Giáo án tiếng Anh - The entrance examination

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34. The media have produced live covering of Michael Jackson’s fans around the world mourning for him. 
35. Found in the 12th century, Oxford University ranks among the world’s oldest universities. 
Read the following passage and choose indicate the correct answer to each of the questions 
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robably the most famous film commenting on the twentieth-century technology is Modern Times, made in 1936. Charlie Chaplin was motivated to make the film by a reporter who, while interviewing him, happened to describe the working conditions in industrial Detroit. Chaplin was told that healthy young farm boys were lured to the city to work on automotive assembly lines. Within four or five years, these young men’s health was destroyed by the stress of work in the factories. {lure: attract or tempt}
The film opens with a shot of a mass of sheep making their way down a crowded ramp. 
Abruptly, the film shifts to a scene of factory workers jostling one another on their way to a factory. However, the rather bitter note of criticism in the implied comparison is not sustained. It is replaced by a gentle note of satire. Chaplin prefers to entertain rather than lecture. 
Scenes of factory interiors account for only about one-third of Modern Times, but they contain some of the most pointed social commentary as well as the most comic situations. No one who has seen the film can ever forget Chaplin vainly trying to keep pace with the fast-moving conveyor belt, almost losing his mind in the process. Another popular scene involves an automatic feeding machine brought to the assembly line so that workers need not interrupt their labor to eat. The feeding machine malfunctions, hurling food at Chaplin, who is strapped in his position on the assembly line and cannot escape. This serves to illustrate people’s utter helplessness in the face of machines that are meant to serve their basic needs. 
Clearly, Modern Times has its faults, but it remains the best film treating technology within a social context. It does not offer a radical social message, but it does accurately reflect the sentiment of many who feel they are victims of an over-mechanised world. 
36. According to the passage, Chaplin got the idea for Modern Times from ______. 
	A. a movie 	B. a conversation 	C. a newspaper 	D. fieldwork 
37. The young farm boys went to the city because they were ______. 
	A. promised better accommodation 	B. driven out of their sheep farm 
	C. attracted by the prospect of a better life 	D. forced to leave their sheep farm 
38. The phrase “jostling one another” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to “______”. 
	A. jogging side by side 	B. pushing one another 
	C. hurrying up together 	D. running against each other 
39. According to the passage, the opening scene of the film is intended ______. 
	A. to reveal the situation of the factory workers 	B. to introduce the main characters of the film 
	C. to produce a tacit association 	D. to give the setting for the entire plot later 
40. The word “vainly” in the fourth paragraph is closest in meaning to “______”. 
	A. recklessly 	B. carelessly 	C. hopelessly	D. effortlessly 
41. The word “This” in the fourth paragraph refers to ______. 
	A. the scene of an assembly line in operation 
	B. the scene of the malfunction of the feeding machine 
	C. the malfunction of the twentieth-century technology 
	D. the situation of young workers in a factory 
42. According to the author, about two-thirds of Modern Times ______. 
	A. entertains the audience most 	B. is rather discouraging 
	C. was shot outside a factory 	D. is more critical than the rest 
43. The author refers to all of the following notions to describe Modern Times EXCEPT “______”. 
	A. satire 	B. entertainment 	C. criticism 	D. revolution 
44. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage? 
	A. The working conditions in the car factories of the 1930s were very stressful. 
	B. In Modern Times, the factory workers’ basic needs are well met. 
	C. The author does not consider Modern Times as a perfect film. 
	D. Modern Times depicts the over-mechanised world from a social viewpoint. 
45. The passage was written to ______. 
	A. criticize the factory system of the 1930s 	B. explain Chaplin’s style of acting 
	C. review one of Chaplin’s popular films 	D. discuss the disadvantages of technology 
Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions. 
46. “Why don’t you reply to the President’s offer right now?” said Mary to her husband. 
