Bài tập trắc nghiệm Tiếng Anh theo chuyên đề tách từ đề thi thử THPTQG năm 2019 - Chuyên đề: Đọc hiểu - Đề 52 (Có đáp án)

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. Students working for their first degree at university are called undergraduates. Then they take their degree we say they graduate, and then they are called graduates. If they continue studying at university after they have graduated, they are called post-graduates. Full-time university students spend all their free time studying. They have no other employment. Their course usually lasts for three or four years. Medical students have to follow a course lasting for six or seven years. Then they graduate as doctors. In Britain, full-time university students have three terms of about ten weeks in each year. During these terms they go to lectures or they study by themselves. Many students become members of academic societies and sports clubs and take part in their activities. Between the university terms they have vacations (or holiday periods). Their vacations are long, but of course they can use them to study at home. Question 1: Students who continue studying at university after having graduated are called . A. graduates B. pre-graduates C. undergraduates D. post-graduates Question 2: The word “graduate” in line 2 is closest in meaning to . A. finish studying B. start studying C. study D. learn Question 3: According to the passage, the full-time university students have of about 10 weeks in each year. A. two terms B. four terms C. seven terms D. three terms Question 4: The word “employment” in line 4 refers to the . A. work B. music C. playD. money Question 5: Medical students have to follow a course lasting for . A. four to five years B. only 4 years C. six or seven years D. about 5 years Question 6: The word “vacations” in line 9 could be best replaced by . A. times B. holidays C. visits D. picnics Question 7: According to the passage, students working for their first degree at are called undergraduates. A. an university B. laboratory C. university D. library Question 8: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as full-time university students? A. have other work B. go to lectures C. study by themselves D. become members of sports clubs Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. It is difficult to write rules that tell exactly when we should apologize, but it is not difficult to learn how. If we have done something to hurt someone’s feeling or if we have been impolite or rude, we should apologize. An apology indicates that we realize we have made a mistake, and we are sorry for it. It is a way of expressing our regret for something. When we apologize, we admit our wrongdoing, usually offer a reason for it, and express regret. The simplest way to apologize is to say “I’m sorry”, but often that is not enough. Let’s take a common situation. Mario is late for class and enters the classroom, interrupting the teacher in the middle of the class. What does he do? The most polite action is usually to take a seat as quietly as possible and apologize later. But if the teacher stops and waits for him to say something, he could apologize simply “I’m sorry I’m late”, ask permission to take his seat, and sit down. Naturally, more than this, a reason for the tardiness, is needed, but this is not the time or the place for it because he has already caused one interruption and doesn’t need to make it any longer or worse than it already is. Question 9: When we apologize, we express our sadness and unluckiness. we realize our wrongdoing. we express our happiness. we admit our wrongdoing, offer a reason for it, and express regret. Question 10: We should apologize _ when we feel tired and make mistake. when we have been impolite, rude or done something to hurt someone’s feeling. when we are angry with somebody about something. when we are not happy or lose something. Question 11: Is it difficult to learn how to apologize somebody? A. Yes, it is B. not difficult C. No, it isn’t D. No, hasn’t Question 12: The word “rude” in paragraph 1 could be best replaced by . A. incorrect behavior B. polite C. correct behavior D. good behavior Question 13: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as the most polite action in Mario’s case? A. keep quiet B. apologize later C. interrupt the teacher D. take a seat Question 14: What is the simplest way to apologize? A. We express our regret. B. We said nothing. C. We say “I’m sorry”. D. We admit our wrongdoing. Question 15: It is to write the rules that tell exactly when we should apologize. A. common B. simple C. easyD. difficult Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. On the fourth Thursday in November, in houses around the United States, families get together for a feast, or a large meal. Almost all families eat turkey and cranberry sauce for this meal, and have pumpkin pie for dessert. This feast is part of a very special day, the holiday of Thanksgiving. In 1620 the Pilgrims made a difficult trip across the ocean from England. They landed in what is now Massachusetts. In England the Pilgrims had not been allowed to freely practice their religion. So they went to the New World in search of religious freedom. The Pilgrims' first winter was very hard. Almost half the group died of cold, hunger and disease. But the Indians of Massachusetts taught the Pilgrims to plant corn, to hunt and to fish. When the next fall came, the Pilgrims had plenty of food. They were thankful to God and the Indians and had a feast to give thanks. They invited the Indians to join them. This was the first Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving became a national holiday many years later because of the effort of a woman named Sarah Hale. For forty years Sarah Hale wrote to each president and asked for a holiday of Thanksgiving. At last she was successful. In 1863 President Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a holiday. How much is Thanksgiving today like the Pilgrims’ Thanksgiving? In many ways they are different. For