Bài giảng Tiếng Anh Lớp 12 - Unit 14: International organizations - Lesson: Reading 3

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1. Unit 14 : LESSO READING 3 N:
2. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions 1. In time of peace, the Red Cross gives medical aid and other help to _________ of disasters. A. patients B. victims C. soldiers D. refugees 2. _______ is a situation in which large numbers of people have little or no food, and many of them die. A. Disaster B. Famine C. Poverty D. Flood. 3. He tried to_______to everyone to support him. A. make B. appeal C. persuade D. advise 4. There was a hold-up on the road because a bridge had been___away by the flood. A. washed B. flowed C. blown D. destroyed 5. He_______his life to helping the poor. A. spent B. experienced C. dedicated D. used 6. The International Red Cross helps people in need without any discrimination based on _______, race, religion, class or political opinions. A. national B. nationally C. nationality D. native
3. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. 7. The 1923 earthquake in Japan killed about 200,000 people and left countless wounded and homeless. A. poor B. imprisoned C.suffered D. injured 8. The works of such men as the English philosophers John Locke and Thomas Hobbes helped pave the way for academic freedom in the modern sense. A. initiate B. lighten C. terminate D. prevent
4. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) or phrase(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. 9. The US troops are using much more sophisticated weapons in the Far East. A. expensive B. complicated C. simple and easy to use D. difficult to operate 10. She was unhappy that she lost contact with a lot of her old friends when she went abroad to study. A. made room for B. put in charge of C. lost control of D. got in touch with
5. Read the following passage, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 11 to 15 The United Nations Children's Fund, or UNICEF, was (11) _____ by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946, to provide emergency Food and (12) _____ to children in 'countries that had been devastated by World War II. In 1953, UNICEF became a permanent part of the United Nations System and its name was shortened from the (13) _____ United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund but it has continued to be known by the popular acronym based on this old name (14) _____ in New York City, UNICEF provides long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance to' children and mother in developing countries. UNICEF is currently focused on five primary priorities: Child Survival and Development, Basic Education and Gender Equality, including girl's education, Child protection from (15) _____, exploitation, and abuse, HIV/AIDS and children, and Policy advocacy and partnerships for children’s rights. Related areas of UNICEF action include early childhood development, adolescence development and participation; life skills based education and child rights all over the world. 11. A. taken off B. set up C. paid on D. pushed back 12.A. instrument B. projects C. work D. healthcare 13.A. original B. ancestor C. old D. relatives 14.A. Managed B. Led C. Headquartered D. Committed 15.A. violence B. violent C. violently D. violences
6. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the answer to each of the questions from 16 to 20.
7. 16. The increase of pesticide-resistant insects________. A. makes later sprayings more expensive B. makes it more convenient for future sprayings C. makes later sprayings less effective. D. makes subsequent sprayings impossible 17. Relatively few insects have genes that________. A. make them vulnerable B. enable them to attack the pesticide C. prevent them from resisting the chemical attack D. allow them to survive the pesticide
8. 18. Natural selection________. A. allows living objects to adapt to environment B. processes the environment. C. evolves the environment D. is dynamic 19.The passage was written most probably to_______. A. review the development of pesticides B. shows the dynamics of nature through persistent pests C. provide evidence about the pesticide resistance of insects D. warn readers against the pesticide resistance of insects 20. The word "eradicate" in the first paragraph could be best replaced by_______ A. pass on B. kill off C. find out D. increase