Tổng hợp 10 bài tập đọc hiểu tiếng Anh THPT Quốc Gia (2024)

When trying to understand our own or other people’s behaviour, we tend to oversimplify things. We use only one or two adjectives to sum each other up. (1) ______ we may think of some friends as having a generally hopeful and positive outlook while others are considered pessimistic and negative. Of course, in (2) ______, this is easily defined. The truth is that we are all made up of characteristics (3) ______ are inconsitent and contradictory: we can be serious and reliable with our colleagues at work but we are more unpredictable and emotional with our nearest and dearest at home. With one person we can be very cautious, but with (4) ______ one, we are adventurous thrill-seekers.

So, can people be neatly divided into personality types? Or do we (5) ______ our personality according to the differences in our changing moods and situations? Perhaps the idea that personality is fixed is just a meaningless misconception. Maybe we can never truly understand ourselves or other people.

(Adapted from Gold First)

To bring up children, many qualities are required. Apart from love, patience, and understanding, a sense of humour is important. In fact, it is quite an art to transform a child’s bad mood into behaviour (1) _______ everyone in the family can live with. Another aspect of child rearing is teaching children limits and rules so that children are aware of what their rights and what (2) _______ people’s are,too. Setting limits on children must occur on a daily (3) _______ because temporary measures will not be effective enough. A common mistake, however, is that parents often become far stricter than necessary. Instead, they must be willing to allow their children the opportunity to explore and learn from experience. Moreover, parents must know the importance of routine as it gets children to become used to certain everyday activities. (4) _______, eating at the same time as their parents gets children into the habit of sitting at a table and teaches them how to (5) _______ themselves properly. Overall, child rearing is certainly a challenge and a learning experience.

(Adapted from Use of English B2; Solutions)

If you walk into the streets and see someone throwing a plastic bottle on the ground, you’ll probably get annoyed. But do we react in the same way when we see people throwing rubbish into the sea? We all know how rubbish ruins the environment on land, but we often forget the influence that it can have on environments like the sea, lakes and rivers, too.

First of all, water pollution looks terrible. Many beautiful beaches can become covered in rubbish when whatever we have thrown into the water reaches the shore. Even rivers and lakes have some plastic bags and bottles floating in them.

Secondly, rubbish can hurt animals and birds that live in or by the water. If they see a plastic bottle, they may think it is food. However, when they try and eat the bottle, it can get caught in their mouth or stomach and stop them from eating anything else. Plastic bottles can also stop dolphins from breathing. Sometimes, fishing boats leave bits of fishing net behind in the water. Fish can get caught in these and die.

Finally, people forget that plastics contain chemicals that stay in the water. This is very bad for both fish and plants. If you eat fish containing these chemicals, then you can also get ill.

In conclusion, we need to worry about water pollution as much as we care about land or air. We should all protect the seas, lakes and rivers, and remember to take our rubbish away with us.

(Adapted from Empower)

If you walk into the streets and see someone throwing a plastic bottle on the ground, you’ll probably get annoyed. But do we react in the same way when we see people throwing rubbish into the sea? We all know how rubbish ruins the environment on land, but we often forget the influence that it can have on environments like the sea, lakes and rivers, too.

First of all, water pollution looks terrible. Many beautiful beaches can become covered in rubbish when whatever we have thrown into the water reaches the shore. Even rivers and lakes have some plastic bags and bottles floating in them.

Secondly, rubbish can hurt animals and birds that live in or by the water. If they see a plastic bottle, they may think it is food. However, when they try and eat the bottle, it can get caught in their mouth or stomach and stop them from eating anything else. Plastic bottles can also stop dolphins from breathing. Sometimes, fishing boats leave bits of fishing net behind in the water. Fish can get caught in these and die.

Finally, people forget that plastics contain chemicals that stay in the water. This is very bad for both fish and plants. If you eat fish containing these chemicals, then you can also get ill.

In conclusion, we need to worry about water pollution as much as we care about land or air. We should all protect the seas, lakes and rivers, and remember to take our rubbish away with us.

(Adapted from Empower)

“Have smartphones destroyed a generation?” Jean Twenge – a psychology professor at San Diego State University – asked in her controversial book, iGen. In the book, she argues that those born after 1995 are facing “a mental-health crisis”, and she believes it can be linked to growing up with their noses pressed against a screen. Her newest study provides more support for that connection, showing that teens who spent more than an hour or two a day interacting with their gadgets were less happy on average than those who had more face time with others.

