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 40 to 49.On 26th May 1828, the people of Nuremberg in Germany found a teenage boy who waswandering alone through the streets. When they came across him, he had no possessions except for two old letters. Because of his behavior and appearance, they took him to the police station. Kaspar spent the next two months in prison, where he hardly spoke and...
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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 from 40 to 49.
On 26th May 1828, the people of Nuremberg in Germany found a teenage boy who waswandering alone through the streets. When they came across him, he had no possessions except for two old letters. Because of his behavior and appearance, they took him to the police station. Kaspar spent the next two months in prison, where he hardly spoke and refused all food except for bread and water. Some people assumed that Kaspar had grown up alone in the forest, like a wild animal. But gradually, a different picture emerged.
Kaspar said he had spent his whole childhood in a small dark cell. He had never seen the world outside or left his cell. He had never met or spoken to another human being. The cell was empty apart from a small bed and one toy-a wooden horse. He claimed that he had found bread and water in his cell every morning. According to Kaspar’s account, a mysterious man had begun to call on him shortly before his release. The man never showed his face.
Kaspar became well-known throughout Germany and in other countries too, and people found his ascinating. Some suggested that Kaspar was the son of a rich and powerful man-a prince perhaps-who wanted to keep his identity secret. A schoolteacher called Friedrich Daumer met Kaspar and agreed to look after him. Daumer taught him various subjects and encouraged Kaspar’s talent for drawing.
One day in 1829, Kaspar was found with a knife wound to his head. He claimed that a man with a hood over his face had attacked him-the same man who had brought him to Nuremberg. It wasn’t a serious injury, and Kaspar got over it. But in 1833, Hauser came home with a deep knife wound in his chest, saying someone had attacked him in a garden. Three days later, Kaspar died from the wound. Just before he died, Kaspar told the police that his attacker had given him a bag, so the police went to the garden and looked for it. They found it, with a note inside. The note was in mirror writing and said in German: “I want to tell you about myself. I come from the Bavarian border, on the river.”
Over the years, books have been written about Kaspar’s stories and various historians have looked into them. Most have concluded that the stories were untrue and that Kaspar Hauser was a liar who killed himself (possibly by mistake). But for some people, Kaspar Hauser’s life and death remain one of the most mysterious stories in history.
Before Kaspar told his story, some people believed that he had grown up ?
A. in prison
B. with his father, in a forest
C. without any people around him
D. in a normal home
1. In his latest book he predicted that little people would die of radiation poisoning. → few
2. Before he died, he had sold his house, wrote a will, and set up a trust fund. → written
3. It was so warm weather that we went to the swimming pool. → such
4. We wanted to go on vacation, but we had few money. → little
5. You'd better read those kind of books because they are fascinating and helpful. → kinds
6. The house on the corner has burned down last night. → in
7. Gerald explained that the reason he was late was because he had had car trouble. → that
8. Mary found a dress in the corner shop that fitted her perfect. → perfectly
9. It looked like a terrible accident, but everyone in the car was alright.
10. Nowadays much women are becoming lawyers.
11. A ''knock-out'' is where a person is rendered unconscious by a blow.
12. Good and bad people can be found anywheres in the world.
13. Do you find the United States much different than your country?
14. None of the shoes on sale in that store fit me.
15. The sofa was big enough as to seat four people comfortably.
16. The stars are so farther from the earth that we cannot see most of them.
17. Jogging is more vigorous exercise than to play golf.
1. In his latest book he predicted that little people would die of radiation poisoning. → few
2. Before he died, he had sold his house, wrote a will, and set up a trust fund. → written
3. It was so warm weather that we went to the swimming pool. → such
4. We wanted to go on vacation, but we had few money. → little
5. You'd better read those kind of books because they are fascinating and helpful. → kinds
6. The house on the corner has burned down last night. → in
7. Gerald explained that the reason he was late was because he had had car trouble. → that
8. Mary found a dress in the corner shop that fitted her perfect. → perfectly
9. It looked like a terrible accident, but everyone in the car was alright. → all right
10. Nowadays much women are becoming lawyers. → many
11. A ''knock-out'' is where a person is rendered unconscious by a blow.
→ A "knock-out" is "a blow that causes unconsciousness" (không dùng is where để xác định nghĩa của từ)
12. Good and bad people can be found anywheres in the world. → any where
13. Do you find the United States much different than your country? → from
14. None of the shoes on sale in that store fit me. → câu này đúng, ko có chỗ nào sai
15. The sofa was big enough as to seat four people comfortably. → bỏ as
16. The stars are so farther from the earth that we cannot see most of them. → far
17. Jogging is more vigorous exercise than to play golf. → playing