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Ba Na cable car line, which was jointly built by Austria's Doppelmayr Cable Car firm and
Switzerland's CWA Constructions Company, became fully operational on March 29, on
the occasion of Da Nang City's 38th anniversary of liberation. The system, which can
carry 1500 visitors per hour at six meters per second, has a total of 86 cabins
accommodate ten people each.
There will be another cable car line to be built, connecting the sleepy hill station of Sapa
in Vietnam's north western Lao Cai province with the top of Mount Fansipan, Indochina's
tallest peak, according to The Telegraph.
Although a dolphin lives in the sea it is not a fish. It is a mammal. It is in many ways,
therefore, like a human being.
Dolphins have a simple language. They are able to talk to one another. It may be possible
for man to learn how to talk to dolphins. But this will not be easy because dolphins can
not hear the kind of sounds man can make. If man wants to talk to dolphins, therefore, he
will have to make a third language which both he and the dolphins can understand.
Dolphins are also very friendly towards man. They often follow ships. There are many
stories of dolphins guiding ships through difficult and dangerous waters.
John like chocolates very much, but his mother never gave him any, because they were
bad for his teeth, she thought.
But John had a very nice grandfather. The old man loved his grandson very much, and
sometimes he brought John chocolates when he came to visit him. Then his mother let
him eat them, because she wanted to make the old man happy.
One evening, a few days before John's seventh birthday, he was saying his prayers in his
bedroom before he went to bed. "Please, God", he shouted, "make them give me a big
box of chocolates for my birthday on Saturday".
His mother was in the kitchen and she heard the small boy shouting and went into his
bedroom quickly.
“Why are you shouting, John?" She asked her son, "God can hear you when you talk
quietly".
"I know", answer the clever boy with a smile, but Grandfather's in the next room, and he
can't
Every year students in many countries learn English. Some of these students are young
children. Others are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school. Others study by
themselves. A few learn English just by hearing the language in films, on television, in
the office or among their friends. But not many are lucky enough to do that. Most people
must work hard on their lessons to learn another language.
Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. They
study their own language, mathematics and English. In England, America or Australia,
many boys and girls study their own language, which is English and another language,
perhaps French, German or Spanish.
Many adults learn English because it is useful for their work. Teenagers often learn
English for their higher studies because some of their books are in English at the college
or university. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or
magazines in English.
574.In England……….
B.People speak English, which is not like the one the writer studied at school.
A.1
B.2
C.3
D.4
An artist went to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday and stayed with a farmer.
Everyday he went out with his paints and his brushes and painted from morning to
evening, and then when it got dark, he went back to the farm and had a good dinner
before going to bed.
At the end of his holiday, he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said : “ No, I don’t
want money, but give me one of your pictures. What is money? In a week it will all be
finished, but your painting will still be here.”
The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind things about the
paintings. The farmer smiled and answered : “ It is not that. I have a son in London. He
wants to become an artist. When he comes here next month, I will show him your picture,
and he will not want to be an artist anymore, I think.”
B. On a farm
C. With a farmer
B. Good dinners
C. Many pictures
D. A picture
579. Why was the artist very pleased with the farmer’s request?
A. Because he thought his pictures were so beautiful.
B. Because he had so many kinds of pictures.
C. Because he would sell one of his pictures.
D. Because the farmer had thanked him.
580. We can infer from the passage that ……………………
A. the farmer didn’t like money.
B. the farmer wanted to become an artist.
C. the artist liked good dinners.
D. the artist was not talented.
Ted Robinson has been worried all the week. Last Tuesday he received a letter from the
local police. In the letter he was asked to call at the station. Ted wondered why he was
wanted by the police, but he went to the station yesterday, and now he is not worried any
more. At the station he was told by a smiling police-man that his bicycle had been found.
Five years ago, the policeman told him, the bicycle was picked up in a small village four
hundred miles away. It’s now being sent to his home by train. Ted was most surprised
when he heard the news. He was amused too, because he never expected the bicycle to be
found. It was stolen twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of fifteen.
581. Ted was worried because_________.
A. he received a letter
B. worried
C. surprised
D. small
583. Why was Ted very surprised when he heard the news?
A. Because his bicycle was stolen 20 years ago.
B. Because his bicycle was found when he was a boy of fifteen.
C. Because he thought he would never find the bicycle.
D. Because the bicycle was sent to him by train.
584. When was Ted’s bicycle found?
A. Last Tuesday
D. Yesterday
585. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. The police asked Ted to go to their station.
586. What did Mrs. Brown’s old grandfather go to the park for?
A. for pleasure
B. for a walk
C. for amusement
D. for recreation
A. very surprised
B. normal
C. calm
D. interesting
Man discovered fire many thousands years ago. The first time he saw was probably when
a tree was struck by lightning. He soon learned how to make fire for himself. However,
man probably made his fire by rubbing two sticks together.
Fire was very important to man. He needed fire to keep himself warm at night. He used
fire to cook his food. He used fire to frighten away enemies and wild animals. In some
parts of the world he used fire to signal messages. Red Indians, for example, used fire to
make smoke signals.In some other countries people lit fires to warn thier friends of
danger.
Fire was very also used to give light. Before the invention of oil lamp, men used burning
sticks as torches.And before man discovered gas and electricity, he hung small fires in
wire baskets from posts to light the streets.
One man even used fire to tell the time .He invented a candle clock.He made a candle
that took exactly twelve hours to burn. Then he marked this candle in twevle equal parts.
He lit the candle and could tell the time by counting the number of parts of the burning
candle.But the candle clock did not always work well. If there was a wind blowing on the
candle , the flame burned too quickly.
a. One hour
b. 12 hours
c. A day
d. 12 days
Bison have not always lived in North America, they are relative newcomers. They belong
to the Bovidae family, like domestic cattle and the wild buffalo of Africa and Asia. The
oldest known bison fossils have been found in China and Himalayan foothills, where an
animal with all the essential features of the genus lived a million years ago.
They evolved rapidly and spread over most of the northern hemisphere in Europe and
Siberia. During one of the Ice Ages, the faunas of Asia and North America began to
intermingle. Very early, the steppe bison moved eastward to the North American
continent. Much later, men followed the same route.
596. Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for the passage?
A. American history
B. Anthropology
C. Zoology
D. Modern science