Question

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 43 to 50.

          Langston Hughes was one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century. He was born in Joplin, Missouri, and moved to Cleveland at the age of fourteen. Four years later he went to Mexico and spent one year there before attending Columbia University in New York. For a few years after that he roamed the world as a seaman, visiting ports around the world and writing some poetry. He returned to the United States and attended Lincoln University, where he won the Writer Bynner Prize for undergraduate poetry. After graduating in 1928, he traveled to Spain and to Russia. His best novels include “Not Without Laughter” and “The Big Sea”. He wrote an autobiography in 1956 and also published his collections of poetry then. A man of many talents, Hughes is one of the most accomplished writers in American literature history.

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Langston Hughes used to travel by ship to many ports around the world

B. Langston Hughes attended Columbia University in New York at fourteen

C. “The Big Sea” is one of Langston Hughes’ best novels

D. Langston Hughes had lived in Mexico for a year before he left for New York

Answer 1

Đáp án B

Câu nào sau đây KHÔNG đúng? 

A. Langston Hughes từng du hành bằng tàu tới nhiều cảng trên thế giới. 

B. Langston Hughes đã theo học trường đại học Columbia ở New York ở tuổi 14. 

C. “Biển lớn” là một trong những cuốn tiểu thuyết nổi tiếng nhất của Langston Hughes. 

D. Langston Hughes đã sống ở Mexico 1 năm trước khi ông tới New York. 

Dẫn chứng ở câu thứ 2+3: “He was born in Joplin, Missouri, and moved to Cleveland at the age of fourteen. Four years later he went to Mexico and spent one year there before attending Columbia University in New York.”- (Ông được sinh ra ở Joplin, Missouri và chuyển tới Cleverlan lúc 14 tuổi. 4 năm sau đó ông đi tới Mexico và dành 1 năm ở đó trước khi theo học tại trường Đại học Columbia ở New York). 

=>Khi ông học tại trường Đại học Columbia là lúc ông 14+4+1=19 tuổi. => B sai.