TRIAL TEST 074

SƠ GD&ĐT VINH PHUC
TRƯƠNG THPT LIÊN SƠN
(Đề thi gồm: 05 trang)

ĐỀ KTCL ƠN THI THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 20172018
Mơn: TIẾNG ANH – ĐÊ SỐ 74
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian phát
đề

Ho va tên thi sinh:……………………………………………………………………. SBD:…………………………
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part
differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions
Question 1: A. resort
B. position
C. pleasure
D. desert
Question 2: A. helped
B. wicked
C. knocked
D. coughed
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the
rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A. humidity
B. humidity
C. endangered
D. incredible
Question 4: A. economics
B. achievement
C. dependent
D. technology
Question 5: A. understand

B. expedition
C. electronic
D. insurance
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs
correction in each of the following questions.
Question 6: The longest mountain range, the Mid-Atlantic Range, is not hardly visible because
most of it lies under the ocean.
A. mountain range B. not hardly
C. most of
D. under
Question 7: Establishing in 1984 for students who wanted to study art and music subjects,
LaGuardia was the first public school of its kind.
A. Establishing
B. for students
C. was
D. of its kind
Question 8: The abilities to work hard, follow directions, and thinking independently are some of
the criteria for success in the workplace.
A. to work
B. thinking
C. are
D. for success
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) SIMILAR in meaning
to the italicized word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 9: Within a week on display at the exhibition, the painting was hailed as a masterpiece.
A. a down- to – earth work of art
B. an excellent work of art
C. an expensive work of art
D. a large work of art
Question 10: Deer like figures made from willow shoots are the oldest evidence of human

habitation in the Grand Canyon
A. proof
B. clue
C. dispute
D. exhibit
Question 11: He drives me to the edge because he never stops talking
A. frightens me
B. moves me
C. irritates me
D. steers me
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 12. Anne was not________ to think that the test was too difficult.
A. who
B. the one who
C. the only one
D. among the people
Question 13: - Harry: “Can I carry these suitcases into the room for you?” – May: “_____________”
A. You can’t, I think!
B. No, you can’t.
C. Yes, you can.
D. Can you? That’s very kind.
Question 14: My friend bought___________ from a shop on Tran Phu street.
A. a brown nice leather belt
B. a nice brown leather belt
C. a leather brown nice belt
D. a nice leather brown belt
Question 15: The new manager found the situation so complicated that he couldn’t see the wood
for the_________.
A. leaf

B. fruit
C. wood
D. trees
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Question 16: Andy: I think it is a good idea to have three or four generations living under one
roof.
Bob: _________. Family members can help each other a lot.
A. It's not true
B. That's wrong
C. I couldn't agree any more D. I don't agree
Question 17: Ann: How well you are playing, Peter!
Peter: ____________.
A. Say it again. I like to hear your words B. Thank you too much
C. I think so. I'm proud of myself
D. Many thanks, that's a nice compliment
Question 18: The teacher as well as his students____________ at the school meeting yet.
A. arrived
B. hasn’t arrived
C. haven’t arrived
D. not arriving
Question 19: Bain: "Why wasn't your boyfriend at the party last night?"
Laura: "He______ the lecture at Shaw Hall. I know he very much wanted to hear the speaker."
A. may have attended
B. was to attend
C. should have attended
D. can have attended
Question 20: “We’d better __________ if we want to get there in time”
A. take up

B. turn down
C. speed up
D. put down
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 question below.
We find that bright children are rarely held back by mixed-ability teaching. On the
contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many
disadvantages in streaming pupils. It does not take into account the fact that children develop at
different rates. It can have a bad effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright child. After all, it
can be quite discouraging to be at the bottom of the top grade!
Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual ability. This is
only one aspect of their total personality. We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our
pupils to the full, not just their academic ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills,
and we find that mixed-ability teaching contributes to all these aspects of learning.
In our classroom, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups; this gives
them the opportunity to learn to co-operate, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also
learn how to cope with the personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions,
to analyze and evaluate, to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as
from the teachers.
Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes the work on individual tasks and
assignments, they can do this at their own speed. They also have some formal class teaching when
this is appropriate. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they
need in order to do this effectively. An advanced pupil can do advanced works; it does not matter
what age the child is. We expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every
encouragement to attain this goal.
Question 21: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Group work provides the pupils with the opportunity to learn to be capable organizers
B. Pupils also learn how to participate in teaching activities
C. Group work gives pupils the opportunity to learn to work together with others
D. Pupils also learn to develop their reasoning ability

