Bài Tập Trắc Nghiệm Chuyên Đề: Đối tượng đại từ thay thế trong bài đọc (Tiếng Anh Lớp 10, 11, 12)

Read the passage about unusual jobs and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer to each of the following questions from 31 to 40.
Unusual Jobs
Around the world, there are some jobs that may seem quite strange and surprising to you.
[I] In Japan, the railway system is huge and everyone there uses trains. [II] This makes them overcrowded most of the time. [III] During rush hour, railway station attendants called pushers or oshiya perform a unique task - they push passengers into trains. [IV] This is necessary because of the large number of commuters who wish to arrive at their destinations on time.
Have you ever wondered how the world's tallest building, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, is cleaned? It takes a team of 36 window cleaners a total of three months to clean the tower's reflective windows. Working from a height of more than 800 meters, the cleaners face huge challenges, especially during bad weather. They must be the bravest cleaners in the world.
In the UK, millions of golf balls are lost every year in the lakes and ponds around golf courses. This has led to a demand for golf ball divers, who retrieve and clean the balls. Most divers are professionals, but they spend long hours crawling through mud and carrying heavy buckets. On average, they collect about 5,000 balls per lake, which are later resold or recycled.

(I) Many critics of the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens described it as predictable and too similar to the first Star Wars movie from 1977. (II) However, the similarity between these stories is not a coincidence. (III) In fact, both films follow an ancient structure known as the "hero myth." (IV) This structure is based on the ideas of Joseph Campbell, an American professor who studied myths worldwide. In his famous 1949 book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Campbell described a pattern called the "monomyth" - a common path that many heroes take in stories across cultures. According to this pattern, a hero leaves his normal life, faces challenges, and eventually returns home, changed by the journey. Stories like Homer's Odyssey and the Harry Potter series also follow this format.
Director George Lucas used Campbell's theory to shape Luke Skywalker's story around the 17 stages of the hero's journey. At first, Luke lives an ordinary life with his aunt and uncle. When he discovers a message in the robot R2D2 from Princess Leia, he receives his "call to adventure."
Campbell explained that heroes often resist this call at first. Soon, a mentor appears to guide them - for Luke, it's Obi-Wan Kenobi. With new allies like Han Solo and the droids, Luke enters the "special world" - the Death Star - where the main adventure unfolds.
Along the way, the hero must face many obstacles. A major turning point happens when the hero experiences a deep loss. For Luke, this is the death of Obi-Wan at the hands of Darth Vader. This moment gives him the strength to carry on and eventually destroy the Death Star. Luke returns home transformed, having taken his first steps toward becoming a Jedi. Later films, like The Return of the Jedi, continue his journey, with new mentors such as Yoda.
This classic structure helps explain why Star Wars resonates with so many - it's a modern retelling of an ancient tale, not just science fiction.
(Adapted from Star Wars and the hero myth_BBC)

In 1959, the government of Egypt was working on a plan to build a dam on the River Nile. It was called the Aswan Dam, and it was intended to generate electricity and allow the river water to be used for agriculture. There was one big problem with the plan, though. The dam would flood a nearby valley that contained ancient Egyptian treasures, including two enormous stone temples.

It can be difficult for governments to choose culture and history over economics. However, if countries always made decisions like this, the majority of the world's ancient sites would end up being destroyed. Luckily, UNESCO stepped in. They formed a committee that tried to convince Egypt to protect its ancient treasures. With support from many countries, they were finally successful. The huge temples were carefully removed from their original site and moved to a safe location so that the dam could be built. After their success in saving the temples in Egypt, UNESCO went on to save more sites around the world. They protected lagoons in Venice, ruins in Pakistan, and temples in Indonesia. With industrialisation changing the world rapidly, there were many sites that needed to be saved. Eventually, UNESCO formed the World Heritage Organisation to protect important natural and historic sites wherever it was necessary.

By now, the World Heritage Organisation has protected hundreds of sites ranging from beautiful natural islands to buildings in large cities and ancient ruins. If you're able to visit any of the many protected sites, you'll agree it was worth it.

