READING PASSAGE l 5 PTS: Read the text below and choose the best answer to each question.. Excerpted 190m What Video Games Have to Teach us about Learning and Literacy by James Paul Gee
Trang 1TRƯỜNG THPT GIA ĐỊNH – TP HỒ CHÍ MINH
A MULTIPLE CHOICE (40 PTS)
1 PHONOLOGY (5 PTS)
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
2 A hypocrite B expertise C trichologist D click
3 A umpire B ultramarine C trumpet D fumigate
Choose the word which is stressed differently from the other three
6 A ridicule B politics C dogwhistle D cheerio
7 A legitimate B comparison C arithmetic D engineering
8 A hotel B caffeine C wholesale D bereaved
9 A Aborigine B enthusiasm C simultaneous D paracetamol
10 A vigilance B manifest C magenta D interview
II WORD CHOICE (5 PTS):
Choose best options to complete the following sentences
11 I could hear _of the conversation from across the room
12 They took eash the car previously offered as a prize
A in place of B on account of C with regard to D in lieu of
13 After the concert, everyone had to _ home through the thick snow
14 I wish he wouldn’t make such unkind and _remarks
A lapse B disparaging C inconsolable D rough
15 The little girls were brightly colored hoops around their waists
A twirling B curling C swirling D hurling
16 As the President was absent, l was asked to the meeting
Trang 2A officiate B govern C chair D regulate
17 In the of security, personnel must wear their identity badges at all times
A requirement B interests C demands D assistance
18 Meg had a escape when she was hang-gliding yesterday
19 The doctor thought he had got over the worst, but his condition suddenly
A deteriorated B dismantled C dissolved D disintegrated
20 He had a momentary of concentration and before he knew it the car had spun out of control
III GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES (5 PTS):
Choose the best options to complete the following sentences
21 The Second World War was so terrible, time a large number of families were separated
A during the B during which C at the D on which
22 They turned down the proposal _that it didn't fulfill their requirement
A by reason B on the grounds C as a cause D allowing
23 We are prepared to overlook the error on this occasion your previous good work
A in the light of B thanks to C with a view to D with regard to
24 We should leave _8.30
25 There was the most fantastic during the opening ceremony
A display of fireworks ring B firework display
C firework’s display D displayed firework
26 “I bought you some flowers” -“They’re beautiful, but you _
A needn’t B shouldn't have C mustn‘t have D didn't have
27 a small creature that defends itself with lobster-like claws and a poisonous sting
Trang 3A Scorpions are B Many a scorpion is
C A scorpion, which is D The scorpion is
28 She insisted that the reporter _her as his source of information
29 The accountant broke the law, so it would be irresponsible of the firm
A if they won‘t fire him B not to fire him
C that they not fire him D for not firing him
30 that took American art out of the romanticism of the mid-1800’s and carried it to the most powerful heights of realism
A Winslow Homers’ paintings
B It was Winslow Homers’ paintings
C When Winslow Homers’ paintings
D Paintings of Winslow Homers’
IV PHRASAL VERBS AND PREPOSITIONS (5 PTS)
31 When he’s depressed, he needs someone like a good friend to _
A hammer on B pour out C dump on D drum out
32 Her success can be _ a combination of luck, intelligence and sheer hard work
A ranked among B put together C put down on D lived up to
33 When the Chairman ran off with his secretary, the Board tried to _the matter
A switch off B hush up C calm down D tuck away
34 The library is _people who lose their books
35 The word “chaos” has _a special scientific meaning
A included in B taken on C held of D gasped up
36 When the funds finally _they had to abandon the scheme
Trang 4C clamped down D fobbed off
37 The Press thought the football manager would be depressed by his dismissal but he just
A ran it down B called it off C turned it down D laughed it off
38 She accidentally dropped her ring _ a drain in the road
39 Don’t be too hard on yourself Just _it up to experience and don’t
do it again
40 The murderer did _ all of his victims by poisoning them with Cyanide
V GUIDED CLOZE 1 ( 5 PTS):
Read the text below and decide which answer best tits each space
FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH Police are hunting for a hit-and-run driver who knocked a teenage cyclist off her bike
in East Street Sarah Tucker, 17, had a lucky escape on Friday, 13th May when she was sent reeling by a black Volvo on her way home from work
She bruised her thigh and shoulder and her bicycle was (41) The driver stopped for a moment but then drove off without (42) _a name or address and before Sarah could get his number “ I tried to get out of his way, but I couldn't,” she said.” Everyone at work kept going on about it being Friday 13th I’m not a bit (43) and wouldn't change any of my plans just because Friday 13th is supposed to be unlucky, i don't usually take any (44) of that sort of thing but i will now, I think I’ll stay in bed.”
