical decisions were (7)___to give columns of print straight edges. To do this, letters were taken off the ends of words and sometimes added to words. With time, people became (8)___to seeing words spelled the same way. Fixed spellings were therefore created by the printers’ decisions. Spoken English, however, was not fixed. It continued to change, as it still does. It is no (9)_ 8
9. ___that English spelling seems irregular. Words such as although, through and cough, for example, all have the same spelling at the end, but are (10)__ ___differently. Words such as feet, meat and seize, on the other hand, are spelled differently but have the same sound in the middle. NUMBER 24 My father considered (0) himself to be a lucky man. He wasn’t rich or famous, but he was lucky. (1)___he lost anything, he was usually (2)___ to find it again. (3) ___such example was a fountain pen, a present from my mother on (4) ___ wedding anniversary. We had had a family day out in the mountains. My brother, (5) was about ten years old at the time, and I enjoyed going to a lake where you could hire a boat and row out across the water. (6)___had once been a village in the valley, but the valley had been flooded in order (7) ___create a reservoir for a city many miles away. When the water was clear, you could still make out the top of the church spire and the walls of houses. (8) ___we were returning home that night, my father discovered that he had lost his treasured fountain pen. About two weeks later, he announced that in spite ___the gloomy weather, we were going back to the lake for the day. We were (9) surprised, but said nothing. We set (10)___ about nine in the morning, and as (11)___as we arrived at the lake, we headed (12) ___the spot where we had had our picnic on the previous occasion. As we were deciding whether to hire a boat for the afternoon or (13)___, my father gave a shout. There, lying on the ground, was a pen. There was (14)___doubt at all in my mind that (15) ___was the pen he had lost two weeks beforehand. NUMBER 25 Many tourists who visit Central America find (1)___ surprising to learn that the Mayas still live there.(2)___ it is true that their ancient civilization came to and end when their country was (3)___over by the Spanish conquistadors, the Mayan people carried (4)___living in the area. Today there are an estimated 1.2 million Mayas (5)___live in southern Mexico , and many other areas of Central America states have large Mayan populations as (6)___. Many of their stories and art forms have remained (7)___over time, and today, women weave clothing and carpets that have signs and symbols that are the same as (8)___found in ancient temples. The different patterns and symbols on these brightly colored(9)___not only look attractive.(10)___can also communicate important information such as material(11)___ Even though the majority of the Mayas are now Catholics, many of the festivals that they (12)___ part in are a mixture of the old rituals that their ancestors (13)___to practice and more Christian elements . It was perhaps the Mayas’ ability to (14)___and change that made it possible for them to survive to the (15)___day. NUMBER 26 9
10. Mozart, who was born on January, 27th, 1756 in the Austrian city of Salzburg, was (1)___ the first nor the last child prodigy, but he was certainly the greatest. He was born into a moderately prosperous family (2)___ his unmatched musical genius made itself known extremely early. Mozart (3)___ learning to play the harpsichord at three and his earliest known work was composed in 1761 when he was only five, the age (4)___ which he also first appeared in public. From the age of six, when his father first took (5)___ on the first foreign tour, Mozart toured the courts (6)___ musical concerts of Austria, Germany, France, England, Holland, Switzerland and Italy. It has been calculated that Mozart spent almost a third of his short (7)___ – he died at the age of 35 – traveling. As Mozart matured, he continued to tour and (8)___ concerts. Mozart (9)___ wrote a lot of operas. His first opera, Ri de Ponto, was first (10)___ in Milan when he was 14, and it was the first of his many successes in the theater. NUMBER 27 A hundred years ago, most people traveled on foot, by train, or on horseback. Railways made (1) ___ possible to travel rapidly over long distances. (2) ___ were also becoming popular, after the invention of the air - filled tire, which made cycling a lot more comfortable. Buses, trams and underground railways (3) ___ invented, and cities all over the (4) ___ already had traffic jams. There were very (5) ___ private cars and city streets were still full of horses. What a difference a hundred years have made? Nowadays we have got used (6) ___ the problem of private cars, and