Đề thi thử đại học năm 2014 môn thi: Tiếng Anh – Đề số 30

y demanded, as employees in the homes of others. Subsequent reforms have made these notions seem quite out-of-date.
46:  The paragraph preceding the passage probably discusses _____.
A. the industrialization and the bureaucratization of economic life the United States in the nineteen century.
B. the formal schooling in the United States in the nineteen century.
C. the urbanization in the United States in the nineteen century.
D. the most important means of integrating immigrants into American society in the nineteen century.
47:  It can be inferred from paragraph 1 that one important factor in the increasing importance of education in the United States was _____.
A. the expanding economic problems of schools	 B. the growing number of schools in frontier communities
C. an increase in the number of trained teachers D. the increased urbanization of the entire country
48:  The word "means" in line 5 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. qualifications	B. method	C. advantages	D.  probability
49:  The phrase "coincided with" in line 7 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. happened at the same time as	B.  ensured the success of
C.  was influenced by	D. began to grow rapidly
50:  According to the passage, one important change in United States education by the 1920's was that _____.
A. the amount of time spent on formal education was limited C. adults and children studied in the same classes
B. new regulations were imposed on nontraditional education D. most places required children to attend school
51:  “Vacation schools and extracurricular activities” are mentioned in line 9 to illustrate _____.
A. activities that competed to attract new immigrants to their programs.
B. alternatives to formal education provided by public schools
C. the importance of educational changes	D.  the increased impact of public schools on students
52:  According to the passage, early-twentieth century education reformers believed that _____.
A. special programs should be set up in frontier communities to modernize them
B.  corporations and other organizations damaged educational progress
C.  different groups needed different kinds of education	D. more women should be involved in education and industry
53: The word "it" in line 19 refers to _____.
A.  education	B. consumption	C. production	D.  homemaking
54:  Women were trained to be consumer homemakers as a result of _____.
A. scarcity in the highly industrialized early-twentieth-century United States
B.  economic necessity in the highly industrialized early-twentieth-century United States
C. income-producing activities in the highly industrialized early-twentieth-century United States
D. overproduction in the highly industrialized early-twentieth-century United States
55:  Which paragraph mentions the importance of abilities and experience in formal schooling?
A. Paragraph 2	B. Paragraph 4	C. Paragraph 1	D. Paragraph 3
Read the passages and choose the best answer to each question.
A number of factors related to the voice reveal the personality of the speaker. The first is the broad area of communication, which includes imparting information by use of language, communicating with a group or an individual, and specialized communication through performance. A person conveys thoughts and ideas through choice of words, by a tone of voice that is pleasant or unpleasant, gentle or harsh, by the rhythm that is inherent within the language itself, and by speech rhythms that are flowing and regular or uneven and hesitant, and finally, by the pitch and melody of the utterance. When speaking before a group, a person's tone may indicate unsureness or fright, confidence or calm. At interpersonal levels, the tone may reflect ideas and feelings over and above the words chosen, or may belie them. Here the speaker's tone can consciously or unconsciously reflect intuitive sympathy or antipathy, lack of concern or interest, fatigue, anxiety, enthusiasm or excitement, all of which are usually discernible by the acute listener. Public performance is a manner of communication that is highly specialized with its own techniques for obtaining effects by voice and /or gesture. The motivation derived from the text, and in the case of singing, the music, in combination with the performer's skills, personality, and ability to create empathy will determine the success of artistic, political, or pedagogic communication.
Second, the voice gives psychological clues to a person's self-image, perception of others, and emotional health. Self-image can be indicated by a tone of voice that is confident, pretentious, shy, aggressive, outgoing, or exuberant, to name only a few personality traits. Also the sound may give a clue to the facade or mask of that person, for example, a shy person hiding behind an overconfident front. How a speaker perceives the listener's receptiveness, interest, or sympathy in any given conversation can drastically alter the tone of presentation, by encouraging or discouraging the speaker. Emotional health is evidenced in the voice by free and melodic sounds of the happy, by constricted and harsh sound of the angry, and by dull and lethargic qualities of the depressed.	
