C.READING
I:Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
In the first year of secondary school, I had some difficulties in learning English. My English pronunciation was really bad and my English grammar was worse. I did not know how to improve them. I didn’t want my father and mother to know about this. One afternoon after the lesson, my teacher of English told me to wait for her outside the classroom. She took me to the school library and showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills kept in a glass bookcase. She also told me how to use an English-English dictionary to improve my English grammar. “Now I think you know what you should do”, she said. I made much progress and only one year later, I won the first prize in English Speaking Contest held for secondary school students in my hometown.
Question 1: What difficulties did Nam have in learning English in the first year?
A. The way of improving his pronunciation B. Both pronunciation and grammar
C. The pronunciation D. The grammar
Question 2: Who wanted to meet him one afternoon after the lesson?
A. one of his friends B. his teacher C. his mother D. his father
Question 3: Where did Nam and his teacher go after that?
A. to his house B. to the school library C. to the teachers’ room D. to the town library
Question 4: What did the teacher show him then?
A. an English Grammar book B. cassettes of pronunciation drills
C. an English-English dictionary D. a glass bookcase
Question 5: What did he win in the English Speaking Contest one year later?
A. the second prize B. the fourth prize C. the third prize D. the first prize
Question II Read the passage and answer the questions.
Visual pollution has a greater effect on people than you may think. I remember when I went to a big city, I was really scared because so much graffiti on the buildings' wall. Then I looked up, and I saw a lot of power lines over my head. Although they were not dangerous, I still felt unsafe since I thought they might fall down. These things prevented me from enjoying the beautiful sights of the city.
I also remember the time when I was a student at a university. Once I was so busy with my assignments that I did not tidy my room for two weeks. Looking at the messy room caused me so much stress that I did not want to study. Then I decided to clean the room and put my thing in their proper places. I also bought a small plants and placed it in a corner of the room. These simple actions increased my motivation and helped me to focus on my learning.
Questions.
1.How did the author feel when she saw the power lines?
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2.Why did she have that feeling?
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3. What was she busy with?
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4. What happened when she looked the messy room?
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5. What did she do for her room?
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