(Adapted from https://medium.com)

Since the 19th century, companies have looked for better and cleaner ways of creating electricity. One UK company has created a special type of floor made of square tiles. Under each square, there is a system that can create electricity very cheaply when someone steps on it!
The design of the floor works very well when it is used in very busy areas. And the reason is that a lot of energy is created simply because of the large numbers of people walking across the floor.
The floor can have other uses too; one of them is to record how many people visit a shopping centre. This kind of information is very useful for shop owners because very often they want to know at which times of days they have the highest numbers of customers. So the next time you visit a big shopping centre, have a careful look at the floor that you are walking across!
(Adapted from Preliminary for Schools Trainer)

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 35.
You know what they say; find a job you love and you will never work a day in your life. So, if you are thinking about what to do with your life, this may be something to consider. Choosing a career can be difficult. Especially because there are so many jobs to choose from and many things to think about, such as qualifications and financial rewards. So how do you pick a career? The only answer seems to be “choose one that makes you feel that you are getting paid for doing something you truly love”.
Unless you have grown up with a talent or are keen on something that you can make a career out of, you need to consider certain things about yourself. What suits your personality? We are all different and just because your best friend wants to be a doctor, this does not mean that you should follow. You need to make an informed decision. This means thinking carefully about the path you need to follow to get that job. Are you willing to get the training or education needed? You must also consider why you really want to do it. If it’s just because it’s well paid, then sometime in the future you are going to feel ‘empty’, even with a healthy bank account.
Nowadays, there are plenty of online career sites, but the main part has to come from you. You need to be honest and measure your skills and talents realistically. Also, you may need to talk to your parents who have their own ideas, based on their own experiences, about what you should do. They have your best interests at heart. They don’t want to see you having financial problems or being unemployed. But at the end of the day, it is your life. There is no point in being miserable for the next forty years just to please someone else.
(Adapted from Succeed in B1 Preliminary by Andrew Betsis and Lawrence Mamas)

The world is getting smaller, at least when it comes to language. More and more people speak the three most common languages: English, Spanish, and Mandarin. As a result, local languages are being forgotten. As cultures adjust to these changes, and languages aren't taught to children or spoken at home, these local languages are slowly disappearing.
A language is said to be in trouble when less than 30 percent of children in the community speak it. It is considered a dying language. If children no longer learn to use a language, it will have fewer and fewer speakers over time and, eventually, the language will be gone. Why keep languages alive? Languages hold the key to understanding a culture's beliefs and values. According to Dr. Cumberland, who is working to save Assiniboine, a Native American language, a dying language needs a dictionary and people to understand and record its grammar. Most importantly, you need to listen to those who still speak the language. This can be very difficult, especially if there are very few speakers of the language left. For example, when researchers were working to save the language Ayapaneco in Mexico, it was hard for them to record anything because the last two people on Earth who could speak the language refused to speak to each other! Today, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) lists more than 3,000 languages that may disappear by the end of this century. Some of the languages still have a few million speakers and may survive. Unfortunately, hundreds of languages have fewer than 25 speakers remaining and may soon be lost forever.

Dubai is the second largest of the emirates which make up the United Arab Emirates. In the 1950s, it was a tiny coastal village. Now it is a huge modern city with a population of over 700,000. It offers an excellent modern lifestyle and is known around the world as a top tourist destination. Dubai has something for everyone. Holidaymakers can enjoy a relaxing break, and people looking for adventure can find something new and exciting. The excellent hotels and facilities make it a popular place for business conferences and exhibitions. Dubai offers many unusual holiday experiences. Visitors can go a desert safari or drive in the sand dunes in a four-wheel drive, watch camel racing or learn how to hunt with falcons. They can also try sand skiing. More relaxing is a cruise in a wooden dhow in the Gulf or a visit to the old city markets. There are many opportunities to take photographs. The traditional architecture is amazing, and there are many magnificent palaces and mosques. Visitors can visit a Bedouin village and see camels and herds of goats. There are beautiful desert oases and the best sunsets in the world. It is said that Dubai is the shopper's paradise. Many people come to Dubai for the shopping. Visitor enjoy everything from modern malls to traditional markets. Low customs duties mean that many products are less expensive than products bought in other countries. While Dubai's official language is Arabic, many shopkeepers speak English. Bur Juman Centra and Al Ghurair Centre are places that every shopper should try.