đề thi chứng chỉ quốc gia trình độ c anh văn - bài 5

CCQG Trình độ C - Pretest 05 1. He was helping her to ________ (break into) the film industry. establish herself in enter by force initiate reform 2. The American rocket, Columbus XIV, ________ (broke up) and fell to Earth yesterday. stopped flying ceased functioning broke into pieces heated up 3. I don't believe him. There are too many _________ (fantastic) stories in his report. wild and strange wonderful imaginative imaginable 4. He was tired out. No sooner had he set up his tent than he just __________ (rashed out.) slept (somewhere) temporarily lost consciousness lay down relaxed 5. I am planning to walk across the polar ice-cap, _______ (via) the North Pole. through around near behind 6. ____________ (at intervals), she would stop for a rest. At the stations On the way All along Now and then 7. He put the camera on a ________ (tripod). window-sill support with three legs luggage rack arm-rest 8. I've been exploring ________ (remote) places for the last twenty years. dangerous strange distant secret 9. I had been travelling for 12 days and stopped at a small ________ (clearing) for the night. open space station inn camp 10. Both Melbourne in Victoria and Adelaide, 400 miles away in South Australia, were ________ (ringed) by fire. surrounded destroyed burnt up attacked 11. Framton Huttel ___________ (endeavoured) to say something correct. endangered risked tried endured 12. Americans have become ______________ (overwhelmingly) an urban people. successfully luckily dominantly surprisingly 13. The colonial farmers employed primitive ___________ (implements) and methods. machines devices tools appliances 14. The noise of labour-saving appliances can cause ___________ (irritability) and tension. annoyance soreness anger itching 15. Last summer was so hot that the _________ in the woods actually dried up. pond bath bowl flood 16. The new secretary in the sales department is a fast typist but her letters are full of spelling _________. wrongs faults tricks mistakes 17. The ___________ were told to fasten their seat belts as the plane began its descent. customers riders flyers passengers 18. It's a good idea to see your doctor regularly for _____________. revision a control an investigation a check-up 19. The shop assistant was __________ helpful, but she felt he could have given her more advice. entirely exactly quite totally 20. ___________ from Bill, all the students said they would go. Except Only Apart Seperate 21. It is easy for cars to ____________ on wet roads after a dry spell. skate slither skid slick 22. The ________ (yearly) growth of the gross national product is often used as an indicator of a nation's economy. sluggish routine haphazard annual 23. The 132 islands in the Hawaiian chain _________ (extended across) 388 miles of Pacific Ocean. enhance claim guard span 24. Flamingos were about to ________ (die out) until laws were passed to protect them. become confined become infected become extinct become deformed 25. As he always said he took scientific __________ in the unexplained. attraction love interest concern 26. He even turned down a free trip to the Continent because it would ________ with his housework. interfere connect concern construct 27. In the early 1920s, Hollywood was __________ by a series of scandals involving major stars and directors. turned moved swung rocked 28. The Hays Code was often the _________ of jokes, very often because it was so specific. role subject function direction 29. Men still expect their jobs to take ___________. forward priority privilege order 30. I've always felt that it is a very narrow __________ of life to value a person purely in terms of job status. thought ideology view comment 31. You must __________ asleep in the train. be tired if you have been fallen be tired if you had fallen have been tired if you fell have been tired if you fall 32. Isn't it about time you _________ your coat off? took take will take are taking 33. Scarcely ____________ when the fight broke out. he arrived he had arrived did he arrive had he arrived 34. ______________ that you have worked so hard, you can take tomorrow off. Seen In view Just now Seeing 35. You remind me ______ my aunt's parrot when you talk like that. of for about with 36. Would you like to elaborate ____________ your last answer? with over about on 37. Fortunately, _____________ single nation has to have the task of learning all we need to know about the ocean. no not none never 38. ______ some cultures, openness is considered in a very negative light. From In At On 39. ________________, often of a religious character, were developed from fundamental African forms. Ancient dancing of Egyptians Ancient Egyptian dancing Ancient Egyptian dance Ancient Egyptian dances 40. ___________ some satellites have retrograde motion is not yet understood. Why Whenever What Although 41. It was as if the whole town __________ asleep. fell had fallen would have fallen should fall 42. You'll be all right __________ you've had something to eat. as soon once the time so long 43. It suddenly dawned _______ me where I had seen her before. in to over on 44. ________ few people have heard of him, Bert Marshall was one of the greatest engineers of the century. Although Since As Once 45. He died two years later, an unhappy man ___________ his money. excluding outside of irrespective in spite of 46. Often a team of engineers are ____________________. work on one project on one project work working on one project to working on one project. 