R3 - Test 27
Question 1 Hướng dẫn trả lời
AT HOME IN VENICE BY FRANCESCO DA MOSTO
I was born in Venice, one of the most popular tourist
destinations in Italy, and studied architecture at university
there. Though I have also spent time away, I have always
come back because it's my home.
In Venice, there are no roads, only canals, so you have to get
around on foot or by boat. I live on a canal in the Rialto area
in a house that was built 1588 for the Multi family, who were
merchants in the silk trade. In the mid-eighteenth century, it
was home to the Vezzi family, who made things like plates
and bowls in fine china and became rich sending these
around the world. These merchants' houses in Venice are like
palaces. Their owners had to have space to show off their
foods, but the building also had to be an office, a factory, a
store and a home. My house came into our family in 1919,
when it was bought by my grandfather. He died before I was
born but he was the director of a museum where I o en do
research on old documents. On some of these, I’ve seen
notes in his handwriting, so, in a strange way, I met him
through these documents.
Sadly, the population of Venice has dropped from120, 000 in
the 1950s to about 60,000 now. This doesn't include the
thousands of tourists who come to visit. I welcome the
tourists but unless something is done to stop everyday shops
like bakeries and chemists from disappearing, the city will
die. I want people who love the city to come here to live and
work and give Venice back a life that is not just about
tourism.
1. What is the writer's main reason for writing this text?
Đoạn 1 giới thiệu về quê hương tác giả
Đoạn 2 miêu tả về Venice - quê hương và ngôi nhà nơi tác giả sinh sống,
hồi ức về ông
Đoạn 3 nói về cảm xúc buồn của tác giả khi dân số giảm đáng kể và lo
lắng rằng một ngày nào nó thành phố sẽ biến mất
A to persuade more tourists to visit his city
B to give readers the history of his home town
C to say what he feels about his birthplace
D to describe some important moments in his life
Question 2
2. The family who first owned the writer's home
a house that was built 1588 for the Multi family, who were merchants in
the silk trade (Đoạn 2): ngôi nhà của gia đình Multi. Họ là những thương
gia lụa
A used to buy and sell silk.
B produced plates and bowls.
C were skilled architects.
D helped to build the canals.
Question 3
3. What does the writer say about his grandfather?
He died before I was born but he was the director of a museum where I
o en do research on old documents. On some of these, I’ve seen notes in
his handwriting, so, in a strange way, I met him through these
documents.(Đoạn 2): Ông mất khi tôi sinh nhưng ông là giám đốc bảo
tàng nơi tôi thường nghiên cứu các tài liệu cũ. Trong một số tài liệu, tôi
nhìn thấy chữ viết tay của ông vì vậy theo một cách rất lạ, tôi đã gặp ông
qua những tài liệu này --> không được gặp ông trực tiếp
A His grandfather taught him how to study documents.
B He didn’t find his grandfather's handwriting easy to read.
C He wasn’t able to get to know his grandfather personally.
D His grandfather turned his home into a museum.
Question 4
4. What is the writer's attitude to Venice today?
I want people who love the city to come here to live and work and give
Venice back a life that is not just about tourism.(Đoạn 3): Tôi muốn những
ai yêu thích thành phố này hãy đến đây sống và làm việc và để Venice
không chỉ thành phố duy lịch.
A He hopes tourists al stop waiting the city.
B He would like people to get jobs working with tourists.
C He believes the city would benefit from having fewer
inhabitants.
D He thinks local businesses should be encouraged to stay.
Question 5
5. What might the writer say about his house?
I live on a canal in the Rialto area ... My house came into our family in
1919, when it was bought by my grandfather (đoạn 2)
A I have never lived anywhere else apart from in my home in in the
Rialto area of Venice.
B My house is on a canal in Venice and my family, starting with my
grandfather have lived there since 1919.
C We don't know who lived in the house before 1588 but it was
owned by merchants from then until the eighteenth century.
D The house was made bigger in the mid-eighteenth century
because the owner wanted it to look like a palace.
