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[Lê Quỳnh Anh]

Read the text and choose the correct answer for each question below: 

Ha Long Bay

Ha Long Bay is a group of offshore islands that is the best example of marine invaded limestone region in the world.  The Bay holds over 1,600 islands and islets. There are caves and grottoes, with stalactites and stalagmites. Its limestone pillars are a unique natural feature of great scenic beauty and biological interest. The great extent and the richness of its forms set it apart from many other sites.

Ha Long Bay is an extremely popular destination both for foreigners and Vietnamese: already in the early 1990s it saw over 1 million visitors a year. It is unlikely that the number has decreased over the years - so there will always be about 3,000 other people in the Bay at the same time as you!

The natural beauty of the Bay lay hidden today under a very common fog. As I had already seen the similar karst landscape in China a couple of years before, I certainly said that I was blown away by the beauty of Ha Long Bay. We went onto one of the islands to visit the Surprising Cave - an indeed surprisingly big and beautiful cave with three hollow chambers. We saw some monkeys here too, just outside the cave exit.

Part of the tour was half an hour of kayaking - enough to paddle a full circle around the main area. The views from the kayak I found much more impressive than from the larger boat: you're so tiny then and the peaks rise sharply in front of you. I had a better look at the water too, and cannot say that I saw pollution by plastic or other junk floating around.  There is a thin layer of oil on the water in some parts though.

And then it's time to get back in the bus to Ha Noi, another 3.5 hours. The tour was carried out well with good seafood for lunch and I had a satisfying day.

Question: During half an hour of kayaking, the writer found that _______

A. he was more impressed by the view from the kayak than by that from the boat

B. the problem of pollution there was serious with plastic or other junk floating around

C. he could see the peaks rise sharply in front of him

D. he could see a thin layer of oil on the water in a full circle around the main area

Answer 1

[Dương Hoàn Anh]

Đáp án:

Trong nửa giờ đồng hồ đi thuyền kayak, tác giả đã phát hiện ra rằng _______.

A. ông thấy ấn tượng hơn bởi tầm nhìn từ thuyền kayak so với tầm nhìn từ một chiếc thuyền thông thường

B. vấn đề ô nhiễm nghiêm trọng do nhựa hoặc các loại rác khác trôi nổi xung quanh

C. ông có thể thấy những đỉnh núi tăng mạnh trước mặt mình

D. ông có thể nhìn thấy một lớp dầu mỏng trên mặt nước khi đi trọn một vòng tròn xung quanh khu vực chính

- Xác định từ khóa (key words) trong câu hỏi là “half an hour of kayaking”;

- Câu chứa từ khóa nằm ở đoạn thứ 4 => chỉ cần tập trung vào đoạn 4 để tìm được thông tin:

Part of the tour was half an hour of kayaking - enough to paddle a full circle around the main area. The views from the kayak I found much more impressive than from the larger boat: you're so tiny then and the peaks rise sharply in front of you. (Một phần trong chuyến đi chính là nửa giờ đồng hồ chèo thuyền kayak - khoảng thời gian đủ để chèo trọn vẹn một vòng xung quanh khu vực chính. Tôi thấy tầm nhìn phong cảnh từ thuyền kayak ấn tượng hơn nhiều so với nhìn từ một chiếc thuyền lớn hơn: khi ấy bạn quá nhỏ bé và rồi các đỉnh núi nhanh chóng nổi lên trước mặt bạn.)

Đáp án cần chọn là: A