some cities are (7) ___ noisy and polluted that in many places vehicles have been banned from the city center. (8) ___ will we travel in a hundred years’ time? Perhaps by then there will be only personal helicopters. (9) ___may be no need to travel to work or school in the future, since everyone will have a computer at home. There might even be more (10) ___ walking and horse - riding, for pleasure and exercise. NUMBER 28 People have always dreamed of living forever, and although we all know this will (66) ___ happen, we still want to live as long as possible. Naturally, there are advantages and disadvantages to a long (67) ___ In the first place, people (68) ___ live longer can spend more time with their family and friends. Secondly, people who have busy working lives look forward to a long, relaxing time when they can do the things they have never had time for. (69) ___ the other hand, there are some serious disadvantages. Firstly, many people become ill and consequently have to (70) ___. time in hospital or become (71)___on their children and friends. Many of them (72) ___this dependence annoying or embarrassing. In addition to this, the (73) ___people get, the fewer friends they seem to have because old friends die or become ill and it's often (74)___to make new friends. To sum up, it seems that living to a very old age is worthwhile for people who stay healthy (75) ___ to remain independent and enjoy life. 10
11. NUMBER 29 Society has changed (0)___ many ways (1)___ the introduction of computers, and people’s lives at home and at the office have been affected. Most people are working for fewer hours per week than they (2)___ to, and manufacturers and advertising agencies are becoming much (3)___ interested in how people spend this extra leisure time. One recent report stated that, (4)___ the number of hobbies had not increased, each hobby (5)___ become much more specialized. A second finding is that nowadays, many managers would (6)___ spend time with their families (7)___ stay late in the office every day. Home life is seen to be just as important (8)___ working. Some companies now (9)___ managers take their annual holidays even if they don’t want to, because this leads to (10)___ an improvement in their performance if they have some rest. In (11)___ of these changes, some people are working harder than ever before. The standard of exams is getting higher, and increased competition is (12)___ it harder to get into university than it was 20 years (13)___. Schoolchildren and students are now having to work (14)___ hard that in many cases they work longer hours than their parents. NUMBER 30 I finished university six month (1) ___, I’ve got a degree in business administration. I enjoyed the course very much (2) ___ I realize I should have studied a lot harder! A few of my friends have (3) ___ got full-time jobs but most, me, are still waiting (4) ___ something suitable to turn up. Meanwhile, I make sure that I keep myself busy. I look through the job advertisements (5) ___ the newspapers every day and I also ask all the people I know to tell me if they hear of any vacancies (6) ___ they work . What I am looking for is something challenging and I would certainly be happy to move to another city or even work abroad for a while. The (7) ___ is not so important at this stage , provided I earn enough to live on , because I don’t want to continue (8) ___ to depend on my parents , although they are (9) ___ generous to me . At the moment, I’m working in a nearby restaurant two evenings (10) ___ week, washing up and generally helping out, which brings a little money . The other people working there are very friendly, and many of them are in the same (11) ___ as me, so we have lots of to talk (12) ___. NUMBER 31 make on during also example an do find what up reason average which when encourage result think Teachers have often used memory tests to assess the intelligence of their students. But having a good memory often has little to (1) ___ with intelligence. Studies have shown not only that some people of below (2) ___ intelligence have exceptional 11
12. memories, but (3)___ that some highly intelligent people have poor memories. A good memory is more often the (4) ___ of using techniques that can be learned, and many of the books that have been written on the subject (5) ___ people to use similar methods. One of these is that you make up short sentences or rhymes which can help you remember (6)___ you need to know by heart. For (7) ___, the first letters of the words in the sentence ‘Rechard of York gained battles in vain’ are ROYBIV; these are the colors of the rainbow - red, orange, yellow, and so on. Another technique involves, linking the sounds of words with images, which can be particularly effective (8) ___ learning new words. The learner needs to create an image to help to remember the word. By using techniques like this, many learners (9) ___ it a lot easier than they had expected to keep (10)___ learning new vocabulary. NUMBER 32 Is there really anything wrong with letting a very small child to watch television for a few hours a day? This is a (1)___ that didn’t need to be asked forty or fifty years ago, when children’s television in the UK was limited to not much (2)___ than an hour a day. But now that daytime television has become a reality, and many homes have satellite receivers (3)___ channels purely for children, parents have to decide (4) ___ too much television harms children or not. There are those __(5)_ ___ who believe that children need conversation and interaction with real people in order to develop properly,(6)___ watching television too much can be bad for the child’s development. On the __(7)_ ___ hand, the vast majority of parents feel that watching lively, bright cartoon and puppet shows on television is fun for the child, and a little amusement can’t be (8)_ ___ a bad thing. One thing is quite clear; (9)v___ able to place a baby in front of the television in the knowledge that he or she will sit there quietly for a while gives parents a welcome break (10) ___ and then. NUMBER 33 The Internet is made ___ (51) of millions of computers linked together around the world in ___ (52) a way that information can be sent from any computer to any other 24 hours a day. These ___ (53) can be in homes, schools, universities, government departments, or businesses. The Internet is often described as a network of networks ___ (54) all the smaller networks of organizations are linked together into one giant network ___ (55) the Internet. All computers are pretty much equal once connected to the Internet, the ___ (56) difference will be the speed of the connection ___ (57) is dependent on your Internet Service Provider and your own modem. ___ (58) are many things you can do and participate in once connected to the Internet. They include using a range of services ___ (59) communicate and share information and things quickly and inexpensively with millions of people, ___ (60) young and old and from diverse cultures around the world. NUMBER 34 When the day comes give yourself plenty of time to do everything: have breakfast but don't drink too much; go to the toilet; arrive on time, but not too (1) 12
13. ___ or you will find yourself getting more and more nervous while you wait to start. Try not to talk (2) ___ the exam before you go in. In the exam, calm yourself (3) ___ by breathing deeply and thinking positively. Read the exam questions carefully and underline all of the key instruction words (4) __ indicate how the questions should be (5) ___ _ If possible start with the ones (6) ___ can do easily to give you confidence. Remember what you've learnt from practising questions and doing mock exams previously and plan your use of time. Don't panic (7) ___ everyone around you seems to start writing furiously straight away and don't be tempted to follow their example. Finally, after the exam, don't join in a discussion about (8) ___ _ everyone else did, unless you want to frighten yourself, and drain your self-confidence for the next exam. Above (9) __, remember that exams are not designed to catch you out, but to find out what you know, what you (10) ___ _ and what you can do. NUMBER 35 The idea that a blind person could drive a car sounds crazy. And the concept of someone who can’t see driving a car at almost 150 miles per hour sounds even (1) ___. Miranda Naylor, a blind accountant from Southport, has done exactly that in an attempt to (2) ___ money for charity. Mrs. Naylor drove (3) ___ sports car for two miles in a straight line along the runway of a disused airfield. She was in radio contact with her husband Pete Naylor, (4) ___ was able to give her directions and advice in this way. Her amazing achievement is expected to raise about £50,000, which will be donated (5) ___ a company that trains dogs for the blind. Mrs. Naylor has been blind (6) ___ she was six years old and she still has some visual memories of the world (7) ___ her. She admits that not having her sight makes her life awkward at times. She believes that if you are disabled in any way, you shouldn’t waste time (8) ___ sorry for yourself. “It makes a lot of sense to keep busy” she says. “Achieving (9)___ can be a great source of self confidence”. Miranda is now looking for a new challenge and (10) ___ like to ride a motorbike. NUMBER 36 In 1973, when the tiger appeared to (0) be facing extinction, the World Wide Fund for nature and (1)___ Indian Government agreed to set (2)___ “Operation Tiger” – a campaign (3)___ save this threatened creature. They