The word "strength" in line 21 is closest in meaning to C Information was revealed about the Earth's past climatic changes.. The word "trend" in line 11 is closest in meaning to A people
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1 (A) He makes a lot of money
(B) He has just been left some money
(C) He doesn't believe three hundred dollars is enough (D) He can't afford to spend that much
2 (A) He knows what is wrong with the watch
(B) The woman doesn't need to buy another battery
(C) The woman should get a new watch
(D) The jewelry store can probably repair the woman's watch
3 (A) He has another meeting to attend on that day
(B) He's available either day
(C) He can't attend a two-day conference
(D) Not everybody will go to the same meeting
4 (A) Go to the beach with her friends
(B) Postpone her meeting with Professor Jones
(C) See Professor Jones after class
(D) Give a speech in Professor Jones's class
5 (A) She isn't a very good student
(B) She hasn't gotten her grades yet
(C) She shouldn't worry about her grades
(D) She doesn't like to talk about grades
6 (A) The classes have improved his health
(B) His new glasses fit better than the old ones
(C) He's thinking of taking exercise classes
(D) He's unhappy about his life
7 (A) She also found the book difficult
(B) She has learned a lot about names
(C) She doesn't remember the title of the novel
(D) She read a different book
8 (A) They'll have to go to a later show
(B) The people in line all have tickets
(C) She doesn't want to go to the second show
(D) They won't have to wait much longer
9 (A) If it's too late for her to drop the course
(B) If she sympathizes with him
(C) If she apologized for what she did
(D) If she regrets taking the course
10 (A) She'll be traveling during winter break
(B) She'll be working during vacation
(C) She's looking forward to going home
(D) She wants to hire another research assistant
11 (A) He's glad he called the doctor
(B) He wants to change the appointment
Trang 2(C) He can't come until 4:15
(D) He was confused about the date of the appointment
12 (A) No one believes he won the scholarship
(B) He's surprised that he got the scholarship
(C) It isn't true that he won the scholarship
(D) He's glad to award the woman the scholarship
13 (A) During economics class
(B) Before economics
(C) In about an hour
(D) The next day
14 (A) The nurse wasn't able to help her
(B) She's going to help the nurse
(C) She thinks she should ask the nurse for a pill
(D) She feels sleepy because of the medicine she took
15 (A) Whether she can make a proposal
(B) Whether Bill needs her help
(C) Whether she can review Bill's summary
(D) Whether she can speak for Bill
16 (A) He can't wear the shirt right now
(B) He can't find the shirt
(C) He doesn't like the shirt
(D) He thinks the shirt is inappropriate for the occasion
17 (A) He has three classes in a row
(B) His class begins at one o'clock
(C) His class meets for three hours
(D) He will be in class all afternoon
18 (A) The team won despite poor play
(B) The team has to play at least one game
(C) At least the football team played well
(D) The team should have won the game
19 (A) She needed warmer clothing than in previous summers (B) She knitted two sweaters in August
(C) August was warmer than the rest of the summer (D) She was unusually busy all summer
20 (A) If the man is going to the store
(B) How the man feels about the news
(C) If the man is going to lose his job
(D) Where the man heard the news
21 (A) It will be ready at four o'clock today
(B) It can be picked up at two o'clock tomorrow
(C) It will be ready in two hours
(D) Only two rolls will be ready on time
22 (A) He'll go to the party with the woman
(B) He met the man at the party
(C) He has changed his plans
Trang 3(D) He has to work late
23 (A) Pay for some of the food
(B) Insist on choosing their own food
(C) Treat Gary to dinner some other time
(D) Thank Gary for his generous offer
24 (A) She used to work at a newspaper
(B) She's like her supervisor's opinion of her work
(C) She wishes she had a different kind of work
(D) She meets with her supervisor regularly
25 (A) She rearranged the chapters of her book
(B) She assured him that the chapter was finished
(C) She worked on the chapter for quite a while
(D) She wasn't sure how to end the book
26 (A) There's room to stack up the cans of coffee
(B) The store is out of coffee
(C) They should buy a lot of coffee
(D) They should wait for a better deal on coffee
27 (A) She works very hard
(B) She is very strict
(C) Her classes fill up quickly
(D) It's easy to get good grades in her courses
28 (A) The office already mailed the man's birth certificate
(B) The office no longer issues birth certificates
(C) The man doesn't have sufficient identification for his request (D) The man will have to apply for his birth certificate in writing
29 (A) The woman has a choice of early flights
(B) Not many planes go to Washington
(C) The woman should take the earlier flight
(D) The six o'clock flight is already filled
30 (A) She would prepare extra refreshments
(B) They should prepare extra refreshments
(C) The members of the club always eat a lot
(D) There was too much food at a previous meeting
31 (A) Get a ride home with Nancy
(B) Find a place to live
(C) Go to the store before it closes
(D) Carry his groceries home
32 (A) He didn't expect to buy a lot
(B) He had only one bag of groceries
(C) The supermarket is just down the block
(D) He thought he'd get a ride with the Kramers
33 (A) They are paying for his education
(B) They invited him to their party
(C) They took him on a vacation with them
(D) They let him live with them for free
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(B) It was a waste of money
(C) She was amazed it had opened so soon
(D) She didn't like it as much as the other wings
35 (A) He took a tour of the city
(B) He read about it
(C) He wrote an article about it
(D) He worked there as a guide
36 (A) They came from the original wring
(B) They're made of the same material
(C) They're similar in shape
(D) They were designed by the same person
37 (A) It was made of aluminum
(B) It wasn't large enough
(C) It wouldn't move in the wind
(D) It was too heavy to put up
38 (A) To review material that will be on a test
(B) To introduce a new professor
(C) To explain changes in the schedule
(D) To describe the contents of a paper
39 (A) At the beginning
(B) In the middle
(C) One week before the end
(D) At the end
40 (A) Administer an examination
(B) Present a conference paper
(C) Explain next week's schedule
(D) Take attendance in class
41 (A) A regular class will be given
(B) An optional review class will be given
(C) An exam will be given
(D) Class will be canceled
42 (A) Rock formations in the Nevada desert
(B) Graduate studies in anthropology
(C) Excavation techniques used in archaeology (D) Prehistoric desert people of Nevada
43 (A) They planned their migrations
(B) They didn't travel far from their base camps (C) They hid from their enemies in caves
(D) They planned seeds near their camps
44 (A) They had trouble finding it
(B) Lack of light made it impossible
(C) It was too small for a group to fit into
(D) Items stored by others took up most of the space
Trang 545 (A) Prehistoric desert people
(B) Migratory animals
(C) Food supplies and tools
(D) Growing plants
46 (A) To illustrate the size of some objects
(B) To introduce the next assignment
(C) To show some artifact on display at the campus museum (D) To demonstrate his photographic ability
47 (A) A comparison of fish to warm-blooded animals
(B) The difference between saltwater and freshwater environments (C) The importance of fish to human beings
(D) How water has affected the development of fish
48 (A) It can't be compressed
(B) It is often polluted
(C) Its temperature often fluctuates dramatically
(D)It limits their size
