IT’S A GOOD BOOK BECAUSE IT’S VERY ……… INFORM PART D

6. It’s a good book because it’s very ……… INFORM

Part d: reading comprehension: (5,5 pts)

I. Complete the passage with the most suitable words: (6

0,25 = 1,5pts):

All over the world people listen to (1)……….. music. Classical music is

difficult to describe. It means different things to different people.

Some famous classical (2)………..were Bach, Vivaldi, Haydn, and Mozart. In

their music, they did not tell a story or show strong emotion. They wanted to make a beautiful,

interesting design. They wanted to write lovely sounds.

Then composers started to interpret ideas. They told stories about wars, armies, and soldiers.

They wrote (3)……….. religion. Sometimes they composed music for holidays.

They told love stories and showed strong emotion. Some of these composers were Beethoven,

Schumann, Choplin, Mendelssohn, Waggner, (4)……….. Tchaikovsky.

Classical music stays with people a long time. Bach wrote about 300 years ago, Beethoven

wrote about 200 years ago, and Tchaikovsky wrote about over 100 years ago.

Sometimes people close their eyes to (5)………..to classical music. When they

close their eyes, they can see the design. They can listen to the same classical music many

times and enjoy it.

Sometimes it is difficult to understand. The (6)……….. has to think about it.

However, we can all learn to enjoy some classical music. It is very important to people.

1……….. 2……….. 3………..

4……….. 5……….. 6………..

II. Choose the word or phrase which best fits each gap of the passage: (10

0,2=2 pts)

HOAN KIEM LAKE

Right in the middle of the city of Hanoi, Hoan Kiem Lake, or locally (1)……….

as Bo Ho that means “the shore of lake”, is (2)………..the place for morning

exercises, leisure and recreation activities. It is the heart and the beats of the city – thousands

of local folks (3)………..together on the Liberation Day and the photographers

snap photos of brides and grooms (4)………..the wedding season.

The lake has the legend way back in the mid-15

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century (5)………..Emperor

Ly Thai To (Le Loi) got a magical sword from heaven to fight (6)………..the

Chinese, the Ming aggressors, out of Viet Nam. After that one day when he was out (7)

………..in the lake, a giant golden tortoise suddently grabbed the sword and (8)

………..into the water. The lake is also known as “Ho Hoan Kiem”, the Lake of

the Restored Sword, (9)………..it is believed the sword was taken to its original

divine oweners.

On an islet in the middle of the lake towards its south (10)………..the Tortoise

Tower or the Thap Rua on the top of which a red star is often held as an emblem of Hanoi.