Dựa vào đoạn văn trong bài: “Following the Revolution, members of Congress had hotly debated the questions of a permanent home for themselves” “Not much to anyone’s surprise but to the d
Trang 1THE NATIONAL TEST 14 KEY
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer for each of the questions
Washington was the first city in history to be created solely for the purpose of governance Following the Revolution, members of Congress had hotly debated the question of a permanent home for themselves and for those departments – the Treasury, the Patent Office and so on – which even the sketchiest of central
governments would feel obliged to establish In 1790, largely in order to put an end to congressional bickering, George Washington was charged with selecting a site for the newly designated federal district Not much to anyone’s surprise but to the disappointment of many he chose a tract of land on the banks of the Potomac River,
a few miles upstream from his beloved plantation Mount Vernon
The District of Columbia was taken in part from Virginia and in part from Maryland At the time it was laid out, its hundred square miles consisted of gently rolling hills, some under cultivation and the rest heavily wooded, with a number of creeks and much swampy land along the Potomac There is now a section of Washington that
is commonly referred to as Foggy Bottom; that section bore the same nickname a hundred and eighty years ago
Two ports cities, Alexandria and Georgetown, flourished within sight of the new capital and gave it access by ship to the most important cities of the infant nation – Charleston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Newport, Salem and Portsmouth – and also to the far-off ports of England and the Continent
1) What is the main topic of the passage?
A: The role of George Washington in the American Revolution
B: The founding of Washington, DC
C: The first years of the United States Congress
D: The governing of the federal district
Toàn bộ bài khoá nói về việc hình thành của thủ đô Washington, DC
Phương án (The role of George Washington in the American Revolution ) sai Vai trò của George Washington tại cuộc cách mạng của Mỹ
Phương án (The first years of the United States Congress ) sai Những năm đầu tiên của Quốc hội Mỹ
Phương án (The governing of the federal district ) sai Việc lãnh đạo của quận liên bang
2) In line 6, the phrase “charged with” could be best replaced by which of the following?
A: asked to pay for B: attached with
C: accused of D: given the responsibility of
Đáp án: To charge with = to entrust (someone) with a task as a duty or responsibility: giao nhiệm vụ, trách nhiệm (cho ai)
Phương án sai attacked with: bị tấn công bằng
Trang 2Phương án sai accused of: bị buộc tội
Phương án sai asked to pay for: được yêu cầu thanh toán
3) Why was George Washington’s choice for the site of the capital not very surprising?
A: George Washington had lived on the site before the American Revolution
B: The members of Congress had already stated their preference for the site
C: The river would bring trade to the city
D: The site was close to George Washington’s own home
Dựa vào đoạn văn trong bài: “Following the Revolution, members of Congress had hotly debated the questions
of a permanent home for themselves” “Not much to anyone’s surprise but to the disappointment of many he chose a tract of land on the banks of the Potomac River, a few miles upstream from his beloved plantation Mount Vernon”
4) In 1790, a large part of the federal district was
A: seashore
B: village squares
C: a flouring port
D: wilderness
Dựa vào đoạn văn trong bài: “At the time it was laid out, its hundred square miles consisted of gently rolling hills, some under cultivation and the rest heavily wooded, with a number of creeks and much swampy land along the Potomac”
5) It can be referred from the passage that the term “Foggy Bottom” in the second paragraph refers to a section
of Washington D C that
A: used to be the site of the national weather station
B: lies at the bottom of Mount Vernon
C: has the lowest population in the district
D: used to be mostly swampland
Đáp án : used to be mostly swampland: từng chủ yếu là đầm lầy
Dựa vào đoạn văn trong bài: “…….much swampy land along the Potomac There is now a section of
Washington that is commonly referred to as Foggy Bottom” (… nhiều vùng đầm lầy dọc theo sông Potomac Hiện nay, có một phần của Washington mà thường được gọi là Foggy Bottom ".)
6) The author implies that Georgetown was important in the eighteen century because it
A: defended the east coast against invaders
B: was a model for building the new federal district
C: linked the federal district with the ocean
D: was the home of the Treasury and the Patent Office
Trang 3Đáp án : linked the federal district with the ocean: liên kết các khu vực liên bang với các đại dương
Dựa vào đoạn văn trong bài: “ Two ports cities, Alexandria and Georgetown, flourished within sight of the new capital and gave it access by ship to the most important cities of the infant nation – Charleston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Newport, Salem and Portsmouth – and also to the far-off ports of England and the Continent.”
7) Which of the following conclusions about the federal district is supported by the passage?
