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1 Hãy đọc đoạn văn sau chọn câu trả lời tốt số A, B, C D HORSE-RIDING THERAPY (1) _ day, many years ago, Joe Royds took a pony called Jupiter along to a (2) _ centre for mentally handicapped children and, with his wife, Felicity, started to give the children rides He thought that severely handicapped children (3) _ riding horses Today, more than 130 special schools (4) _ country have “put their children up’’, (5) _ Joe, a retired businessman, terms it Seventeen more schools (6) _ adopt horse-riding therapy (7) _ next summer Joe has even introduced horse therapy to South Africa, (8) _ delivered a paper on the subject to the psychology faculty of Witwatersrand University a few months ago The (9) _ that the National Society for Mentally Handicapped Children’s Riding Fund, of (10) _ he is manager, is now having discussions with Plessey, the radio communications company, about the (11) _ measuring the mechanism of horse therapy Joe believes that there may be an inexplicable rapport between horses and severely mentally handicapped children that (12) _ the child, a well-attested increase (13) _ confidence and sociability, and in the horses a remarkable docility The most significant improvement in the child was in (14) _ “There are 27 cases (15) _, of children speaking (16) _ from the saddle.” He thinks there may be several ways in which horse therapy works One is (17) _ up on a horse, the child senses a completely unprecedented psychological advantage The children also appear (18) _ fear and horses (19) _ a fearless rider (20) _ bred the horse, the more effective the communication A A day B One C One time A new opening B newly opening C new opened A might derive B can derive some benefit of D Once upon a time D newly opened some benefit of C might derive D can derive some benefit from some benefit from A all over the B all through the C by the whole D for the whole A like B as C that D which A are likely to B will likely C are probable to D will probable A at B in C on D by A where he B where he has C in which he D in which he has A later B latest development is development is C later D latest development it’s 10 11 12 13 14 15 development it’s A that A better way in A produce, in A to the A speech A I know of B which C the which B better way of C best way in B produces, in C produce, to B to his C in the B talk C the speech B what I know of C of that I know D what D best way of D produces, to D in his D the talk D of whom I know 16 A its first words B its first words never ever C their 17 18 19 first D their first words never words ever A being B to be C that being A showing any B showing no C to show any A reply B reply immediately at D that to be D to show no immediately to C respond D respond immediately at 20 immediately to A For better B The better C How much D So much better better Hãy đọc đoạn văn sau chọn câu trả lời tốt số A, B, C D THE GREAT DETECTIVES Sherlock Holmes is probably the archetype for most great detectives in modernfiction But while I (1) _ stories like The Hound of the Baskervilles (2) _, I sometimes wish Conan Doyle’s success (3) _ great influence on other writers Writers like Agatha Christie and Ian Fleming, in their different ways, have made people (4) _ either that murder is a game you play after dinner or else that violence is always justified, (5) _ the right side There (6) _ I can’t stand their detectives - Poirot and James Bond - either In Agatha Christie’s case, it is her appalling dialogue and unreal characters (7) _ me Fleming, (8) _, is like a chemist measuring out doses of sex, violence and, (9) _ all, snobbery, and mixing them together (10) _ you what I don’t like, I ought to say something about my favourite detectives Philip Marlowe, created by Raymond Chandler in the 1930s, is a tough American private detective, trying to keep (11) _ his clients But what makes Marlowe memorable is Chandler’s picture of the corrupt society of California (so beautifully recreated in the film Farewell My Lovely,(12) _ Marlowe), and Marlowe’s sense of humour In one novel, Marlowe is about (13) _ up by gangsters when an enormous policeman appears, knocks them out, and without (14) _ to Marlowe, goes into a restaurant for dinner One of the gangsters, holding his jaw, says: “That’s Big Willy He thinks he’s tough.” “You mean he’s not sure?” remarks Marlowe, looking (15) _ Crime is real in Chandler’s novels and the same is true of the greatest of all detective stories, (16) _ Inspector Maigret is the opposite of James Bond He is happily married (17) _ He solves crimes by patient investigation and a deep understanding of the human mind But there is more to it than that In Maigret, Simenon succeeded (18) _ an ideal of justice, one that seems infinitely preferable (19) _ the technicalities of the law and one that we can all respect and (20) _ A C A C A C A A C A C enjoy to read am enjoying to read as much as anyone else so much as anyone else had not had a so would not have had a so think B to think in case you are in provided you are in are good reasons that exist good reasons that B enjoy reading D am enjoying reading B as much as anyone other D so much as anyone other B had not had such a D would not have had such a C thinking D that they think B in case you are on D provided you are on B are good reasons why D exist good reasons why 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 A that upsets B what upsets A in the other hand C in the contrary A above B over A Saying B Telling A faith to B the faith to A playing Robert Mitchum C with Robert Mitchum as A being beat B being beaten A saying anything C to say anything A him up B him down A these of Simenon C the Simenon’s ones A He seldom uses force C He seldom uses the force A to create B in creating A than B that A sympathise B sympathise in C that upset D