The accident (45) at the junction with Westwood Road at about 6.30 pm
as Sarah was making her (46) _ home to the Harley Estate
The Volvo pulled out of Westwood onto Henley Road in front of the teenager's bicycle
“He could at (47) have helped her up I don‘t see why he should get away with it,” said her father, Derek, “Sarah was lucky I don‘t know why the driver didn’t see her He can‘t have been (48) _ attention It is unfortunate that nobody took down the number.” Though still too (49) _ to ride a bike, Sarah was able to go back to (50) in Marlow on Monday
42 A noting B presenting C leaving D suggesting
Trang 543 A irrational B superstitious C unreasonable D prejudices
45 A came about B turned up C finished up D took place
49 A discouraged B confused C overcome D shaken
VI GUIDED CLOZE 2 (5 PTS):
Read the text below and decide which answer best fits each space
THE TRUTH BEHIND A SMILE
People smile a great deal, and we seem to know instinctively that some smiles are more genuine than others But is there any scientific (51) _ for this? Recent research suggests that a mechanism in the brain can help us (52) whether a smile is really heartfelt or whether it is just being (53) on for show
(54) to various long-held traditions, a genuine smile involves the eyes as well as the mouth in the nineteenth century, a French anatomist (55) to prove this He used electrodes to stimulate the facial muscles of volunteers (56) _creating false smiles He found that real smiles were always (57) _with the contraction of muscle around the eye, but that his artificially induced ones were not
During more recent research, volunteers were shown a variety of human facial expressions and the reactions to these were monitored When they were shown a happy face, 35% of the volunteers immediately started looking at the eye area, checking for tell-tale crinkles that would (58) that the smile was genuine, but when shown a sad or neutral face, they did not So why did the human brain evolve to (59) _ between real and false smiles? It could be that this ability to (60) _ a quick assessment of a smile has an important role to play in successful communication A genuine smile serves as a gesture of conciliation in conflict, and it’s important to know whether we are really being offered a truce or not
52 A recollect B accept C admit D recognise
Trang 654 A Providing B Considering C Relating D According
55 A got down B set out C went off D carried out
56 A despite B thereby C however D nonetheless
57 A associated B mixed C joined D accompanied
58 A assure B confirm C justify D approve
59 A decide B tell C distinguish D reckon
VII READING PASSAGE l (5 PTS):
Read the text below and choose the best answer to each question
Excerpted 190m What Video Games Have to Teach us about Learning and Literacy by
James Paul Gee
When people learn to play video games, they are learning a new literacy Of course, this is not the way the word "literacy" is normally used Traditionally, people think of literacy as the ability to read and write Why, then, should we think of literacy more broadly, in regard to video games or anything else, for that matter? There are two reasons
First, in the modern world, language is not the only important communicational system Today images, symbols, graphs, diagrams, artifacts, and many other visual symbols are particularly significant Thus, the idea of different types of "visual literacy" would seem to be an important one For example, being able to "read" the images in advertising is one type of visual literacy And, of course, there are different ways to read such images, ways that are more or less aligned with the intentions and interests of the advertisers Knowing how to read interior designs in homes, modernist art in museums, and videos on MTV are other forms of visual literacy