A: Mount Vernon was not chosen because it was too close to the river
B: Congress did not believe that a home for the federal government was necessary
C: George Washington’s choice of a site pleased almost everyone
D: Congress was unable to agree on a location
Dựa vào đoạn văn trong bài: “Not much to anyone’s surprise but to the disappointment of many…” “… Foggy Bottom; that section bore the same nickname a hundred and eighty years ago”
8) Which of the following sentences is NOT TRUE?
A: George Washington’s choice was a disappointment to many people
B: Washington was founded for the purpose of administration
C: District of Columbia is commonly referred to as Washington
D: Congressmen did not find it necessary to have a home for themselves
Dựa vào đoạn văn trong bài: “members of Congress had hotly debated the questions of a permanent home for themselves and for those departments”
9) Which of the following does the word “it” in paragraph 2 refer to?
A: the District of Columbia
B: Maryland
C: part
D: Virginia
Dựa vào đoạn văn trong bài: “The District of Columbia was taken in part from Virginia and in part from
Maryland At the time it was laid out…”
10) The word “hotly” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to
A: all are correct
B: warmly
C: vehemently
D: spicily
Đáp án: hotly = vehemently: kịch liệt, mãnh liệt
Phương án sai warmly: một cách ấm áp
Phương án sai spicily: sắc sảo, dí dỏm
Trang 4Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer for each of the blanks
The wind controls our planet’s weather and climate But how much do we understand about these complex force (11) _ can kill and spread fear? On the night of October 15, 1987, the south of England was (12)
_ by strong winds Gusts of over 130 km/h (13) _ through the region Nineteen people were killed, £1.5-billion worth of damage was (14) _ and 19 million trees were blown down in just a few hours Although people thought of this (15) _ a hurricane, the winds of 1987 were only a (16) _ 7 storm They remain far better known than the much more serious storms of January 25, 1990, (17) _ most of Britain was hit by daytime winds of up to 173km/h On this occasion, 47 people were killed, even though (18) _ in 1987, the weather forecasters issued accurate warnings Extreme weather events such as these are dramatic (19) _ of the power of the wind It is one part of the weather that people generally do not give a second (20) _ to, but across the world the wind plays a crucial role in people’s lives
11 A: when
B: where
C: what
D: which
Dùng mệnh đề tính ngữ, ta cần đại từ quan hệ làm chủ ngữ thay thế cho “these complex force” nên phải dùng
“which”
12 A: beaten
B: struck
C: besieged
D: attacked
Đáp án struck: bị tấn công (thông thường bằng vũ lực, vũ khí; tia chớp, sức nóng, thiên tai, bệnh tật hay những hiên tượng không ngờ tới)
Phương án sai attacked: bị tấn công (thông thường bằng vũ lực, vũ khí, hay bằng những lời chỉ trích)
Phương án sai besieged: bị bao vây, bị tấn công bị tấn công (thông thường bằng vũ lực, vũ khí, hay bằng những lời chỉ trích)
Phương án sai beaten: bị đánh, bị đánh đập
13) A: flew
B: spread
C: blew
D: ran
Nghĩa của câu: Gusts of over 130 km/h blew through the region (Những cơn gió thổi với tốc độ 130km/h qua vùng này)
Phương án sai ran : chạy
Phương án sai flew: bay
Phương án sai spread: trải rộng, mở rộng
14) A: resulted
B: caused
C: created
D: paid
Đáp án : caused (PP): bị gây ra
Trang 5Phương án sai paid (PP): được thanh toán
Phương án sai created (PP): được tạo ra
Phương án sai resulted (PP) : nội động từ nên không dùng được cho câu bị động Hơn nữa, động từ
“result” phải được kết hợp cùng giới từ from/in mới tạo thành nghĩa
15) A: like B: unlike C: same as D: as
Đáp án : as (prep): như
Nghĩa của câu: Mặc dù người ta chỉ xem nó như một cơn cuồng phong
Phương án sai like(prep): giống như
Phương án sai unlike(prep): không giống như
Phương án sai: không có “same as”
16) A: strength
B: force
C: length
D: power
đáp án : force: sức mạnh hay năng lượng được cho là thuộc tính của sự di chuyển thuộc vật chất Phương án sai strength: sức mạnh, sức lực
Phương án sai length: độ dài
Phương án sai power: khả năng, năng lực làm gì
17) A: while
B: why
C: when
D: until
18) A: when
B: such as
C: unlike
D: like
Đáp án : unlike: không giống như
Nghĩa của câu: Lần này, 47 người đã bị giết , mặc dù vậy, không giống như năm 1987, đài khí tượng đã đưa ra cảnh báo chính xác
Phương án sai when: khi
Phương án sai like: giống như
Phương án sai such as: ví dụ như
Trang 619) A: recalls B: remains C: memories D: reminders
Đáp án: reminders: cái làm nhắc lại
Phương án sai remains: đồ thừa, cái còn lại
Phương án sai memories: ký ức
Phương án sai recalls: sự gọi về
20) A: help
B: thought
C: care
D: think
Ta có phrases: a second thought: suy nghĩ kĩ, suy nghĩ lại
Phương án sai help: sự giúp đỡ
Phương án sai think: nghĩ (chúng ta cần một danh từ chứ không phải một động từ.)
