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Câu 2: Read the passage then answer the questions on 16. (Hãy đọc đoạn văn vàjtrả lời những câu hỏi.)
Psychologists at Brunel University in London say that certain types of music help people to. get į started and also to exercise for a long time. People who listen to music, exercise for 13 percent longer than people who don't. International athletes óften listen to music when they are training. Doctors know about ithe therapeutic effects of music. Listening to music can help people recover after operations. Teachers should pay attention, too. In a study at the University of California, students who took a test while listening to a Mozart sonata scored 30 percent higher than students who took the test in silence: Music also relaxes people after a stressful day. Paulin' Etkin, director of. a music therapy center in London, says that throughout. life's ups and downs, people always respond to music. When someone is nervous or afraid,. it can make them feel better. "Music rhythm is closely linked with the rhythms of the body", she says.
Answer the questions:
1. Who say music can help people do the exercise for a long time?
… It's Psychologists at Brunel University in London
2. Do doctors think about the effects of music for therapy?
…Yes, they do
3. What did the University of California do to know about the efeCt of music in school?
…The University of Califotnia made a study to know about the effect of music in school
4. Can music relax people after a stressful day?
…Yes, it can
5. What did Paulin Etkin say?
… "Music rhythm is closely linked with the rhythms of the body", she said
III. Reading comprehension : Read the passage and choose the correct answer:
All over the world people listen to classical music. Classical music is difficult to describe. It means different things to different people.
Some famous classical composers were Bach, Vivaldi, Haydn, and Mozart. In their music, they did not tell a story or show strong emotion. They wanted to make a beautiful, interesting design. They wanted to write lovely sounds.
Then composers started to interpret ideas. They told stories about wars, armies and soldiers. They wrote about religion. Sometimes they composed music for holidays. They told love stories and showed strong emotion. Some of these composers were Beethoven, Schumann Chopin, Mendelssohn, Wagner, and Tchaikovsky.
Classical music stays with people a long time. Bach wrote about 300 years ago, Beethoven wrote about 200 years ago, and Tchaikovsky wrote over 100 years ago.
Sometimes people close their eyes to listen to classical music. When they close their eyes, they can see the design. They can listen to the same classical music many times and enjoy it.
Sometimes it is difficult to understand. The listener has to think about it. How ever, we can all learn to enjoy some classical music. It is very important to people.
12. Classical music is famous …………………..
a. in the Western
b. in Europe
c. in the United States
d. all over the world
13. The first classical composers wanted to……………………
a. tell stories about religion
b. write lovely sounds
c. show strong emotion
d. b and c
14. Beethoven ………………………
a. composed his music a long time ago.
b. just wanted to make an interesting design.
c. did not tell a story.
d. wrote sonic music that was difficult to understand.
15. People sometimes close their eyes when they listen to classical music in order to …………
a. understand it clearly.
b. think about the design.
c. form the picture of the design in their mind.
d. hear the same classical music many times.
IV. Word forms :
16.She smiles so ……attractively …………,doesn’t she ? ( attract ).
17.…Scientific …..methods of farming have helped to increase rice production a great deal . ( science ).
18.. Our company believes it is the best……organization …….to help the poor. ( organize)
19. Three films are in ……competition………for the same contract. ( compete)
V/Fill in each blank with one of the words from the box
Yellowstone National Park, the first US national park, was (20)…established…in 1872. It is one of the largest parks . It (21)…covers …….. about 3,500 square
In which paragraph does the writer tell us … (Trong đoạn văn nào mà tác giả nói về…)
1. B
when doctors realised Ashlyn had a medical problem? (khi các bác sỹ nhận ra Ashlyn có vấn đề bệnh lý?)
Thông tin: Tests showed that Ashlyn had a very unusual medical condition: she couldn't feel any pain.
(Các bài kiểm tra đã cho thấy Ashlyn có một tình trạng bệnh lý: cô ấy không thể cảm nhận bất kỳ sự đau đớn nào.)
2. E
what causes her condition? (điều gì gây ra căn bệnh của cô ấy?)
Thông tin: Scientists studied her condition and found she has a genetic disorder that means pain signals do not reach her brain. (Các nhà khoa học nghiên cứu tình trạng của cô ấy và phát hiện ra cô ấy có một loại bệnh di truyền mà những tín hiệu đau đớn không đến được não của cô ấy.)
