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D. choose the suitable materials to read
2. The word “skim” in the second paragraph means_____.
 A. read carefully B. read quickly C. read slowly D. read avidly
3. Which of the following does not describe the types of reading materials mentioned in the second paragraph?
A. Those beyond one’s reading comprehension
B. Those concerned with common knowledge
C. Those without much demand for specialized knowledge
D. Those with the length of about five hundred words
4. The average speed of untrained native speakers in the University of Minnesota is_______.
A. about 300 words per minute	 B. about 245 words per minute
C. about 650-750 words per minute	D. about 500 words per minute
5. According to the passage, how fast can you expect to read after you have attended twelve half-hour lessons in the University of Minnesota?
A. You can increase your reading speed by three times.
B. No real increase in reading speed can be achieved.
C. You can increase your reading speed by four times.
D. You can double your reading speed. 
READING- E.L 12
Exercise 1: Read the passage and choose the best answer among A, B, C or D 
Passage A.
About a hundred years ago, Zamenhof invented a new language called Esperanto to improve understanding between people of different countries. He showed Esperanto to his friends to find out what they thought about it. Later in the same year he went to study at a university in Moscow. He wanted to improve Esperanto. Zamenhof’s friends then worked hard to spread the new language. They tried to persuade schools throughout the world to teach it. However, only a few people today speak Esperanto because more and more people use English as a foreign language.
1. When was the language called Esperanto invented?
	A. About 10 years ago	C. About 1000 years ago	B. About a century ago	D. In 100 years’ time
2. Esperanto was intended for _________.
	A. people speaking different language	B. understanding countries 
	C. people from the same country	D. English speakers only
3. What did he show Esperanto to his friends for? 
	A. To ask them to think about it.	C. To improve it.
	B. To spread the language. 	D. To know their opinions about it.
4. Zamenhof and his friends worked hard ______________. 
	A. to invent the language	B. to teach it
	C. to make it an international language	D. to speak it
5. It can be concluded from the text that _____________. 
	A. Esperanto is more popular than English	C. English is more popular than Esperanto
	B. Schools throughout the world teach Esperanto	D. A lot of people still speak Esperanto today.
Passage B.
Books which give instructions on how to do things are very popular in the United States today. Thousands of these How-to books are useful: in fact, there are about four thousand books with titles that begin with the words “ How to”. One book, may tell you how to earn more money, another may tell you how to save or spend it, and another may explain how to give your money away.
 May How-to books give advice on careers. They tell you how to choose a career and how to succeed in it. If you fail, however, you can buy the book “ How to Turn Failure into Success”. If you would like to become very rich, you can buy the book “ How to Make a Millionaire”. If you never make any money at all, you may need a book called “ How to Live on Nothing”.
 One of the most popular types of books is one that helps you with personal problems. If you want to have a better love of life, you can read “ How to Succeed in Love every Minute of Your Life”. If you tired of books on happiness, you may prefer books which give step-by-step instructions on how to redecorate or enlarge a house.
 Why have How-to books become so popular? Probably because life has become so complex. Today people have far more free time to use, more choices to make, and more problems to solve. How-to books help people deal with modern life.
1. From the first paragraph, we know How-to books are ____________.
A. only about four thousand copies 	B. on money 
C. very helpful in life 	D. needed a lot
2. The passage tells us that How-to books sell well on how ___________________.
A. to succeed in career 	B. to solve personal problems 
C. to deal with business 	D. to make money
3. If you often read How-to books, you ____________________.
A. will be sure to get something you need B. will not know how to help yourself in life
C. will become a man in life D. needn’t think any more in the world
4. How-to books appears only because ________________.
A. people have more free time to spend than before 
B. people meet more problems than their parents
C. people may have more choices from How-to books than any other books
D. modern life is more difficult to deal with
5. The word “ step-by-step” would probably mean _______________.
A. little by little B. gradually C. slower and slower D. A and B
Exercise 2: Choose the word which best fits each gap of the passage
Passage A.
When eating, most Americans hold a fork in the ____(1)____ with which they write. Americans eat away from home often, and usually they pay for their own meals when dining with friends.
