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Đề thi thử TOEFL ITP số 18 (ĐÁP ÁN CUỐI BÀI)
Section One: Listening Comprehension
1. (A) He's disappointed with his interview.
(B) He had to cancel his interview.
(C) He doesn't want to discuss the interview
now.
(D) He shouldn't have applied for the job.
2 . (A) Have a cookie.
(B) Make cookies with the woman.
(C) Give the woman a cookie.
(D) Take a cookie for his roommate.
3. (A) He felt better an hour ago,
(B) His headache should be gone in an hour,
(C) He forgot to take the medicine for his
headache.
(D) His head still hurts.
4. (A) She hasn't spoken to her friend in a long
time.
(B) She intends to visit her friend in Texas.
(C) She sometimes travels abroad for her job.
(D) Her friend has never been to Texas before.
5. (A) Meet at the bus stop.
(B) Finish their candy bars.
(C) Get off the bus at the next stop.
(D) Meet in front of the rest rooms.
6. (A) He won't be able to repair the briefcase.
(B) The repair shop is closed until Tuesday.
(C) The woman should buy a smaller briefcase.
(D) The briefcase will be ready before
Tuesday.
7. (A) Find out how much work will be required
for the class.
(B) Take another class instead of creative
writing
(C) Ask his advisor about the instructor in the
Wednesday class.
(D) Sign up for the Wednesday class.
8. (A) He'll take his friends to Florida.
(B) He's not sure what he'll do.
(C) He planned his trip a long time ago.
(D) He'd rather not travel during spring break.
9. (A) He thinks clothing prices will decrease
even further.
(B) He's going to go shopping soon.
(C) He didn't know that stores were having
sales now.
(D) He wants to see what the woman bought.
10. (A) She's glad the man waited for her.
(B) She'd like to reschedule the meeting.
(C) She wasn't very late for the meeting.
(D) She's sorry that she missed the meeting.
11. (A) She'11 play chess with the man this
afternoon.
(B) She doesn't know how to play chess.
(C) She'll wear a warm jacket to the match.
(D) She'd rather not go out with the man.
12. (A) She originally proposed it.
(B) She doesn't think it's a good idea.
(C) She's quite sure it will take place.
(D) Its success depends on the weather.
13. (A) Not all of the advertised books were on
sale.
(B) Some of the books were still packed.
(C) The store was too crowded for him to
enter.
(D) He had to work at the bookstore this
morning.
14. (A)She's not sure she wants to go to the party.
(B) She just returned from a visit to the
Andersons.
(C) She may not be able to give the man a
ride.
(D) The party isn't on Friday.
15. (A) She'll continue to use the Laundromat
near the dorms.
(B) She recently switched Laundromats.
(C) She doesn't use the same Laundromat the
man uses.
(D) The Laundromat near the dorms isn't
converunent for her.
16.(A) Try to change his reservations to a
different time.
(B) Travel by train instead of by plane.
(C) Continue trying to get a ticket.
(D) Cancel his travel plans.
17. (A) They should wait for him.
(B) They should go without him.
(C) He'll try to join them later.
(D) They should bring him some pizza.
18. (A) The jobs have already been filled.
(B) The man should hand in his application
very soon.
(C) The man can start work today.
(D) The man isn't qualified for any of the
jobs.
19. (A) She read only half of the book.
(B) The man should choose a different book
to read
(C) The man will enjoy the book eventually.
enter.
(D) The main characters in the hook aren't
interesting.
20. (A) He can't get a room at the hotel.
(B) He didn't get the type of room he wanted.
(C) He expected the room to be more
expensive.
(D) He thought he had already made a
reservation.
21. (A) If he can help her fill out a job
application.
(B) If he knows of any job openings with his
former employer.
(C) If he'11 be returning to the camp where he
worked last year.
(D) If he enjoyed the job he had last summer.
22. (A) Susan might not be a member of the
debate team.
(B) Susan often wears purple shirts.
(C) He doesn't want to go to the debate.
(D) He didn't notice what Susan was
wearing.
23. (A) She's rarely home.
(B) She spends a lot of time on the phone.
(C) She's been away for several days.
(D) She makes calls only when necessary.
24. (A) Visit her more often.
(B) Stop arguing in front of other people.
(C) Call her if they need her help.
(D) Give her their new address.
25. (A) Give the woman more time to write her
paper.
(B) Visit the woman in the hospital.
(C) Refuse to accept the woman's paper.
(D) Let the woman change the topic of her
paper.
26. (A) He doesn't like wearing one.
(B) He doesn't feel professional wearing one.
(C) He doesn't wear one in his department.
