Tham khảo tài liệu 'reading_part5', ngoại ngữ, toefl - ielts - toeic phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Unit 9 True stories Write down any words or phrases which imply noise and discipline. For example noise- yelling blasted . . . discipline- uniformed . . . There are many details about the writer s background which we can infer from the passage. For example if he finds it strange that there are loudspeakers on buses we can infer that there aren t any in his culture. Note down as many details like this as possible. Read this last article. What do you find surprising or shocking about it Customers al the Everglades Bar in Fort Lauderdale Florida have taken to livening up their tequilas peppermint schnapps or Grand Marniers with live wriggling goldfish. Mike Sill the bar s manager says the practice began as a joke about a year ago but now the Everglades gets through about 72 dozen goldfish a month. This is trial version 35 10 Friendship The passage in this unit is about friendship. Before you read it decide which of the following statements you agree or disagree with. a You can have a lot of friends but only one best friend. b Really good friends are always of the same sex. c Childhood friendship rarely lasts into adulthood. d Time and distance cannot alter real friendship. e A friend is someone you can talk freely to. f A really good friend is someone with whom you have shared many experiences. g Adult friendship is of a different nature from childhood friendship. h Childhood friendship is often more emotional than adult friendship. The following article is about Raymond Blanc a well-known chef. Read it and decide which statement s in Exercise 1 he would agree with. 1 thought the world was caving in for the first time ever I lost somebody I loved he didn t die he just went away but I still measure all pain by the hurl René caused me. It was a very nice childhood an adolescence most people would wish to have we were living in a tiny village and were a close family veiy pleasant very earthed and the table was very important. Our neighbours had a son and
