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READING
Period: 17 and 18
1. Read the passage and choose the best answers.
ACTS OF FRIENDSHIP
Big or small, it’s actions that seem to count the most in friendship. In a time when we can chat
effortlessly by IM and email, talk is getting cheaper. Many of you believe that the evidence of true friends is
what they do to show their loyalty, honesty, trustworthiness, or willingness to make a sacrifice when you need
help.
Caitlin, 14, told us about a friend who took the blame for her when she got in a fight at school. Her
friend was suspended for 10 days. And Marissa, 16, said she discovered the difference between a close friend
and casual friend on a school trip to California. “I got sick, and my friend ran to the bathroom after me to hold
my hair back as I became the Exorcist,” Marissa said. “She stood by me, while my other friends yelled at me to
get off the floor and clean it up.”
And it works both ways: nearly three quarters of the people who wrote to us said they do as much for
their friends as their friends do for them. Sometimes the most treasured acts of friendship are those for which
you expect to get nothing in return, not even credit for a good deed.
“ The nicest thing I ever did for a friend was when I let her date my ex – without ever telling her that I
was against it,” Rae’ John, 14, said. Elaine, 15, remembers the day when she went clothes shopping with her
best friend, who is overweight. The saleslady was being rude to her friend because there was so little in her size
and nothing fitted quite right. Elaine was proud of how she helped her friend that day. “I had an armful of
clothes for myself (and may I add these clothes were to DIE for!) and I put all my clothes back and said, “ I
don’t like what they have in here, why don’t we go somewhere with better clothes, not these cheap ones.”
1. Which of the following does a true friend need to show you?
A. Efforts B. Faithfulness C. Sacrifice D. Talks
2. What is NOT true of Caitlin?
A. She was 14 when she wrote the letter. B. Her friend helped her fight at school.
C. The teacher thought her friend, not her, got in a fight. D. Her friend was suspended for 10 days.
3. When did Marissa discover the difference between a close friend and a casual friend?
A. When she got a bathroom. B. When she was 16 years old.
C. When she was on a school trip to California. D. When she got sick.
4. Who let her close friend date with her ex-boyfriend?
A. Rae’ John B. Elaine C. Caitlin D. Marissa
5. What was true of Elaine’s story?
A. She helped her friend choose suitable clothes.
B. She didn’t buy any clothes at the shop because she didn’t like them.
C. The salesperson at the shop was impolite because the 2 girls were trying too many things on.
D. She didn’t buy any clothes at that shop to take revenge for her friend.

2. Read the passage and indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
HOME LIFE IN JAPAN
It is common in Japan for three generations to live under the same roof. This is becoming less common
today, but still exists, certainly in the countryside.
Husbands in Japan give their salaries to their wives. They are returned a sum of money as pocket
money, otherwise how to use the rest is the wife’s decision. The finances of a family are the responsibility of

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the women who handle most of the household expenses. There are exceptions in instances when something of
value, like a car, is being bought. This is changing with more women going to work.
Japanese fathers in contemporary urban households spend so much time at work, and the company
demands on them are so great. It means that they often really have very little time or energy to spend with their
children. The responsibility for raising children, overseeing the education fall onto the mothers. Mothers play
an enormous role in the lives of their children and the bond is very strong. Babysitters are rarely used and
mothers often sleep with their babies. A mother will also spend hours with children doing school work. Few
Japanese men help with housework. There is more pressure today for this to change.
Most families in Japan today are nuclear families, such as those in the United States. That is to say that a
married couple lives together with their children, perhaps with one grandparent. But for the most part, the
Japanese family today looks much like the American family.
1. In Japan, extended families are still popular ______.
A. in big cities B. in the countryside C. everywhere D. in urban areas
2. A Japanese woman is responsible for all of these EXCEPT ______.
A. raising children B. handle household expenses
C. making decisions on valuable things D. taking care of children’s school work
3. Japanese fathers in contemporary urban households ______.
A. are under great pressure of work B. are responsible for most household chores
C. handle most of the household expenses D. stay at home to work as babysitters
4. Nowadays there is a pressure that men should ______.
A. earn more money B. help their wives with housework
C. leave important decisions to their wives D. work harder at work
5. Most families in Japan nowadays may be ______.
A. extended families B. three-generation families
C. the same as the traditional ones D. similar to those in the Western

