Read the following pasage and mark the letter A. B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 34 to 40.

As computers have become powerful tools for rapid and economic of production of picture, computer graphics has emerged as one of the most rapidly growing fields in computers scienee. It such used routinely in such diverse areas as business, industry, government, research, training, and madiecine.

One of of the initial uses of computer graphics and ultimately its greatest use, been as an aid to design, generally referred to as computer – aided degign (CAD). One of its greatest advantages is that designers can see how an object will lock after construction and make changes freely and much more quickly than with hands drafting. For three-dimensional rendering of machine parts, engineers rely heavily on CAD. Automobile, spacecraft, aerospace, and ship designers use CAD terluaiques to design vehicles and test their pertomance. Building designs are also created with computer graphics systems. Architect can design a building layout create a three-dimersional model, and even go for simulated “walk” through the rooms or around the outside of the building.

Business graphics is another rapidly growing are of computer graphics, where it is to create graphs, charts, and cost models summarize financial, statistical, msthematieal, scientific, and economic data. As an education aid, computer also has creative and commencial art applications, where it is used in advertissing, publishing and film productions, particulurly for computer animation, which is achieved by a sequential process.

The author's tone in this passage is...............................

A. sarcastic

B. neutral

C. pessimistic

D. doubtful

ITALY’S MOST POETIC CITY

 Venice has been an inspiration for writers, artists and musicians throughout history. In the 15th century it was the world’s (71)_______ port. Since then it has built up an astonishing collection of art and architecture (72)_______ to its trade with the East. The city (73)_______ its visitors incredible sights. Do not believe those who say Venice is a museum. This is still a living city full of joys. Venice looks good in any light. The sun makes the domes sparkle, but even on a grey, (74)_______ day the city can be extremely romantic. And (75)_______ it gets overcrowded, (76)_______ is an easy escape to the other islands in the Venice Gulf, (77)_______ brightly-colored houses are a photographer’s dream. In a curious way, Venice is a model city for the future; it is free from cars and the (78)_______ way to get around is by public transport or on foot. This one fact alone (79)_______ it a unique city, one (80)_______ traffic noise, the creation of genius

Read the text and decide if the following statements are True (T) or False (F)

          Hoi An, once known as Faifo, with more than 2,000 years history, was the principal port of the Cham Kingdom. While the serious shipping business has long been moved to Da Nang, the heart of the city is still the Old Town, full of winding lanes and Chinese-styled shop-houses. Although almost all shops now cater to the tourist trade, the architecture has been largely preserved, which is unusual in Vietnam, and renovation has proceeded slowly and carefully. 

          However, the culture & heritage that this UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS) was trying to preserve has faded away. Since 1999, when UNESCO WHS status was awarded, there has been a massive increase in tourism - with the result that most houses have been sold by the community to speculators and shop owners to be used for commercial purposes. The former community, and with it their culture and heritage, has gone and in their place are endless indistinguishable shops, restaurants, art galleries, etc. There are literally hundreds of tailor shops in Hoi An.

Question: Hoi An used to be a trading port.

A. True

B. False

Read the text and decide if the following statements are True (T) or False (F)

Hoi An, once known as Faifo, with more than 2,000 years history, was the principal port of the Cham Kingdom. While the serious shipping business has long been moved to Da Nang, the heart of the city is still the Old Town, full of winding lanes and Chinese-styled shop-houses. Although almost all shops now cater to the tourist trade, the architecture has been largely preserved, which is unusual in Vietnam, and renovation has proceeded slowly and carefully. 

However, the culture & heritage that this UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS) was trying to preserve has faded away. Since 1999, when UNESCO WHS status was awarded, there has been a massive increase in tourism - with the result that most houses have been sold by the community to speculators and shop owners to be used for commercial purposes. The former community, and with it their culture and heritage, has gone and in their place are endless indistinguishable shops, restaurants, art galleries, etc. There are literally hundreds of tailor shops in Hoi An.

Question 26. Hoi An used to be a trading port.

Read the text and decide if the following statements are True (T) or False (F)

          Hoi An, once known as Faifo, with more than 2,000 years history, was the principal port of the Cham Kingdom. While the serious shipping business has long been moved to Da Nang, the heart of the city is still the Old Town, full of winding lanes and Chinese-styled shop-houses. Although almost all shops now cater to the tourist trade, the architecture has been largely preserved, which is unusual in Vietnam, and renovation has proceeded slowly and carefully. 

          However, the culture & heritage that this UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS) was trying to preserve has faded away. Since 1999, when UNESCO WHS status was awarded, there has been a massive increase in tourism - with the result that most houses have been sold by the community to speculators and shop owners to be used for commercial purposes. The former community, and with it their culture and heritage, has gone and in their place are endless indistinguishable shops, restaurants, art galleries, etc. There are literally hundreds of tailor shops in Hoi An.

Question: Da Nang has replaced Hoi An as a hub for shipping business

A. True

B. False

Read the text and decide if the following statements are True (T) or False (F)

Hoi An, once known as Faifo, with more than 2,000 years history, was the principal port of the Cham Kingdom. While the serious shipping business has long been moved to Da Nang, the heart of the city is still the Old Town, full of winding lanes and Chinese-styled shop-houses. Although almost all shops now cater to the tourist trade, the architecture has been largely preserved, which is unusual in Vietnam, and renovation has proceeded slowly and carefully. 