Twenge’s conclusions have come up against criticism in the past. Some have accused her work of oversimplifying or overlooking data that may tell a slightly different story. Twenge recognises that her research shows correlation rather than causation, and psychological well-being. A possible explanation is that kids are running to their screens to escape from the things in their lives that make them unhappy. However, the surveys can’t say whether screen time directly changes teens’ mental health, the research states.

Philanthropist Melinda Gates, whose three children were born after 1995, wrote in The Washington Post, “phones and apps aren’t good or bad by themselves, but for adolescents who don’t yet have the emotional tools to overcome life’s problems, they can aggravate the difficulties of growing up.” At the same time, she said, kids are learning on their devices and connecting with others. Other studies have explored the connection between social media and isolation and how “likes” activate the brain’s reward centre. Some analyses have found that moderate use of these technologies is not harmful in itself and can even improve children’s social skills and build emotional strength.

There is no doubt that people are spending more time on these devices and that technology is having a major impact on kids and adults alike. “These are really important devices that have changed our lives in so many ways, not just for the worse but for the better,” said Amanda Lenhart, deputy director of the Better Life Lab at New America. But the latest research “is looking straight at technology and wanting it to be the scapegoat.”

(Adapted from CNN)

We often have stereotypical images of rockers as rebellious, classical music fans as quiet and modest, and lovers of rap as loquacious and outgoing. But is it really true that our musical tastes reveal our personality? According to a recent research from a university in Edinburgh, it is.

Professor North, one of the researchers, says that people often express their identity through the kind of music they listen to, the kind of clothes they wear and their hobbies and interests. So, it is not surprising that musical tastes may say something about their personality. The researchers interviewed more than 36,000 people across the world, asked them about their musical tastes, and gave them personality tests. Did the research prove that our stereotypical images are right? Here are some of the results: (1) lovers of indie music are not very confident, gentle or hard- working, but they are very creative; (2) country and western fans are hard-working and not shy; (3) rap fans are outgoing and energetic; (4) fans of pop songs are not creative, but are hard-working, gentle and outgoing; and (5) the best fans to be around are soul fans, because they are creative, confident, outgoing and gentle.

Perhaps the most surprising result was that classical music fans and heavy metal fans have very similar personalities. People think of heavy metal fans as being very sad and unhappy. But like classical fans, they are in fact easy-going and creative, and not very outgoing. Professor North also says that the results explain why so many people are good friends with people who like the same music. Heavy metal fans in Sweden have more in common with heavy metal fans in Brazil than with, say, Swedish fans of pop.

The results also explain that, since music is likely to be closely connected to our personalities, some of us are very passionate about what we listen to. However, the research does not say what people who listen to lots of different types of music are like. Perhaps they are perfectly balanced. So, what does your music say about you?

(Adapted from Solutions)

For years, we have been turning pop singers, models and actors into celebrities. But celebrity chefs? Until recently, the idea would have been hard to conceive. Now our screens are full of trendy, fast-talking super-chefs cooking up delicious recipes. Top of the celebrity list is Jamie Oliver. With his friendly and informal style, he has introduced us to a whole new type of cookery programme. His cookbooks, meanwhile, have sold by the million, making him a multi-millionaire. Jamie’s passion for cooking started young. His dad ran a pub and he helped out in the kitchen. ‘It just seemed such a cool place – everyone working together to make this lovely stuff and having a laugh with everybody, he explains. The boys at his school tried to persuade him that cooking was ‘a girlie thing’ but he disagreed. He could buy the coolest trainers in town with the money he earned in the kitchen! He left school at sixteen, not much good at writing and spelling, but knowing the only thing he wanted was to be a chef.

Jamie was working at a London restaurant when he got his big opportunity. A FV producer there to make a documentary, noticed the cheeky cook. He thought Jamie’s casual manner and jokes would go down well with audiences and he ended up giving him his own series, The Naked Chef. The programmes were extremely successful and Jamie suddenly became celebrated. Viewers watched him speeding about London on a scooter with rock ‘n’ roll music blaring, and hosting parties for all his friends.

Jamie’s latest challenge has attracted great attention in the UK. In Jamie’s School Dinners, he became a school dinner chef so he could det kids see the junk ingredients that went into their favourite meals. They also learned exactly why a diet of fast food makes you fat and unhealthy. Jamie persuaded them to try nutritious foods like fruit, yoghurt and vegetables for lunch, instead of their usual fast-food diet of burgers, chips, sweets and fizzy drinks. To their amazement, they discovered that fresh food tasted better than processed food. The series got everyone thinking, and the government (has now promised to bring back practical cookery lessons for students to teach them the importance of a balanced diet, food safety and hygiene.