started by creating nine special parks (4) ___ that tigers could live in safety. The first was at Ramthambhore , a region (5) ___ was quickly turning into a desert (6)__ too much of the grass was being eaten by the local people’s cattle. At the time there (7)__ just fourteen tigers left there. The government had to clear twelve small villages, which means moving nearly 1,000 people and 10,000 cattle so the land __ (8) ___ be handed back to nature. Today, Ramthambhore is a very different place, with grass tall (9)___ for tigers to hide in, and There are now at (10) ___ forty of them (11) ___ the park, wandering freely about. Other animals have also benefited. For example, there are many (12) ___ deer and monkeys than before. The people (13) ___ were moved are now living in better conditions. They live in new villages away (14) ___ the tiger park, with schools, temples and fresh water supplies. There are 13
14. now sixteen such tiger parks in India and the animals’ future looks (15) ___ little safer. NUMBER 37 Mozart, who was born on January, 27th, 1756 in the Austrian city of Salzburg, was (1)___ the first nor the last child prodigy, but he was certainly the greatest. He was born into a moderately prosperous family, (2)___ his unmatched musical genius made itself known extremely early. Mozart (3)___ learning to play the harpsichord at three and his earliest known work was composed in 1761 when he was only five, the age (4)___ which he also first appeared in public. From the age of six, when his father first took (5)___ on the first foreign tour, Mozart toured the courts (6)___ musical concerts of Austria, Germany, France, England, Holland, Switzerland and Italy. It has been calculated that Mozart spent almost a third of his short (7)___ – he died at the age of 35 – traveling. As Mozart matured, he continued to tour and (8)___ concerts. Mozart (9)___ wrote a lot of operas. His first opera, Ri de Ponto, was first (10)___ in Milan when he was 14, and it was the first of his many successes in the theater. NUMBER 38 The Browns live in the countryside. Last week when they came up to London, they(1)___ their times in seeing as much as (2)___. Mrs. Brown was most interested in stores, especially in Oxford Street, and bought some of (3)___ things which she could not find in the shops in the countryside. Their two children, George and Susan,(4)___ had never been to London before, were surprised (5)___the crowds everywhere. They enjoyed traveling on the underground and going down the moving stairs (6)___lead to the platforms. One day they went to Hyde Park and walked along on the grass to Kensington Garden (7)___ the bright autumn sunshine. It was very quiet here. Only (8)___ noise from the streets reminded them that they were still in a city. The (9)___ of the tall trees were turning red, brown and yellow, birds were (10)___about, sheep (11)___ eating the grass, there were(12)___of flowers, and ducks were swimming about on the Round Pond. George,(13)___hobby was planes and boats, was very much interested in the model boats which boys were sailing (14) the Pond. Before the end of the week they had seen a great (15)___ . They hoped, however, to see more of London on their next visit. NUMBER 39 The city of Melbourne, Australia has always had a (1)___ for unusual weather. Melbourne people enjoy (2)___ this joke to visitors: if you don’t like the weather in Melbourne, don’t worry, just wait five minutes, because it’s sure to change. At the beginning of 1992, Melbourne had its (3)___ January for over 100 years. It rained for nine days on (4)___. As well as raining all day, the weather was also cold. At night, people in some Melbourne suburbs were (5)___ on their heating as 14
15. (6)___ it was winter. It was (7)___ cold many people could (8)___ believe that it was summer at all. The best weather in Melbourne, however, is not usually in the summer: it is in the autumn. The autumn usually has more pleasant days (9)___ the summer. The weather in autumn is usually (10)___ of warm days and cool, comfortable (11)___. The (12)___ of the city at this time of year is beautiful, too. Melbourne has many lovely gardens and parklands with beautiful trees. In the autumn, the trees change their (13)___ to red, gold and brown. As they are (14)___ in the air by the wind of a late autumn day, the leaves add life to the city. So even if the summer is cold and wet, people in Melbourne can still look forward to the (15)___ of a warm sunny autumn. NUMBER 40 It is generally accepted that present-day animals and plants differ from those of the past, (0) having changed by a general process called evolution. But this theory has been widely accepted for little (1) ___than a hundred years. The present theory of evolution was developed (2)___two