READING COMPREHENSION
(unit 1)
The family in the Britain is changing. The once typical British family headed by two parents has undergone (1)
…….. changes during the twentieth century. In particular there has been a rise the (2) …….. of single-person
households, which increased from 18 to 29 percent of all households between 1971 and 2002. By the year 2020, it is
estimated that there will be (3)……..single people than married people. Fifty years ago this would have been socially
(4) …….. in Britain.
In the past, people got married and (5) …….. married. Divorce was very difficult, expensive and took a long
time .Today, people’s (6)…….. on marriage are changing. Many couples, mostly in their twenties or thirties, live
together (cohabit) (7) …….. getting married. Only about 60% of these couples will eventually get married.
In the past, people married before they had children, but now about 40% of children in Britain are born to(8)
…….. (cohabiting) parents. In 2000, around a quarter of unmarried people between the ages of 16 and 59 were
cohabiting in Great Britain. Cohabiting (9) …….. are also starting families without first being married. Before 1960
this was very (10)…….. , but in 2001 around 23 percent of births in the UK were to cohabiting couples.
1. A/ slight B/ rapid C/ slow D/ substantial
2. A/ amount B/ number C/ size D/ form
3. A/ many B/ much C/ more D/ less
4. A/ popular B/ mysterious C/ terrible D/ unacceptable
5. A/ stayed B/ respected C/ ignored D/ cared
6. A/ attitudes B/ views C/ prejudices D/ criticisms
7. A/ by B/ after C/ before D/ without
8. A/ loved B/ married C/ unmarried D/ divorced
9. A/ youngsters B/ couples C/ mothers D/ irregular
(unit 2)
Most Americans eat three meals (1) ……the day: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Breakfast begins between 7:00 and
8:00am, lunch between 11:00 am and noon, and dinner between 6:00 and 8:00 pm. On Sundays "brunch" is a (2)…….of
breakfast and lunch, typically beginning at 11:00 am. Students often enjoy a "study break" or evening snack around
10:00 or 11:00 pm. Breakfast and lunch tend to be light meals, with only one (3)….. Dinner is the main meal.
(5) ……. breakfast Americans will eat cereal with milk which are often mixed (4) …. in a bowl, a glass of orange
juice, and toasted bread or muffin with jam, butter, or margarine. Another common breakfast meal is scrambled eggs or
(6) …..omelet with potatoes and breakfast meat (bacon or sausage). People who are on (7) ……eat just a cup of yogurt.

3. A/ uses B/ raises C/ waves D/ keeps
4. A/ attractive B/ interesting C/ extraordinary D/ different
5. A/ many B/ from C/ such D/ for
6. A/ if B/ when C/ where D/ because
7. A/ simple B/ usual C/ kind D/ same
8. A/ holding B/ giving C/ putting D/ rolling
9. A/ suggestion B/ statement C/ point D/ view
10. A/what B/ where C/ when D/ how
(unit 4)
Education is important in England. English children are requyred by law to have an education until they are (1)
…….. years old. Education is (2)…….. for all children from 5 to 18. About 94 percent of pupils in the UK receive free
education from public funds, while 6 percent attend (3) …….. fee paying schools.
In general, children start school on the first day of (4) …….. after they turn 5. At the age of 11, they move on to
(5)…….. high schools, known as secondary schools.
At the age of 11, students write a(n) (6)…….. called the GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education).
All students are tested (7) …….. mathematics, English literature, English composition, chemistry, biology, physics,
history or the Classics, one (8)…….. language, and one other subject, such as art or computer studies.
After completing the GCSE, some students leave school, others go on to(9)…….. college, (10)…….. others
continue at high school for two more years and take a further set of standardized exams, known as A levels, in three or
four subjects. These exams determine whether a student is eligible.
1. A/ 15 B/ 16 C/ 17 D/ 18
2. A/ compulsory B/ perfect C/ free D/ voluntary
3. A/ dependent B/ supported C/ forced D/ independent
4. A/ year B/ term C/ course D/ stage
5. A/ regular B/ normal C/ unusual D/ special
6. A/ competition B/ contest C/ examination D/ test
7. A/ on B/ at C/ for D/ in
8. A/ different B/ modern C/ foreign D/ traditional
9. A/ technique B/ technical C/ technology D/ technological
10. A/ when B/ which C/ whilst D/ why

…….. together in one place. You can talk to representatives from several different companies all on the (7)…….. day.
Job fairs are often (8)…….. in the newspaper, in the job section. Look into job placement services in your area. They
offer many services, including career counseling , (9)…….. to find job openings and a place where you can work. (10)
…….. , businesses specializing in job placement services are often listed in the phone box.
1. A/ centres B/ places C/ opportunitiesD/ requirements
2. A/ openings B/ listings C/ sites D/ fields
3. A/ which B/ how C/ when D/ whose
4. A/ think B/ search C/ discuss D/ choose
5. A/ in B/ on C/ for D/ to
6. A/ employees B/ employers C/ managers D/ experts
7. A/ other B/ different C/ same D/ good
8. A/ listed B/ printed C/ marked D/ advertised
9. A/ Bases B/ tendencies C/ resources D/ methods
10. A/ However B/ Therefore C/ Nevertheless D/ Otherwise
(unit 7)
The open policy mean that our country is open to investment, trade, and technical and economic cooperation
with other countries on the basis of (1) …….. and mutual benefit. The purpose of open policy is to acquire advanced
technology and management skills so as to promote our (2)…….. and modernization.
(3)…….. the implementation of the policy, we can learn advanced technology and management skills from
abroad; make (4)……..use of foreign capitals to set up great enterprises; (5)…….. useful and healthy ideas and new
knowledge of the modern civilization; and broaden our views and raise our level of (6)…….. .
But in the (7)…….. of opening to the outside world, some negative (8) …….. will inevitably appear. There is
no doubt that to open the country to the outside world brings about both positive and negative (9)……. .But we can try
our best to reduce the negative influence to the (10) …….. extent.
1. A/ solidarity B/ friendship C/ loyalty D/ equality
2. A/ prosperity B/ civilization C/ development D/ industrialization
3. A/ On B/ From C/ Through D/ During
4. A/ only B/ full C/ half D/ partial
5. A/ absorb B/ state C/ accept D/ inherit
6. A/ competition B/ competence C/ opposition D/ contradiction

