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.
One of the highest honors for formalists, writers, and musical composers is the Pulitzer Prize. First awarded in 1927, the Pulitzer Prize has been won by Ernest Hemingway, Harper Lee, John F. Kennedy, and Rodgers and Hammerstein, among others. As with many famous awards, this prize was named after its founder, Joseph Pulitzer.
Joseph Pulitzer’s story, like that of many immigrants to the United States, is one of hardship, hard work and triumph. Born in Hungary, Joseph Pulitzer moved to United States in 1864. He wanted to be a reporter, but he started his American life by fighting in the American Civil War. After the war, Pulitzer worked for the German - language newspaper, the Westliche Post. His skills as a reporter were wonderful, and he soon became a partial owner of the paper.
In 1978, Pulitzer was able to start a newspaper of his own. Right from the first edition, the newspaper took a controversial approach to new. Pulitzer wanted to appeal to the average reader, so he produced exciting stories of scandal and intrigue. Such an approach is commonplace today, but in Pulitzer’s time it was new and different. The approach led to the discovery of many instances of corruption by influential people. Pulitzer ‘paper became very famous and is still produced today.
The success of Joseph Pulitzer’s newspaper made him a very wealthy man, so he wanted to give something back to his profession. Throughout his later years, he worked to establish university programs for the teaching of journalism, and he funded numerous scholarships to assist journalism students. Finally, he wanted to leave a legacy that would encourage writers to remember the importance of quality. On his death, he gave two million dollars to Columbia University so they could award prizes to great writers.
The Pulitzer Prize recipients are a very select group. For most, winning a Pulitzer Prize is the highlight of their career. If an author, journalist, or composer you know has won a Pulitzer Prize, you can be sure they are at the top of their profession.
Which sentence about Joseph Pulitzer is NOT true according to the reading passage?
A. Joseph Pulitzer was the first writer to the win the prize in 1917
B. The prize is aimed at encouraging a writer’s career
C. Joseph Pulitzer left money to award to the prizewinners
D. Receiving the prize is one of the highest honors for writers
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A
Câu nào sau đây không đúng về Pulitzer theo bài văn ?
A. Joseph Pulitzer là người đầu tiên đạt giải vào năm 1917.
B. Giải thưởng nhằm khuyến khích cho sự nghiệp của nhà văn.
C. Joseph Pulitzer để lại tiền để trao tặng cho những người đạt giải.
D. Nhận được giải Pulitzer là một trong những điều cao quý nhất đối với những nhà văn.
Giải thích: trong đoạn văn không đề cập đến năm 1917
ð Đáp án A
Dịch bài
Một trong những giải thưởng cao quý nhất cho những nhà văn, nhà soạn nhạc là giải thưởng Pulitzer. Được trao tặng đầu tiên vào năm 1927, giải Pulitzer được trao cho Ernest Hemingway, Harper Lee, John F. Kennedy,và Rodgers and Hammerstein và những cá nhân khác. Cũng như những giải thưởng nổi tiếng khác, giải thưởng này được đặt tên theo người sáng lập ra nó, Joseph Pulitzer.
Câu chuyện của Joseph Pulitzer, cũng như những người nhập cư vào Mỹ khác, là một câu chuyện về sự gian khổ, làm việc hăng say và thành công. Sinh ra ở Hungary, Joseph Pulitzer đến Mỹ vào năm 1864. Ông muốn trở thành một phóng viên, nhưng lại bắt đầu cuộc sống ở Mỹ của mình bằng việc tham gia chiến đấu trong cuộc nội chiến Mỹ. Sau chiến tranh, Pulitzer làm việc cho một tờ báo Đức, tờ Westliche Post. Kĩ năng phóng viên của ông vô cùng tuyệt vời, và ông nhanh chóng trở thành chủ sở hữu một phần của tờ báo. Vào năm 1978, Pulitzer đã có thể tự lập ra một tờ báo cho mình. Ngay từ ấn bản đầu tiên, tờ báo đã tiếp cận đến những nguồn tin tức gây tranh cãi. Pulitzer muốn khơi gợi những độc giả trung bình, do đó ông cho in ấn những câu chuyện thú vị về những vụ bê bối và những mối dan díu.
Cách tiếp cận này khả phổ biến hiện nay, nhưng ở thời của Pulitzer, nó còn khá là mới mẻ và khác biệt. Hướng tiếp cận này đã dẫn đến việc khám phá ra nhiều vụ tham nhũng của những người có tiếng nói. Tờ báo của Pulitzer trở nên vô cùng nổi tiếng và vẫn tiếp tục được phát hành cho đến nay. Sau khi qua đời, ông để lại 2 triệu đô-la cho trường ĐH Columbia để họ trao tặng những phần thưởng cho những nhà văn xuất sắc. Nhóm người đề cử cho giải Pulitzer được tuyển chọn rất kĩ lưỡng. Đối với phần lớn bọn họ, đạt giải Pulitzer là đỉnh cao của sự nghiệp. Nếu một nhà văn, nhà báo hay nhà soạn nhạc bạn biết đạt giải Pulitzer, bạn có thể chắc chắn rằng họ đang ở đỉnh cao của sự nghiệp.
Sự thành công của Pulitzer khiến ông trở nên rất giàu có, do đó ông muốn trao lại một thứ gì đấy cho nghề nghiệp của mình. Trong suốt những năm sau đó, ông ấy mở ra các chương trình đào tạo cho những nhà báo, và trao tặng rất nhiều học bổng cho sinh viên báo chí. Cuối cùng, ông muốn để lại một di sản cho những nhà báo để nhắc nhở họ về tầm quan trọng của chất lượng bài viết. Sau khi qua đời, ông để lại 2 triệu đô cho trường ĐH Columbia để họ trao tặng giải thưởng cho những nhà văn xuất sắc. Nhóm người được đề cử cho giải thưởng Pulitzer được tuyển chọn rất kĩ lưỡng. Đối với phần lớn bọn họ, giành được giải Pulitzer là một điểm sáng trong sự nghiệp. Nếu một nhà văn, nhà báo hay nhà soạn nhạc bạn biết đạt giải Pulitzer, bạn có thể chắc rằng họ đang ở đỉnh cao sự nghiệp.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Widespread forest destruction__________in this particular area.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Last Sunday was __________that we took a drive in the country.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction
Pointing in someone is usually considered impolite but it is acceptable when a teacher wants to get someone’s attention in class.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
After twenty years collecting stamps, Mike__________interested in them.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the best option for each of the blanks.
Our classes take place for three hours every morning from Monday to Friday. The (23)_________ class size is twelve and the average is ten. We use modern methods (24)_________ teaching and learning, and the school has a language laboratory, a video camera and recorders. You will only be successful in improving your English; however, if you work hard and practise speaking English as much as you can. You will take a short (25)_________ in English as soon as you arrive. In this way, we can put you in a (26)_________ at the most suitable level.
The emphasis is on oral communication practice in a wide (27)_________ of situations at the advanced knowledge. You will learn how to use language correctly and appropriately when you talk to native speakers. In addition, you will develop such study skills as reading efficiently, writing articles and reports, and note-taking from books and lectures.
Điền vào ô trống 27
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
The gate was closed to stop the children running into the road.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction
If a student takes a course on Computer Science, it will take him four years doing the course.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the best option for each of the blanks.
Our classes take place for three hours every morning from Monday to Friday. The (23)_________ class size is twelve and the average is ten. We use modern methods (24)_________ teaching and learning, and the school has a language laboratory, a video camera and recorders. You will only be successful in improving your English; however, if you work hard and practise speaking English as much as you can. You will take a short (25)_________ in English as soon as you arrive. In this way, we can put you in a (26)_________ at the most suitable level.
The emphasis is on oral communication practice in a wide (27)_________ of situations at the advanced knowledge. You will learn how to use language correctly and appropriately when you talk to native speakers. In addition, you will develop such study skills as reading efficiently, writing articles and reports, and note-taking from books and lectures.
Điền vào ô trống 23
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the best option for each of the blanks.
Our classes take place for three hours every morning from Monday to Friday. The (23)_________ class size is twelve and the average is ten. We use modern methods (24)_________ teaching and learning, and the school has a language laboratory, a video camera and recorders. You will only be successful in improving your English; however, if you work hard and practise speaking English as much as you can. You will take a short (25)_________ in English as soon as you arrive. In this way, we can put you in a (26)_________ at the most suitable level.
The emphasis is on oral communication practice in a wide (27)_________ of situations at the advanced knowledge. You will learn how to use language correctly and appropriately when you talk to native speakers. In addition, you will develop such study skills as reading efficiently, writing articles and reports, and note-taking from books and lectures.
Điền vào ô trống 24
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is opposite in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions
Many people oppose corporal punishment when educating young children though several of them are naughty.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is closest in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
The people interviewed for the survey were randomly selected.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
- Duong. “ My first English test was not as good as I expected.”
- Thomas “ __________”
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.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the best option for each of the blanks.
Our classes take place for three hours every morning from Monday to Friday. The (23)_________ class size is twelve and the average is ten. We use modern methods (24)_________ teaching and learning, and the school has a language laboratory, a video camera and recorders. You will only be successful in improving your English; however, if you work hard and practise speaking English as much as you can. You will take a short (25)_________ in English as soon as you arrive. In this way, we can put you in a (26)_________ at the most suitable level.
The emphasis is on oral communication practice in a wide (27)_________ of situations at the advanced knowledge. You will learn how to use language correctly and appropriately when you talk to native speakers. In addition, you will develop such study skills as reading efficiently, writing articles and reports, and note-taking from books and lectures.
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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.
Over the past 600 years, English has grown from a language of few speakers to become the dominant language of international communication. English as we know it today emerged around 1350, after having incorporated many elements of French that were introduced following the Norman invasion off 1066. Until the 1600s, English was, for the most part, spoken only in England and had not expanded even as far as Wales, Scotland, or Ireland. However, during the course of the next two century, English began to spread around the globe as a result of exploration, trade (including slave trade), colonization, and missionary work. Thus, small enclaves of English, speakers became established and grew in various parts of the world. As these communities proliferated, English gradually became the primary language of international business, banking, and diplomacy.
Currently, about 80 percent of the information stored on computer systems worldwide is in English. Two thirds of the world's science writing is in English, and English is the main language of technology, advertising, media, international airport, and air traffic controllers. Today there are more than 700 million English users in the world, and over half of these are non-native speakers, constituting the largest number of non-native users than any other language in the world.
In the first paragraph, the word "elements" is closest in meaning to ________
