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PASSAGE 1 – Questions 1-
TEACHING IN INDIA
by Elise Cooper
‘Elise in India’. That was the name of my blog last year when I took a year out between school and university. I was lucky enough to get a teaching job abroad through an international organisation. I was going to work in a school attached to a children’s home in north-west India. There were eight of us on the week-long introduction course in the capital, Delhi. As well as advice and ideas for teaching we were given information about health and local customs, and learned a few essential phrases in the local language. Another course member, Lucy, was coming to the same school as me and we were both nervous when we set off on the 15-hour bus ride to the children's home. I had worked as a classroom assistant before, but here I wouldn't be much older than some of my pupils. How would I manage? My worries disappeared once we reached the home. Our rooms were on the top floor above the girls' bedrooms and from the window we looked out across flat fields full of fruit trees and could just see the snow-covered mountain tops in the distance. There were 90 children in the home, aged between five and 20. In addition there were a small number of pupils who came in each day from the area around. Although they were a little shy to start with, they were so keen to ask us questions that we quickly became friends. Lucy and I taught four lessons a day, mainly spelling, reading and general knowledge. We had a textbook but since it wasn't very exciting, we tried to make the lessons more interesting with activities and games. This wasn't always easy: there was a mixture of ages in each class because pupils had begun their education at different times. Like schoolchildren everywhere, they didn't always behave perfectly in class. However, they used to send us notes apologising afterwards, or thanking us for an interesting lesson, so we didn't really mind. The best fun came after school, though. We spent many happy hours playing games or football or just chatting with the children. On Friday afternoons, Lucy and I were in charge of sport, which had just been introduced at the school. Trying to organise fifty children into cricket teams is something I'll never forget. Another of my memories is playing in goal for a boys' football game. Even though Lucy and a group of little girls joined in as extra goalkeepers, we still managed to let the other side score! I was terribly sad to leave. I felt I had learned as much as - if not more than - my pupils from the experience. 1. How did Elise apply for the teaching post in India? A. By contacting directly with the school B. By posting her resume’ online C. Through an international organization Line 18
D. Through a local organization
2. What can be inferred about Elise according to the text? A. She is now working in Delhi. B She is not Indian. C. She can speak the local language well. D. She spent one year in India. 3. How did Elise and her teammate, Lucy, feel when they were on their way to the children’s home? A. anxious B. calm C. relaxed D. exhausted 4. Elise and Lucy were responsible for teaching the following lessons except A. spelling B. history C. general knowledge D. reading 5. According to the text, the pupils in each class that Elise taught were A. all adolescents B. all older than her C. at the same age D. at different ages 6. According to Elise, what do Indian pupils and schoolchildren everywhere have in common? A. shyness B. background knowledge C. imperfect behavior in class D. interests in games and activities 7. The most enjoyable time for both teachers and the children was A. before school B. during class time C. after school D. at night 8. What does “This” in line 18 refer to? A. the textbook B. the general knowledge C. the pupils’ education D. the way to make the lessons more attractive. 9. Which adjective best describes the job of getting pupils’ attention to the general knowledge lessons?
of 249 kilometres per hour or more. This will destroy the roofs of homes and most buildings and cause severe damage to doors and windows, while all trees, bushes and road signs will be blown down. ( D) As technology has developed and we can now forecast the weather, it has meant that the advance warnings given have greatly reduced the number of deaths caused by hurricanes However, the damage to property, which cannot be avoided, still costs billions of dollars to repair.
11. According to the text, weather forecast is exceptionally crucial when the weather is becoming A. moderate B. severe C. uneasy D. pleasant 12. What does “them” in line 3 refer to? A. hurricanes B. weather forecasts C. picnics D. extreme weather conditions 13. Hurricanes in the Indian Ocean is usually referred to as A. storms B. tornados C. typhoons D. cyclones 14. Which is the least active part of a hurricane? A. the eyewall B. the eye C. the storm surge D. the winds 15. At which point is the hurricane most dangerous? A. when it has an eye B. when it moves out to sea C. when it knocks down trees D. when it moves onto to land 16. The word “catastrophic” in line 21 can be best replaced by A. bearable B. disastrous C. considerate D. modest 17. Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is used to
A. evaluate the power of a hurricane B. forecast the number of hurricanes expected C. measure how big the waves are D. track the way a hurricane is moving
18. Being able to forecast hurricanes has A. reduced damage to property B. saved government money C. reduced the number of people killed D. helped protect trees and bushes. 19. In which space (marked ( A) , ( B ), ( C) and ( D) in the passage) will the following sentence fit? In America, being able to see approaching hurricanes with satellite technology and warning citizens about them is something that saves lives. A. ( A) B. ( B ) C. ( C) D. ( D) 20. According to the text, the forming of a hurricane starts A. on islands B. in tropical forests C. near the beaches D. in the ocean
PASSAGE 3 – Questions 21-
AGAINST ALL ODDS
