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ĐỀ THI KHẢO SÁT CHẤT LƯỢNG THI ĐH NĂM 2014
MÔN THI: ANH VĂN (Khối A1, D1) - ĐỀ 04
Thời gian: 90 phút
I. Read the following text then answer the questions that follow by circling its corresponding letter marked A, B, C, or D.
The agricultural revolution in the nineteenth century involved two things: the invention of labor – saving machinery and the development of scientific agriculture. Labor – saving machinery naturally appeared first where labor was scarce. “In Europe,” said Thomas Jefferson, “the object is to make the most of their land, labor being abundant; here it is to make the most of our labor, land being abundant. “it was in America, therefore, that the great advances in nineteen-century agricultural machinery first came. At the opening of the century, with the exception of a crude plow, farmers could have carried practically all of the existing agricultural implements on their backs; by 1860, most of the machinery in use today had been design in an early form. The most important of the early inventions was the iron plow. As early as 1790 Charles New bold of New Jersey had been working on the idea of a cast-iron plow and spent his entire fortune in introducing his invention. The farmers however, would have none of it, claiming that the iron poisoned the soil and made the weeds grow. Nevertheless, many people devoted their, attention to the plow, until in 1869 James Oliver of South Bend, Indiana, turned out the first chilled-steel plow
1. Which of the following best expresses the main topic of the passage?
A. Machinery that contributed to the agricultural revolution
B. The development of safer machines demanded by the labor movement
C. New Jersey as a leader in the agricultural revolution
D. The need for agricultural advances to help feed a growing population
2. Which of the following can be inferred from what Thomas Jefferson said ?
A. Europe had greater need of farm machinery than America did
B. Europe was changing more quickly than America C. America was finally running out of good farmland
D. There was a shortage of workers on American farms
3. The expression “make the most of “ in the passage is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A. Raise the price of B. Overuse the real worth of C. Earn a living on D. Get the best yield from
4. What point is the author making by stating that farmers could carry nearly all their tools on their backs?
A. Farmers had few tools before the agricultural revolution B. American were traditionally self- reliant
C. Life on the farm was extremely difficult D. New tools were designed to be portable.
5. Why did farmers reject Newbold’s plow?
A. They thought it would run the land B. Their horses were frightened by it
C. They preferred lighter tools D. It was too expensive
II. Choose from the four underlined parts of each sentence (marked A, B, C, and D) one that needs correcting. Identify tour answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.
6. When a little boy, he is used to go swimming in the river with me
A. When B. little C. is used to go D. in the river
7. In general, newspapers emphasize current news whereas magazines dealt more with background materials.
A. In general B. current news C. whereas magazines D. dealt more
8. Peter never go to bed before he has finished his homework.
A. go to bed B. before he C. has finished D. his homework
9. Hoa writing a letter in her room at the moment.
A. writing B. a letter C. her room D. at the moment
10. We were surprising by the results of the test.
A. surprising B. by the results C. of the D. test
11. Mr. Miller doesn’t likes being kept waiting.
A. doesn’t B. likes C. being kept D. waiting
12. An spent many money on clothes at the supermarket yesterday
A. spent B. many C. on D. at
13. There is a hostel at the corner of this street where we can stay there.
A. is a hostel B. at C. of this D. can stay there
14. I haven’t smoked since a long time
A. haven’t
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