	A. Mary ordered her husband to reply to the President’s offer right now. 
	B. Mary suggested that her husband should reply to the President’s offer without delay. 
	C. Mary told her husband why he didn’t reply to the President’s offer then. 
	D. Mary wondered why her husband didn’t reply to the President’s offer then. 
47. She said, “John, I’ll show you round my city when you’re here.” 
	A. She organized a trip round her city for John. 	B. She planned to show John round her city. 
	C. She made a trip round her city with John. 	D. She promised to show John round her city. 
48. The film didn’t come up to my expectations. 
	A. The film was as good as I expected. 	B. I expected the film to end more abruptly. 
	C. The film fell short of my expectations. 	D. I expected the film to be more boring. 
49. He talked about nothing except the weather. 
	A. His sole topic of conversation was the weather. 
	B. He had nothing to say about the weather. 
	C. He said that he had no interest in the weather. 
	D. He talked about everything including the weather. 
50. It doesn’t matter to them which film they go to. 
	A. Whatever films are shown, they never see. 
	B. They don’t care about the cost of the films they see. 
	C. Which film they go to matters more than the cost. 
	D. They don’t mind which film they go to. 
51. He survived the operation thanks to the skilful surgeon. 
	A. He survived because he was a skilful surgeon. 
	B. Though the surgeon was skilful, he couldn’t survive the operation. 
	C. He wouldn’t have survived the operation without the skilful surgeon. 
	D. There was no skilful surgeon, so he died. 
52. Peter had very little money but managed to make ends meet. 
	A. Peter could hardly live on little money. 
	B. Having little money, Peter couldn’t make ends meet. 
	C. Peter found it hard to live on very little money. 
	D. Peter got by on very little money. 
53. “Please don’t drive so fast, Tom,” said Lisa. 
	A. Lisa insisted on Tom’s driving on. 
	B. Lisa complained about Tom’s driving too fast. 
	C. Lisa pleaded with Tom not to drive too fast. 
	D. Lisa grumbled to Tom about driving slowly. 
54. James was the last to know about the change of schedule. 
	A. The last thing James knew was the change of schedule. 
	B. At last James was able to know about the change of schedule. 
	C. Among the last people informed of the change of schedule was James. 
	D. Everyone had heard about the change of schedule before James did. 
55. There’s no point in persuading Jane to change her mind. 
	A. It’s possible for us to persuade Jane to change her mind. 
	B. Jane will change her mind though she doesn’t want to. 
	C. It’s useless to persuade Jane to change her mind. 
	D. No one wants Jane to change her mind because it’s pointless. 
Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions 
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ery few people in the modern world obtain their food supply by hunting and gathering in the natural environment surrounding their homes. This method of harvesting from nature’s provision is the oldest known subsistence strategy and has been practised for at least the last two million years. It was, indeed, the only way to obtain food until rudimentary farming and the domestication of wild animals were introduced about 10,000 years ago. 
Because hunter-gatherers have fared poorly in comparison with their agricultural cousins, their numbers have dwindled, and they have been forced to live in marginal environments, such as deserts and arctic wastelands. In higher latitudes, the shorter growing seasons have restricted the availability of plant life. Such conditions have caused a greater dependence on hunting, and on fishing along the coasts and waterways. The abundance of vegetation in the lower latitudes of the tropics, on the other hand, has provided a greater opportunity for gathering a variety of plants. In short, the environmental differences have restricted the diet and have limited possibilities for the development of subsistence societies. 
Contemporary hunter-gatherers may help us understand our prehistoric ancestors. We know from the observation of modern hunter-gatherers in both Africa and Alaska that a society based on hunting and gathering must be very mobile. While the entire community camps in a central location, a smaller party harvests the food within a reasonable distance from the camp. When the food in the area has become exhausted, the community moves on to exploit another site. We also notice seasonal migration patterns evolving for most hunter-gatherers, along with a strict division of labor between the sexes. These patterns of behavior may be similar to those practised by mankind during the Paleolithic Period. 
56. The word “domestication” in the first paragraph mostly means ______. 
	A. hatching and raising new species of wild animals in the home 
	B. adapting animals to suit a new working environment 
	C. teaching animals to do a particular job or activity in the home 
	D. making wild animals used to living with and working for humans 
57. According to the passage, subsistence societies depend mainly on ______. 
	A. agricultural products 	B. hunter-gatherers’ tools 
	C. nature’s provision 	D. farming methods 
58. The word “marginal” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to “______”. 
	A. forgotten 	B. suburban 	C. disadvantaged 	D. abandoned