naturalists – Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace – working independently. When he was a young man (3) ___22, Darwin went as naturalist on a round-the-world, map-making cruise aboard a British naval survey ship, HMS Beagle. The cruise began in 1831 and lasted (4) ___1836. In the Galapagos islands, Darwin came (5) ___a group of birds, later to become known (6) ___“Darwin’s finches”. They were similar to one (7) ___ in their color, song, nests and eggs, and were clearly descended (8) ___ the same finch stock, (9) ___ each had a different kind of beak and was adapted (10) ___a different way of life. (11)___were seed-eaters, fly-catchers, woodpeckers and various other types. Darwin assumed that the ancestors of all (12)___types had been blown to the islands in bleak weather, had survived and changed somehow (13) ___the various forms. In the years after the voyage, Darwin gradually came to the conclusion that individuals better suited (14) ___ their environment would tend to leave more offspring while those (15) ___well adapted would die out. NUMBER 41 Nowadays there is plenty of good amusement available for young children, and of course, seeing plenty of books in use about the house will also (1) ___ them to read. Of course, books are no (2) ___ the only source of stories and information. There is also a huge range of videos, which can reinforce and extend the (3) ___ a child find in a book and are equally valuable in helping to (4) ___ vocabulary and concentration. Television gets a bad press as far as children are concerned, mainly (5) ___ too many of them spend too much time watching programmes not intended for their age (6) ___ . 15
16. Too many television programmes are not (7) ___ for children. They had better watch the programmes designed (8) ___ young children. Just as adults enjoy reading a book after seeing it serialized on (9) ___, so children will pounce on books which feature their favourite television characters and videos can (10) ___ a new dimension to a story known from a book. NUMBER 42 Rivers are one of the world’s most important natural resources. Many cities are on large rivers, and (1)___every country has at least one river that plays an important part in the (2)___of its people. Besides transportation, rivers (3)___food, water for crops, water to drink, and opportunities for recreation for people who live along their (4)___And in order to get (5)___for crops, engineers sometimes build a dam (6)___a river and let the water become a lake behind the dam. Then people can use their water not only to irrigate fields but to make electricity for homes and industries as (7)___ However, the water often becomes (8) when cities on river banks grow in size and the number of industries (9)___ We are learning that it is necessary to keep rivers clean (10)___we don’t want to enjoy the benefits of the natural resources. NUMBER 43 Water is our life source . It makes up 70 percent (1) ___our bodies, and the average person actually spends 18 months of his life in the bath (2)___shower. But we are only now learning (3) ___to look after water. Acid rain has polluted as many as 18,000 lakes and our seas and our rivers are (4) ___with waste products. It is now very expensive to try to repair the damage (5)___has been done .We have some hope for the future, though, because new (6)___of water have been discovered. People living the Sahara Desert have (7) ___fish swimming in deep undergrowth steams. Scientists also believe (8)___is a huge lake beneath London. If we have learnt anything from our mistakes, we will try to keep these new areas of water clean NUMBER 44 In a village on the east coast of Scotland, people were waiting anxiously for news. Two of their fishing-boats (1) ___ been caught in the storm (2) ___ had blown up during the night. In the cottages round the harbour people stood (3) ___ their door, (4) ___ worried to talk. The rest of the fishing fleet had (5) ___the harbour before dark, and the men from these ships waited and watched with the wives and families of (6) ___ missing men. Some had (7) ___ thick blankets and some flasks to hot drinks, knowing that the men (8) ___ be cold and tried. As dawn began to break over (9) ___ the east, a small point if light was (10) ___ in the darkness of the water and a (11) ___ minutes later, (12) ___ was a shout. Before long, the two boats (13) ___ turning in, past the lighthouse, to the inside of the harbour. The men (14) ___ helped out of 16
