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ĐỌC HIỂU DẠNG 10 CÂU ÔN THI HSG/CHUYÊN ANH 3 7. Paper was first made from wood pulp _____________. A. in France B. by a wasp C. by a machine D. by a scientist 8. The United States and Canada _____________. A. import most of the paper they need B. have the largest forests in the world C. consume most of the paper they produce D. are the biggest producers of paper 9. Some people think that producing a lot of paper is not good because _____________. A. papermaking factories are polluting the environment B. a lot of trees have to be chopped down for wood pulp C. recycling old paper is expensive D. there is not enough land to plant trees for wood pulp 10. What is the main idea of the last paragraph? A. Paper and computers play the same role in our lives. B. New technology helps recycle paper. C. Paper is an important part of our life, but technology is changing this fast. D. Those who know how to use a computer don’t need paper at all. 2. Tulips are Old World, rather than New World, plants, with the origins of the species lying in Central Asia. They became an integral part of the gardens of the Ottoman Empire from the sixteenth century onward, and, soon after, part of European life as well. Holland, in particular, became famous for its cultivation of the flower. A tenuous line marked the advance of the tulip to the New World, where it was unknown in the wild. The first Dutch colonies in North America had been established in New Netherlands by the Dutch West India Company in 1624, and one individual who settled in New Amsterdam (today's Manhattan section of New York City) in 1642 described the flowers that bravely colonized the settlers' gardens. They were the same flowers seen in Dutch still-life paintings of the time: crown imperials, roses, carnations, and of course tulips. They flourished in Pennsylvania too, where in 1698 William Penn received a report of John Tateham's “Great and Stately Palace” its garden full of tulips. By 1760, Boston newspapers were advertising 50 different kinds of mixed tulip “roots” But the length of the journey between Europe and North America created many difficulties. Thomas Hancock, an English settler, wrote thanking his plant supplier for a gift of some tulip bulbs from England, but his letter the following year grumbled that they were all dead.