NGÂN HÀNG câu hỏi ôn tập THÁNG 11

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TÀI LIỆU THI THPT QUỐC GIA 2017

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NGÂN HÀNG CÂU HỎI
ÔN TẬP THÁNG 11
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KỲ THI THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 2017
Môn: TIẾNG ANH

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TEST 1: Circle A, B, C, or D that best completes each sentence or as directed.
1. Recently, he has lost all his ____ at cards.
A. wage and saving

B. wages and saving

C. wage and savings

D. wages and savings

2. I want _______.
A. a dollar worth candy

B. candy a dollar’s worth

C. a dollar’s worth of candy

D. a dollar worth’s candy

3. The surroundings a child grows up in usually _______ an effect on his development.
A. have

B. had

C. has

D. do

C. going

D. A & C are correct

C. for every day

D. a day

4. I don’t feel like ____ for a walk now.

A. to go

B. go

5. People think that an apple ____ is good for you.
A. in a day

B. for a day

6. It is of great importance to create a good impression ____ your interviewer.
A. on

B. about

C. for

D. at

C. had been

D. would be

7. I have already told you he ____ unreliable.
A. is

B. were

8. These people ____ for the most successful company in the town.
A. are seeming to work

B. seem working

C. seem to be working

D. are seeming to be working

9. Be careful with your gun! You may ____ somebody.
A. injure

B. wound

C. hurt

D. ache

10. I think that’s the hotel ____ John and Mary were married.
A. when

B. where

C. which

D. in that

C. both

D. so

11. English or French, you can choose ____.
A. not

B. either

12. Not many places at the universities are elft, so choice is severely ____.
A. limiting

B. limitation

C. delimitation

D. limited

13. February is the month ____ many of my colleagues take skiing holidays.
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A. when

B. that

C. in that

D. which

14. We had five phone calls, but there were ____ for you.
A. no

B. none

C. either

D. neither

C. hadn’t make

D. weren’t making

C. calculation

D. examination

15. What a fool I am! I wish I ____ the choice.
A. didn’t make

B. wouldn’t make

16. We carried out a careful ____ of the area.
A. education

B. preparation

17. Some of the passengers spoke to reporters about their ____ in the burning plane.
A. knowledge

B. experience

C. occasion

D. event

18. Would you mind if I ____ your dictionary for a while?
A. borrow

B. borrowed

C. borrowing

D. would borrow

19. The academic year in England is ____ into three terms.
A. closed

B. calculated

C. divided

D. added

20. ____ speaking, I do not really like my present job.
A. Honest

B. Honesty

C. Honestly

D. Dishonest

21. She has been sleeping for 10 hours! You ____ her up.
A. had better to wake

B. may wake

C. must wake

D. would like to wake

22. The sign says “private keep out”. You _______ go in there.
A. don’t have to

B. haven’t got to

C. needn’t

D. mustn’t

23. He didn’t understand the urgency of the situation _______.
A. well enough

B. good enough

C. as well as

D. rather well

C. Surprise

D. Surprising

24. _______, there are quite a few of us out there.

A. Surprisedly

B. Surprisingly

25. It was a very fashionable film years ago, but it looks _______ now.
A. dated

B. outdated

C. dilapidated

D. antique

26. We’ve only been living there a month and we haven’t bought much furniture yet so the
apartment is still a bit _______.
A. sunny

B. bare

C. untidy

D. spacious

27. I _______ this ship “Titanic”. May God bless all who sail in her.
A. name

B. entitle

C. resister

D. christen

28. Mr. Jones has studied the matter _______, and he will now present his conclusions.
A. profoundly

B. in depth

C. fundamentally

D. for serious

29. ______ classified as a carnivore, the North American Grizzly bear eats berries and even grass.
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A. Just as

B. Because of

C. Although

D. Either

30. The police asked the kidnappers to _____ the deadline by six hours.
A. delay

B. extend

C. lengthen

D. prolong

31. A mosquito _______ with blood is carrying twice its own body height.
A. filled

B. filling

C. was filled

D. which fills

32. Soldiers often wear _______ so you can’t see them easily.
A. a disguise

B. camouflage

C. heavy boots

D. a costume

C. Hard luck

D. Bad fortune

33. ______! You deserved to win.
A. Unfair luck

B. Nasty luck

34. “I thought that the tour began at 3:00” – “Oh no, you’re ________. It began at 1:30”.
A. too much late here

B. here much too late

C. here too much late

D. too much here late

35. “Are you sure that you don’t want to eat out tonight?” – “I can’t. I have _______ to do tonight.”
A. too many homeworks

