Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 40 to 49.
On 26th May 1828, the people of Nuremberg in Germany found a teenage boy who waswandering alone through the streets. When they came across him, he had no possessions except for two old letters. Because of his behavior and appearance, they took him to the police station. Kaspar spent the next two months in prison, where he hardly spoke and refused all food except for bread and water. Some people assumed that Kaspar had grown up alone in the forest, like a wild animal. But gradually, a different picture emerged.
Kaspar said he had spent his whole childhood in a small dark cell. He had never seen the world outside or left his cell. He had never met or spoken to another human being. The cell was empty apart from a small bed and one toy-a wooden horse. He claimed that he had found bread and water in his cell every morning. According to Kaspar’s account, a mysterious man had begun to call on him shortly before his release. The man never showed his face.
Kaspar became well-known throughout Germany and in other countries too, and people found his ascinating. Some suggested that Kaspar was the son of a rich and powerful man-a prince perhaps-who wanted to keep his identity secret. A schoolteacher called Friedrich Daumer met Kaspar and agreed to look after him. Daumer taught him various subjects and encouraged Kaspar’s talent for drawing.
One day in 1829, Kaspar was found with a knife wound to his head. He claimed that a man with a hood over his face had attacked him-the same man who had brought him to Nuremberg. It wasn’t a serious injury, and Kaspar got over it. But in 1833, Hauser came home with a deep knife wound in his chest, saying someone had attacked him in a garden. Three days later, Kaspar died from the wound. Just before he died, Kaspar told the police that his attacker had given him a bag, so the police went to the garden and looked for it. They found it, with a note inside. The note was in mirror writing and said in German: “I want to tell you about myself. I come from the Bavarian border, on the river.”
Over the years, books have been written about Kaspar’s stories and various historians have looked into them. Most have concluded that the stories were untrue and that Kaspar Hauser was a liar who killed himself (possibly by mistake). But for some people, Kaspar Hauser’s life and death remain one of the most mysterious stories in history
According to this passage, the phrase “call on” refers to .
A. speak to
B. visit
C. invite
D. ask
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Call on = visit (v): ghé thăm
Don't worry! By the time you arrive tomorrow, we __________the work
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 11 to 20.
All relationships go through difficult times. In the past, when married couples had problems they usually didn’t (11) _________. They had to either (12)_________ with each other or continue to live together in an unhappy relationship. Getting divorced wasn’t an option for most people due to economic and social reasons. Some people believe that this wasn’t such a bad thing. They say that relationships require hard work and (13)_________ . “If a relationship is going to last a lifetime, you have to keep working at it,” says Doreen, who is celebrating her fiftieth wedding anniversary this year. “It isn’t all roses and romance. (14)_________ perfect all of the time.
These days young people give up when there’s the (15)_________ argument.” Experts agree that communication is key. The most important thing is to (16) _________talking. How many times have you heard yourself say to (17)_________ , “If only you’d listen!” or “ I wish you (18)_________ do that!” The truth is, the (19)_________ couples talk, the better their relationship (20) _________be.
Điền vào ô 20
Let's face__________we are destroying the environment and we need to do something now.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 53 to 62.
History books recorded that the first film with sound was The Jazz Singer in 1927. But sound films, or talkies, did not suddenly appear after years of silent screenings. From the earliest public performances in 1896, films were accompanied by music and sound effects. These were produced by a single pianist, a small band, or a full-scale orchestra; large movie theatres could buy sound-effect machines. Research into sound that was reproduced at exactly at the same time as the pictures – called “synchronized sound” – began soon after the very first films were shown. With synchronized sound, characters on the movie screen could sing and speak. As early as 1896, the newly invented gramophone, which played a large disc carrying music and dialogue, was used as a sound system. The biggest disadvantage was that the sound and pictures could become unsynchronized if, for example, the gramophone needle jumped or if the speed of the projector changed. This system was only effective for a single song or dialogue sequence.
In the “sound-on-film” system, sound was recorded as a series of marks on celluloid which could be read by an optical sensor. These signals would be placed on the film alongside the image, guaranteeing synchronization. Short feature films were produced in this way as early as 1922. This system eventually brought us “talking pictures”.