3. A
what happened when she burned her hands? (điều gì đã xảy ra khi cô ấy làm bỏng tay?)
Thông tin: Once, when she burned herself, she only knew about it when she looked at her skin. (Trong một lần cô ấy làm bỏng chính mình, cô chỉ biết khi cô nhìn vào da của mình.)
4. C
why some people die from this condition? (tại sao có người chết vì tình trạng này?)
Thông tin: People who can't feel pain lust don't realise they're in danger. (Những người không thể nhận ra cơn đau chỉ không nhận ra họ đang gặp nguy hiểm.)
5. D
how school life for Ashlyn was unusual? (cuộc sống trên trường của Ashlyn bất thường như thế nào?)
Thông tin: During school breaks, one teacher watched Ashlyn all the time in the playground and they had to search for cuts. bruises or other injuries. (Những lúc giải lao ở trường, một giáo viên quan sát Ashlyn mọi lúc ở sân chơi và họ phải tìm kiếm những vết cắt, vết bầm hoặc những vết thương khác.)
I think Dave338’s prank is extremely childish and cruel as it took his sister ages to get over the prank. (Mình thấy trò đùa của Dave338 cực kỳ trẻ con và độc ác vì nó khiến chị ấy mất nhiều thời gian để vượt qua trò chơi khăm đó.)
I think Kate44’s quite interesting but she shouldn’t have played that with her brother as it would have been a great disappointment to him if his crush hadn’t go out with him. (Mình thấy trò đùa của Kate44 khá thú vị nhưng đang lý ra cô ấy không nên làm như vậy vì nếu chị gái kia không đi chơi với anh ấy thì đó sẽ là một nỗi thất vọng lớn lao.)
Tạm dịch:
Sarah_B: Hãy kể về một trò chơi khăm mà bạn thực hiện lên bạn bè hoặc thành viên trong gia đình nào!
Dave338: Khi mà tôi chin tuổi, tôi đã mua một con nhện khổng lồ bằng nhựa trong một tiệm giỡn. Tôi không thể đợi để chơi khăm chị mình với nó. Một buổi sáng nọ, tôi đặt con nhện trong vòi sen ngay trước khi chị tôi đi vào nhà tắm. Tôi đứng đợi ở ngoài cửa. Tôi đã nghe một tiếng hét rất lớn và chị tôi đã chạy ra khỏi vòng tắm. Tôi đã nghỉ nó rất vui, những chị tôi đã phát cáu khi biết chuyện, và đuổi theo tôi quanh nhà. Bây giờ tôi cảm thấy mình tệ vì chuyện đó. Cũng mất khá lâu để chị tôi có thể vượt qua nó vì chị ấy quá đỗi bàng hoàng.
Kate44: Tháng Hai năm ngoái, mình đã gửi anh trai mình một tấm thiệp ngày Lễ tình nhân. Trong tấm thiếp, mình viết “Hãy là tình nhân của mình nhé! Từ ??? với yêu thương”, và mình cố gắng làm rối nét chữ của mình. Nhưng có một chị ở lớp mà anh ấy rất thích, và anh ấy đã nghỉ tấm thiệp là từ chị ấy. Anh ấy dường như rất vui vẻ và anh đã quyết định rủ cô ấy đi chơi, và bây giờ họ đang đi chơi rồi! Sau cùng, anh ấy cũng biết là chị ấy không gửi tấm thiệp đó. Anh ấy lập tức nghi ngờ mình, nên mình thú nhận mình đã làm. Anh ấy đã có chút cáu giận nhưng anh ấy cũng tha thứ cho mình vì cái kết có hậu.
Every morning I get up at six. The first thing I do is to wash the dishes my family dirtier the day before. Then I cook breakfast. We eat at about seven fifteen. Usually we have bread with butter, sometimes we have rice, or boiled sweet potatoes.
It takes me about ten minutes to walk to school, and school begins with an assembly period at seven forty-five. There are fifteen hundred children in our school and so we meet in three separate assemblies: the infant department, the middle department, and the senior department. We always listen attentively to the head mistress then different classes call the roll for the attendance.
We have seven periods from eight to one. We study Mathematics, (Geography, History, Music, Art- and Crafts, and English. I like English best and next to that, Mathematics, At ten we have a chance to eat an orange and some peanuts. At noon, we do not rest. At one we clean up our classroom and close the school.