Trang 6(D) the lowest temperature
2 After the First World War, the author Anais Nin became interested in the art movement known
as Surrealism and in psychoanalysis, both _ her novels and shorts stories
(A) in which the influence
(A) he was the third chief justice
(B) the third chief justice was
(C) who the third chief justice
(D) the third chief justice
5 _ Colonial period the great majority of Connecticut's settlers came from England
7 Playing the trumpet with dazzling originality, _ dominated jazz for 20 years
(A) Louis Armstrong
(B) The influence of Louis Armstrong
(C) The music of Louis Armstrong
(D) Louis Armstrong's talent
8 Before every presidential election in the United States, the statisticians try to guess the
proportion of the population that _ for each candidate
(A) are voted
(B) voting
(C) to be voted
(D) will vote
Trang 79 _ at a river ford on the Donner Pass route to California, the city of Reno grew as bridges and railroad were built
(A) Settle
(B) To settle
(C) It was settling
(D) Having been settled
10 The air inside a house or office building often has higher concentrations of contaminants _ heavily polluted outside air
(A) than does
(B) more
(C) as some that are
(D) like of
11 The decimal numeral system is one of the _ ways of expressing numbers
(A) useful most world's
(B) world's most useful
(C) useful world's most
(D) most world's useful
12 Emily Dickinson's garden was a place _ great inspiration for her poems
(A) that she drew
(B) by drawing her
(C) from which she drew
(D) drawn from which
13 The mountains surrounding Los Angeles effectively shield the city from the hot, dry winds of the Mojave Desert, _ the circulation of air
(A) but they also prevent
(B) also prevented by them
(C) and also to prevent
(D) and also preventing
14 Not only _ to determine the depth of the ocean floor, but it is also used to locate oil (A) to use seismology
(B) is seismology used
(C) seismology is used
(D) using seismology
15 Nebraska has floods in some years, _
(A) in others drought
(B) droughts are others
(C) while other droughts
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22 As her focus changed, the love poetry that Edna St Vincent Millay produced in
C the 1920's increasing gave way to poetry dealing with social injustice
various parts of a composition
25 If a glass lizard loses its tails, a new one grows to replace it
D
30 Gothic Revival architecture has several basis characteristics that distinguish it
C from other nineteenth-century architectural styles
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Trang 10Although researchers have taken samples of deep – ocean rocks and sediments for over a century, the first detailed global investigation of the ocean bottom did not actually start until 1968, with the beginning of the National Science Foundation's Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) Using techniques first developed for the offshore oil and gas industry, the DSDP's drill ship, the Glomar Challenger, was able to maintain a steady position on the ocean's surface and drill in very deep waters, extracting samples of sediments and rock from the ocean floor
The Glomar Challenger completed 96 voyages in a 15 – year research program that ended in November 1983 During this time, the vessel logged 600,000 kilometers and took almost 20,000 core samples of seabed sediments and rocks at 624 drilling sites around the world The Glomar Challenger's core samples have allowed geologists to reconstruct what the planet looked like hundreds of millions of years ago and to calculate what it will probably look like millions of years
in the future Today, largely on the strength of evidence gathered during the Glomar Challenger's voyages, nearly all earth scientists agree on the theories of plate tectonics and continental drift that explain many of the geological processes that shape the Earth
The cores of sediment drilled by the Glomar Challenger have also yielded information critical
to understanding the world's past climates Deep – ocean sediments provide a climatic record stretching back hundreds of millions of years, because they are largely isolated from the
mechanical erosion and the intense chemical and biological activity that rapidly destroy much land – based evidence oof past climates This record has already provided insights into the
patterns and causes of past climatic change – information that may be used to predict future climates
1 The author refers to the ocean bottom as a "frontier" in line 2 because it
(A) is not a popular area for scientific research
(B) contains a wide variety of life forms
(C) attracts courageous explorers
3 The author mentions outer space in line 7 because
(A) the Earth's climate millions of years ago was similar to conditions in outer space
(B) it is similar to the ocean floor in being alien to the human environment
(C) rock formations in outer space are similar to those found on the ocean floor
(D) techniques used by scientists to explore outer space were similar to those used in ocean exploration
4 Which of the following is true of the Glomar Challenger?
(A) It is a type of submarine
(B) It is an ongoing project
(C) It has gone on over 100 voyages
Trang 11(D) It made its first DSDP voyage in 1968
5 The word "extracting" in line 13 is closest in meaning to
(A) breaking
(B) locating
(C) removing
(D) analyzing
6 The Deep Sea Drilling Project was significant because it was
(A) an attempt to find new sources of oil and gas
(B) the first extensive exploration of the ocean bottom
(C) composed of geologists from all over the world
(D) funded entirely by the gas and oil industry
7 The word "strength" in line 21 is closest in meaning to
(C) Information was revealed about the Earth's past climatic changes
(D) Geologists observed forms of marine life never before seen
Questions 10-21
Basic to any understanding of Canada in 20 years after the Second World War is the country's impressive population growth For every three Canadians in 1945, there were over five in 1996 In September 1966 Canada's population passed the 20 million mark Most of this surging growth came from natural increase The depression of the 1930's and the war had held back marriages and the catching – up process began after 1945 The baby boom continued through the decade of the 1950's, producing a population increase of nearly fifteen percent in the five years from 1951 to
1956 This rate of increase had been exceeded only once before in Canada's history, in the decade before 1911, when the prairies were being settled Undoubtedly, the good economic conditions of the 1950's supported a growth in the population, but the expansion also derived from a trend toward earlier marriages and an increase in the average size of families In 1957 the Canadian birth rate stood at 28 per thousand, one of the highest in the world
After the peak year of 1957, the birth rate in Canada began to decline It continued falling until
in 1966 it stood at the lowest level in 25 years Partly this decline reflected the low level of births during the depression and the war, but it was also caused by changes in Canadian society Young people were staying at school longer, more women were working, young married couples were buying automobiles or houses before starting families, rising living standards were cutting down the size of families It appeared that Canada was once more falling in step with the trend toward smaller families that had occurred all through the Western world since the time of the Industrial Revolution
Although the growth in Canada's population has slowed down by 1966(the increase in the first half of the 1960's was only nine percent) Another large population wave was coming over the
Trang 12horizon It would be composed of the children of the children who were born during the period of the high birth rate prior to 1957