B. much too much homework

C. too much homeworks

D. much too many homeworks

36. In general, women are more likely than men to feel insecure walking alone after dark.
A. Furthermore

B. Likewise

C. Overall

D. Notably

C. not open

D. not having people

37. It was chock-a-block in town today.
A. full of people

B. so busy

38. The money has been recovered without resorting to verbal abuse or strong-arm tactics.
A. refraining from

B. reacting to

C. turning to

D. complaining about

39. He’s a former teacher who’s been around the block and knows what it’s all about.
A. retired early

B. been busy all day

C. had experience

D. had wide knowledge

40. He was illiterate and possessed a limited knowledge of English, and had a partner who was
unscrupulous; he was utterly vulnerable, a lamb to the slaughter, taken in by a rotter.
A. treacherous

B. astute

C. staunch

D. unethical

41. ______ impressive chapter in the book was the chapter on Stuart’s scientific theories.
A. It was the most

B. The most

C. Most

D. Most of the

42. I’ve got a terrible hangover. If only I ______ that fourth bottle of wine.
A. hadn’t drunk

B. didn’t drink

C. wouldn’t drink

D. don’t drink

43. February normally has twenty-eight days, but every fourth year, ______ has twenty-nine.
A. there

B. its

C. is a leap year

D. a leap year, it

44. Sports medicine is a medical specialty that deals with the identification and treatment of injuries
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to people ______.
A. sports are involved

B. involved in sports

C. they are involved in sports

D. sports involve them

45. Fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas produce carbon dioxide when ______ burned.
A. are

B. they

C. they are

D. are they

46. Tom has the ability to be a professional musician, but he’s too lazy to practice.
A. He is able to practice music lessons professionally though he is lazy.
B. As a professional musician he is not lazy to practice music lessons.
C. He is talented but he’ll never be a professional musician as he doesn’t practice.
D. Though practicing lazily, he is a professional musician.
47. You will get wet if you go out without an umbrella.

A. Without an umbrella will make you get wet.
B. Going out without an umbrella will get you wet.
C. Unless you go out with an umbrella, you will get wet.
D. You will get wet if you don’t go out without an umbrella.
48. It rained during the match, but we enjoyed ourselves all the same.
A. It rained during the match and we did not enjoy the match.
B. It rained during the match and we enjoyed it less.
C. It rained during the match and we enjoyed it in the same ways as others.
D. It rained during the match; nevertheless, we enjoyed it.
49. This country wouldn’t have much income without tourism.
A. Tourism is developing very quickly in this country.
B. This country depends on its tourism for its income.
C. Tourism development is going up in this country.
D. In order to develop, this country invests into tourism.
50. Our modern society could not exist without transportation.
A. If there were no transportation, our society would not exist.
B. Our modern society will not exist without having traffic.
C. Unless there were transportation, our society would not exist.
D. A and C are correct.

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TEST 2: Circle A, B, C, or D that best completes each sentence or as directed.
1. Only when you have obtained sufficient data ______ come to a sound conclusion.
a. can you b. you can c. would you d. you would
2. ______ that this region was so rich in natural resources.
a. Little he knew

b. Little did he know

a. Little he did know d. Little he had known
3. Never again ______ political office after his 1928 defeat for the presidency.
a. Alfred E. Smith seriously sought

b. seriously Alfred E. Smith sought

c. when did Alfred E. Smith seriously seek d. did Alfred E. Smith seriously seek
4. Only in recent years ______ begun to realize that wild dogs, kept within bounds, often do more good
than harm.
a. people have b. since people have c. have people d. people who have
5. _______, we were not going to make any concessions to his unreasonable demands.
a. What may come b. Come what may c. May what come

d. What come

6. Not until I shouted at the top of my voice ______ his head.
a. that he turned b. did he turn c. he didn’t turn

d. he had turned

7. ______ received law degrees as today.
a. Never so women have

b. The women aren’t ever

c. Women who have never d. Never have so many women
8. Heat does not travel by convection in solid, because the solid does not move, ______.
a. so does a liquid b. so a liquid does c. as does a liquid d. so is a liquid

9. On no account ______ to anyone.
a. my name must be mentioned b. must my name mention
c. must my name be mentioned d. my name must mention
10.

______ that they may eventually reduce the amount of labor needed on construction sites by 90

percent.
a. Such construction robots are clever

b. So clever the construction robots are

c. So clever are the construction robots d. Such clever construction robots are
11.

______ do we go for picnics.

a. Certainly b. Sometimes c. Seldom d. Once
12.

______ is it only the ignorant and ill-educated person who has such faith in the bottle of

medicine.
a. Either b. Often c. Nor d. Usually
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13.

Her answer is not acceptable, and ______.

a. neither am I
14.

b. either is mine c. neither is mine d. mine is neither

______, I must do another experiment.

a. Be it ever so late b. It is ever so late
c. It be ever so late d. So late it be ever
15.

