ENGLISH PRACTICE 55
I. Câu 01-05: Chọn từ (ứng với A, B, C hoặc D) có phần gạch dưới được phát âm khác với những từ còn
lại trong mỗi câu.
01. A. eliminate
B. equal
C. elaborate
D. ejection
02. A. carriage
B. dosage
C. massage
D. voyage
03. A. suit
B. bruise
C. suite
D. fruit
04. A. calculate
B. populate
C. contemplate
D. fortunate
05. A. apprehension
B. division
C. precision
D. measure
II. Câu 06-10: Chọn từ (ứng với A, B, C hoặc D) có trọng âm chính nhấn vào âm tiết có vị trí khác với
những từ còn lại trong mỗi câu.
06. A. ignorant
B. decisive
C. horizon
D. museum
07. A. suffice
B. product
C nuclear
D. province
08. A. neurosis
B. nocturnal
C nominate
D. nostalgia
09. A. psychological
B. contributory
C argumentative
D. hypersensitive
10. A. crescendo
B. attorney
C. compromise
D. endeavor
III. Câu 11-20: Đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn phướng án đúng nhất (ứng với A, B, C hoặc D) cho mỗi câu
hỏi.
(1) On the night of September 2, 1666, a fire broke out in a baker's shop near Fish Street Hill in London. Before
the flames were finally extinguished, nearty the entreaty had been reduced to ashes. Over thirteen thousand
homes, fifty churches and numerous public buildings and hospitals were lost in the blaze. For all practical
purposes, London was destroyed.
(5) The Great Fire was not seen as a total tragedy, however. The deplorable conditions of the city had been
attacked by physicians and humanitarians for years before the fire; thus, with the opportunity dearly presented
to create a shining new dty, artists and craftsmen from all over England hurried to submit their designs for the
rebuilding of London.
Among those who submitted plans was Sir Christopher Wren, one of England's leading architects and the
(10) Surveyor of London. The task of rebuilding the city was given to him. Wren realized that the Great Fire
would not have been so damaging if the city had been better laid out: broader streets were needed to replace the
crooked, narrow alleys overhung with dilapidated wooden houses and shops. He also felt that redesigning the
main thoroughfares of London would result in increased and more effective transportation within the city.
Shortly after Wren began working on his first drafts for the rebuilding. King Charles I issued a proclamation
(15) prohibiting the construction of any house or shop within the city limits until after the plans were
completed. When the plans were unveiled to the citizens of London, however, they were overwhelmingly
rejected. The most vocal leaders of the opposition were the landlords, who feared that such a drastic widening
of the streets would reduce the amount of land available for development.
(20) Winter was approaching; consequently, it was necessary for the rebuilding to proceed at once. Permission
was, therefore, granted for the townspeople and landlords to commence reconstruction of their houses and
shops at the sites where they had been before the fire. Had the need for immediate action not been so pressing,
some kind of compromise could likely have been reached. This was not to be, however, and the ideas that could
(25) have made London one of the world's most beautiful cities never came to pass.
11 The probable meaning of “reduced to ashes” (line 2) is ..........
A. made unbearably hot
B. discolored by the fire and smote
C. covered with ashes
D. destroyed by fire
12. Which of the followings was probably among the deplorable conditions of the city?
A. lack of adequate lightning
B. the rough streets and alleys
C. the run-down condition of many houses and shops
D. all of the above
13. What did Sir Christopher Wren describe as the reason for the damage of the city?
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