Read the following text then answer the questions that followed by circling its corresponding letter marked A, B, C or D from 33 to 37.

How can a person offend people just because they cross their legs? In Thailand, it is rude for a person to show other people the bottom of their feet. This is considered unclean, and Thais can (33) …………..

serious offense at it. Another thing people do in the West is to touch people on the head especially children. It is very normal to see an old woman walking up to a young boy and (34) …………… his hair tenderly while saying what a handsome young man he is.

In Thailand, touching a person’s head is strictly taboo because that is the (35) …………… part of the body, and it is where the (36) ……………. is thought to reside in a person. Although very close family members might touch a child on the head, even this is considered rude after a child grows up.

In the Middle East and some parts of Asia, the left hand is used to wash oneself after using a toilet. (37) ………….., the left hand can never offered to another person or used to eat with. Food must always be passed with the right hand, and it is considered polite to always use the right hand for social interactions.

Điền vào ô 36

A. brain

B. personality

C. quality

D. soul

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.

Rachel Carson was born in 1907 inSpringsdale,Pennsylvania. She studied biology at college and zoology atJohnsHopkinsUniversity, where she received her master’s degree in 1933. In 1936, she was hired by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, where she worked most of her life.

Carson’s first book, Under the Sea Wind, was published in 1941. It received excellent reviews, but sales were poor until it was reissued in 1952. In that year she published The Sea Around Us, which provided a fascinating look beneath the ocean’s surface, emphasizing human history as well as geology and marine biology. Her imagery and language had a poetic quality.Carson consulted no less than 1,000 printed sources. She had voluminous correspondence and frequent discussions with experts in the field. However, she always realized the limitations of her nontechnical readers.

In 1962, Carsonpublished Silent Spring, a book that sparked considerable controversy. It proved how much harm was done by the uncontrolled, reckless use of insecticides. She detailed how they poison the food supply of animals, kill birds and fish, and contaminate human food. At the time, spokesmen for the chemical industry mounted personal attacks against Carson and issued propaganda to indicate that her findings were flawed. However, her work was proved by a 1963 report of the President’s Science Advisory Committee.

Why does the author of the passage mention the report of the President’s Science Advisory Committee ( lines 14-15)?

A. To provide an example of government propaganda

B. To supportCarson’s ideas

C. To indicate a growing government concern with the environment

D. To validate the chemical industry’s claims