example, historians think that the Pilgrims ate deer, not turkey. The idea of Thanksgiving, though, is very much the same: Thanksgiving is a day on which we celebrate and give thanks. Question 16: When did the the Pilgrims make a difficult trip to across the ocean from England? A. in 1863 B. in 1621 C. in 1830 D. in 1620 Question 17: The Pilgrims immigrated to the New World because . They wanted to search for religious freedom. They wanted to be taught how to plant corn. They wanted to have more land to cultivate. They wanted to make a difficult trip. Question 18: According to the passage, today’s Thanksgiving . is only celebrated in Massachusetts. is a day on which the Pilgrims eat deer. is different from the Pilgrims’s Thanksgiving in many ways. is just like the Pilgrims’s Thanksgiving. Question 19: Which of the following is NOT true about Thanksgiving? It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday on November. It is a day on which Americans celebrate and give thanks. Americans usually have turkey, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie for this occasion. It became a national holiday thanks to President Lincoln’s 40-year efforts. Question 20: The word “they” in paragraph 3 refer to . A. families B. the Pilgrims C. thanks D. the Native Americans Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. As working women continue to receive better and better wages, housewives still work at home without receiving pay – checks. Should a woman who works at home, doing the housework and caring for children, be paid for her service? In a 1986 study at Cornell University, sociologists found that the value of the services of a housewife averaged $ 11,600 a year. This rate was based on a family composed of a husband, wife, and three young children. The $ 11,600 is what the husband would have to pay if he hired others to take over his wife’s household chores. The researchers concluded that it would be fair for husbands to pay wives according to federal guidelines for minimum wages. Another plan for rewarding women who work at home has been suggested by a former Secretary of Health and Human Services. He says that full-time housewives should be allowed to pay social security taxes, with their employers contributing part of the payment. He feels that the present system is unfair. He said, “ If you stay at home and raise a family, nobody will give you credit for it.” Question 21: What is the main purpose of this passage ? To suggest that housewives should be paid for their household chores. To ask men to treat wives better. To encourage women to go out to work. To suggest that men should share the housework with their wives. Question 22: A housewife’s services in a family of five people are worth_ . A. $ 160 a mouth on average B. nearly $ 1,000 a mouth on average. C. more than $ 1,000 a mouth on average. D. $ 1,600 a mouth on average. Question 23: According to the researchers, husbands should . pay wages to their wives for their housework. hire others to take over their wives’ household chores. help their wives with the housework. care for the children. Question 24: The word “employers” in the passage refers to . A. their sponsors B. their husband C. their owners D. their bosses Question 25: What is NOT true about the passage? Full-time housewives are allowed to pay social security taxes. Women who go to work get more offers than housewives Unlike working women, housewives get no pay for housework. Housewives’services should be rewarded. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. It is a characteristic of human nature that people like to get together and have fun, and people live during America's frontier days were no exception. However, because life was hard and the necessities of day-to-day living took up their time, it was common for recreation to be combined with activities necessary for survival. One example of such a form of recreation was logrolling. Many frontier areas were heavily wooded, and in order to settle an area it was necessary to move the trees. A settler could cut down the trees alone, but help was needed to move the cut trees. After a settler had cut a bunch of trees, he would then invite is neighbours over for a logrolling. A logrolling is a community event where families got together for a combination of work and fun. The women would bring food and have a much needed and infrequent opportunity to relax and chat with friends, the children would play together exuberantly, and the men would hold lively competitions that involved rolling logs from place to place as quickly as possible. This was a day of fun for everyone involved, but as its foundation was the need to clear the land. Question 26: The main idea of the passage is that in America's frontier days . people combined work with recreation people cleared land by rolling logs it was necessary for early settlers to clear the land a logrolling involved the community Question 27: The expression day-to-day could best be replaced by which of the following? A. daytime B. every day C. day after day D. today Question 28: According to the passage, what did people have to do first to settle an area? A. Develop recreation ideas B. Build farms C. Get rid of the trees D. Invite neighbors over Question 29: According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about a logrolling? A. It involved a lot of people. B. It could be enjoyable. C. There could be a lot of movement. D. It was rather quiet. Question 30: This passage would probably be assigned reading in which of the following courses? A. Forestry B. Environmental Studies C. Psychology D. History Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. People travel for a lot of reasons: Some tourists go to see battlefields or religious shrines. Others are looking for culture, or simply want to have their pictures taken in front of famous places. But most European tourists are looking for a sunny beach to lie on. Northern Europeans are willing to pay a lot of money and put up with a lot of inconveniences for the sun because they