17. their boats, and although they were stiff (15) ___ cold and tiredness, they were all safe. NUMBER 45 My most embarrassing experience (1)___ when I had just left university. I had just started (2)___ in a Liverpool secondary school. One morning my alarm clock didn't go (3)___ because I had forgotten to (4) it up. I woke up at haft past eight and school began at nine. I (5)___ washed, shaved, got dressed, jumped (6)___ my car and (7) ___to school. When I arrived, the students (8)___ already gone into class. I didn't go to the staff room, but went (9) into class. After two or three (10)___the students (11)___ laughing, and I couldn't understand (12)___! Suddenly I looked (13)___and (14)___I had (15)___on one black shoe and one brown shoe! NUMBER 46 Many hundred years (1)___ there were many villages and few towns in England. The villagers liked to go into the forests and the fields when spring came. On the first Sunday of May they usually took a tree back (2)___ them and put it (3)___ the village The children danced round it and the men and the women (4)___ games around it. Later the international working class made the First of May their day of solidarity. The First May Day was (5)___ in England in 1890 when the workers decided to fight for an eight - hour working day and an end to the very long hours that they worked. In London, the workers (6)___ from all places to a meeting in Hyde Park. This demonstration (7)___ their unity and solidarity. After that, May Day in England was usually celebrated on the Sunday nearest to the first day of the month. There (8)___ many large May Day demonstrations. The working people showed on those days their solidarity with the progressive people in other countries. NUMBER 47 For many Americans, Sunday is a (1)___of rest. After a busy (2)___ of bussines and work routines, it is a day to pause and focus on faith and (3)___ However it is not a day to waste away by doing nothing. It (4)___a day for many to attend church and to worship (5)___ their local community. On Sunday most department stores and business (6)___closed for the day and only places of entertainment and culture may be open to the public. Sometimes when we read the (7)___ and watch TV, we get the false impression that American is an amoral society where people have no respect (8)___family and religious values. This concept is often exploited (9)___ tabloid papers and the foreign press (10)___ nothing could be further from the truth. In spite of the apparent carefree attitude sometimes projected by the press, many Americans, especially those living in the rural (11) and the deep south, are very traditional in their approach (12)___ life, family and religion. (13)___for them 17
18. still (14)___ a time to attend their local church and to meet with their fellow parishioners. The church service becomes (15)___ them the centre of their day’s activities. NUMBER 48 Every country has (1) ___ own educational culture. Studying in Britain is not just a question of what you will study (2) ___ also how you will study it. British teachers expect learners to become responsible, independent, autonomous (3) ___ self-motivated. What does this mean in practice?  Most teachers in language schools in Britain are informal. You can call (4) ___ by their first names.  Learners should follow the course and complete their homework or assignments on time. If you are ill or have other good reasons for not finishing work on time, your teachers will be understanding and give you as much help (5) ___ they can. However teachers cannot help if students don’t do any work.  Teachers appreciate students who know what their goals are. This could be to learn your subject for a special purpose, to pass (6) ___ exam, to qualify for a job, or to study the subject as deeply as possible. If you are clear about your goals, your teachers can advise you on how to achieve them.  British teachers will not tell you the answers to (7) ___. They will not give you some material and tell you to memorise the contents.  In Britain you can find information to help with your studies in many places - in libraries, bookshops, online, and through television and radio programmes.  Teachers will tell you where you can find information and how you can use (8) ___. They will give you advice on how you can explore your subject and make discoveries for yourself. However you must be willing to go to teachers and ask for their help and advice. If you do, teachers will be happy to help, but they expect you to do the work.  Questions are the key to education. If you ask your teachers good, relevant questions you will show that you are interested (9) ___ the subject. This also makes the classroom a more interesting place for learning. British teachers like being asked questions. Your fellow students are glad if you ask questions (10) ___ it helps them learn too. 18
