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What do you do if your cell
phone rings while you are
with a group of people? If you
are French, you will probably
ignore the call. If you are
English, you may walk away
from the group to answer it.
If you are Spanish, you are
likely to answer it there in the
middle of the group and
invite everyone around you
to join the conversation. As
many travelers have noticed,
there are considerable
differences from one country
to another in the way people
use their cell phones. This has
been confirmed by a recent
study of cell phone use in
three European cities-Madrid,
London, and Paris.
According to Amparo Lasen,
the Spanish sociologist who
conducted the study, there
were no real surprises for
anyone who is familiar with
the customs in these cities.
Lasen interviewed people and
observed their behavior in
three different settings: a
major train station, a
commercial area, and a
business district in each city.
She found that Londoners use
their cell phones the least in
public. If they are with others,
they prefer to let calls be
answered by voice mail (a
recorded message) and then
they check for messages
later. If the English do answer
a call on the street, they seem
to dislike talking with others
around. They tend to move
away from a crowded
sidewalk and seek out a place
where they cannot be heard,
such as the far side of a
subway entrance or even the
edge of a street. They seem
to feel that the danger of the
traffic is preferable to the risk
of having their conversation
be overheard. This has led to
a behavior that Laser) has
called "clustering." At a busy
time of day on the streets of
London, you may find small
crowds of cell phone users
grouped together, each one
talking into a cell phone. Even
when it is raining-as it often is
in London-people still prefer
not to hold their
conversations where others
could hear. They talk under
their umbrellas or in a
doorway.
In Madrid, on the other hand,
few people use voice mail
because the Spanish dislike
talking with machines rather
than real voices. If there is no
answer, they don't leave a
message. They prefer to try
again later or wait for a return
call. And since the Spanish are
not shy about answering
their calls in public, the call
may come sooner than it
would in London or Paris. In
fact, in Madrid it is common
to hear loud and lively phone
conversations on the street,
accompanied by shouts,
laughter and the waving of
hands. In fact, sometimes it
happens that a group of
friends may be walking down
the street together, each
talking on their own phone,
but smiling and nodding as
though it were one large
conversation that everyone
could hear. Even when they
are not using their phones,
the Spanish often hold them
in their hands as they walk
down the steet or put them
on the table at a restaurant,
so they will not miss any
incoming calls. In a movie
theater, not only do cell
phones occasionally ring, but
people sometimes answer
them and have brief
conversations. In Paris,
however, there are stricter
rules about how and when to
use cell phones. It is not
considered polite to use a
phone in a restaurant, for
instance, though it might be
acceptable in the more
informal setting of a café. One
special custom that has
developed in cafés seems
unique to Paris. Young
women often place their cell
phones on the table beside
them to signal that they are
expecting someone. When
the friend arrives, the phone
is put away. In fact, the
French are generally very
disapproving of phone use in
public and are quick to
express that disapproval,
even to strangers.
What is the main idea
of the passage?
A. People in Europe use
mobile phones differently.
B. The use of mobile
phone differs across cultures.
C. The Spanish talk loudly
on the phone.
D. The way people talk on
the phone depends on where
they are.
What does the word
"ignore" in line 2 of the first
paragraph mean?
A. pretend not to hear
B. notice
C. stop to talk
D. refuse to meet
How many places was
the study conducted in?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
What is the purpose of
the study?
A. To find out if people in
different cities use phones
differently.
B. To see who use
voicemail more often.
C. To see if phones are
used differently in towns and
villages.
D. To see you use phones
more often in public places.
When an English
person wants to answer a
phone call, what does he do?
A. He checks if the number
is familiar.
B. He checks for messages
later.
C. He steps away from a
crowd.
D. He dislikes other people.
What is the English's
biggest concern when they
talk on their mobile phone?
A. Other people may hear
their talk.
B. Traffic may put them in
danger.
C. Their life may be in
danger.
D. Bad weather may
interrupt their talk.
Why do the Spanish
dislike voicemail?
A. Because they like
reading messages.
B. Because they are too
lazy to leave a voicemail.
C. Because they prefer to
talk to a person.
D. Because voicemail is
expensive.
What can be inferred
about the Spanish?
A. They are not polite.
B. They are not
considerate to other people.
C. They don't want to miss
any calls.
D. They want to others to
know that they are talking on
the phone.
In Paris, if a woman
puts her phone on a table in a
restaurant, what is the
message?
A. She is waiting for
someone.
B. She is very polite.
C. She will stay until she
takes the phone away.
D. She is not ready to order
yet.
