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Read the passage and choose the best answers:
Louis Braille was born in France in 1809 . His father had a small business . He made shoes and other things from leather . Louis liked to help his father in the store even when he was very small . One day when Louis was 3 years old , he was cutting some leather , suddenly the knife slipped and hit him in the eyes . He soon became completely blind .
When he was ten years old , he entered the National Institute for the blind in Paris . One day his class went to visit a speacial exhibit by a captain in the army . One thing in the exhibit was very interesting for Louis . It showed messages in code . Armies send messages in secret codes so no - one else can read them . The captain wrote this code in raised letters on very thick paper .
Louis thought a lot about this code . Then he decided to write in the same way so the blind could " read " with their fingers . It is very difficult to feel the differences between raised letters . Instead of letters , Louis used a " cell " of six dots . He arranged the dots with two dots across and three down . So blind people can read and write even write music by Braille .
1 . It is difficult to feel the differences between ................................
A . arrangements of dots
B . coded messages
C . raised letters
D . a system of raised dots
2 . Louis Braille's father made things from .............................
A . codes
B . exhibit
C. leather
D . wood
3 . Which of these sentences is probably not true ?
A . Braille invented a system of reading for blind people .
B . Braille system is used for everyone .
C . Braille visited an exhibit of codes
D . Braille was an intelligent boy .
4 . When Louis was ten years old , he began to study ......................................
A . at a local school
B . at a special school for the blind .
C . in the army
D . at a university .
điền từ vào đoạn văn sau (people,home,health,invitation,excitement,work,mother,page,literature,conversation)
Jane Auten was born in 1775.Her father was a parish priest at steventon and her(1)..mother,..was a good woman,who worried too much about her(2)...health...the family was not wealthy and the greatest(3)..excitement.that came into their lives was an(4).invitation..to a party at the home of one of their richer neighbors.
Of course the young men who danced with jane and the callers who visited her(5).home...had no idea that she was watching them and listening to their(6).conversation.with special interest.This was the world and these were the(7)people..she portrayed so successfully in her novels
At the time jane was writting the novel was not considered a respectable form of (8).literature...and it was almost impossible for a woman to publish a book under her own name.When sense and sensibility finally appeared in 1811,the words"by a lady"were printed on the title(9)..page..in 1833 pride and prejudice was published and it has become her best loved(10)...work....
1. Operation Stargate was the name of a secret spying operation that was run by the Pentagon in the United States for over 20 years. The aim of the operation was to (1) ............... the possibility of using mind readers, clairvoyants and astrologers to help with spying operations. The pentagon employed six of these psychic people, and the experiments were held at a secret military base in Maryland. Put in special rooms, the psychics were asked to concentrate on parular spting operations. By using a technique called 'remote viewing', they were asked to (2) ............... solutions to specific problems. The team had a limited number of successes. They were able to give (3) ............... of the layout of the building where American diplomats were held hostages in 1979, and on another occasion they assisted Customs officials by describing exactly where a drug dealer could be found. When a US diplomat was kidnapped in Italy, they described the town he was in and in addition said exactly what the building looked . (4) ..............., they had many more failures than successes. In the end, the government ordered the CIA to take over the mission. The team was then examined by a group of experts, who were not (5) ............... by the results. They decided that (6) ............... the psychics had been right a few times, this had probably just happened by (7) ............... At other times, they were probably repeating information that they had (8) ............... in newspapers orr magazines. The military authorities now have the (9) ............ task of explaining to (10) ......... they wasted $ 20 million on the project.
