Reading Comprehension TOEFL Exams 52

TOEFL Exams: Reading Comprehension - Lesson 52 (Đọc hiểu - TOEFL - Bài 52)

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The Vietnam Memorial, that long, low wall with the name of every veteran killed in the conflict incised upon it, stands near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. Completed in 1982, it symbolized more than anything else that the nation was regaining its equilibrium about the war 5 and was coming to regard the Vietnam veterans with the same respect that it accorded to veterans of prior wars. By 1982 the American public were noticing their own altered feelings about Vietnam, which were not only significant in themselves, but they were likewise part of a massive social change in the United States during the decade 10 after the war: the renaissance of conservatism. This shift especially affected politics, social structure, economics and theology. The highlight of the period was the election of a conservative president, the confirmation of the country's ideological trend and of its respect for conservative values, such as the Vietnam war, which had been 15 the liberals' nightmare, something for which they had little to no respect.

 

1. What would be the best title for the passage?
(A) Symbol of Change
(B) The Vietnam Memorial
(C) Memorials in Washington DC
(D) The Completion of the Vietnam Memorial
2. What did the Vietnam Memorial signify about the way the American public felt about the Vietnam war?
(A) They felt that equality would come at last.
(B) They felt they should also respect veterans of other wars.
(C) They were beginning to accept what happened in the war.
(D) They could not yet regard Vietnam veterans in the same way as they did other veterans.
3. What did the date of completion of the memorial signify about the feelings of the American public?
(A) It signified that they realized themselves that their attitudes had changed.
(B) It signified that they realized they should be able to see the names of those killed in the war.
(C) It signified that they wanted social change.
(D) It signified that they were now significant members of society.
4. According to the passage what did the rebirth of conservatism not affect?
(A) Politics
(B) The structure of society
(C) Personal finances
(D) Religion
5. What can we not infer from the passage about feelings towards the Vietnam war?
(A) That the liberals had opposed it.
(B) That veterans of the war had no respect for it.
(C) That conservatives supported it.
(D) That people could learn to respect America's participation in it.