Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 18 to 22.
Edward Patrick Eagan was born on April 26th 1897 in Denver, Colorado, and his father died in a railroad accident when Eagan was only one year old. He and his four brothers were raised by his mother, who earned a small income from teaching foreign languages.
Inspired by Frank Marriwell, the hero of a series of popular novels for boys, Eagan pursued an education for himself and an interest in boxing. He attended the University of Denver for a year before serving in the U.S. army as an artillery lieutenant during World War I. After the war, he entered Yale University and while studying there, won the US national amateur heavyweight boxing title. He graduated from Yale in 1921, attended Harvard Law School, and received a Rhodes scholarship to the University of Oxford where he received his A.M. in 1928.
While studying at Oxford, Eagan became the first American to win the British amateur boxing championship. Eagan won his first gold medal as a light heavyweight boxer at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium. Eagan also fought at the 1924 Olympics in Paris as a heavyweight but failed to get a medal. Though he had taken up the sport just three weeks before the competition, he managed to win a second gold medal as a member of four-man bobsled team at the 1932 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Thus, he became the only athlete to win gold medals at both the Summer and Winter Olympics.
(Adapted from "Peteson's Master TOEFL Reading Skills)
What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Eagan's life shows that a man can be an athlete and a well-educated person
B. Eagan's life shows that military experiences make athletes great.
C. Eagan's life shows how a wealthy student can achieve as much as a poor one.
Đáp án A
Phương pháp giải:
Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu – ý chính
Giải chi tiết:
Ý chính của đoạn văn là gì?
A. Cuộc đời của Eagan cho thấy một người đàn ông có thể là một vận động viên và một người được giáo dục tốt.
B. Cuộc đời của Eagan cho thấy những kinh nghiệm trong quân ngũ khiến các vận động viên trở nên tuyệt vời.
C. Cuộc đời của Eagan cho thấy một sinh viên giàu có có thể đạt được nhiều thành tích như một sinh viên nghèo.
D. Cuộc đời của Eagan cho thấy việc giành được hai huy chương vàng trong các môn thể thao Olympic khác nhau dễ dàng như thế nào.
Thông tin:
- While studying at Oxford, Eagan became the first American to win the British amateur boxing championship. - Eagan won his first gold medal as a light heavyweight boxer at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium.
Tạm dịch:
- Khi theo học tại Oxford, Eagan trở thành người Mỹ đầu tiên giành chức vô địch quyền anh nghiệp dư của Anh.
- Eagan giành huy chương vàng đầu tiên với tư cách là một võ sĩ quyền anh hạng nặng nhẹ tại Thế vận hội Olympic 1920 ở Antwerp, Bỉ.
Ngoài ra, đoạn 2 còn nhắc đến rất nhiều về việc ông theo học tại các trường đại học như thế nào.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 5.
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Katherine has currently been down in the dumps because all her best friends have gone abroad to study.
The word "Inspired" in paragraph 2 in CLOSEST in meaning to ______.
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
When you purchase anything in this shopping mall, your first order is delivered free as a(n) ______ offer.
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Internal _______ engines are the most widely used power-generating devices currently in existence.
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According to the passage, Eagan won all of the following EXCEPT ______.
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