10 What does the passage mainly discuss?
(A) Educational changes in Canadian society
(B) Canada during the Second World War
(C) Population trends in postwar Canada
(D) Standards of living in Canada
11 According to the passage, when did Canada's baby boom begin?
(A) In the decade after 1911
14 The author suggests that in Canada during the 1950's
(A) the urban population decreased rapidly
(B) fewer people married
(C) economic conditions were poor
(D) the birth rate was very high
15 The word "trend" in line 11 is closest in meaning to
(A) people being better educated
(B) people getting married earlier
(C) better standards of living
(D) couples buying houses
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(A) families were larger
(B) population statistic were unreliable
(C) the population grew steadily
(D) economic conditions were bad
20 The word "It" in line 25 refers to
The growing interest of consumers in the safety and more nutritional quality of the typical North American diet is a welcome development However, much of this interest has been sparked
by sweeping claims that the food supply is unsafe or in adequate in meeting nutritional needs Although most of these claims are not supported by scientific evidence, the preponderance of written material advancing such claims makes it difficult for the general public to separate fact from fiction As a result, claims that eating a diet consisting entirely of organically grown foods prevents or cures disease or provides other benefits to health have become widely publicized and form the basis for folklore
Almost daily the public is besieged by claims for "no-aging" diets, new vitamins, and other wonder foods There are numerous unsubstantiated reports that natural vitamins are superior to synthetic ones, that fertilized eggs are nutritionally superior to unfertilized eggs, that untreated grains are better than fumigated grains and the like
One thing that most organically grown food products seem to have in common is that they cost more than conventionally grown foods But in many cases consumers are misled if they believe organic foods can maintain health and provide better nutritional quality than conventionally grown foods So there is real cause for concern if consumers, particularly those with limited incomes, distrust the regular food and buy and buy only expensive organic foods instead
22 The world "Advocates" in line 3 is closest in meaning to which of the following?
24 The "welcome development" mentioned in line 6 is an increase in
(A) interest in food safety and nutritional quality of the typical North American diet
(B) the nutritional quality of the typical North American diet
Trang 14(C) the amount of healthy food grown in North America
(D) the number of consumers in North America
25 According to the first paragraph, which of the following is true about the term "organic foods"?
(A) It is accepted by most nutritionists
(B) It has been used only in recent years
(C) It has no fixed meaning
(D) It is seldom used by consumers
26 The word "unsubstantiated" in line 15 is closest in meaning to
(D) too many farmers will stop using conventional methods to grow food crops
29 According to the last paragraph, consumers who believe that organic foods are better than conventionally grown foods are often
(A) careless
(B) mistaken
(C) thrifty
(D) wealthy
30 What is the author's attitude toward the claims made by advocates of health foods?
(A) Very enthusiastic
Those who believe that drama evolved out of ritual also argue that those rites contained the seed of theater because music, dance, masks, and costumes were almost always used Furthermore,
a suitable site had to be provided for performances, and when the entire community did not
participate, a clear division was usually made between the "acting area" and the "auditorium." In
Trang 15addition, there were performers, and since considerable importance was attached to avoiding mistakes in the enactment of rites, religious leaders usually assumed that task Wearing masks and costumes, they often impersonated other people, animals, or supernatural beings, and mimed the desired effect - success in hunt or battle, the coming rain, the revival of the Sun - as an actor might Eventually such dramatic representations were separated from religious activities
Another theory traces the theater's origin from the human interest in storytelling According to this view, tales (about the hunt, war, or other feats) are gradually elaborated, at first through the use of impersonation, action, and dialogue by a narrator and then through the assumption of each
of the roles by a different person A closely related theory traces theater to those dances that are primarily rhythmical and gymnastic or that are imitations of animal movements and sounds
31 What does the passage many discuss?
(A) The origins of theater
(B) The role of ritual in modern dance
(C) The importance of storytelling
(D) The variety of early religious activities
32 The word "they" in line 4 refers to
(A) seasonal changes
(B) natural forces
(C) theories
(D) human beings
33 What aspect of drama does the author discuss in the first paragraph?
(A) The reason drams is often unpredictable
(B) The seasons in which dramas were performed
(C) The connection between myths and dramatic plots
(D) The importance of costumes in early drama
34 Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a common element of theater and ritual? (A) Dance
38 According to the passage, what is the main difference between ritual and drama?
(A) Ritual uses music whereas drama does not
(B) Ritual is shorter than drama
(C) Ritual requires fewer performers than drama
Trang 16(D) Ritual has a religious purpose and drama does not
39 The passage supports which of the following statements?
(A) No one really knows how the theater began
(B) Myths are no longer represented dramatically
(C) Storytelling is an important part of dance
(D) Dramatic activities require the use of costumes
40 Where in the passage does the author discuss the separation of the stage and the audience? (A) Lines 8-9
Financial problems loomed large in both the North and the South The national debt had shot
up from a modest $65 million in 1861, the year the ear started to nearly $3 billion in 1865, the year the war ended This was a colossal sum for those days but one that a prudent government could pay At the same time, war taxes had to be reduced to less burdensome levels
Physical devastation caused by invading armies, chiefly in the South and border states, had to
be repaired This herculean task was ultimately completed, but with discouraging slowness Other important questions needed answering What would be the future of the four million black people who were freed from slavery? On what basis were the Southern states to be brought back into the Union?
