How do you feel about nature? After spending hours indoors, do you often like going outside for a walk? Or if you work for hours at your office desk, do you feel better when you take a break and visit your local park? Most people think that nature is good for us; it is good for our bodies and good for our brains. However, humans are spending more time inside and less time outside. For example, the number of visitors to Canada’s national parks is getting lower every year. And in countries such as the USA, only 10% of teenagers spend time outside every day. Many doctors feel that this is a problem in the twenty - century, and that is making our physical health worse.
As a result, some doctors are studying the connection between nature and health: one example of this is the work Dr Matilda van den Bosch in Sweden. The doctor gave people a maths test. During their test, their heart rate was faster. After the test, one group of people sat in a 3D-virtual-reality room for fifteen minutes with pictures and sounds of nature. Their heart rates were slower than people in the other group. The virtual contact with nature helped them feel more relaxed. Another good example of how nature is good for health comes from Canada. In Toronto, researchers studied about 31,000 people living in cities. Overall, they found that healthier people lived near parks.
Because of studies like these, some countries and cities want nature to be part of people’s everyday life. In Dubai, for example, there are plans for a new shopping mall with a large garden so shoppers can relax outside with trees, plants and water. In some countries, such as Switzerland, “forest schools” are popular, schoolchildren study their subjects in the forests and do lots of exercise outside. And South Korea is another good example: it has new forests near its cities and around 13 million people visit these forests every year. So, after building cities so long, it’s now time to start rebuilding nature.
(Adapted from Life Pre-Intermediate by John Huges, Helen Stephenson and Paul Dummett)
Question 31. What is the most suitable title for the passage?
A. Prime examples of bringing nature to schools B. Nature rebuilding
C. Nature is good for you D. A test to measure humans’ heart rate
Question 32. According to paragraph 1, people nowadays tend to_______
A. go outside to get fresh air B. sit at their own desks
C. lead sedentary lifestyles D. have better physical health
Question 33. The word “it” in paragraph 1 refers to _______
A. park B. nature C. fresh air D. water
Question 34. The word “contact” in paragraph 2 mostly means ______
A. connection B. avoidance C. touch D. approach
Question 35. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the paragraph?
A. Every year, the number of tourists to the National Parks of Canada is declining.
B. Doctors say our physical health is made worse by food choices and stress.
C. When they are in touch with nature, people feel more comfortable.
D. Students study in the forests in some countries and do a lot of exercise outside.

Question

How do you feel about nature? After spending hours indoors, do you often like going outside for a walk? Or if you work for hours at your office desk, do you feel better when you take a break and visit your local park? Most people think that nature is good for us; it is good for our bodies and good for our brains. However, humans are spending more time inside and less time outside. For example, the number of visitors to Canada’s national parks is getting lower every year. And in countries such as the USA, only 10% of teenagers spend time outside every day. Many doctors feel that this is a problem in the twenty - century, and that is making our physical health worse.
As a result, some doctors are studying the connection between nature and health: one example of this is the work Dr Matilda van den Bosch in Sweden. The doctor gave people a maths test. During their test, their heart rate was faster. After the test, one group of people sat in a 3D-virtual-reality room for fifteen minutes with pictures and sounds of nature. Their heart rates were slower than people in the other group. The virtual contact with nature helped them feel more relaxed. Another good example of how nature is good for health comes from Canada. In Toronto, researchers studied about 31,000 people living in cities. Overall, they found that healthier people lived near parks.
Because of studies like these, some countries and cities want nature to be part of people’s everyday life. In Dubai, for example, there are plans for a new shopping mall with a large garden so shoppers can relax outside with trees, plants and water. In some countries, such as Switzerland, “forest schools” are popular, schoolchildren study their subjects in the forests and do lots of exercise outside. And South Korea is another good example: it has new forests near its cities and around 13 million people visit these forests every year. So, after building cities so long, it’s now time to start rebuilding nature.
(Adapted from Life Pre-Intermediate by John Huges, Helen Stephenson and Paul Dummett)
Question 31. What is the most suitable title for the passage?
A. Prime examples of bringing nature to schools	B. Nature rebuilding
C. Nature is good for you		D. A test to measure humans’ heart rate
Question 32. According to paragraph 1, people nowadays tend to_______ 
A. go outside to get fresh air		B. sit at their own desks
C. lead sedentary lifestyles		D. have better physical health
Question 33. The word “it” in paragraph 1 refers to _______
A. park	B. nature	C. fresh air	D. water
Question 34. The word “contact” in paragraph 2 mostly means ______
A. connection	B. avoidance	C. touch	D. approach
Question 35. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the paragraph?
A. Every year, the number of tourists to the National Parks of Canada is declining.
B. Doctors say our physical health is made worse by food choices and stress.
C. When they are in touch with nature, people feel more comfortable.
D. Students study in the forests in some countries and do a lot of exercise outside.