47. A vacuum will neither conduct heat nor ____________________. transmit sound waves transmitting sound waves sound waves are transmitted the transmission of sound waves 48. To relieve pain caused by severe burns, prevent infections, and treat for shock, ________________. taking immediate steps to take immediate steps taken steps immediately take immediate steps 49. We had hoped ____________________ the game, but the other team played very well. State University to win State University would win the State University win State University's winning [...]... that and which and 53 An earthquake is a shaking of the ground when masses of rock beneath the surface of the earth change position which occuring it occurs and therefore occuring that occurs 54 Nervous about flying in planes, _ thirty years ago people knew nothing of space travel people knew nothing of space travel thirty years ago space travel was unknown by people thirty years... mainly discuss? Modern musical composition Charles Ives's life The Pulitzer prize Career choice 85 How did Ives make a living for most of his life? He conducted a band He taught musical composition He owned an insurance company He published music 86 Why didn't the public appreciate Ives' music? Because it was not performed for a long time Because it was very different from the music of the time Because... the few conductors and performers he tried to interest in his compositions felt that they were unplayable Instead, he became a successful insurance executive, building his company into the largest agency in the country in only two decades Even during that busy time, he still dedicated himself to composing music in the evenings, on weekends, and during vacations Although he occasionally hired musicians... Questions 8 4-9 0: Charles Ives, now acclaimed as the first great American composer of the twentieth century, had to wait many years for the recognition he deserved The son of a bandmaster, Ives entered Yale at twenty to study composition with Horatio Parker, but after graduation, he did not choose to pursue a career in music He suspected correctly that the public would not accept the music he wrote Even... institution actually encourages requests for help is another matter Adults often forget what a confusing picture school can offer to a child He sees a great deal of movement, a great number of people_ often rather frightening-looking people_ and realises that an increasing number of choices and decisions have to be made As he progresses through the school the confusion may become less but the choices and decisions... in New Amsterdam? Because the Dutch West India Company was owned by England Because the Dutch West India Company allowed freedom of speech Because the Dutch West India Company recruited settlers from many different countries in Europe Because the Indians who lived there before the the Dutch West India Company purchase spoke many languages 77 Which city was the first capital of the new United States?... unnoticed 79 What does this passage mainly discuss? Earthquakes The Richter scale Charles R Richter Seismography 80 In what kind of textbook would this passage most likely be found? History Biography Geology Mathematics 81 According to information in teh passage, what does the Richter scale record? The distance from the epicenter The amplitude of the largest trace The degree of damage The location... seismograph For example, for a one-unit increase in magnitude, there is an increase of times thirty in released energy The Richter scale considers earthquakes of 6. 75 as great and 7.0 to 7. 75 as major An earthquake that reads 4 to 5. 5 would be expected to cause localized damage, and those of magnitude 2 may be felt It is estimated that almost one million earthquakes occur each year, but most of them are... his problems with any teacher 63 In this passage about secondary schools, the author is mainly concerned about academic standards the role of specialist teachers the training of the individual teachers the personal development of pupils 64 Questions 6 4-7 2: Between 1977 and 1981, three groups of American women, numbering 27 in all, between the ages of 35 and 65, were given month-long tests to determine... music only in his imagination After he recovered from a serious heart attack, he became reconciled to the fact that his ideas, epecially the use of disonance and special effects, were just too different for the musical mainstream Determined to share his music with the few people who might appreciate it, he publishedhis work privately and distributed it free In 1939, when Ives was sixty-five, American . passed to protect them. become confined become infected become extinct become deformed 25. As he always said he took scientific __________ in the unexplained. attraction love. of choices and decisions have to be made. As he progresses through the school the confusion may become less but the choices and decisions required will increase. The school will rightly expect. Manhattan valued at $7 billion? 1626 1726 1 656 1926 79. Questions 7 9-8 3: The Richter scale is a numerical logarithmic scale developed and introduced by Charles R. Richter in 1935