Question 6: Read the following passage and choose the best answer. Write your answers in the numbered blanks provided below the passage. (20point)

In addition to the great ridges and volcanic chains, the oceans conceal another form of undersea mountains: the strange guyot, or flat-topped seamount. No marine geologist even suspected the  existence of these isolated mountains until they were discovered by geologist Harry H. Hess in 1946.   He was serving at the time as naval officer on a ship equipped with a fathometer. Hess named these truncated peaks for the nineteenth-century Swiss-born geologist Arnold Guyot, who had served on the faculty of Princeton University for thirty years. Since then, hundreds of guyots have been discovered in every ocean but the Arctic. Like offshore canyons, guyots present a challenge to oceanographic theory. They are believed to be extinct volcanoes. Their flat tops indicate that they once stood above or just below the surface, where the action of waves leveled off their peaks. Yet today, by definition, their summits are at least 600 feet below the surface, and some are as deep as 8,200 feet. Most lie between 3,200 feet and 6,500 feet. Their tops are not really flat but slope upward to a low pinnacle at the center. Dredging from the tops of guyots has recovered basalt and coral rubble, and that would be expected from the eroded tops of what were once islands. Some of this material is over 80 million years old. Geologists think the drowning of the guyots involved two processes: The great weight of the volcanic mountains depressed the sea floor beneath them, and the level of the sea rose a number of times, especially when the last Ice Age ended, some 8,000 to 11.000 years ago.

51. What is the author's main purpose in writing this passage?

A. To trace the career of Arnold Guyot.

B. To describe feature of the undersea world.

C. To present the results of recent geologic research.

D. To discuss underwater ridges and volcano chains

52. The word “conceal” is closest in meaning to which of the following?

A. Contain                 B. Erode                                C. Hide                       D. Create

53. The passage implies that guyots were first detected by means of________.

A. a fathometer                                                        B. computer analysic

C. a deep-sea diving expedition                            D. research submarines

54. The author indicates that Arnold Guyot________.

A. was Harry Hess's instructor                              B. invented the fathometer

C. named the guyed after himself                          D. taught at Princeton University

55. What does the passage say about the Arctic Ocean?

A. The first guyot was discovered there.

B. No guyots have ever been found there.

C. There are more guyots there than in any other ocean.

D. It is impossible that guyots were ever formed there.

56. The author states that offshore canyons and guyots have which of the following characteristics in common?

A. Both are found on the ocean floor near continental shelves.

B. Both present oceanographers with a mystery.

C. Both were formed by volcanic activity.

D. Both were, at one time, above the surface of the sea.

57. According to the passage, most guyots are found at a depth of________.

A. less than 600 feet.                                                           B. between 600 and 3,200 feet.

C. between 3,200 and 6,500 feet                            D. more than 8,200 feet

51. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word “rubble”?

A. Fragments             B. Mixture                             C. Columns               D. Core

51. According to the passage, which of the following two processes were involved in the submersion of guyots?

A. Erosion and volcanic activity.

B. The sinking of the sea floor and the rising of sea level.

C. Mountain building and the action of ocean currents

D. High tides and earthquakes

60. According to the passage, when did sea level significantly rise?

A. In 1946                                                                 B. In the nineteenth century

C. From 8,000 to 11,000 years                              D. 80 million years ago

Read the descriptions of some things you can read. Write the best answer.

Choose the best answer for each question to complete the five conversations

Read the notice (A-H). Then write the correct answer

Read the passage and then answer the questions True (T) or False (F)

Computers are now very useful and important for people all over the world. Computers have been in use widely in Viet Nam nowadays and they completely changed the face of Viet Nam.

Computers have contributed greatly to the modernization of Viet Nam. With the help of computers, we can communicate with the other people thousands of kilometers away in a second. We can know the information on science and technology, medicine or education not only in our school but also in other countries very quickly. Accounting tasks took a person the whole day to calculate but now it can be accomplished in a very short time. Some universities without libraries is now stored in the universities’ computers. Students can send and receive messages by using computers. Computers are wonderful. They can help us save time

36. Computers are not very useful and important for many people                          …………………

37. Computers have been used widely in Vietnam nowadays                                   …………………

38. Computers help us communicate with the other people thousands of                ………………..

kilometers away in a minute

39. Students can send and receive messages by using telephone                                ………………..

40. We can store all the information in the libraries of the universities in computers……………….

VII  Read the passage. Decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F) then answer the questions.

