There are several advantages of bringing in a smart interactive whiteboard into a classroom setting.
Interactive whiteboards allow many different forms of media - including photos, illustrations, maps, graphs, games, and video, to be (16)___________. In addition, smart boards
makes learning to be more dynamic owing to the different forms of presenting information.

Smart boards provide new ways for teachers to teach, and student to learn. These tools (17) ________ a wide variety of learning styles. Tor instance, visual learners can (18) ________ as their tutors use the whiteboards to project visual elements, whereas audio learners can listen and have discussions. On the other hand, the boards (19) __________ with touchscreen capabilities that allow tactile learners to touch and interact with the board.
The interactive nature of smart boards (20) _________ learners an opportunity to share and participate in the instructional process. Interactivity provides a platform for students to
demonstrate their grasp of the subject through (21)______ , drawing, and writing.
Smart boards allow learners to easily (22) _______ a rich database of online
resources. Teachers can use the wide variety of online information sources such as knowledge databases, online video and news items to reinforce their lessons.
Interactive boards are also environmentally friendly. They offer teachers an entirely different way of (23) _________ information to students, which removes the need for writing, printing or photocopying, which helps to (24) __________ waste and pollution, from over-utilization of paper and ink.
Overall, including smart boards to the classroom environment is likely to change the way teachers pass knowledge to students and at the same time (25) __________ the learning process for students.

It is interesting to compare the early stylized art forms of ancient civilizations to the modern abstract forms of art.

(A) Interesting

(B) To compare

(C) Of

(D) To

The Indians of the southwestern United States are famous for their beautiful

art work, especially handmade jewelry cast from silver, carved from stones, or  with

A. are

B.art work

C.especially

D.decorations

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, which of the following statements most accurately describes the relationship between art deco and art nouveau?

A. Art deco became important in theUnited Stateswhile art nouveau became popular inEngland.

B. Art nouveau preceded art deco and influenced it.

C. They were art forms that competed with each other for government support during the depression era.

D. They were essentially the same art form.

There are different forms of energy (1)_____ heat energy, sound energy, light energy, electric energy and so on.

Energy can be transformed from one into another in different ways. For example, electric energy becomes (2)_____ energy in the radio set or become light energy in the TV set. But energy can neither be finished off nor be produced. 

It is important for us to make use of energy. Expanding gases can be used to run a machine or to make airplane (4)_____ in the air. Heat from the sun and water power can be controlled. And atomic energy can be used to do many things. We are now doing our best in making use of energy in our (5)_____ construction.

Câu 1: A. like B. such as C. such D. as

Câu 2: A. light B. sound C. atomic D. heat

Câu 3: A. preservation B. Conservation C. protection D. formation

Câu 4: A. fly B. to fly C. flying D. flies

Câu 5: A. national B. nationalize C. nation D. nationally

Read the passage and choose the correct answer

There are different forms of energy (1)_____ heat energy, sound energy, light energy, electric energy and so on.

Energy can be transformed from one into another in different ways. For example, electric energy becomes (2)_____ energy in the radio set or become light energy in the TV set. But energy can neither be finished off nor be produced. This is called the law of (3)_____ of energy.

It is important for us to make use of energy. Expanding gases can be used to run a machine or to make airplane (4)_____ in the air. Heat from the sun and water power can be controlled. And atomic energy can be used to do many things. We are now doing our best in making use of energy in our (5)_____ construction.

Câu 1:     A. like           B. such as                      C. such                D. as

Câu 2:     A. light         B. sound                       C. atomic             D. heat

Câu 3:     A. preservation   B. Conservation      C. protection       D. formation

Câu 4:     A. fly            B. to fly                         C. flying              D. flies

Câu 5:     A. national    B. nationalize                C. nation             D. nationally

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.

What aspect of art deco does the passage mainly discuss?

A. The influence of art deco on the design of furniture and household accessories 

B. Ways in which government programs encouraged the development of art deco 

C. Reasons for the popularity of art deco inNew York andCalifornia 

D. Architectural manifestations of art deco during the 1920’s and 1930’s