50 BÀI TẬP ĐỌC HIỂU – PHẦN 5

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- Biết vận dụng vố từ vựng đã học để hiểu nội dung bao quát của bài đọc

- Biết vận dụng những kiến thức ngữ pháp phổ biến trong dạng bài này như: Từ loại, Thì của động từ,

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Exercise 1. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to

indicate the correct answer for each of the questions from 1 to 5.

Throughout the world there are different ways for people to greet each other. In much of the world, a

handshake is the (1)__________ form of welcoming and greeting someone. In many countries around the

Mediterranean Sea a (2)___________ kiss on the cheek is the appropriate way to welcome friends and

family. It can be a very (3)__________ surprise if you expect to shake hands and get a kiss or a hug

instead. At times, it is difficult to tell what sort of greeting (4)___________ is followed. People may bow,

grab another‟s arm or even slap the other person on the back. In some places people just smile, look at the

other‟s face and say nothing.

Most people in the world are tolerant of visitors and don‟t mind what travellers do that seems wrong as

long as the visitors are (5)__________. A big part of the delightfulness of world travel is experiencing

different customs.

Question 1: A. Different

B. unique

C. common

D. same

Question 2: A. Light

B. superficial

C. fast

D. heavy

Question 3: A. Huge

B. large

C. big

D. great

Question 4: A. Habit

B. routine

C. custom

D. tradition

Question 5: A. Sincere

B. truthful

C. faithful

D. hopeful

Exercise 2. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to

choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 6 to 10.

Since the time of Nostradamus, meteorologists have been trying to decipher the mystery of climatic

changes. Their objective has been to be able to precisely (6)______ the weather for the days to come. In

the past, meteorologists looked skywards to find hints in the clouds. At present, their eyes are directed at

the spots(7)______the most intriguing climatic transformations come about, namely, the ultimate depths

of the oceans where swirls, whirlpools and waves generate the patterns for the future weather.

The most efficient way of (8)_____ hold of the ever changing map of the swirling currents circulating

their heat around the planet is from space. Weather satellites equipped (9)_____complicated instruments

examine the surface and the bottom of the oceans and determine the exact height of water. The impressive

advantage offered by satellite scanning is that measurements can be (10)_____even in the most

inaccessible parts of the oceans and can provide daily pictures of the water surface together with the

calculated wave height and wind speed.

Question 6: A. Unravel

B. perceive

C. forecast

D. explore

Question 7: A. When

B. where

C. what

D. why

Question 8: A. Getting

B. coming

C. finding

D. Making

Question 9: A. By

B. with

C. in

D. of

Question 10: A. Done

B. formed

C. fulfilled

D. taken

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