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 55 to 64.

              Are you interested in seeing the beautiful fall foliage of New England but tired of traffic jams and overbooked hotels? Then this year forget the crowds in New England and see the beautiful colors of autumn in the Catskills.

              These rugged mountains in New York State, just 90 miles northwest of New York City, are famous for the legendary tales of Rip Van Winkle, and more recently for the summer hotels that sprang up in the region during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Families trying to escape the heat of New York City found the Catskills to be the perfect place to stay for a month or so each summer. By the late 1950s there were over 500 resorts and hotels offering nighttime entertainment as well as all kinds of outdoor activities. Famous comedians like Jackie Gleason, Joan Rivers, and Sid Caesar all got their start touring the hotel clubs here. Since the introduction of air-conditioning and cheaper air travel, however, families have stopped coming to the Catskills in such large numbers, choosing instead more distant locations at different times of the year. Many of the Catskill hotels closed in the 1970s, but some remain and have expanded and changed their facilities to meet the needs of today's visitors.

              Currently, there are many activities available to the traveler besides witnessing the changing colors of the leaves. There is an all-organic sheep farm where visitors can see how a traditional sheep farm operates. There are also hundreds of miles of scenic drives in the area. Route 42, for instance, is an excellent site for spotting bald eagles. For more information on vacations in the Catskills, call the Office of Public Information.

The author implies that in the Catskills, there are few

A. leaves

B. eagles

C. people

D. sheepy adventurous

Vật A chuyển động tròn đều với bán kính quỹ đạo 8 cm và chu kì 0,2 s. Vật B có khối lượng 100 g dao động điều hoà theo phương thẳng đứng với biên độ 10 cm và tần số 5 Hz. Tâm I quỹ đạo tròn của vật A cao hơn vị trí cân bằng O của vật B là 1 cm (hình vẽ). Mốc tính thời gian lúc hai vật ở thấp nhất, lấy π 2   ≈   10 . Khi hai vật ở ngang nhau lần thứ 5 kể từ thời điểm ban đầu thì lực đàn hồi của lò xo có độ lớn 

A. 5 N và hướng lên

B. 4 N và hướng xuống

C. 4 N và hướng lên

D. 5 N và hướng xuống

n thuộc N = { 0 ; 1 ; 2 ; 3 ; 4 ; 5 ;....}

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.

Simply being bilingual doesn’t qualify someone to interpret. Interpreting is not only a mechanical process of converting one sentence in language A into the same sentence in language B. Rather, it’s a complex art in which thoughts and idioms that have no obvious counterparts from tongue to tongue _ or words that have several meanings must be quickly transformed in such a way that the message is clearly and accurately expressed to the listener.

At one international conference, an American speaker said, “You can’t make a silk purse out of a sows ear”, which meant nothing to the Spanish audience. The interpretation was, “A monkey in a silk dress is still a monkey” - an idiom the Spanish understood and that expressed the same idea.

There are 2 kinds of interpreters, simultaneous and consecutive. The former, sitting in a separated booth, usually at a large multilingual conference, speaks to listeners wearing headphones, interpreting what a foreign language speaker says actually a sentence behind. Consecutive interpreters are the ones most international negotiations use. They are employed for smaller meetings without sound booths and headphones. Consecutive interpretation also requires two-person teams. A foreign speaker says his piece while the interpreter, using a special shorthand, takes notes and during a pause, tells the client what was said

The example “You can’t make a silk purse out of a sows ear” is used to________.

A. point out the difference in attributes of animals in English and Spanish

B. emphasize the need for translation of the meaning of what is said

C. show the differences in language A and language B

D. stress the importance of word for word translation

Chất không tham gia phản ứng trùng hợp là

A.  stiren

B. caprolactam

C. etilen

D.  toluen

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

Telecommuting is some form of computer communication between employees’ homes and offices. For employees whose job involve sitting at a terminal or word processor entering data or typing reports, the location of the computer is of no consequence. If the machine can communicate over telephone lines, when the work is completed, employees can dial the office computer and transmit the material to their employers. A recent survey in USA Today estimates that there are approximately 8,7 million telecommuters. But although the numbers are rising annually, the trend does not appear to be as significant as predicted when Business Week published “The Portable Executive” as its cover story a few years ago. Why hasn’t telecommuting become more popular?

Clearly, change simply takes time. But in addition, there has been active resistance on the part of many managers. These executives claim that supervising the telecommuters in a large work force scattered across the country would be too difficult, or, at least, systems for managing them are not yet developed, thereby complicating the manager’s responsibilities.

It is also true that employees who are given the option of telecommuting are reluctant to accept the opportunity. Most people feel that they need regular interaction with a group, and many are concerned that they will not have the same consideration for advancement if they are not more visible in the office setting. Some people feel that even when a space in their homes is set aside as a work area, they never really get away from the office.

How many Americans are involved in telecommuting?

A. More than predicted in Business Week.

B. More than 8 million.

C. Fewer than last year.

D. Fewer than estimated in USA Today.

Mark the letter A,B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions

“If you don’t pay the ransom, I will kill your boy.” the kidnappers told us.

A. The kidnappers ordered to kill our boy if we did not pay the ransom

B. The kidnappers pledged to kill our boy if we did not pay the ransom

C. The kidnappers threatened to kill our boy if we refused to pay the ransom

D. The kidnappers promised to kill our boy if we refused to pay the ransom