So fast ______ that it is difficult for us to imagine its speed.

a. light travel b. travels the light c. do light travel d. does light travel
16.

A sneeze cannot be performed voluntarily, ______ be easily suppressed.

a. nor it can b. nor can it c. it cannot d. and cannot it
17.

______ notebook and report that I promised you last week.

a. Here is the b. Here are the c. Is here the d. Are here the
18.

______ a little more time to think, he might have acted more sensibly.

a. If he took b. If he has taken c. had he taken d. Should he take
19.

Beneath our feet ______ that our life depends on for food and clothing.

a. the earth lay b. the earth lies c. lie the earth d. lies the earth
20.

______ the beginning of the 19th century did scientists know that all matter is made up of atoms.

a. At b. By c. Up to d. Not until
21.

Hardly ______ he got out of the court ______ the reporters raised a lot of questions to him.

a. had … when b. had … than c. did … when
22.

d. has … than

Among these books ______ a dictionary that his father gave him as a birthday present.

a. have included b. is included c. has included d. are included
23.

No longer are contributions to computer technology confined to any one country; ______ is this

more true than in Europe.
a. nowhere b. hardly c. little d. seldom
24.

Important ______ his discovery was, it was regarded as a matter of no account in his time.

a. to b. for c. as d. although
25.

According to the periodic table, ______ still some elements undiscovered.

a. there seem to be b. it seems c. it seems to be d. here seems
26.

Here ______ you want to see.

a. the manager comes b. comes the manager
c. comes a manager
27.

d. is coming a manager

Barry can hardly drive a car, ______.

a. so can’t Molly b. can’t Molly either c. Molly can’t too d. neither can Molly
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28.

_______ for the leadership of the Party, we should not have succeeded.

a. Had not it been b. Had it not been c. There was d. Is there
29.

______ no air or water, there would be no life in the world.

a. Were there b. There are c. There was
30.

d. Is there

Not only ______ the data fed into it, but it can also analyze them.

a. the computer can memorize b. can the computer memorize
c. do the computer memorize
31.

d. can memorize the computer

Not once ______ his view of life.

a. did the gentleman mention b. the gentleman mentioned that
c. the gentleman mentioned
32.

d. does gentleman mentioned

By no means ______ their own language well.

a. it is true that all English people know
b. is it true that do all English people know

c. it is true that do all English people know
d. is it true that all English people know
33.

The molecules of gases move more freely than ______.

a. do liquids and solids

b. liquids and solids do

c. do those of liquids and solids d. those do of liquids and solids
34.

The world’s birth rates are on a decline and ______ are the death rates.

a. so b. also c. too d. the same
35.

_____ is the volume of chemical goods.

a. Constantly growing too b. Too constantly growing
c. Growing constant to
36.

d. Too growing constant

Many a time _______ me with my English study.

a. have he helped b. has he helped
37.

Typical of the new type of young people ______, who set a shining example to the whole nation.

a. was Andrew
38.

c. he have helped d. did he have helped

b. were Andrew

c. Andrew was

d. Andrew were

What Mr. Smith did was important , but ______.

a. more important the way of he did things was
b. the way of he did things was more important
c. more important was the way he did things
d. more important the way were he did things
39.

She didn’t want to buy it, ______.
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a. however good was it

b. however good it was

c. for how good might it be

d. for how good it might be

40.

______ , it is always possible to find out its volume.

a. Whatever the shape of a body may be
b. The shape of a body may be whatever
c. May whatever the shape of a body be
d. Whatever may the shape of a body be
41.

I won’t pay $20 for the coat; it’s not worth ______.

a. all that much b. that much all c. that all much d. much all that
42.

Hot air accompanied by high relative humidity feels warmer than ______.

a. is it actually b. it actually is c. actually it is d. actually is it
43.

North Pole is usually cold in summer, but the Africa ______.

a. is rarely b. scarcely is
44.

d. rarely is

David, something important has happened. I wish to ______.

a. talk it over with you
45.

c. hardly is

b. talk over it c. talk over d. talk you over it

______, more than 200 houses and buildings are heated by solar energy, not to mention the big

cities in the region.
a. Alone in the small town b. In the small alone town
c. In the small town alone
46.

d. In the alone small town

Geysers are found new near rivers and lakes, where water drains through the soil ______.

a. surface below the deep b. deep below the surface
c. the deep below surface d. the deep surface below
47.

The wallflower ______ because its weak stems often grow on walls and along stony cliffs for

support.
a. so called is b. so is called c. is so called d. called is so

48.

The history of painting is a fascination chain of evens that probably began with ______.

a. ever made the very first pictures
b. the ever made very first pictures
c. the very first ever made pictures
d. the very first pictures ever made
49.

