Bài tập trắc nghiệm 15 phút Đoạn văn điền từ - Tiếng Anh 12 - Đề số 9

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 36 to 40:

The Rocky Mountains run almost the length of North America. They start in the North-west, but lie only a (26)_______ hundred miles from the center in more southern areas. Although the Rockies are smaller (27)_______ the Alps, they are no less wonderful. There are many roads across the Rockies, but the best way to see them is to travel by train. You start from Vancouver, the most attractive of Canada's big cities. Standing with its feet in the water and its (28)______ in the mountains, this city (29)_______ its residents to ski on slopes just 15 minutes by car from the city centre. Thirty passenger trains a day used to (30)_____ off from Vancouver on the cross-continent railway. Now there are just three a week, but the ride is still a great adventure. You sleep on board, which is fun, travel through some of the best scenery at night.

Question 28:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 24 to 28:

Few people now realize the reality of global warming and its effects on the world’s climate. Many scientists (24) _______ the blame for recent natural disasters on the increase in the world’s temperatures and are convinced that, more than ever before, the Earth is at (25) _______ from the forces of the wind, rain and sun. According to them, global warming is making extreme weather events, such as hurricanes and droughts, even more severe and causing sea levels all around the world to rise. Environmental groups are putting pressure on governments to take action to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide which is given (26) _______ by factories and power plants, thus attacking the problem at its source. They are in (27) _______ of more money being spent on research into solar, wind, and wave energy devices, which could then replace existing power (28) _______. Some scientists, however, believe that even if we stopped releasing carbon dioxide and other gases into the atmosphere tomorrow, we would have to wait several hundred years to notice the results. Global warming, it seems, is to stay.

Question 28:       

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35:

Education is more important today than ever before. It gives them the specialized training they may need to (31)_______ for a job or career. For example, a person must meet certain educational requirements and obtain a license or certificate before he can practice law or medicine. Many fields, like computer operation or police work, (32)_______ satisfactory completion of special training courses. Education is also important (33)_______ it helps people get more out of life. It increases their knowledge and understanding of the world. It helps them acquire the skills that make life more interesting and enjoyable, such as the skills needed to participate in a sport, paint a picture, or play a musical instrument. Such education becomes (34)_______ important as people gain more and more leisure time. Education also helps people adjust to change. This habit has become necessary because social changes today take place with increasing speed and affect the lives of more and more people. Education can help a person understand these changes and provide him (35)____the skills for adjusting to them.

Question 34:  

  Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35: 

Nowadays people are more aware that wildlife all over the world is in (31)___________. Many species of animals are threatened, and could easily become (32)___________ if we do not make an effort to protect them. There are many reasons for this. In some cases animals are hunted for their fur or for other valuable parts of their bodies. Some birds, such as parrots, are caught (33)___________, and sold as pets. For many animals and birds, the problem is that their habitats-the place where they live-is disappearing. More land is used for farm, for houses and industry, and there are fewer open spaces than there once were. Farmers use powerful chemicals to help them grow better crops, but these chemicals pollute the environment and (34)___________ wildlife. The most successful animals on Earth, human beings, will soon be the only ones (35)___________ unless we can solve this problem.

Question 33:

ead the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 36 to 40:

The Rocky Mountains run almost the length of North America. They start in the North-west, but lie only a (26)_______ hundred miles from the center in more southern areas. Although the Rockies are smaller (27)_______ the Alps, they are no less wonderful. There are many roads across the Rockies, but the best way to see them is to travel by train. You start from Vancouver, the most attractive of Canada's big cities. Standing with its feet in the water and its (28)______ in the mountains, this city (29)_______ its residents to ski on slopes just 15 minutes by car from the city centre. Thirty passenger trains a day used to (30)_____ off from Vancouver on the cross-continent railway. Now there are just three a week, but the ride is still a great adventure. You sleep on board, which is fun, travel through some of the best scenery at night.