What of the Southern leaders, all of whom were liable to charges of treason? One of these leaders, Jefferson Davis, President of the Southern Confederacy, was the subject of an insulting popular Northern song, "Hang Jeff Davis from a Sour Apple Tree." And even children sang it Davis was temporarily chained in his prison cell during the early days of his two-year
imprisonment But he and the other Southern leaders were finally released, partly because it was unlikely that a jury from Virginia, a Southern Confederate state, would convict them All the leaders were finally pardoned by President Johnson in 1868 in an effort to help reconstruction efforts proceed with as little bitterness as possible
41 What does the passage mainly discuss?
(A) Wartime expenditures
(B) Problems facing the United States after the war
(C) Methods of repairing the damage caused by the war
(D) The results of government efforts to revive the economy
42 The word " Staggering" in line 1 is closest in meaning to
Trang 17(A) It was worse than in the North
(B) The cost was less than expected
(C) It was centered in the border states
(D) It was remedied rather quickly
45 The passage refers to all of the following as necessary steps following the Civil War EXCEPT
(A) helping soldiers readjust
(B) restructuring industry
(C) returning government to normal
(D) increasing taxes
46 The word "task" in line 15 refers to
(A) raising the tax level
(B) sensible financial choices
(C) worse decisions about former slaves
(D) reconstruction of damaged areas
47 Why does the author mention a popular song in lines 22-23?
(A) To give attitude towards the South
(B) To illustrate the Northern love of music
(C) To emphasize the cultural differences between the North and the South
(D) To compare the Northern and Southern presidents
48 Which of the following can be inferred from the phrase " _it was unlikely that a jury from Virginia a Southern Confederate state ,would convict them" (lines 25-26)?
(A) Virginians felt betrayed by Jefferson Davis
(B) A popular song insulted Virginians
(C) Virginians were loyal to their leaders
(D) All of the Virginia military leaders had been put in chains
49 The word "them" in line 26 refers to
(A) raise money for the North
(B) repair the physical damage in the South
(C) prevent Northern leaders from punishing more Southerners
(D) help the nation recover from the war
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1 (A) He's unable to start typing
(B) He can't give the woman his typewriter
(C) He's run out of paper
(D) He doesn't lave any money
2 (A) Susan ate the last piece of pie
(B) He thought the pie was delicious
(C) He went out to buy a pie
(D) He gave Susan a piece of pie
3 (A) He hopes to leave before the woman does
(B) His office is one hour away from his home
(C) He's certain the lock works
(D) He will leave the office in about an hour
4 (A) She's not a good skier
(B) She went skiing on Thursday
(C) She won't be able to go skiing
(D) She really gets thirsty skiing
5 (A) She'll pay him 75 cents to carry the packages
(B) He should stop blocking the doorway
(C) It's not too far for her to carry the packages
(D) She appreciates his carrying the packages
6 (A) He probably calls his brothers frequently
(B) He should call his brothers more often
(C) He does a lot of traveling
(D) He's saving money to visit his brothers
7 (A) The battery is not correctly positioned
(B) She doesn't know how the calculator works
(C) The calculator needs a new battery
(D) The man should enter the numbers in a different order
8 (A) They can get a guidebook in Montreal
(B) It might not be necessary to buy a guidebook
(C) He doesn't mind the cost of a guidebook
(D) It's no use trying to study on a trip
9 (A) Being hungry
(B) Having a big lunch
(C) The weather
(D) Cooking
10 (A) Tom's apartment probably costs more than the man's (B) The man's place is becoming more expensive
(C) Her apartment is better than the man's
(D) She wants to see Tom's new apartment
11 (A) She doesn't like to wire letters
(B) She is happy to be here with her friends
Trang 19(C) She likes to mail her letters herself
(D) She's written a lot of letters recently
12 (A) She teaches high school
(B) She wants more ice in her glass
(C) She never misses class
(D) She thinks cold weather is nice
13 (A) The woman should ask someone else for help (B) He wonders if the woman hears a noise
(C) They can work together the next day
(D) He didn't hear her question
14 (A) John is too far away to hear
(B) John is out of money
(C) John hasn't left yet
(D) John doesn't hear well
15 (A) The guests aren't thirsty
(B) Water isn't appropriate for guests
(C) The guests don't want to serve water
(D) There isn't enough water
16 (A) The new bookstore is too far away
(B) The store carries all the latest books
(C) There was a bookstore there before
(D) The books in the store are old
17 (A) Reading the paper
(B) Taking a final exam
(C) Helping the librarian
(D) Studying
18 (A) Get another car
(B) Ask someone else to help her
(C) Buy something less expensive
(D) Go to another repair shop
19 (A) Winter is one of her favorite seasons
(B) She packed her winter clothes months ago (C) She's happy the season has changed
(D) The warm weather might not last very long
20 (A) His team won the other night
(B) He didn't go to the game
(C) His team always loses
(D) His team played for the first time
21 (A) He wants to be invited to a card game
(B) He told them what his favorite games are
(C) He doesn't really enjoy playing cards
(D) He doesn't know they're playing without him
22 (A) The class may not like coffee
(B) The woman's home is too small
(C) The class won't be able to find the woman's home
Trang 20(D) They don't have much coffee
23 (A) Flight 213 is preparing to depart
(B) The man will have to stay in New York
(C) The plane cannot land in New York because of bad weather (D) Three flights were canceled because of snow
24 (A) She forgot to send a gift to Janet
(B) They aren't obligated to buy a gift
(C) She prefers to go shopping in a store
(D) They should select an inexpensive gift
25 (A) Bob is not usually late
(B) The store's hours have changed
(C) It's too late to get to the store
(D) She isn't sure what time she should meet Bob
26 (A) She doesn't like coffee anymore
(B) She's had to eliminate coffee from her diet
(C) She's already prepared the coffee
(D) She has to take her medicine first
27 (A) Mary shouldn't have been surprised
(B) The grant shouldn't have been awarded to Mary
(C) He didn't realize how intelligent Mary really was
(D) The grants haven't been officially announced yet
28 (A) He should leave the umbrella outside the house
(B) She needs to use his umbrella
(C) She left his umbrella in the hallway
(D) He should remove some of the water from his umbrella
29 (A) He shouldn't turn his back on boxing
(B) He won't win
(C) He likes to box
(D) He's likely to come back a winner
30 (A) The test was harder than he had anticipated
(B) He never does well in biology
(C) He was lucky to pass the test
(D) Professor Morrison is known for giving hard tests
31 (A) His academic advisor
(B) Another student
(C) A ski instructor
(D) The college dean
32 (A) The weather
Trang 2134 (A) Take a trip to the beach
(B) Go to a ski resort