Question 22: In the passage, the author’s attitude towards “mixed-ability teaching” is_________.
A. questioning
B. approving
C. objective
D. critical
Question 23: The phrase “held back” in paragraph 1 means_________.
A. prevented from advancing
B. forced to study in lower class
C. made to remain in the same classes
D. made to lag behind
Question 24: The author argues that a teacher’s chief concern should be the development of the
pupils’_________.
A. learning ability and communicative skills
B. intellectual abilities
C. total personality
D. personal and social skills
Question 25: The author’s purpose of writing this passage is to_________.
A. recommend pair work and group work classroom activities
B. offer advice on the proper use of the school library
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C. argue for teaching bright and not-so-bright pupils in the same class.
D. emphasize the importance of appropriate formal classroom teaching
Question 26: According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. Development of pupils as individuals is not the aim of group work
B. Pupils cannot develop in the best way if they are streamed into classes of different
intellectual abilities
C. It’s not good for a bright child to find out that he performs worst in a mixed-ability class
D. There is no fixed method in teaching pupils to develop themselves to the full

Question 27: According to the passage, which of the following is an advantage of mixed-ability
teaching?
A. Formal class teaching is the important way to give pupils essential skills such as those to
be used in the library
B. Pupils as individuals always have the opportunities to work on their own.
C. A pupil can be at the bottom of a class
D. Pupils can be hindered from an all-round development
Question 28: Which of the following statements can best summarize the main idea of the
passage?
A. The aim of education is to find out how to teach the bright and not-so-bright pupils
B. Various ways of teaching should be encouraged in class
C. Children, in general, develop at different rates
D. Bright children do benefit from mixed-ability teaching
Question 29: According to the passage, “streaming pupils”_________.
A. is the act of putting pupils into class according to their academic abilities
B. aims at enriching both their knowledge and experience
C. is quite discouraging
D. will help the pupils learn best
Question 30: According to the author, mixed-ability teaching is more preferable because_________.
A. children can learn to work with each other to solve personal problems
B. it doesn’t have disadvantages as in streaming pupils
C. formal class teaching is appropriate
D. its aim at developing the children’s total personality
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 following questions
Throughout history people have always communicated with one another, not only by
speech but also by movements of the hands and body. People sometimes wonder (31)_________ you
can learn how body language works. It is of course possible to read books on the subject but you
also need to (32)_________ time observing people’s movements. A railway station is a particular
good place for such observation, as here people can be seen openly expressing eagerness, sorrow,

delight, impatience and many other human emotions by (33)_________ of movement.
If you turn down the sound on your television set and try to understand (34)_________ is
happening simply by watching the picture you will learn even more about communication without
words. By turning the sound back up every five (35)_________ or so, it is possible to check how
accurate your (36)_________ is.
Having studied the art of body language you will have a definite (37)_________ at a boring
party. You will be able to sit on your own for the whole evening and thoroughly enjoy yourself by
both watching and interpreting the body language of all the other people there.
Question 31: A. that
Question 32: A. kill
Question 33: A. means
Question 34: A. who
Question 35: A. years
Question 36: A. expression
Question 37: A. benefit

B. how
B. spend
B. gestures
B. which
B. minutes
B. understanding
B. favour

C. what
C. give
C. health
C. what
C. hours
C. meaning

C. disadvantage

D. whether
D. lose
D. postures
D. that
D. months
D. movement
D. advantage

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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 following questions.
Long before they can actually speak, babies pay special attention to the speech they hear
around them. Within the first month of their lives, babies' responses to the sound of the human
voice will be different from their responses to other sorts of auditory stimuli. They will stop crying
when they hear a person talking, but not if they hear a bell or the sound of a rattle. At first, the
sounds that an infant notices might be only those words that receive the heaviest emphasis and
that often occur at the ends of utterances. By the time they are six or seven weeks old, babies can
detect the difference between syllables pronounced with rising and falling inflections. Very soon,
these differences in adult stress and intonation can influence babies' emotional states and
behavior. Long before they develop actual language comprehension, babies can sense when an
adult is playful or angry, attempting to initiate or terminate new behavior, and so on, merely on
the basis of cues such as the rate, volume, and melody of adult speech.
Adults make it as easy as they can for babies to pick up a language by exaggerating such
cues. One researcher observed babies and their mothers in six diverse cultures and found that, in
all six languages, the mothers used simplified syntax, short utterances and nonsense sounds, and
transformed certain sounds into baby talk. Other investigators have noted that when mothers talk

