VI. Reading
a. Complete the passage with suitable words:
The ancient town of Hoi An lies on the Thu Bon River, 30 km south of Da Nang. It was formerly a major trading centre in Southeast Asia …1…………………….. the 16th and 17th centuries. Hoi An was also an important port for Dutch, Portugese, Italian, Chinese, Japanese and other merchant vessels from the Far East.
Hoi An is …2…………………………for its temples, pagodas, small tile-roofed houses …3………………………narrow streets. All the houses were made of wood and their pillars were carved with ornamental designs.
One of the main…4………………………… of Hoi An is the Japanese Covered Bridge, which was built …5………………….the 16th century and is still well-preserved. All visitors to Hoi An are recommended a visit to the Assembly Hall of Cantonese Chinese Congregation. This house was…6…………………… in 1855 and still keeps many precious objects that …7………………………….to the Chinese community of Hoi An. Another attractive address to ……8…………………………is Tan Ky House, which was constructed nearly two centuries 9……………………………as a house for the Vietnamese merchant. The house now looks almost exactly …10…………..…………………it did in the early 19th century.
Between famous and attractions in built belonged tourists ago as
b. Read the passage and choose the best answer A, B, C or D
I’m interested in sports, especially athletics, and I run seven or eight kilometers every day. I particularly enjoy cross country running, where you have to run across fields, jump over streams and so on. While I’m running I think about all sorts of things, and at the end of a run I’m sometimes surprised to find that I’ve managed to solve a problem that was on my mind.
Next year, I’m going to try the London Marathon. It’s hard race 26 miles, or 42 kilometers-and you have to be tough to finish, but I very much want to do it. I worry a bit about getting too old, and I’d like to prove to myself that I’m still almost as fit as I was twenty years old.
I’m interested in mountaineering as well as running. I’ll never become an expert climber, but I know what I’m doing in the mountains. I successfully completed a course in snow and ice climbing when I was younger; and I’ve done a series of easy climbs in the Alps during the last few years. My wife doesn’t share my interest in mountains. She agreed to go climbing with me once, but she found that she felt ill as soon as she got above 1,000 meters.
1. The word “particularly” in line 1 can be best replaced by………….
A. normally B. suddenly C. partly D. especially
2. At the end of a run the writer sometimes finds that………….
A. he gets the answer to a problem B. he grows bigger
C. he feels better D. he gets a surprising problem
3. The writer wants to take part in the London Marathon because …………….
A. He wants to prove that he is still healthy B. he wants to do it before getting old
C. the reward is great D. it helps him solve his problems
4. The writer’s wife is not interested in mountaineering because…………….
A. it doesn’t bring her any benefit
B. she feels ill at the height of above 1,000 meters
C. she doesn’t want to climb together with her husband
D. the weather in the mountains is too cold for her
5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. The writer doesn’t practice any sports.
B. The London Marathon is not an easy race.
C. Becoming an expert climber has always been the writer’s dream.
D. The writer knows very little about mountaineering.
c. Arrange following paragraphs into the meaningful passage.
A - Love,
Nga
B - It was really interesting when we know about the legend of Ha Long Bay. We really want to come back there when we have time next year.
C - How are you getting with your study at home? Where are you going for your holiday? Let me know.
D - I’m writing this letter to tell you that I’ve just returned from a trip to HaLong Bay with my family. The sight was extremely magnificent.
E - It took us five or six hours by car to get there from Hanoi. We spent more than a week there. The weather was perfect. It was sunny, cool and windy. We enjoyed walking along the seaside at night very much.
F - April 15, 2008
Dear Lan,