(D) He doesn't want to pay for one.
27. (A) She saw a nail in the man's tire.
(B) The man shouldn't drive on the tire.
(C) The man may not need a new tire.
(D) She also needs air in her tires.
28. (A) She'll be on the same airplane as the man.
(B) She doesn't take very good n o t e .
(C) She's looking for a ride to the airport.
(D) She can't help the man.
29. (A) The woman looks tired.
(B) He doesn't want to move.
(C) Richardson Dormitory is particularly
noisy.
(D) Richardson Dormitory is boring.
30. (A) It wasn't open on Mondays.
(B) Its opening had been postponed.
(C) It was going to close before Monday.
(D) It didn't deserve the praise I received.
31. (A) The strength of ocean currents.
(B) The movement of sediment deep in the
ocean.
(C) The best methods for studying deep
ocean processes.
(D) A new way of measuring the depth of the
ocean.
32. (A) Why the book talks about turbidity
currents.
(B) How winds can affect some ocean
currents.
(C) The causes of underwater earthquakes.
(D) What a turbidity current is.
33. (A) It's cleaner.
(B) it's heavier.
(C) It's warmer.
(D) It moves more slowly.
34. (A) By greatly increasing the ocean's depth in
some areas.
(B) By creating large waves on the surface
of the ocean.
(C) By causing mud or sand to mix with
ocean water
(D) By crushing large amounts of stone.
35. (A) To explain how winds cause turbidity
currents.
(B) To remind the student where ocean
sediments originate.
(C) To explain the effects of turbidity
currents.
(D) To remind the student about the next
assignment.
36. (A) To convince him to go on a canoe trip.
(B) To invite him to a cookout.
(C) To ask if she can borrow his car.
(D) To tell him about a trip she took.
37. (A) A lunch.
(B) A sleeping bag.
(C) A canoe.
(D) A lent.
38. (A) Swimming.
(B) Driving.
(C) Sleeping outdoors.
(D) Canoeing.
39. (A) To find out whether he wants to go
canoeing.
(B) To tell him whether her car is repaired.
(C) To find out what kind of food he is
bringing.
(D) To tell him what time they are leaving.
40. (A) Competition in business.
(B) Government grants.
(C) A type of economic policy.
(D) International transportation practices.
41. (A) American industrialists.
(B) French economists.
(C) International leaders.
(D) Civil War veterans.
42. (A) The rights of private business owners
should be protected.
(B) The government shouldn't interfere in
private business.
(C) Politicians should support industrial
growth.
(D) Competition among companies should be
restricted.
43. (A) The impact of enzymes on chemical
reactions.
(B) The way the body produces enzymes.
(C) The structure of enzymes.
(D) Types of chemical products created with
enzymes.
44. (A) It divides into Two different parts.
(B) It keeps the same chemical structure.
(C) It becomes part of a new chemical
compound.
(D) It produces more of the enzyme.
45. (A) Provide extra energy to start the reaction.
(B) Raise the temperature of the chemicals.
(C) Release a chemical needed to start the
reaction.
(D) Lower the amount of energy needed to
start the reaction.
46. (A) To show that enzymes are very effective.
(B) To point out that enzymes can sometimes
fail to work.
(C) To explain what enzymes are made of.
(D) To describe different types of enzymes.
47. (A) The relationship between painting and
sculpture.
(B) The ideas behind an artist's work.
(C) The practical value of a work of art.
(D) The way the eye perceives shape in
sculpture.
48. (A) It is often displayed outdoors.
(B) It does not always represent an object.
(C) It is three-dimensional.
(D) It is done by relatively few artists.
49. (A) To give an example of natural shapes.
(B) To describe early sculpture.
(C) To illustrate their use as tools.
(D) To demonstrate their role as decorative
objects.
50. (A) They are always made of stone.
(B) They are painted in bright colors.
(C) They contain moving parts.
(D) They make use of holes.
Section Two: Structure and Written Expression
1. Most geologists believe—from the remains of
tiny marine plants and animals that died
millions of years ago.
(A) what was formed petroleum
(B) that petroleum was formed
(C) when petroleum formed
(D) petroleum that formed
2. The seat of France's North American holdings
in the eighteenth century was Quebec, and the
French heritage—dominant there.
(A) to remain
(B) remaining
(C) by remaining
(D) has remained
3. If Earth did not rotate, differences in air
pressure would be —, with winds blowing
from high-pressure to low-pressure areas.
(A) primary air flow to cause
(B) the primary cause of air flow
(C) they primarily cause air flow
(D) air flow has a primary cause
4. A mobile is a sculpture constructed of pans so
delicately connected and balanced—the entire
suspended structure may be moved by
vibration or manual manipulation.
