Reading-Comprehension-Lesson 52

Đọc hiểu -TOEFL- Bài 52

Đọc đoạn văn sau và trả lời các câu hỏi:

   The Vietnam Memorial, that long, low wall with the name of every veteran
killed in the conflict incised upon it, stands near the Lincoln Memorial
in Washington, DC. Completed in 1982, it symbolized more than anything
else that the nation was regaining its equilibrium about the war
5  and was coming to regard the Vietnam veterans with the same respect
that it accorded to veterans of prior wars. By 1982 the American
public were noticing their own altered feelings about Vietnam, which
were not only significant in themselves, but they were likewise part
of a massive social change in the United States during the decade
10 after the war: the renaissance of conservatism. This shift especially
affected politics, social structure, economics and theology. The
highlight of the period was the election of a conservative president,
the confirmation of the country's ideological trend and of its respect
for conservative values, such as the Vietnam war, which had been
15 the liberals' nightmare, something for which they had little to no
respect.

1. What would be the best title for the passage?
(A) Symbol of Change
(B) The Vietnam Memorial
(C) Memorials in Washington DC
(D) The Completion of the Vietnam Memorial
2. What did the Vietnam Memorial signify about the way the American public felt about the Vietnam war?
(A) They felt that equality would come at last.
(B) They felt they should also respect veterans of other wars.
(C) They were beginning to accept what happened in the war.
(D) They could not yet regard Vietnam veterans in the same way as they did other veterans.
3. What did the date of completion of the memorial signify about the feelings of the American public?
(A) It signified that they realized themselves that their attitudes had changed.
(B) It signified that they realized they should be able to see the names of those killed in the war.
(C) It signified that they wanted social change.
(D) It signified that they were now significant members of society.
4. According to the passage what did the rebirth of conservatism not affect?
(A) Politics
(B) The structure of society
(C) Personal finances
(D) Religion
5. What can we not infer from the passage about feelings towards the Vietnam war?
(A) That the liberals had opposed it.
(B) That veterans of the war had no respect for it.
(C) That conservatives supported it.
(D) That people could learn to respect America's participation in it.

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Reading-Comprehension-Lesson 51

Đọc hiểu -TOEFL- Bài 51

Đọc đoạn văn sau và trả lời các câu hỏi:

   No modern nation has ever constructed a foreign policy that was acceptable
to its intellectuals. True, at moments of national peril or national
exaltation, intellectuals will feel the same patriotic emotions as
everyone else, and will subscribe as enthusiastically to the common
5  cause. But these moments pass, the process of disengagement begins,
and it usually does not take long before it develops into alienation.
Public opinion polls generally reveal that the overwhelming majority
of ordinary citizens, at any particular time, will approve of their
government's foreign policy; among intellectuals, this majority tends
10 to be skimpy at best, and will frequently not exist at all. It is
reasonable to suppose that there is an instinctive bias at work here
favorable to government among the common people, unfavorable among
the intellectuals.

15 The bias of the common man is easy to understand: he is never much
interested in foreign affairs; feelings incline him to favor his
own government against the governments of foreigners; and in cases
of international conflict, he is ready to sacrifice his self-interest
for what the government assures him to be the common good. The persistent
20 bias of intellectuals, on the other hand requires some explaining.

1. What is the main idea of the passage?
(A) That a country's foreign policy does not include the ideas of its intellectuals.
(B) That intellectuals are biased.
(C) That intellectuals do not easily accept their country's foreign policy.
(D) That intellectuals follow the same line as other people regarding foreign policy.
2. According to the passage when might intellectuals feel love for their country?
(A) When their country is being criticized.
(B) When they become enthusiastic about the common people.
(C) When they become emotional.
(D) When their country is in danger.
3. According to the opinion polls mentioned in the passage which of the following in not true?
(A) A vast majority of normal people approve of their country's foreign policy.
(B) At times most citizens think their country's foreign policy is acceptable.
(C) A very small majority of intellectuals might approve of their country's foreign policy.
(D) Quite often a majority of intellectuals did not approve of their country's foreign policy.
4. Which of the following reasons is not given for why the common man nearly always accepts the foreign policy of his country?
(A) He is not very interested in foreign affairs.
(B) He is prepared to fight to defend his government in times of conflict.
(C) He usually supports his own government against other governments.
(D) He accepts the need to make sacrifices in times of war.
5. What might the topic of the next paragraph be?
(A) An explanation of why intellectuals are biased.
(B) The biases of intellectuals.
(C) A comparison of the biases of the common man and the intellectual.
(D) How the common man might sacrifice his self-interest.

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