Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 33 to 37.
May 1 is marked as International Labour Day, also referred as May Day. The day celebrates labourers and the working class. Labour Day is an annual public holiday in many countries. It is also referred as International Workers' Day or just Worker's Day.
During industrialization in beginning of the 19th Century, the industrialists used to exploit the labour class and made them work up to 15 hours a day. The workers in the U.S. rose against this exploitation and demanded paid leaves, proper wages and breaks for the workforce. The eight-hour day labour movement advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for rest. The Labour Day annually celebrates the achievements of the workers.
The day has different story for different places. May 1 was chosen to be International Workers' Day to commemorate the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago. In that year, on May 1, there was a general strike for the eight-hour workday. On May 4, the police acted to disperse a public assembly in support of the strike when an unidentified person threw a bomb. The police responded by firing on the workers. The event lead to several deaths. The incident is remembered as the Haymarket affair, or the Haymarket massacre. The place in Haymarket Square where the incident happened was designated a Chicago Landmark in 1992.
Labour Day or May Day has been a focal point of protests by various socialist and communist groups and is an important holiday in communist countries like China, North Korea, Cuba and the former Soviet Union countries. In India, the first Labour day or May Day was celebrated in the year 1923. It was the Labour Kisan Party who had organised the May Day celebrations in Chennai (then Madras).Câu 33: What is main topic of the passage?
A. The birth of the day dedicated to workers.
B. Holidays that fall on Mondays.
C. Why and how Labour Day is celebrated.
D. The rights of working class.
Giải bởi Vietjack
Chọn đáp án A
Chủ đề chính của đoạn văn là gì?
A. Sự ra đời của ngày dành riêng cho những người lao động.
B. Các ngày lễ rơi vào thứ Hai.
C. Tại sao và cách Ngày Lao động được tổ chức.
D. Quyền lợi của giai cấp công nhân.
=> Căn cứ vào thông tin sau:
+ “Labour Day is an annual public holiday in many countries. It is also referred as International Workers' Day or just Worker's Day.”
(Ngày Lao động là một ngày lễ hàng năm ở nhiều quốc gia. Nó cũng là được gọi là Ngày Quốc tế Công nhân hoặc chỉ là Ngày của Người lao động.)
+ “May 1 was chosen to be International Workers' Day to commemorate the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago. In that year, on May 1, there was a general strike for the eight-hour workday. On May 4, the police acted to disperse a public assembly in support of the strike when an unidentified person threw a bomb. The police responded by firing on the workers. The event lead to several deaths.”
(Ngày 1 tháng 5 được chọn là Ngày Quốc tế Công nhân để kỷ niệm vụ Haymarket năm 1886 ở Chicago. Năm đó, vào ngày 1 tháng 5, có một cuộc tổng bãi công cho ngày làm việc 8 giờ. Vào ngày 4 tháng 5, cảnh sát đã hành động để giải tán một đám đông công chúng ủng hộ cuộc đình công khi một người không xác định ném bom. Cảnh sát đã đáp trả bằng cách bắn vào các công nhân. Sự kiện dẫn đến một số người chết.)
=> Do đó, tiêu đề phù hợp nhất ở đây là: Sự ra đời của ngày dành riêng cho những người lao động.
The entire staff was thrown off _______ when the news of the take over was announced.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
While many behaviors and practices associated with going green are designed to save money, there are certain ways in which green living can actually be moderately to very expensive. Much of the technology associated with green (28) ___________provides benefits to the environment but often at a much higher cost than their traditional counterparts. For instance, the use of solar panels can potentially save you money on your energy bills, but they can (29) ______________ thousands of dollars to install. Energy-efficient appliances are designed to use less electricity and water but they often come with a high price tag.
Going green can also potentially have a negative effect on the environment. (30) _________________, the development of alternative fuels is an innovation in the green movement in an effort to reduce reliance on (31) ___________ natural resources. While these fuels are intended to reduce the toxic emissions caused by the burning of traditional gasoline, they may have unintentionally caused the opposite effect. One of these alternative fuels, E85, actually (32) gives ___________ more ozone into the atmosphere than traditional fuel. While ozone is a natural part of the Earth’s upper atmosphere, if it becomes concentrated in the lower atmosphere, it can potentially increase air pollution in areas where smog is a concern, which can in turn impact the health of those living in these areas.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 38 to 45.
The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that “We expect to see the number of cases, the number of deaths, and the number of affected countries climb even higher.”
WHO officials had said earlier they were hesitant to call the outbreak a pandemic in case it led governments and individuals to give up the fight. On Wednesday, they stressed that fundamental public health interventions can still limit the spread of the virus and drive down cases even where it was transmitting widely, as the work of authorities and communities in China, Singapore, and South Korea has shown.
The virus, which probably originated in bats but passed to people via an as yet unrecognized intermediary animal species, is believed to have started infecting people in Wuhan, China, in late November or early December. Since then the virus has raced around the globe. South Korea, which has reported nearly 8,000 cases, also appears poised to bring its outbreak under control with aggressive measures and widespread testing. But other countries have struggled to follow the leads of China and South Korea — a reality that has frustrated WHO officials who have exhorted the world to do everything possible to end transmission of the virus. Tedros used the fact that 90% of the cumulative cases have been reported in just four countries as evidence that the rest of the world still had time to prevent an explosion of cases with action.
WHO officials also stressed that countries should be implementing a strategic combination two types of measures. One involves trying to detect and stop known chains of transmission by isolating cases and following and potentially quarantining their contacts. The other involves community-level steps like social distancing and comes into play when the virus is spreading more broadly and transmission chains can’t be tracked. Mike Ryan, the head of the WHO’s emergency program, said that the public health interventions might not have straightforward effect, but to slow the spread of the virus. People with severe cases can require long periods of critical care and strain the resources of hospitals. He said he was worried about “the case load, the demand on the health workers, the dangers that come with fatigue, and potentially shortages of personal protective equipment.”Câu 38: Which best serves as the title for the passage?
To become a good teacher, you have to have such a lot of ________ when you're dealing with kids.
This task is not rocket science. Just focus on observing this reaction and you can reach a conclusion on chemical properties of bronze.
The Beatles were a phenomenon– nobody had heard anything like them before.
“I’ve got an earache in this ear. I couldn’t sleep last night because it was so painful.”
-: “___________”
He said he had never come across such a pleasing painting.
I made it quite clear that I had no ________________ of selling the portrait.
John was in the news during the latter part of the Watergate scandal.
Unless the money is returned, we shall shortly becontacting our lawful department.
All the children will receive a prize, whatever their score in the competition.
Perhaps the most distinctive features of insects and undoubtedly one of the most important reasons for their success is their quite well-developed sensory system.
Most educators today consider computer literacy _________ a necessary addition to the basic scholastic requirements.
