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Đề 62
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seems to be no universal agreement or even national consensus on what constitutes beauty, there is at least some
agreement that facial symmetry is an important (36) _______.
Question 32: A. thought B. agreed C. fixed D. written
Question 33: A. corresponding B. according C. connecting D. relating
Question 34: A. made B. seemed C. proved D. allowed
Question 35: A. eye B. sight C. vision D. appearance
Question 36: A. detail B. factor C. reason D. cause
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 following questions.
The Native Americans of northern California were highly skilled at basketry, using the reeds, grasses,
barks, and roots they found around them to fashion articles of all sorts and sizes - not only trays, containers, and
cooking pots, but hats, boats, fish traps, baby carriers, and ceremonial objects.
Of all these experts, none excelled the Pomo - a group who lived on or near the coast during the 1800's,
and whose descendants continue to live in parts of the same region to this day. They made baskets three feet in
diameter and others no bigger than a thimble. The Pomo people were masters of decoration. Some of their
baskets were completely covered with shell pendants; others with feathers that made the baskets' surfaces as soft
as the breasts of birds. Moreover, the Pomo people made use of more weaving techniques than did their
neighbors. Most groups made all their basketwork by twining - the twisting of a flexible horizontal material,
called a weft, around stiffer vertical strands of material, the warp. Others depended primarily on coiling - a
process in which a continuous coil of stiff material is held in the desired shaped by a tight wrapping of flexible
strands. Only the Pomo people used both processes with equal case and frequency. In addition, they made use
of four distinct variations on the basic twining process, often employing more than one of them in a single
article.
Although a wide variety of materials was available, the Pomo people used only a few. The warp was
always made of willow, and the most commonly used welt was sedge root, a woody fiber that could easily be
separated into strands no thicker than a thread. For color, the Pomo people used the bark of redbud for their
twined work and dyed bulrush root for black in coiled work. Though other materials were sometimes used,
these four were the staples in their finest basketry.
If the basketry materials used by the Pomo people were limited, the designs were amazingly varied.
Every Pomo basketmaker knew how to produce from fifteen to twenty distinct patterns that could be combined
in a number of different ways.
Question 37: What best distinguished Pomo baskets from baskets of other groups?
A. The range of sizes, shapes, and designs B. The unusual geometric
C. The absence of decoration D. The rare materials used
Question 38: The word "fashion" in line 2 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. maintain B. organize C. trade D. create
Question 39: The Pomo people used each of the following materials to decorate baskets EXCEPT _______.
A. shells B. feathers C. leaves D. barks
Question 40: What is the author's main point in the second paragraph?
A. The neighbors of the Pomo people tried to improve on the Pomo basket weaving techniques.
B. The Pomo people were the most skilled basket weavers in their region.
C. The Pomo people learned their basket weaving techniques from other Native Americans.
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D. The Pomo baskets have been handed down for generations.
Question 41: According to the passage, the relationship between redbud and twining is most similar to the
relationship between _______.
A. bulrush and coiling B. weft and warp
C. willow and feathers D. sedge and weaving
Question 42: The word "staples" in line 20 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. combinations B. limitations C. basic elements D. accessories
Question 43: Which of the following statements about Pomo baskets can be best inferred from the passage?
A. Baskets produced by other Native Americans were less varied in design than those of the Pomo people.
B. Baskets produced by Pomo weavers were primarily for ceremonial purposes.
C. There was a very limited number of basketmaking materials available to the Pomo people.
D. The basketmaking production of the Pomo people has increased over the years.
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.
Question 44: I was astonished that he knew a lot about Vietnamese food.
A. It surprised me that Vietnamese food was what he liked most.
B. I was astonished at his poor knowledge of Vietnamese food.
C. That he knew a lot about Vietnamese food amazed me.
D. I knew very little about Vietnamese food, which astonished him.
Question 45: "If I were you, I would not choose to write about such a sensitive topic", the teacher said.
A. I was blamed for writing about such a sensitive topic by the teacher.
B. I was ordered by the teacher not to write about such a sensitive topic.
C. The teacher advised me on writing about such a sensitive topic.
D. The teacher advised me against writing about such a sensitive topic.
Question 46: Martin missed his flight because he had not been informed of the change in flight schedule.
A. Martin missed his flight, though he had been informed of the change in the flight schedule.
B. Martin had been informed of his flight delay, which was due to the change in flight schedule.
C. Not having been informed of the change of the flight schedule, Martin missed his flight.
D. Not having missed his flight, Martin was informed of the change in flight schedule.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of
sentences in the following questions.
Question 47: The man wanted to get some fresh air in the room. He opened the window.
A. The man wanted to get some fresh air in the room because he opened the window.
B. The man opened the window in order to get some fresh air in the room.
C. The man got some fresh air in the room, even though he opened the window.
D. Having opened the window, the room could get some fresh air.
Question 48: The plan may be ingenious. It will never work in practice.
A. Ingenious as it may be, the plan will never work in practice.
B. Ingenious as may the plan, it will never work in practice.
C. The plan may be too ingenious to work in practice.
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D. The plan is as impractical as it is ingenious.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 49: His career in the illicit drug trade ended with the police raid this morning.
A. elicited B. irregular C. secret D. legal
Question 50: In American football, the coach may shout to the captain to call time out.
A. yelp B. growl C. whisper D. flounder