20 câu trắc nghiệm Tiếng Anh 7 Unit 4: Music and arts - Reading - Global Success có đáp án

The Beatles did not succeed with the songs by black Americans.

The Beatles achieved great success with the song they had written.

Prior to The Beatles, it was usual for groups to write their own songs.

Read the passage, and then answer the questions.

The Old Man and the Sea is a short novel written by the American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Bimini, Bahamas, and published in 1952. It was the last major work of fiction by Hemingway that was published during his lifetime. One of his most famous works, it tells the story of Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Florida.

In 1953, The Old Man and the Sea was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and it was cited by the Nobel Committee as contributing to their awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature to Hemingway in 1954.

Where was Ernest Hemingway from?

When was The Old Man and the Sea published?

What genre does The Old Man and the Sea belong to?

What is the content of The Old Man and the Sea?

When did Hemingway win the Nobel Prize in Literature?

Read the following passage and choose the best answer

Vietnamese water puppetry is a unique folk art. It's said that ‘Not watching a performance of water puppetry means not visiting Vietnam yet.' That's why water puppetry is a must-see show for tourists in Vietnam. Watching this show can help you escape from your busy life and refresh your minds with unforgettable moments.

During the shows, you can only see the puppets and a small folk orchestra of about 7 people; the puppeteers stand behind a curtained backdrop in a pool. All puppets are made of fig wood which goes along well with water. Then they are carved and painted. The themes of the shows are very familiar to Vietnamese people. They focus on the daily life of farmers and common aspects of Vietnamese spiritual life.

Vietnamese water puppetry has been introduced to many countries all over the world and received much love from audiences. Foreigners don't understand Vietnamese, but they enjoy the shows because the puppets clearly demonstrate Vietnamese life and culture through their actions. Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre on Dinh Tien Hoang Street near Hoan Kiem Lake is the most popular theatre for water puppetry.

All tourists in Vietnam see water puppet shows.

Audiences can see the puppets, the orchestra and the puppeteers during the show.

Vietnamese water puppetry hasn't received positive feedback from audiences over the world.

Foreigners can still understand the water puppet shows even though they don't understand Vietnamese.

Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre is the biggest theatre in Hanoi.

You can ________ by watching water puppet shows.

There are about ________ in the orchestra.

"They" in paragraph 2 refers to ________.

________ is the material to make all puppets.

________ is one of the themes of the puppet shows.