Timi · Accepted Answer

Question 31. What is the most suitable title for the passage?
C. Nature is good for you

Question 32. According to paragraph 1, people nowadays tend to_______ 
C. lead sedentary lifestyles

Question 33. The word “it” in paragraph 1 refers to _______
B. nature

Question 34. The word “contact” in paragraph 2 mostly means ______
A. connection

Question 35. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the paragraph?
B. Doctors say our physical health is made worse by food choices and stress.

contraiboChien · Answer

31
Giải thích:
Kiến thức: đọc hiểu
A. Những ví dụ điển hình về việc đưa thiên nhiên vào trường học
B. Tái tạo thiên nhiên
C. Thiên nhiên tốt cho bạn
D. Một bài kiểm tra để đo nhịp tim của con người
Skim qua bài viết ta thấy chủ đề chính của bài là việc thiên nhiên rất tốt cho con người. Đoạn đầu tiên đưa ra thực trạng việc con người ngày càng ít vận động và ở trong nhà nhiều hơn. Đoạn văn tiếp theo nói về công trình nghiên cứu khoa học chứng minh mối liên hệ giữa sức khỏe với việc tiếp xúc với thiên nhiên. Và đoạn văn cuối cùng nói về việc một số nước đã đưa thiên nhiên vào đời sống của mình thế nào.
→ Chọn đáp án: C
32
Giải thích:
Kiến thức: đọc hiểu
A. đi ra ngoài để có không khí trong lành
B. ngồi vào bàn riêng của họ
C. sống cuộc sống ít vật động
D. có sức khỏe thể chất tốt hơn
Thông tin: However, humans are spending more time inside and less time outside.
Tạm dịch: Tuy nhiên, con người đang dành nhiều thời gian ở trong nhà nhiều hơn và ít thời gian bên ngoài hơn.
→ Chọn đáp án: C
33
Giải thích:
Kiến thức: đọc hiểu
Most people think that nature is good for us; it is good for our bodies and good for our brains.
→ it = nature
Tạm dịch: Hầu hết mọi người đều nghĩ rằng thiên nhiên tốt cho chúng ta; nó tốt cho cơ thể của chúng ta và tốt cho não bộ của chúng ta.
→ Chọn đáp án: B
34
Giải thích:
Kiến thức: từ vựng
A. connection (n): sự liên quan, sự liên lạc, mối quan hệ
B. avoidance (n): sự tránh xa
C. touch (n): sự đụng, sự chạm
D. approach (n): sự tiếp cận
Contact (n): sự tiếp xúc = connection
→ Chọn đáp án: A
35
Giải thích:
Kiến thức: đọc hiểu
A. Hàng năm, số lượng khách du lịch đến các Công viên Quốc gia của Canada ngày càng giảm.
B. Các bác sĩ cho biết sức khỏe thể chất của chúng ta bị suy giảm do lựa chọn thực phẩm và căng thẳng.
C. Khi được tiếp xúc với thiên nhiên, con người cảm thấy thoải mái hơn.
D. Học sinh học tập trong rừng ở một số nước và tập thể dục nhiều ở bên ngoài.
Đáp án A đúng vì “For example, the number of visitors to Canada’s national parks is getting lower every year.”
Đáp án C đúng vì “The virtual contact with nature helped them feel more relaxed.”
Đáp án D đúng vì “In some countries, such as Switzerland, “forest schools” are popular, schoolchildren study their subjects in the forests and do lots of exercise outside.”
Chỉ có B là không được đề cập tới trong đoạn văn.
→ Chọn đáp án: B

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