Đề cương ôn tập cuối kì 1 Tiếng Anh 10 iLearn Smart World có đáp án - Part 4. Reading

Read the following passage and choose the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

RSPCA stands for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Founded in 1824, it is one of the oldest and largest animal welfare charity in the world. Its main aim is (1) _________ cruelty to animals by promoting their care and protection. It also ensures that pets, farm animals and wild animals are not harmed in any way. Here are some of the things that the organization does. Firstly, it rescues and treats animals. Every day of the year, the inspectors investigate cruelty complaints. If necessary, they will take animals away from harmful situations and make sure the animals get the (2) _________ and care they need. Secondly, the RSPCA has animal shelters across the country where stray animals are looked after until they can find a new home. (3) _________, it organizes campaigns on important issues in order to get a change in the law. In 2005, it succeeded in making fox hunting illegal. Through its campaigns, it also helps (4) _________ community awareness of animal welfare issues. What can you do to help the RSPCA? You can make a donation, adopt a homeless animal, or participate (5) _________ a variety of interesting fundraising events such as the Million Paws Walk or Cupcake Day. You can also join the RSPCA as a volunteer. There is voluntary work for everyone, however much or little free time you have.

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As our school continues to promote gender equality, one area that has seen significant changes is the sports department. This semester, the focus has been on (6) _________ both boys and girls have equal access to all sports facilities and teams. To support this initiative, the administration (7) _________ new policies that require all teams to include players from all genders. The response from students has been overwhelmingly positive, with many expressing their excitement and support for  (8) _________. In addition, coaches (9) _________ to make training sessions full of fairness and equal opportunity. The efforts are successful (10) _________, regardless of gender, are participating and excelling in sports. (11) _________ have contributed to a more inclusive and supportive school environment.

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    It is common in Japan for three generations to live under the same roof. This is becoming less common today, but still exists, certainly in the countryside.

    Husbands in Japan give their salaries to their wives. They are returned a sum of money as pocket money, otherwise how to use the rest is the wife's decision. The finances of a family are the responsibility of the women who handle most of the household expenses. There are exceptions in instances when something of value, like a car, is being bought. This is changing with more women going to work.

    Japanese fathers in contemporary urban households spend so much time at work, and the company demands on them are so great. It means that they often really have very little time or energy to spend with their children. The responsibility for raising children, overseeing the education fall onto the mothers. Mothers play an enormous role in the lives of their children and the bond is very strong. Babysitters are rarely used and mothers often sleep with their babies. A mother will also spend hours with children doing school work. Few Japanese men help with housework. There is more pressure today for this to change.

    Most families in Japan today are nuclear families, such as those in the United States. That is to say that a married couple lives together with their children, perhaps with one grandparent. But for the most part, the Japanese family today looks much like the American family.

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    Video gaming is a very popular form of entertainment in the world. Both girls and boys play video games regularly, mostly for fun. There are also new ways to make a living out of video games, from making their own games, broadcasting live online, to playing professionally in packed stadiums.  

    Alex Balfanz is an 18-year-old student. Every day he has lectures or seminars, and assignments to do at home. Like many students of his age, he spends a couple of hours per day on video games. But he’s not just playing them – he’s making them, and making a lot of money, too. “In the 10 months that Jailbreak has been released, it has already produced seven figure profits,” Balfanz says. Today, it has been played for the billionth time.  

    Kyle Mayers left college in 2020 and struggled to find a job during lockdown. Then he began playing the football video game Rocket League and found that he had a lot of viewers watching him play. His followers enjoy watching him defeat challenges or asking for tips and advice for their own gaming adventures. Now, Kyle usually logs in around 7 p.m. every night playing games, and earns just over £1,000 every month.  

    Sumail Hassan is the youngest gamer to win $1 million in eSports winnings. He’s made more than $2.5 million playing Dota, an online multiplayer game. He calls it a full-time job. He’s 19 now but has been gaming since he was seven. According to Hassan, it’s not easy to be a professional gamer. He has to practise for ten or more hours a day, five or six days a week. He also studies videos of other players and plan ways to beat them.

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    There has been a huge increase in online shopping in some countries in recent years. Why has it become more popular? 

    Firstly, shopping online is quicker than going to the mall because you don't have to actually travel. It's also cheaper because you don't have transport costs.  

    Secondly, it is easier to shop when you are in your own home. You can do it any time of the day … or night.  

    Thirdly, there are no salespeople trying to make you buy something. Fourthly, online stores rarely run out of products in the way that stores do. In addition, you can often pick up cheaper products because there is a big choice of websites to buy from. When you go to a main street store, it might be the only one in your area selling that particular product. But online, there will be hundreds of companies, including companies which are selling the product at a discount. Finally, when you have finished shopping online, you don't have to wait in line at the checkout. 

    However, in my view, one advantage is more important than all of these. When you are shopping online, you can get lots of information about competing products before you decide which one to buy. In a store, you have to accept one of the models which they are selling.  

    Main street shopping is still better for some people. Shopping is not just a chore for these people. It is a social experience, but you do not meet friends or have conversations with real people online.

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    The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international charity which aims to help with the conservation of nature on our planet. You can assist the organization in its work. Adopt a wild animal by donating $5 a month. Adopting means that you become like a parent to the animal.  

    Choose from twelve animals, like the giant panda, the penguin or the snow leopard. All these wild animals and many more are in danger because the areas they live in are disappearing. Perhaps people are cutting down the trees which the animal lives in. Or perhaps the ice which it lives on is disappearing because the planet is getting warmer. Or perhaps people are killing the animal because they can sell parts of it for a lot of money. 

    Your money helps the organization to protect animals in their natural environments. The conservation work is extremely important and urgent. For example, 90% of the population of African elephants has disappeared since the 1920s. There are only about 450,000 African elephants in the wild now. However, around 20,000 are still killed every year.  

    Sometimes they are killed because they have damaged food crops of poor farmers. The WWF finds ways to protect the food crops from wild elephants. Sometimes they are killed for their valuable tusks, the long teeth-like parts which grow on either side of the mouth. The WWF buys vehicles for trained people to drive around and stop hunters trying to kill the animals. 

    When you adopt an animal, you get a soft toy of that animal and regular information about the animal. So adopt an animal today! 

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Susan Brownell Anthony was born on February 15, 1820, in Massachusetts. When she was seven years old, her family moved to New York. Susan received her education at a school her father ran. As soon as Susan finished school, she went right to work. She became a teacher in New York in 1839. In those days, very few women worked outside their homes. While Susan was teaching there, she earned just one-fifth of the pay a man got in the same job. She knew this was not fair. Susan wanted fair treatment as well as equal pay, so she devoted herself to the rights of women and supported complete equality between men and women. In 1851, Susan met Elizabeth Cady Stanton. They became very good friends and worked together for over 50 years fighting for women’s rights. In 1868, Susan, together with Elizabeth, published The Revolution, which was a weekly journal about women’s rights and suffrage. At that time, women were not given the vote because they were considered to be ‘incapable of rational thought’. She became vice-president-at-large of the National Woman’s Suffrage Association (NWSA) from 1869 until 1892, when she became president. On November 5th, 1872, Susan was arrested for voting illegally in the presidential election. She was charged a fine but she wouldn’t pay it. When Susan died on March 13th, 1906, women in four states had the right to vote. Fourteen years later, the Nineteenth Amendment gave all American women that right. Susan B. Anthony was honored on the US dollar coin in 1979.