(C) Study for his exams
(D) Think further about his vacation
35 (A) To find out if he has the flu
(B) To find out how to maintain a nutritious diet
(C) To find out how to prevent illness
(D) To find out the results of a blood test
36 (A) He gets ill at the same time every year
(B) He doesn't get enough exercise
(C) He often has difficulty sleeping
(D) He's sick with influenza throughout the winter
37 (A) He's unwilling to be immunized
(B) He doesn't get enough rest
(C) He forgets to take his medicine
(D) He doesn't dress warmly enough
38 (A) Physical examinations are given free there
(B) He can get an influenza vaccination there
(C) He'll be able to get a prescription for medication there (D) He'll find literature on nutrition there
39 (A) The central gallery
(B) The storerooms
(C) The gift shop
(D) The furnace room
40 (A) Several works of art
(B) The museum grounds
(C) Nineteen frescoes
(D) The foundation
41 (A) The store next door
(B) The central heating
(C) The main part of the museum
(D) A fresco
42 (A) They were more than the museum could afford
(B) They are covered by insurance
(C) They will cause a rise in admission prices
(D) They are not known yet
43 (A) Because of its smell
(B) Because of its eyes
(C) Because of its size
(D) Because of its behavior
44 (A) How sea animals manage to exist
(B) How large sea animals can be
(C) How frightening the squid is
(D) How little is knows about the sea
45 (A) Why it is difficult to use aerial photographs in research (B) Why oceanic research is so limited
Trang 22(C) How oceanic research has helped land research
(D) How light is used to attract sea life
46 (A) In fossils on land
(B) Resting on the ocean floor
(C) In the nets of fisherman
(D) In written records by early
47 (A) Television's effect on the movie industry
(B) The relationships between different media
(C) Radio news as a substitute for newspapers
(D) The role of the print media
48 (A) People who listen to the radio also buy newspaper
(B) Radio is a substitute for newspapers in people's homes
(C) Newspapers discourage people from listening to the radio
(D) Many newspaper reporters also work in the radio industry
49 (A) Movie attendance increased due to advertising on television (B) Old motion pictures were often broadcast on television
(C) Television had no effect on movie attendance
(D) Motion picture popularity declined
50 (A) To illustrate another effect of television
(B) To demonstrate the importance of televised sports
(C) To explain why television replaced radio broadcasting
(D) To provide an example of something motion pictures can't present
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2 _ James A Bland, "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" was adopted is the state song of Virginia in 1940
(A) Was written by
(B) His writing was
(D) who did she believe
5 _ no real boundary to the part of the ocean referred to as a "deep" because of changing water levels and movement in the sea floor
(C) that they demanded
(D) in that they demand
7 A few animals sometimes fool their enemies _ to be dead
(A) appear
(B) to appear
(C) by appearing
(D) to be appearing
8 _ of the mourning dove is made only by the male
(A) That the sad cooing call
(B) The sad cooing call
(C) Is the sad cooing call
(D) The cooing call is sad
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as well as telling stories
(A) it is representing of images
(B) which images representing
(C) the images representing
(D) representing images
10 Abraham Lincoln insisted that _ not just on mere opinion but on moral purpose
(A) to base democracy
(B) for democracy to be based
(C) democracy be based
(D) whenever democracy is based
11 World trade patterns are indicative of the important economic issues _ confront the world today
13 Most natural ports are located where the shoreline is irregular and _
(A) deep water
(B) is the water deep
(C) the water is deep
(D) there is the deep water
14 _ to the reproductive rates of other small mammals, that of the bat is very low indeed (A) Compared
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D
9 Migration of animals may be initiated by physiological stimuli such as
A
B reproductive changes, external pressures such as weather changes, or a combination
D
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with segments of choral music
39 Butte, Montana, had built above large deposits of silver, gold, and copper and
Trang 27of water in plants have been based on root pressure, a push on the water from the roots at the bottom of the plant But root pressure is not nearly great enough to push water to the tops of tall trees Furthermore, the conifers, which are among the tallest trees, have unusually low root pressures
If water is not pumped to the top of a tall tree, and if it is not pushed to the top of a tall tree, then we may ask, How does it get there? According to the currently accepted cohesion-tension theory, water is pulled there The pull on a rising column of water in a plant results from the evaporation of water at the top of the plant As water is lost from the surface of the leaves, a negative pressure, or tension, is created The evaporated water is replaced by water moving from inside the plant in unbroken columns that extend from the top of a plant to its roots The same forces that create surface tension in any sample of water are responsible for the maintenance of these unbroken columns of water When water is confined in tubes of very small bore, the forces
of cohesion (the attraction between water molecules) are so great that the strength of a column of water compares with the strength of a steel wire of the same diameter This cohesive strength permits columns of water to be pulled to great heights without being broken
1 How many theories does the author mention?
(A) One
(B) Two
(C) Three
(D) Four
2 The passage answers which of the following questions?
(A) What is the effect of atmospheric pressure on foliage?
(B) When do dead cells harm plant growth?
(C) How does water get to the tops of trees?
(D) Why is root pressure weak?
3 The word "demonstrated" in line 6 is closest in meaning to
(A) ignored
(B) showed
(C) disguised
(D) distinguished
4 What do the experiments mentioned in lines 5-7 prove?
(A) Plant stems die when deprived of water
(B) Cells in plant stems do not pump water
(C) Plants cannot move water to high altitudes
(D) Plant cells regulate pressure within stems
5.How do botanists know that root pressure is not the only force that moves water in plants? (A) Some very tall trees have weak root pressure
(B) Root pressures decrease in winter
(C) Plants can live after their roots die
(D) Water in a plant's roots is not connected to water in its stem
6 Which of the following statements does the passage support?
Trang 28(A) Water is pushed to the tops of trees
(B) Botanists have proven that living cells act as pumps
(C) Atmospheric pressure draws water to the tops of tall trees
(D) Botanists have changed their theories of how water moves in plants
7 The word "it" in line 12 refers to
(B) The attraction between water molecules in strong
(C) The living cells of plants push the water molecules together
(D) Atmospheric pressure supports the columns
12.Why does the author mention steel wire in line 22?
