ĐỀ CƯƠNG TIẾNG ANH THI NÂNG BẬC 2008 B. READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE
QUESTIONS BELOW
I. Three years ago on the last day of january, I had a big problem. I can’t
forget this day forever. The story began when my uncle, my cousin, and I
went to the desert. My uncle was the oldest at 72 years old, but he was still
strong. My cousin at that time was 10 years old, and I was 25 years old. All
of us liked hunting. Usually we went hunting on the weekend, especially in
winter, because winter is the hunting season. On the 25
th
of January, we
decided to go hunting. All things were ready in the car, a Range Rover with
four – wheel drive. We reached the place we were looking for at 5:15 PM.
First, we fixed the tent, then we made coffee and hea a few minutes of rest.
After that, we left to go on the hunt. We hunted using a falcon. Often, we
hunt birds and rabbits. We spent two hours without finding anything. We
decided to go back to the camp. On our way back, my cousin saw a rabbit.
He cried, “Raibbit!! Raibbit!!Quick” I took the falcon’s head cover and
flung it off aggressvely. When the rabbit saw the falcon, it ran fast, but my
falcon was a professional hunterr. He flew up and came down to trick the
rabbit. After two minutes, the rabbit was caught. We ate the delicious food,
drank Arabic coffee, and sat aroud the fire talking untl 10.30 P.M. Then we
went to bed. We left camp the next day at 7 o’clock in the morning. We
went north and found two kinds of birds and caught them. However, we
faced trouble at 10.00A.M. because the car got stuck in the sand! We spent
about three hours trying to pull out the car without any progress. Finally, we
decided to wald. I talked with my uncle about how hard it is for an old man
or a young boy to walk mere than 40km, in ther desert. He agreed with me.
So I took a bottle of weter with me and started to walk south alone. I knew

4. Which is not true about the Bedouin man?
A. He was riding a camel
B. He took the writer to his house
C. He took the writer to get help
D. He allowed the writer to rest
5. What lesson did the writer learn from his experience?
A. Hunting is dangerous and he will not hunt again
B. When hunting in the desert, people should go in groups with two or more
cars
C. When hunting, the writer will use a fifferent type of car
D. Bedouins are not helpful to strangers in the desert
II. …Seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty – that always helps when. I’m
angry And I am. It’s my neighbour, Bonzo, He’s the wilsons’ pet and he’s
terrible. He’s a dog, of cours. I’m a cat. My name is fred, and, listen
everybody, let me tell you something about Bonzo: - For example, when
peter calls Bonzo, he runs away – And when mrs Wilson takes him for a
walk in the park, he always gets lost. – When I want to go to bed, he barks
and he sometimes wakes me up in the middle of the day. – And when the
children ride away on their bikes, he runs after them. Typical – And, let’s
see, people, what day is it today? Monday? No. Tuesday? Wednesday, No,
Thursday. OK, on Thursday and on Friday he watches TV of course – And
he can’t stand on the garden wall like this. I’m the best. Oh no, here he is
now. Not another picnic behind the house. He’s eating Cornflakes again.
One, two, three, four, five…
1. Who tells the story?
A. Peter tells the story.
B. Bonzo tells the story
C. Fred tells the story
D. The dog tells the story
2. Who is terrible?