which upset B on the other hand D on the contrary C more than D the most of C Having said D Having told C faith with D the faith with B being Robert Mitchum D with Robert Mitchum in C to be beat D to be beaten B saying nothing D to say nothing C up to him D down at him B those of Simenon D Simenon’s ones B Seldom he uses force D Seldom he uses force C on creating D the creating C to D for C sympathise to D sympathise with Hãy đọc đoạn văn sau chọn câu trả lời tốt số A, B, C D A MONKEY WITH A MOUSTACHE Sharing even (1) _ big thing as a marquee with fifty monkeys was an exhausting experience, for these (2) _ animals can create an awful lot of trouble when they put their minds to it Of all the monkeys we had, there are three (3) _ These were Footle, the moustached monkey, Weekes, the red-headed mangabey, and, (4) _, Cholmondeley, the chimpanzee Footle, when he arrived in the camp, was the (5) _ seen, for with the exception of his long tail, he (6) _ fitted very comfortably into a teacup, and then left a certain amount of room to spare His fur was a peculiar shade of grey, and his chest was (7) _ shirt front; his head, like (8) _ most baby monkeys, looked (9) _ big for his body But the most astonishing thing about him was the broad curved band of white fur across his upper lip, which made him (10) _ he had a big moustache I had never seen (11) _ so ridiculous as this tiny monkey wearing this enormous Santa-Claus-like decoration on his face (12) _ days Footle lived in a basket by my bed and (13) _ fed with milk from a feeding bottle The bottle was about (14) _ as he was and he (15) _ on it with cries of joy when it arrived, stuff the end into his mouth, and wrap his arms and legs round it firmly, (16) _ I could not take it away before he had finished He would (17 ) hold the bottle for him, presumably in case I (18) _ any of the contents, and so he would roll about on the bed with it in his arms, looking just (19) _ wrestling with an airship Sometimes he would be on top, sometimes it would be the bottle, but (20) _ he was on top or underneath, Footle would still suck away at the milk 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 A such B a such A alive B live A that I remember better C what I remember better A for the last C last but not least A most small monkey I had ever C smallest monkey I had ever A had B may have A like a nice white C as a nice white A this one of B that one of A much too B too much A look like B look as though A anything quite C nothing quite A For the few first C On the few first A must have been C had to be A two times as big C twice as big A used to throw C was used to throw A for B in order A even not let me C even not let me to A would rob B would steal A like he has been C as if he has been A whether B if C such a D a so C living D lively B that I remember best D what I remember best B for the least D least but not last B most small monkey I had never D smallest monkey I had never C should have D would have B like a white nice D as a white nice C this of D that of C to be much too D to be too much C to look like D to look as though B anything rather D nothing rather B For the first few D On the first few B should have been D ought to be B two times so big D twice so big B used to throw himself D was used to throw himself C preventing D so that B not even let me D not even let me to C robbed D stole B like he were D as if he were C either D or Hãy đọc đoạn văn sau chọn câu trả lời tốt số A, B, C D IMPRESSIONIST PAINTING IS NOT SO SIMPLE There are many reasons (1) _ the enormous popularity of the Impressionnists; but there (2) _ doubt about the main one The pictures look (3) _ easy, easy to understand, easy to enjoy The Impressionists, a hundred years ago, enshrined a vision of life that (4) _ a popular ideal They belonged to an industrial society, but (5) _ the odd smoke stack in the distance (6) _ signs of industry appear in Impressionist painting (7) _ demeaning sense, is virtually banished But Impressionist painting is very deceptive It may look simple but that is essentially a tribute, not to (8) _ innocence (9) _ to their sophistication, their ability to create the proverbial art that conceals art (10) _ aware of the complexities and paradoxes of painting than Edgar Degas He was committed to a form of naturalism but knew (11) _ well that copying (12) _ you is only a part of the process of creation There was (13) _ objectivity: “ (14) _ wishes to see,” Degas once remarked, “and it is that falsity that constitutes art.” He knew it was really a matter of equivalents, of observing and representing visual material in a way that (15) _ justice not only to the observable facts of everyday life but also to the inherent properties of (16) _, form, colour, texture, line You cannot get life on to the canvas but you can suggest the restless flow of life by developing the right fragment pictorially (17) _ to take on larger overtones without sacrificing its naturalistic appearance in (18) _ given work Degas was reserved and self-conscious “(19) _ fate it is always to be the spectator of the public, never part of it,” Virginia Woolf was later to confess in her diary Degas (20) _ agreed A for B why A can be any B can be no A as B so A represents yet C yet represents C of C may be any C to be as B represents still D still represents D because D may be no D to be so 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 A in spite B except that A nearly any B nearly no A Work, in any C The work, in any A artist’s B artists’ A instead C but rather A Anyone was more C No one was more A fairly B quite A that is opposite C what is opposite A no such thing as C no such thing as the A One sees as you C You see as you A shall B shall make A art itself C arts themselves A for it is able C so that it is able A any B some A How B So A was B had C apart from D together