Đề thi thử số 4 Toefl Primary Challenge 2019 vòng 2 - Reading (Có giải thích đáp án chi tiết)

I really like Mary, my best friend. She is willing to share with me her food and give me her toys. Mary is very _____.

You need to use this for washing your hair. It has different smells. It is a liquid. What is it?

When you read a fairy tale, you can see a large strong building where kings and queens live. What is it?

He will take a final exam tomorrow but he did not practice anything. He looks so _____ now!

This is the coldest season of the year with a lot of wind. At that time, snow may fall in somewhere. Which season is it?

When Mary went to her grandma’s house, she saw a baby cat. The baby cat can be called _____.

Peter’s bike is broken down. His father helps him to _____ it!

It is an Italian dish. It is a flat round bread with cheese, tomatoes, vegetables, meat, etc. on top. What is it?

It is a small narrow river. We are able to walk across it. What is it?

Read the email. Then answer the questions.

Dear Kevin,

Last week I played my first baseball game. It was in the park. There were many people watching, so I was a little nervous. I stepped up to bat. I hit the ball! Wow! It went really far. Everyone shouted at me to run. I run and run. I run past first base, and then the second base. Everyone was cheering me on. I scored a homerun! My team was shouting and clapping. Our team won the game! I was very happy. I wish that we can play baseball together one day.

Your friend,

Tom

(Adapted from Reading Starter 2 by John Thomas)

What is this text about?

Why was the team shouting?

Read the email. Then answer the questions.

Dear Sally, 

I have to go pick up your brother from basketball practice. I don't have time to go to the store. Could you please go to the store instead? We are going to make tacos for dinner. They are your dad's favorite! Here are the things we need to buy: 

• 1 pound of ground beef 
• 1 bottle of taco sauce 
• 3 tomatoes 
• 1/2 pound of cheese 
• 1 package of 10 taco shells 
• 1 onion
• 1 head of lettuce 

I left two ten-dollar bills on the table. That should be more than enough to buy all the groceries. Thanks for your help, Sally! We'll all be home soon. 

I love you! 

Mom

(Adapted from Reading Starter 3 by John Thomas)

How much money did Sally's mom leave the table?

How many people will be eating tacos tonight?

Read the passage. Then answer the questions.

Mary loves all the cafés, but she has a favorite. Mary loves to have lunch at the Koala Café. This café is very popular with people. It has really good food and good prices. 

Some things are cheap. Some things are more expensive. Prices for lunch are around $5.00, but Mary usually spends about $6.00 on her meals. The café is also well known for its cheap ice cream. In the summer, Mary likes to buy ice cream cones from there. The café charges only 70 cents for a cone!

(Adapted from Reading Starter 2)

What does the word its mean in the story?

Read the instruction. Then answer the questions.

How to make Tacos

1. Fry 1 pound of ground beef in a pan. Add some taco spices.
2. Grate ½ pound of cheese and chop up 1 head of lettuce. Put the cheese and lettuce in separate bowls.
3. Chop up 3 tomatoes and 1 onion. Put them on a plate. Put the taco shells on a plate.
4. Now, put the cooked beef into a bowl. Put the bowls of meat, cheese, and lettuce on the table. Also, put the plate of taco shells on the table. Put a spoon into each bowl.
5. In order to make a taco, put the meat in a shell first. Then, add some cheese. The hot meat will melt the cheese. Next, put in the tomatoes, onions, and lettuce.
6. Put some taco sauce on the top. Enjoy!

(Adapted from Reading Starter 3)

What is the main idea of this reading?

What should you do after you cook the meat?

Which vegetables should be cooked for tacos?

Read Charlie's story. Then answer the questions.

It's Charlie's birthday today, but he is feeling sad. No one has wished him a happy birthday. Even Charlie's mom seems to have forgotten his birthday. She just tells Charlie to play outside. After a while, his mom calls, "Come inside for lunch, Charlie!". Charlie slowly walks into his house. But the living room looks different. Charlie notices a big "Happy Birthday" banner. Then, he sees a birthday cake, balloons, gifts, and all of his friends. "Surprise!" everyone shouts. Charlie's face lights. He is happy and surprised. No one forgot his birthday after all!

(Adapted from Reading Starter 2 by John Thomas)

What is this story about?

Why is Charlie sad?

Why does the living room look different?

Which is NOT true?

Read the story

Billy learned his lesson the hard way. He caught a really bad cold. He woke up today, and his nose is runny. He also has a fever, and he is coughing and sneezing. All of this is because he didn't listen to his mother! 

