MID- TERM TEST OF READING 1

NAME: Nguyễn Đức Hoàng DATE: 29/06/2021

COURSE: 20AV1101 MSSV: 0220110001

I Read the text and complete each sentence with words from it. (5 marks)

People all over the world eat rice. Millions of people in Asia, Africa, and South
America eat it every day of their (1)…………………..Some people eat almost nothing
but rice.
Rice is a kind of grass. There are more than thousand (7,000) kinds of rice. Most
kinds are water (2)………………Farmers (3)………………..rice in many countries,
even in the southern part of the united States and in eastern Australia.
No one really knows (4)…………rice came from. Some scientists think it started to
grow in two places. They think that one kind of rice (5)……….in southern Asia
thousands of years ago. Someone in China wrote about it almost five thousand (5,000)
years ago. (6)………….kind probably grew in West Africa. Other scientists think rice
came from India, and Indian (7)…………….took it to other parts of the world.
There are two main ways to grow rice. Upland rice grows in dry soil. Most rice
grows in wet soil. People in many countries do all of the work by (8)…………This is
the same way farmers worked hundreds of years ago. Some countries now use
machines on their rice farms. The farmers all use (9)………….Some (10)
……………..are enemies of rice. Farmers poison them.

1. A  meals B  lives C  work D  diet

2. A  trees B  plants C  vegetables D  leaves
3. A  grow B  raise C  rise D  bring up
4. A  what B  which C  where D  whom
5. A  showed B  rose C  raised D  grew
6. A  Other B  Different C  Another D  That
7. A  travelers B  passengers C  customers D  pedestrians
8. A  hand B  force C  power D  body
9. A  medicine B  drug C  vitamins D  fertilizer
10. A  animals B  plants C  insects D  diseases
II Read the text and choose the correct answer. (5 marks)

There are two men in important positions in my office – Mr. Thompson and Mr.
White. Everyone enjoys working with Mr. Thompson, but no one likes Mr. White.
Mr. Thompson is always thoughtful and considerate. When he wants something
done, he’ll ask. “Would you mind getting this information for me, please?” Mr. White
is just the opposite. He usually shouts across the room. “Get me this memorandum, and
hurry up.”
Mr. White surprised us this morning, though. At first we thought he must be sick. He
was kind and agreeable. “Miss Erickson”, he asked, “if it isn’t too much trouble for
you, could you please make these telephone calls for me?” June Erickson was
astonished. Right after that, Me. White said, “Miss Reed, would you be so kind as to
open the window? It’s quite warm in here.” Then he talked to me. “I’d appreciate it
very much, if you’d mail these letters for me.”
We couldn’t imagine why he was behaving so strangely. Should we offer him
aspirins? Or had Mr. White changed his personality?
The situation was soon cleared up. “Ladies”, Mr. Thompson said. “I’ve been told
that the president of the company will be here soon. He’s very interested in the welfare
of his employees and will have some questions to ask you about your working
conditions here.”

1. Everyone in the office enjoys working with Mr. Thompson because ………….
A  he is very creative
B  he is ready to lend them money when they are in need
C  showing thought for the needs of others
D  he thinks a lot
2. Mr. White is………………………………………….
A  more sincere than Mr. Thompson
B  rather rude
C  kind and agreeable
D  only a junior clerk in the office
3. This morning we felt surprised because……………………………….
A  Mr. White was sick
B  Mr. White shouted very little
C  Mr. White was kinder and more agreeable than usual
D  Mr. White was unusually kind and agreeable
4. We thought of offering Mr. White aspirins because…………………………….
A  he was really sick B  he was thought sick
C  he was a strange man D  he behaved like a madman
5. Mr. White was unusually polite to everybody because………………..
A  he was going to be promoted
B  he wanted the boss to think that he had a good relationship with the people in the
office
C  he was interested in the welfare of his employees
D  he was scolded by the president for being impolite and rude

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