Extreme temperatures (43) ____ with little rainfall make desert life difficult for people, plants, and animals. (44)
____, some life forms have adapted to even the most severe desert (45) ____, Camels are able to survive long periods
without food or water. Many desert plants have long, shallow (46) ____ systems. This allows the plants to reach out to
collect water over great distances. Other desert plants have taproots. Taproots grow very deep (47) ____ they can tap
sources of underground water. Plant life in the desert is usually spread out over great distances. This is (48) ____ deserts
are often described as barren, or lifeless.
When many people think of a desert they often think of endless miles of hot sand, but a desert does not have to
be hot or sandy. Most of the land of the Middle East and North Africa is hot, dry desert land, (49) ____ some deserts
look very different. Most of Antarctica is a desert but there is no sand on the continent and the climate of Antarctica is
(50) ____ coldest on earth.
1. A / contains B/comprises C/ consists D/ includes
2. A / much B/ far C/ long D/ high
3. A/ locate B/ combine C/ explore D/ separate
4. A / Therefore B/ So C/ However D/ But
5. A/ environment B/ place C/ society D/ atmosphere
6. A/ leave B/ bark C/ root D/ branch
7. A/ as B/ because D/ but D/ so
8. A/ what B/ why D/ how D/ when
9. A/ since B/ as C/ so D/ but
10. A/ a B/ an C/ the D/ Ø
(unit 10)
Considered human’s closest (1)…….., great apes are among the world’s most fascinating species.(2)…….., they
are also among its most threatened. Great apes of Africa and Asia could face (3)…….. in the next few decades if (4)
…….. is not done to conserve them.
Africa’s great apes-gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos-live in war-torn regions and are threatened by hunting
for the commercial (5)…….. trade . But they also have to (6)…….. with extensive habitat loss and diseases such as
Ebola. Asia’s only great ape, the orangutan, is also (7) …….. much of its habitat to (8)…….. and deliberate burning to
make way for agriculture and oil palm plantations.
Building on more than 40 years of experience (9) …….. .great ape conservation, WWF is using (10) ……..
strategies in the field, while helping governments develop comprehensive conservation policies.

9. A/ suitable B/ worth C/ available D/ accessible
10. A/ interest B/ field C/ need D/ care
(unit 12)
Windsurfing is a surface water sport using a windsurf board, also commonly called a (1)…….. , usually two to
five meters long and powered by a (2)…….. sail. The rig is connected to the board by a free-rotating flexible joint called
the Universal Joint(U-Joint). Unlike a rudder-steered (3)…….. a windsurfer is (4)……..by the tilting and rotating of the
mast and sail as well as tilting and carving the board.
The sport (5)…….. aspects of both sailing and surfing, along with certain athletic aspects (6)…….. with other
board spots like skateboarding, snowboarding, waterskiing, and wakeboarding. (7)…….. it might be considered a
minimalist version of a sailboat, a windsurfer offers experiences that are (8)…….. speed record for sailing craft; and,
windsurfers can (9)……..jumps, inverted loops, spinning maneuvers, and other “ freestyle” (10) …….. that cannot be
matched by any sailboat.
1. A/ board B/ sailboard C/ windsurfer D/ all are correct
2. A/ small B/ large C/ single D/ full
3. A/ boat B/ sailboat C/ sail boarding D/ sailing board
4. A/ steered B/ directed C/ shown D/ guided
5. A/ refers B/ notices C/ combines D/ develops
6. A/ connected B/ shared C/ involved D/ dealt
7. A/ Because B/ Therefore C/ however D/ Although
8. A/ in B/ on C/ outside D/ inside
9. A/ perform B/ display C/ create D/ provide
10. A/ changes B/ moves C/ activities D/ performances
(unit 13)
The (1) …….. Southeast Asian Games (also known as Sea Games) was held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
from December 6 to December 16, 2007 .This is the most (2)…….. and most protested game in the history of Sea
Games. Many evidences were (3)…….. against Thai fraudulence like a Thai male field hockey player, Surathep
Wisawathiron became the (4)…….. athlete tested positive for using methyltestosterone. Also, the Thai gymnast athlete,
Panaporn Kosol tested positive for steroid. In the game, Philippines also staged a massive walkout due to the (5)……..
judging of Thai judges in (6) …….. of the competitions especially in the boxing, taekewondo and swimming events.
The Thai Olympic Committee planned the event to (7)…….. with the commemoration of 80

smallpox, the WHO (6)…….. in 1979 that the disease had been (7)…….. the first disease in history to be eliminated by
human effort.