What can we infer
about the French?
A. They have strict social
rules about the use of phones
in public.
B. They can be very
impolite to strangers.
C. The disapprove the use
of mobile phones.
D. They encourage the use
of mobile phones in public
places.
Bài 164:
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.
Leeches are small wormlike
creatures that live in water
and suck the blood of animals
and humans. In the past,
though, leeches were
commonly used in medicine
to drain blood from people.
Then advances in science led
to other kinds of treatments,
and leeches disappeared
from the sick room. Now,
however, they are making a
comeback. Leeches are being
used after operations for the
reattachment of body parts,
in the prevention of pain from
arthritis, and in the treatment
of heart disease. The use of
leeches in medicine goes
back at least 2,500 years.
Doctors used them to treat
the sick in ancient Egypt,
India, Persia, and Greece. It
was believed in those days
that taking blood from
patients helped to bring their
bodies back into balance. This
belief and the practice of
draining blood with leeches
continued through the ages,
reaching a high point in early
nineteenth century France. At
that time. Parisian hospitals
required as many as 6 million
leeches a year for their
patients.
By the middle of the
nineteenth century, however,
the practice of draining blood
from patients was becoming
less popular. With a better
understanding of diseases
and of the human body,
doctors realized that taking
blood from the patient (with
or without leeches) was not
always helpful and leeches
made no real difference in
many cases. By the twentieth
century. doctors had
completely abandoned the
use of leeches to drain blood.
But in 1985 Dr. Joseph Upton,
a surgeon in Boston,
Massachusetts, discovered a
new use for them. Faced with
a young patient whose ear
had been bitten off by a dog,
Upton successfully reattached
the ear in a twelve-hour
operation. However, within
three days, the ear had
turned black because blood
could not move through it
properly. During the
operation, it had been fairly
easy for Upton to reattach the
arteries that brought blood to
his patient's ear, since artery
walls are thick and easy to
see. However, since the veins
that carry blood away from
the ear are much smaller and
hard to find. Upton had not
been able to reattach enough
of them. If something wasn't
done quickly, the ear would
not survive.
Luckily, Dr. Upton
remembered an article he
had read about research into
the properties of leeches.
Though the results of the
research were stilt uncertain,
Upton decided to take a
chance. He bought some
leeches from a laboratory and
placed them on the boy's ear
and they began to feed. The
boy felt no pain because the
mouths of leeches contain a
natural painkiller. As the
leeches sucked some of the
extra blood out of the boy's
ear, they added a special
chemical to the blood so it
would not harden and form
clots and it would flow more
easily. Within a few minutes,
the boy's ear began to lose
the terrible black color. The
leeches had soon eaten
enough and fell off. Several
days later, after applying
more leeches, the boy's ear
was entirely pink and healthy.
Other doctors then began to
experiment with the use of
leeches in the reattachment
of other body parts, and
finally. in 2004. the United
States Food and Drug
Administration approved the
use of medicinal leeches in
reconstructive surgery.
All of the following is
True about leeches EXCEPT
that_________.
A. they look like worms.
B. they are fed on blood.
C. they are used to drain
blood.
D. they are used to prevent
infection.
The phrase "the sick
room" in line 3 of the first
paragra, means___________.
A. hospitals
B. patients
C. surgery rooms
D. dirty places
The use of leeches to
drain blood was most
popular____________.
A. 25,000 years ago
B. in early 19th century
C. in late 19th century
D. in 20th century
The use of leeches was
reduced and then
abandoned____________.
A. when people
understood more about the
human body
B. because not many of
them were available
C. they made no difference
D. they couldn't drain
blood.
When Upton tried to
reattach the ear for the
patient,__________.
A. the patient's blood
stopped running
B. he couldn't attach
enough veins
C. the arteries were too
small to attach
D. the patient ran out of
blood
The boy didn't feel
painful when leeches sucked
on the blood from his ear
because__________.