Why do some people feel compelled to do the craziest things, while most of us are happy to sit on the sofa and watch their exploits on TV? Robin Styles ponders this question. Generally, we love to watch someone's bravery and drama - a single person against the wilds of nature, testing their endurance beyond belief. And our pleasure is greater because we live in a comfortable world of central heating, gadgets and package holidays. We lead increasingly risk-free lives, where the greatest test of endurance is getting to work through the rush hour. And most of us would prefer it to remain that way. However, there are countless ways to test the limits of your endurance, should you wish to do so, by attempting something unpleasant, uncomfortable or just plain dangerous. Thirty-year-old performance artist , Kanchana Ketkeaw , who spent 32 days and nights in a scorpion-filled room, said that she completed her amazing feat of endurance for 5 Line 13
B. other risk-takers C. her natural protection against toxics D. the scorpions
23. Kanchana Ketkeaw did not suffer serious injury from the scorpions because A. they did not sting her. B. scorpion stings are not very dangerous. C. she did not allow the scorpions to touch her body. D. her body has become used to the poison. 24. The writer of the text believes that Kanchana Ketkeaw A. is a bit mad. B. was asked to do so by her country. C. did not perform only for her country. D. does not know why she performed her feat. 25. When did Lynne Cox first discover that she enjoyed swimming in difficult conditions? A. in her forties B. when she was nine C. between the ages of nine and fourteen D. at the age of fourteen 26. Why is Lynne Cox particularly well suited to what she does? A. Her style of swimming is similar to a seal’s. B. She likes swimming in outdoor pools. C. She’s rather fat. D. Unusually, the fat below her skin is like that of a seal. 27. In both of the expeditions mentioned, Sir Ranulph Fiennes A. suffered physical injury. B. endured very severe weather conditions. C. discovered ancient ruins. D. spent several years away from home. 28. Sir Ranulph Fiennes uses the memory of his father A. to give him strength at difficult moments. B. to remind him of the limits of human endurance. C. to remind him that death is always a risk. D. to help him make difficult decisions. 29. Adventurers find that they cannot stop taking risks because A. they have become famous for risk-taking. B. their lives are less stable than other people’s. C. they love the feeling it produces. D. they believe they can achieve the impossible. 30. According to the text, most risk-takers are
A. gentle and elegant B. practical and motivating C. persistent and decisive D. enthusiastic
PASSAGE 4 – Questions 31-
GOOD VIBRATIONS
There is nothing to suggest that Evelyn Glennie is profoundly deaf. She insists that her deafness is irrelevant to her musicianship, but there is no doubt that her obvious handicap has turned a remarkable career into a miraculous one. She was eight when her hearing began to fail; by twelve she had lost it completely and feared she would have to give up the music she loved. But a doctor’s suggestion that she should become an accountant rather than follow a hopeless musical career strengthened her will to succeed. She grew up on a farm in Scotland. From an early age her great love was the piano, and after enjoying the audience applause at a prize-winning performance she decided on a career as a soloist. By then, however, her love of the piano had been overtaken by her passion for playing percussion instruments like the drums, an almost impossible task for a deaf person. ‘You need to be very sensitive - because you are dealing with literally thousands of instruments, she says. ‘Anyone can strike something and get a sound but you have to learn to control it and that can take a lifetime’s work.’ As it turned out, music was one of the most advantageous careers she could have chosen and is one reason why her speech remains so extraordinarily correct, despite her deafness. ‘You can relate a lot of what you feel through the instruments onto your own voice box, so you know how to pitch, how to adjust your voice,’ she says. Occasionally she listens to recordings by holding a cassette player between her knees, interpreting the vibrations and the shaking movements. Her deafness is one of the reasons for her unique style, for she can’t listen and be influenced by other performances and she has often declared that getting her hearing back would be the worst thing that could happen to her. ‘It would be like giving sight to a blind person who had fitted their life to what they saw through their hands. Quite apart from that, I am so critical of what I do anyway that wouldn’t want to be comparing myself to others.’ As a result of her devotion to her music and her determination to succeed, she has doubled the range of works available for percussion music in Europe and introduced instruments previously unheard of in the west. She has also asked composers to write more than fifty new pieces of music for these instruments, and has set up library of three hundred works for other musicians to use.
31. What does the phrase ‘obvious handicap’ (line 2 ) mean in this context? Line 4 Line 2
A. solo performers B. blind people C. the deaf D. other musicians
40. What would be the most suitable title for this extract? A. How to be a successful musician B. The disadvantages of deafness C. Developing one’s musical skills D. Overcoming a severe disability PHÂN LOẠI ĐỘ KHÓ 1 (3) 2 (4) 3 (3) 4 (3) 5 ( 3 ) 6 (4) 7 ( 3 ) 8 ( 3 ) 9 (4) 10 ( 4 ) 11 ( 3 ) 12 ( 3 ) 13 (3) 14 (3) 15 (4) 16 ( 5 ) 17 ( 3 ) 18 ( 4 ) 19 ( 5 ) 20 ( 4 ) 21 ( 4 ) 22 ( 3 ) 23 (4) 24 (5) 25 (4) 26 ( 3 ) 27 (4) 28 ( 5 ) 29 ( 5 ) 30 ( 4 ) 31 ( 4 ) 32 ( 3 ) 33 ( 5 ) 34 ( 5 ) 35 ( 3 ) 36 ( 4 ) 37 ( 4 ) 38 ( 5 ) 39 ( 4 ) 40 ( 5 )
ANSWER KEYS
PASSAGE 1 – Questions 1- C. Through an international organization B. She is not Indian. A. anxious B. history D. at different ages C. Imperfect behavior in class C. after school D. the way to make the lessons more attractive. A. challenging D. useful PASSAGE 2 – Questions 11- B. severe D. extreme weather conditions D. cyclones B. the eye D. when it moves onto to land B. disastrous A. evaluate the power of a hurricane C. reduced the number of people killed A. ( A) D. in the ocean PASSAGE 3 – Questions 21- A. a comfortable life without risk. D. the scorpions D. her body has become used to the poison. C. did not perform only for her country. B. when she was nine D. Unusually, the fat below her skin is like that of a seal. B. endured very severe weather conditions. A. to give him strength at difficult moments. C. they love the feeling it produces. C. persistent and decisive PASSAGE 4 – Questions 31- D. an apparent physical disability A. Glennie’s hearing A. her doctor’s advice
