đề thi chứng chỉ quốc gia trình độ c anh văn - bài 4

CCQG Trình Độ C - Pretest 04 1. For him, life was always full of a sense of wonder, each day brought a new _______ (puzzle), a new theory, a new explanation. ingenuity mystery enigma marvel 2. Then you would be _________ (confronted) by his unending enthusiasm for anything and everything mysterious and strange. defied challenged faced daunted 3. I was living in a small town where he bred _________ (pedigree) spaniels, rode an ancient bicycle, and practised medicine. foreign well-bred offspring pure bred 4. At last the bell would ring, and you would enter his office, which was as _______ (scruffy), warm and comfortable as its occupant. untidy snug pleasant amiable 5. Like many of the modern games Pac-Man attempts to _______ (instil) some humour into the contest. inject infuse inspire permeate 6. The games were _______ (banned) in the Philippines. officially forbidden restricted confined downsized 7. The bar closed at seven o'clock that night. I was the last to leave, tired but _______ (content). surfeited refreshed happy rehabilitated 8. But video games have a natural tendency to become _______ (obsolete). sophisticated replete in vogue out of date 9. Difficulty in distinguishing between colors, particularly red and green, is an inherited _____ (defect). imperfection incident malady trait 10. He suffers from frequent _____ (bouts) of hiccups. strokes attacks waves problems 11. I read a very good _________ of the film that's on at the local cinema this week. comment observation criticism review 12. There's a lot of ice on the roads today. If you're travelling by car, be careful you don't _________. slip slide skid slope 13. According to the electric wiring code, brown is ________, blue is neutral, and green-and-white is the earth. alive lively active live 14. They had nowhere to sleep so we _________ for the night. put up with them put them up put them on put in to them 15. Mozart composed music when he was jsut a child. He had a great ________ for it. skill ability gift force 16. It took him two _________ years to write his books. entire complete all whole 17. Anna wanted to buy a dress when she was in England, but she didn't know her ________. cut waist height size 18. If you bring luxury goods into the country, you must pay ____________ on them. duty tax toll fees 19. ___________ (interfering) with someone's mail is a serious crime in the United States. Assisting Tampering Gambling Intimidating 20. Trees that ______ (block) the view of oncoming traffic should be cut down. alter obstruct improve spoil 21. Computer scientists are now working on the next _________ of computers. generation episode epoch age 22. At Standford University a computer has been developed for medical _________. malady malaise diagnosis diaphragm 23. Professor Fredken thinks that the ___________ intelligences of the future will be concerned with "weighty" problems that humans cannot understand. false artificial untrue adulterated 24. There have been protests from animal rights groups about __________ on animals for many years. experience specimens experiments species 25. Attitudes to animals ___________ greatly between two extremes. commute modify alter vary 26. Fox-hunting and other blood sports are under __________ in Britain. discussion talk conference symposium 27. He went to a seaside resort because he was ________ on water-skiing. keen enthusiastic interested affectionate 28. Students in hostels are _________ to keep their rooms clean and tidy. hoped expected wanted desired 29. Generally the advantages of exams ___________ the disadvantages. overbalance outweigh dismiss outplay 30. Houses in big cities are expensive because land is in __________ supply. brief slight little short 31. Progressive farmers use several methods to prevent top soil ________________. from running off to run off from to run off to running off 32. Not until the mid-nineteenth century _____________________ achieve recognition. had El Greco's work did El Greco's work El Greco's work El Greco's work did 33. They had gone to New York, ________ the six copies were already in store. which the place which where there in 34. Nobody knows why we sleep, but we all _______________. need to sleep need to need sleep need this 35. ________________ about how much sleep is necessary. No rules are There are no rules No rules discuss No rules are required 36. __________________, Hong Kong acts as a gateway into and out of China. Strategically located It is located strategically Where strategically located Because located strategically 37. The traditional goal of science is to discover how things are, not how they ought _________. are be can be to be 38. ____________ undergraduate programs, American universities also offer graduate and professional courses. Except for Moreover Besides As 39. On no account _________________ be removed from the library. reference books may may reference books reference books cannot reference books 40. Precautions are taken ___________ a hurricane threatens to strike the coast of the United States. whenever however always whether 41. We can imagine ___________ from the pressures of modern life to an image of simplicity and tranquillity. escaping escape escaped to escape 42. There is something appealing in the story of Philip Quarrel, an Englishman ________________ on an island off the Pacific Coast of Mexico in 1675. shipwrecking who was shipwrecked to shipwreck that shipwrecked 43. ____________________ working on the film "Mutiny on the Bountry", he bought an island, Tetiaroa, in