A. the boy was
unconscious
B. the leeches had natural
substances that relieve pain
C. Upton put some natural
painkillers around the
leeches
D. Upton let him take

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Những gì bạn làm nếu di động của bạnđiện thoại nhẫn trong khi bạn đangvới một nhóm người? Nếu bạnlà người Pháp, bạn sẽ có thểbỏ qua cuộc gọi. Nếu bạn đangTiếng Anh, bạn có thể đi bộtừ nhóm để trả lời nó.Nếu bạn là tiếng Tây Ban Nha, bạn cócó khả năng để trả lời nó có trong cácgiữa nhóm vàmời tất cả mọi người xung quanh bạnđể tham gia cuộc đàm thoại. Nhưnhiều du khách đã nhận thấy,có đáng kểsự khác biệt từ một quốc giakhác trong ngườisử dụng điện thoại di động của họ. Điều này cóđược xác nhận bởi một tạinghiên cứu sử dụng điện thoại di động trongCác thành phố châu Âu ba-Madrid,London và Paris.Theo Amparo Lasen,Các xã hội học Tây Ban Nha ngườitiến hành nghiên cứu, cóđã không có bất ngờ thực sự chobất cứ ai là quen thuộc vớiHải quan ở các thành phố.Lasen phỏng vấn người vàquan sát hành vi của họ trongba thiết lập khác nhau: mộtGa tàu chính, mộtkhu vực thương mại, và mộtkhu thương mại ở mỗi thành phố.Cô tìm thấy rằng việc sử dụng Londonđiện thoại di động của họ ít nhất trongkhu vực. Nếu bọn chúng với những người khác,họ thích để cho cuộc gọitrả lời bởi (một thư thoạighi lại tin nhắn) và sau đóhọ kiểm tra thưsau đó. Nếu anh trả lờimột cuộc gọi trên đường phố, họ có vẻđể không thích nói chuyện với những người khácQuanh. Họ có xu hướng để di chuyểnra khỏi một đông đúcvỉa hè và tìm ra một nơinơi họ không thể được xét xử,chẳng hạn như ở phía xa của mộtlối vào tàu điện ngầm hoặc thậm chí cáccạnh một con đường. Họ có vẻđể cảm thấy rằng sự nguy hiểm của cáclưu lượng truy cập là thích hợp hơn cho rủi roof having their conversationbe overheard. This has led toa behavior that Laser) hascalled "clustering." At a busytime of day on the streets ofLondon, you may find smallcrowds of cell phone usersgrouped together, each onetalking into a cell phone. Evenwhen it is raining-as it often isin London-people still prefernot to hold theirconversations where otherscould hear. They talk undertheir umbrellas or in adoorway.In Madrid, on the other hand,few people use voice mailbecause the Spanish disliketalking with machines ratherthan real voices. If there is noanswer, they don't leave amessage. They prefer to tryagain later or wait for a returncall. And since the Spanish arenot shy about answeringtheir calls in public, the callmay come sooner than itwould in London or Paris. Infact, in Madrid it is commonto hear loud and lively phoneconversations on the street,accompanied by shouts,laughter and the waving ofhands. In fact, sometimes ithappens that a group offriends may be walking downthe street together, eachtalking on their own phone,but smiling and nodding asthough it were one largeconversation that everyonecould hear. Even when theyare not using their phones,the Spanish often hold themin their hands as they walkdown the steet or put themon the table at a restaurant,so they will not miss anyincoming calls. In a movietheater, not only do cellphones occasionally ring, butpeople sometimes answerthem and have briefconversations. In Paris,however, there are stricterrules about how and when touse cell phones. It is notconsidered polite to use aphone in a restaurant, forinstance, though it might beacceptable in the moreinformal setting of a café. Onespecial custom that hasdeveloped in cafés seemsunique to Paris. Youngwomen often place their cellphones on the table besidethem to signal that they areexpecting someone. Whenthe friend arrives, the phoneis put away. In fact, theFrench are generally verydisapproving of phone use inpublic and are quick toexpress that disapproval,even to strangers.What is the main ideaof the passage?A. People in Europe usemobile phones differently.B. The use of mobilephone differs across cultures.C. The Spanish talk loudlyon the phone.D. The way people talk onthe phone depends on wherethey are.What does the word"ignore" in line 2 of the firstparagraph mean?A. pretend not to hearB. noticeC. stop to talkD. refuse to meetHow many places wasthe study conducted in?A. 1B. 2C. 3D. 4What is the purpose ofthe study?A. To find out if people indifferent cities use phonesdifferently.B. To see who usevoicemail more often.C. To see if phones areused differently in towns andvillages.D. To see you use phonesmore often in public places.When an Englishperson wants to answer aphone call, what does he do?A. He checks if the numberis familiar.B. He checks for messageslater.C. He steps away from acrowd.D. He dislikes other people.What is the English'sbiggest concern when theytalk on their mobile phone?A. Other people may heartheir talk.B. Traffic may put them indanger.C. Their life may be indanger.D. Bad weather mayinterrupt their talk.Why do the Spanishdislike voicemail?A. Because they likereading messages.B. Because they are toolazy to leave a voicemail.C. Because they prefer totalk