to babies who are only a few months old, they exaggerate the pitch, loudness, and intensity of their
words. They also exaggerate their facial expressions, hold vowels longer, and emphasize certain
words.
More significant for language development than their response to general intonation is
observation that tiny babies can make relatively fine distinctions between speech sounds. In other
words, babies enter the world with the ability to make precisely those perceptual discriminations
that are necessary if they are to acquire aural language.
Babies obviously derive pleasure from sound input, too: even as young as nine months they
will listen to songs or stories, although the words themselves are beyond their understanding. For
babies, language is a sensory-motor delight rather than the route to prosaic meaning that it often
is for adults.
Question 38: According to the author, why do babies listen to songs and stories, even though they
cannot understand them?
A. They can remember them easily.
B. They focus on the meaning of their parents' word.
C. They enjoy the sound
D. They understand the rhythm.
Question 39: According to the author, why do babies listen to songs and stories, even though they
cannot understand them?
A. They can remember them easily.
B. They focus on the meaning of their parents' word.
C. They enjoy the sound
D. They understand the rhythm.
Question 40: The word "diverse" is closest in meaning to_____________.
A. different
B. surrounding
C. stimulating
D. divided
Question 41: Why does the author mention "a bell and a rattle"?
A. To contrast the reactions of babies to human and nonhuman sounds

B. To give examples of typical toys that babies do not like
C. To explain how babies distinguish between different nonhuman sounds
D. To give examples of sounds that will cause a baby to cry
Question 42: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The differences between a baby's and an adult's ability to comprehend language
B. How babies perceive and respond to the human voice in their earliest stages of language
development
C. The response of babies to sounds other than the human voice
D. How babies differentiate between the sound of the human voice and other sounds
Question 43: The word "emphasize" is closest in meaning to ______________.
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A. stress
B. leave out
C. explain
D. repeat
Question 44: The word "noted" is closest in meaning to______________.
A. requested
B. observed
C. theorized
D. disagreed
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct and natural
combination of each pair of sentences given.
Question 45: The student next to me kept chewing gum. That bothered me a lot.
A. The student next to me kept chewing gum, that bothered me a lot.
B. The student next to me kept chewing gum, which bothered me a lot.
C. The student next to me kept chewing gum bothering me a lot.
D. The student next to me kept chewing gum bothered me a lot.
Question 46: Transportation has been made much easier thanks to the invention of cars. However,

cars are the greatest contributor of air pollution.
A. The invention of cars has made transportation much easier, but cars are among the
greatest contributors of air pollution.
B. Although the invention of cars has made transportation much easier, people use cars to
contribute to the pollution of air.
C. Although the invention of cars has made transportation much easier, cars are the
greatest contributor of air pollution.
D. However easier the invention of cars has made transportation, it is cars that are among
the greatest contributors of air pollution.
Question 47: He was suspected to have stolen credit cards. The police have investigated him for
days.
A. He has been investigated for days, suspected to have stolen credit cards.
B. Suspecting to have stolen credit cards, he has been investigated for days.
C. Having suspected to have stolen credit cards, he has been investigated for days.
D. Suspected to have stolen credit cards, he has been investigated for days.
Question 48: The man wanted to get some fresh air in the room. He opened the window.
A. The man wanted to get some fresh air in the room because he opened the window.
B. The man opened the window in order to get some fresh air in the room.
C. The man got some fresh air in the room, even though he opened the window.
D. Having opened the window, the room could get some fresh air.
Question 49: David drove so fast; it was very dangerous.
A. David drove so fast, which was very dangerous.
B. David drove so fast and was very dangerous.
C. David drove so fast, then was very dangerous.
D. David drove so fast that was very dangerous.
Question 50: The captain to his men: “Abandon the ship immediately!”
A. The captain invited his men to abandon the ship immediately.
B. The captain suggested his men abandon the ship immediately.
C. The captain ordered his men to abandon the ship immediately.
D. The captain requested his men to abandon the ship immediately.