1- A. look through B. look down on C. look up D. look into
2- A. come into B. come up with C. come across D. come up agianst
3- A. description B. definition C. plan D. details
4- A. But B. Yet C. Although D. However
5- A. impressive B. impressing C. impressed D. impression
6- A. despite B. although C. in spite of D. besides
7- A. chance B. possibility C. occasion D. opportunity
8- A. come into B. come round C.come across D. come up against
9- A. embarrassed B. embarrassing C. embarrassment D. embarrass
10- A. crial B. criize C. criism D. cris
1.illness
2.lonely
3,misbehaved
4,refused
5,opportunity
6,fold
7.touched
8,gestures
9,curious
10,manners
1- A. look through B. look down on C. look up D. look into
2- A. come into B. come up with C. come across D. come up agianst
3- A. description B. definition C. plan D. details
4- A. But B. Yet C. Although D. However
5- A. impressive B. impressing C. impressed D. impression
6- A. despite B. although C. in spite of D. besides
7- A. chance B. possibility C. occasion D. opportunity
8- A. come into B. come round C.come across D. come up against
9- A. embarrassed B. embarrassing C. embarrassment D. embarrass
10- A. crial B. criize C. criism D. cris
2, Điền từ vào chỗ trống:
, , , , , , , , ,
When Helen Keller was a baby, she had a fever. After her (1) ....illness.. she became blind, deaf and dumb. It was the beginning of a (2) .lonely..... life. No one could understand Helen and she couldn't see, hear or talk to people. As she grew older, she was (3) ...misbehaved.... to know what was going on around her. She (4)....refused... the lips of others when they spoke but she could not understand them. No one could understand Helen's (5).....opportunity... This made her very angry and she often kicked and screamed until she was very tired. Doctors couldn't help Helen. Her parents became exasperated when they couldn't find a teacher for her. It looked as though Helen would never have an (6)..fold.... to learn. Things changed when Annie Sullivan decided to take up the challenge to teach Helen. During Annie's first breakfast with the Kellers, Helen (7)....touched.... She grabbed other people's food off their plates and (8)....gestures... to use a spoon. Annie took almost 2 hours to teach Helen how to (9).......curious... her napkin and eat properly. During that time, Helen lost her temper, but Annie was determined to teach naughty Helen table (10).manners.... Amazingly, Helen soon learned many things through the careful guidance of Annie Sullivan, her mentor.
1- A. look through B. look down on C. look up D. look into
2- A. come into B. come up with C. come across D. come up agianst
3- A. description B. definition C. plan D. details
4- A. But B. Yet C. Although D. However
5- A. impressive B. impressing C. impressed D. impression
6- A. despite B. although C. in spite of D. besides
7- A. chance B. possibility C. occasion D. opportunity
8- A. come into B. come round C.come across D. come up against
9- A. embarrassed B. embarrassing C. embarrassment D. embarrass
10- A. crial B. criize C. criism D. cris
2, Điền từ vào chỗ trống:
1.illness
2.lonely
3,misbehaved
4,refused
5,opportunity
6,fold
7.touched
8,gestures
9,curious
10,manners
87. According to the passage, Coca-Cola was first introduced in ____.
A. America B. China C. Europe D. Russia
88. According to the passage, the original drink made people feel good because it contained ____.
A. coca leaves B. cola nuts C. secret ingredients D. sugar
89. It is stated in the passage that Candler was interested in the product because he thought ____.
A. he could develop the original formula by adding soda
B. he would sell it and quickly became a millionaire
C. it was an useful medicine which made people feel good
D. Pemberton’s medicine was very famous and successful
90. The word “licence” in the passage is closest in meaning to ____.
A. certificate B. permission C. charter D ticket
91. The word “distinctive” in the passage is opposite in meaning to ____.
A. normal B. original C. ugly D unique
92. When were the Coca-Cola’s bottle shape and logo designed according to the passage?
A. in 1886 B. in 1916 C. in 1930 D. in 1986
93 The word “eliminated” in the passage probably means ____.
A. banned B. destroyed C. erased D. excluded
94. According to the passage, what is NOT true about the formula of Coca-Cola ?
A. It is probably the world’s most priceless secret.
B. It was really invented by the druggist. Asa Candler.
C. Its exact ingredients are well known to many people.
D. Its ingredient was changed from cocaine to caffeine.
87. According to the passage, Coca-Cola was first introduced in ____.
A. America B. China C. Europe D. Russia
88. According to the passage, the original drink made people feel good because it contained ____.
A. coca leaves B. cola nuts C. secret ingredients D. sugar
89. It is stated in the passage that Candler was interested in the product because he thought ____.
A. he could develop the original formula by adding soda
B. he would sell it and quickly became a millionaire
C. it was an useful medicine which made people feel good
D. Pemberton’s medicine was very famous and successful
90. The word “licence” in the passage is closest in meaning to ____.
A. certificate B. permission C. charter D ticket
91. The word “distinctive - khác biệt” in the passage is opposite - trái nghĩa in meaning to ____.
A. normal - bình thường B. original - nguyên bản C. ugly - xấu xí D unique - độc đáo
92. When were the Coca-Cola’s bottle shape and logo designed according to the passage?
A. in 1886 B. in 1916 C. in 1930 D. in 1986
93 The word “eliminated” in the passage probably means ____.
A. banned B. destroyed C. erased D. excluded
94. According to the passage, what is NOT true about the formula of Coca-Cola ?
A. It is probably the world’s most priceless secret.
B. It was really invented by the druggist. Asa Candler.
C. Its exact ingredients are well known to many people.
D. Its ingredient was changed from cocaine to caffeine.