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MỘT SỐ ĐỀ LUYỆN ĐỌC HSG ANH 7 HS
MỘT SỐ ĐỀ LUYỆN ĐỌC HSG ANH 7 HS
6. THE INVENTOR
Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father was an
expert in phonetics. (56) …....................... a boy, Alexander became interested in sounds
and speech in 1870, The Bells decided to (57) …........................ to America. They lived in
Boston, (58) …........................ Alexander taught in a school for the deaf. There he began
experimenting with a machine (59) …...................... help the deaf hear. While
experimenting with this machine, Bell had an idea, “Why do not use electricity to (60)
…...................... the human voice from one place to another ?” He began to work on a new
(61) ….......................... For years, Bell and his assistant, Thomas Watson, worked day (62)
…..................... night. They rented rooms in a boarding house. Bell was on one floor, and
Watson was on (63) …....................... . They tried to send (64) …....................... through a
wire. Finally, on March 19th, 1876, Watson heard these words very clearly: “ Mr Watson,
come here. I want you.”. Watson rushed upstairs, ran (65) ….................. Bell’s room, and
shouted, “ I heard you! ”
56. A. Despite B. During C. Be D. As
57. A. leave B. take C. move D. return
58. A. where B. why C. which D. when
59. A. for B. in order C. to D. so that
60. A. go B. get C. change D. send
61. A. invention B. inventor C. inventive D. invent
62. A. and B. after C. by D. or
63. A. others B. the others C. another D. other
64. A. speaking B. letters C. speech D. telegram
65. A. onto B. into C. in D. to
7: Fill in each blank with a suitable word to fill in the blanks.
Vitamins are substances required for the proper functioning of the body. In this
century, thirteen vitamins have been (1)…………
A lack of any vitamins in a person’s body can cause illness. In some cases, an excess of
vitamins can also (2)…………to illness. For example, sailors in the past were prone to (3)
…………from scurvy that is a disease resulting from the lack of vitamin C. It causes
bleeding of the gum, loss of teeth and skin rashes. Sailors suffer from scurvy because they
did not eat fruits and vegetables. Fruits and vegetables (4)…………vitamin C which is
necessary for good (5)…………
Vitamin B complex is composed of eight different vitamins. A lack of any of these
vitamins will lead to different (6)…………For instance, a person who has too little vitamin
B1 will suffer from beri-beri, a disease that causes heart problems and mental (7)…………
A lack of vitamin B2 results in eye and skin problems while deficiency of vitamin B6
causes problems of the nervous system. Too little vitamin B12 will cause anemia. The (8)
…………that vitamin deficiencies caused certain diseases led doctors to cure people
suffering from these illnesses by giving them doses of the (9)……...vitamins.
Today, vitamins are (10)…………in the form of pills and can easily be bought at
any pharmacy.