THPT Reading

Question 34

• concerns

• participates

• contacts

• relates

Question 35

• roars

• lifts

• rises

• raises

Question 36

• because

• approving

• regardless

• in spite

Question 37

• love

• chance

• power

• tool

Question 38

• at

• in

• to

• on

Question 39: The main idea of this passage is that_______

• A. Harvard University developed under the auspices of the General Court of Massachusetts 

• B. What is today a great university started out small

• C. John Harvard was key to the development of a great university

• D. Harvard is one of the world's most prestigious universities.

Question 40: It can be inferred from the passage that the Puritans who traveled to the Massachusetts colony were ___________.

           

• A. rather rich         

• B. rather well educated

• C. rather supportive of the English government     

• D. rather undemocratic

Question 41: The pronoun "they" in the second paragraph refers to___________

                                                                        

                            

• A. son  

• B. university graduates

• C. Oxford and Cambridge universities 

• D. educational opportunities

Question 42: The "pounds" in the second paragraph are probably ___________

                                                     

• A. units of money

• B. college students

• C. types of books

• D. school campuses

Question 43: Which of the following is NOT mentioned about John Harvard?

                                                    

                                           

• A. What he died of    

• B. Where he came from

• C. Where he was buried

• D. How much he bequeathed to Harvard