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Part 2. Questions 66 – 75
Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question.
Basic to any understanding of Canada in the 20 years after the Second World War is the country's impressive population growth. For every three Canadians in 1945, there were over five in 1966. In September 1966 Canada's population passed the 20 million mark. Most of this surging growth came from natural increase. The depression of the 1930's and the war had held back marriages, and the catching-up process began after 1945. The baby boom continued through the decade of the1950's, producing a population increase of nearly fifteen percent in the five years from 1951 to 1956. This rate of increase had been exceeded only once before in Canada's history, in the decade before 1911 when the prairies were being settled. Undoubtedly, the good economic conditions of the 1950's supported a growth in the population, but the expansion also derived from a trend toward earlier marriages and an increase in the average size of families. In 1957 the Canadian birth rate stood at 28 per thousand, one of the highest in the world.
After the peak year of 1957, the birth rate in Canada began to decline. It continued falling until in 1966 it stood at the lowest level in 25 years. Partly this decline reflected the low level of births during the depression and the war, but it was also caused by changes in Canadian society. Young people were staying at school longer; more women were working; young married couples were buying automobiles or houses before starting families; rising living standards were cutting down the size of families. It appeared that Canada was once more falling in step with the trend toward smaller families that had occurred all through the Western world since the time of the Industrial Revolution.
Although the growth in Canada's population had slowed down by 1966 (the increase in the first half of the 1960's was only nine percent), another large population wave was coming over the horizon. It would be composed of the children who were born during the period of the high birth rate prior to 1957.
The computer is undoubtedly one of the most (61) _________ and important inventions of the twentieth century.
Part 2. Questions 66 – 75
Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question.
Basic to any understanding of Canada in the 20 years after the Second World War is the country's impressive population growth. For every three Canadians in 1945, there were over five in 1966. In September 1966 Canada's population passed the 20 million mark. Most of this surging growth came from natural increase. The depression of the 1930's and the war had held back marriages, and the catching-up process began after 1945. The baby boom continued through the decade of the1950's, producing a population increase of nearly fifteen percent in the five years from 1951 to 1956. This rate of increase had been exceeded only once before in Canada's history, in the decade before 1911 when the prairies were being settled. Undoubtedly, the good economic conditions of the 1950's supported a growth in the population, but the expansion also derived from a trend toward earlier marriages and an increase in the average size of families. In 1957 the Canadian birth rate stood at 28 per thousand, one of the highest in the world.
After the peak year of 1957, the birth rate in Canada began to decline. It continued falling until in 1966 it stood at the lowest level in 25 years. Partly this decline reflected the low level of births during the depression and the war, but it was also caused by changes in Canadian society. Young people were staying at school longer; more women were working; young married couples were buying automobiles or houses before starting families; rising living standards were cutting down the size of families. It appeared that Canada was once more falling in step with the trend toward smaller families that had occurred all through the Western world since the time of the Industrial Revolution.
Although the growth in Canada's population had slowed down by 1966 (the increase in the first half of the 1960's was only nine percent), another large population wave was coming over the horizon. It would be composed of the children who were born during the period of the high birth rate prior to 1957.
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Câu 2:
Boring or time-consuming jobs which, in the past, would have been (62) _________by hundreds of workers can now be done by one small computer.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Chọn C
Câu 3:
What does the passage mainly discuss?
What does the passage mainly discuss?
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Chọn C
Câu 4:
However, the (63) _________of the computer has not been entirely problem-free.
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Chọn C
Câu 5:
According to the passage, when did Canada's baby boom begin?
According to the passage, when did Canada's baby boom begin?
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Chọn B
Câu 6:
Many people feel that we are already too (64) _________on computers.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Chọn A
Câu 7:
The word "five" in line 2 refers to _______.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Chọn A
Câu 8:
They think that computers themselves are (65) _________too powerful, and that people are no longer in control of them.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Chọn A
Câu 9:
The word "surging" in line 3 is closest in meaning to _______.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Chọn C
Câu 10:
One of the problems with a computer is that, like any other machines, it can (66) _________.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Chọn B
Câu 11:
The author suggests that in Canada during the1950's _______.
The author suggests that in Canada during the1950's _______.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Chọn D
Câu 12:
If a computer is (67) _________, the information it is storing can be lost.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Chọn D
Câu 13:
The word "trend" in line 9 is closest in meaning to _______.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Chọn A
Câu 14:
If a computer program has a(n) (68) _________in it,
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Chọn D
Câu 15:
The word "peak" in line 12 is closest in meaning to _______.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Chọn D
Câu 16:
the computer’s calculation can be seriously (69) _________.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Chọn B
Câu 17:
When was the birth rate in Canada at its lowest postwar level?
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Chọn A
Câu 18:
A faulty program in a hospital or police computer could (70) _________terrible mistakes.
A faulty program in a hospital or police computer could (70) _________terrible mistakes.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Chọn D
Câu 19:
Why does the author mention humans in the second paragraph?
Why does the author mention humans in the second paragraph?
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Chọn B
Câu 20:
It can be inferred from the passage that before the Industrial Revolution _______.
It can be inferred from the passage that before the Industrial Revolution _______.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Chọn A
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Câu 1:
SECTION I: LISTENING
Part 1: Questions from 1 to 10.
Listen to the recording twice. Choose the correct answer from A, B or C for each of the following blanks.
The teacher wants the students to ________.
SECTION I: LISTENING
Part 1: Questions from 1 to 10.
Listen to the recording twice. Choose the correct answer from A, B or C for each of the following blanks.
The teacher wants the students to ________.
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. He is determined to campaign for his son’s freedom. (intention)
-> He has ………………………………………………………………………. for his son’s freedom.
. He is determined to campaign for his son’s freedom. (intention)
-> He has ………………………………………………………………………. for his son’s freedom.
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