Unit 3 bài tập tiếng anh lớp 12
A READING
Part 1. Read the passage and circle the best answer A, B, C, or D.
Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected; if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people’s. In the same way, children learn to do all the other things, they learn to do them without being taught – to talk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bike – compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes for himself, let alone correct them. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Soon he becomes dependent on the teacher. Let him do it himself. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.
If it is a matter of right answer, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such routine work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can’t find the way to get the right answer. Let’s end all the nonsense of grades, exams, and marks. Let us throw them all out and let the children learn all educated persons must some day learn, how to measure their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know.
Let them get on with this job in the way that seems most sensible to them, with our help as school teachers if they ask for it. The idea that there is a body of knowledge to be learnt at school and used for the rest of one’s life is nonsense in a world as complicated and rapidly changing as ours. Anxious parents and teachers say, “But suppose they fail to learn something essential, something they will need to get on in the world?” Don’t worry. If it is essential, they will go out into the world and learn it.
1. According to the author, the best way for children to learn things is__________ .
A. by comparing with what other people do
B. by making mistakes and having them corrected
C. by listening to explanations from skilled people
D. by asking a great many questions
2. What does the author think teachers do what they should not do?
A. They give children correct answers.
B. They point out children’s mistakes to them.
C. They allow children to mark their own work.
D. They encourage children to copy from one another.
3. The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are
A. not really important skills
B. more important than other skills
C. basically different from learning adult skills
D. basically the same as learning other skills
4. Exams, grades, and marks should be abolished because children’s progress
should only be estimated by_______ .
A. educated persons C. teachers
B. the children themselves D. parents
5. The author fears that children will grow up into adults who are__________ .
A. too independent of others C. unable to think for themselves
B. too critical of themselves D. unable to use basic skills
Part 2. Read the passage and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
It is difficult to write rules that tell exactly when we should apologize, but it is not difficult to learn how. If we have done something to hurt someone’s feelings, or if we have been impolite or rude, we should apologize. An apology indicates that we realize we have made a mistake, and we are sorry for it. It is a way of expressing our regret for something. When we apologize, we admit our wrongdoing, usually offer a reason for it, and express regret.
The simplest way to apologize is to say, “I’m sorry,” but often that is not enough. Let’s take a common situation. Mario is late for class and enters the classroom, interrupting the teacher in the middle of the lesson. What does he do? The most polite action is usually to take a seat as quietly as possible and apologize later. But if the teacher stops and waits for him to say something, he could apologize simply “I’m sorry I’m late”, ask permission to take his seat, and sit down. Naturally* more than this – a reason for the tardiness – is needed, but this is not the time or the place for it because he has already caused one interruption and doesn’t need to make it any longer or worse than it already is.
After class, when he can speak to the teacher privately, Mario can apologize again, this time giving his excuse. He might say, “Mr. Blair, I’m sorry I was late for class this morning. I overslept and missed the bus”. When we give an excuse to the person to whom we are apologizing, we are admitting responsibility. After the excuse there sometimes comes a promise to change, improve, or not to let the action happen again. For example, after Mario gives the reason for his tardiness, he might add, “I won’t let it happen again” or “I promise I’ll be on time from now on.”
1. We can write rules that tell us exactly when we should apologize.
2. When we apologize, we offer a reason for it, and express regret.
3. It is enough to say “I’m sorry” when we apologize.
4. In Mario’s case, the most polite way is to take a seat and apologize later.
5. According to the passage, there usually comes
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A. READING
Part 1.
1. A 2. B 3. D 4. B 5. C
Part 2.
1. F 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. F
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