Pt 2,, Structure and Written Expression

1. Simple photographic lenses d. a moving storm

cannot…..sharp, undistorted images 8. The grapes of wath, a novel about the
over a wide field. depression years of the 1930’s, is one of
a. to form John Steinbeck’s…….books.
b. Are formed a. Most famous
c. Forming b. The most famous
d. Form c. Are most famous
2. Of all the factors affecting agricultural d. And most famous
yields, weather is the one…..the most. 9. Technology will play a key role
a. In influences farmers in……future life-styles
b. That influences farmers a. To shape
c. Farmers that it influences b. Shaping
d. Why farmers influences it c. Shape of
3. Beverly Sills, ….. assumed directorship d. Shaped
of the New York City Opera in 1979 10. The computer has dramatically
a. Be a star soprano affected………..photographic lenses
b. Was a star soprano are constructed.
c. A star soprano and a. Is the way
d. A star soprano b. That the way
4. ….. of tissues is known as histology c. Which way do
a. Studying scientific d. The way
b. The scientific study 11. The early railroads were…..the
c. To study scientifically existing arteries of
d. That is scientific studying transportation:roads, turnpikes,canals,
5. With the exception of mercury, …. at and other waterways.
standard temperature and pressure a. Those short lines connected
a. The metallic elemant are solid b. Short lines that connected
b. Which is solid a solid metallic c. Connected by short lines
elemant d. Short connecting lines
c. Metallic elements being solid 12. ……….as a masterpiece, a work of art
d. Since the metallic elements are must transcend the ideals of the period
solid in which it was created
6. Potential dehydration is………that a a. Ranks
land animal faces b. The ranking
a. The often greatest hazard c. To be ranked
b. The greatest often hazard d. For being ranked
c. Often the greatest hazard 13. Jackie Robinson,………..to play
d. Often the hazarad greatest baseball in the major leagues, joined the
7. By tracking the eye of hurricane, Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
forcasters can determine the speed at a. The Black American who first
which….. b. The first Black American
a. Is a storm moving c. Was the first Black American
b. a stom is moving d. The first and a black American
c. is moving a stom who
14. During the flood of 1927, the Red 15. In bacteria and in other
Cross……….out of emergency organisms,……is the nucleic acid DNA
headquarters Mississipi, set up that provides the generic information.
temporary shelters for the homeless. a. Both
a. Operates b. Which
b. Is operating c. And
c. Has operated d. It
d. Operating

Written Expression

Directions : in questions 16-40 each sentences has for underlined words of phrases. The for
underlined prts of the sentence are marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Identify the one underlined
answer sheet, find the number of the questions and fill in the space that correspons to the letter of
the answer you have chosen.

16. Twenty to thirty year after a mature forest is cleared away, a nearly impenetrable thicket of
trees and shrubs develops.

17. The first national park in world. Yellowstone National Park, was established in 1872.

18. Because it does not have a blood supply, the cornea takes their oxygen directly from the air.

19. Magnificent mountains and coastal scenery is British Columbia’s chief tourist attractions.

20. Scientists at universities are often more involved in theoretical research than in practically

research.

21. John Rosamond Johnson he composed numerous songs, including Lift Every Voice and

Sing, for which his brother, James Weldon Johnson, wrote the words.

22. Nylon, a synthetic done from a combination of water, air, and a by-product of coal, was
first introduced in 1938.

23. Ornithology, the study of birds, is one of the major scientific fields in which amateurs play a

role in accumulating, researching, and publish data.

24. Animation is a technique for creativity the illusion of life in inanimate things.

25. The nonviolent protest advocated by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr proving highly effective in

an age of expanding television news coverage.

26. On December 7, 1787, Delaware became a first state to ratify the Constitution.

27. Nutritionists believe what diet affects how one feels physically and emotionally.

28. Mealii Kalama, creator of over 400 Hawaiian quilts, was granted a National Heritage

bellowship in 1985 for herself contributions to folk art.

29. A jetty serves to define and deepen a channel, improve navigate, or protect a harbor.

30. Minoru Yamasaki is an American architect which works departed from the austerity

frequently associated with architecture in the United States after the Second World War.

31. Chemical research provides information that is useful when the textile industry in the

creation of synthetic fabrics.

32. Jane Addams, social worker, author, and spokeswoman for the peace and women’s
suffrage movements, she received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931 for her humanitarian
achievements.

33. Bromyrite crystals have a diamond-like luster and are usually colorless, but they dark to

brown when exposed to light.

34. Stars in our universe vary in temperature, color, bright, size, and mass.

35. Ice is less denser than the liquid from which it is formed.

36. The 1983 Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Barbara McClintock for her
experiments with maize and her discoveries regardless the nature of DNA.

37. In 1866 to 1883, the bison population in North America was reduced from an estimated
13 million to a few hundred.

38. Most of the damage property attributed to the San Fransisco earthquake of 1906 resulted

from the fire that followed.

39. James Baldwin’s plays and short stories, which are to some degree autobiographical,

established them as a leading figure in the United States civil rights movement.

40. Thunder can be listened from a maximum distance of about ten miles except under
unusual atmospheric conditions.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
Marianne Moore (1887-1972) once said Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Later she became a
that her writing could be called poetry only librarian in New York City. During the
because there was no other name for it. 1920’s she was editor of The Dial, an
Indeed her poems appear to be extremely important literary magazine of the period.
compressed essays that happen to be printed She lived quietly all her life, mostly in
in jagged lines on the page. Her subject were Brooklyn, New York. She spent a lot of time
varied: animals, laborers, artists, and the craft at the Bronx Zoo, fascinated by animals. Her
of poetry. From her general reading came admiration of the Brooklyn Dodgers-before
quotations that she found striking or the teammoved to Los Angeles-was widely
insightful. She included these in her poems, known.
scrupulously enclosed in quotation marks, Her first book of poems was published in
and sometimes identified in footnotes. Of this London in 1921 by a group of friends
practice, she wrote, " 'Why many quotation associated with the Imagist movement. From
marks?' I am asked ... When a thing has been that time on her poetry has been read with
so well that it could not be said better, why interest by succeeding generations of poets
paraphrase it? Hence, my writing is, if not a and readers. In 1952 she was awarded the
cabinet of fossils, a kind of collection of flies Pulitzer Prize for her Collected Poems. She
in amber." Close observation and wrote that she did not write poetry "for
concentration on detail and the methods of money or fame. To earn a living is needful,
her poetry. but it can be done in routine ways. One writes
Marianne Moore grew up in Kirkwood, because one has a burning desire to objectify
Missouri, near St. Lois. After graduation what it is indispensable to one's happiness to
from Bryn Mawr College in 1909, she taught express
commercial subjects at the Indian School in

Câu 1. The word "succeeding" in line 19 is closest to ___________.

A inheriting B prospering
C diverse D Later
Câu 2. It can be inferred from the passage that Moore wrote because she ___________.
A wanted to win awards B was dissatisfied with what others wrote
C felt a need to express herself D wanted to raise money for the Bronx
Zoo
Câu 3. What is the passage mainly about?
A Essayists and poets of the 1920's. B The use of quotations in poetry.
C Marianne Moore's life and work. D The influence of the imagists on
Marianne Moore.
Câu 4. Where did Moore grow up?
A In Kirkwood. B In Brooklyn.
C In Carlisle . D In Los Angeles.
Câu 5. Which of the following can be inferred about Moore's poems?
A They do not use traditional verse forms. B They are better known in Europe than
the United States.
C They were all published in The Dial. D They tend to be abstract.
Câu 6. The author mentions all of the following as jobs held by Moore EXCEPT
___________.
A teacher B magazine editor
C commercial artist D Librarian
Câu 7. According to the passage Moore wrote about all of the following EXCEPT
___________.
A workers B Animals
C fossils D Artists
Câu 8. The word "it" in line 22 refers to ___________.
A writing poetry B becoming famous
C earning a living D attracting readers
VII. Read the passage and answer the question that follow.
Marianne Moore (1887-1972) once said School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Later she
that her writing could be called poetry only became a librarian in New York
because there was no other name for it. City. During the 1920’s she was editor of
Indeed her poems appear to be extremely The Dial, an important literary magazine of
compressed essays that happen to be printed the period. She lived quietly all her
in jagged lines on the page. Her subjects were life, mostly in Brooklyn, New York. She
varied: animals, laborers, artists, and the craft spent a lot of time at the Bronx Zoo,
of poetry. From her general reading came fascinated by animals. Her admiration of the
quotations that she found striking or Brooklyn Dodgers-before the team moved
insightful. She included these in her poems, to Los Angeles-was widely known.
scrupulously enclosed in quotation marks,
and sometimes identified in footnotes. Of this Her first book of poems was published in
practice, she wrote, " 'Why many quotation London in 1921 by a group of friends
marks?' I am asked ... When a thing has associated with the Imagist movement. From
been so well that it could not be said better, that time on her poetry has been read with
why paraphrase it? Hence, my writing is, if interest by succeeding generations of poets
not a cabinet of fossils, a kind of collection of and readers. In 1952 she was awarded
flies in amber." Close observation and the Pulitzer Prize for her Collected Poems.
concentration on detail and the methods of She wrote that she did not write poetry "for
her poetry. money or fame. To earn a living is
needful, but it can be done in routine ways.
Marianne Moore grew up in Kirkwood, One writes because one has a burning desire
Missouri, near St. Lois. After graduation to objectify what it is indispensable to one's
from Bryn Mawr College in 1909, happiness to express
she taught commercial subjects at the Indian
71. What is the passage mainly about? B. teacher C. magazine editor

A. The influence of the imagists on D. librarian

Marianne Moore.
76. The word "period" is closest in meaning
B. Essayists and poets of the 1920's. to_____.

C. The use of quotations in poetry. A. movement B. school

D. Marianne Moore's life and work.
C. region D. time
72. Which of the following can be inferred
about Moore's poems? 77. Where did Moore spend most of her
adult life?
A. They are better known in Europe than the
United States. A. In Kirkwood. B. In Brooklyn.

B. They do not use traditional verse forms. C. In Los Angeles. D. In Carlisle.

C. They were all published in The Dial. 78. The word "succeeding" in line 19 is
D. They tend to be abstract. closest to

73. According to the passage Moore wrote A. inheriting B. prospering

about all of the following EXCEPT
C. diverse D. later
A. artists B. animals
79. The word "it" in line 22 refers to____.
C. fossils D. workers
A. writing poetry B. becoming famous
74.What does Moore refer to as "flies in
amber" (line 9)? C. earning a living

A. A common image in her poetry. D. attracting readers

B. Poetry in the twentieth-century. 80. It can be inferred from the passage that
C. Concentration on detail. Moore wrote because she

D. Quotations within her poetry. A. wanted to win awards

75. The author mentions all of the following B. was dissatisfied with what others wrote
as jobs held by Moore EXCEPT
C. felt a need to express herself
A. commercial artist
D. wanted to raise money for the Bronx Zoo
Read the following passage and blacken the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct answer for each of the questions.
Carbohydrates, which are sugars, are an have an adverse(ngược, tiêu cực) effect on a
essential part of a healthy diet. They provide person's health. When the body lacks a
the main source of energy for the body, and sufficient amount of carbohydrates it must
they also function to flavor and sweeten then use its protein supplies for energy, a
foods. Carbohydrates range from simple process called gluconeogenesis(sự tạo
sugars like glucose to complex sugars such gluco). This, however, results in a lack of
as amylose(tinh bột) and amylopectin(hạt necessary protein, and further health
bột). Nutritionists estimate that difficulties may occur. A lack of
carbohydrates should make up about one- carbohydrates can also lead to ketosis (xe
fourth to one-fifth of a person's diet. This ton-loang xuong), a build-up of ketones in
translates to about 75-100 grams of the body that causes fatigue, lethargy, and
carbohydrates per day. bad breath.
A diet that is deficient in carbohydrates can

Question 71: What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Carbohydrates are needed for good health. B. Carbohydrates prevent a build-up of proteins.
C .Carbohydrates can lead to ketosis. D .Carbohydrates are an expendable part of a good diet.
Question 72: The word "function" as used in line 2 refers to which of the following?
A. neglect B. serve C. dissolve D. profess
Question 73: The word "range" as used in line 3 is closest in meaning to which of the
following?
A. probe B. proceed C. hail D. extend
Question 74: According to the passage, what do most nutritionists suggest?
A. Sufficient carbohydrates will prevent gluconeogenesis. B. Carbohydrates are simple sugars
called glucose.
C. Carbohydrates should make up about a quarter of a person's daily diet.
D. Carbohydrates should be eaten in very small quantities.
Question 75: Which of the following do carbohydrates NOT do?
A. prevent ketosis B. cause gluconeogenesis
C. provide energy for the body D. flavor and sweeten food

Question 76: Which of the following words could best replace "deficient" as used in line 6?
A. outstanding B. abundant C. insufficient D. unequal
Question 77: What does the word "this" refer to in line 8 ?
A. using protein supplies for energy B. converting carbohydrates to energy
C. having a deficiency in carbohydrates D. having an insufficient amount of protein
Question 78: According to the passage, which of the following does NOT describe
carbohydrates?
A. a protein supply B. a necessity C. a range of sugars D. an energy source
Question 79: Which of the following best describes the author's tone?
A. sensitive B. emotional C. informative D. regretful
Question 80: Which of the following best describes the organization of this passage?
A. Cause and result B. Comparison and contrast C. Specific to general D. Definition and
example
IV: Reading the passage and choose the best answer.
People appear to be born to compute. psychologists has illuminated the subtle
The numerical skills of children develop so forms of daily leaning on which intellectual
early and so inexorably that it is easy to progress depends. Children were observed as
imagine an internal clock of mathematical they slowly grasped – or, as the case might
maturity guiding their growth. Not long after be, bumped into – concepts that adults that
learning to walk and talk, they can set the for granted, as they refused, for instance, to
table with impressive accuracy – one plate, concede that quantity is unchanged as water
one knife, on spoon, one fork, for each of the pours from a short stout glass into a tall thin
five chairs. Soon they are capable of nothing one. Psychologists have since demonstrated
that they have placed five knives, spoons, and that young children, asked to count the
forks on the table and, a bit later, that this pencils in a pile, readily report the number of
amounts to fifteen pieces of silverware. blue or red pencils, but must be coaxed into
Having thus mastered addition, they move on finding the total. Such studies have suggested
the subtraction. It seems almost reasonable to that the rudiments of mathematics are
expect that if a child were secluded on a mastered gradually, and with effort. They
desert island at birth and retrieved seven have also suggested that the very concept of
years later, he or she could enter a second- abstract numbers – the idea of a oneness, a
grade mathematics class without any serious twoness, a threeness that applies to any class
problems of intellectual adjustment. of objects and is a prerequisite for doing
anything more mathematically demanding
Of course, the truth is not so simple. than setting a table – is itself far from innate.
This century, the work of cognitive

Câu 1. What does the passage mainly discuss?

A Trends in teaching mathematics to B The use of mathematics in child
children psychology
C The development of mathematical D The fundamental concepts of
ability in children mathematics that children must learn
Câu 2. It can be inferred from the passage that children normally learn simple counting
A soon after they learn to talk B by looking at the clock
C when they begin to be mathematically D after they reach second grade in school
mature
Câu 3. The word “illuminated” in line 11 is closest in meaning to A. B. C. D.
A Illustrated B accepted
C Clarified D lighted
Câu 4. The author implies that most small children believe that the quantity of water changes
when it is transferred to a container of a different
A Color B quality
C Weight D shape
Câu 5. According to the passage, when small children were asked to count a pile of red and
blue pencils they
A counted the number of pencils of each B guessed at the total number of pencils
color
C counted only the pencils of their D subtracted the number of red pencils
favorite color from the number of blue pencils
Câu 6. The word “They” in line 17 refers to
A Mathematicians B children
C Pencils D studies
Câu 7. The word “prerequisite” in line 19 is closest in meaning to
A Reason B theory
C Requirement D technique
Câu 8. The word “itself” in line 20 refers to
A the total B the concept of abstract numbers
C any class of objects D settings a table
Câu 9. With which of the following statements would the author be LEAST likely to agree?
A Children naturally and easily learn B Children learn to add before they learn
mathematics. to subtract.
C Most people follow the same pattern of D Mathematical development if subtle and
mathematical development. gradual.
Câu 10. Where is the passage does the author give an example of a hypothetical experiment?
A Line 3 – 6 B Line 7 – 9
C Line 11 – 14 D Line 17 – 20
VII: Read the following passage and then choose the correct answers.
Botany, the study of plants, occupies a peculiar position in the history of human knowledge.
For many thousands of years it was the one field of awareness about which humans had anything
more than the vaguest of insights. It is impossible to know today just what our Stone Age ancestors
knew about plants, but from what we can observe of pre-industrial societies that still exist; a
detailed learning of plants and their properties must be extremely ancient. This is logical. Plants
are the basis of the food pyramid for all living things, even for other plants. They have always been
enormously important to the welfare of people, not only for food, but also for clothing, weapons,
tools, dyes, medicines, shelter, and a great many other purposes. Tribes living today in the jungles
of the Amazon recognize literally hundreds of plants and know many properties of each. To them
botany, as such, has no name and is probably not even recognized as a special branch of
‘knowledge’ at all.
Unfortunately, the more industrialized we become the farther away we move from direct
contact with plants, and the less distinct our knowledge of botany grows. Yet everyone comes
unconsciously on an amazing amount of botanical knowledge, and few people will fail to recognize
a rose, an apple, or an orchid. When our Neolithic ancestors, living in the Middle East about 10,000
years ago, discovered that certain grasses could be harvested and their seeds planted for richer
yields the next season, the first great step in a new association of plants and humans was taken.
Grains were discovered and from them flowed the marvel of agriculture: cultivated crops. From
then on, humans would increasingly take their living from the controlled production of a few
plants, rather than getting a little here and a little there from many varieties that grew wild - and
the accumulate knowledge of tens of thousands of years of experience and intimacy with plants in
the wild would begin to fade away.
Câu 1. Which of the following assumptions about early humans is expressed in the passage?
A They probably had extensive B They divided knowledge into well-
knowledge of plants. defined fields.
C They did not enjoy the study of botany. D They placed great importance on
ownership of property.
Câu 2. The word ‘peculiar’ is closest in meaning to __________.
A Clear B large
C Unusual D important
Câu 3. What does the comment ‘This is logical’ mean?
A There is no clear way to determine the B It is not surprising that early humans
extent of our ancestors’ knowledge of had a detailed knowledge of plants
plants
C It is reasonable to assume that our D Human knowledge of plants is well-
ancestors behaved very much like organized and very detailed
people in pre-industrial societies
Câu 4. The phrase ‘properties of each’ refers to each ______.
A Tribe B hundred
C Plant D purpose
Câu 5. According to the passage, why has general knowledge of botany declined?
A People no longer value plants as a B Botany is not recognized as a special
useful resource branch of science
C Research is unable to keep up with the D Direct contact with a variety of plants
increasing number of plants has decreased
Câu 6. What is the author’s purpose in mentioning ‘a rose, an apple, or an orchid?’
A To make the passage more poetic B To cite examples of plants that are
attractive
C To give botanical examples that most D To illustrate the diversity of botanical
readers will recognize life
Câu 7. According to the passage, what was the first great step toward the practice of
agriculture?
A The invention of agricultural B The development of a system of names
implements and machinery for plants
C The discovery of grasses that could be D The changing diets of early humans
harvested and replanted
Câu 8. The word ‘controlled’ is closest in meaning to __________
A Abundant B managed
C Required D advanced
Câu 9. The relationship between botany and agriculture is similar to the relationship between
zoology and ____________.
A deer hunting B bird watching
C sheep raising D horseback riding
Câu 10. Where in the passage does the author describe the benefits people derive from plants?
A Lines 1 – 2 B Lines 5 - 8
C Lines 11 – 13 D Lines 16 - 19

