Đề thi thử đại học môn Anh khối D, A1 – THPT Lê Quảng Chí, Hà Tĩnh

e seen 
B. we usually focus on the highest forms of culture 
C. other cultures seem cold to us 
D. visible aspects of culture are learned in formal institutions 
Question 54: Which of the following was NOT mentioned as an example of invisible culture? 
A. How people express interest in what others are saying 
B. How late is considered impolite 
C. What topics to avoid in conversation 
D. What food to eat in a courthouse 
Question 55: The word “those” in paragraph 2 refers to__________. 
A. invisible cultural assumptions B. people from a different culture 
C. topics that should be avoided in conversation D. people who speak a different language 
Question 56: It can be inferred from paragraph 3 that conflict results when ___________. 
A. one culture is more invisible than another culture 
B. people compete with those from other cultures 
C. some people recognize more cultural differences than others 
D. people think cultural differences are personal 
Question 57: The author implies that institutions such as schools and workplaces ________. 
A. reinforce invisible cultural differences 
B. are aware of cultural differences 
C. share a common culture 
D. teach their employees about cultural differences 
Question 58: Which of the following would most likely result in misunderstanding? 
A. Strange behaviour from someone speaking a foreign language 
B. Learning about our own culture in school 
C. Strange behaviour from someone speaking our language 
D. Unusual food being cooked by foreign visitors 
Question 59: The word “exotic” in paragraph 4 could best be replaced by__________. 
A. formal B. expensive C. foreign D. informal 
Question 60: The following sentence can be added to paragraph 2 of the passage. 
Rather, we see them as rude or uncooperative, and we may apply labels to them, such as “passive 
aggressive.” 
Where would it best fit in the paragraph? Choose A, B, C or D 
A. .. Invisible elements of culture are important to us. B.  For example, how long we can be late 
before being impolite, what topics we should avoid in a conversation, how we show interest or attention 
through listening behaviour, what we consider beautiful or ugly- these are all aspects of culture that we 
learn and use without being aware of it. C. .. When we meet other people whose invisible cultural 
assumptions differ from those we have learned implicitly, we usually do not recognize their behaviour
as cultural in origin. D. . 
Questions 61 - 70: Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best answer to each
question. 
The modern comic strip started out as ammunition in a newspaper war 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 earlier 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.
The first appeared in the Chicago American in 1904. It was followed by many imitators, and by 1915
blackand-white comic strips had become a staple of daily newspapers around the country. 
Question 61: In what order does the author discuss various comic strips in the passage? 
A. In the order in which they were created. 
B. According to the newspaper in which they appeared. 
C. In alphabetical order by title. 
D. From most popular to least popular. 
Question 62: According to the passage, the “Yellow Kid” was the first comic strip to do all of the 
following EXCEPT _______. 
A. characterize city life in a humorous way 
B. include dialogue inside a balloon 
C. feature the same character in each episode 
D. appear in a Chicago newspaper 
Question 63: The word “prototype” is closest in meaning to _______. 
A. humor B. model C. story D. drawing
Question 64: The word “staple” is closest in meaning to _______. 
A. new version 
B. huge success 
C. popular edition 
D. regular feature 
Question 65: The word “incorporate” is closest in meaning to _______. 
A. mention B. create C. combine D. affect 
Question 66: Why does the author mention Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst? 
A. They established New York’s first newspaper. 
B. They published comic strips about the newspaper war. 
C. Their comic strips are still published today. 
D. They owned major competitive newspapers.
Question 67: The word “it” refers to _______. 
A. farce 
B. balloon 
C. the “Yellow Kid” 
D. dialogue 
Question 68: The passage suggests that comic strips were popular for which of the following reasons? 
A. Readers could identify with the characters. 
B. They were about real-life situations. 
C. They provided a break from serious news stories. 
D. Readers enjoyed the unusual drawings. 
Question 69: To say that Richard Outcault had been “lured away from” the World by Hearst means 
which of the following? 
A. Hearst convinced Outcault to leave the World. 
B. Hearst warned Outcault not to leave the World. 
C. Hearst wanted Outcault to work for the World. 
D. Hearst fired Outcault from the World. 
Question 70: What does the passage mainly discuss? 
A. The differences between early and modern comic strips. 
B. A comparison of two popular comic strips. 
C. Features of early comic strips in the United States. 
D. The effects of newspapers on comic strip stories. 
Questions 71 - 80 : After each sentence below, there are four sentences marked A, B, C, and D. 
Choose the sentence that has the same meaning as the original one.
Question 71: I had not expected the journey would be so long. 
A. The journey was as long as I had expected 
B. The journey was not longer than I had expected 
C. The journey was not so long as I had expected 
D. The journey would be longer than I had expected 
Question 72: Their dog was so fierce that nobody would visit them. 
A. They had a such fierce dog that nobody would visit them. 
B. They had so fierce a dog that nobody would visit them. 
C. They had a so fierce dog that nobody would visit them. 
D. Their dog was too fierce to visit. 
Question 73: Tony’s English is much better than it was. 
A. Tony speaks English better now than he did before. 
B. Tony has started to learn English but doesn’t speak it well 
C. Tony has always spoken good English. 
D. Tony’s English was much better than it is now 
Question 74: "If I were you. Bill, I'd buy the house, " Stephen said.
A. Stephen promised Bill that he would buy the house. 
B. Stephen advised Bill to buy the house. 
C. Stephen suggested Bill to buy the house. 
D. Stephen forced Bill to buy the house.
Question 75: Lin’s success took us all by surprise. 
A. We were taken aback by all of Lin’s successes. 
B. Lin was successful, which surprised all of us. 
C. Lin’s success was surprised to all of us. 
D. We took all of Lin’s successes surprisingly. 
Question 76: I travel by bus only when I have no alternative. 
A. Travelling by bus is my only alternative. 
B. It’s my only alternative to travel by bus. 
C. I resort to travel by bus only when I have no alternative. 
D. I travel by bus only as a last resort. 
Question 77: Friendly though he may seem, he's not to be trusted. 
A. He may have friends, but he's not to be trusted. 
B. However he seems friendly, he's not to be trusted. 
C. He's too friendly to be trusted. 
D. However friendly he seems, he's not to be trusted. 
Question 78: Twice as many men as women are insurance agents. 
A. Women are twice as likely as men to have sold insurance. 
B. More men than women have insurance. 
C. Insurance is twice as difficult to sell to women as to men. 
D. Male insurance agents outnumber female agents. 
Question 79: Bill has no business going to Paris next December. 
A. Bill shouldn’t go to Paris next December. 
B. Bill went to Paris in December. 
C. Bill will open a business in Paris next December 
D. Bill runs a business in Paris next December. 
Question 80: Teacher: “ Don’t forget to do your homework” 
A. Teacher reminded whether I not to do my home work 
B. Teacher reminded me to forget my homework 
C. Teacher reminded me to do my homework 
D. Teacher asked me if not to forget my home work 
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