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RÈN KỸ NĂNG ĐỌC HIỂU CHỦ ĐỀ GIÁO DỤC (2)

Cô: Vũ Thị Mai Phương
Exercise 1. Read the passage and choose the correct answer for each question.
If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a
disaster. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which
ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect, and will
fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children.
However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are
ambitious in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well – especially if the parents are very
supportive of their child. Michael Collins is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help
him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even
drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Michael’s mother knows very little about music,
but his father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music
competitions if he is unwilling. Winston Smith, Michael’s friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his
parents are successful musicians, and they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be
as successful as they are and so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy
when he does not win. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always
seems quiet and unhappy.
Question 1. One of the serious mistakes parents can make is to
A. push their child into trying too much
B. help their child to become a genius
C. make their child become a musician
D. neglect their child’s education
Question 2. Parents’ ambition for their children is not wrong if they
A. force their children into achieving success
B. themselves have been very successful
C. understand and help their children sensibly
D. arrange private lessons for their children
Question 3. Who have criticized the methods of some ambitious parents?
A. Successful musicians.
B. Unrealistic parents.
C. Their children.
D. Educational psychologists.
Question 4. Michael Collins is fortunate in that
A. his father is a musician
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B. his parents are quite rich

C. his mother knows little about music
D. his parents help him in a sensible way
Question 5. The phrase "crazy about" in the passage mostly means
A. "surprised at"
B. "extremely interested in"
C. "completely unaware of"
D. "confused about"
Question 6. Winston’s parents push their son so much and he
A. has won a lot of piano competitions
B. cannot learn much music from them
C. has become a good musician
D. is afraid to disappoint them
Question 7. The word "They" in the passage refers to
A. concerts
B. violin lessons
C. parents in general
D. Michael’s parents
Question 8. All of the following people are musical EXCEPT
A. Winston’s father
B. Winston’s mother
C. Michael’s father
D. Michael’s mother
Question 9. The word "unwilling" in the passage mostly means
A. "getting ready to do something"
B. "eager to do something"
C. "not objecting to doing anything"
D. "not wanting to do something"
Question 10. The two examples given in the passage illustrate the principle that
A. successful parents always have intelligent children

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B. successful parents often have unsuccessful children

C. parents should let the child develop in the way he wants
D. parents should spend more money on the child’s education
Exercise 2. Read the passage and choose the correct answer for each question.
We find that bright children are rarely held back by mixed-ability teaching. On the contrary, both their
knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming pupils. It
does not take into account the fact that children develop at different rates. It can have a bad effect on both
the bright and the not-so-bright child. After all, it can be quite discouraging to be at the bottom of the top
grade!
Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual ability. This is only one
aspect of their total personality. We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full, not
just their academy ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed-
ability teaching contributes to all these aspects of learning.
In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups; this gives them the
opportunity to learn to co-operate, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to cope
with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze and evaluate, and
to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teachers.
Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on individual tasks and assignments; and
they can do this at their own speed. They also have some formal class teaching when this is appropriate.
We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this
effectively. An advanced pupil can do advanced work; it does not matter what age the child is. We expect
our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every encouragement to attain this goal.
Question 1. In this passage, the author’s attitude towards “mixed-ability teaching” is
A. critical
B. questioning
C. approving
D. objective
Question 2. The phrase “held back” in paragraph 1 means
A. forced to study in lower classes
B. prevented from advancing
C. made to remain in the same classes
D. made to lag behind
Question 3. The author argues that a teacher’s chief concern should be the development of the
pupils
A. learning ability and communicative skills

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B. intellectual abilities
C. personal and social skills
D. total personality
Question 4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Pupils also learn how to participate in teaching activities.
B. Group work gives pupils to opportunity to learn to work together with others.
C. Group work provides the pupils with the opportunity to learn to be capable organizers.
D. Pupils also learn to develop their reasoning ability.
Question 5. The author’s purpose of writing this passage is to
A. Recommend pair work and group work classroom activities
B. Emphasize the importance of appropriate formal classroom teaching
C. Offer advice on the proper use of the school library
D. Argue for teaching bright and not-so-bright pupils in the same class.
Question 6. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. It’s not good for a bright child to find out that he performs worst in a mixed-ability class.
B. Development of pupils as individuals is not the aim of group work.
C. Pupils cannot develop in the best way if they are streamed into classes different intellectual abilities
D. There is no fixed method in teaching pupils to develop themselves to the full.
Question 7. According to the passage, which of the following is an advantage of mixed-ability
teaching
A. Formula class teaching is the important way to give the pupils essential skills such as those to be used
in the library.
B. Pupils can be hindered from an all-around development.
C. Pupils as individuals always have the opportunities to work on their own.
D. A pupil can be at the bottom of a class.
Question 8. Which of he following statements can best summarize the main idea of the passage?
A. Children, in general develop at different rates.
B. Bright children do benefit from mixed-class teaching.
C. The aim of education is to find out how to teach the bright and not-so-bright pupils.
D. Various ways of teaching should be encouraged in class.
Question 9. According to the passage, “streaming pupils”

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A. is the act of putting pupils into classes according to their academic abilities
B. aims at enriching both their knowledge and experience.
C. is quite discouraging
D. will help the pupils learn best.
Question 10. According to the author, mixed-ability teaching is more preferable because
A. formal class teaching is appropriate
B. it aims at developing the children’s total personality
C. children can learn to work with each other to solve personal problems
D. it doesn’t have disadvantages as in streaming pupils

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RÈN KỸ NĂNG ĐỌC HIỂU CHỦ ĐỀ GIÁO DỤC (2)

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