Jawaban

1 a, 2 b, 3 d 4 5 c 6 c 7 b

Reading comprehension

In past centuries, Native Americans Iiving in the arid areas of what is now the southwestem
United States relied on a variety of strategies to ensure the success of their agriculture. First and
foremost, water was the critical factor. The soil was rich because there was Iittle rain to leach out
the minerals, but the low precipitation caused its own problems. Long periods of drought could
have made agriculture impossible; on the other hand, a sudden flood could just as easily have
destroyed a crop.
Several techniques were developed to solve the water problem. The simplest was to plant
crops in the floodplains and wait for the annual floods to water the young crops. A less dangerous
technique was to build dikes or dams to control the flooding. These dikes both protected the plants
against excessive flooding and prevented the water from escaping too quickly once it had arrived.
The Hopi people designed their fields in a checkerboard pattem, with many small dikes, each
enclosing only one or two stalks of maize (corn), while other groups built a series of dams to
control the floods. A third technique was to dig irrigation ditches to bring water from the rivers.
Water was sometimes carried to the fields in jars, particularly if the season was dry. Some crops
were planted where they could be watered directly by the runoff from cliff walls.
Another strategy Native Americans used to ensure a continuous food supply was to plant
their crops in more than one place, hoping that if one crop failed, another would survive. However,
since the soil was rich and not easily exhausted, the same patch of ground could be cultivated year
after year, whereas in the woodlands of the eastem United States it was necessary to abandon a
plot of ground after a few years of farming. In the Southwest, often two successive crops were
planted each year.
It was a common southwestem practice to grow enough food so that some could be dried
and stored for emergencies. If emergency supplies ran low, the people tumed to the local wild
plants. If these failed, they moved up into the mountains to gather the wild plants that might have
survived in the cooler atmosphere.

1. What does the passage mainly discuss? (A) fields

(A) Agricultural methods of Native (B) jars
Americans
(C) crops
(B) Irrigation techniques used by the Hopi
(D) walls
(C) Soil quality in the American Southwest
6. Why did farrners in the Southwest plant
(D) Native American methods of storing crops in several places at the same time?
emergency food supplies
(A) They moved frequently from one
2. The word "solve" in Iine 7 is closest in place to another.
meaning to
(B) They feared that one of the crops might
(A) advance toward fail.
(B) protect from (C) The size of each field was quite limited.
(C) keep in (D) They wanted to avoid overusing the soil.
(D) deal with
3. Planting in the floodplains was not ideal 7. The word "patch" in line 18 is closest in
because meaning to
(A) the amount of water could not be (A) type
controlled
(B) level
(B) the crops could be eaten by wild animals
(C) group
(C) the floodplains were too remote to be
(D) piece
cultivated frequently
(D) corn grows better at high elevations 8. Why did farmers in the eastem woodlands
periodically abandon their fields?
4. The word "enclosing" in line 12 is closest
in meaning to (A) Seasonal flooding made agriculture
impossible.
(A) defending
(B) They experienced water shortages.
(B) measuring
(C) They wanted a longer growing season.
(C) surrounding
(D) The minerals in the soil were
(D) extending exhausted.
5. The word "they" in line 15 refers to
9. What did farmers in the Southwest do 10. Farmers in the Southwest would have
when a crop failed? benefited most from which of the following?
(A) They planted in the eastem woodlands. (A) Steeper cliff walls
(B) They gathered food from wild plants. (B) More sunshine
(C) They moved away from the mountains. (C) Regular precipitation
(D) They redesigned their fields for the next (D) Smaller dikes
season.