tailieunhanh - A resource for reading and words part 12

Tham khảo tài liệu 'a resource for reading and words part 12', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 3. On the pavements pedestrians . each other rather than step aside. 4. In one of the pews a woman was fingering her beads eyes shut . 5. Liz is married . rather than unhappily and trying to make her way as a young mother without impairing her friendship with Camilla. READING COMPREHENSION 1. It is pointed out in the passage that if someone is making an improper proposal to a woman. A She must ask directions. B She needs to call a policeman. C the best way of getting out of this situation is running away D ordinary clothes must be worn not to attract attention. E She is not attractive enough. 2. It has been discovered that men usually. A want to talk with-an ordinary - looking woman. B prefer to knock into an attractive woman. C say disgusting things when they see a charming woman. D don t look at an ordinary - looking woman. E prefer to ask an attractive woman for help. 3. Psychologists claim that in a crowded rush hour bus if a man. A looks around when you get closer to him that means you are an ordinary-woman. B stares at you that shows that you re an attractive woman. C gaze at you that means he s in love with you. D doesn t move his eyes away or stands still that means the woman an ordinary woman. E stands there without moving he does not want to make friends with you. PASSAGE 83 TARZAN Tarzan is one of the few characters in fiction to have become a folk hero and although his popularity has fallen off since its peak in the 1920 s he is now said to be coming back into fashion. Yet no one anticipated that Tarzan would become a household word when the character was first introduced to the public. His creator Edgar Rice Burroughs had had a succession of jobs before turning to writing but they had fallen through. It was only when everything else had failed and it seemed impossible that anyone would offer him further employment that he fell back on fiction as a last resort. He wrote some stories which he did not show his wife because he was ashamed of such an .