(A) To illustrate another means of pulling water
(B) To demonstrate why wood is a good building material
(C) To indicate the size of a column of water
(D) To emphasize the strength of cohesive forces in water
13.Where in the passage does the author give an example of a plant with low root pressure? (A) Lines3-4
Trang 29shopping, and entertainment The new accessibility of land around the periphery of almost every major city sparked an explosion of real estate development and fueled what we now know as urban sprawl Between 1890 and 1920, for example, some 250,000 new residential lots were recorded within the borders of Chicago, most of them located in outlying areas Over the same period, another 550,000 were plotted outside the city limits but within the metropolitan area Anxious to take advantage of the possibilities of commuting, real estate developers added 800,000 potential building sites to the Chicago region in just thirty years – lots that could have housed five
to six million people
Of course, many were never occupied; there was always a huge surplus of subdivided, but vacant, land around Chicago and other cities These excesses underscore a feature of residential expansion related to the growth of mass transportation: urban sprawl was essentially unplanned It was carried out by thousands of small investors who paid little heed to coordinated land use or to future land users Those who purchased and prepared land for residential purposes, particularly land near or outside city borders where transit lines and middle-class inhabitants were anticipated, did so to create demand as much as to respond to it Chicago is a prime example of this process Real estate subdivision there proceeded much faster than population growth
14 With which of the following subjects is the passage mainly concerned?
(A) Types of mass transportation
(B) Instability of urban life
(C) How supply and demand determine land use
(D) The effects of mass transportation on urban expansion
15 The author mentions all of the following as effects of mass transportation on cities EXCEPT (A) growth in city area
(B) separation of commercial and residential districts
(C) Changes in life in the inner city
(D) Increasing standards of living
16 The word "vast" in line 3 is closest in meaning to
(A) large
(B) basic
(C) new
(D) urban
17 The word "sparked" in line 11 is closest in meaning to
(A) brought about
(B) surrounded
(C) sent out
(D) followed
18 Why does the author mention both Boston and Chicago?
(A) To demonstrate positive and negative effects of growth
(B) To show that mass transit changed many cities
(C) To exemplify cities with and without mass transportation
19 The word "potential" in line 16 is closest in meaning to
Trang 30(D) developers
21 According to the passage, what was one disadvantage of residential expansion?
(A) It was expensive
(B) It happened too slowly
(C) It was unplanned
(D) It created a demand for public transportation
22 The author mentions Chicago in the second paragraph as an example of a city
(A) that is large
(B) that is used as a model for land development
(C) where land development exceeded population growth
(D) with an excellent mass transportation system
ichthyosaur fossils
The deposits at Holzmaden, Germany, present an interesting case for analysis The ichthyosaur remains are found in black, bituminous marine shales deposited about 190 million years ago Over the years, thousands of specimens of marine reptiles, fish, and invertebrates have been recovered from these rocks The quality of preservation is outstanding, but what is even more impressive is the number of ichthyosaur fossils containing preserved embryos Ichthyosaurs with embryos have been reported from 6 different levels of the shale in a small area around Holzmaden, suggesting that a specific site was used by large numbers of ichthyosaurs repeatedly over time The embryos are quite advanced in their physical development; their paddles, for example, are already well formed One specimen is even preserved in the birth canal In addition, the shale contains the remains of many newborns that are between 20 and 30 inches long
Why are there so many pregnant females and young at Holzmaden when they are so rare elsewhere? The quality of preservation is almost unmatched, and quarry operations factors do not account for the interesting question of how there came to be such a concentration of pregnant ichthyosaurs in a particular place very close to their time of giving birth
23 The passage supports which of the following conclusions?
(A) Some species of ichthyosaurs decayed more rapidly than other species
(B) Ichthyosaur newborns are smaller than other newborn marine reptiles
(C) Ichthyosaurs were more advanced than terrestrial creatures
(D) Ichthyosaurs may have gathered at Holzmaden to give birth
24 The word "they" in line 3 refers to
(B) conditions of the water
(C) rate at which soft tissues decay
(D) cause of death of the animal
Trang 3126 Which of the following is true of the fossil deposits discussed in the passage?
(A) They include examples of newly discovered species
(B) They contain large numbers of well-preserved specimens
(C) They are older than fossils found in other places
(D) They have been analyzed more carefully than other fossils
27 The word "outstanding" in line 14 is closest in meaning to
29 Why does the author mention the specimen preserved in the birth canal (line 19)?
(A) To illustrate that the embryo fossils are quite advanced in their development
(B) To explain why the fossils are well preserved
(C) To indicate how the ichthyosaurs died
(D) To prove that ichthyosaurs are marine animals
30 The word "they" in line 22 refers to
(A) pregnant females and young
(C) The second paragraph describes a specific instance of the general topic discussed in the first paragraph
(D) The second paragraph presents information that contrasts with the information given in the first paragraph
33.Where in the passage does the author mentions the variety of fossils found at Holzmaden? (A) Line 1
Trang 32the purposes of commerce." Captain William Clark, the younger brother of famed George Rogers Clerk, was invited to share the command of the exploring party
Amid rumors that there were prehistoric mammoths wandering around the unknown region and that somewhere in its wilds was a mountain of rock salt 80 by 45 miles in extent, the two captains set out The date was May 14, 1804 Their point of departure was the mouth of the Wood River, just across the Mississippi from the entrance of the Missouri River After toiling up the Missouri all summer, the group wintered near the Mandan villages in the center of what is now North Dakota Resuming their journey in the spring of 1805, the men worked their way along the Missouri to its source and then crossed the mountains of western Montana and Idaho Picking up a tributary of the Columbia River, they continued westward until they reached the Pacific Ocean, where they stayed until the following spring
Lewis and Clark brought back much new information, including the knowledge that the
continent was wider than originally supposed More specifically, they learned a good deal about river drainages and mountain barriers They ended speculation that an easy coast-to-coast route existed via the Missouri-Columbia River systems, and their reports of the climate, the animals and birds, the trees and plants, and the Indians of the West – though not immediately published – were made available to scientists
34.With what topic is the passage primarily concerned?