 When Americans greet one another they often exchange a firm ___(2)____ . They may greet strangers on the street by saying “Hello” or “____(3)____”. Friends often greet each other with “How are you?” and respond “____(4)____”. Americans do not really expect any other answer to the question “How are you?” because it is a way of ____(5)____. Except in formal situations, people speak to each other by their given names once they are acquainted.
1. A. head	B. mind	C. notebook	D. hand
A. adventure	B. handshake	C. militant	D. occasion
A. Goodbye	B. Good morning	C. Not bad, thanks	D. Take care
A. Bye	B. So long	C. No smoking	D. Fine, thanks
A. having dinner	B. shaking hands	C. saying hello	D. saying goodbye
Passage B.
Why do people drive on the left in ……(1)…… and on the right in other countries ?
 The reason for this goes back to the days when people travelled by horse. Most people are ……(2)……, and thus the left is the natural side to drive on if you are on horseback and need right hand to ……(3)…… the sword in case of trouble. So why didn’t the rest of the world do the same? Because of Napoleon Bonaparte. He insisted that his armies travel on the right, and as he ……(4)…… through Europe, he imposed this rule wherever he went.
 The question suggests that only the British drive on the left, but in fact, out of 178 countries in the world,…(5)…… are about 50 that drive on the left, including Japan. However, most of them are former British colonies.
A. France	B. English	C. American	D. Britain
A. left-handed	B. right-handed 	C. sensible	D. thrusted
A. slash	B. thrust	C. ride	D. hold
A. conquered	B. visited	C. decreed	D. dated back to
A. they	B. those	C. there	D. here
READING- E.L 12
Exercise 1: Read the passage and choose the best answer among A, B, C or D 
The deserts of the world are not all covered with sand. Many of them have surfaces of rock or clay or small stones. They are not flat, either; they often have high hills and deep valleys . There is some plant life in many parts of the desert. There is little rain in the desert , but it does fall often enough for most plants .
The deserts of the world are not uninhabited. People also live outside oases, but these people are not farmers. They have camels, goats, donkeys, sheep, etc. These animals can live on the desert plants and do not need much water.
The people of the desert have to move constantly from place to place, they must always look for grass or desert plants for their animals. They usually live in tents. When there is no more food for their animals, they fold up their tents, put them on their camels and donkeys , and move to another place .In good years , when there is enough food for their animals , they trade their skins and their goats and camel hairs with the people of oases for wheat and fruit . But in bad years, when there is enough food for their animals, The people of the desert would attack the oases people. But they are also hospitable. No man in the desert would ever refuse to give a stranger food and water.
1. According to the passage, deserts are mostly made up of ………………
 	A. clay 	B. rock 	C. sand 	D. stones
2. The word “ hospitable “ has the meaning of being ……………
 	A. brave 	B. cruel 	C. strange 	D. kind
3. In the desert ……………………
 	A. It rains in spring only 	B. it rains for a short time every month
 	C. there is some rain , but far from enough 	D. the rainfall is just enough for the plants
4. People live ………………
 A. only inside the oases 	B. only outside the oases
 C. both inside and outside the oases 	D. in places with regular rainfalls
5. From the passage we know that life ………………
 A. is hard in deserts 	B. is happy in deserts
 C. is impossible in deserts 	D. in deserts is much better now
Exercise 2: Choose the word which best fits each gap of the passage
A desert is a special (1) _____where only certain kinds of plants and animals can survive. All deserts have very little water. This mean that only animals and plants that can (2)_____ water for long periods of time can exist in the desert.
	Plants in the deserts are particularly (3)_____ to the dry and hot environment. One well-know desert plant is the cactus. (4) _____ many desert plants, this plant has very tiny leaves. As plants lose most of their water (5)_____ their leaves, the small leaves of the cactus help to cut down water evaporation. There are some desert plants that do not have leaves at all.
	Some desert plants survive by avoiding the dry season (6)_____. During the dry season, this plant remains a seed and does not (7)_____ from the soil at all. When the rains come, this seed would grow very quickly into the plant. It would bloom rapidly and then (8) _____its seed before the dry season return.
	Desert animals have also learnt to adapt well to life in this region. The camel, for