On the side of the hill, there is ______ which was once the entrance to a gold mine.

a. a deep hole in ground

b. a hole deep in ground

c. a deep hole in the ground d. a deep in the ground hole
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50.

Will the boy who has taken my pen brine ______.

a. back to me b. it back to me c. back it to me d. it to me back
*ANSWER:
1-5 ABDCB 6-10 BDCCC 11-15 CCCAD 16-20 BBCDD
21-25 ABACA 26-30 BCBAB 31-35 ADCAA 36-40 BACBA
41-45 ABDAC 46-50 BCDCB

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TEST 3: Circle A, B, C, or D that best completes each sentence or as directed.
1. A clean environment can help the city bid for the Olympics, which ____ will promote its economic
development.
A. in nature

B. in return

C. in turn

D. in fact

2. After he retired from office, Roger ____ painting for a while, but soon lost interest.
A. took up

B. saved up

C. kept up

D. drew up

3. - The boss said we had only three days to finish the work.
- Don’t worry. We have already ____ two thirds of it.
A. sat down

B. got through

C. given in

D. given away

4. She ____ Japanese when she was in Japan. Now she can speak it freely.
A. picked out

B. made out

C. made up

D. picked up

5. With no one to ____ in such a frightening situation, she felt very helpless.
A. turn to

B. turn off

C. turn on

D. turn over

6. - How are you managing to do your work without an assistant?
- Well. I ____ somehow.
A. get along

B. come on

C. watch out

D. set off

7. The building around the corner caught fire last night. The police are now _____ the matter.
A. getting through

B. working out

C. looking into

D. watching over

8. I was still sleeping when the fire ____, and then it spread quickly.
A. broke out

B. put out

C. came out

D. got out

9. Although the wind has _____, the rain remains steady, so you still need a raincoat.
A. turned up

B. gone back

C. died down

D. blown out

10. - Four dollars a pair? I think it's a bit too much.
- If you buy three pairs, the price for each will ____ to three fifty.
A. come down

B. take down

C. turn over

D. go over

11. The computer system ____ suddenly while he was searching for information on the Internet.
A. broke down

B. broke out

C. broke up

D. broke in

C. taken off

D. taken in

12. - I am sorry to have ____ too much of your time.
- That's OK, and I am glad to help you.
A. taken up

B. taken on

13. My son John asked me to ____ him off at school on my way to work because it was raining.

A. take

B. drop

C. put

D. cut

14. In our school the women teachers ____ 56 percent of the staff.
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A. turn up

B. stand for

C. make up

D. send up

15. The mail was ____ for two days because of the heavy snows.
A. held out

B. held up

C. held back

D. held off

16. - How did you find your sister in such a big and strange city?
- I ______ her in the railway station when I was just going back home.
A. came about

B. came out

C. came up

D. came cross

17. He tried to join the Army but was ____ because of poor health.
A. turned down

B. turned back

C. turned over

D. turned against

18. - If we take a plane, we’ll of course have arrived in London by the next weekend.
- Don’t be too sure. We should ____ the weather factor. What shall we do if it is foggy?
A. look for

B. allow for

C. prepare for

D. use for

19. The waistband is too big; it must be ______ about an inch.

A. taken off

B. taken over

C. taken in

D. taken out

20. Designs for the new sports hall are ______ in the library.
A. on return

B. on sale

C. on display

D. on offer

TEST 4: Read the passage and then choose the best option A, B, C, or D.
Hurricane Katrina
A hurricane is a fiercely powerful, rotating form of tropical storm that can be 124 to l, 240 miles in
diameter. The term hurricane is derived from Hurican, the name of a native American storm god.
Hurricanes are typical of a calm central region of low pressure between 12 to 60 miles in diameter,
known as the eye. They occur in tropical regions. Over its lifetime, one of these storms can release as
much energy as 10, 000 nuclear bombs.
The seed for hurricane formation is a cluster of thunderstorms over warm tropical waters.
Hurricanes can only form and be fed when the sea-surface temperature exceeds 27℃ and the
surrounding atmosphere is calm. These requirements are met between June and November in the
northern hemisphere.
Under these conditions, large quantities of water evaporate and condense into clouds and rain releasing heat in the process. It is this heat energy, combined with the rotation of the Earth that
drives a hurricane.