Furthermore, very often today words and images of various sorts are juxtaposed and integrated in a variety of ways In newspaper and magazines as well as in textbooks, images take up more and more of the space alongside words In fact, in many modern high school and college textbooks in the sciences images not only take up more space, they now carry meanings that are independent of the words in the text If you can't read these images, you will not be able to recover their meanings from the words in the text as was more usual in the past In such multimodal texts (texts that mix words and images), the images often communicate different things from the words And the combination of the two modes communicates things that neither of the modes does separately Thus, the idea of different sorts of multimodal literacy seems an important one Both modes and multimodality go far beyond images and words to include sounds, music, movement, bodily sensations, and smells
Trang 7None of this news today, of course We very obviously live in a world awash with images It is our first answer to the question why we should think of literacy more broadly The second answer is this: Even though reading and writing seem so central to what literacy means traditionally, reading and writing are not such general and obvious matters as they might at first seem After all, we never just read or write; rather, we always read or write something in some way
So there are different ways to read different types of texts Literacy is multiple, then, in the sense that the legal literacy needed for reading law books is not the same as the literacy needed for reading physics texts or superhero comic books And we should not
be too quick to dismiss the latter form of literacy Many a superhero comic is replete with post-Freudian irony of a sort that would make a modern literary critic's heart beat fast and confuse any otherwise normal adult Literacy, then, even as traditionally conceived to involve only print, is not a unitary thing but a multiple matter There are, even in regard to printed texts and even leaving aside images and multimodal texts, different "literacies."
Once we see this multiplicity of literacy (literacies), we realize that when we think about reading and writing, we have to think beyond print Reading and writing in any domain, whether it is law, rap songs, academic essays, superhero comics, or whatever, are not just ways of decoding print, they are also caught up with and in social practices Video games are a new form of art They will not replace books; they will sit beside them, interact with them, and change them and their role in society in various ways, as, indeed, they are already doing strongly with movies (Today many movies are based on video games and many more are influenced by them.) We have no idea yet how people "read" video games, what meanings they make from them Still less do we know how they will "read" them in the future
61 According to the first paragraph, the broadest definition of "literacy" is
A The ability to analyze literature
B The ability to comprehend basic cultural cues
C The ability to read and write
D The ability to compose poetry
62 All are mentioned as being types of "visual literacy" EXCEPT
A, Musical tones B Interior Design C Diagrams D Modern Art
63 An example from a science textbook often phenomenon the author describes in the third paragraph could be
A A genetic tree that coincides with the discussion of specific mammal classes in the text
Trang 8B A diagram of a specific chemical reaction that is used to explain a broad definition
in the text
C An illustration of a plant cycle that accompanies a chapter on photosynthesis
D A cartoon that references the same methods discussed in the text about laboratory safety
64 What is an example of a "multimodal" text?
A A dictionary
B A movie script
C A photo album
D An art book that describes the art as well as reproduces images of the original prints
65 The idiom in the sixth paragraph, "read against the grain of the text" is closest
in meaning to
A Reading to understand the underlying meanings and themes of the author's words-not just a literal interpretation
B Reading text that defines different types of wheat and grains
C To read the text from right to left rather than left to right
D To read books that use recycled paper and other green alternatives
66 In the seventh paragraph, the author suggests that literacy is multiple, meaning that
A To be "literate" can mean participating in any form of expression
B One's literacy increases exponentially as greater mastery of reading and writing is achieved
C Different genres and modes of expression require different background knowledge and perspectives to understand them