have so little of it. Residents of cities like London, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam spend a tot of their winter in the dark because the days are so short, and much of the rest of the year in the rain. This is the reason why the Mediterranean has always attracted them. Every summer, more than 25 million people travel to Mediterranean resorts and beaches for their vacation. They all come for the same reason, sun! The huge crowds mean lots of money for the economies of Mediterranean countries. Italy’s 30,000 hotels are booked solid every summer. And 13 million people camp out on French beaches, parks and roadsides. Spain’s long sandy coastline attracts more people than anywhere else. 37 million tourists visit yearly, or one tourist for every person living in Spain. But there are signs that the area is getting more tourists than it can handle. The Mediterranean is already one of the most polluted seas on earth. And with increased tourism, it’s getting worse. The French can’t figure out what to do with all the garbage left by campers around St. Tropez. And in many places, swimming is dangerous because of pollution. None of this, however, is spoiling anyone’s fun. The Mediterranean gets more popular every year with tourists. Obviously, they don’t go there for clean water and solitude. They tolerate traffic jams and seem to like crowded beaches. They don’t even mind the pollution. No matter how dirty the water is, the coastline still looks beautiful. And as long as the sun shines, it’s still better than sitting in the cold rain in Berlin, London, or Oslo. Question 31: In paragraph 2, cities like London, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam are mentioned . to prove that they have got more tourism than they handle. to tell us how wealthy their people are. to suggest that these cities lack places of historic interest and scenic beauty. to show that they are not good cities in terms of geography and climate. Question 32: According to the passage, which of the following factors might spoil the tourists’ fun at Mediterranean resorts and beaches? A. Polluted water B. Traffic jams C. Rainy weather D. Crowded buses Question 33: The writer seems to imply that Europeans travel mostly for the reason that . they want to see historic remains or religious spots. they would like to take pictures in front of famous sites. they wish to escape from the cold, dark and rainy days back at home. they are interested in different cultural traditions and social customs. Question 34: The latter half of the last sentence in paragraph 3, “or one tourist for every person living in Spain” means . every Spanish is visited by a tourist every year. every person living in Spain has to take care of a tourist annually. every year almost as many tourists visit Spain as there are people living in that country. all the 37 million people living in Spain are tourists. Question 35: The word “tolerate” in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to _ . A. reject B. endure C. exclude D. neglect Question 36: The word “solid” in paragraph 3 means most nearly the same as . A. having no spaces inside. B. seeming to be hard to book. C. having less people than normal. D. being uncomfortable to live in. Question 37: According to the passage, which of the following countries attracts more tourists than the others? A. Greece B. France C. Spain D. Italy Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. People used to know more or less how their children would live. Now things are changing so quickly that they don’t even know what their own lives will be like in a few years’ time. What follows is not science fiction. It is how experts see the future. You are daydreaming behind the steering wheel; is it too dangerous? No! That’s no problem because you have it on automatic pilot, and with its hi-tech computers and cameras, your car “know” how to get you home safe and sound. What is for lunch? In the old days you used to stop off to buy a hamburger or a pizza. Now you use your diagnostic machine to find out which foods your body needs. If your body needs more vegetables and less fat, your food-preparation machine makes you a salad. After lunch, you go down the hall to your home office. Here you have everything you need to do your work. Thanks to your information screen and your latest generation computer, you needn’t go to the office any more. The information screen shows an urgentmessage from a co- worker in Brazil. You can instantly send back a reply to him and go on to deal with other matters. Question 38: What does “its” in line 5 refer to? A. the future B. your home C. your car D. the steering wheel Question 39: What of the following statement is true about life in the future? People will go to work as they do today. Hi-tech equipment will be out of the question. It will be dangerous to drive cars because they are too fast. People can have balanced diets for their meal. Question 40: Which of the following is NOT true about life in the future? Eating is a problem because food contains too much fat There’s no need to concentrate much when driving. Contacts between people are almost instant. Getting information is a matter of just a few seconds. Question 41: According to the passage, what do people use a diagnostic machine for? A. To make food for them. B. To find out which foods their body needs C. To provide them with food. D. To sell food for humans. Question 42: Which “reply” CLOSET in meaning to? A. replay B. request. C. answer D. question Question 43: The word “urgent” in the last paragraph probably means . A. expected B. pressing C. unnecessary D. hurry Question 44: What is the main idea of the passage? What life is like in the future. The role of the computer in future life. What foods people will eat in the future. Life in the future will be the same as life at present. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. Herman Melville, an American author best known today for his novel Moby Dick, was actually more popular during his lifetime for some of his other works. He traveled extensively and used the knowledge gained during his travels as the basis for his early novels. In 1837, at the age of eighteen, Melville signed as a cabin boy on a merchant ship that was to sail from his Massachusetts home to Liverpool, England. His experiences on this trip served as a basis for the novel Redburn (1849). In 1841 Melville set out on a whaling ship headed for the South Seas. After jumping ship in Tahiti, he wandered around the islands of Tahiti and Moorea. This South Sea island sojourn was a backdrop to the novel Omoo (1847). After three years away from home, Melville joined up with a U.S. naval frigate that was returning to the eastern United States around Cape Horn. The novel White-Jacket (1850) describes this lengthy voyage as a navy seaman. With the publication of these early adventure novels, Melville developed a strong and loyal following among readers eager for his tales of exotic places and situations. However, in 1851, with the publication of Moby Dick, Melville's popularity started to diminish. Moby Dick, on one level the saga of the hunt for the great white whale, was also a heavily symbolic allegory of the heroic struggle of man against the universe. The public was not ready for Melville's literary metamorphosis from romantic adventure to philosophical symbolism. It is ironic that the novel that served to diminish Melville's popularity during his lifetime is the one for which he is best known today. Question 45: The main subject of the passage is_ . A. Melville’s travels B. Moby Dick C. Melville’s personal background D. the popularity of Melville’s novels. Question 46: The word “basis” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to . A. backgroundB. message C. bottom D. dissertation Question 47: According to the passage, Melville’s early novels were . A. published while he was traveling B. completely fictional C. all about his work on whaling ships D. based on his travel experience Question 48: The passage implies that Melville stayed in Tahiti because . he had unofficially left his ship he was on leave while his ship was in port he had finished his term of duty he had received permission to take a vacation in Tahiti Question 49: How did the publication of Moby Dick affect Melville’s popularity? A. His popularity remained as strong as ever. B. It caused his popularity to decrease. C. His popularity increased immediately. D. It had no effect on his popularity. Question 50: According to the passage, Moby Dick is . A. symbolic of humanity fighting the universe B. a single-faceted work C. a short story about a whaleD. a 47 adventure Question 51: In what year did Melville’s book about his experiences as a cabin boy appear? A. 1849 B. 1837 C. 1847 D. 1841 Question 52: The word “metamorphosis” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to . A. descent B. circle C. mysticism D. change Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. The handling and delivery of mail has always been a serious business, underpinned by the trust of the public in requiring timeliness, safety, and confidentiality. After early beginnings using horseback and stagecoach, and although cars and trucks later replaced stagecoaches and wagons, the Railway Mail Service still stands as one of America’s most resourceful and exciting postal innovations. This service began in 1832, but grew slowly until the Civil War. Then from 1862, by sorting the mail on board moving trains, the Post Office Department was able to decentralize its operations as railroads began to crisscross the nation on a regular basis, and speed up mail delivery. This service lasted until 1974. During peak decades of service, railway mail clerks handled 93% of all non-local mail and by 1905 the service had over 12,000 employees. Railway Post Office trains used a system of mail cranes to exchange mail at stations without stopping. As a train approached the crane, a clerk prepared the catcher arm which would then snatch the incoming mailbag in the blink of an eye. The clerk then booted out the outgoing mailbag. Experienced clerks were considered the elite of the Postal Service’s employees, and spoke with pride of making the switch at night with nothing but the curves and feel of the track to warn them of an upcoming catch. They also worked under the greatest pressure and their jobs were considered to be exhausting and dangerous. In addition to regular demands of their jobs they could find themselves the victims of train wrecks and robberies. As successful as it was, “mail-on-the-fly” still had its share of glitches. If they hoisted the train’s catcher arm too soon, they risked hitting switch targets, telegraph poles or semaphores, which would rip the catcher arm off the train. Too late, and they would miss an exchange. Question 53: Which of the following can be inferred from the first paragraph? There was a high turnover of railway mail clerks. The development of the mail roads during the second half of the 19th century enabled Post Office Department to focus on timeliness. The Post Office Department was more concerned about speeding up mail delivery than the safety of its clerks. Mail was often lost or damaged as it was exchanged on the mail crane. Question 54: The word “elite” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to . A. majority B. superior C. more capable D. leader Question 55: What does the passage mainly discuss? How the mail cranes exchanged the mail. Improvements in mail handling and delivery. How Post Office Trains handled the mail without stopping. The skills of experienced clerks. Question 56: According to the passage, the Railway Mail Service commenced in . A. 1874 B. 1842 C. 1832 D. 1905 Question 57: The word “glitches” in the third paragraph can be replaced by_ . A. accidents B. blames C. advantages D. problems Question 58: Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? The clerk booted out the outgoing mailbag before snatching the incoming bag. Clerks couldn’t often see what they were doing. The Railway Mail clerk’s job wa