Sở GD-ĐT Đà Nẵng KỲ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC LẦN I
Trường THPT Phan Châu Trinh
Môn: Tiếng Anh

I. READING

Passage 1
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What exactly is a tornado? The general picture is familiar enough. The phenomenon usually occurs on a hot, sticky day with south wind and an ominous sky. From the base of a thunderhead, a funnel-shaped cloud extends a violently twisting spout toward the Earth. As it sucks in matter in its path, the twister may turn black, brown or even white. The moving cloud shows an almost continuous display of sheet lightning . It lurches along in a meandering path, usually northeast ward, at 25 to 40 miles per hour. Sometimes it picks up its finger from the earth for a short distance and then plants it down again. The funnel is very slender; its wake of violence averages about 400 yards wide. As the tornado approaches, it is heralded by a roar as a hundreds of jet planes or thousands of railroad cars. Its path is a path of total destruction. Buildings explode as they are sucked in by the tornado’s low-pressure vortex ( where the pressure drop is as much as 10 percent ) and by its powerful whirling winds ( estimated at up to 500 miles per hour ). The tornado’s lifetime is as brief as it is violent. Within a few tens of miles ( average about 16 miles), it spends its force and suddenly disappears.
1. Tornadoes usually occur on ………….. .
A. hot and humid days B. hot days C. cold days D. rainy days
2. The twister’s colour is caused by ………… .
A. the sun B. the colour of the sky C. snow D. what it picks up
3. A tornado …………….. .
A. meanders B. travels at a constant speed
C. travels in a straight line D. stays on the ground at all times
4. The speed of a tornado is ………….. .
A. 10 miles per hour B. 85 miles per hour
C. 25 to 40 miles per hour D. 25 to 40 miles per day
5. The average width of the path of the funnel is …………... .
A. the width of its finger B. less than 40 yards
C. 25 miles D. about 400 yards
6. The sound which announces the coming of a tornado is similar to that made by …………. .
A. vortex B. a diesel engine C. thunder and lightning D. hundreds of jets
7. A building in the path of a tornado most likely would ………….. .
A. be partially destroyed B. be totally destroyed
C. lose its roof D. escape damage
8. According to this article, the winds of tornado ………….. .
A. are estimated at up to 500 miles per hour
B. drop the pressure 40 percent
C. have been clocked at 500 miles per hour
D. travel at 16 miles an hour
9. Usually a tornado is spent after traveling about ………….. .
A. 6 miles B. 16 miles C. 50 miles D. 400 yards
10. Implied but not stated …………. .
A. Tornadoes are caused by sheet lightning B. Nature is sometimes destructive
C. The tornado’s lifetime is as brief as it is violent D. A tornado is a supernatural phenomenon







Passage 2
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PARENTESE
Who talk more – men or women? Most people believe that women talk more. However, linguist Deborah Tannen, who has studied the communication style of men and women , says that this is a stereotype . According to Tannen, women are more verbal – talk more – in private situations , where they use conversation as the “glue” to hold relationships together. But, she says, men talk more in public situations, where they use conversation to exchange information and gain status. Tannen points out that we can see these differences even in children. Little girls often play with one “best friend”, their play includes a lot of conversation. Little boys often play games in groups; their play usually involves more doing than talking. In school, girls are often better at verbal skills, boys are often better at mathematics.
A recent study at Emory University helps to shed light on the roots of this difference. Researchers studied conversation between children age 3-6 and their parents. They found evidence that parents talk very differently to their son than they do to their daughters. The startling conclusion was that parents use more language with their girls . Specifically, when