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TP H CH MINH NM HC 2014-2015
MN: TING ANH 11
Thi gian lm bi: 150 pht (khng k thi gian giao )
CHNH THC Ngy 04 thng 4 nm 2015
ny gm 4 trang
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The situation (8)______ when my husband suffered food poisoning as a result of eating some local (9)______. By
that stage wed enough and decided to shorten our stay and catch the first (10)______ flight home. They say that travel
broadens the mind but we shall happily narrow our horizons this year and enjoy a week in our own back garden.
GUIDED CLOZE TEST (10 pts)
Read the passage and choose the best option (A, B, C or D) for each blank space.
Karaoke enthusiasts can now enjoy their sometimes nervous (1)_____ safe in the knowledge that they are at least
losing some weight. Thanks to Tokyo-based Daiichikosho, which sells and (2)______ out karaoke equipment, karaoke
machines can now (3)______ how many calories the singer has burnt while singing a song. Over 40,000 users of its karaoke
song-broadcasting service throughout Japan have now (4)______ up for the companys Karaoke diet. Such factors as the
volume and pitch of the singers voice and the tempo and length of the song were (5)_____ into consideration before assigning
calorie burning values to more than 1,000 favorite tunes. Naturally, the longer and livelier one sings, the more calories are
burnt, said a company spokesman.
According to Daiichikosho, the Beatles Let It Be burns up 11.4 kcal; but for those interested in (6)______ a little more
weight, a (7)______ of Frank Sinatras classic My Way will result in the loss of 15.6 kcal. An average man will burn up
approximately 81 kcal during a ten-minute walk, suggesting that karaoke may not be the ideal (8)______ program. In fact,
(9)______ in karaoke (literally empty orchestra) can be counterproductive to any diet as the singing of such songs usually
(10)______ a drink causing the singer to get back on the same calories they may have just lost.
1. A. performances B. representations C. productions D. realizations
2. A. borrows B. hires C. hands D. spends
3. A. turn up B. come across C. put down D. work out
4. A. gone B. taken C. signed D. registered
5. A. taken B. brought C. held D. put
6. A. shedding B. spreading C. abandoning D. releasing
7. A. singing B. moaning C. rendition D. chanting
8. A. weight loss B. weight losing C. losing weight D. lost weight
9. A. engrossing B. absorbing C. indulging D. involving
10. A. suggests B. requests C. inquires D. requires
READING COMPREHENSION (10 pts)
Choose the item (A, B, C or D) that best completes the unfinished statement about the passage.
Archaeological records-paintings, drawings and carvings of humans engaged in activities involving the use of hands-
indicate that humans have been predominantly right-handed for more than 5,000 years. In ancient Egyptian artwork, for
example, the right hand is depicted as the dominant one in about 90 percent of the examples. Fracture or wear patterns on
tools also indicate that a majority of ancient people were right-handed.
Cro-Magnon cave paintings some 27,000 years old commonly show outlines of human hands made by placing one
hand against the cave wall and applying paint with the other. Children today make similar outlines of their hands with crayons
on paper. With few exceptions, left hands of Cro-Magnons are displayed on cave walls, indicating that the paintings were
usually done by right-handers.
Anthropological evidence pushes the record of handedness in early human ancestors back to at least 1.4 million
years ago. One important line of evidence comes from flaking patterns of stone cores used in tool making: implements flaked
with a clockwise motion (indicating a right-handed toolmaker) can be distinguished from those flaked with a counter-clockwise
rotation (indicating a left-handed toolmaker).
Even scratches found on fossil human teeth offer clues. Ancient humans are thought to have cut meat into strips by
holding it between their teeth and slicing it with stone knives, as do the present-day Inuit. Occasionally the knives slip and
leave scratches on the users' teeth. Scratches made with a left-to-right stroke direction (by right-handers) are more common
than scratches in the opposite direction (made by left-handers).
Still other evidence comes from cranial morphology: scientists think that physical differences between the right and
left sides of the interior of the skull indicate subtle physical differences between the two sides of the brain. The variation
between the hemispheres corresponds to which side of the body is used to perform specific activities. Such studies, as well
as studies of tool use, indicate that right- or left-sided dominance is not exclusive to modern Homo sapiens. Population of
Neanderthals, such as Homo erectus and Homo habilis, seem to have been predominantly right-handed, as we are.
1. What is the main idea of the passage?
(A) Human ancestors became predominantly right-handed when they began to use tools.
(B) It is difficult to interpret the significance of anthropological evidence concerning tool use.
(C) Humans and their ancestors have been predominantly right-handed for over a million years.
(D) Human ancestors were more skilled at using both hands than modern humans.
2. What does the author say about Cro-Magnon paintings of hands?
(A) Some are not very old. (B) It is unusual to see such paintings.
(C) Many were made by children. (D) The artists were mostly right-handed.
3. The word "implements" is closest in meaning to ______
(A) tools (B) designs (C) examples (D) pieces
4. When compared with implements "flaked with a counter-clockwise rotation", it can be inferred that "implements flaked with a
clock-wise motion" are ______
(A) more common (B) larger (C) more sophisticated (D) older
5. The word "clues" is closest in meaning to ______
(A) solutions (B) details (C) damage (D) information
6. The fact that the Inuit cut meat by holding it between their teeth is significant because ______
(A) the relationship between handedness and scratches on fossil human teeth can be verified
(B) it emphasizes the differences between contemporary humans and their ancestors
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(C) the scratch patterns produced by stone knives vary significantly from patterns produced by modern knives
(D) it demonstrates that ancient humans were not skilled at using tools
7. The word "hemispheres" is closest in meaning to ______
(A) differences (B) sides (C) activities (D) studies
8. Why does the author mention Homo erectus and Home habilis?
(A) To contrast them with modern humans
(B) To explain when human ancestors began to make tools
(C) To show that early humans were also predominantly right handed
(D) To prove that the population of Neanderthals was very large
9. All of the follows are mentioned as types of evidence concerning handedness EXCEPT ______
(A) ancient artwork (B) asymmetrical skulls (C) studies of tool use (D) fossilized hand bones
10. Which of the following conclusions is suggested by the evidence from cranial morphology?
(A) Differences in the hemispheres of the brain probably came about relatively recently.
(B) There may be a link between handedness and differences in the brain's hemispheres.
(C) Left-handedness was somewhat more common among Neanderthals.
(D) Variation between the brain hemispheres was not evident in the skill of Home erectus and Home habilis
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