Phương án care: sự quan tâm
Mark the letter A,B,C or D to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
21) Jake has just finished his two- kilometres -long swim
Key: two-kilometre-long swim (danh từ ghép nên kilomestre không thêm s ex: a three- day trip)
22) Harmonize , melody, and rhythm are important elements in most forms of music
Đáp án (Harmonize)
Sửa: Harmonize => Harmony
Đây là cấu trúc song song Chủ ngữ “melody, rhythm” là danh từ nên động từ “harmonize” cũng phải chuyển thành danh từ “harmony”
23) The man I introduced you to him last night may be the next president of the University
Đáp án (to him ) Sửa: to him => to
Cấu trúc: to introduce sb to sb: giới thiệu ai cho ai
Câu này dùng mệnh đề tính ngữ: The man whom I introduced you to last
Trong câu này, “whom” được thay thế cho “him” Vì “whom” là đại từ quan hệ đóng vai trò là tân ngữ nên có thể được lược bỏ trong mệnh đề quan hệ
24) Halley’s Comet appears so rarely that only do a few people have the opportunity to view it more than once in their lifetime
Trang 7Đáp án (only do a few ) Sửa: only do a few => only a few
25) My son was tiptoeing so as making no noise along the corridor
Đáp án (making ) Sửa: making => to make
Cụm từ chỉ mục đích: so as to + V-infinitive: để làm gì
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer for each of the questions
The most influential filmmaker of the early silent period was the American producer and director D.W Griffith, who developed the aesthetics of the motion picture In 1908, at the Biograph Film Co in New York City, Griffith began to refine the elements of moviemaking as they had evolved up to that time He used the camera functionally, starting his shots only on significant action and stopping as soon as the action was completed He also moved the camera closer to his players in order to heighten *emotion; he was the first director to use the close-up as a means of emphasis, flying in the face of the popular belief that audiences would not understand two eyes or a hand filling the screen Griffith trained and developed his own company of actors, which came to include such future stars as Mary Pickford, Lionel Barrymore, and Lillian Gish He experimented freely with lighting, camera angles, and the use of filters over the lenses to achieve unique effects Griffith also broke his scenes into a number of different shots, timing their lengths to create increasing excitement as well as
rhythmic momentum never before achieved on film He proved that the basis of film expression is editing and
that the unit of editing is the shot, not the scene
In 1913 Griffith completed the first of his epics, Judith of Bethulia, in four reels; Biograph executives were outraged at its length and failed to release it until 1914, by which time longer films had become more common
In the meantime, Griffith left Biograph to join the Mutual studio in Hollywood, Calif, and had begun work on his 12-reel American Civil War film, The Birth of a Nation (1915), the screen’s first true masterwork, which marked the emergence of motion picture as a full-fledged art form Expertly mixing the spectacle of battle with the pathos of human drama, The Birth of a Nation possesses a cumulative power that took many white
audiences by storm; many blacks and others, however, have long complained that the film fosters negative stereotypes of African-Americans and glorifies the Ku Klux Klan Even more impressive is Griffith’s later film Intolerance (1916), made in part as an answer to critics of The Birth of a Nation and often cited as the greatest motion picture ever made An immense historical pageant, it tells four stories from separate epochs
simultaneously, cutting from one to another with a visual and emotional force that has seldom been equaled on the screen
26) D.W Griffith _
A: is the most influential filmmaker of all the time
B: moved the camera closer to the players for clearer pictures
C: worked for his own company
D: thought that audiences would understand two eyes or a hand filling the screen
Đáp án (thought that audiences would understand two eyes or a hand filling the screen )
Dựa vào đoạn văn trong bài: “ he was the first director to use the close – up……….a hand filling the screen”
27) Where was he working when started using his camera functionally?
Trang 8A: his own company.
B: the Biograph Film Co in New York City
C: the Mutual studio in Hollywood, Calif
D: some other companies
Đáp án (the Biograph Film Co in New York City )
Dựa vào đoạn văn trong bài: “In 1908, at the Biograph Film Co in New York City, Griffith began to refine the elements of moviemaking as they had evolved up to that time”
28) Who was NOT developed by D.W.Griffith?
