Reading Part 5 - Quyển 8

Test 1 (•‿•) Part 5 •• Quyển 8 / 22

Alpacas

Alpacas were first kept by the Inca people in the mountains of South America, more than six thousand years ago. These animals ...1... clothes, food and fuel for their owners. The softest wool was ...2... worn by the leaders of Incan society.

When Spanish explorers ...3... in the fifteenth century, sheep were introduced and these gradually ...4... alpacas in the region. It wasn't ...5... the middle of the 20th century that both farmers and fashion designers began to recognise the ...6... of alpacas again. They are easy to look ...7... since they eat grass and are used to low temperatures. Their wool, which comes in a ...8... of natural colours from white to dark brown, is lighter and warmer than sheep's wool and ...9... strong.

It is not surprising ...10... that alpacas are becoming a familiar sight in the fields of North America, Australia and the UK.

1	A. supported	B. provided	C. turned	D. gained
2	A. mainly	B. fully	C. extremely	D. absolutely
3	A. reached	B. delivered	C. arrived	D. transferred
4	A. retired	B. removed	C. returned	D. replaced
5	A. until	B. after	C. during	D. before
6	A. prizes	B. rewards	C. qualities	D. points
7	A. at	B. after	C. for	D. like
8	A. row	B. group	C. range	D. crowd
9	A. only	B. also	C. instead	D. too
10	A. therefore	B. already	C. otherwise	D. enough
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Test 2 (•‿•) Part 5 •• Quyển 8 / 42

Horses

Horses have been valuabe to humans for thousand of years.Because there are several different ...1... of horses such as coldbloods, which are large but gentle, or hotbloods that are ...2... for their running ability, there are horses for every purpose.We use them for transport as ...3... as for physical work, for example ...4... farm machinery. It's now also very ...5... to see horses used in sports.
Horses need food and water in large ...6... . A horse can drink ...7... twenty and forty litres of water a day, and around a kilo of food for ...8... fifty kilos od its body weight. Horses need to be out in the fields, as grass is part of their diet.
They can live for ...9... 25 years, so their owners need to give them ...10... of love and attention- but horses always give lots back.

1	A. makes	B. styles	C. marks	D. sorts
2	A. known	B. noticed	C. familiar	D. realised
3	A. long	B. far	C. well	D. soon
4	A. going	B. pulling	C. talking	D. doing
5	A. obvious	B. clear	C. common	D. regular
6	A. totals	B. sums	C. numbers	D. amounts
7	A. from	B. between	C. about	D. beyond
8	A. both	B. any	C. every	D. all
9	A. after	B. through	C. over	D. towards
10	A. plenty	B. more	C. full	D. enough
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Test 3 (•‿•) Part 5 •• Quyển 8 / 62

Wool

Wool comes from sheep and certain other animals like goats and rabbits. Over a million tonnes of wool is produced every year, of ...1... 60% goes into clothes. The wool that is used ...2... comes from Australian Merino sheep. Their wool is good for baby clothes, as it is soft, ...3... babies warm, and can ...4... their bodies.
When wool is first cut from the sheep, it ...5... a high level of a valuable oil, so before the wool is used, it must be cleaned. The ...6... way to do this is by putting the wool in warm water. The oil that is ...7... from the wool is widely used in Products like hand creams.
Sheep were first used by humans several thousand years ago, ...8... it is believed that this was for meat ...9... than wool. When people developed a way of cutting the wool from sheep it ...10... a more important material.

1	A. what	B. whose	C. which	D. that
2	A. mostly	B. nearly	C. properly	D. truly
3	A. stays	B. helps	C. rests	D. keeps
4	A. protect	B. wrap	C. care	D. save
5	A. involves	B. contains	C. receives	D. consists
6	A. simplest	B. clearest	C. plainest	D. nearest
7	A. carried	B. passed	C. removed	D. divided
8	A. while	B. but	C. or	D. because
9	A. rather	B. instead	C. apart	D. except
10	A. arrived	B. turned	C. grew	D. became
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Test 4 (•‿•) Part 5 •• Quyển 8 / 82

Finding Gold

Most people would agree that finding the perfect ring for your partner is difficult. However, John Greenwood, a Scottish engineer, ...1... himself an extra challenge. ...2... of taking a trip to the jeweller's. John ...3... much of last year standing up to his knees in freezing water. He was looking for tiny pieces of gold ...4... the stones on the river beds in the Scottish Highlands.
Using very ...5... equipment, John worked hard to ...6... enough gold to make not just an engagement ring for his girlfriend, Morag, ....7... also their two wedding rings. 'I was out there ...8... weekend and in the evenings before it got dark, in freezing cold water,' he said. Experts think that John was amazingly lucky to find so much gold in such a ...9... time. Many people ...10... for 30 years without getting anything.

1	A. did	B. made	C. gave	D. had
2	A. Rather	B. Besides	C. Along	D. Instead
3	A. took	B. paid	C. spent	D. held
4	A. among	B. towards	C. against	D. through
5	A. easy	B. plain	C. necessary	D. basic
6	A. choose	B. collect	C. pick	D. select
7	A. or	B. and	C. but	D. even
8	A. every	B. some	C. most	D. any
9	A. little	B. short	C. quick	D. small
10	A. reach	B. follow	C. search	D. keep
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