            My favorite movie is cartoon “Tom and Jerry”. Tom is a cat with blue and white color. He keeps the house for a normal family and has a very free life. His job is chasing Jerry day by day. Jerry is a brown house mouse. He usually lives in the deep cave behind the wall. Although they hate each other so much and always find ways to hurt the opponent but when Tom or Jerry falls into really dangerous situations, then both become another savior. The film is an endless confrontation between Tom and Jerry, bring plenty of laughter for the audiences. I love this film because when I watch it I feel very glad, feeling like returned to my childhood.

      A.   True/ False statements

      1.   Jerry is very scare of Tom.                                                                        ..........................

      2.   They sometimes help each other in a hard situation.                                    ..........................

      3.   Tom is a black and white cat.                                                                    ..........................

      4.   Tom and Jerry is a moving one.                                                                 ..........................

      5.   People often laugh when they watch this cartoon.                                       ..........................

      B.   Answer the questions:

      1.   What’s Tom’s color?

      ...............................................................................................................................................

      2.   Does Tom usually live in a cage?

      ...............................................................................................................................................

      3.   When will they help each other?

      ...............................................................................................................................................

      4.   How do the audiences feel when they watch “Tom and Jerry”?

      ...............................................................................................................................................

      5.   Why does the writer love “Tom and Jerry”?

      ...............................................................................................................................................

VIII  Rewrite the following sentences based on the given words.

Rre1.    The music of the film made me feel really excited.

      →  ...................................................................................................................... (exciting)

      2.   The ending of the movie was very touching, so I cried a lot.

      →  ...................................................................................................................... (touched)

      3.   Despite the main actress’s beauty, she didn’t act so well.

      →  ..................................................................................................................... (although)

      4.   Although the ticket was not very expensive, I didn’t want to buy it.

      →  ..................................................................................................................... (however)

      5.   I wanted to see a science-fiction film, but we chose a romantic film in the end.

            →                    (nevertheless

Read the descriptions of some feelings. Write the best answer. 

Choose the best answer for each question to complete the five conversations

Read the notice (A-H). Then write the correct answer. 

Read the passage, and then tick the correct answer: true (T), or false (F).

Vehicles in the near future, will be fuel efficient, zero emission, and use high tech electronics and software to assist drivers in a variety of ways. Vehicles will communicate with each other, with the road and with traffic signals. Autos and trucks of the future will use vision enhancement devices to help you navigate through bad weather, let you see around them, or warn you of a possible collision with a pedestrian or animal. They will also let you know if you are getting drowsy or straying from your lane.

In twenty years, Cars of the future will be different than the automobiles of today, and so will the driving experience.

True False

1. Vehicles will always cause greenhouse gases.

2. People can connect with others in different cars in the future.

3. People will be able to drive safe even in bad weather.

4. Cars will notice people when there is a passenger crossing the lane.

5. Cars and how to drive will only change after two more decades.

Read the passage and write T for the correct answers and F for the wrong ones

Charles Dickens was born in Ports Mouth in 1812. His family then lived in London. His father was a clerk (thư ký) in an office. There were eight children in the family, so life was hard. Charles went to school and his teacher thought he was very clever. When he was only eleven, he had to leave school and went to work in a factory. He worked ten hours a day and earned 30 pence a week. Every night, after work, he walked four miles back to his home. Charles hated it and never forgot. He used it in many novels, especially David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.

1. ________ Charles’ family had eight children.

2. ________ Charles went to school when he was only eleven.

3. _______ He worked ten hours a day and earned thirty pence a day.

4. _______ Charles liked walking back to his home after work.

5. _______ Oliver Twist is one of Charles’ novels.

Read the passage. Decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F) then answer the questions.

            My favorite movie is cartoon “Tom and Jerry”. Tom is a cat with blue and white color. He keeps the house for a normal family and has a very free life. His job is chasing Jerry day by day. Jerry is a brown house mouse. He usually lives in the deep cave behind the wall. Although they hate each other so much and always find ways to hurt the opponent but when Tom or Jerry falls into really dangerous situations, then both become another savior. The film is an endless confrontation between Tom and Jerry, bring plenty of laughter for the audiences. I love this film because when I watch it I feel very glad, feeling like returned to my childhood.

      A.  True/ False statements

      1.   Jerry is very scare of Tom.                                                                                                            

      2.   They sometimes help each other in a hard situation.                                                                                                           

      3.   Tom is a black and white cat.     

      4.   Tom and Jerry is a moving one.                                                                                                              

      5.   People often laugh when they watch this cartoon.    

B. Answer the questions:

      1.   What’s Tom’s color?

      ...............................................................................................................

      2.   Does Tom usually live in a cage?

      ...............................................................................................................

      3.   When will they help each other?

      ...............................................................................................................

      4.   How do the audiences feel when they watch “Tom and Jerry”?

      ...............................................................................................................

      5.   Why does the writer love “Tom and Jerry”?

      ...............................................................................................................