D Literacy can only be gained by exploring every type of media and expression
67 Why does the author give the example of superhero comics to explain multiple literacies?
A To explain that comic books are written for children and purely for entertainment They require only a basic knowledge of the action that occurs in the story
B To once again refer to his earlier points about "multimodal" texts
C To insist that even when an author may intend multiple meanings and interpretations they are rarely successful in conveying those to readers
Trang 9D Things that may seem on the surface to be only meant for a particular group of people can actually have very profound meanings to those who possess other types of literacy
68 The author suggests that all of the following require different types of literacy and the ability to decode meaning EXCEPT
A Rap music B Comic books C Academic papers D Symphonies
69 The author says that video games
A Are not yet entirely understood in terms of literacy, but are already impacting other forms of expression such as filmmaking
B Are unrealistic and should not fall into the same categories as the other texts he describes
C Are too violent to risk experimenting with for the purposes of understanding literacy
D Are irrelevant in academic discussion because no one has yet determined how to explain the ways that people understand them
70 What would be the most logical information for the next paragraph to contain if the article continued?
A A technological definition of video games, how they are made, and how they are played
B A historical explanation of the very first video game and its evolution
C Examples of the way that some people currently interpret video games and what they mean to them
D A price comparison of video game consoles and whether or not quality has a direct impact on literacy
READING PASSAGE 2 (5 PTS):
Read the text below and choose the best answer to each question
1 The craft of perfumery has an ancient and global heritage The art flourished in Ancient Rome, where the emperors were said to bathe in scent After the fall of Rome, much of the knowledge was lost, but survived in Islamic civilizations in the Middle Ages Arab and Persian pharmacists developed essential oils from the aromatic plants
of the Indian peninsula They developed the processes of distillation and suspension in alcohol, which allowed for smaller amounts of raw materials to be used than in the ancient process, by which flower petals were soaked in warm oil This knowledge was carried back to European monasteries during the Crusades
Trang 102 At first, the use of fragrances was primarily associated with healing Aromatic alcoholic waters were ingested as well as used externally Fragrances were used to
purify the air, both for spiritual and health purposes During the Black Death, the bubonic plague was thought to have resulted from a bad odour which could be averted by inhaling pleasant fragrances such as cinnamon The Black Death led to
an aversion to using water for washing and so perfume was commonly used as a cleaning agent
3 Later on, the craft of perfume re-entered Europe, and was centred in Venice, chiefly because it was an important trade route and a centre for glass-making Having such materials at hand was essential for the distillation process In the late seventeenth century, trade soared in France, when Louis XIV brought in policies of protectionism and patronage which stimulated the purchase of luxury goods Here, perfumery was the preserve of glove-makers The link arose since the tanning of leather required putrid substances Consequently, the gloves were scented before they were sold and worn A glove and perfume makers’ guild had existed here since 1190 Entering it required 7 years of formal training under a master perfumer
4 The trade in perfume flourished during the reign of Louis XV, as the master glove-and-perfume makers, particularly those trading in Paris, received patronage from the royal court, where it is said that a different perfume was used each week The perfumers diversified into other cosmetics including soaps, powders, white face paints and hair dyes They were not the sole sellers of beauty products Mercers, spicers, vinegar-makers and wig-makers were all cashing in on the popularity of perfumed products Even simple shopkeepers were coming up with their own concoctions to sell
5 During the eighteenth century, more modem, capitalist perfume industry began to emerge, particularly in Britain where there was a flourishing consumer society In France, the revolution initially disrupted the perfume trade due to its association with aristocracy, however, it regained momentum later as a wider range of markets were sought both in the domestic and overseas markets The guild system was abolished in
1791, allowing new high-end perfumery shops to open in Paris
6 Perfume became less associated with health in 1810 with a Napoleonic ordinance which required perfumers to declare the ingredients of all products for internal consumption Unwilling to divulge their secrets, traders concentrated on products for external use Napoleon affected the industry in other ways too With French ports blockaded by the British during the Napoleonic wars, the London perfumers were able
to dominate the markets for some time
7 One of the significant changes in the nineteenth century was the idea of branding Until then, trademarks had had little significance in the perfumery where goods were consumed locally, although they had a long history in other industries One of the pioneers in this field was Rimmel who was nationalized as a British citizen in 1857
He took advantage of the spread of railroads to reach customers in wider markets To