________THE END_______
SƠ GD&ĐT VINH PHUC
TRƯƠNG THPT LIÊN SƠN
(Đề thi gồm: 05 trang)

ĐỀ KTCL ÔN THI THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 20172018
Môn: TIẾNG ANH – ĐÊ SỐ 74
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian phát
đề

Ho va tên thi sinh:……………………………………………………………………. SBD:…………………………
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part
differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions
Question 1: A. resort
B. position
C. pleasure
D. desert
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Question 2: A. helped

B. wicked

C. knocked

D. coughed

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the
rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.

Question 3: A. humidity
B. humidity
C. endangered
D. incredible
Question 4: A. economics
B. achievement
C. dependent
D. technology
Question 5: A. understand
B. expedition
C. electronic
D. insurance
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs
correction in each of the following questions.
Question 6: The longest mountain range, the Mid-Atlantic Range, is not hardly visible because
most of it lies under the ocean.
A. mountain range B. not hardly
C. most of
D. under
Question 7: Establishing in 1984 for students who wanted to study art and music subjects,
LaGuardia was the first public school of its kind.
A. Establishing
B. for students
C. was
D. of its kind
Question 8: The abilities to work hard, follow directions, and thinking independently are some of
the criteria for success in the workplace.
A. to work
B. thinking
C. are

D. for success
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) SIMILAR in meaning
to the italicized word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 9: Within a week on display at the exhibition, the painting was hailed as a masterpiece.
A. a down- to – earth work of art
B. an excellent work of art
C. an expensive work of art
D. a large work of art
Question 10: Deer like figures made from willow shoots are the oldest evidence of human
habitation in the Grand Canyon
A. proof
B. clue
C. dispute
D. exhibit
Question 11: He drives me to the edge because he never stops talking
A. frightens me
B. moves me
C. irritates me
D. steers me
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 12. Anne was not________ to think that the test was too difficult.
A. who
B. the one who
C. the only one
D. among the people
Question 13: - Harry: “Can I carry these suitcases into the room for you?” – May: “_____________”
A. You can’t, I think!
B. No, you can’t.
C. Yes, you can.

D. Can you? That’s very kind.
Question 14: My friend bought___________ from a shop on Tran Phu street.
A. a brown nice leather belt
B. a nice brown leather belt
C. a leather brown nice belt
D. a nice leather brown belt
Question 15: The new manager found the situation so complicated that he couldn’t see the wood
for the_________.
A. leaf
B. fruit
C. wood
D. trees
Question 16: Andy: I think it is a good idea to have three or four generations living under one
roof.
Bob: _________. Family members can help each other a lot.
A. It's not true
B. That's wrong
C. I couldn't agree any more D. I don't agree
Question 17: Ann: How well you are playing, Peter!
Peter: ____________.
A. Say it again. I like to hear your words B. Thank you too much
C. I think so. I'm proud of myself
D. Many thanks, that's a nice compliment
Question 18: The teacher as well as his students____________ at the school meeting yet.
A. arrived
B. hasn’t arrived
C. haven’t arrived
D. not arriving
Question 19: Bain: "Why wasn't your boyfriend at the party last night?"
Laura: "He______ the lecture at Shaw Hall. I know he very much wanted to hear the speaker."

A. may have attended
B. was to attend
C. should have attended
D. can have attended
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Question 20: “We’d better __________ if we want to get there in time”
A. take up
B. turn down
C. speed up

D. put down

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 question below.
We find that bright children are rarely held back by mixed-ability teaching. On the
contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many
disadvantages in streaming pupils. It does not take into account the fact that children develop at
different rates. It can have a bad effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright child. After all, it
can be quite discouraging to be at the bottom of the top grade!
Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual ability. This is
only one aspect of their total personality. We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our
pupils to the full, not just their academic ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills,
and we find that mixed-ability teaching contributes to all these aspects of learning.
In our classroom, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups; this gives
them the opportunity to learn to co-operate, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also
learn how to cope with the personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions,
to analyze and evaluate, to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as
from the teachers.

Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes the work on individual tasks and
assignments, they can do this at their own speed. They also have some formal class teaching when
this is appropriate. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they
need in order to do this effectively. An advanced pupil can do advanced works; it does not matter
what age the child is. We expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every
encouragement to attain this goal.
Question 21: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Group work provides the pupils with the opportunity to learn to be capable organizers
B. Pupils also learn how to participate in teaching activities
C. Group work gives pupils the opportunity to learn to work together with others
D. Pupils also learn to develop their reasoning ability
Question 22: In the passage, the author’s attitude towards “mixed-ability teaching” is_________.
A. questioning
B. approving
C. objective
D. critical
Question 23: The phrase “held back” in paragraph 1 means_________.
A. prevented from advancing
B. forced to study in lower class
C. made to remain in the same classes
D. made to lag behind
Question 24: The author argues that a teacher’s chief concern should be the development of the
pupils’_________.
A. learning ability and communicative skills
B. intellectual abilities
C. total personality
D. personal and social skills
Question 25: The author’s purpose of writing this passage is to_________.
A. recommend pair work and group work classroom activities
B. offer advice on the proper use of the school library

C. argue for teaching bright and not-so-bright pupils in the same class.
D. emphasize the importance of appropriate formal classroom teaching
Question 26: According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. Development of pupils as individuals is not the aim of group work
B. Pupils cannot develop in the best way if they are streamed into classes of different
intellectual abilities
C. It’s not good for a bright child to find out that he performs worst in a mixed-ability class
D. There is no fixed method in teaching pupils to develop themselves to the full
Question 27: According to the passage, which of the following is an advantage of mixed-ability
teaching?
A. Formal class teaching is the important way to give pupils essential skills such as those to
be used in the library
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B. Pupils as individuals always have the opportunities to work on their own.
C. A pupil can be at the bottom of a class
D. Pupils can be hindered from an all-round development
Question 28: Which of the following statements can best summarize the main idea of the
passage?
A. The aim of education is to find out how to teach the bright and not-so-bright pupils
B. Various ways of teaching should be encouraged in class
C. Children, in general, develop at different rates
D. Bright children do benefit from mixed-ability teaching
Question 29: According to the passage, “streaming pupils”_________.
A. is the act of putting pupils into class according to their academic abilities
B. aims at enriching both their knowledge and experience
C. is quite discouraging
D. will help the pupils learn best
Question 30: According to the author, mixed-ability teaching is more preferable because_________.

A. children can learn to work with each other to solve personal problems
B. it doesn’t have disadvantages as in streaming pupils
C. formal class teaching is appropriate
D. its aim at developing the children’s total personality
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 following questions
Throughout history people have always communicated with one another, not only by
speech but also by movements of the hands and body. People sometimes wonder (31)_________ you
can learn how body language works. It is of course possible to read books on the subject but you
also need to (32)_________ time observing people’s movements. A railway station is a particular
good place for such observation, as here people can be seen openly expressing eagerness, sorrow,
delight, impatience and many other human emotions by (33)_________ of movement.
If you turn down the sound on your television set and try to understand (34)_________ is
happening simply by watching the picture you will learn even more about communication without
words. By turning the sound back up every five (35)_________ or so, it is possible to check how
accurate your (36)_________ is.
Having studied the art of body language you will have a definite (37)_________ at a boring
party. You will be able to sit on your own for the whole evening and thoroughly enjoy yourself by
both watching and interpreting the body language of all the other people there.
Question 31: A. that
Question 32: A. kill
Question 33: A. means
Question 34: A. who
Question 35: A. years
Question 36: A. expression
Question 37: A. benefit

B. how
B. spend
B. gestures

B. which
B. minutes
B. understanding
B. favour

C. what
C. give
C. health
C. what
C. hours
C. meaning
C. disadvantage

D. whether
D. lose
D. postures
D. that
D. months
D. movement
D. advantage

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 following questions.
Long before they can actually speak, babies pay special attention to the speech they hear
around them. Within the first month of their lives, babies' responses to the sound of the human
voice will be different from their responses to other sorts of auditory stimuli. They will stop crying
when they hear a person talking, but not if they hear a bell or the sound of a rattle. At first, the
sounds that an infant notices might be only those words that receive the heaviest emphasis and
that often occur at the ends of utterances. By the time they are six or seven weeks old, babies can
detect the difference between syllables pronounced with rising and falling inflections. Very soon,

