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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Reading-Comprehension-Lesson 15

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Đọc đoạn văn sau và trả lời các câu hỏi: 
   It is very difficult to succeed in the music business; nine out of
ten bands that release a first record fail  to produce a second.
Surviving in the music industry requires luck and patience, but most
of all it requires  an intricate knowledge of how a record company
5  functions. The process begins when a representative of a company's
Artists and Repertoire (A & R) department visits bars and night clubs,
scouting for young, talented bands. After the representative identifies
a promising band, he or she will work to negotiate a contract with
that band. The signing of this recording contract is a slow process.
10 A company will spend a long time investigating the band itself as
well as current trends in popular music. During this period, it is
important that a band reciprocate with an investigation of its own,
learning as much as possible about the record company and making
personal connections within the different departments that will handle
15 their recordings.

Once a band has signed the contract and has finished recording an
album, the Publicity and Promotions department takes over. This department
decides whether or not to mass produce and market the band's album.
20 Most bands fail to make personal contacts in this second department,
thus losing their voice in the important final process of producing
and marketing their album. This loss of voice often contributes to
the band's failure as a recording group.
1. Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea of the passage?




2. As used in line 2, what is the meaning of the word "release"?




3. The phrase "an intricate" in line 4 could be best replaced by which of the following?




4. According to the passage, the initial contact between a band and a recording company is made by




5. The word "reciprocate" as used in line 12 could be best replaced by which of the following?




6. The word "investigation" in line 13 is closest in meaning to which of the following?




7. Which of the following words is most similar to the word "handle" as used in line 14?




8. As used in line 18, what is the meaning of "takes over"?




9. The author mentions that a band's success is dependent on all of the following factors EXCEPT




10. According to the passage, the Publicity and Promotions department




11. The author uses the phrase "losing their voice" in lines 21 to illustrate that they




12. It can be inferred from the passage that





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Reading-Comprehension-Lesson 13

Đọc hiểu -TOEFL- Bài 13

Đọc đoạn văn sau và trả lời các câu hỏi: 
   Situated in the central mountains of Alaska, a peak named Denali rises
20,320 feet above sea level. It is the highest peak in North America
and the center of Denali National Park. One of America's greatest
wilderness areas, the park has had limited access to visitors, but
5  in spite of this tourism rose from under 6,000 visitors in 1950 to
over 546,000 visitors in 1990. The increasing popularity of this
park is prompting serious discussions about the future use of Denali
as well as how to preserve wilderness areas in general.

10 One important issue of land use arises when parts of National Parks
are owned by individuals. In Denali, though most of the land in this
vast tract of more than a million acres is owned by the National
Park Service, several thousand acres are still privately owned as
mining tracts. These mining tracts in Denali were once abundant sources
15 of gold, but they were sources of heavy metals such as arsenic and
lead that polluted rivers and streams.

Environmentalists were successful in getting the government to require
mining companies to submit statements showing the potential impact
20 of a mining project before they are allowed to begin mining. Because
of this requirement, many individuals closed their mines and some
sold their land to the National Park Service. Some land owners, however,
are wondering if it is better to sell their land to the government
or keep it for possible future use. Tourism in this previously remote
25 area is bound to rise, as more roads are built to provide easier
access to the park. This increase in the number of visitors creates
a demand for hotels and other real estate development. The economic
implications of this are of interest to the land owners, but are
dismaying to those interested in preserving the wilderness.
1. What is the primary focus of this passage?




2. The word "wilderness" in line 4 could be best replaced by the word




3. The word "prompting" in line 7 could best be replaced by which of the following?




4. As used in line 8, which of the following is most similar to the word "preserve"?




5. The word "arises" in line 10 could be best replaced by




6. The word "tract" as used in line 12 refers to which of the following?




7. Which of the following is most similar to the word "abundant" in line 14?




8. According to the passage, which of the following are pollutants in the Denali area?




9. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the phrase "potential impact" in line 19?




10. The author infers that some mine owners might hesitate to sell their land to the Park Service for which of the following reasons?




11. What is the author's purpose in writing this passage?




12. Which of the following would most likely be the topic of the next paragraph in this passage?





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Reading-Comprehension-Lesson 14

Đọc hiểu -TOEFL- Bài 14

Đọc đoạn văn sau và trả lời các câu hỏi: 
   Sharks have gained an unfair reputation for being fierce predators
of large sea animals.  Humanity's  unfounded fear and hatred of these
ancient creatures is leading to a worldwide slaughter that may result
in the extinction of many coastal shark species. The shark is the
5  victim of a warped attitude of wildlife protection; we strive only
to protect the beautiful, non-threatening parts of our environment.
And, in our efforts to restore only non-threatening parts of our
earth, we ignore other important parts.

