Title ĐỀ 2- PRACTICE TEST U 7 FORM CHUẨN -ĐỀ.docx ✅

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50. We get great pleasure from reading. The more advanced a man is, the greater delight he will find in reading. The ordinary man may think that subjects like philosophy or science are very difficult and that if philosophers and scientists read these subjects, it is not for pleasure. But this is not true. The mathematician finds the same pleasure in his mathematics as the school boy in an adventure story. For both, it is a play of the imagination, a mental recreation and exercise. The pleasure derived from this activity is common to all kinds of reading. But different types of books give us different types of pleasure. First in order of popularity is novel-reading. Novels contain pictures of imaginary people in imaginary situations, and give us an opportunity of escaping into a new world very much like our world and yet different from it. Here we seem to live a new life, and the experience of this new life gives us a thrill of pleasure. Next in order of popularity are travel books, biographies and memoirs. These tell us tales of places we have not seen and of great men in whom we are interested. Some of these books are as wonderful as novels, and they have an added value that they are true. Such books give us knowledge, and we also find immense pleasure in knowing details of lands we have not seen and of great men we have only heard of. Reading is one of the greatest enjoyments of life. To book-lovers, nothing is more fascinating than a favorite book. And, the ordinary educated man who is interested and absorbed in his daily occupation wants to occasionally escape from his drudgery into the wonderland of books for recreation and refreshment. Question 44: What does the passage mainly discuss? A. Different types of books B. Different kinds of reading C. Reading as an exercise for the brain D. Reading as a pleasurable activity Question 45: According to paragraph 1, which of the following is NOT true? A. Ordinary people may think that philosophy and science are difficult. B. Reading about mathematics is mentally entertaining for a mathematician. C. Philosophers and scientists do not read for pleasure. D. A more advanced person takes greater pleasure in reading. Question 46: The word “derived” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______. A. differed B. established C. bought D. obtained Question 47: The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to ______. A. a new life B. our world C. an opportunity D. a thrill of pleasure Question 48: The word “immense” in paragraph 3 is opposite in meaning to ______. A. great B. limited C. personal D. massive Question 49: According to the passage, travel books, biographies and memoirs ______. A. are wonderful novels B. tell stories of well-known places C. are less popular than novels D. are more valuable than novels Question 50: According to paragraph 4, which of the following is the most fascinating to booklovers? A. A daily occupation B. An ordinary educated man C. The wonderland D. A favorite book