to a person.D. Because voicemail isexpensive.What can be inferredabout the Spanish?A. They are not polite.B. They are notconsiderate to other people.C. They don't want to missany calls.D. They want to others toknow that they are talking onthe phone.In Paris, if a womanputs her phone on a table in arestaurant, what is themessage?A. She is waiting forsomeone.B. She is very polite.C. She will stay until shetakes the phone away.D. She is not ready to orderyet.What can we inferabout the French?A. They have strict socialrules about the use of phonesin public.B. They can be veryimpolite to strangers.C. The disapprove the useof mobile phones.D. They encourage the useof mobile phones in publicplaces.Bài 164:Read the followingpassage and mark theletter A, B, C, or D on youranswer sheet to indicatethe correct answer to eachof the questions.Leeches are small wormlikecreatures that live in waterand suck the blood of animalsand humans. In the past,though, leeches werecommonly used in medicineto drain blood from people.Then advances in science ledto other kinds of treatments,and leeches disappearedfrom the sick room. Now,however, they are making acomeback. Leeches are beingused after operations for thereattachment of body parts,in the prevention of pain fromarthritis, and in the treatmentof heart disease. The use ofleeches in medicine goesback at least 2,500 years.Doctors used them to treatthe sick in ancient Egypt,India, Persia, and Greece. Itwas believed in those daysthat taking blood frompatients helped to bring theirbodies back into balance. Thisbelief and the practice ofdraining blood with leechescontinued through the ages,reaching a high point in earlynineteenth century France. Atthat time. Parisian hospitalsrequired as many as 6 millionleeches a year for theirpatients.By the middle of thenineteenth century, however,the practice of draining bloodfrom patients was becomingless popular. With a betterunderstanding of diseasesand of the human body,doctors realized that takingblood from the patient (withor without leeches) was notalways helpful and leechesmade no real difference inmany cases. By the twentiethcentury. doctors hadcompletely abandoned theuse of leeches to drain blood.But in 1985 Dr. Joseph Upton,a surgeon in Boston,Massachusetts, discovered anew use for them. Faced witha young patient whose earhad been bitten off by a dog,Upton successfully reattachedthe ear in a twelve-houroperation. However, withinthree days, the ear hadturned black because bloodcould not move through itproperly. During theoperation, it had been fairlyeasy for Upton to reattach thearteries that brought blood tohis patient's ear, since arterywalls are thick and easy tosee. However, since the veinsthat carry blood away fromthe ear are much smaller andhard to find. Upton had notbeen able to reattach enoughof them. If something wasn'tdone quickly, the ear wouldnot survive.Luckily, Dr. Uptonremembered an article hehad read about research intothe properties of leeches.Though the results of theresearch were stilt uncertain,Upton decided to take achance. He bought someleeches from a laboratory andplaced them on the boy's earand they began to feed. Theboy felt no pain because themouths of leeches contain anatural painkiller. As theleeches sucked some of theextra blood out of the boy'sear, they added a specialchemical to the blood so itwould not harden and formclots and it would flow moreeasily. Within a few minutes,the boy's ear began to losethe terrible black color. Theleeches had soon eatenenough and fell off. Severaldays later, after applyingmore leeches, the boy's earwas entirely pink and healthy.Other doctors then began toexperiment with the use ofleeches in the reattachmentof other body parts, andfinally. in 2004. the UnitedStates Food and DrugAdministration approved theuse of medicinal leeches inreconstructive surgery.All of the following isTrue about leeches EXCEPTthat_________.A. they look like worms.B. they are fed on blood.C. they are used to drainblood.D. they are used to preventinfection.The phrase "the sickroom" in line 3 of the firstparagra, means___________.A. hospitalsB. patientsC. surgery roomsD. dirty placesThe use of leeches todrain blood was mostpopular____________.A. 25,000 years agoB. in early 19th centuryC. in late 19th centuryD. in 20th centuryThe use of leeches wasreduced and thenabandoned____________.A. when peopleunderstood more about thehuman bodyB. because not many ofthem were availableC. they made no differenceD. they couldn't drainblood.When Upton tried toreattach the ear for thepatient,__________.A. the patient's bloodstopped runningB. he couldn't attachenough veinsC. the arteries were toosmall to attachD. the patient ran out ofbloodThe boy didn't feelpainful when leeches suckedon the blood from his earbecause__________.A. the boy wasunconsciousB. the leeches had naturalsubstances that relieve painC. Upton put some naturalpainkillers around theleechesD. Upton let him take