No educational medium better as means of spatial communication than the atlas. Atlases deal with such invaluable information as population distribution and density. One of the best, Pennycooke's World Atlas, has been widely accepted as a standard owing to the quality of its maps and photographs, which not only show various settlements but also portray them in a variety of scales. In fact, the very first map in the atlas is a cleverly designed population cartogram that projects the size of each country if geographical size were proportional to population. Following the proportional layout, a sequence of smaller maps shows the world’s population density, each country’s birth and death rates, population increase or decrease, industrialization, urbanization, gross national product in terms of per capita income, the quality of medical care, literacy, and language. To give readers a perspective on how their own country fits in with the global view, additional projections depict the world's patterns in nutrition, calorie and protein consumption, health care, number of physicians per unit of population, and life expectancy by region. Population density maps on a subcontinental scale, as well as political maps. Convey the diverse demographic phenomena of the world in a broad array of scales.

What is the main topic of the passage?

Đáp án D

Thông tin nằm ở câu 4 của đoạn: “In fact, the very first map in the atlas is a cleverly designed population cartogram that projects the size of each country if geographical size were proportional to population.”

Đáp án C

Invaluable = priceless: (a) vô giá, rất giá trị, không định giá được

Incremental: (a) thuộc tiền lãi, tiền lời

Invalid: (a) không có hiệu lực; tàn tật, tàn phế

Shapeless: (a) không có hình thù

Đáp án B

Các lựa chọn A, C, D đều nằm trong đoạn văn: “Following the proportional layout, a sequence of smaller maps shows the world’s population density, each country’s birth and death rates, population increase or decrease (D), industrialization, urbanization, gross national product in terms of per capita income, the quality of medical care, literacy, and language (C). To give readers a perspective on how their own country fits in with the global view, additional projections depict the world's patterns in nutrition, calorie and protein consumption (A)…”

Đáp án A

Thông tin nằm ở câu: “In fact, the very first map in the atlas is a cleverly designed population cartogram that projects the size of each country if geographical size were proportional to population. Following the proportional layout, a sequence of smaller maps…”

Đáp án C

Thông tin nằm ở câu: “Following the proportional layout, a sequence of smaller maps shows the world’s population density, each country’s birth and death rates, population increase or decrease, industrialization, urbanization, gross national product in terms of per capita income, the quality of medical care, literacy, and language. To give readers a perspective on how their own country fits in with the global view, additional projections depict the world's patterns in nutrition, calorie and protein consumption, health care, number of physicians per unit of population, and life expectancy by region.”

Đáp án D

Dựa vào nội dung đoạn văn có thể rút ra được ẩn ý của tác giả. Theo tác giả thì tập bản đồ có thể là dụng cụ đa năng. Dựa vào tập bản đồ chúng ta có thể biết về sự tăng giảm dân số, về công nghiệp hóa, hiện đại hóa, biết về đất nước của mình, sự tiêu thụ calo, về dịch vụ chăm sóc sức khỏe hay tỷ lệ người biết đọc biết viết…

Đáp án C

Covey: (v) truyền đạt, bày tỏ, biểu lộ = demonstrate: (v) chứng minh, giải thích, bày tỏ, biểu lộ

- devise: (v) nghĩ ra, đề ra, đặt kế hoạch

- conjure up: (v) gợi lên cái gì, gọi hồn

- indicate: (v) chỉ, cho biết, ra dấu