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1. Meal: n. bữa ăn 3. Flea market: n. chợ trời 4. Castle: n.
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2. Souvenir:n. quà lưu niệm 5.Factory: n. nhà máy 6.Main square: quảng trường lớn
Vocab: 1. Ferry: phà 2. Broad = large: rộng 3. Stadium: sân vận động
4.Bank: ngân hàng, bờ sông 5. Government: chính phủ
Bài 2:
Bài 3: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on
your answer sheet to indicate the correct questions from 43 to 50.
The city of Detroit, in the USA, was once compared to Paris. It had a broad
river, smart streets and historically important architecture. Then, in the 20th
century, it became ‘Motor City’. For a time, most of the world’s cars were
made here. There was regular work and a good salary in the motor
industry. A worker at one of the car factories could own a home, plus a
boat, maybe even a holiday cottage. Some say America’s middle class was
born in Detroit – new highways certainly made it easy for workers to move
from the city center to the suburbs in the 1950s. But in the early years of the
21st century, Detroit became America’s poorest big city.
In less than five decades the once lively Motor City lost more than half its
population. It became known as a city that was failing, full of ruined
buildings, extensive poverty and crime. Newspapers and magazines told
stories of derelict homes and empty streets. Photographers went to Detroit
to record the strange beauty of buildings and city blocks where nature was
taking over again. What went wrong in Detroit?
The city is now 69th among US cities for the number of people per square
mile. The population fell for several reasons. Partly, it was because people
moved to the suburbs in the 1950s. Then there were the shocking riots in
1967, which scared more people away from the city. Then there was the
dramatic fall in car manufacture as companies like General Motors and
Chrysler faced huge difficulties. And finally, in 2008, came the global
financial crisis. Many of Detroit’s people are poor – half of the city’s families
live on less than 25,000 dollars a year.
In 2013, the city did something unusual: it declared itself bankrupt. It was
the largest city bankruptcy in US history, at approximately 18-20 billion
dollars. Now that the city is free of debt, it has money to do some of what
needs to be done. It has replaced about 40,000 streetlights so that places
feel safer. The police arrive in answer to calls in less than 20 minutes now,
instead of the hour it used to take. And about a hundred empty houses are
demolished each week to make space for new buildings. With the nation’s
biggest city bankruptcy behind it, Detroit is also attracting investors and
young adventurers. The New Economy Initiative gave grants of 10,000
dollars to each of 30 new small businesses. It seems that every week a new
business opens in Detroit – grocery stores, juice bars, coffee shops, even
bicycle makers. Finally, the city is working again.
Câu 1:
The city of Detroit _______.
A. has experienced many changes.
B. is like European city in many ways.
C. it’s one of the richest places in the USA.
D. is not able to recover from its past problems.
2. What was Detroit known as at the start of the 21st century?
A. the Paris of America
B. Motor City
C. the poorest city in America
D. the richest city in the world
Câu 3:
According to the second paragraph, what interested journalists in Detroit?
A. the empty places
B. the number of poor people
C. problems of old people
D. small buildings
Câu 4:
The word “ruined” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ________.
A. be in bad condition
B. be in good condition
C. be in dry condition
D. be in humid condition
Câu 5:
How many reasons are given for people leaving Detroit?
A. three
B. four
C. five
D. six
Câu 6:
Bankruptcy meant that _______.
A. $20 billion was given back to Detroit.
B. Detroit could start again.
C. Everything was free in Detroit.
D. Detroit was heavily in debt.
Câu 7:
Which statement is true?
A. 30 businesses received money to help them develop.
B. About 30 businesses open every week now in Detroit.
C. There have been 30 new business ideas in Detroit.
D. $30 thousand was given to each of the new small business.
Câu 8:
Detroit _______.
A. is having more problems than ever before.
B. seems to have a better future ahead.
C. will have to suffer more before things improve.
D. can never be better.

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