Đề thi tiếng anh đề TEST 14

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ĐỀ THỰC HÀNH SỐ 14
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer for each of the
questions.
Washington was the first city in history to be created solely for the purpose of governance. Following the
Revolution, members of Congress had hotly debated the question of a permanent home for themselves and for
those departments – the Treasury, the Patent Office and so on – which even the sketchiest of central
governments would feel obliged to establish. In 1790, largely in order to put an end to congressional bickering,
George Washington was charged with selecting a site for the newly designated federal district. Not much to
anyone’s surprise but to the disappointment of many he chose a tract of land on the banks of the Potomac River,
a few miles upstream from his beloved plantation Mount Vernon.
The District of Columbia was taken in part from Virginia and in part from Maryland. At the time it was laid out,
its hundred square miles consisted of gently rolling hills, some under cultivation and the rest heavily wooded,
with a number of creeks and much swampy land along the Potomac. There is now a section of Washington that
is commonly referred to as Foggy Bottom; that section bore the same nickname a hundred and eighty years
ago.
Two ports cities, Alexandria and Georgetown, flourished within sight of the new capital and gave it access by
ship to the most important cities of the infant nation – Charleston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Newport,
Salem and Portsmouth – and also to the far-off ports of England and the Continent.
1) What is the main topic of the passage?
A: The role of George Washington in the American Revolution.
B: The founding of Washington, DC.
C: The first years of the United States Congress.
D: The governing of the federal district.
2) In line 6, the phrase “charged with” could be best replaced by which of the following?
A: asked to pay for
B: attached with
C: accused of
D: given the responsibility of
3) Why was George Washington’s choice for the site of the capital not very surprising?
A: George Washington had lived on the site before the American Revolution.

B: The members of Congress had already stated their preference for the site.
C: The river would bring trade to the city.
D: The site was close to George Washington’s own home.
4) In 1790, a large part of the federal district was
A: seashore
C: a flouring port
B: village squares
D: wilderness
5) It can be referred from the passage that the term “Foggy Bottom” in the second paragraph refers to a section
of Washington. D. C that ________________.
A: used to be the site of the national weather station
C: has the lowest population in the district
B: lies at the bottom of Mount Vernon
D: used to be mostly swampland
6) The author implies that Georgetown was important in the eighteen century because it
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A: defended the east coast against invaders.
C: linked the federal district with the ocean.
B: was a model for building the new federal district.
D: was the home of the Treasury and the Patent Office.
7) Which of the following conclusions about the federal district is supported by the passage?
A: Mount Vernon was not chosen because it was too close to the river.
B: Congress did not believe that a home for the federal government was necessary.
C: George Washington’s choice of a site pleased almost everyone.
D: Congress was unable to agree on a location.
8) Which of the following sentences is NOT TRUE?

A: George Washington’s choice was a disappointment to many people.
B: Washington was founded for the purpose of administration.
C: District of Columbia is commonly referred to as Washington.
D: Congressmen did not find it necessary to have a home for themselves.
9) Which of the following does the word “it” in paragraph 2 refer to?
A: the District of Columbia
C: part
B: Maryland
D: Virginia
10) The word “hotly” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______________.
A: all are correct
B: warmly
C: vehemently
D: spicily
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer for each of the
blanks.
The wind controls our planet’s weather and climate. But how much do we understand about these complex force
(11) _______ can kill and spread fear? On the night of October 15, 1987, the south of England was (12)
_______ by strong winds. Gusts of over 130 km/h (13) _______ through the region. Nineteen people were
killed, £1.5-billion worth of damage was (14) _______ and 19 million trees were blown down in just a few
hours. Although people thought of this (15) _______ a hurricane, the winds of 1987 were only a (16) _______ 7
storm. They remain far better known than the much more serious storms of January 25, 1990, (17) _______
most of Britain was hit by daytime winds of up to 173km/h. On this occasion, 47 people were killed, even
though (18) _______ in 1987, the weather forecasters issued accurate warnings. Extreme weather events such as
these are dramatic (19) _______ of the power of the wind. It is one part of the weather that people generally do
not give a second (20) _______ to, but across the world the wind plays a crucial role in people’s lives.
11. A: when
B: where
C: what
D: which

