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For questions 1-8, choose the answer А-D which you think fits best according to the text.




Finding a good flat in Dublin at a price you could afford was like finding gold in the gold rush. The best way was by personal contact: if you knew someone who knew someone who was leaving a place, that often worked. But if, like Jo, you had only just arrived in Dublin, there was no chance of any personal contact, nobody to tell you that their bedsit would be vacant at the end of the month. No, it was a matter of staying in a hostel and searching.

For Jo, Dublin was a very big blank spot. She really felt she was stepping into the unknown when she got on the train to go and work there. She didn't ask herself why she was going there in the first place. It had been assumed by everyone she went around with at school that she would go. Who would stay in a one-horse town, the back of beyond, the end of the world, the sticks? That's all she had heard for years. They were all going to get out, escape, see some life, get some living in, have a real kind of existence, and some of the others in her class had gone as far as the towns of Ennis or Limerick, where an elder sister or an aunt would see them settled in. But out of Jo's year, none of them were going to Dublin. She was heading off on her own.

Jo's mother thought it would be great if she stayed permanently in the hostel. It was run by nuns, and she would come to no harm. Her father said that he hoped they kept the place warm; hostels were well known for being freezing. Jo's sisters, who worked in a hotel as waitresses, said she must be off her head to have stayed a whole week in a hostel. But Jo didn't know they were all still thinking about her and discussing her, as she answered the advertisement for a flat in Ringsend. It said, 'Own room, own television, share kitchen, bathroom.' It was very near the post office where she worked and seemed too good to be true. Please, please let it be nice, let them like me, let it not be too dear!

There wasn't a queue for this one because it wasn't so much 'Flat to Let', more 'Third Girl Wanted'. The fact that it said 'own television' made Jo wonder whether it might be too high a class for her, but the house did not look in any way overpowering. An ordinary red-brick terraced house with a basement. But the flat was not in the basement, it was upstairs. And a cheerful-looking girl with a college scarf, obviously a failed applicant, was coming down the stairs. 'Desperate place,' she said to Jo. 'They're both awful. Common as dirt.' 'Oh,' said Jo and went on climbing.

'Hello,' said the girl with 'Nessa' printed on her T-shirt. 'Did you see that toffee-nosed girl going out? I can't stand that kind, I can't stand them.' 'What did she do?' asked Jo. 'Do? She didn't have to do anything. She just poked around and pulled a face and sort of giggled and then said, "Is this all there is to it? Oh dear, oh dear," in a posh accent. We wouldn't have her in here, would we, Pauline?'

Pauline had a psychedelic shirt on, so colourful it almost hurt the eyes, but even so it was only slightly brighter than her hair. Pauline was a punk, Jo noted with amazement. She had seen some of them on O'Connell Street, but hadn't met one close up to talk to. 'I'm Jo, I work in the post office and I rang.' Nessa said they were just about to have a mug of tea. She produced three mugs; one had 'Nessa' and one had 'Pauline' and the other one had 'Other' written on it. 'We'll get your name put on if you come to stay,' she said generously.





1 What does 'it' paragraph 1 refer to?

A the accommodation available
B finding accommodation
C getting advice on accommodation
D the shortage of accommodation

2 What do we learn about Jo's schoolfriends in paragraph 2?

A They would have liked to be as independent as Jo was.
B They had more self-confidence than Jo had.
C They had made Jo feel that she ought to leave her home town.
D They were not as happy as Jo was to move to a new town.

3 What impression do we get of Jo's home town?

A It was an uninteresting place in the middle of the countryside.
B It was a place where people struggled to earn a living.
C It was a place where the population had fallen greatly.
D It was an unfriendly place, where young people were treated badly.

4 What did Jo think about the flat in Ringsend before she saw it?

A that she was likely to be able to afford it
B that the advertisement for it was confusing
C that it might not be as suitable for her as it first sounded in the advertisement
D that it did not really have all the facilities mentioned in the advertisement

5 What do we learn about the girl who passed Jo on the stairs?

A She was upset that she was not going to live in the flat.
B She liked neither the flat nor the other girls living there.
C She had not been seriously intending to live in the flat before seeing it.
D She had not realised that other people

Kết quả (Việt) 1:

Bạn sẽ đọc một chiết xuất từ một câu chuyện ngắn.Đối với câu hỏi 1-8, chọn câu trả lời А-D mà bạn nghĩ rằng phù hợp nhất theo các văn bản.Việc tìm kiếm một căn hộ tốt ở Dublin ở một mức giá mà bạn có thể đủ khả năng là giống như tìm vàng trong cơn sốt vàng. Cách tốt nhất là bởi liên hệ cá nhân: nếu bạn biết một người biết ai đó đã để lại một nơi, mà thường làm việc. Nhưng nếu như Jo, bạn đã chỉ vừa mới đến ở Dublin, có là không có cơ hội của bất kỳ số liên lạc cá nhân, không ai nói với bạn rằng bedsit của họ sẽ được bỏ trống vào cuối tháng. Không, nó là một vấn đề tạm trú tại một nhà nghỉ và tìm kiếm. Jo, Dublin là một chỗ trống rất lớn. Cô thực sự cảm thấy cô ấy đã bước vào không rõ khi cô ấy đã vào xe lửa để đi và làm việc ở đó. Cô không hỏi mình, tại sao cô ta có ở nơi đầu tiên. Nó đã được giả định tất cả mọi người đi xung quanh với tại trường học cô muốn đi. Ai sẽ ở trong một thành phố với, back of beyond, kết thúc của thế giới, gậy? Đó là tất cả các cô đã nghe trong nhiều năm qua. Họ tất cả sẽ nhận ra, thoát ra, nhìn thấy một số cuộc sống, nhận được một số sống ở, có một loại thực sự tồn tại, và một số người khác trong lớp học của cô đã đi xa thị trấn Ennis hoặc Limerick, nơi một chị hay Dì sẽ xem họ định cư tại. Nhưng trong số năm Jo's, không ai trong số họ đã đi đến Dublin. Cô ấy tiêu đề ra trên riêng của mình.Jo's mẹ nghĩ rằng nó sẽ là tuyệt vời nếu cô ở lại vĩnh viễn trong ký túc xá. Nó được điều hành bởi ni cô, và cô sẽ đến để không gây thiệt hại. Cha của cô nói rằng ông hy vọng họ giữ nơi ấm; ký túc xá đã nổi tiếng với đóng băng. Jo của chị em, những người làm việc tại một khách sạn như waitresses, nói rằng cô phải ra khỏi đầu của cô đã ở lại một tuần toàn bộ trong một ký túc xá. Nhưng Jo không biết họ đã được tất cả vẫn còn suy nghĩ về cô ấy và thảo luận của cô, như cô ấy trả lời các quảng cáo cho một căn hộ ở Ringsend. Nó nói, ' riêng của Phòng, của truyền hình, phần nhà bếp, Phòng tắm.' Nó đã rất gần bưu điện nơi cô làm việc và có vẻ quá tốt là đúng. Xin vui lòng, xin vui lòng cho nó được tốt đẹp, hãy cho họ như tôi, để cho nó không được quá thân mến!Không có một hàng đợi cho điều này bởi vì nó không phải là rất nhiều 'căn hộ để cho', nhiều 'thứ ba cô gái muốn'. Một thực tế rằng nó nói 'của truyền hình' thực hiện Jo tự hỏi liệu nó có thể là quá cao một lớp học cho cô ấy, nhưng trong nhà không nhìn trong bất kỳ cách nào overpowering. Một bình thường màu đỏ-gạch bậc thang nhà với một tầng hầm. Nhưng căn hộ đã không ở trong tầng hầm, nó đã được lên lầu. Và một cô gái vui vẻ, tìm kiếm với một chiếc khăn college, rõ ràng là một người nộp đơn không thành công, đã sắp xuống cầu thang. 'Tuyệt vọng ra,' bà cho Jo. ' Chúng tôi cả khủng khiếp. Phổ biến như bụi bẩn.' 'Oh,' nói rằng Jo và đã đi leo núi. 'Hello,' said the girl with 'Nessa' printed on her T-shirt. 'Did you see that toffee-nosed girl going out? I can't stand that kind, I can't stand them.' 'What did she do?' asked Jo. 'Do? She didn't have to do anything. She just poked around and pulled a face and sort of giggled and then said, "Is this all there is to it? Oh dear, oh dear," in a posh accent. We wouldn't have her in here, would we, Pauline?'Pauline had a psychedelic shirt on, so colourful it almost hurt the eyes, but even so it was only slightly brighter than her hair. Pauline was a punk, Jo noted with amazement. She had seen some of them on O'Connell Street, but hadn't met one close up to talk to. 'I'm Jo, I work in the post office and I rang.' Nessa said they were just about to have a mug of tea. She produced three mugs; one had 'Nessa' and one had 'Pauline' and the other one had 'Other' written on it. 'We'll get your name put on if you come to stay,' she said generously.1 What does 'it' paragraph 1 refer to?A the accommodation available B finding accommodation C getting advice on accommodation D the shortage of accommodation 2 What do we learn about Jo's schoolfriends in paragraph 2?A They would have liked to be as independent as Jo was. B They had more self-confidence than Jo had. C They had made Jo feel that she ought to leave her home town. D They were not as happy as Jo was to move to a new town. 3 What impression do we get of Jo's home town?A It was an uninteresting place in the middle of the countryside. B It was a place where people struggled to earn a living. C It was a place where the population had fallen greatly. D It was an unfriendly place, where young people were treated badly. 4 What did Jo think about the flat in Ringsend before she saw it?A that she was likely to be able to afford it B that the advertisement for it was confusing C that it might not be as suitable for her as it first sounded in the advertisement D that it did not really have all the facilities mentioned in the advertisement 5 What do we learn about the girl who passed Jo on the stairs?A She was upset that she was not going to live in the flat. B She liked neither the flat nor the other girls living there. C She had not been seriously intending to live in the flat before seeing it. D She had not realised that other people