10 A perfect illustration of this attitude is the contrasting attitude
toward another large sea animal, the  dolphin. During the 1980s,
environmentalists in the United States protested the use of driftnets
for tuna  fishing in the Pacific Ocean since these nets also caught
dolphins. The environmentalists generated  enough political and economic
15 pressure to prevent tuna companies from buying tuna that had been
caught in driftnets. In contrast to this effort on behalf of the
dolphins, these same environmentalists have done  very little to
help save the Pacific Ocean sharks whose population has decreased
nearly to the point of  extinction. Sharks are among the oldest creatures
20 on earth, having survived in the seas for more than 350  million
years. They are extremely efficient animals, feeding on wounded or
dying animals, thus  performing an important role in nature of weeding
out the weaker animals in a species. Just the fact  that species
such as the Great White Shark have managed to live in the oceans
25 for so many millions of  years is enough proof of their efficiency
and adaptability to changing environments. It is time for us  humans,
who may not survive another 1,000 years at the rate we are damaging
the planet, to cast away  our fears and begin considering the protection
of sharks as an important part of a program for protection  of all
30 our natural environment.
1. With which of the following topics is this passage primarily concerned?




2. Which of the following is most similar to the meaning of the word "warped" in line 5?




3. In line 12, the word "protested" is closest in meaning to which of the following?




4. In line 14, the word "generated" could be best replaced by




5. How did environmentalists manage to protect dolphins?




6. About how long have sharks lived on the planet?




7. The author uses the phrase "weeding out" in line 22-23 to mean




8. In line 24, the phrase "managed to live" is used to infer that




9. The word "proof" in line 25 could be best replaced by which of the following?




10. In line 28, the phrase "to cast away" means most nearly




11. What is the author's tone in this passage?




12. Which of the following best describes the organization of this passage?





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Reading-Comprehension-Lesson 12

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Đọc đoạn văn sau và trả lời các câu hỏi: 
   Carnegie Hall, the famous concert hall in New York City, has again
undergone a restoration. While this is not the first, it is certainly
the most extensive in the building's history. As a result of this
new restoration, Carnegie Hall once again has the quality of sound
5  that it had when it was first built.

Carnegie Hall owes its existence to Andrew Carnegie, the wealthy owner
of a steel company in the late 1800s. The hall was finished in 1891
and quickly gained a reputation as an excellent performing arts hall
10 where accomplished musicians gained fame. Despite its reputation,
however, the concert hall suffered from several detrimental renovations
over the years. During the Great Depression, when fewer  people could
afford to attend performances, the directors sold part of the building
to commercial  businesses. As a result, a coffee shop was opened
15 in one corner of the building, for which the builders replaced the
brick and terra cotta walls with windowpanes. A renovation in 1946
seriously damaged the acoustical quality of the hall when the makers
of the film Carnegie Hall cut a gaping hole in the dome of
the ceiling to allow for lights and air vents. The hole was later
20 covered with short curtains and a fake  ceiling, but the hall never
sounded the same afterwards.

In 1960, the violinist Isaac Stern became involved in restoring the
hall after a group of real estate developers unveiled plans to demolish
25 Carnegie Hall and build a high-rise office building on the site.
This threat spurred Stern to rally public support for Carnegie Hall
and encourage the City of New York to buy the property. The movement
was successful, and the concert hall is now owned by the city. In
the current restoration, builders tested each new material for its
30 sound qualities, and they replaced the hole in the ceiling with a
dome. The builders also restored the outer walls to their original
appearance and closed the coffee shop. Carnegie has never sounded
better, and its prospects for the future have never looked more promising.
1. This passage is mainly about




2. The word "extensive" in line 3 could be best replaced by which of the following?




3. In line 11, what is the meaning of the word "detrimental"?




4. What major change happened to the hall in 1946?




5. Who was Andrew Carnegie?




6. Which of the following words could best replace the word "gaping" in line 18?




7. The word "fake" in line 20 is most similar to which of the following?




8. What was Isaac Stern's relationship to Carnegie Hall?




9. What was probably the most important aspect of the recent renovation?




10. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word "unveiled" in line 24?




11. The author uses the word "spurred" in line 26 to show that Stern




12. How does the author seem to feel about the future of Carnegie Hall?




13. Which of the following would most likely be the topic of the next paragraph?





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Reading-Comprehension-Lesson 11

Đọc hiểu TOEFL - Bài 11

Đọc đoạn văn sau và trả lời các câu hỏi: 
   Jan Dibbets may someday have his work revered as much as his Dutch
predecessors Vermeer, Van Gogh,  and Rembrandt. At a time when the
trends in art are toward abstraction and minimalism, Dibbets' work
integrates these two disparate trends into one remarkable whole.
5  In one series of composite works, he  arranged sections of architectural
photographs into rounded patterns. Then, with pen and ink and watercolors,
he connected the segments together into 360-degree circular forms
blending the abstract with  the real and the imagined. The imaginary
images resemble the views of ceilings in gothic, baroque, and  neo-classical
10 buildings as they might be seen from the ground floor.
1. What does this passage mainly discuss?




2. Which of the following words could best replace the word "revered" in line 1?




3. As used in line 2, what is the meaning of the word "time"?




4. The word "disparate" in line 4 is closest in meaning to




5. The author implies that




6. The word "remarkable" as used in line 4 could be best replaced by




7. As used in line 5, the word "works" could be best replaced by which of the following?




8. As described in this passage, Dibbets used all of the following elements EXCEPT




9. The word "segments" as used in line 7 refers to




10. The word "neo-classical" in line 9 refers to






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