Neil Armstrong started flying at an early age. He became interested in airplanes at the age of 2. At 15, he took flying lessons. He got a license to fly at 16. He learned how to fly before he learned how to drive a car. At university, he studied aeronautical engineering. This is the study of designing and making aircraft.

After Armstrong became an astronaut in 1962, he was trained for 4 years for the Apollo program. The Apollo mission was to put a man on the moon in ten years. On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 landed on the moon. Because Armstrong was the leader, he became the first man to step on the moon. He said, "This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." He and his fellow astronaut, Buzz Aldrin, walked on the moon for two and a half hours. They collected rocks and did some experiments.

What is the main idea of the passage?

A. The Apollo mission to the moon 

B. Why Neil Armstrong became an astronaut 

C. Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon 

D. The aeronautic education of Neil Armstrong 

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 38 to 42.

Neil Armstrong started flying at an early age. He became interested in airplanes at the age of 2. At 15, he took flying lessons. He got a license to fly at 16. He learned how to fly before he learned how to drive a car. At university, he studied aeronautical engineering. This is the study of designing and making aircraft.

After Armstrong became an astronaut in 1962, he was trained for 4 years for the Apollo program. The Apollo mission was to put a man on the moon in ten years. On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 landed on the moon. Because Armstrong was the leader, he became the first man to step on the moon. He said, "This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." He and his fellow astronaut, Buzz Aldrin, walked on the moon for two and a half hours. They collected rocks and did some experiments.

The word “license” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ________. 

A. skill 

B. desire 

C. education 

D. permission 

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 38 to 42.

Neil Armstrong started flying at an early age. He became interested in airplanes at the age of 2. At 15, he took flying lessons. He got a license to fly at 16. He learned how to fly before he learned how to drive a car. At university, he studied aeronautical engineering. This is the study of designing and making aircraft.

After Armstrong became an astronaut in 1962, he was trained for 4 years for the Apollo program. The Apollo mission was to put a man on the moon in ten years. On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 landed on the moon. Because Armstrong was the leader, he became the first man to step on the moon. He said, "This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." He and his fellow astronaut, Buzz Aldrin, walked on the moon for two and a half hours. They collected rocks and did some experiments.

The word “This” in paragraph 1 refers to ________. 

A. license to fly 

B. aeronautical engineering 

C. flying lessons 

D. aircraft 

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 38 to 42.

Neil Armstrong started flying at an early age. He became interested in airplanes at the age of 2. At 15, he took flying lessons. He got a license to fly at 16. He learned how to fly before he learned how to drive a car. At university, he studied aeronautical engineering. This is the study of designing and making aircraft.

After Armstrong became an astronaut in 1962, he was trained for 4 years for the Apollo program. The Apollo mission was to put a man on the moon in ten years. On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 landed on the moon. Because Armstrong was the leader, he became the first man to step on the moon. He said, "This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." He and his fellow astronaut, Buzz Aldrin, walked on the moon for two and a half hours. They collected rocks and did some experiments.

According to paragraph 2, which of the following is true about Armstrong's training as an astronaut? 

  A. Its purpose was to have him step on the moon.

  B. Its aim was to make Neil Armstrong a leader. 

  C. It helped Neil Armstrong design the Apollo spacecraft. 

   D. It made Neil Armstrong an astronaut in 1962. 

PABLO PICASSO

everyone knows the artist picasso. his ideas changed the world od art forever. during his lifetime, he became famous and very rich. now his paintings are some of the most expensive pictures in the world. one painting sold for $ 106.5 million in new york.

picasso was born in spain in 1881. his first word was 'pencil' , and he could draw beautifully from an early age. first, he had drawing lessons from his father . then, he went to art college when he was only 13 years old. three years later, he was bored and stopped going to classe. finally, at the age of 19, he moved to paris - the art capital of the world . he got married twice and had four chirlden.

picasso often changed his style od paniting . fo example, after his best friend died, the sad artist pained only in blue . then he began to use a lot of pinks and oranges . later, he started to paint using shapes - a style later called ' cubism', in his life, he produced over 50,000 works of art, he never retired, but pained nearly every day until his death at the age of 91.

VINCENT CAN GOGH

vincent can gogh is a very famous painter. everyone in the world knows his work, and his paintings sell for millions of dollars. but he wasn't famos when he was alive. and he only sold one painting before he died.

van gogh was born in the netherlands in 1853. he has a difficult life because he suffered from mental illness. he never got married. he didn't begin to draw and paint seriously until he was 27, and he died just ten years later. but in that time, he produced more than 2,000 paintings and drwaings.

at first, van gogh painted poor people and used only dark colours. later he moved to the south of france. he loved the sunlight there, and his style of painting became colourful and exciting. but van gogh was often depressed and his mental illness became worse, first , he cut off part of his own ear, and then in 1890, he shot himselt.

look at the reading strategy. then read the texts again. answer the questions for both van gogh and picasso

1. when was he born ?

2. where was he born ?

3. which countries did he live in ?

4. was he famous when he lived ?

5. was he rich or poor ?

6. how much do his paintings cost now?

7. when did he start to draw or paint ?

8. did he get married and have chirlden?

9. how many works of art did he produce?

10. how old was he when he died?

Cho dạng đúng của từ trong ngoặc

When francis lee was a boy he(want)...to be an astronaut.He(watch)...tv one day in1969 when he(see)...neil armstrong walk on the moon.Since then he(stare)...up at it for hours and(imagine)...himself walking around on it.At the moment,however,he(work)...as a night watchman at a meat factory.He(do)...the same job since he left school fifteen years ago,but he still hopes that one day his dream(come)...true.He(hear)...that in the 21st century they(sell)...tickets to fly the moon.For this reason he(save) half of his wages every month for the past two years

  Tiger Wood, the greatest golfer of all time was born on 30th December 1975 in California, USA. He was only 9 months when he started to play golf and played his first game when he at once and a half years old. At the age of eight he won a tournament and four more before he was sixteen. On 8 April 2001 he made a golfing history. He became a first golfer to win 4 majors - the most important - within same year.He is helping to make golf more popular with all ages and levers. And most people agree he is the most greatest golfer of all time.

sửa lỗi cho bài văn trên đây

look at the phrases from the typescript. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple.

1.He ..............(teach) at a primary school ...

2.He ..............(spend) a year training to be come a priest ...

3.She .............(make) her first TV appearance at the age of eleven ...

4.He ..............(drop) out of hight school at age of seventeen ...

5.His dad .......(laugh) when he told him his planes ...

6.He ..............(work) in the Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles

7.She ............(dream) of fame as an international Gymnast ...

8.She ......(ask) if she could miss school exams to appear in the theatre ...

Kiping was the first writer...........expressed the faith and national pride. He was.............in Bombay India................1865 and was taken..............England to......educated at the.........of 6. But at the age of 17 he returned...............INdia and became a journalist............this time he...............a great amount of prose and potry. After wards he returned to England and travelled in Japan and America. He recived the 1907 Nobel..........for literature and died in 1936 while he woking on his autbiographical notes.