Yesterday morning, it was raining and cold outside. Billy's mother told him to take his raincoat. Billy didn't listen to her. He was stubborn and didn't put on his raincoat. He went outside into the rain without it. He played outside and got very cold and wet. Now, he is very sick. 

Billy now knows that his mother was right. Maybe next time, Billy will listen to his mother!

(Adapted from Reading Starter 3 by John Thomas)

How did Billy get sick?

What does the word this mean in the reading?

What did Billy's mother probably say?

When did Billy start coughing and sneezing?

Read the story. Then answer the questions.

Tracker was a little train engine. He lived in a small mountain town. His job was to haul coal. Every day, he would watch the other trains going far away. He wondered where they were going. One day, Tracker decided he wanted to do something new. He wanted to try new things.

He tried hauling circus animals. This will be fun, thought Tracker. The animals were fun to watch, but the elephants were too heavy. Next, he tried hauling soda. "This will be easy," he thought. Then the cans blew up and got him sticky and fizzy. Finally, Tracker decided to try hauling people. The people sure got mad when he was late!

Tracker felt useless. "I'm not good at anything!" he cried. He was sad and didn't know what to do. Soon, a big engine chugged up beside him. "Hey, aren't you that little engine from the coal town?" "I was," sniffed Tracker, "but-" "Well, come on!" said the big engine. "We have to take this coal to the coast. We need one more train, or we won't make it!"

"The coast!" thought Tracker, "I've never seen the ocean. This will be great!" "Well, hurry. We can't make it without you." Tracker was excited. He was glad that he could help the big trains. They had a very important delivery.

The workers loaded up his train car with coal, and off they went. He went around mountains and over bridges. He went through towns and fields. He went to all sorts of new places! Tracker helped carry the coal all the way to the coast. He even got to see the ocean.

The ocean seemed to go on forever. The sun dipped into the water, and the day was done. Tracker had come such a long way. Tracker was very happy that he had tried new things. It was scary but fun! Most of all, Tracker found out what he was best at. He was best at hauling coal.

(Adapted from Tracker's Big Adventure by Brittany Corker)

What is this story mostly about?

Why did Tracker try hauling circus animals?

How does his conversation with the big engine affect Tracker?

Where does Tracker take coal at the end of the story?

Read the passage. Then answer the questions.

Have you been to a museum? If so, you may have seen dinosaur bones. These bones are fossils. This fossil shows us what this dinosaur used to look like. 

Fossils are the remains of past life. They could have been animals, such as dinosaurs, or they could have been plants. 

We find fossils underground. Scientists use tools to dig them out. It is important to dig for fossils. 

Fossils tell us about an animal. Let's pretend you find a T.rex fossil. With this fossil, you can guess its age and how big it was. You can guess how it died. You may guess more interesting things. For example, you can guess how the T. rex moved and how fast it moved. We gather all these good guesses together. Then we can imagine how the T. rex lived. 

With enough fossils, we can learn a lot about a place. For example, we can know which animals were eaten. We can also know which animals ate the other ones! And, yes, the T. rex was one of them! 

(Adapted from "What Are Fossils?" by Marvin Ferraz)

What kind of fossils are there?

What point supports the idea that fossils are hard to find?

Read the passage. Then answer the questions.

The tiny Middle Eastern nation of Qatar has a soccer team, but it has never played in soccer's greatest tournament, the World Cup. However, something amazing will happen in 2022, when Qatar will become the first nation in the Middle East to host the men's Soccer World Cup games. 

Some fans were confused about this choice. Where will the athletes compete? Qatar doesn't have any stadiums built yet. Also, the weather in Qatar gets extremely hot in the summer. However, Qatar has plans to fix those problems. The country has announced plans to build enough stadiums for the tournament. To keep everyone cool, each stadium will have solar-powered air-conditioning. Qatar is also building a new airport and train system. Because the stadiums will be so close together and connected by train, fans will be able to watch two games in one day. 

Qatar has big plans for its new stadiums. Game officials say that after the World Cup, they will take the stadiums down. The stadiums will be taken apart and sent to countries that don't have enough money to build their own stadiums. Qatar is very happy to be the first Middle Eastern nation to host the tournament. As the country's Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani said to the World Cup organization, "Thank you for believing in change. Thank for giving Qatar a chance." 

(Adapted from Active Skills for Reading - Intro by Neil J Anderson)

What is one problem that Qatar will address?

What will happen to the stadiums after the World Cup in Qatar?