12. A: beaten

B: struck

C: besieged

13) A: flew
14) A: resulted
15) A: like
16) A: strength

B: spread
B: caused
B: unlike
B: force

C: blew
C: created
C: same as
C: length

17) A: while

B: why

C: when

D: until

18) A: when

B: such as

C: unlike

D: like

19) A: recalls

B: remains

C: memories

D: reminders

20) A: help

B: thought

C: care

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D: attacked
D: ran
D: paid
D: as
D: power

D: think

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Mark the letter A,B,C or D to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following
questions.
21) Jake has just finished his two- kilometres -long swim.
22) Harmonize , melody, and rhythm are important elements in most forms of music .
23) The man I introduced you to him last night may be the next president of the University.
.
24) Halley’s Comet appears so rarely that only do a few people have the opportunity to view it more than
once in their lifetime.
25) My son was tiptoeing so as making no noise along the corridor.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer for each of the
questions.
The most influential filmmaker of the early silent period was the American producer and director D.W. Griffith,
who developed the aesthetics of the motion picture. In 1908, at the Biograph Film Co. in New York City,
Griffith began to refine the elements of moviemaking as they had evolved up to that time. He used the camera
functionally, starting his shots only on significant action and stopping as soon as the action was completed. He
also moved the camera closer to his players in order to heighten *emotion; he was the first director to use the
close-up as a means of emphasis, flying in the face of the popular belief that audiences would not understand
two eyes or a hand filling the screen. Griffith trained and developed his own company of actors, which came to
include such future stars as Mary Pickford, Lionel Barrymore, and Lillian Gish. He experimented freely with
lighting, camera angles, and the use of filters over the lenses to achieve unique effects. Griffith also broke his
scenes into a number of different shots, timing their lengths to create increasing excitement as well as
rhythmic momentum never before achieved on film. He proved that the basis of film expression is editing and
that the unit of editing is the shot, not the scene.
In 1913 Griffith completed the first of his epics, Judith of Bethulia, in four reels; Biograph executives were
outraged at its length and failed to release it until 1914, by which time longer films had become more common.
In the meantime, Griffith left Biograph to join the Mutual studio in Hollywood, Calif, and had begun work on

his 12-reel American Civil War film, The Birth of a Nation (1915), the screen’s first true masterwork, which
marked the emergence of motion picture as a full-fledged art form. Expertly mixing the spectacle of battle with
the pathos of human drama, The Birth of a Nation possesses a cumulative power that took many white
audiences by storm; many blacks and others, however, have long complained that the film fosters negative
stereotypes of African-Americans and glorifies the Ku Klux Klan. Even more impressive is Griffith’s later film
Intolerance (1916), made in part as an answer to critics of The Birth of a Nation and often cited as the greatest
motion picture ever made. An immense historical pageant, it tells four stories from separate epochs
simultaneously, cutting from one to another with a visual and emotional force that has seldom been equaled on
the screen.
26) D.W. Griffith _______________.
A: is the most influential filmmaker of all the time
B: moved the camera closer to the players for clearer pictures
C: worked for his own company
D: thought that audiences would understand two eyes or a hand filling the screen
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27) Where was he working when started using his camera functionally?
A: his own company.
C: the Mutual studio in Hollywood, Calif.
B: the Biograph Film Co. in New York City.
D: some other companies.
28) Who was NOT developed by D.W.Griffith?
A: Mary Pickford
B: Marilyn Monroe

C: Lionel Barrymore
D: Lillian Gish

29) Which of these did D.W. Griffith agree with?
A: Editing was more important than the scene.
B: Close-up weren’t be used for emphasis.
C: The scene was more important than editing.
D: Camera angles were more important than lenses.
30) D.W. Griffith experimented with all of these EXCEPT ________________
A: camera angles
B: lenses
C: lighting

D: filters

31) udith of Bethulia was __________________.
A: released in 1914
B: up to Biograph executives’ satisfaction

C: his first silent movie
D: in three reels

32) The Birth of a Nation __________________.
A: was made one year before the film Intolerance
B: pleased the blacks

C: was his first epic
D: showed battle and human drama in an amateur way

33) What happened to D.W. Griffith in 1914?
A: He became famous.
B: He started working for the Mutual studio.

C: He started work on Intolerance.
D: He completed Judith of Bethulia.