I go home for lunch, but this time, my sister Patricia gets the meal. We often eat yams with soup and some other dishes. After lunch, I usually sleep for half an hour. In the afternoon, I often play netball. I sometimes skip, run, and Jump with the other girls.
At about six or six thirty we have dinner. Either my sister or I cook it. The meal is simpler than the mid-day meal. We eat fruit or rice, and sometimes we have bread and tea. Then in the evening, I do my homework and go to bed at about ten.
a. what is the first thing the girl does when she gets up?
=>The first thing she does is to wash the dishes her family dirtier the day before
b. do the members of her family eat bread with butter and rice more often for breakfast? how do you know?
=>NO,THEY DON'T.Usually THEY have bread with butter, sometimes THEY have rice, or boiled sweet potatoes.
c. why are there separate assemblies at school?
=>BECAUSE There are fifteen hundred children in THEIR school
d.twelve o'clock can be called mid-day. what other word does the girl use to mean the same thing?
=>AT NOON
e. what is her second best subject at school?
=>her second best subject at school is MATHMATICS
f. why is dinner described as simpler than lunch?
=>BECAUSE Either HER sister or SHE cookS it.
a. The first thing the girl does is to wash the dishes her family dirtier the day before.
b. No, they don't. Usually they have bread with butter, sometimes they have rice, or boiled sweet potatoes.
c. Because there are fifteen hundred children in their school.
d. Other word the girl uses to mean the same thing is at noon.
e. Her second best subject at school is mathmas
f. Because they eat fruit or rice, and sometimes they have bread and tea.
Helen Keller was born in 1880. She got sick the next year and was blind and deaf. Her parents found her a teacher who tried to teach Helen to read and write. When Helen was eight years old, she went to a special school in Boston where she learned how to speak and “listen” with her hands. Then at the age of 19, Helen passed the entrance exam to a famous school in Massachusetts, and graduated from college in 1904. Helen wrote many books about education and politics. She visited many parts of the world, and tried to help blind people as well as poor people. She became a famous writer and speaker. Helen died in June 1968. She was a very special person.
QUESTIONS
1. What happened to Helen Keller in 1881?
_________________She got sick the next year and was blind and deaf__________________
2. Did she graduate from college in 1904 ?
__________________yes, she did_________________
3. Who did she help ?
_________________her teacher__________________
4. How old was she when she died?
_________________88 years old__________________
Helen Keller was born in 1880. She got sick the next year and was blind and deaf. Her parents found her a teacher who tried to teach Helen to read and write. When Helen was eight years old, she went to a special school in Boston where she learned how to speak and “listen” with her hands. Then at the age of 19, Helen passed the entrance exam to a famous school in Massachusetts, and graduated from college in 1904. Helen wrote many books about education and politics. She visited many parts of the world, and tried to help blind people as well as poor people. She became a famous writer and speaker. Helen died in June 1968. She was a very special person.
QUESTIONS
1. What happened to Helen Keller in 1881?
she got sick and was blind and deaf
2. Did she graduate from college in 1904 ?
yes, she did
3. Who did she help ?
she helped blind people as well as poor people
4. How old was she when she died?
she was died at the age of 88
1. The Maple Falls GT.
Thông tin: Interview with Laura Akers, winner of the Maple Falls GT.
(Phỏng vấn Laura Akers, người chiến thắng Maple Falls GT)
2. She felt delighted and exhausted.
(Cô cảm thấy vui mừng và kiệt sức.)
Thông tin: She said she was feeling delighted, because she had dreamed about this since she was a little girl. She said she was also exhausted, because it had been a tiring race.
(Cô ấy nói rằng cô ấy cảm thấy rất vui vì cô ấy đã mơ về điều này từ khi còn là một cô bé. Cô ấy nói rằng cô ấy cũng đã kiệt sức, bởi vì đó là một cuộc đua mệt mỏi.)
3. Dan Travers.
Thông tin: Dan Travers’s report (Báo cáo của Dan Travers)
4. They are having a big party that night.
(Họ có một bữa tiệc lớn vào đêm đó.)
Thông tin: She said they were having a big party that night.
(Cô ấy nói rằng họ đã có một bữa tiệc lớn vào đêm hôm đó.)
1, She felt unhappy. Then, suddenly there was some classical music on the radio. Immediately, she felt much better.
2, She thinks music can be good for our mental health because “it's really an exercise for your whole brain.”