Đề thi giữa HK2 môn Tiếng Anh 12 năm 2021-2022 Trường THPT Nguyễn Trãi

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Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other three

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Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer Reading, as you know, is a continuous and never ending process. If you do very little reading, or if you read only material that offers no challenge to your comprehension, your reading will be of very little use. Once we reach a certain age, or once our formal schooling is completed, many of us become so restricted in our choice of reading that we rarely read any new type of reading experience. We tend to read only books in our professional or business field, or only inspirational books, or only our favorite newspapers every morning, or only one magazine for which we have developed a preference. And the trouble starts here. You should neither read only for entertainment nor only for information but you should also read for intellectual growth, for mental stimulation, for enriching your background of knowledge, for wisdom, and for broader outlook and mature understanding. What kind of books should you read to continue your intellectual growth, to gain a background for opinion and for judgment? The answer is simple one: Read books in fields you have little or no acquaintance with, books that will open for you new horizons of learning, books that will help you explore new areas of knowledge and experience, books that will make the world and people more understandable to you. Sadly, more and more people today are giving up the printed word in favor of being entertained and informed by watching TV, a popular entertainment ,device present at almost homes. More and more children are being subjected to TV programming, perhaps as a babysitter. More than two hours of TV time per day are now a part of children development, generating physiological and mental problems that are of growing concern among experts.

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase When a child learns to read and write, he must access the schema developed in his (27) ______. As he reads, the child creates pictures in his mind and uses (28) _____ and points of reference to put the story (29) ____. Television images do not go through a complex symbolic transformation. The mind does not have to decode and manipulate during the television experience. Watching television and playing video games do not (30) ______ a child's skills in word recognition, decoding, vocabulary, spelling or high-level thinking. The connection between television's effects (31) ______ children's reading abilities and the (32) ______ in their writing skills is clear: there is no question in the minds of educators that a student who cannot read with the true comprehension will never learn to write well. Writing, after (33) ______, is book talk, and you only learn book talk by reading. It has been shown that reading stimulates brain activity. While reading, we imagine settings, characters and we become part of the world of the story. (34) ______, it has been shown that watching television prevents brain activity. Children who watch too much television are less socially developed and have problems maintaining (35) ______. Reading, (36) ______ of watching television, enriches our lives, develops the imagination, and intellect, and is less brain deadening. Reading is good for us, it makes one a better person.

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the sentences with given words