(A) The river systems of portions of North America
(B) Certain geological features to the North American continent
(C) An exploratory trip sponsored by the United States government
(D) The discovery of natural resources in the United States
35.According to the passage, the primary purpose of finding a water route across the continent was to
(A) gain easy access to the gold and other riches of the Northwest
(B) become acquainted with the inhabitants of the West
(C) investigate the possibility of improved farmland in the West
(D) facilitate the movement of commerce across the continent
36.The river Meriwether Lewis was instructed to explore was the
(A) Wood
(B) Missouri
(C) Columbia
(D) Mississippi
37.According to the passage, the explorers spent their first winter in what would become
(A) North Dakota
39.The phrase "Picking up" in line 16 could best be replaced by which of the following?
(A) Searching for
(B) Following
(C) Learning about
(D) Lifting
Trang 3340.It can be inferred from the passage that prior to the Lewis and Clark expedition the size of the continent had been
(A) of little interest
(B) underestimated
(C) known to native inhabitants of the West
(D) unpublished but known to most scientists
41.Wherer in the passage does the author refer to the explorers' failure to find an easy passageway
to the western part of the continent?
For a century and a half the piano has been one of the most popular solo instruments for
Western music Unlike string and wind instrument, the piano is completely self-sufficient, as it is able to play both the melody and its accompanying harmony at the same time For this reason, it became the favorite household instrument of the nineteenth century
The ancestry of the piano can be traced to the early keyboard instruments of the fifteenth and sixteenth centu
ries – the spinet, the dulcimer, and the virginal In the seventeenth century the organ, the
clavichord, and the harpsichord became the chief instruments of the keyboard group, a supremacy they maintained until the piano supplanted them at the end of the eighteenth century The
clavichord's tone was metallic and never powerful; nevertheless, because of the variety of tone possible to it, many composers found the clavichord a sympathetic instrument for concert use, but the character of the tone could not be varied save by mechanical or structural devices
The piano was perfected in the early eighteenth century by a harpsichord maker in Italy (though musicologists point out several previous instances of the instrument) This instrument was called a piano e forte(soft and loud), to indicate its dynamic versatility; its strings were struck by a
recoiling hammer with a felt-padded head The wires were much heavier in the earlier instruments
A series of mechanical improvements continuing well into the nineteenth century, including the introduction of pedals to sustain tone or to soften it, the perfection of a metal frame and steel wire
of the finest quality, finally produced an instrument capable of myriad tonal effects from the most delicate harmonies to an almost orchestral fullness of sound, from a liquid, singing tone to a sharp, percussive brilliance
42 What does the passage mainly discuss?
(A) The historical development of the piano
(B) The quality of tone produced by various keyboard instruments
(C) The uses of keyboard instruments in various types of compositions
(D) The popularity of the piano with composers
43 Which of the following instruments was widely used before the seventeenth century?
(A) The harpsichord
Trang 3447 According to the passage, what deficiency did the harpsichord have?
(A) It was fragile
(B) It lacked variety in tone
(C) It sounded metallic
(D) It could not produce a strong sound
48 Where in the passage does the author provide a translation?
(A) The introduction of pedals
(B) The use of heavy wires
(C) The use of felt-padded hammerheads
(D) The metal frame construction
50 The word "myriad" in line 23 is closest in meaning to
(A) noticeable
(B) many
(C) loud
(D) unusual
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1 (A) He can't go too far away
(B) The cafeteria isn't too noisy
(C) He prefers to eat in a quiet place
(D) It won't be easy to find a restaurant
2 (A) She will help the man get home
(B) She has to go home soon
(C) The man should stop using the bus
(D) The bus will not leave for a long time
3 (A) He can recommend several cities that are worth visiting (B) There are many reasons to visit New York
(C) The woman can't afford to visit New York
(D) He knows of hotels at a variety of prices
4 (A) She forgot to write down the message
(B) She had to try several times to get her call through (C) She didn't understand the caller's message
(D) She didn't get to the phone on time
5 (A) She didn't hear the speech
(B) She thinks that George is a fine speakers
(C) She doesn't like serious talks
(D) She disagrees with the man's opinion
6 (A) The manager is away from her desk
(B) She's unsure about the bank's policy
(C) The man cannot open an account
(D) New accounts are handled by the manager
7 (A) Her easiest exam is tonight
(B) She wishes she could go to a movie
(C) She usually has good luck on exams
(D) She did well on two of her exams
8 (A) He'll go to the play with the woman
(B) He can't go to the play
(C) He doesn't want people to know where he's going (D) He's already seen the play
9 (A) She will owns the man some money
(B) She wants to borrow ten dollars
(C) The man should pay her later
(D) The man should forget about the debt
10 (A) His brother ate the food that was in the refrigerator (B) His brother helped him clean the refrigerator (C) He and his brother went out to eat
(D) He and his brother bought a lot of food
11 (A) Take a course from another professor
(B) Concentrate on the textbook, not the lectures
Trang 36(C) Borrow his notes to study for exams
(D) Pay attention to what is said in class
12 (A) She doesn't know if she can take time off from work
(B) She'll invite her supervisor to go skiing
(C) She'll not sure she wants to go
(D) She has been planning the trip for a long time
13 (A) They don't have room for any more volunteers
(B) He hopes the story will raise money for the newspaper
(C) More people need to get involved in the campaign
(D) Vote registration is controversial on campus
14 (A) He enjoys meeting people
(B) He doesn't remember people's names
(C) He forgot to introduce the woman
(D) He was supposed to meet the woman at 3:00
15 (A) Eat lunch
(B) Go to the park
(C) Park the car
(D) Get change for Rite
16 (A) Most neighbors are as noisy as the woman's
(B) He'd like to know why the woman is angry
(C) The woman is too polite to her neighbors
(D) Talking to the neighbors courteously might be the best solution
17 (A) He agrees with the woman
(B) He'll take the plants off the table
(C) The woman should sit by the window
(D) He wants his plants to get plenty of light
