Reading 12 – Unit 1

Reading 12 – Unit 1 
Exercise 1: Read the following passage and choose the best given answer A,B,C or D to fill in each gap:
	I have to get up every day at about seven because work really(1)………………about an hour before surgery when the phone calls start (2)…………in. My wife helps me with that because she usually answers the phone and that (3)………me time to have breakfast and read the newspaper.
	We open waiting-room about 8.30 and there (4)…..a dozen people there when I start surgery at night.
	I usually try(5)…..back home for lunch by 1.30 on a good day, I have a couple (6)….hours before surgery begins again at four.
	Evening surgery usually (7)…till about eight, but often goes on much longer. I belong to a group of five doctors in the area who (8)…..night duty between us. That means we are on call once a week between. As a result, my wife and I normally have dinner about nine and at that time we have opportunities (9)….with our two small children. We sometimes read short stories (10)…..our children or watch TV with them but rarely.
1. A. begin	B. begins	C. begun	D. began
2. A. to come	B. come	C. comes	D. came
3. A. to give	B. give	C. gives	D. giving
4. A. is	B. are	C. was	D. were	
5. A. to get	B. get	C. getting	D. got
6. A. on	B. in	C. of	D. with	
7. A. last	B. lasts	C. lasting	D. lasted
8. A. share	B. shares	C. sharing	D. shared
9. A. to talk	B. talk	C. talking	D. talked
10.A. to 	B. of	C. on	D. for
Exercise 2:Read the passage carefully, then choose the correct answer:
 My life is always full of activities, so I never have much time for myself. During the week it’s the worst. I usually have to get up at six though I would really prefer to sleep much later. I don’t usually have time for breakfast because I have to catch a bus to school start at half past six. The bus is usually packed with many people. Classes at school start at seven.
 Getting home at about 12, I have lunch and listen to the radio, watch TV and do my homework then I help my mom with some housework.
 My family often have dinner at about seven o’clock. At dinner we discuss what happened during the day and catch up with each others’ lives. Then I watch the TV news.
 Weekends are wonderful time for me because I sleep late and do whatever I wish with my free time. I can go for a trip with my friends, visit my relatives or devote more time to my hobbies. I think everyone will agree with me that weekends are much better than weekdays.
1. The writer doesn’t have breakfast because……..
A. he doesn’t have time for himself.	B. he gets up late.
C. he wants to sleep more 	D. he has to catch the bus to school.
2. The word “packed” in line 4 means…………….	
A. crowded	B. busy	C. stuff	D. full
3. Which of the following activities is not done by the writer in the evening?
A. watch TV	B. listen to music	C. have dinner	D. talk to others
4. The word “devote” in paragraph 4 is closest meaning to……………
A. take	B. begin	C. get	D. spend
5. Which of the following is not true according to the passage?
A. Weekends are better than weekdays.	B. Weekdays are worse than weekends.
C. The writer can sleep late on weekends.	D. The writer usually sleeps late on weekdays.
Exercise 3: Read the following passage and choose the best given answer A,B,C or D to fill in each gaps:
	There are (1)………..of ways that help parents teach music to their children. When the child returns home (2)……………………..hospital, parents should let her/him (3)………..to music. Clapping hands, bouncing, knees, and dancing to the music when the child is in the parents’ lap will develop in the child a sense (4) ……rhythm. When bed time (5) …….., parents should choose gentle music (6)………..for the child. However when the child plays around, parents should (7)………….him/her to choose music that is suitable with the going-on activities. When the child tries (8) ………parents can make up their own words to the song played. Above all, parents should help the child (9)……..with music. Music is (10)……….wonderful opportunity to celebrate our unique cultures.
1. A. a number	B. number	C. lot	D. much
2. A. at	B. from	C. to	D. in
3. A. to listen	B. listening	C. listen	D. listened
4. A. with	B. to	C. on	D. of	
5. A. come	B. comes	C. coming	D. came
6. A. play	B. playing	C. to play	D. played
7. A. to encourage	B. have encouraged	C. encouraged	D. encourage
8. A. sings	B. sang	C. to sing	D. sing
9. A. celebrates	B. celebrated	C. celebrating	D. celebrate
10. A. a	B. the	C. an 	D. x	
Exercise 4: Read the text and choose the best answer.
 I come from a family of five people : my parents, my two younger brother and I. My mother works as a nurse in a big hospital. She has to work long hours and once a week she has to work on a night shift. My father is a biologist. He works from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the lab, but sometimes when there is a project, he doesn’t come home until very late at night. Although my parents are very busy at work, they try to spend as much time with their children as possible. It is generally believed that” men build the house and women make it home”, but in my family, both parents join hands to give us a nice house and a happy home.
 My mother is a caring woman. She takes the responsibility for running the household. She is always the first one to get up in the morning to make sure that we leave home for school having eaten breakfast and dressed in suitable clothes. In the afternoon, after the hospital, she rushes to the market, the hurries home so that dinner is ready on the table by the time Dad gets home. Dad is always willing to give a hand with cleaning the house. Unlike most men, he enjoys cooking. Sometimes , at weekends, he cooks us some special dishes. His eel soup is the best soup I have ever eaten…
	1. What is the mother’s job?
	A. a doctor	B. a biologist	C. a nurse	D. a lawyer
	2. What is NOT mentioned in the text?
	A. The mother runs the household.
	B. The mother goes to the market after hospital.
	C. The mother can cook the best eel soup.
	D. The mother has the dinner ready before the father gets home.
	3. What does “it” in line 6 refer to?
A. the house	B. the career	C. the relationship	D. the market
4. Where does the father work?
A. in a big hospital	B. in a factory	C. at home	D. in a laboratory
5. What is the 2nd paragraph about?
A. The mother is a caring woman.
	B. Both the wife and the husband share the housework together.
	C. The father can cook the best soup.
	D. They love their children very much.