When the warm column of air from the sea surface first begins to rise, it causes an area of low
pressure. This in turn creates wind as air is drawn into the area. This spinning wind drags up more

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moisture-laden air from the sea surface in a process that swells the storm. Cold air falls back to the
ocean surface through the eye and on the outside of the storm.
Initially, when wind speeds reach 23 miles per hour, these mild, wet and grey weather systems are
known as depressions. Hurricane Katrina formed in this way over the south - eastern Bahamas on 23
August 2005. Katrina has had a devastating impact on the Gulf Coast of the US, leaving a disaster
zone of 90, 000 square miles in its wake-almost the size of the UK. Thousands have been killed or
injured and more than half a million people have been displaced in a humanitarian crisis of a scale
not seen in the US since the great depression. The cost of the damage may top $100 billion.
1. What is the eye of a hurricane?
A. A native American storm god.
B. A rotating form of tropical storm that can be 124 to 1, 240 miles in diameter.
C. A calm central region of low pressure between 12 to 60 miles in diameter.
D. A storm that can release as much energy as 10, 000 nuclear bombs.
2. Which of the following is NOT the “requirements” mentioned in the second paragraph?
A. The tropical waters are warm and calm.
B. The sea-surface temperature exceeds 27℃.
C. There are thunderstorms over warm tropical waters.
D The atmosphere surrounding the sea is calm.
3. Which of the following is the best explanation of the word “drive” in the third paragraph?
A. To guide, control or direct.
B. To force to go through or push in.
C. To supply the motive force or power and cause to function.
D. To force to move in a particular direction.

4. What does the warm air mentioned in the fourth paragraph produce when it is rising from the seasurface?
A. High pressure

B. Low pressure

C. Wind

D. Cold air

5. What is NOT true of Hurricane Katrina according to the last paragraph?
A. The area affected is almost the size of the UK.
B. It 1eft a disaster zone of 90, 000 square miles.
C. Half a million people are forced to leave the area.
D. The humanitarian crisis is as serious as that of the great depression.

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TEST 5: Read the passage and then choose the best option A, B, C, or D.
Today petroleum provides around 40% of the world’s energy needs, mostly fuelling automobiles.
Coal is still used, mostly in pover stations, to cover one-quarter of our energy needs, but it is the least
efficient, unhealthiest and most environmentally damaging fossil fuel. Natural gas reserves could
plug some of the gap from oil, but reserves of that will not last into the 22nd century either. Most
experts predict we will exhaust easily accessible reserves within 50 years. We could fast reach an
energy crisis. We need to rapidly develop sustainable solutions to fuel our future. Less-polluting
renewable energy sources offer a more practical long-term energy solution. They may benefit the
world’s poor too. “Renewable” refers to the fact that these resources are not used faster than they
can be replaced.
Hydroelectric power is now the most common form of renewable energy, supplying around 20% of

world electricity. China’s three gorges Dam, which has just been completed, is the largest ever. At
five times the size of the US’s Hoover Dam, its 26 turbines will generate the equivalent energy of 18
coal-fired power stations. It will satisfy 3% of China’s entire electricity demand.
In 2003, the first commercial power station to harness tidal currents in the open sea opened in
Norway. It is designed like windmill, but others take the form of turbines.
As prices fall, wind power has become the fastest growing type of electricity generation quadrupling worldwide between 1999 and 2005. Modern wind farms consist of turbines that
generate electricity. Though it will be more expensive, there is more than enough wind to provide
the world’s entire energy needs. Wind farms come in onshore and offshore forms. They can often
end up at spots of natural beauty, and are often unpopular with residents. And turbines are not
totally benign - they can interfere with radar and leave a significant ecological footprint, altering
climate and lilling sea birds. Migrating birds may have more luck avoiding them. Scotland is building
europe’s largest wind farm, which wil power 200,000 homes. The UK’s goal is to generate onefifth of
power from renewable sources, mainly wind, by 2020. But this may cause problems, because wind is
unreliable.
1. According to the passage, which of the following is the most polluting energy resource?
A. Petroleum

B. Coal

C. Natural gas

D. Water

2. China’s Three Gorges Dam _______.
A. is the first hydroelectric dam in the world.
B. is of the same size as the US’s Hoover Dam.
C. can generate around 3% of world electricity.
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D. is the largest hydroelectric dam in the world.
3. Which country took the lead in making use of tidal currents to produce power in 2003?
A. The UK

B. China

C. Norway

D. The US

4. One of the problems with wind farms is that ______.
A. there is not enough wind

B. wind is not reliable

C. they can only be built on the sea

D. they might influence the world economy

5. According to the passage, resources like wind are ______.
A. renewable

B. recyclable

C. damagin

D. scarce

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TEST 6: Read the passage and then choose the best option A, B, C, or D.
Weight on and off the Earth
We are so used to our life on the surface of the earth that it can be quite an effort for our mind to
break free of all the ideas that we take for granted. Because we can feel that things are heavy, we
think of “weight” as being a fixed quality in an object, but it is not really fixed at all. If you could take
a one-pound packet of butter 4,000 miles out from the earth, it would weigh only a quarter of a
pound.
Why would things weigh only a quarter as much as they do at the surface of the earth if we took
them 4,000 miles out into space? The reason is this: All objects have a natural attraction for all other
objects; this is called gravitational attraction. But this power of attraction between two objects gets
weaker as they get farther apart. When the butter was at the surface of the earth, it was 4,000 miles
from the center. When we took the butter 4,000 miles out, it was 8,000 from the center, which is
twice the distance. If you double the distance between two objects, their gravitational attraction
decreases four times (two times two). If you treble the distance, it gets nine times weaker (three
times three) and so on.
So this is one of the first things we need to remember: that the weight of an object in space is not the
same as its weight on the surface of the earth.
What about the weight of our pound of butter on the surface of the moon? At the distance the pull of
the earth is about 4,000 times smaller than it is here on the surface, so we can forget all about the
earth-pull on our butter.
On the other hand, on the moon there will be an attraction between the butter and the moon, but the
butter will weigh only about one-sixth as much as it does on the earth. This is because the moon is so
much smaller than the earth. The amount of gravitational pull that a body produces depends on the
amount of material in it. A packet of butter has a gravitational pull of its own; but this is very small in
relation to the pull of something as large as the moon, or the earth, or the sun.
1. How much would four pounds of tea weigh if it was taken 4,000 miles out from the surface of the

earth?
A. 1 pound

B. 2 pounds

C. 3 pounds

D. 4 pounds

2. We find it hard to break free from ideas connected with living on the earth because ______.
A. it demands too great an effort for us to do so
B. we are too familiar with the way things are to question the ideas
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C. we have proved that those ideas are correct
D. we are so sure of ourselves that we never doubt anything on the earth
3. According to the passage, “weight” should be understood in the sense that ______.
A. it is fixed if it is outside the earth's gravitational pull
B. it decreases four times when it is 4,000 miles from the earth's center
C. it varies with the change of the gravitational attraction between two objects
D. things increase in amount as they are closer to the earth's surface
4. We do not feel the gravitational pull of a packet of butter because ______.
A. it is too small to have a gravitational pull of its own
B. its pull is so small that we tend to ignore it
C. its pull disappears in the presence of the earth's gravitation
D. it tends to melt and loses its gravitational pull
5. The main idea of this passage is ______.
A. different weight systems in different places

B. freedom from traditional ideas
C. traveling from the earth to the moon
D. the effect of gravitation on weight

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TEST 7: Read the passage and then choose the best option A, B, C, or D.
Almost Human?
Scientists are racing to build the world's first thinking robot. This is not science fiction: some say
they will have made it by the year 2020. Carol Packer reports.
Machines that walk, speak and feel are no longer science fiction. Kismet is the name of an android
which scientists have built at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Kismet is different
from the traditional robots because it can show human emotions. Its eyes, ears and lips move to
show when it feels happy, sad or bored. Kismet is one of the first of a new generation of androids robots that look like human beings - which can imitate human feelings. Cog, another android
invented by the MIT, imitates the action of a mother. However, scientists admit that so far Cog has
the mental ability of a two-year-old.
The optimists say that by the year 2020 we will have created humanoids with brains similar to those
of an adult human being. These robots will be designed to look like people to make them more
attractive and easier to sell to the public. What kind of jobs will they do? In the future, robots like
Robonaut, a humanoid invented by NASA, will be doing dangerous jobs, like repairing space stations.
They will also be doing more and more of the household work for us. In Japan, scientists are
designing androids that will entertain us by dancing and playing the piano.
Some people worry about what the future holds: will robots become monsters? Will people
themselves become increasingly like robots? Experts predict that more and more people will be
wearing micro-computers, connected to the Internet, in the future. People will have micro-chips in
various parts of their body, which will connect them to a wide variety of gadgets. Perhaps we should
not exaggerate the importance of technology, but one wonders whether, in years to come, we will
still be falling in love, and whether we will still feel pain. Who knows?

1. Kismet is different from traditional robots because ______.
A. it thinks for itself
B. it is not like science fiction
C. it can look after two-year-olds
D. it seems to have human feelings
2. What makes Cog special?
A. It looks like a mother
B. It behaves like a child
C. It can imitate the behavior of a mother
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D. It has a huge brain
3. In about 15 years’ time from now, robots ______.
A. will become space designers

B. wiI1 look like monsters

C. will behave like animals

D. will think like humans

4. In the future robots will also ______.
A. explore space

B. entertain people

C. move much faster

D. do all of the housework

5. What is the writer's attitude to robots in the future?
A. Critical

B. Hostile

C. Objective

D. Enthusiastic

TEST 8: Read the passage and then choose the best option A, B, C, or D.
The Family
The structure of a family takes different forms around the world and even in the same society. The
family's form changes as it adapts to changing social and economic influences. Until recently, the
most common form in North America was the nuclear family, consisting of a married couple with
their minor children. The nuclear family is an independent unit. It must be prepared to fend for itself,
Individual family members strongly depend on one another. There is little help from outside the
family in emergencies. Elderly relatives of a nuclear family are cared for only if it is possible for the
family to do so. In North America, the elderly often do not live with the family; they live in retirement
communities and nursing homes.
There are many parallels between the nuclear family in industrial societies, such as North America,
and of families in societies such as that of the Inuits, who live in harsh environments. The nuclear
family structure is well adapted to a life of mobility. In harsh conditions, mobility allows the family to
hunt for food. For North Americans, the hunt for jobs and improved social status also requires
mobility.
The nuclear family was not always the North American standard. In a more agrarian time, the small
nuclear family was usually part of a larger extended family. This might have included grandparents,
mother and father, brothers and sisters, uncles, aunts, and cousins. In North America today, there is
a dramatic rise in the number of single-parent households. Twice as many households in the United

States are headed by divorced, separated, or never- married individuals as are comprised of nuclear
families. The structure of the family, not just in North America, but throughout the world, continues
to change as it adapts to changing conditions.

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1. Another good title for this passage would be ______.
A. What Makes a Family?

B. The Life of the Inuits.

C. Living with Hardship.

D. The Failure of the Nuclear Family.

2. A nuclear family is defined as ______.
A. a married couple with their minor children
B. a single father with minor children
C. parents, grandparents, and children
D. parents, children, and aunts and uncles
3. The information in this passage would most likely be found in ______.
A. an anthropology textbook

B. a biology textbook

C. a mathematics textbook

D. a geography textbook

4. The information in the first paragraph is presented mainly through ______.
A. listing statistics

B. telling a story

C. pointing out similarities

D. pointing out differences

5. The word “mobility” means ______.
A. money

B. readiness to move

C. organization

D. skill

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TEST 9: Read the passage and then choose the best option A, B, C, or D.
We all long for friendship, but how to make a friend? “The best time to make a friend is before you
need one.” Joy Steven said. The following are some tips for you.
People equal friends
Friends usually begin with strangers. Getting in touch with other people is the first step to make a
friend.
Friends can’t be made in empty air. Best friends take time to make.

Friends understand friends
Friends understand each other when talking. Many unpleasant personal quarrels can be avoided if
you will take the time to understand others’ feelings and points of view.
Friends touch friends
Touching is a warm from of communication between friends. When you see best friends
communicating,
you will notice them stand close together, touch each other comfortably and listen to each other.
Sometimes a friendly touch is more powerful than words.
Friends praise friends
Praise is a powerful tool to make a friend. Honest praise can affect your friends’ lives. So try to praise
your friends, including your general ones.
Friends can loyal and trustworthy
Trust and loyalty go hand in hand for friends. Friends can share secrets with you, because good
friends
never break confidence and are loyal forever.
1. From Joy Steven’s words, we can conclude that _____.
A. a friend in need is a friend indeed

B. it is never too late to make a friend

C. it is late to make a friend when you need

D. everyone needs a friend in his life

one
2. To make and keep many friends, you need to do the following EXCEPT _____.
A. get in touch with people

B. understand your friends

C. praise your friends

D. quarrel with your friends

3. The passage mainly tells us _____.
A. how to communicate with a friend

B. how to develop friendship

C. when to make a friend

D. how to praise a friend

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TEST 10: Read the passage and then choose the best option A, B, C, or D.
Reading is thought to be a kind of conversation between the reader and the text. The reader puts
questions, as they were, to the text and get answers. In the light of these he puts further questions,
and so on.
For most of the time this “conversation” goes on below the level of consciousness. At times, however,
we become aware of it. This is usually when we are running into difficulties, when mismatch is
occurring between expectations and meaning. When successful matching is being experienced, our
questioning of the text continues at the unconscious level.
Different people converse with the text differently. Some stay very close to the words on the page;
others take off imaginatively from words, interpreting, criticizing, analyzing and examining. The
former represents a kind of comprehension that is written in the text, while the latter represents
higher levels of comprehension. The balance between these is important, especially for advanced
readers.

