A.READING
Part 1. Read the passage and choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the following sentences.
Probably the most famous film commenting on the twentieth-century technology is Modem Times, made in 1936. Charlie Chaplin was motivated to make the film by a reporter who, while interviewing him, happened to describe working conditions in industrial Detroit. Chaplin was told that healthy young farm boys were lured to the city to work on automotive assembly lines. Within four or five years these young men’s health was destroyed by the stress of work in the factories.
Scenes of factory interiors account for less than one-third of the footage of Modem Times, but they contain some of the film’s most pointed social commentary as well as its funniest comic situation. No one who has seen the film can ever forget Chaplin vainly trying to keep pace with the fast-moving conveyor belt, almost losing his mind in the process.
Clearly, Modem Timeshas its faults, but it remains the best film treating technology within a social context. It does not offer a radical social message, but it accurately reflects the sentiments of many who felt they were helpless victims of an over-mechanized world.
1.The author’s main purpose of writing the passage is to_____________ .
A.criticize the factory system in the 1930s
B.describe an important film
C.explain Chaplin’s style of acting
D.discuss how film reveals the benefits of technology
2.According to the passage, Chaplin got the idea for the film Modern Times from_________.
A.a newspaper article B.a scene in a movie
C.a job he had once held D.a conversation with a reporter
3.The author would probably use all the following words to describe the film Modern Times EXCEPT___________.
A.revolutionary B.humorous
C.memorable D.satirical
4.The word “faults” in the passage means___________________ .
A.responsibilities B. advantages C. values D. flaws
5.The author of the passage is probably an expert in the field of_____________
A.film criticism B. journalism
C.labor relations D.industrial design
Part 2. Read the passage and choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Modern cinema audiences expect to see plenty of thrilling scenes in actions films. These scenes, which are (1)_________ as stunts, are usually (2) by stuntmen who are specially trained to do dangerous things safely. (3) can crash a car, but if you are shooting a film, you have to be extremely (4) , sometimes stopping in front of the camera and film crew. At an early (6) in the production, and expert stuntman is (7) in to work out the action scenes and form a team. He is the only person who can go (8) the wishes of the director, he will usually only do this in the (10) of safety.
Many famous actors like to do the dangerous parts themselves, which produces better shots, since stuntmen don’t have to (11)______in for the actors. Actors like to become(12)______in all the important aspects of the character they are playing, but without the recent progress in safety equipment, insurance companies would never(13)_______ them take risk. To do their own stunts, actors need to be good athletes, but they must also be sensible and know their (14)_____. If they were to be hurt, the film would (15) _________ to a suddent halt.
| 1. A. remarked | B. known | C. referred | D. named |
| 2. A. performed | B. given | C. fulfilled | D. displayed |
| 3. A. Everyone | B. Someone | C. Anyone | D. No one |
| 4. A. detailed | B. plain | C. straight | D. precise |
| 5. A. right | B. exact | C. direct | D. strict |
| 6. A. period | B. minute | C. part | D. stage |
| 7. A. led | B. taken | C. drawn | D. called |
| 8. A. over | B. against | C. through | D. across |
| 9. A. despite | B. so | C. though | D. otherwise |
| 10. A. interests | B. needs | C. purposes | D. regards |
| 11. A. work | B. get | C. put | D. stand |
| 12. A. connected | B. arranged | , C. involved | D. affected |
| 13. A. allow | B. let | C. permit | D. admit |
| 14. A. limits | B. ends | C. frontiers | D. borders |
| 15. A. come | B. fall | C. pull | D. go |
B.LANGUAGE FOCUS
Exercise 1. Tick the column that matches the sound in the underlined letter(s). They are all single vowel sounds.
| /f / | /v/ | /f/ | /v/ | ||
| comfortable | leaving | ||||
| village | photograph | ||||
| enough | Stephen | ||||
| November | office | ||||
| myself | lovely |
Exercise 2. Rewrite the following sentences, using It was not until.
Example: – Cinema did not become an industry until 1915.
– It was not until 1915 that cinema became an industry.
1.My son didn’t start talking until he was 5.
It was not until________________________________
2.Lan didn’t go abroad until she was 35.
It was not until________________________________
3.We didn’t go to bed until midnight.
It was not until________________________________
4.The boys didn’t stop singing until their teacher came.
It was not until________________________________
5.She didn’t write to him until she received a letter from him.
It was not until________________________________
Exercise 3. Put in a, the, some or any where necessary.
(1)_________ Wayle is (2)__________ small river that cuts across (3)_________park near my house. I like sitting by(4)__________ Wayle on fine afternoon. It was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on (5)__________ river bank as usual.(6)________children were playing games on (7)____________ bank and there were (8)___________ people rowing on (9)___________ river. Suddenly, one of(10)__________ children kicked (11)______ball very hard and it went towards (12)_________ passing boat (13)___________ people on (14) . _______bank called out to (15)___________ man in (16)____________ boat, but he did not
hear them. (17) ___________ ball struck him so hard that he nearly felt into(18)_________ water. I returned to look at(19)_________ children, but there weren’t (20)__________ in sight: they had all run away! The man laughed when he realized what had happened. He called out to (21)________ children and threw (22)_________ ball back to the bank.
ĐÁP ÁN
A.READING
Part 1
1.B 2.D 3.A 4.D 5.A
Part 2
1.B 3.C 5.A 7.D 9.C 11.D 13.B 15.A
2.A 4.D 6.D 8.B 10.A 12.C 14.A
B.LANGUAGE FOCUS
Exercise 1.
Exercise 2.
1.It was not until he was 5 that my son started talking.
2.It was not until she was 35 that Lan went abroad.
3.It was not until midnight that we went to bed.
4.It was not until their teacher came that the boys stopped singing.
5.It was not until she received a letter from him that she wrote to him.
Exercise 3.
| 1. The | 6. Some | 11. the | 16. the | 21. the |
| 2. a | 7. the | 12. a | 17. The | 22. the |
| 3. the | 8. some | 13. Some | 18. the | |
| 4. the | 9. the | 14. the | 19. the | |
| 5. the | 10. the | 15.the | 20. any |
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