34) What does the word “momentum” most nearly mean _______________
A: measurement
B: development
C: intercession

D: prominence

35) Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A: Griffith developed the aesthetics of the motion picture.
B: Griffith was one of the directors to use the close-up as a means of the emphas
C: In 1913 Griffith completed the first of his epics.
D: In 1908 Grifffith began to refine the elements of moviemaking.
Dựa vào đoạn văn trong bài: “He was the first director to use the close-up as a means of emphasis”.
Mark the letter A,B,C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in the
position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
36) A: population
B: difficulty
C: understand
D: individual
37) A: suburban
38) A: village

B: dictionary
B: sister

C: vegetable

C: farmer

D: surface
D: escape

Mark the letter A,B,C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in
pronunciation in each of the following questions.
39) A: fountain
B: count
C: accountant
D: country
40) A: clubs
B: hats
C: stamps
D: books
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Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence
41) When we met Jane, she ___________ from her University already.
A: was graduating
C: had graduated
B: graduated
D: had been graduating
42) The World Bank has criticized Britain for not giving enough financial ____________ to developing
countries.
A: provision
B: aid

C: loan
D: allowance
43) Michael had to ____________ playing tennis when he injured his knee.
A: stop for
B: give up
C: end up
D: go on
44) Crying is what a child usually does to _____________ adults’ attention.
A: have
B: invite
C: attract
D: take
45) I love living in the city centre while I am young, but when I finally _____________ down, I think I’ll move
somewhere quieter.
A: come
B: settle
C: calm
D: camp
46) Look at these photos. They ___________ in Brazil or Colombia. Certainly not in Cuba.
A: may have been taken
C: might possibly have taken
B: might possibly taken
D: could be taken
47) ____________ she was brought up.
A: It is in Paris that
B: It is Paris, where
C: It is Paris where
D: It is in Paris, which
48) “I’m really a good cook.___________?”
A: Can I help you

B: Should I help you
C: How about helping you D: Would I help you
49) Had you locked the gate properly, the robbers _____________ into the house.
A: won’t break
B: would not break
C: would not have broken
D: should not break
50) My neighbor is _____________ photographer; let’s ask him for ____________ advice about color film.
A: the/the
C: a/no article
B: a/the
D: the/an
51) I’m sorry. I’m not ____________ fast.
A: used to driving
B: used to drive
C: use to driving
D: use to drive
52) That’s the bike the engine ____________ needs _____________.
A: which/repaired
B: that/to be repairing
C: of which/repairing
D: whose/to be repaired
53)“___________?”
_ “So so. And you?”
A: What are you doing
B: How’s every thing
C: What is everything
D: What are you like
54) Carol showed up at the meeting ____________ I asked her not to be there.
A: provided that

B: even though
C: despite
D: because
55) Last year we ____________ to have an expensive holiday so we decided to visit our friends.
A: continued
C: couldn’t afford
B: liked
D: had promised
56) Mary has just bought _____________.
A: two scarves new wool black
C: some new black wool two scarves
B: two black wool new scarves
D: two new black wool scarves
57) I’ve got a very high opinion _____________ your brother.
A: for
B: of
C: on
D: to
58) I’d rather you _____________ a noise last night. I couldn’t get to sleep.
A: didn’t make
B: wouldn’t make
C: hadn’t made
D: haven’t made
59) The hockey games at the University are _____________.
A: as good as that of the high school
C: much better than those of the high school
B: less better than the high school
D: as good as that of the high school
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined part in each of the following questions.

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60. Marcia and Bill were the recipients of the president's scholarship for fine arts.
(A) creators
(B) donors
(C) receivers
(D) instigators
61. The student's seminar presentation was both lucid and interesting.
(A) long
(B) rational
(C) concise
(D) amusing
62. The new representative from our state is such an extrovert I think he'll have problems.
(A) ambitious person
(B) out going person
(C) egoist
(D) underdog
63. Sometimes I feel an irresistible urge to splurge on a box of donuts.
(A) unstoppable
(B) disgusting
(C) greedy
(D) ceaseless
64. Legislators are considering whether the drug laws for possession of marijuana are too severe.
(A) vague
(B) harsh
(C) diverse
(D) covert

PHẦN TỰ LUẬN (2 điểm)
SENTENCE BUILDING;
1. Our picnic was cancelled because it rained heavily last Sunday.
If .....................
2. They couldn’t deceive customers although they used attractive advertisement.
Whatever .....................
3. Because the chemicals were properly combined, the prescription has brought about the
expected result.
Because of .....................
4. Newspapers reported that hundreds of people died in the earthquake last week.
Hundreds of people .....................
5. I dislike it when people criticize me unfairly.
I object .....................
TOPIC: Write about a sporting event you saw recently. (a paragraph at least 250 words)

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