Question 27:

Read the following passage and blacken the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks in the following questions:

Dining Etiquette in Japan: An honored guest sits at the centre of the table furthest from the door and begins eating first. Learn to (1)_____chopsticks - never point them, never pierce food with them, and rest them on the chopstick-rest when breaking (2)_____drink or chat. It is good etiquette to try a bit of everything.
Dining Etiquette in Turkey: Meals are a (3)_____affair, conversations are friendly and loud. The head of the family of honored guest is served first. It is good etiquette to insist the most senior is served first (4)_____of you. Asking for (5)_____food is a compliment. If taken to a restaurant, Turkish dining etiquette has strict rules that the one who extended the invitation must pay.

Question 4:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A,B ,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks:

Organized football games began in 1863. In football, two (31)_____ of eleven players try to kick or head the ball into the goal of the other team. The goal keeper, (32)_____tries to keep the ball out of the goal, is the only player on the field who can touch the ball with his or her hands. The other players must use their feet, heads and bodies to (33)_____ the ball. Every four years, football teams around the world (34)_____ for the World Cup. The World Cup competition started in 1930. Brazil is the home of many great football players, including the most famous player of all, Pele’. With his fast dazzling speed, Pele’ played for many years in Brazil and then in New York. People in more than 140 countries (35)_____ the world play football. It is definitely the world’s most popular sport.  

Question 35:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35:

 The warming of the Pacific Ocean has created weather pattern (31)_______ strongly affect the world. When the water is warm, the amount of rainfall in Indonesia and the surrounding regions decreases. Australia could (32)_______ experience a drought in many parts. On the other hand, Chile (which borders the Pacific Ocean) is preparing for severe rainstorms. In Pakistan and northwestern India, the weather pattern makes the rainy season weaker and makes the area much drier. This happening is called El Nino and is used (33)_______ weather forecasters to make long-range weather predictions. They also know that El Nino will bring unusually rain to the southwestern part of the United States and make the central part of the country drier at the same time. According to research, weather forecasters (34)_______ know about the coming weather with certainty. Now everything has become completely different. El Nino itself used to be predictable. It would occur every two to seven years. But now this weather pattern is becoming more frequent. We cannot say when and how often tornadoes or cyclones occur. Scientists are unsure of the reason for this (35)_______ on the global scale either.

Question 31:     

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best first each of the numbered blank from 1 to 5:  

American folk music originated with (1) _____ people at a time when the rural population was isolated and music was not (2)______spread by radio, records, or music video. It was (3)_____by oral traditional and is noted for its energy ,humor, and emotional impact. The major source of aerly American folk songs was music from the Bristish Isles, but songs from Africa as songs of the American Indians have significant part in its heritage. Later settler from other countries also contributed songs. In the nineteenth century, composer Steven Foster wrote some of the most enduringly popular of all American songs, (4)______soon became part of the folk tradition. Beginning in the 1930s, Woody Guthrie gained great popularity by adapting melodies and lyrics and supplying new ones as well. In the 1950s and 1960s, singer–composers such as Peter Seeger, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez continued this tradition by urban folk music. Many of these songs deal (5)_____important social issue, such as racial intergration and the war in Vietnam.

Question 4:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase thet best fits each of the numbered blanks from 24 to 28:

 Although it may come as a surprise to many people, postal services have existed in some parts of the world for thousands of years. There is ample evidence that a postal services existed among the Assyrians and Babylonians. In China a regular postal service was established in the seventh century BC, and over the centuries attained such a high level of efficiency that some 2000 years after its (24) _______ it won the admiration of travelers like Marco Polo. Efficient and highly developed postal services were also established in the Persia and Roman Empires. In ancient times, these services were mainly confined to the use of representative of the state; private citizens made use of slaves, merchants and the (25) _______ to send their messages and documents. In Medieval Europe, postal services were organized by emperors and by the papacy, (26) _______ private citizens continued to entrust their correspondence to various travelers. Later around the 13th century, universities and towns came to have the own messengers. However, it was not until the 14th century when merchants, the private citizens who had the greatest need for a speedy and regular exchange of correspondence, began to set (27) _______ regular courier services. The needs of business (28) _______ to the development of the postal services as we know it today.

Question 24: