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 36 to 44.

The modem comic strip started out as ammunition in a newspaper was between giants of the American press in the late nineteenth century. The first full-color comic strip appeared in January 1894 in the New York World, owned by Joseph Pulitzer. The first regular weekly full-color comic supplement, similar to today's Sunday funnies, appeared two years later, in William Randolph Hearst's rival New York paper, the Morning Journal.

Both were immensely popular, and publishers realized that supplementing the news with comic relief boosted the sale of papers. The Morning Journal started another feature in 1896, the "Yellow Kid," the first continuous comic character in the United States, whose creator, Richard Outcault, had been lured away from the World by the ambitious Hearst. The "Yellow Kid" was in many ways a pioneer. Its comic dialogue was the strictly urban farce that came to characterize later strips, and it introduced the speech balloon inside the strip, usually placed above the characters' heads.

The first strip to incorporate all the elements of later comics was Rudolph Dirks's "Katzenjammer Kids", based on Wilhelm Busch's Max and Moritz, a European satire of the nineteenth century. The "Kids" strip, first published in 1897, served as the prototype for future American strips. It contained not only speech balloons, but a continuous cast of characters, and was divided into small regular panels that did away with the larger panoramic scenes of the earliest comics.

Newspaper syndication played a major role in spreading the popularity of comic strips throughout the country. Though weekly colored comics came first, daily black-and-white strips were not far behind. They first appeared in the Chicago American in 1904. It was followed by many imitators, and by 1915 black-and-white comic strips had become a staple of daily newspaper; around the country.

To say that Richard Outcault had been "lured away from the World” by Hearst (line 7) means which of the following?

A. Hearst convinced Outcault to leave the World

B. Hearst fired Outcault from the World

C. Hearst warned Outcault to leave the World

D. Hearst wanted Outcault to work for the World

Hòa tan hết m gam Al 2 SO 4 3  vào  H 2 O thu được 300 ml dung dịch X. Cho 150 ml dung dịch X tác dụng với dung dịch chứa 0,3 mol NaOH, kết thúc các phản ứng thu được 2a gam kết tủa (TN1). Mặt khác, cho 150 ml dung dịch X còn lại phản ứng với dung dịch chứa 0,55 mol KOH, kết thúc các phản ứng thu được a gam kết tủa (TN2). Giá trị của m và a lần lượt là

A. 51,30 và 3,9

B. 64,8 và 19,5

C. 25,65 và 3,9

D. 34,2 và 19,5

1.Quang / brother / walk / movie theater / moment.

Quang and his brother are walking to the movie theater at the moment .

2.Ba / usually / play volleyball / fall / but / sometimes / sailing .

Ba usually plays volleyball in the fall but he sometimes goes sailing.

3.Mrs. Baker / going / buy / some apples / children ?

Is Mrs.Baker going to buy some apple for her children ?

4.We / like / hot / because / can / swim .

We like hot weather because we can swim .

5.What / there / front / your house ?

What is there in front of your house ?

6.They / often / go / park .

They often go to park.

7.What / weather / like / spring ?

What is the weather like in the spring ?

8.When / hot /I swimming .

When it is hot I go swimming .

9.My father / visit / Ha Noi / this summer vacation.

My father is going to visit Ha Noi this summer vacation .

10.How / much / a fried rice ?

How much is a fried rice?

1.I didn't go to school yesterday because I had a bad cold.

2.Although Lan can sing very well she can't play the piano.

3.If we use the car all of time we will make the air dirty.

1.What 's the height of the Mount Everest ?

How high is the Mount Everest

2.What 's your father 's weight ?

How heavy is your brother ?

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.

          Human Nutrition is the study of how food affects the health and survival of the human body. Human beings require food to grow, reproduce, and maintain good health. Without food, our bodies could not stay warm, build or repair tissue, or maintain the heartbeat. Eating the right foods can help us avoid certain diseases or recover faster when illness occurs. These and other important functions are fueled by chemical substances in our food called nutrients. Nutrients are classified as carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, and water.

          When we eat a meal, nutrients are released from food through digestion. Digestion begins in the mouth by the action of chewing and the chemical activity of saliva, a watery fluid that contains enzymes, certain proteins that help break down food. Further digestion occurs as food travels through the stomach and the small intestine, where digestive enzymes and acids liquefy food and muscle contractions push it along the digestive tract. Nutrients are absorbed from the inside of the small intestine into the bloodstream and carried to the sites in the body where they are needed. At these sites, several chemical reactions occur, which ensures the growth and function of body tissues. The parts of foods that are not absorbed continue to move down the intestinal tract and are eliminated from the body as feces.

          Once digested, carbohydrates, proteins, and fats provide the body with the energy it needs to maintain its many functions. Scientists measure this energy in kilocalories, the amount of energy needed to raise one kilogram of water one degree Celsius. In nutrition discussions, scientists use the term calorie instead of kilocalorie as the standard unit of measure in nutrition.

          Nutrients are classified as essential or nonessential. Nonessential nutrients are manufactured in the body and do not need to be obtained from food. Examples include cholesterol, a fatlike substance present in all animal cells. Essential nutrients must be obtained from food sources, because the body either does not produce them or produces them in amounts too small to maintain growth and health. Essential nutrients include water, carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals.

          An individual needs varying amounts of each essential nutrient, depending upon such factors as gender and age. Specific health conditions, such as pregnancy, breast-feeding, illness, or drug use, make unusual demands on the body and increase its need for nutrients. Dietary guidelines, which take many of these factors into account, provide general guidance in meeting daily nutritional needs.           

       From “Human Nutrition” by Worthington-Roberts, Bonnie, Microsoft ® Student 2009.

The word “maintain” in the  paragraph is closest  meaning to “         ”

A. obtain

B. provide

C. keep performing

D. carry on making