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.FIRST TIME IN THE AIRWhen John Mills was going to fly in an aeroplane for the first time, he was frightened. He did not like the idea of being thousands of feet up in the air. “I also didn’t like the fact that I wouldn’t be in control,” says John. “I’m a terrible passenger in the car. When somebody else is driving, I tell them what to so. It drives...
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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.
FIRST TIME IN THE AIR
When John Mills was going to fly in an aeroplane for the first time, he was frightened. He did not like the idea of being thousands of feet up in the air. “I also didn’t like the fact that I wouldn’t be in control,” says John. “I’m a terrible passenger in the car. When somebody else is driving, I tell them what to so. It drives everybody crazy.”
However John couldn’t avoid flying any longer. It was the only way he could visit his grandchildren in Canada.
“I had made up my mind that I was going to do it, I couldn’t let my son, his wife and their three children travel all the way here to visit me. It would be so expensive for them and I know Tom’s business isn‟t doing so well at the moment – it would also be tiring for the children – it’s a nine-hour flight!” he says.
To get ready for the flight John did lots of reading about aeroplanes. When he booked his seat, he was told that he would be flying on a Boeing 747, which is better known as a jumbo jet. “I needed to know as much as possible before getting in that plane. I suppose it was a way of making myself feel better. The Boeing 747 is the largest passenger aircraft in the world at the moment. The first one flew on February 9th 1969 in the USA. It can carry up to 524 passengers and 3.400 pieces of luggage. The fuel for aeroplanes is kept in the wings and the 747’s wings are so big that they can carry enough fuel for an average car to be able to travel 16,000 kilometres a year for 70 years. Isn‟t that unbelievable? Even though I had discovered all this very interesting information about the jumbo, when I saw it for the first time, just before I was going to travel to Canada, I still couldn‟t believe that something so enormous was going to get up in the air and fly. I was even more impressed when I saw how big it was inside with hundreds of people!”
The biggest surprise of all for John was the flight itself. “The take-off itself was much smoother than I expected although I was still quite scared until we were in the air. In the end, I managed to relax, enjoy the food and watch one of the movies and the view from the window was spectacular. I even managed to sleep for a while!
Of course,” continues John, “the best reward of all was when I arrived in Canada and saw my son and his family, particularly my beautiful grandchildren. Suddenly, I felt so silly about all the years when I couldn‟t even think of getting on a plane. I had let my fear of living stop me from seeing the people I love most in the world. I can visit my son and family as often as I like now!”
Question: What happened when he saw the jumbo jet for the first time?
A. He felt much safer.
B. He liked the shape of it.
C. He couldn’t believe how big it was.
D. He thought the wings were very small.
1. To he is creatively produced from a combination of flour and colour.
(Tò he được sản xuất đầy sáng tạo từ sự kết hợp giữa bột và màu.)
Thông tin: “Besides making nice dough, the artist prepares natural colours,”
(Bên cạnh việc làm cho bột đẹp, nghệ sĩ chuẩn bị màu sắc tự nhiên,)
=> Chọn True
2. Sticky rice can make better dough for to he than rice.
(Gạo nếp có thể làm bột nhào cho tò he tốt hơn gạo.)
Thông tin: “The dough can be made from flour taken from ground rice or sticky rice, but the amount of sticky rice should be restricted to just 10 percent of the dough.”
(Bột có thể được làm từ bột lấy từ gạo xay hoặc gạo nếp, nhưng lượng gạo nếp chỉ nên hạn chế ở mức 10% khối lượng bột.)
=> Chọn False
3. To he products are mainly sold at village fairs.
(Sản phẩm tò he chủ yếu được bán tại các hội chợ làng.)
Thông tin: “The artists usually travel through villages or come to local fairs and festivals selling toys to children.”
(Các nghệ sĩ thường đi khắp các làng hoặc đến các hội chợ và lễ hội địa phương để bán đồ chơi cho trẻ em)
=> Chọn True
4. Villagers can use to he as decorators.
(Dân làng có thể sử dụng tò he như vật trang trí.)
Thông tin: “their artworks play an important role in folk decorations.”
(tác phẩm nghệ thuật của họ đóng một vai trò quan trọng trong trang trí dân gian)
=> Chọn True
5. To he is created as toys but it is edible.
(Tò he được tạo ra như là đồ chơi nhưng nó có thể ăn được.)
Thông tin: “Sometimes paint is used, but traditionally natural items are preferred because they will make safe edible toys.”
(Đôi khi sơn được sử dụng, nhưng các vật phẩm tự nhiên theo truyền thống được ưa chuộng hơn vì chúng sẽ tạo ra đồ chơi ăn được an toàn.)
=> Chọn True