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ĐỀ THI ANH VĂN NGÀNH THÔNG DỊCH VIÊN ANH-PHÁP 2009 – 2010

THỜI GIAN: 90 PHÚT

I/ True (T) or False (F)

1 The U.S national government has no responsibilities to its education?

2 Education of all ages in the U.S is under the direct control of state and

local government

3 Fund for running schools is provided by the U.S federal government and taxes

4 The national Board of Education decides the curriculum and general standard of education

5 In the U.S, education from school to university is free of charge

6 Only students from elite private schools have chances to go to the best American

Universities

7 The majority of students at Harvard University are from elite private school

8 It is more difficult to get a chance to study at Harvard now than it was before the

World War II

9 All of the states in the U.S have their own universities

II/ Answer the questions

1 What is K – 12?

2 What do American children learn at elementary schools?

3 What are “electives”? At what level of education are American children offered electives?

4 What is “school board”? What does it do?

5 What kind of school conflicts with the ideal of equality of opportunity? Why? Why do parents want their children to go to this kind of school?

6 Who is John Dewey? What are his two important ideas that influence the American teaching

model?

7 What are the four principles of the American teaching model? Give examples for each

8 What is Special Education?

9 What are the two tracks of study provided by most high schools?

10 What are the different types of colleges in the United States?

11 What does a student take into consideration when choosing a college?

12 How to get accepted into a college?

13 What are the two things which prevent many American students from attending university?

14 What kinds of courses does an American college student take?

15 Why do you think American universities are sometimes criticized for offering too many electives? What is the advantage of doing so?

16 Where do American universities get money to run their institutions?

III/ Below is the American education ladder Fill in the missing information

Education ladder Age required Grades

3 Secondary schools

+ Junior high school/middle schools

14/15 - 18

7th – 8th/9th

th th

4.1 Undergraduate studies Bachelor

degree/college 4.2 Professional studies

Doctoral degree

* Religious instruction is offered by American religious private school but not

by

* An American student usually spends _ years at college to have a bachelor degree

* A large American University typically consists of several colleges, program, one or more schools

IV/ Choose the correct answer

1 Which of these statements is not true?

a American high school students have the choice of going to a free public school or a private one where they must pay tuition

b The American education system is based on strong principles of equality of opportunity

c After 12 years of schools American students receive a bachelor’s degree diploma at graduation

2 Which of these statements is

true?

a Most of the money to pay for American public schools comes from

local taxes

b Religious schools that serve middle-class students receive money from the national government, but elite private schools do not

c The national Department of Education determines the curriculum for all schools and sets the standard for high school graduation and college admission

3 Since 1900, the percentage of young Americans who attend college has

a Increased slightly from less than 10 percent to about 20

percent b Increased enormously from 10 percent to over 60

percent

c Stayed about the same, at around 20 percent

4 What most Americans like most about higher education is

a Its cultural value

b Its monetary

value c Its moral

value

5 Which of the following would not be considered an extracurricular?

a A school baseball team

b The student government of a

school c A classroom research

project

Discussion

Imagine you plan an ideal school Describe it in detail You may want to include the following points: Who would the student be? What kind of building would you use? Would the school have a special emphasis? (science, music, sports) What would the teachers be like? (age, experience, roles) Who would determine the curriculum? What about tests and homework? How would disciplines be maintained? What would be the role of the parents? What special activities would the students have? What would a typical day like? What do you think others would say about this school?

I Choose the correct answer

1 The main reason the early settlers came to the North American continent and established colonies was because they wanted to be free

A the power of kings, priests, and noble

men B the influence of their families

C the problems of poverty and hunger

2 There are no titles of nobility in the United States today because

A no one likes aristocrats

B the church does not allow it

C they are forbidden by the Constitution

3 The price that Americans pay for their individual freedom is

A self -

reliance B

competition C

hard work

4 The Americans belief in self - reliance means that

A receiving money from charity, family, or the government is never allowed B if a person is very dependent on others, he or she will

be respected by

others

C people must take care of themselves and be independent or risk losing their personal freedom

5 The American belief in equality of opportunity means that

A all Americans are rich

B Americans believe that everyone should be

equal C everyone should have equal chance to

succeed

6 In the United States, learning to compete successfully is

A a part of growing up

B not seen as healthy by most people

C not necessary because the Americans believe in equality

7 Traditionally, immigrants have been able to raise their standard of

living by coming to the United States because

A Americans value money and nothing else

B there have been such abundant natural

resources C the rich have shared their wealth

with the poor

8 Americans see their material possessions as

A having nothing to so with social

status B the natural reward or their

hard work C no indication of a

person’s abilities

9 The belief in the value of hard work

A developed because it was necessary to work hard to convert national resources into material goods

B developed because the immigrants who came here had a natural love

of hard

work

C has never been a part of American value system because people have so much

10 In reality, such American ideals as equality of opportunity and self– reliance

A are not real because there is no equality in the United States

B are always put into practice in the United States and truly describe

American life

C are only partly carried out in real life but are still important because people believe in them

II/ Cloze Summary Paragraph This paragraph summarizes the chapter Fill in each blank with any word that makes sense

The earliest settlers came (1) North America because

they (2) to be free from (3) placed on their lives (4)

European government, churches and (5) societies They created a (6) nation where

the emphasis (7) on the freedom of (8) individual The price paid (9) individual freedom is (10) ; Americans are expected to take (11) of themselves and not (12) on others A second (13) _ why immigrants have come to the United States is the (14) of opportunity Americans (15)

that everyone should have an (16) chance to succeed, the (17) for this equality is (18) for everyone The third reason why immigrants (19)

come is to raise their (20) of living Material (21) has become the measure (22) success and social (23)

, their (24) is the price Material possessions are seen as the natural (25) for hard work Although these six (26)

values may not always (27) put in practice in (28)

, they are ideals which (29) every aspect of American (30)

III/ Which American traditional value is each statement about?

1 Life is a race The winner takes it all

2 You have to work hard to succeed in life

3 Everyone can have a chance to better their condition

4 Everyone should stand on their own two feet

5 Money is a measure of success and social status

6 Americans want and require the right to control their own life

IV/ Gap-filling

1 America is said to be hard to make generalizations about because of its great

and & its population

2 The main reason for many early settlers coming to America : freedom from controls by kings, priests, and

3 A retired factory worker feels unwanted by society because he is no longer

working His situation can be best described as the negative effects of

4 The “American dream” best reflects the American value of

5 The value of

them suffer from stresses causes Americans to be energetic, but it also makes

6 The most basic and respected traditional American value is

7 On the frontier, the family background was of importance

8 Americans see their as the measure of success and social status

9 American pop-stars are considered to be

V/ Which value does each of the following American practices reflect?

1 Children are expected to leave home at 18 or 21

2 Children get involved in sports at a young age

3 Doping in sports is a serious crime

4 Business first, chatting later _

5 Show more respect to the young and men than the old and women

class

6 “No trespassing”, “Keep out “ can be seen at the gate of houses

7 “Go Dutch” when eating out

8 You have to earn your respect

9 Americans don’t expect a strong sense of commitment in friendship

10 Everyone has a voice

11 “Rags to riches” stories

12 Cheating at exam or plagiarism is a serious crime

13 Children are sometimes allowed to call their parents and grandparents by their first names

14 Keeping up with the Joneses

15 “Time is money.”

16 A suspicion of a strong government

17 Marriage for love

18 Informal Americans