19. NUMBER 1 1. of 2. from 3. on 4. but 5. or 6. in 7. in 8. of 9. like 10. doing NUMBER 2 1. between 2. than 3. are 4. early 5. be 6. on/upon 7. but 8. who/that NUMBER 3 1. not 2. for 3. because/as/since/when 4. or 5. what 6. with 7. on 8. them 9. other 10. all NUMBER 4 1. learning 2. are 3. of 4. you 5. how 6. book 7. fly 8. yourself 9. playing 10. practice NUMBER 5 1. picked 6. fact 11. wallet 2. found 7. poor 12. owner 3. money 8. looking 13. back 4. At 9. examined/searched 14. reward 5. lucky 10. credit 15. what NUMBER 6 1. so 2. like 3. means 4. television 5. widens / broadens 6. which / that 7. to 8. every 9. watching 10. than NUMBER 7 1. with 2. too 3. so 4. to 5. carry 6. be 7. rest 8. at 9. aren’t 10. buy NUMBER 8 IX. 6. since/ as/ because/ for 11. in 1. the 7. were 12. more 2. up 8. might/ could 13. who/ that 3. to 9. enough 14. from 4. so 10. least 15. a 5. that/ which NUMBER 9 1. things 6. result 11. your 19
20. 2. share 7. experiences 12. us 3. back 8. have 13. better 4. someone 9. as 14. to 5. ups 10. get 15. when NUMBER 10 1. families 2. housework 3. worked 4. one 5. brought/ bought 6. other 7. back 8. or 9. who 10. the NUMBER 11 1.IN 2. EVER 3. RISK 4. ACCORDING 5. RISE 6. AMOUNT 7. HOWEVER 8. WOULD NUMBER 12 1. UNABLE 6. ADVANCED / DEVELOPED 11.TIME 2. USED 7. MAKE 12. AS 3. THE / ONE'S 8. YES 13.UNLESS 4. WHO 9. MERCY 14.FUTURE 5. NOTHING / LITTLE / NONE 10. TECHNOLOGY 15. WORK NUMBER 13: 1. Recycles 2. rain 3. called 4.in 5. into 6. the 7. when 8. of NUMBER 14: 1. as 2. as/because/since 3. from 4. provide 5. that/which 6. number 7. are 8. or 9. stop 10. be NUMBER 15: 1. reputation 2. telling 3. wettest 4. end 5. turning/ switching 6. if/ though 7. so 8. hardly/ never 9. than 10. composed/ comprised 11. nights 12. Scenery 13. leaves 14. blown 15. possubility NUMBER 16 1.whose 2.who3.in 4.were 5.he 6.such 7.up 8.in 9.as 10.danger. NUMBER 17 1. on 2. cover 3. its 4. in 5. moving 6. for 7. have 8. describe 9. is 10. and NUMBER 18 1. like 2. out 3. ago 4. spite 5. whether 6. taken 7. more 8. remind NUMBER 19 1. being 2. which 3. having 4. attention 5. a 6.there 7. other 8. any 9. for 10. keep NUMBER 20 20
21. NUMBER 21 1. getting 2. in 3. a 4. on 5. late 6. order 7. saying 8. anything 9. together 10. possible NUMBER 22 1. furnish 6. plentiful/ scarce 2. control 7. cause 3. make 8. vegetation 4. harmed 9. starve 5. dying out 10. prey NUMBER 23 1.alphabet 2.exist 3.in 4.and 5.changed 6.printing 7.made 8.used_ 9.wonder 10.pronounced NUMBER 24 1. Whenever/When/ If 2. able 3. One 4. their 5. who 6. There 7. to 8. While/As/When 9. of 10. off / out 11. soon 12. for/to/towards 13. not 14. no 15. it / this / that NUMBER 25 (1) It (8)Those (2) Although (9)Clothes (3) Taken (10)But (4) On (11)Status (5) Who (12)Take (6) Well (13)Use (7) Unchanged 14)Adapt NUMBER 26 56 neither 61 and 57 where 62 life 58 began/started 63 give 59 at 64 also 60 him 65 performed NUMBER 27 it bicycles / bikes were world few to so How There 10. people NUMBER 28 66. not/ never 67. life 68. who/that 69. On 70. spend 71. dependent 72. find 73. older 74. hard/difficult75. Enough NUMBER 29 21
22. 0. in 3. more 7. than 11. spite 1. since / with / 4. although / while 8. as 12. making following 5. had 9. make / insist 13. ago 2. used 6. rather 10. such / quite 14. so NUMBER 30 1. ago 2. although 3. already 4. for 5. in 6. where 7. salary 8. having 9. a/per 10. very 11. situation 12. about NUMBER 31 1. do 3. also 5. encourage 7. example 9. find 2. average 4. result 6. what 8. when 10. on NUMBER 32 1. question 2. more 3. with 4. whether/if 5. parents 6. because 7. other 8. such 9. being 10. now NUMBER33 51. up 52. such 53. computers 54. because/since/as 55. called 56. only/unique 57. which/that 58. There 59. to/ in order to/ 60. both so as to NUMBER 34 1. early 2. about 3. down 4. that/which 5. answered 6. you 7. if/when 8. what 9. all 10. understand NUMBER 35 1. crazier 2. raise 3. a 4. who 5. to 6. since 7. around 8. feeling 9. something 10. would NUMBER 36 1. the 2. up 3. to 4.so 5. that/which 6. since/as/ 7. were 8. might/could 9. enough 10. least because/for 11. in 12. more 13. who/ that 14. from 15. a NUMBER 37 56 neither 61 and 57 where 62 life 58 began/started 63 give 59 at 64 also 60 him 65 performed NUMBER 38 22
23. 1.spent 2.possible 3. the 4. who 5. at/ by 6. which 7. in 8. the 9. leaves 10. flying 11. were 12. lots 13. whose 14. on 15. deal NUMBER 39 1. reputation 9. than 2. telling 10. composed/ comprised 3. wettest 11. nights 4. end 12. scenery 5. switching/ turning 13. leaves 6. if/ though 14. blown 7. so 15. possibility 8. hardly/ never NUMBER 40 1. more 9. but/although 2. by 10. to 3. of 11. There 4. until/till 12. these 5. across/upon 13. into 6. as 14. to 7. another 15. less/not 8. from NUMBER 41 1. encourage 2. longer 3. pleasure 4. increase 5. because 6. group 7. suitable 8. For 9. television 10. add NUMBER 42 1. almost/ 2. lives 3. provide/ 4. banks 5. water nearly supply 6. across 7. well 8. polluted 9. increases/ 10. unless grows 23