Đề thi tuyển sinh đại học năm 2009 môn Tiếng Anh Khối D - Mã đề 174 (Kèm đáp án)

 these young men’s health was destroyed by the stress of work in the factories. 
The film opens with a shot of a mass of sheep making their way down a crowded ramp. 
Abruptly, the film shifts to a scene of factory workers jostling one another on their way to a 
factory. However, the rather bitter note of criticism in the implied comparison is not sustained. It is 
replaced by a gentle note of satire. Chaplin prefers to entertain rather than lecture. 
Scenes of factory interiors account for only about one-third of Modern Times, but they contain 
some of the most pointed social commentary as well as the most comic situations. 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. Another popular scene involves an automatic feeding machine 
brought to the assembly line so that workers need not interrupt their labor to eat. The feeding machine 
malfunctions, hurling food at Chaplin, who is strapped in his position on the assembly line and cannot 
escape. This serves to illustrate people’s utter helplessness in the face of machines that are meant to 
serve their basic needs. 
Clearly, Modern Times has its faults, but it remains the best film treating technology within a 
social context. It does not offer a radical social message, but it does accurately reflect the sentiment of 
many who feel they are victims of an over-mechanised world. 
Question 1: According to the passage, Chaplin got the idea for Modern Times from ______. 
A. a conversation B. a movie C. fieldwork D. a newspaper 
Question 2: The young farm boys went to the city because they were ______. 
A. attracted by the prospect of a better life B. forced to leave their sheep farm 
C. promised better accommodation D. driven out of their sheep farm 
Question 3: The phrase “jostling one another” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to 
“______”. 
A. running against each other B. pushin...ce most 
Question 8: The author refers to all of the following notions to describe Modern Times EXCEPT 
“______”. 
A. entertainment B. satire C. criticism D. revolution 
Question 9: Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage? 
A. The working conditions in the car factories of the 1930s were very stressful. 
B. The author does not consider Modern Times as a perfect film. 
C. Modern Times depicts the over-mechanised world from a social viewpoint. 
D. In Modern Times, the factory workers’ basic needs are well met. 
Question 10: The passage was written to ______. 
A. review one of Chaplin’s popular films B. explain Chaplin’s style of acting 
C. discuss the disadvantages of technology D. criticize the factory system of the 1930s 
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 11 to 20. 
Very few people in the modern world obtain their food supply by hunting and gathering in the 
natural environment surrounding their homes. This method of harvesting from nature’s provision is the 
oldest known subsistence strategy and has been practised for at least the last two million years. It was, 
indeed, the only way to obtain food until rudimentary farming and the domestication of wild animals 
were introduced about 10,000 years ago. 
Because hunter-gatherers have fared poorly in comparison with their agricultural cousins, their 
numbers have dwindled, and they have been forced to live in marginal environments, such as deserts 
and arctic wastelands. In higher latitudes, the shorter growing seasons have restricted the availability 
of plant life. Such conditions have caused a greater dependence on hunting, and on fishing along the 
coasts and waterways. The abundance of vegetation in the lower latitudes of the tropics, on the other 
hand, has provided a greater opportunity for gathering a variety of plants. In short, the environmental ...w species of wild animals in the home 
C. teaching animals to do a particular job or activity in the home 
D. making wild animals used to living with and working for humans 
Question 12: According to the passage, subsistence societies depend mainly on ______. 
A. hunter-gatherers’ tools B. nature’s provision 
C. farming methods D. agricultural products 
Question 13: The word “marginal” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to “______”. 
A. disadvantaged B. suburban C. forgotten D. abandoned 
Question 14: In the lower latitudes of the tropics, hunter-gatherers ______. 
A. can free themselves from hunting B. have better food gathering from nature 
C. live along the coasts and waterways for fishing D. harvest shorter seasonal crops 
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Question 15: According to the passage, studies of contemporary subsistence societies can provide a 
______. 
A. further understanding of prehistoric times 
B. broader vision of prehistoric natural environments 
C. further understanding of modern subsistence societies 
D. deeper insight into the dry-land farming 
Question 16: The word “conditions” in the second paragraph refers to ______. 
A. the places where plenty of animals and fish can be found 
B. the situations in which hunter-gatherers can grow some crops 
C. the environments where it is not favorable for vegetation to grow 
D. the situations in which hunter-gatherers hardly find anything to eat 
Question 17: A typical feature of both modern and prehistoric hunter-gatherers is that ______. 
A. they live in the forests for all their life 
B. they don’t have a healthy and balanced diet 
C. they don’t have a strong sense of community 
D. they often change their living places 
Question 18: According to the passage, which of the following is NOT mentioned? 
A. Harvesting from the natural environment had existed long before farming was taken up. 
B. The environmental differences produce no effect on subsistence societies. 
C