Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet te indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 35.

The walnut tree produces wood that is used for countless purposes, and is considered the finest wood in the world. The wood is easy to work with, yet it is very hard and durable and when it is polished, it produces a rich, dark luster. It also shrinks and swells less than any other wood, which makes it especially desirable for fine furniture, flooring, and even gun stocks.

In fact, just about every part of the walnut is unusually hard and strong. The nut of the tree is encased inside a very hard shell, which itself is enclosed in a leathery outer covering called a husk. It requires real effort to break through those layers to get at the tasty meat inside.

Yet every part of the walnut is useful to people. The outer husk produces a dark reddish stain that is hard to remove from the hands of the person who opens the nut, and this pigment is widely used in dyes and wood stains. The inner shell is used as an abrasivesubstance to clean jet engines. And the meat of the nut is extensively used in cooking, ice cream, flavorings-and just eaten raw.

Walnut trees exudea chemical into the soil near their roots which can be poisonous to some trees and shrubs. Fruit trees, for example, will not survive if planted too close to a walnut. Many other plants, such as maple trees or ivy, are not affected by the walnut's presence, and are well-suited to grow in its vicinity.

Câu 31: What is the topic of this passage?

A. The use of walnut wood in furniture.

B. Walnut trees.

C. Where to plant walnuts.

D. Trees of North America.

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Câu 1

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Kurzweil believes that there could be tiny robots called nanobots implanted into our brains to improve our memory.

A. inserted in

B. fixed in

C. removed from

D. replaced with

Lời giải

Chọn đáp án C

- implanted: cấy vào

- inserted in: chèn vào

- removed from loại ra khỏi, tháo ra, rút ra

- fixed in: gắn vào

- replaced with: thay thế

Do đó: implanted # removed from

"Kurzweil tin rằng có thể có những loại robot siêu nhỏ được gọi là "nanobots" cấy vào não của chúng ta để cải thiện trí nhớ."

Câu 2

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 questions from 36 to 42.

For a century and a half the piano has been one of the most popular solo instruments for Western musiC.Unlike string and wind instruments, the piano is completely self- sufficient, as it is able to play both the melody and its accompanying harmony at the same time. For this reason, it became the favorite household instrument of the nineteenth century.

The ancestry of the piano can be traced to the early keyboard instruments of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries-the spinet, the dulcimer, and the virginal. In the seventeenth century the organ, the clavichord, and the harpsichord became the chief instruments of the keyboard group, a supremacy they maintained until the piano supplantedthem at the end of the eighteenth century. The clavichord's tone was never powerful, nevertheless, because of the variety of tone possible to it, many composers found the clavichord a sympathetic instrument for intimate chamber musiC.The harpsichord with its bright, vigorous tone was the favorite instrument for supporting the bass of the small orchestra of the period and for concert use but the character of the tone could not be varied save by mechanical or structural devices .

The piano was perfected in the early eighteenth century by a harpsichord maker in Italy (though musicologists point out several previous instances of the instrument). This instrument was called a piano e forte (soft Mid loud), to indicate its dynamic versatility; its strings were struck by a recoiling hammer with a felt-padded heaD.The wires were much heavier in. the earlier instruments. A series of mechanical improvements continuing well into the nineteenth century, including the introduction of pedals to sustain tone or to soften it, the perfection of a metal frame, and steel wire of the finest quality, finally produced an instrument capable of myriad tonal effects from the most delicate harmonies to an almost orchestral fullness of sound, from a liquid, singing tone to sharp, percussive brilliance.

Câu 36: What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. The historical development of the piano

B. The quality of tone produced by various keyboard instruments

C. The uses of keyboard instruments in various types of compositions

D. The popularity of the piano with composers

Lời giải

Chọn đáp án A

Bài đọc chủ yếu thảo luận về điều gì?

A. Sự phát triển lịch sử của đàn piano

B. Chất lượng âm được tạo ra từ nhiều nhạc cụ bàn phím khác nhau

C. Việc sử dụng các nhạc cụ bàn phím trong nhiều sáng tác

D. Sự phổ biến của đàn piano với các nhà soạn nhạc

Thông tin trong bài: "For a century and a half the piano has been one of the most popular solo instruments for Western music." (Trong một thế kỷ rưỡi, piano là một trong những nhạc cụ độc tấu phổ biến nhất cho ấm nhạc phương Tây.)

- 'The ancestry of the piano can be traced to the early keyboard instruments of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries-the spinet, the dulcimer, and the virginal..." (Nguồn gốc của cây đàn piano có thể được bắt nguồn từ các nhạc cụ bàn phím đầu tiên của thế kỷ thứ 15 và 16- Spinet, Dulcimer, và Virginal...)

- 'The piano was perfected in the early eighteenth century by a harpsichord maker in Italy (though musicologists point out several previous instances of the instrument)." (Cây đàn piano được hoàn thiện vào đầu thế kỷ thứ 18 bởi một nhà sản xuất đàn harpsichord ở Ý (mặc dù các nhà âm nhạc học đã chỉ ra một số trường hợp trước đó của loại nhạc cụ).

Câu 3