these differences in adult stress and intonation can influence babies' emotional states and
behavior. Long before they develop actual language comprehension, babies can sense when an
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adult is playful or angry, attempting to initiate or terminate new behavior, and so on, merely on
the basis of cues such as the rate, volume, and melody of adult speech.
Adults make it as easy as they can for babies to pick up a language by exaggerating such
cues. One researcher observed babies and their mothers in six diverse cultures and found that, in
all six languages, the mothers used simplified syntax, short utterances and nonsense sounds, and
transformed certain sounds into baby talk. Other investigators have noted that when mothers talk
to babies who are only a few months old, they exaggerate the pitch, loudness, and intensity of their
words. They also exaggerate their facial expressions, hold vowels longer, and emphasize certain
words.
More significant for language development than their response to general intonation is
observation that tiny babies can make relatively fine distinctions between speech sounds. In other
words, babies enter the world with the ability to make precisely those perceptual discriminations
that are necessary if they are to acquire aural language.
Babies obviously derive pleasure from sound input, too: even as young as nine months they
will listen to songs or stories, although the words themselves are beyond their understanding. For
babies, language is a sensory-motor delight rather than the route to prosaic meaning that it often
is for adults.
Question 38: According to the author, why do babies listen to songs and stories, even though they
cannot understand them?
A. They can remember them easily.
B. They focus on the meaning of their parents' word.
C. They enjoy the sound
D. They understand the rhythm.
Question 39: According to the author, why do babies listen to songs and stories, even though they
cannot understand them?

A. They can remember them easily.
B. They focus on the meaning of their parents' word.
C. They enjoy the sound
D. They understand the rhythm.
Question 40: The word "diverse" is closest in meaning to_____________.
A. different
B. surrounding
C. stimulating
D. divided
Question 41: Why does the author mention "a bell and a rattle"?
A. To contrast the reactions of babies to human and nonhuman sounds
B. To give examples of typical toys that babies do not like
C. To explain how babies distinguish between different nonhuman sounds
D. To give examples of sounds that will cause a baby to cry
Question 42: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The differences between a baby's and an adult's ability to comprehend language
B. How babies perceive and respond to the human voice in their earliest stages of language
development
C. The response of babies to sounds other than the human voice
D. How babies differentiate between the sound of the human voice and other sounds
Question 43: The word "emphasize" is closest in meaning to ______________.
A. stress
B. leave out
C. explain
D. repeat
Question 44: The word "noted" is closest in meaning to______________.
A. requested
B. observed
C. theorized
D. disagreed

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct and natural
combination of each pair of sentences given.
Question 45: The student next to me kept chewing gum. That bothered me a lot.
A. The student next to me kept chewing gum, that bothered me a lot.
B. The student next to me kept chewing gum, which bothered me a lot.
C. The student next to me kept chewing gum bothering me a lot.
D. The student next to me kept chewing gum bothered me a lot.
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Question 46: Transportation has been made much easier thanks to the invention of cars. However,
cars are the greatest contributor of air pollution.
A. The invention of cars has made transportation much easier, but cars are among the
greatest contributors of air pollution.
B. Although the invention of cars has made transportation much easier, people use cars to
contribute to the pollution of air.
C. Although the invention of cars has made transportation much easier, cars are the
greatest contributor of air pollution.
D. However easier the invention of cars has made transportation, it is cars that are among
the greatest contributors of air pollution.
Question 47: He was suspected to have stolen credit cards. The police have investigated him for
days.
A. He has been investigated for days, suspected to have stolen credit cards.
B. Suspecting to have stolen credit cards, he has been investigated for days.
C. Having suspected to have stolen credit cards, he has been investigated for days.
D. Suspected to have stolen credit cards, he has been investigated for days.
Question 48: The man wanted to get some fresh air in the room. He opened the window.
A. The man wanted to get some fresh air in the room because he opened the window.
B. The man opened the window in order to get some fresh air in the room.
C. The man got some fresh air in the room, even though he opened the window.

D. Having opened the window, the room could get some fresh air.
Question 49: David drove so fast; it was very dangerous.
A. David drove so fast, which was very dangerous.
B. David drove so fast and was very dangerous.
C. David drove so fast, then was very dangerous.
D. David drove so fast that was very dangerous.
Question 50: The captain to his men: “Abandon the ship immediately!”
A. The captain invited his men to abandon the ship immediately.
B. The captain suggested his men abandon the ship immediately.
C. The captain ordered his men to abandon the ship immediately.
D. The captain requested his men to abandon the ship immediately.
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