3. Read the passage and indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
A recent study shows that an unequal share of household chores is still the norm in many households,
despite the fact that many more women now have jobs. In a survey of 1,256 people aged between 18 and 65,
men said that they contributed an average of 37% of the total housework, while the women estimated their
share to be nearly double that, at 70%. This ratio was not affected by whether the woman was working or not.
When they were asked what they thought as a fair division of labour, women with jobs felt that
housework should be shared equally between male and female partners. Women who did not work outside the
home were satisfied to perform 80%, the majority of the household work, if their husband did the remainder.
Research has shown that, if levels increase beyond these percentages, women become unhappy and anxious,
and feel they are unimportant.
After marriage, a woman is reported to increase her household workload by 14 hours per week, but for
men the amount is just 90 minutes. So the division of labour becomes unbalanced, as a man’s share increases
much less than the woman’s. It is the inequality and loss of respect, not the actual number of hours, which leads
to anxiety and depression. The research describes housework as thankless and unfulfilling. Activities included
in the study were cooking, cleaning, shopping, doing laundry, washing up and childcare. Women who have jobs
report that they feel overworked by these chores in addition to their professional duties. In contrast, full-time
homemakers frequently anticipate going back to work when the children grow up. Distress for this group is
caused by losing the teamwork in the marriage.
In cases where men perform most of the housework, results were similar. The men also became
depressed by the imbalance of labour. The research showed that the least distressed people are those who have
equal share, implying that men could perform significantly more chores and even benefit from this. The
research concludes, “Everybody benefits from sharing the housework. Even for women keeping house, a share
division of labour is important. If you decide to stay at home to raise the children, you don’t want to become the
servant of the house.”
1. Although women think men should share the housework, those who don’t have a paid job agree to share
______ of the chores.
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A. 14% B. 37% C. 70% D. 80%
2. After getting married, ______.
A. women have a bigger house B. men do more housework
C. men do less housework D. women do twice as much housework
3. Working women ______.
A. want their partners to do an equal share B. are anxious and depressed
C. do 80% of the household chores D. would prefer not to have a job
4. Women who do not have a job become depressed ______.
A. if they have to do more than half of the housework B. because they have no respect
C. when their husbands do not help them D. if their husbands do 20% of the chores
5. The word norm in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. changing thing B. strange thing C. usual thing D. unequal thing
6. The word estimated in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. wanted B. divided C. hoped D. guessed
7. The word remainder in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. what is done B. what is fulfilled C. what is left D. what is shared
8. According to the passage, a good relationship is the one in which ______.
A. men do more housework than women B. women and men divide the housework equally
C. women do 80% of the housework D. women do 14 hours of housework
9. People involved (Objects) in the survey were ______.
A. people of a wide range of ages B. married people
C. working people D. unemployed people
10. What is the most suitable title for the passage?
A. Difficulties of working women B. Unequal housework division
C. Reasons for women to be distressed D. How to be happy couples

4. Read the passage and indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
Family life in the United States is changing. Thirty or forty years ago, the wife was called a housewife.
She cleaned, cooked, and cared for the children. The husband earned the money for the family.
He was usually out working all day. He came home tired in the evening, so he did not do much housework. And
he did not see the children very much, except on weekends.
These days, however, more and more women work outside the home. They cannot stay with the
children all day. They, too, come home tired in the evening. They do not want to spend the evening cooking
dinner and cleaning up. They have not time to clean the house and do the laundry. So who is going to do the
housework now? Who is going to take care of the children?
Many families solve the problem of housework by sharing it. In these families, the husband and wife
agree to do different jobs around the house, or they take turns doing each job. For example, the husband always
cooks dinner and the wife always does the laundry. Or the wife cooks dinner on some nights and the husband
cooks dinner on other nights.
Then there is a question of the children. In the past, many families got help with childcare from
grandparents. Now families usually do not live near their relatives. The grandparents often are too faraway to
help in a regular way.
More often, parents have to pay for child care help. The help may be a babysitter or a day-care center.
The problem with this kind of help is the high cost. It is possible only for couples with jobs that pay well.
Parents may get another kind of help from the companies they work for. Many companies now let
people with children work part-time. That way, parents can spend more time with their children. Some
husbands may even stop working for a while to stay with the children. For these men there is a new word:

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They are called househusbands. In the United States more and more men are becoming househusbands
every year.
These changes in the home mean changes in the family. Fathers can learn to understand their children
better, and the children can get to know their fathers better. Husbands and wives may also find changes in their
marriage. They, too, may have a better understanding of each other.
1. This article is about ______.
A. housewives in America B. American men as househusbands
C. how more American women are working D. how family life in America is changing
2. Forty years ago, most women ______.
A. had no children B. worked C. were not housewives D. were housewives
3. In those days, men ______.
A. did not see their children very much B. spent a lot of time with their children
C. worked with the children all day D. never saw the children
4. Today there are ______.
A. more housewives B. more women working outside the home
C. not as many women working D. no jobs for women
5. The word laundry in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. place where clothes are washed B. washing and ironing
C. shopping D. cooking and washing-up
6. Day-care centers help ______.
A. working parents with their children B. housewives
C. with cooking and cleaning D. men become househusbands
7. Some parents work part-time ______.
A. so they can be with their children B. so they can earn more money
C. because they have no time D. because they do not like their work
8. The word They in paragraph 6 refers to ______.
A. parents who work part-time B. grandparents
C. fathers who spend more time with their children D. husbands who stop working to stay with the
children
9. Househusbands ______.
A. earn a lot of money B. do not do any housework
C. do the housework and take care of the children D. marry housewives
10. These changes in the American home may ______.
A. not change the children at all B. cause problems for a marriage C. not happen D. help families

5. Read the passage and indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a
disaster. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which
ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect, and will fail.
Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to the children.
However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious
in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well – especially if the parents are very supportive of
their child.
Michael Smiths is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to
concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometres twice a

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week for violin lessons. Michael’s mother knows very little about music, but his father plays the trumpet in a
large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.
Winston Maier, Michael’s friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his parents are successful musicians,
and they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are, and so they
enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. “When I was at
your age, I used to win every competition I entered,” Winston’s father tells him. Winston is always afraid that
he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.
1. The main idea of the passage is ______.
A. how parents should make a child a musician
B. how parents should bring up a child
C. what differences there are between two kinds of parents
D. what aim of a child can be much earlier to reach
2. Michael is lucky because ______.
A. his parents help him in a sensible way B. his family is rich enough to have a car
C. his father is a musician in an orchestra D. he is free to do anything that he likes best
3. Winston’s parents set so high a standard for him that ______.
A. he has to do his best to do everything B. he has made great progress in music
C. he is afraid that he may disappoint them D. he often wants to kill himself some day
4. It is one of parents’ mistakes if ______.
A. they want their child to be a musician B. they help their child to win music competitions
C. they don’t care for their child’s education much D. they make their child try to achieve too much
5. According to the author’s opinion, ______.
A. it is unimportant to let the child develop in the way they want
B. parents should be supportive of their children
C. all sensible parents can train their children to succeed in everything
D. unrealistic parents should arrange private lessons for their children
6. One of the serious mistakes parents can make is to ______.
A. push their child into trying too much B. help their child to become a genius
C. make their child become a musician D. neglect their child’s education
7. Parents’ ambition for their children is not wrong if they ______.
A. force their children into achieving success B. themselves have been very successful
C. understand and help their children sensibly D. arrange private lessons for their children
8. Who have criticized the methods of some ambitious parents?
A. Successful musicians B. Unrealistic parents
C. Their children D. Educational psychologists
9. Michael Collins is fortunate in that ______.
A. his father is a musician B. his parents are quite rich
C. his mother knows little about music D. his parents help him in a sensible way
10. The phrase crazy about in the passage mostly means ______.
A. surprised at B. extremely interested in
C. completely unaware of D. confused about
11. Winston’s parents push their son so much and he ______.
A. has won a lot of piano competitions B. cannot learn much music from them
C. has become a good musician D. is afraid to disappoint them
12. The word They refers to ______.
A. Concerts B. Violin lessons C. Parents in general D. Michael’s parents
13. All of the following people are musical EXCEPT ______.
A. Winston’s father B. Winston’s mother C. Michael’s father D. Michael’s mother
14. The word unwilling in the passage mostly means ______.
A. getting ready to do something B. eager to do something
C. not objecting to doing anything D. not wanting to do something
15. The two examples given in the passage illustrate the principle that ______.
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A. successful parents always have intelligent children
B. successful parents often have unsuccessful children
C. parents should let the child develop in the way he wants
D. parents should spend more money on the child’s education

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