Đề kiểm tra học kì II môn Tiếng Anh lớp 12 năm học 2010 - 2011 (Sở GD và ĐT Đà Nẵng)

I have traveled to different parts of my country, and I have learned a lot about interesting lifestyles and customs. In many ethnic villages I went to, I was (31)………… by some of their beautiful traditional customs. For instance, most of the villagers lived in extended families, and they held a close (32)……….. among family members. In addition, young people always showed respect for their (33)………... and for elderly people. People were also willing to give a (34)………… when someone was in need. All the members of the family helped one another with household chores as well as with farm work. They were very friendly and invited us to have dinner with their families on special occasions. In short, I highly (35)………….. the close ties in human relationship shown in the villages’ ways of living.

Suzanne was very nervous about her interview. She had prepared for it for at least three weeks before. She really wanted a job but she knew that a lot of other people wanted to get it, too. She had been told when she phoned the number in the advert that there were so many applicants for it, so she prepared herself. She made notes of what might be asked and of what she wanted to ask.

When the day of interview came, she arrived half an hour early. There were six other people waiting to be interviewed. They all looked much more confident than she did. She began to feel even more nervous. One by one was called. Each of them came out and looked satisfied. Suzanne was the last one to be called into the interview room. She had decided by the time that she had no chance of getting the job, so she felt relaxed as she walked in; she felt that she had nothing to lose.

The three interviewers were all very serious and they didn’t seem to be interested in her. She forgot all the answers she had prepared and said the first thing that came into her head. Two days later, she got a letter telling her that she had been chosen because she was the only one who had acted naturally