Bài tập luyện thi tốt nghiệp THPT và tuyển sinh Đại học môn Tiếng Anh

rn in case the cattle couldn’t get out into the wheat field. 
Question 60: “We’re having a reunion this weekend. Why don’t you come?” John said to us. 
	A. John didn’t understand why we came to a reunion. 
	B. John asked us why we didn’t come to a reunion this weekend. 
	C. John simply asked us why we wouldn’t come to a reunion. 
	D. John cordially invited us to a reunion this weekend. 
Question 61: They couldn’t climb up the mountain because of the storm. 
	A. Their climbing up the mountain was unable due to the storm. 
	B. The storm made it not capable of climbing up the mountain. 
	C. The storm discouraged them from climbing up the mountain. 
	D. The storm made them impossible to climb up the mountain. 
Question 62: “Stop smoking or you’ll be ill,” the doctor told me. 
	A. The doctor advised me to give up smoking to avoid illness. 
	B. I was warned against smoking a lot of cigarettes. 
	C. The doctor suggested smoking to treat illness. 
	D. I was ordered not to smoke to recover from illness. 
Question 63: Wealthy as they were, they were far from happy. 
	A. Although they were wealthy, they were not happy. 
	B. Even if they were wealthy, they were not unhappy. 
	C. They were as wealthy as they were happy. 
	D. They were not happy as they were wealthy.
Question 64: Slightly more than twenty-five percent of the students in the class come from Spanish-speaking countries. 
	A. Seventy-five percent of the students in the class speak Spanish. 
	B. The percentage of the students speaking Spanish fell by twenty-five percent. 
	C. A small minority of the students in the class are Hispanic. 
	D. A considerable proportion of the students in the class are Spanish. 
Question 65: The woman was too weak to lift the suitcase. 
	A. The woman wasn’t able to lift the suitcase, so she was very weak. 
	B. The woman shouldn't have lifted the suitcase as she was weak. 
	C. The woman, though weak, could lift the suitcase. 
	D. So weak was the woman that she couldn't lift the suitcase. 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions. 
Question 66: 	A. continue 	B. disappear 	C. imagine 	D. inhabit 
Question 67: 	A. suspicious 	B. periodic 	C. contagious 	D. electric 
Question 68: 	A. politician 	B. popularity 	C. documentary 	D. laboratory 
Question 69: 	A. organism 	B. engagement 	C. attraction 	D. prevention 
Question 70: 	A. advertise 	B. adventure 	C. advantage 	D. adverbial 
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 71 to 80. 
	In the West, cartoons are used chiefly to make people laugh. The important feature of all these cartoons is the joke and the element of surprise which is contained. Even though it is very funny, a good cartoon is always based on close observation of a particular feature of life and usually has a serious purpose. 
	Cartoons in the West have been associated with political and social matters for many years. In wartime, for example, they proved to be an excellent way of spreading propaganda. Nowadays cartoons are often used to make short, sharp comments on politics and governments as well as on a variety of social matters. In this way, the modern cartoon has become a very powerful force in influencing people in Europe and the United States. 
	Unlike most American and European cartoons, however, many Chinese cartoon drawings in the past have also attempted to educate people, especially those who could not read and write. Such cartoons about the lives and sayings of great men in China have proved extremely useful in bringing education to illiterate and semi-literate people throughout China. Confucius, Mencius and Laozi have all appeared in very interesting stories presented in the form of cartoons. The cartoons themselves have thus served to illustrate the teachings of the Chinese sages in a very attractive way. 
	In this sense, many Chinese cartoons are different from Western cartoons in so far as they do not depend chiefly on telling jokes. Often, there is nothing to laugh at when you see Chinese cartoons. This is not their primary aim. In addition to commenting on serious political and social matters, Chinese cartoons have aimed at spreading the traditional Chinese thoughts and culture as widely as possible among the people. 
	Today, however, Chinese cartoons have an added part to play in spreading knowledge. They offer a very attractive and useful way of reaching people throughout the world, regardless of the particular country in which they live. Thus, through cartoons, the thoughts and teachings of the old Chinese philosophers and sages can now reach people who live in such countries as Britain, France, America, Japan, Malaysia or Australia and who are unfamiliar with the Chinese culture. 
	Until recently, the transfer of knowledge and culture has been overwhelmingly from the West to the East and not vice versa. By means of cartoons, however, publishing companies in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore are now having success in correcting this imbalance between the East and the West.
	Cartoons can overcome language barriers in all foreign countries. The vast increase in the popularity of these cartoons serves to illustrate the truth of Confucius’s famous saying “One picture is worth a thousand words.” 
Question 71: Which of the following clearly characterizes Western cartoons? 
	A. Originality, freshness, and astonishment. 	B. Humour, unexpectedness, and criticism. 
	C. Enjoyment, liveliness, and carefulness. 	D. Seriousness, propaganda, and attractiveness. 
Question 72: Chinese cartoons have been useful as an important means of______. 
	A. educating ordinary people 	B. political propaganda in wartime 
	C. amusing people all the time 	D. spreading Western ideas 
Question 73: The major differences between Chinese cartoons and Western cartoons come from their _____. 
	A. nationalities 	B. styles 	C. values 	D. purposes 
Question 74: The pronoun “this” in paragraph 4 mostly refers to ______. 
	A. a funny element 	B. a piece of art 
	C. a propaganda campaign 	D. an educational purpose 
Question 75: The passage is intended to present ______. 
	A. an outline of Western cartoons and Chinese cartoons 
	B. a description of cartoons of all kinds the world over 
	C. an opinion about how cartoons entertain people 
	D. a contrast between Western cartoons and Chinese cartoons 
Question 76: Which of the following could be the best title for the passage? 
	A. Cartoons as a Way of Educating People 
	B. Chinese Cartoons and Western Cartoons 
	C. A Very Powerful Force in Influencing People 
	D. An Excellent Way of Spreading Propaganda 
Question 77: In general, Chinese cartoons are now aiming at ______. 
	A. bringing education to illiterate and semi-literate people in the world 
	B. illustrating the truth of Chinese great men’s famous sayings 
	C. spreading the Chinese ideas and cultural values throughout the world 
	D. disseminating traditional practices in China and throughout the world 
Question 78: The word “imbalance” in paragraph 6 refers to ______. 
	A. the discrimination between the West culture and the East culture 
	B. the influence of the East cartoons over the West cartoons 
	C. the dominant cultural influence of the West over the East 
	D. the mismatch between the East cartoons and the West cartoons 
Question 79: Which of the following is most likely the traditional subject of Chinese cartoons? 
	A. Jokes and other kinds of humour in political and social matters. 
	B. The stories and features of the lives of great men the world over. 
	C. The illiterate and semi-literate people throughout China. 
	D. The philosophies and sayings of ancient Chinese thinkers. 
Question 80: According to the passage, which of the following is true? 
	A. Cartoons can serve various purposes. 
	B. Cartoons will replace other forms of writing. 
	C. Western cartoons always have a serious purpose. 
	D. Language barriers restricted cartoons.
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