Bài tập đọc hiểu Tiếng Anh Lớp 9

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PRACTISE READING 2

Part 1: Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap. Write your answer in the numbered box.

There is no doubt at all that the Internet has made a huge difference to our lives. However, most parents worry that their children spend too much time browsing the Internet or playing computer games, hardly (1) ______ doing anything else in their spare time. Naturally, parents want to know if these activities are harmful to their children. What should they do if their children spend hours (2) ______ a computer screen?

Obviously, if children spend too much time (3) ______ in some game instead of doing their homework, then something is wrong. It is a good idea if parents and children decide together how much use should be (4) ______ of the Internet, and the child should (5) ______ that it won't interfere with homework. If the child does not (6) ______ to this arrangement, parents can take more drastic (7) ______ . Any parent who is (8) ______ alarmed about a child's behavior should make an appointment to (9) ______ the matter with a teacher. Spending time in front of a computer screen does not (10) ______ affect a child's performance at school. Even if a youngster seems obsessed with the computer, he or she is probably just going through a phase, and in a few months parents will have something else to worry about!

1. A. always B. ever C. never D. rare 2. A. peeping at B. glancing at C. staring at D. seeing 3. A. involved B. occupied C. taken D. absorbed 4. A. done B. had C. made D. taken 5. A. promise B. assure C. secure D. claim 6. A. commit B. stick C. follow D. hold 7. A. rules B. procedures C. steps D. regulations 8. A. actually B. heavily C. seriously D. urgently 9. A. speak B. discuss C. talk D. debate 10. A. possibly B. consequently C. probably D. necessarily

Part 2: Read the following passage and answer the questions from 11 to 20 11. ______

Telephone, television, radio, and the telegraph all help people communicate with each other. Because of these devices, ideas and news of events spread quickly all over the world. For example, within seconds, people can know the results of an election in Japan or Argentina. An international soccer match comes into the home of everyone with a television set. News of a disaster such as an earthquake or a flood can bring help from distant countries. Within hours, help is on the way. 12. ______

How has speed of communication changed the world? To many people, the world has become smaller. Of course, this does not mean that the world is physically smaller. Two hundred years ago, communication between the continents took a long time. All news was carried on ships that took weeks or even months to cross the oceans. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it took six weeks for news from Europe to reach the Americas. This time difference influenced people's actions. For example, one battle in the war of 1812 between the English and the United States armies could have been avoided if the warring sides had known

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