D. Reading – trang 35 – Unit 4 SBT Anh lớp 9 thí điểm: Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to complete the passage

1. What are these people doing?
Những người này đang làm gì?

a. Match the headlines (A-D) with the situations (1-4).

Nối các đáp án A-D với các vị trí 1-4.

Key –

1. B           2. A                3. D                  4. C

b. Which answer (A, B, or C) is closest in meaning to the phrases taken from the passages above?

Đáp án nào sau đây mang nghĩa gần nhất với câu đã cho trong đoạn văn trên.

1. ‘…how to discover and follow the tracks of a game.’ [passage 1)

A. how to find and follow an animal

B. howto play the game of hunting

C. how to discover the rules of the game

2. those of cultural or historic value.’(passage 2)

A. things which costa lot of money

B. things which show people the history and culture of a place

C. the price of culture and history

3. some research on an aspect of life, or events, in the past.’ (passage 3)

A. a study of past life

B. search for objects relating to the past

C. retell past events

4. ‘Not every traditional activity at a festival is appreciated.’ {passage 4)

A. Some activities at a festival are not traditional.

B. People do not appreciate festivals.

C. Some activities are no longer approp in modern times.

Key –

1. A              2. B           3. A                 4. C

2. Read the passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D.

Đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn đáp án đúng A, B, C hoặc D.

ROOTED IN THE PAST

Good manners are a treasure to the people who possess them, as well as to the community they live Manners are taught, learnt, and passed from generation to generation.

Even hundreds of years ago, children were taught to behave responsibly. They learnt to respect senio When they passed an object to another person, they had to use both hands. When they entered a room, they had to bow and greet the oldest person first. Boys learnt to work hard to support their families, learnt to do housework, and to take care of others. Loyalty and honesty were highly appreciated. When they made a mistake, they would not let another person be punished for it.That would be cowardly a mean. They were taught that families were strong, and everybody should stick together in adversity. Fortunately, many of these values have been well preserved. They have contributed to making unique Vietnamese culture, and strengthening our society.

1. Good manners are_____________________.

A. of great value                 B. of the community                   C. traditional                   D. only for the old

2. What was seen as a boy’s main duty?

A. to respect seniority                     B. to support his family

C. to do housework                         D. to share good things

3. The sentence: ‘When they made a mistake, they would not let another person be punished for it means they would_____.

A. deny their mistake                     B. admit their mistake

C. keep it a secret                          D. be punished

4. The underlined word ‘they’ refers to______________.

A. tradition                      B. generations             C. children              D. seniority

5. ‘… cowardly and mean’ is used to describe_________behaviour.

A. acceptable                 B. good                          C. proper                 D. unacceptable

6. This passage is about________.

A. people who possess good manners              B. what bad manners children in the past had

C. the preservation of bad values                    D. good

Key –

1. A           2. B              3. B               4. C           5. D            6. D

3. Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to complete the passage.

Chọn đáp án đúng A, B, C hoặc D để hoàn thành đoạn văn sau.

As child, Phong always dreamt of going (1)______to study, he graduated from high school, his parents sent him over to New Zealand to attend college. Phong was very happy that his dream finally (3)_____true.

When he first arrived in the country, Phong’s English was not very good and sometimes he did not (4)___ what other people said. He also had difficulties in class because he was not familiar with the new teaching and learning method. He felt (5)_______ in this new place,and missed all his buddies in Viet Nam. The food there was so different (6) ____what his mum used to cook for him. And for the time in his life, Phong had to think about his finances, and to plan his spending (7)________ . But Phong was young and enthusiastic . He leamt to (8)___ to this new environment. After two years, Phong is now very (9)_______ in English and has achieved the top academic award n his school. He has a lot of friends from different countries. He is even good (10)_____ being able to earn money for his daily needs from his part-time job at a restaurant.

Key –
1. B              2. C            3. D                 4. A           5. D             6. A            7. C              8. C          9. D
10. A