Question

[Lê Quỳnh Anh]

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 from 36 to 42.

    When we moved to our new house near the sea, I was eight years old. Even before that I had spent every summer messing about on boats. My dad had taught me to sail before I learnt to ride a bike so I knew how I wanted to spend my time at the new house- I was going to get my own boat and sail it everyday. The house was only a few meters from the water's edge, and in rough weather the waves would come crashing into the front garden. I used to sit with my nose pressed to the glass, fascinated by the power of the ocean. I grew up watching the skies to see if it was going to rain; would I be going sailing that afternoon or not?

          Of course I sometimes wished I could live in the town like my friends. I used to get irritated with my parents, who had taken early retirement because they seemed incapable of getting anywhere on time. Dad drove me the eight miles to school everyday, but I was often late because he had been walking on the cliffs earlier in the morning and had lost track of time. When I was taking my university entrance exams, I used to stay over at a friend’s in town, just in case. All in all, I was lucky to grow up by the sea and I still love to sail

When taking the university entrance exams, ___________.

A. the writer's family moved to a new house by the sea

B. the writer had to live in a friend's house

C. the weather was terrible

D. the writer's father drove him/ her to university

Answer 1

[Dương Hoàn Anh]

Đáp án B

Khi thi đại học, ___________.

A. gia đình nhà văn chuyển sang một ngôi nhà mới bên bờ biển

B. các nhà văn phải sống trong nhà của một người bạn

C. thời tiết là khủng khiếp

D. cha của người viết lái xe đưa anh ta lên đại học

Giải thích: “When I was taking my university entrance exams, I used to stay over at a friend's in town, just in case.” (Khi tôi đi thi đại học, tôi đã phải ở lại nhà bạn trong thành phố, phòng trường hợp ko may.)