Reading C1 – Bài 3: Literary Extract – The Last Train

Đọc cả bài một lượt để hiểu ý chính, sau đó đọc lại kỹ. Bấm “Hiện bản dịch” khi cần hỗ trợ tiếng Việt.

1. The platform had emptied so quietly that Mai only noticed when her own footsteps returned to her.

2. She had rehearsed the conversation for eleven years and still could not decide how to begin.

3. Her brother would be thinner, she supposed, and probably kinder than she remembered wanting him to be.

4. The station clock advanced with the indifference of machinery that has never had to forgive anyone.

5. When the train finally arrived, she did not move towards it.

6. It occurred to her, standing there, that she had not come to meet him at all.

7. She had come to see whether she still wanted to.

Câu hỏi hiểu bài – Kiểm tra đáp án & xem điểm

1. 1. How long has Mai waited for this meeting?

   One yearFive yearsEleven yearsTwenty years

2. 2. What does the clock image suggest?

   WarmthEmotional indifferenceUrgencyHope

3. 3. Mai moves towards the train when it arrives.

   ĐúngSai

4. 4. Điền người cô chờ: her ______.

5. 5. What is the extract's final revelation?

   She missed the trainShe came to test her own feelingsShe hates himShe is leaving forever