There is another conversation that from our point of view is important, and that has not to do with
what is read but with how it is read. We call this a “process” conversation as opposed to a “content”,
conversation. It is concerned not with meaning but with the strategies we employ in reading. If we
are skilled readers, our ability to hold a content conversation with a text is usually pretty well
developed. Not so our ability to hold a process conversation. It is just this kind of conversation that is
of importance when we are seeking to develop our reading to meet the new demands being placed
upon us by studying at a higher level.
1. Reading as a kind of conversation between the reader and the text becomes conscious only when
____.
A. the reader’s expectations agree with what is said in the text
B. the reader asks questions and gets answers
C. the reader has trouble understanding what the author says
D. the reader understands a text very well
2. At a lower level of comprehension, readers tend to ______.
A. read a text slowly
B. read without thinking hard
C. interpret a text in their own way
D. concentrate on the meaning of words only
3. A “process” conversation has to do with ______.
A. the development of our ability to check the details
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B. determining the main idea of a text
C. what reading material is read
D. the application of reading strategies
4. From the passage we know ______.
A. it’s important for readers to have conscious and unconscious levels of comprehension
B. readers should take a critical attitude towards the author’s ideas

C. readers should learn to use different approaches in reading different texts
D. readers should pay more attention to the content of a text
5. According to the passage, it is of great importance for readers at a higher level to maintain a
balance between ______.
A. conscious and unconscious levels of comprehension
B. the readers’ expectations and the meaning of a text
C. lower and higher levels of comprehension
D. interpreting and criticizing a text

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TEST 11: Read the passage and then choose the best option A, B, C, or D.
Land Art, sometimes referred to as Earth Art or Earthworks, is a form of art which involves using
physical landscapes to create art, taking art out of the museum and into the outside world. Modern
Land Art movement really got going in the 1960s, when American artists began creating Land Art on
a large scale. Today, works of modern Land Art can be seen all over the world, sometimes right
alongside much older pieces of Land Art created by people who lived thousands of years ago.
Land Art, which is not necessarily unchangeable, can take a number of forms. For example, in 1970
Robert Smithson created the Spiral Jetty, made of a collection of stones and mud, in the Great Salt
Lake. The American artist made a large jetty in a spiral shape which sticks out into the waters of the
lake.
Reshaping the landscape is a common characteristic of Land Art, which can be created by moving
parts around. People can also add things to the environment to create Land Art, like salt, which is
added to the Spiral Jetty. It is possible to use plants. In all cases, Land Art is immovable.
Land Art is designed to gradually form, change, and eventually decay. That’s one of the biggest
differences between Land Art and most of the art one sees in the museums. Some works of art can
exist only for a few hours or days. Others are exposed to rain and wind so that they develop and
decay over time, which is part of the attractiveness in the eyes of the artists.

1. What can be learned from the first paragraph?
A. Land Art was the most popular art in the 1960s.
B. Land Art aims to get people interested in nature.
C. American artists were the first to create Land Art.
D. People have been creating Land Art for thousands of years.
2. What do we know about Robert Smithson?
A. He is a great creative artist.
B. He lives near the Great Salt Lake.
C. He made the most famous Land Art.
D. He was a pioneer in creating Land Art.
3. One of the unique characteristics of Land Art lies in ________.
A. it shows the extreme beauty of nature
B. it develops and decays gradually over time
C. it combines the landscapes around completely
D. it offers the artists a chance to get close to nature
4. What is the passage mainly about?
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A. Works of Land Art.
B. History of Land Art.
C. Changes of Land Art.
D. Introduction of Land Art.
TEST 12: Read the passage and then choose the best option A, B, C, or D.
Living and dealing with kids can be a tough job these days, but living and dealing with parents can be
even tougher.
If I have learned anything in my 16 years, it is that communication is very important, both when you
disagree and when you get along. With any relationship, you need to let other person know how you
are feeling. If you are not able to communicate, you drift apart. When you are mad at your parents, or

anyone else, not talking to them doesn’t solve anything.
Communication begins with the concerns of another. It means that you can’t just come home from
school, go up to your room and ignore everyone. Even if you just say “Hi”, and see how their day was
for five minutes, it is better than nothing.
If you looked up the word “communication” in a dictionary, it would say “the exchange of ideas, the
conveyance of information, correspondence , means of communication: a letter or a message”. To
maintain a good relationship, you must keep communication strong. Let people know how you feel,
even if it’s just by writing a note.
When dealing with parents, you always have to make them feel good about how they are doing as a
parent. If you are trying to make them see something as you see it, tell them that you’ll listen to what
they have to say, but ask them politely to listen to you. Yelling or walking away only makes the
situation worse.
This is an example: one night, Sophie went to a street party with her friends. She knew she had to be
home by midnight after the fireworks, but she didn’t feel she could just ask to go home. That would
be rude. After all, they had been nice enough to take her along with them. Needless to say, she was
late getting home. Her parents were mad at first, not when Sophie explained why she was late, they
weren’t as mad and let the incident go. Communication is the key factor here. If Sophie’s parents had
not been willing to listen, Sophie would have been in a lot of trouble.
Communication isn’t a one-way deal: it goes both ways. Just remember: if you get into a situation like
Sophie’s, telling the other person how you feel-listening is the key factor to communication.
1. In the writer’s view, dealing with parents is __________ than with children.
A. more difficult

B. easier

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