Đề thi học kì 2 môn Tiếng Anh lớp 12 năm 2015 tỉnh Lâm Đồng

People began to keep animals in zoos over 3,000 years ago, when the rulers of China opened an enormous zoo called the Gardens of Intelligence. In many of the early zoos, animals (3)......... taught to perform for the visitors. This no longer (4).........and it is accepted that the purpose of zoos is for people to see animals behaving naturally. Today, most cities have a zoo or a wildlife park. However, not everybody approves (5)........ zoos. People (6).........think that zoos are a good idea say they provide us with the opportunity to learn about the natural world and be close to wild animals. Both of these would not be possible (7)........ zoos. On the other hand, some people disapprove of zoos (8)......... they believe it is wrong to put animals in cages, and argue that in zoos which are not (9)......... properly, animals live in dirty conditions and eat unsuitable food.

‘The best age to start learning the violin is between three and six,' says Margaret Porter, a violinist and music teacher. 'It's the time when you are learning about the world.' Margaret, who lives in London, prefers to take pupils at three and four, although she has made lots of exceptions for keen five-year olds. When she started teaching the violin in 1972, her first class consisted of her children's five-year-old school friends. Magaret's pupils have group lessons. Each group has about a dozen pupils and each lesson lasts an hour, once a fornight. In addition, each pupil has one individual lesson a week with her. Parents also have to attend the classes. It is important that the parents take an active interest in the lessons.

From the earliest lessons pupils learn to play by ear. They do not even try to read music until they have been playing for several years, and for a long time there is a big difference between their playing and reading of music. Margaret says that her method is not supposed to produce great violinists, and always suggests that pupils who perform particularly well should leave and study the violin using more traditional methods.