Đáp án: D
Thông tin: Michael is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him.
Dịch: Michael rất may mắn. Anh ấy điên cuồng với âm nhạc, và bố mẹ anh ấy đã giúp anh ấy rất nhiều bằng cách đưa anh ấy đến các buổi hòa nhạc và sắp xếp các bài học piano và violin riêng cho anh ấy.
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If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a disaster. According to several scientists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children.
However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well - especially if the parents are very supportive of their child.
Michael is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Michael's mother knows very little about music, but his father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.
Winston, Michael's friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his parents are successful musicians, and they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.
One of the serious mistakes parents can make is to …………
A. push their child into trying too much
B. help their child to become a genius
C. make their child become a musician
D. neglect their child's education
Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question.
From paragraph 3, we can infer that when Mr. Sam was very young, he mostly helped his parents by ………….
A. applying the woodblocks with proper paints and pressing them on sheets of paper
B. applying seashell powder to make various paints for painting making
C. drawing with a pen and using proper paints to make many copies of paintings
D. collecting and taking the paintings to the market for sale
Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question.
Parents' ambition for their children is not wrong if they ………….
A. force their children into achieving success
B. themselves have been very successful
C. understand and help their children sensibly
D. arrange private lessons for their children
Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question.
Tourists can enjoy fresh seafood that is raised in the bay.
A. True
B. False
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Recently, we made a trip to visit Dong Ho village with a desire to meet the old artisan – Nguyen Huu Sam. Just when we arrived villagers at the dyke in the village and talked with the villagers about the artisan, they immediately told us about him.
The old house owned by the artisan is situated in a long alley of the village. On the walls of the house there are many folk paintings in different genres, from daily life paintings to landscape paintings shown in a set of “four seasons”.
Mr. Sam told us about his past. When he was three years old, he was instructed in the craft of making Dong Ho paintings by his father. At five, he could help his father apply the Dong Ho paintings, and learn how to print the paper with proper colours. At seven, he was able to draw with a pen and make the most difficult samples. Years went by and the soul of Dong Ho folk paintings has kept seashell powder paint to the poonah-paper.
In the 1940s, this craft flourished. At that time, he was assigned by his parents to take the paintings to the market for sale. Mr. Sam said that 17 families in the village have been engaged in making Dong Ho paintings.
Artisan Sam has always been devoted to the making of Dong Ho paintings and has waited for opportunities to restore this traditional craft. In 1967, when the local authorities assigned him to restore the traditional genre of Dong Ho folk paintings, he gathered 50 villagers with professional skills and collected hundreds of woodblocks to establish the Dong Ho Painting Cooperative. Thanks to his efforts, such famous painting as "Rat's wedding", “Rooster”, “Scene of jealousy” and “Writing verses about precious flowers" have been revived. Dong Ho paintings have been available in many parts of the world such as Japan, France, Germany, Singapore and the United States.
The themes of Dong Ho paintings are about ………..
A. landscapes
B. weddings
C. various aspects of life
D. animals and flowers
Read the article, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question.
What advice is given in the passage?
A. Be courageous
B. Eat very cautiously
C. Try eating worms first
D. Always cook your insects
Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question.
The word “foothold” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ……….
A. a hole in a rock to support your feet
B. achievements at work
C. a strong position at work
D. supporting when climbing
Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question.
The word “dominated” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to …………..
A. controlled over a place
B. blocked a place
C. been the most obvious
D. played a role
Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question.
The thing that makes it different from other caves in Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park is ……….
A. stalactites and stalagmites
B. the two entrances into the cave
C. its discovery by a local man
D. large holes in the ceiling
