Bài tập tự luyện Tiếng Anh Lớp 11 - Unit 2 - Reading (Có đáp án)

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1. Unit 2 READING (BÀI TẬP TỰ LUYỆN) Giáo viên: NGUY ỄN KIỀU OANH Exercise 1 Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage (Chọn từ hoặc cụm từ A, B, C hoặc D thích hợp nhất để điền vào đoạn văn sau) Last year I went to Nepal for three months to work in a hospital. I think it’s important to see as much of a country as you can, but it’s difficult to travel around Nepal. The hospital let me have a few days’ holiday, so I decided to go into the jungle and I asked a Nepalese (1) ___, Kamai Rai, to go with me. We started preparing for the trip at six in the morning, and left (2) ___ with two elephants carrying our (3) ___. It was hot, but Kamai made me wear shoes and trousers to (4) ___ me from snakes. In the jungle there was a lot of (5) ___, but we were trying to find big cats, especially tigers. We climbed onto the elephants’ backs to get a better (6) ___, but it is (7) ___ to find tigers in the afternoon because they sleep in the (8) ___ of the day. Then, in the distance, we saw a tiger, and Kami told me to be very quiet. We crept nearer and found a dead deer, still (9) ___. This was the tiger’s lunch! Suddenly I started to feel very frightened. We heard the tiger a second before we saw it. It jumped out like a (10) ___ of lightning, five hundred kilos plus and four meters long. I looked into its eyes and face, and saw right down the animal’s throat. It grabbed Kamai’s leg between its teeth, but I managed to pull Kamain away. One of our elephants ran at the tiger and made it go back into the grass, so we quickly escaped to let the tiger eat its lunch. That night it was impossible to sleep! 1. A. guide B. guidance C. leader D. conductor 2. A. base B. camp C. tent D. barracks 3. A. arms B. equipment C. armaments D. accessories 4. A. protect B. defend C. save D. rescue 5. A. vegetation B. wildlife C. wilderness D. exotic life 6. A. sight B. spectacle C. scene D. view 7. A. funny B. unusual C. ridiculous D. scarce 8. A. weather B. temperature C. heat D. length 9. A. bleeding B. breathing C. moaning D. struggling 10. A. attack B. shot C. beam D. flash Exercise 2 Read the following passage carefully and then decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE (Đọc đoạn văn sau và quyết định xem những câu bên dưới là đúng hay sai) I knew it was going to be a bad day when, on the way to the airport, the taxi-driver told me he was lost. - Trang | 1 -
2. Unit 2 I had booked my flight over the telephone so when we finally arrived, I had to rush to the reservation desk to pay for my ticket. The woman at the desk told me that my name was not on the passenger list. It took fifteen minutes to realize that she had spelled my name incorrectly. She gave me the ticker and told me I’d better check in my luggage quickly or I’d miss the flight. I was the last person to get on the plane. I found my seat and discovered that I was sitting next to a four- year-old boy who had a cold. I sat down and wondered if anything else could go wrong. I hate flying, especially take off, but the plane took off and everything started to shake. I looked out of the window and – oh my God – there was smoke coming out of the wing. All I could think was “The engine is on fire. We are going to crash. I am too young to die”. Almost immediately, the captain spoke to us in a calm voice, “Ladies and gentlemen. This is your captain speaking. We are having a slight technical problem with one of our engines. This is no need to panic. We will have to return to the airport. Please remain seated and keep your seat belt fastened.” A few minutes later, we were coming on to land. The pilot made a perfect landing on the runway. It was over. We were safe. That day, I decided not to fly again. I caught another taxi and went home. But as I closed the front door, I looked down at my case. Somehow I had picked up the wrong suitcase. 1. There was nothing wrong with her on the way to the airport. T F 2. She was in a great hurry at the airport. T F 3. It took her about 15 minutes to get her ticket. T F 4. She was happy to sit next to a four-year-old boy who had a cold. T F 5. A few minutes after the plane had taken off, its engine was on fire. T F 6. The plane had to come back to the airport. T F 7. The pilot was very good at landing the plane. T F 8. The suitcase she brought home wasn’t hers. T F - Trang | 2 -