Chọn D
Kiến thức: Từ vựng
Giải thích:
A. urgent (a): gấp, khẩn cấp
B. inescapable (a): không thể tránh được
C. desired (a): yêu cầu, đề nghị
D. imperative (a): bắt buộc
Tạm dịch: Vì chuyến tàu của chúng tôi rời bến lúc 10.39, mọi người bắt buộc phải có mặt ở nhà ga trước 10.15
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word/phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part.
The weather is horrible at the moment, isn’t it? I hope it clears up later.
A. becomes brighter
B. shines
C. is not cloudy
D. clean
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
It is ______ work of art that everyone wants to have a look at it
A. such an unusual
B. such unusual a
C. a so unusual
D. so an unusual
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word in the sentence.
The train departed the railway station at 8 o’clock.
A. arrived
B. stopped
C. waited
D. left
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 ILLUSION OF FILM
Film is an illusion because the moving pictures seen on the screen are not moving at all. A film is actually a series of tiny still pictures, or frames. They appear to be moving because the retina of the human eye retains the impression of an object for a split second after that object has actually disappeared. This principle is known as the persistence of vision. When we look at a single frame of film, the image persists in the brain’s visual center for a fraction of a second. Then, the next frame comes along and the brain has to catch up with the new image. Thus, our eyes and brain trick us into thinking that we see a smoothly moving image rather than a series of still ones.
Another illusion of film is known collectively as special effects, the tricks and techniques that filmmakers use when makeup, costume, and stunts are still not enough to make a scene convincing. Special-effects artists apply science to filmmaking, showing us things that no plain camera could ever photograph. Even since the introduction of computer graphics in recent decades, the films of today still rely on some special effects that have existed since the early years of cinema.
It can be inferred from paragraph 4 that silent films ________.
A. were projected by a machine called the Kinematophone
B. relied more on special effects than on acting ability
C. used sound effects to make scenes more convincing
D. are still very popular with movie audiences today
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the question.
Before the grass has thickened on the roadside verges and leaves have started growing on the trees is a perfect time to look around and see just how dirty Britain has become. The pavements are stained with chewing gum that has been spat out and the gutters are full of discarded fast food cartons. Years ago I remember travelling abroad and being saddened by the plastic bags, discarded bottles and soiled nappies at the edge of every road. Nowadays, Britain seems to look at least as bad. What has gone wrong?
The problem is that the rubbish created by our increasingly mobile lives lasts a lot longer than before. If it is not cleared up and properly thrown away, it stays in the undergrowth for years; a semi-permanent reminder of what a tatty little country we have now. Firstly, it is estimated that 10 billion plastic bags have been given to shoppers. These will take anything from 100 to 1,000 years to rot. However, it is not as if there is no solution to this. A few years ago, the Irish government introduced a tax on non-recyclable carrier bags and in three months reduced their use by 90%. When he was a minister, Michael Meacher attempted to introduce a similar arrangement in Britain. The plastics industry protested, of course. However, they need not have bothered; the idea was killed before it could draw breath, leaving supermarkets free to give away plastic bags.
What is clearly necessary right now is some sort of combined initiative, both individual and collective, before it is too late. The alternative is to continue sliding downhill until we have a country that looks like a vast municipal rubbish tip. We may well be at the tipping point. Yet we know that people respond to their environment. If things around them are clean and tidy, people behave cleanly and tidily. If they are surrounded by squalor, they behave squalidly. No much of Britain looks pretty squalid. What will it look like in five years?
The writer says that it is a good time to see Britain before the trees have leaves because ____________.
A. Britain looks perfect
B. you can see Britain at its dirtiest
C. you can see how dirty Britain is now
D. the grass has thickened on the verges
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
Rico is seeing his close friend - Rosa off at the railway station.
Rosa: “Ok. I must be going now. I’ll be in touch.”
Rico: “ ______________ ”
A. Right. See you.
B. Ok. I’ll ring you.
C. I must be going, too.
D. No, you can’t go now.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Rico is seeing his close friend – Rosa off at the railway station.
Rosa: “Ok. I must be going now. I’ll be in touch.”
Rico: “________”
A. Right. See you
B. Ok. I’ll ring you.
C. I must be going, too
D. No, you can’t go now
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
The weather is horrible at the moment, isn’t it? I hope it clears up later
A. becomes brighter
B. shines
C. is not cloudy
D. clean
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) SIMILAR in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
The weather is horrible at the moment, isn’t it? I hope it clears up later.
A. becomes brighter
B. shines
C. is not cloudy
D. clean