A: Mary Pickford
B: Marilyn Monroe
C: Lionel Barrymore
D: Lillian Gish
29) Which of these did D.W Griffith agree with?
A: Editing was more important than the scene
B: Close-up weren’t be used for emphasis
C: The scene was more important than editing
D: Camera angles were more important than lenses
Đáp án (Editing was more important than the scene )
Dựa vào đoạn văn trong bài: “He proved that the basis of film expression is editing and that the unit of editing is the shot, not the scene”
30) D.W Griffith experimented with all of these EXCEPT
A: camera angles
B: lenses
C: lighting
D: filters
Dựa vào đoạn văn trong bài: “He experimented freely with lighting, camera angles, and the use of filters over the lenses to achieve unique effects” (Ông đã thử nghiệm một cách tự do với ánh sáng, góc máy ảnh, và việc sử dụng các bộ lọc trên ống kính để đạt được hiệu ứng độc đáo)
31) udith of Bethulia was
A: released in 1914
B: up to Biograph executives’ satisfaction
C: his first silent movie
D: in three reels
Trang 9Dựa vào đoạn văn trong bài: “In 1913 Griffith completed the first of his epics, Judith of Bethulia,in four reels; Biograph executives were outraged at its length and failed to release it until 1914”
32) The Birth of a Nation
A: was made one year before the film Intolerance
B: pleased the blacks
C: was his first epic
D: showed battle and human drama in an amateur way
Dựa vào đoạn văn trong bài: “The Birth of a Nation (1915)” và “Griffith’s later film Intolerance (1916)”
33) What happened to D.W Griffith in 1914?
A: He became famous
B: He started working for the Mutual studio
C: He started work on Intolerance
D: He completed Judith of Bethulia
Dựa vào đoạn văn trong bài: “Biograph executives were outraged at its length and failed to release it until 1914,
by which time longer films had become more common In the meantime, Griffith left Biograph to join the Mutual studio in Hollywood, Calif, and had begun work on his 12-reel American Civil War film.”
34) What does the word “momentum” most nearly mean _
A: measurement
B: development
C: intercession
D: prominence
Đáp án : momentum= development: đà phát triển
Phương án sai: measurement: kích thước, số đo
Phương án sai: intercession: sự can thiệp giúp (ai), sự giải hòa
Phương án sai: prominence: sự nổi bật
35) Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A: Griffith developed the aesthetics of the motion picture
B: Griffith was one of the directors to use the close-up as a means of the emphas
C: In 1913 Griffith completed the first of his epics
D: In 1908 Grifffith began to refine the elements of moviemaking
Dựa vào đoạn văn trong bài: “He was the first director to use the close-up as a means of emphasis”
Trang 10Mark the letter A,B,C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
36) A: population
B: difficulty
C: understand
D: individual
Đáp án (difficulty /'difikəlti/) có trọng âm chính ở âm tiết thứ nhất Các đáp án còn lại có trọng âm chính ở âm tiết thứ ba
individual /,indi'vidjuəl/ opulation /,pɔpju'leiʃn/ understand /,ʌndə'stænd/
37) A: suburban
B: dictionary
C: vegetable
D: surface
Đáp án (suburban /sə'bə:bən/) có trọng âm chính ở âm tiết thứ hai Các đáp án còn lại có trọng
âm chính ở âm tiết thứ nhất
surface /'sə:fis/ dictionary /'dikʃənəri/ vegetable /'veʤitəbl/
38) A: village B: sister C: farmer D: escape
Đáp án (escape /is'keip/) có trọng âm chính ở âm tiết thứ hai Các đáp án còn lại có trọng âm chính ở âm tiết thứ nhất
farmer /'fɑ:mə/ village /'viliʤ/ sister /'sistə/
Mark the letter A,B,C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
39) A: fountain
B: count
C: accountant
D: country
Đáp án (country /'kʌntri/) có phần gạch chân phát âm là /ʌ/ Các đáp án còn lại có phần
gạch chân phát âm là /au/
accountant /ə'kauntənt/ count /kaunt/ fountain /'fauntin/
40) A: clubs B: hats C: stamps D: books
Đáp án (clubs /klʌbz/) có phần gạch chân phát âm là /z/ Các đáp án còn lại có phần gạch chân phát âm là /s/ books /buks/ hats /hæts/ stamps /stæmps/
Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence
41) When we met Jane, she _ from her University already
Chọn câu trả lời đúng:
A: was graduating
B: graduated
C: had graduated
D: had been graduating