18 (A) It should last much longer than one year
(B) It is already five years old
(C) It is the best available
(D) It isn't as good as the previous one
19 (A) Bring dessert
(B) Buy a box of candy
(C) Take Janet to the party
(D) Give Janet the cake recipe
20 (A) She was worried when the man didn't come
(B) The game was canceled
(C) The team played quite badly
(D) Their opponents were easy to best
21 (A) She'd like to watch the news else where since her room is cold (B) She's angry with the man and would like him to leave
(C) She doesn't like watching the news
(D) She doesn't want the man to get sick
22 (A) Weather is difficult to forecast
(B) The heat wave is about to end
(C) He hasn't seen a weather forecast
(D) It's going to be hot for a while
Trang 3723 (A) He has been unpredictable lately
(B) He is usually punctual
(C) He advised his students to wear watches to class
(D) He rarely notices when students are late
24 (A) He gets more news than he can keep up with
(B) He listens to the news several times a day
(C) He gets reports from home every week
(D) he calls home every other week
25 (A) He enjoys meeting the director
(B) He met the director at a conference
(C) The director was at the theater
(D) He didn't see the director
26 (A) The movie was more expensive than he thought it would be (B) He had waned the woman about the movie
(C) The woman didn't tell him about the reviews
(D) He agrees with the woman about the movie
27 (A) The library is within walking distance
(B) The streets are not in good condition
(C) The man should get a car instead
(D) The man should exercise more
28 (A) That color looks good on the man
(B) The man could also buy some socks
(C) The shirt is not the same color as the socks
(D) The man's socks match his shirt well
29 (A) The woman missed her chance to see him on television (B) The interview will be rebroadcast soon
(C) He saw the woman on the news
(D) The woman should have read his newspaper article
30 (A) The show will not start until tomorrow
(B) He's planning to work this afternoon
(C) He must do lot of work tomorrow
(D) He plans to attend the opening
31 (A) To apply for a student loan
(B) To discuss a decision he has to make
(C) To ask for a letter of recommendation
(D) To find out which colleges accepted him
32 (A) The laboratories are not well equipped
(B) The classes are too large
(C) It's too expensive
(D) It's too far away from home
33 (A) It has a beautiful campus
(B) Professors regularly publish their results
(C) It's in an urban setting
(D) Faculty members interact with students
34 (A) Investigate borrowing money for college
Trang 38(B) Choose a new major
(C) Accept an internship at the state university
(D) Look for a job as a biologist
35 (A) She wasn't quite ready to come back to campus
(B) There are more endangered species in zoos than in the wild (C) The birds won't learn to keep away from people
(D) She might change her major
36 (A) Counting wildlife
(B) Cleaning cages
(C) Training baby birds
(D) Making puppets
37 (A) To prepare endangered species for life in the wild
(B) To breed animals to sell to zoos
(C) To study animal behavior in the wild
(D) To increase the public's understanding of endangered species
38 (A) He once had a job in a zoo
(B) They're familiar examples of endangered species
(C) He's interesting in the genetics of mammals
(D) They also become attached to humans
39 (A) So that they are protected from scratches by the crane's talons (B) So that they aren't exposed to infectious diseases
(C) So that the chicks can be examined in a sterile environment (D) So that the chicks don't become dependent on human
40 (A) The development of the modern skyscraper
(B) The skyscraper's effect on urban areas
(C) Problems with future skyscraper construction
(D) Safety regulations for skyscraper design
41 (A) It created design problems for architects
(B) It was needed for transporting construction materials
(C) It enabled architects to design taller office buildings
(D) It made skyscrapers more expensive to build
42 (A) Projected changes in the building code
(B) Design features of modern skyscrapers
(C) Strategies for reducing traffic congestion
(D) Strategies for reducing traffic congestion
43 (A) The duties of a ski patroller
(B) The health benefits of an outdoor job
(C) What ski patrollers teach skiers
(D) The importance of first - aid techniques in a ski patrol
44 (A) High salary
(B) Job security
(C) Job satisfaction
(D) Employee health insurance
45 (A) It provides an extra source of income
(B) It improves her own skiing techniques
(C) It gives her the opportunity to meet people
Trang 39(D) It helps her stay in shape
46 (A) To predict weather patterns
(B) To maintain safe skiing conditions
(C) To help skiers to improve their physical (D) To compete in ski competitions and races
47 (A) The geological features of Nebraska and Texas (B) Fluctuations in rainfall amounts in the desert (C) An inventive irrigation method
(D) A new solution to an environmental problem
48 (A) New varieties of corn have been developed (B) The crops need less fertilizer
(C) Farmers can now monitor crop growth (D) Crop yields are much greater
49 (A) It's being drained from Nebraska to Texas (B) It's being pumped out
(C) It's becoming contaminated with oil
(D) It's becoming much warmer
50 (A) It can be seen from an airplane
(B) It's most likely polluted
(C) It's usually a bright green color
(D) The supply may be exhausted soon
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1 Sociologists have long recognized that social tension _
(A) elements from group living
(B) elements of a normal group life
(C) living are a group of elements
(D) are normal elements of group life
2 _ have a very keen sense of hearing, although most do not hear sounds audible to the human ear
(A) While some insects do
(B) Some insects which
(C) Some insects
(D) That some insects
3 Although both political parties wanted Dwight D Eisenhower as their presidential nominee in
1952, he became a Republican candidate and _
(A) President was electing
(B) was elected President
(C) to elect the President
(D) being elected president
4 If an act is rewarded many times, immediately and with strong reinforces, it will rapidly become _
(A) a habit
(B) into a habit
(C) that which a habit
(D) a habit can be
5 Giant pandas resemble bears in shape and in _
(A) it is a slow, clumsy way to walk
(B) the slow, clumsy way they walk
(C) they walk in a slow, clumsy way
(D) their slow walk is clumsy
6 _ temperature at which air holds as much water vapor as it can is called the dew point (A) It is the
(B) was made originally from
(C) originally made was from
(D) from originally made was
8 No one knows exactly _
(A) how did speech begin
(B) how speech began
(C) how the beginning of speech
(D) of how beginning speech
9 _ mechanical device has ever been invented that can satisfactorily replace teasel flower