the Thitian group. Marlon Brando finished Marlon Brando had finished After finished After Marlon Brando had finished 44. The examiner made us ________ our identification in order to be admitted to the test centre. showing show showed to show 45. ______________ the Christmas season begins. That is after Thanksgiving After Thanksgiving it is It is after Thanksgiving that It is Thanksgiving that 46. The All Pueblo Council is said ________ from 1598. to date it dates dating dated 47. _____________________ to find stars in pairs. It is very common Being very common Very common is That is very common 48. For the first time _____________, large portions of the universe can be observed simultaneously. since history in history history began of the beginning of history 49. In 1939 the Ohio and Mississippi rivers overflowed ___________ the worst flood ever known in the United States. the cause of which caused and caused they caused [...]... Transatlantic radio-telephone service linked New York and London in 1927 However, the long distance coaxial cable which was hailed as unprecedented, came on the scene in 1936 connecting New York and Philadelphia The Bell Laboratories research facility came up with the transistor to replace the cumbersome vacuum tube, thus diminishing the size of the electronic switch system to about 10 per cent of that... switchboard find application in long-distance lines? It could carry connections through cable extensions It could handle a large volume of simultaneous calls It required the caller to activate switches It was prevalent in commercial enterprises 68 How did Lee De Forest improve the existing telephone? He integrated the mouthpiece and the receiver He modified a pipe to transmit sound He created a device... boomerang is constructed in such a way that it sails on a circular trajectory and returns to the thrower A trained hunter can throw a boomerang so that it will sweep up to a height of 50 feet, complete a circle 50 feet in diameter, and then spin along several smaller, iterative circles before it lands near the thrower Experts can make boomerangs ricochet off the ground, circle, and come back Hunters... original Crossbar switching, installed in terminals in 1938, operated on the principle of an electromagnetic force, which rotated horizontal and vertical bars within a rectangular frame and brought contacts together in a split second A technological break-through in the form of underseas cables between the United States and Hawaii was implemented almost twenty years later An extension was connected to... Strowger's step-by-step call advancement technology was implemented in the long-distance service between New York and Chicago when it proved to have the capacity of carrying signals through cable-joint extensions The first actual dial telephones, patented by Lee De Forest in 1907, were installed in Milwaukee in 1896 In 1912, their sound transmittal apparatus adapted an electronic tube to function as an... Strowger, an American engineer, constructed the first automatic telephone switching system, which had a horizontal, bladelike contact arm, in 1891 The first commercial switchboard based on his invention opened in La Porte, Indiana, a year later and was an instant success with business users To access the system, the caller pressed buttons to reach the desired number and turned the handle to activate the... children The use of mathematics in child psychology The development of mathematical ability in children The fundamental concepts of mathematcis that children must learn 92 It can be inferred from the passage that children normally learn simple counting soon after they learn to talk by looking at the clock when they begin to be mathematically mature after they reach second grade in school 93 The word "illuminated"... line 15 is closest in meaning to illustrated accepted clarified lighted 94 The author implies that most small children believe that the quantity of water changes when it is transferred to a container of a different color quality weight shape 95 According to the passage, when small children were asked to count a pile of red and blue pencils, they counted the number of pencils of each color guessed... as the case may be, bumped into - concepts that adults take for granted, as they refused, for instance, to concede that quantity is unchanged as water pours from a short stout glass into a tall thin one Psychologists have since demonstrated that young children, asked to count the pencils in a pile, readily report the number of blue or red pencils, but must be coaxed into finding the total Such studies... of pencils counted only the pencils of their favorite color subtracted the number of red pencils from the number of blue pencils 96 The word "They" in line 24 refers to mathematicians children pencils studies 97 The word "prerequisite" in line 27 is closest in meaning to reason theory requirement technique 98 The word "itself" in line 28 refers to the total the concept of abstract numbers any class . China. Strategically located It is located strategically Where strategically located Because located strategically 37. The traditional goal of science is to discover how things are, not. switchboard find application in long-distance lines? It could carry connections through cable extensions. It could handle a large volume of simultaneous calls. It required the caller to activate. Transatlantic radio-telephone service linked New York and London in 1927. However, the long distance coaxial cable. which was hailed as unprecedented, came on the scene in 1936 connecting New