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Đọc các đoạn văn sau và điền A, B, C hoặc D (tương ứng với đáp án đúng) vào mỗi chỗ trống sau:

Đoạn văn 1:
The Boston Tea Party did more than just helped start a war.It helped change the habits and taste of the North American people. It turned tea drinkers into coffee drinkers.
Coffee and tea are both products of plants that grow in the tropics. When these beverages were introduced in Europe during the 1600s, they became very profitable busunesses. Coffee reached England before tea did, but once the English tasted tea, it became favorite mealtime drink. English people were soon buying about two pounds of tea leaves per person per year.
English people who went to North America as colonists took along their taste for tea. They preferred it to coffeeuntill about 1773. In that year, the British Parliament passed the Tea Act, a law that helped to push the cololists into war againstthe mother country. Among cololists, tea became a symbol of unfair taxation and of England’s attempts to contgrol all trading with the colonies. The resentment of the cololists was so strong that once several groups of them boarded English ships in BostonHArbour and threw bales of tea into the ocean. After this ‘ Boston Tea Party’ drinking tea was called unpatriotic by the colonists. They turned to coffee as their beverage.
Today tea is still the favorite drink in England. On the other side of the Atlantic, things are different. The people of the United States drink about three times as many cups of coffee as cups of tea.

1.While it is not directly started, the article suggests that
A. tea drinkers might go to war.
B. the tastes of people can change.
C. the colonists were very strong.
D. both tea nd coffee are good for the health.
2. Coffee and tea plants grow in
A. Great Britain.
B. The tropics.
C. Boston.
D. both A and C.
3. Tea became a a symbol of
A. a good, hot drink.
B. parties in Boston.
C. unfair taxation.
D. a wealthy country.
4. Why was the Tea Act not a good idea?
A. Because it helped to push the colonists into war.
B. Because it made coffee become too popular.
C. Because it made English people visit the tropics.
D. Because people didn’t obey it.
5. On the whole, the article tells about
A. beverages in Europe in the 1600s.
B. England’s resentment of taxes.
C. the favorite drink in England.
D. one reason why Americans drink coffee.

B.
In 776 B. C, the first Olympic Games were held at the food of Mount Olympus to honour the Greek’s chief god, Zerus. The warn climate for outdoor activities, the need for preparedness in war, and their lifestyle caused the Greeks to create competitive sports. Only the elite and military could prticipate at first, but later the games were open to all free Greek maleswho had no criminal record. The Greeks emphasized physicals fitness and strengthin their educationof yourths. Therefore, contests in jumping, running, discus and javelinthrowing, boxing, and horse and chariot racing were held individual cities, and the winners competed every four yearsat Mount Olympus. Winnerswere greatlyhonoured by having olive wreaths placed on their heads and having poems sung about their deeds. Originally these contests were held as games of friendship, and any wars in progress were halted to allow the games to take place. They also helped to strengthen bonds among competitors and the different cities represented.
The Greeks attached so much importance to the games that they calculated time in four year cycles called “Olympiads”, dating from 776 B.C. The contests coicided with relgious festivities and constitued an all- out effort on the part of the participants to please the gods. Anyone who disobeyed the rules were dismissed and seriously punished. These athletes brought shame not only to themselves but also to the city they represented.

1. Why were the Olympic Games held?
A.To stop wars.
B. To crown the best athletes.
C. To honour Zeus.
D. To sing song about the athletes.
2. Approximately how many years ago did these games originate?
A. 800 years.
B. 1,200 years.
C. 2,300 years.
D. 2,800 years.
3. The word “halted” means nearly the same as
A. started.
B. fixed.
C. stopped.
D. encouraged.
4. What is an “ Olympiad”?
A. The time it took to finish a war.
B. The time took to finish the games.
C. The time between games.
D. The time it took the athletes to train.
5. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Physiccal fitness was anintegral part of the lives of the acient Greeks.
B. The Greeks severely punished those who did not participate in the games.
C. The Greeks had always encouraged everyone to participate in the games.
D. The Greeks had the games coincide with religious festivities.