However, the culture & heritage that this UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS) was trying to preserve has faded away. Since 1999, when UNESCO WHS status was awarded, there has been a massive increase in tourism - with the result that most houses have been sold by the community to speculators and shop owners to be used for commercial purposes. The former community, and with it their culture and heritage, has gone and in their place are endless indistinguishable shops, restaurants, art galleries, etc. There are literally hundreds of tailor shops in Hoi An.

Da Nang has replaced Hoi An as a hub for shipping business.

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.

The term “art deco” has come to encompass three distinct but related design trends of the 1920’s and 1930’s. The first was what is frequently referred to as “zigzag moderne” – the exotically ornamental style of such skyscrapers as the Chrysler Building in New York City and related structures such as the Paramount Theater in Oakland, California. The word “zigzag” alludes to the geometric and stylized ornamentation of zigzags, angular patterns, abstracted plant and animal motifs, sunbursts, astrological imagery, formalized fountains, and related themes that were applied in mosaic relief and mural form to the exterior and interior of the buildings. Many of these buildings were shaped in the ziggurat form, a design resembling an ancient Mesopotamian temple tower that recedes in progressively smaller stages to the summit, creating a staircase-like effect.

            The second manifestation of art deco was the 1930’s “streamlined moderne” style—a Futuristic-looking aerodynamic style of rounded corners and horizontal bands known as “speed stripes.” In architecture, these elements were frequently accompanied by round windows, extensive use of glass block, and flat rooftops.

            The third style, referred to as “international stripped classicism” also came to the forefront during the Depression, a period of severe economic difficult in the 1930’s. This was a more conservative style, blending a simplified modernistic style with a more austere form of geometric and stylized relief sculpture and other ornament, including interior murals. May buildings in this style were erected nationwide through government programs during the Depression .

            Although art deco in its many forms was largely perceived as thoroughly modern, it was strongly influenced by the decorative arts movements that immediately preceded it. For example, like “art nouveau” (1890-1910), art deco also used plant motifs, but regularized the forms into abstracted repetitive patterns rather than presenting them as flowing, asymmetrical foliage, Like the Viennese craftspeople of the Wiener Werkstatte, art deco designers worked with exotic materials, geometricized shapes, and colorfully ornate patterns. Furthermore, like the artisans of the Arts and Crafts Movement inEnglandand theUnited States, art deep practitioners considered it their mission to transform the domestic environment through well-designed furniture and household accessories.

According to the passage, a building having an especially ornate appearance would most probably have been designed in the style of ____________  .

A. classical modern

B. zigzag modern

C. streamlined moderne

D. the Arts and Crafts Movement

Read the following pasage and mark the letter A. B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 34 to 40.

As computers have become powerful tools for rapid and economic of production of picture, computer graphics has emerged as one of the most rapidly growing fields in computers scienee. It such used routinely in such diverse areas as business, industry, government, research, training, and madiecine.

One of of the initial uses of computer graphics and ultimately its greatest use, been as an aid to design, generally referred to as computer – aided degign (CAD). One of its greatest advantages is that designers can see how an object will lock after construction and make changes freely and much more quickly than with hands drafting. For three-dimensional rendering of machine parts, engineers rely heavily on CAD. Automobile, spacecraft, aerospace, and ship designers use CAD terluaiques to design vehicles and test their pertomance. Building designs are also created with computer graphics systems. Architect can design a building layout create a three-dimersional model, and even go for simulated “walk” through the rooms or around the outside of the building.

Business graphics is another rapidly growing are of computer graphics, where it is to create graphs, charts, and cost models summarize financial, statistical, msthematieal, scientific, and economic data. As an education aid, computer also has creative and commencial art applications, where it is used in advertissing, publishing and film productions, particulurly for computer animation, which is achieved by a sequential process.

Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a use of computer graphic in business?

A. charts

B. cost models

C. graphs

D. hirin

Read the following pasage and mark the letter A. B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 34 to 40.

As computers have become powerful tools for rapid and economic of production of picture, computer graphics has emerged as one of the most rapidly growing fields in computers scienee. It such used routinely in such diverse areas as business, industry, government, research, training, and madiecine.

One of of the initial uses of computer graphics and ultimately its greatest use, been as an aid to design, generally referred to as computer – aided degign (CAD). One of its greatest advantages is that designers can see how an object will lock after construction and make changes freely and much more quickly than with hands drafting. For three-dimensional rendering of machine parts, engineers rely heavily on CAD. Automobile, spacecraft, aerospace, and ship designers use CAD terluaiques to design vehicles and test their pertomance. Building designs are also created with computer graphics systems. Architect can design a building layout create a three-dimersional model, and even go for simulated “walk” through the rooms or around the outside of the building.

Business graphics is another rapidly growing are of computer graphics, where it is to create graphs, charts, and cost models summarize financial, statistical, msthematieal, scientific, and economic data. As an education aid, computer also has creative and commencial art applications, where it is used in advertissing, publishing and film productions, particulurly for computer animation, which is achieved by a sequential process.

The word “it” in line 2 refers to........................... 

A. computer graphics

B. computer science

C. field

D. computer