The word “screenings” in is closest in meaning to _________.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 11 to 20.
All relationships go through difficult times. In the past, when married couples had problems they usually didn’t (11) _________. They had to either (12)_________ with each other or continue to live together in an unhappy relationship. Getting divorced wasn’t an option for most people due to economic and social reasons. Some people believe that this wasn’t such a bad thing. They say that relationships require hard work and (13)_________ . “If a relationship is going to last a lifetime, you have to keep working at it,” says Doreen, who is celebrating her fiftieth wedding anniversary this year. “It isn’t all roses and romance. (14)_________ perfect all of the time.
These days young people give up when there’s the (15)_________ argument.” Experts agree that communication is key. The most important thing is to (16) _________talking. How many times have you heard yourself say to (17)_________ , “If only you’d listen!” or “ I wish you (18)_________ do that!” The truth is, the (19)_________ couples talk, the better their relationship (20) _________be.
Điền vào ô 11
The Red Cross made an equitable distribution of the bread to the starving children.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 11 to 20.
All relationships go through difficult times. In the past, when married couples had problems they usually didn’t (11) _________. They had to either (12)_________ with each other or continue to live together in an unhappy relationship. Getting divorced wasn’t an option for most people due to economic and social reasons. Some people believe that this wasn’t such a bad thing. They say that relationships require hard work and (13)_________ . “If a relationship is going to last a lifetime, you have to keep working at it,” says Doreen, who is celebrating her fiftieth wedding anniversary this year. “It isn’t all roses and romance. (14)_________ perfect all of the time.
These days young people give up when there’s the (15)_________ argument.” Experts agree that communication is key. The most important thing is to (16) _________talking. How many times have you heard yourself say to (17)_________ , “If only you’d listen!” or “ I wish you (18)_________ do that!” The truth is, the (19)_________ couples talk, the better their relationship (20) _________be.
Điền vào ô 15
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 11 to 20.
All relationships go through difficult times. In the past, when married couples had problems they usually didn’t (11) _________. They had to either (12)_________ with each other or continue to live together in an unhappy relationship. Getting divorced wasn’t an option for most people due to economic and social reasons. Some people believe that this wasn’t such a bad thing. They say that relationships require hard work and (13)_________ . “If a relationship is going to last a lifetime, you have to keep working at it,” says Doreen, who is celebrating her fiftieth wedding anniversary this year. “It isn’t all roses and romance. (14)_________ perfect all of the time.
These days young people give up when there’s the (15)_________ argument.” Experts agree that communication is key. The most important thing is to (16) _________talking. How many times have you heard yourself say to (17)_________ , “If only you’d listen!” or “ I wish you (18)_________ do that!” The truth is, the (19)_________ couples talk, the better their relationship (20) _________be.
Điền vào ô 14
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 53 to 62.
History books recorded that the first film with sound was The Jazz Singer in 1927. But sound films, or talkies, did not suddenly appear after years of silent screenings. From the earliest public performances in 1896, films were accompanied by music and sound effects. These were produced by a single pianist, a small band, or a full-scale orchestra; large movie theatres could buy sound-effect machines. Research into sound that was reproduced at exactly at the same time as the pictures – called “synchronized sound” – began soon after the very first films were shown. With synchronized sound, characters on the movie screen could sing and speak. As early as 1896, the newly invented gramophone, which played a large disc carrying music and dialogue, was used as a sound system. The biggest disadvantage was that the sound and pictures could become unsynchronized if, for example, the gramophone needle jumped or if the speed of the projector changed. This system was only effective for a single song or dialogue sequence.
In the “sound-on-film” system, sound was recorded as a series of marks on celluloid which could be read by an optical sensor. These signals would be placed on the film alongside the image, guaranteeing synchronization. Short feature films were produced in this way as early as 1922. This system eventually brought us “talking pictures”.
Which of the following is not mentioned as a producer of sound to accompany movies?
More than one student __________to do those mathematic puzzles which __________by the teacher last week.
"Well, could you call the airline and reconfirm my flight? I'm kind of busy right now." - "__________
A: "What is it?" B: “We don't know until __________at it under a microscope.
