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 that follow

All of the following are true EXCEPT

(A)   the late 1930s was called the “swing era”

(B)   “hot Jazz” is rhythmic

(C)   Jazz has been said to be America’s greatest contribution to music

(D)   Joe Oliver is generally considered to be the first real Jazz musician

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 38 to 42.

History books recorded that the first film with sound was The Jazz Singer in 1927. But sound films, or talkies, did not suddenly appear after years of silent screenings. From the earliest public performances in 1896, films were accompanied by music and sound effects. These were produced by a single pianist, a small band, or a full-scale orchestra; large movie theatres could buy sound-effect machines. Research into sound that was reproduced at exactly at the same time as the pictures - called “synchronized sound” – began soon after the very first films were shown. With synchronized sound, characters on the movie screen could sing and speak. As early as 1896, the newly invented gramophone, which played a large disc carrying music and dialogue, was used as a sound system. The biggest disadvantage was that the sound and pictures could become unsynchronized if, for example, the gramophone needle jumped or if the speed of the projector changed. This system was only effective for a single song or dialogue sequence.

In the “sound-on-film” system, sound was recorded as a series of marks on celluloid which could be read by an optical sensor. These signals would be placed on the film alongside the image, guaranteeing synchronization. Short feature films were produced in this way as early as 1922. This system eventually brought us “talking pictures”.

The passage is mainly about the ________.

A. development of sound with movies. 

B. disadvantages of synchronized sound. 

C. research into sound reproduction.

D. history of silent movies.

Khi nói về nhân tố tiến hóa, xét các đặc điểm sau:

(1) Đều có thể làm xuất hiện các kiểu gen mới trong quần thể.

(2) Đều làm thay đổi tần số alen không theo hướng xác định.

(3) Đều có thể làm giảm tính đa dạng di truyền của quần thể.

(4) Đều có thể làm thay đổi thành phần kiểu gen của quần thể.

(5) Đều có thể làm xuất hiện các alen mới trong quần thể.

Số đặc điểm mà cả nhân tố di – nhập gen và nhân tố đột biến đều có là:

A. 5

B. 4

C. 2

D. 3

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 42.

In the 1960s, The Beatles were probably the most famous pop group in the whole world. Since then, there have been a great many groups that have achieved enormous fame, so it is perhaps difficult now to imagine how sensational The Beatles were at that time. They were four boys from the north of England and none of them had any training in music, They started by performing and recording songs by black Americans and they had some success with these songs, Then they started writing their own songs and that was when they became really popular. The Beatles changed pop music. They were the first pop group to achieve great success from songs they had written themselves. After that it became common for groups and singers to write their own songs. The Beatles did not have a long career. Their first hit record was in 1963 and they split up in 1970. They stopped doing live performances in 1966 because it had become too dangerous for them - their fans were so excited that they surrounded them and tried to take their clothes as souvenirs! However, today some of their songs remain as famous as they were when they first came out Throughout the world many people can sing part of a Beatles song if you ask them.

What word might describes the attitudes of the writer?

A. admiration

B. criticism  

C. neutral    

D. sarcasm