with C hardly any D hardly no B Work, in some D The work, in some C the artist’s D the artists’ B on the other hand D but better B Anyone was so D No one was so C rather D completely B that is in front of D what is in front of B not such thing as D not such thing as the B One sees as one D You see as one C will D will make B the art itself D the arts themselves B for it is capable D so that it is capable C however D whatever C What D What a C had to have D would have Hãy đọc đoạn văn sau chọn câu trả lời tốt số A, B, C D LEARNING HOW TO GET A JOB Every week a van pulls (1) _ workshop in a run-down Nottingham back street carrying a varied (2) _ slides for playgroups, hand-made desks and leisure materials for handicapped children But through the commercial cost of having these made individually would (3) _ the customers to (4) _, the Beaver workshop’s main aim is much more than simply (5) _ their needs at cost The volunteers who spend a 60-day stint doing woodwork and joinery are, (6) _, there to learn (7) _ a job This (8) _ workshop takes men who have been (9) _ an average of two years and for a variety of reasons Most have struggled to get a job - any job - in an area of declining industry (10) _ have in common, according to Beaver manager John Lowe, a former civil engineer, is a lack of identity - the legacy of long-term unemployment (11) _ jobs they’ve done in the past, it’s (12) _ never been employed They’ve lost confidence (13) _ “It’s easy for the rest of us to say someone should be able to go on and on looking for work but when (14) _ ‘turned down (15) _ it reinforces your hopeless view of yourself.” Most of the men who agree (16) _ in the project have been recommended by probation officers or hostel managers and virtually all of them stick (17) _ The first assessment of their success rate afterwards suggests that at (18) _ 60% have got a job within months of leaving, (19) _ the fact that those with a prison record feel obliged (20) _ their prospective employers 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 A off a looking-ordinary C out of a looking-ordinary A merchandise B load A avoid C make impossible A afford them at all C afford all them A the supplying B to supply them A primary C first and foremost A applying B applying for A only B unique A out of work for C outside work for A That which they all C What they all A However C It doesn’t matter the A as though they C like as if they A in each other B on each other A one has been B one was A most of the time C such a long time A to take part B to take place A it up B it out A least a B last a A despite B in spite B off a ordinary - looking D out of an ordinary - looking C goods D commerce B prevent D make it impossible for B pay them at all D pay all them C to supply to them D to supply B once and for all D over all C how to apply D how to apply for C sole D indifferent B out of work since D outside work since B That which all they D What all they B Whatever D It doesn’t matter B as though they had D like as if they had C in themselves D on themselves C you have been D you were B all the times D time after time C with take part D with take place C up it D out it C least D last C although D however 20 A in say B in saying C to tell D to telling Hãy đọc đoạn văn sau chọn câu trả lời tốt số A, B, C D THE VILLAGE SCHOOL Cattistock is (1) _ people mean (2) _ a typical English village It has some 580 inhabitants, a pub called The Fox and Hounds, a rebuilt Tudor church and a Victorian village school The only blemish is a closure notice which the country council has pinned to (3) _ door Unless the notice is lifted, (4) _ is unlikely, that door will probably shut for the (5) _ the summer And unless the parents then take over the building and the primary schooling of the children-as (6) _ at Madingley in Cambridgeshire have done-the (7) _ pupils will join larger classes at Maiden Newton two miles away If Cattistock (8) _ survive as something more than a home for its oldest inhabitants and for the middle-aged, middle-class immigrants (9) _ children have (10) school, it needs to attract more young couples And (11) _ drawn them to Cattistock in the past is the presence of a successful-school on their doorstep (12) _ little doubt that (13) _ its size, and because of it, Cattistock Primary School has (14) _ (15) _ a head teacher and one assistant, it is a cheerful building in the very center of the village Parents are (16) _ the place all the while, helping with cookery and crafts and listening (17) _ And (18) _ children in the school are (19) _ average a year ahead in reading age “That’s not a middle-class phenomenon, (20) _ the way,” says the acting headmaster “It’s spread throughout the school What we lose in competition we gain by dose attention.” A that most A as A a school A what A last time in A these A about thirty A is to B what most B like B a school’s B that B latest time in B those B around thirty B has to C that the most C by C the school C but C last time on C these ones C thirty or so C shall D what the most D for D the school’s D which D latest time on D those ones D thirtyish D will A which B whose 10 A already left B yet left 11 A that which has often C what often has 12 A It is a B It is 13 A as well despite C both despite 14 A done a good job C made a good job 15 A Staffed by B Staffed with 16 A on and off B in and out of 17 A the children reading C the reading children 18 A it results that B the result that 19 A for B by 20, \ by B in C of whom C already left their B that which often has D what has often C There is a B as well in spite D both in spite B done a good work D made a good work C It is staffed by C up and down B to the children reading D to the reading children C for a result C in C on D who’s D yet left their D There is D It is staffed with D to and fro D as a result D on D through