56:  What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The connection between voice and personality B. The function of the voice in performance
C. Communication styles	 D. The production of speech
57:  What does the author mean by staring that, "At interpersonal levels, tone may reflect ideas and feelings over and above the words chosen" (lines 7-8)?
A. The tone of voice can carry information beyond the meaning of words.
B.  Feelings are more difficult to express than ideas. C.  Feelings are expressed with different words than ideas are.
D. A high tone of voice reflects an emotional communication.
58:  The word "Here" in line 8 refers to _______ .
A.  words chosen	B.  the tone	C. ideas and feelings	D. interpersonal interactions
59:  The word "derived" in line 12 is closest in meaning to _______ .
A.  obtained	B. discussed	C. registered	D. prepared
60:  Why does the author mention "artistic, political, or pedagogic communication" in line 13?
A. As examples of basic styles of communication	B.  To contrast them to singing
C. As examples of public performance	D.  To introduce the idea of self-image
61:  According to the passage, an exuberant tone of voice, may be an indication of a person's _______ .
A. vocal quality	B. ability to communicate	C. personality	D. general physical health
62:  According to the passage, an overconfident front may hide _______ .
A. hostility	B.  shyness	C. friendliness	D.  strength
63:  The word "drastically" in line 19 is closest in meaning to _______ .
A. exactly	B. frequently	C. severely	D. easily
64:  The word "evidenced" in line 20 is closest in meaning to _______ .
A. repeated	B. indicated	C. questioned	D. exaggerated
65:  According to the passage, what does a constricted and harsh voice indicate?
A.  Boredom	B. Anger	C. Lethargy	D. Depression
Choose the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following sentences.
66: The science and technology industries have grown up steadily over the last decade.
A. steadily	B. have grown up	C. science	D. last decade
67: Originated in Ethiopia, coffee was drunk in the Arab world before it came to Europe inthe 17th century.
A. was drunk	B. came	C. Originated	D. in
68: The assassination Nathuran Vinayak Godse shot Mohandas K.Gandi in New Dehli, Indiaon September17, 1948.
A. on	B.  assassination	C. shot	D. September17
69: 4: The swirling winds of a tornado can reach quickly speeds close to 300 miles per hour.
A. close to	B.  reach quickly	C. per hour	D. swirling winds
70: Thanks to new techniques, canning goods now have a much longer shelf life.
A. techniques	B. a much longer	C. canning goods	D. Thanks to
Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to each italic one.
71: Impressed as we were by the new cinema, we found it rather expensive.
A. We weren't as much impressed by the new cinema's look as its cost.
B. The new cinema was more expensive than we expected.
C. We were very impressed by the new cinema, but found it rather expensive.
D. We were not impressed by the new cinema at all because it looked rather expensive.
72: Even though some events were cancelled, thousands of people attended the festival.
A.  In spite some cancelled events, thousands of people attended the festival.
B. Despite the cancellation of some events, thousands of people attended the festival.
C. No matter how many people attended the festival, some events were cancelled.
D. As some events were cancelled, thousands of people attended the festival.
73:  I found myself at a loss to understand my closest friend's words.
A. I understood my closest friend's words completely.	B. I found my closest friend's words easy to understand.
C. I lost heart and didn't understand my closest friend's words 
D. I found my closest friend's words quite incomprehensible.
74:  She should know better than to lend the money to him.
A. She knew it would be better not to lend him the money. B.  She oughtn't to lend him the money.
C. She was just being helpful when she lent him the money. D. It would be kind of her to lend him the money.
75:  What you have been saying is beside the point.
A. You was honest to have said about the point like that . B.  What you have been saying is quite irrelevant.
C. You have been talking too much about the point. D. What you have been saying is beyond my expectation.
Choose the word whose bold part is pronounced differently.
76: A. extinction 	B. exhibit 	C.  exhaustion 	D.  exist
77: A. document 	B. education  	C. endangered	D. secondary
Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress.
78: A. consider  	B. apply       	C. Provide	D. offer
79: A. pollution	B. attractive  	C. separate	D. activity
80: A. invaluable 	B. intimacy	C. investigate 	D. intensity
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