(A) in order
(B) making
(C) with
(D) that
5. The ice of a glacier that reaches the sea breaks
off—.
(A) and forming icebergs
(B) to form icebergs
(C) icebergs have-formed
(D) when the formation of icebergs
6. Migraine headaches are more frequent among
women— among men.
(A) than
(B) however
(C) except for
(D) as air
7. South American flamingos can survive in
temperatures—above the freeing point.
(A) that fewer degrees
(B) if few degrees
(C) only a few degrees
(D) when fewer degrees
8. Made of hard wood, the boomerang is roughly
V-shaped, with arms— skewed
(A) of slightly
(B) are slightly
(C) slightly
(D) that those are slightly
9. Not until the late nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries—as a unified science.
(A) did ecology emerge
(B) when ecology emerged
(C) ecology emerged
(D) when did ecology emerge
10. The ancient Egyptian water clock required
sophisticated calibration, since water dripped
faster from its bowl when — and the
pressure was greater.
(A) the full bowl
(B) was the bowl full
(C) bowl full
(D) the bowl was full
11. Enid, Oklahoma, —a stopping place on die
Chisholm Trail in the 1800's, is now the site
of the fourth largest wheat storage space in
the world
(A) originally
(B) which originally
(C) was originally
(D) originally where
12. The common barn owl, one of ten species of
barn owls found in North America, is also
called the monkey-faced owl because its
heart-shaped face looks — of a monkey.
(A) like much that
(B) like that much
(C) much like that
(D) that much like
13. All the planets in the solar system except
Mercury and Venus have natural satellites,
— objects that revolve around the planets.
(A) which
(B) which are
(C) of which
(D) and which
14. Some subsistence activities such as hunting
large animals or netting fish require — to
work together.
(A) goups are
(B) groups which
(C) groups
(D) that groups
15. The Expressionistic artist was concerned not
with the reality of the subject matter but with
— inner nature and the emotions that it
aroused
(A) it has
(B) its
(C) what its
(D) is it whether
16．By the end of the nineteenth century, organic chemistry had develop new methods for the
A B C
synthesis of dyes, perfumes, explosives, and medicines.
D
17．The Dinee, a Native American people of the southwestern United States, were once
A B
seminomadic hunters who practiced a few agriculture.
C D
18．The earliest successful sewing machines were powered by turn a hand crank.
A B C D
19．Early signs characteristic of the acute phase of viral hepatitis in adults are abdominal
A B C
pain, nausea, and feverish often accompanied by chills.
D
20．The Guggenheim Museum in New York City is one of the major center for the collection
A B
and display of works of abstract art in the United State.
C D
21．With the discovery of gold in the Klondike in Canada’s Yukon Territory in 1896, people
A B
flocked soon there from all parts of the world.
C D
22．The right side of the brain is mostly concerned with pictorial, intuitive, musically and
A B C
spatial ablilities.
D
23．A uniform mingling of molecules, which it occurs in homogeneous chemical compounds,
A
results from the chemical constituents melting, dissolving, or diffusing into one another.
B C D
24．Many dinosaurs were so much heavy that they spent most of their lives in swamps and
A B
shallow lakes where water could support them.
C D
25．With little nor no mass and no electric charge, neutrinos can penetrate a solid object
A B
such as the Earth as if it were not there.
C D
26．Georgia O’Keeffe is known for hers use of organic, abstract forms painted in clear,
A B C
strong colors.
D
27．Until the George Washington Bridge was built, modern suspension bridges were stiffened
A B
with steel trusses and beams to limited their motion in traffic and wind.
C D
28．First reported by Spanish explorers in 1796, the asphalt in California’s La Brea Tar Pit
A B
was mined commercial for many years.
C D
29．Independence political of newspapers became a common feature of journalism in the
A B C D
United States of the 1840’s and 1850’s.
30．Transistors exhibit a high amplification factor, operate without distorted over a wide
A B C
frequency range, and can be made extremely small.
D
31．In most cases of epilepsy, cerebral electrical activity, also known as brain waves,
A
demonstrates a characteristically abnormal rhythms.
B C D
32．New York City’s theatrical district was concentrated the Bowery from 1860 to 1875, and
A B
around 1900 the avenue became a center for the Yiddish theater.
C D
33．Most female lizards lay eggs, but the females of a number of lizard species bear her
A B C D
young alive.
34．Recently archaeologists have strived to develop theories, based on archaeological evident,
A B C
that explain societal changes such as the development of farming..
D
35． One of the most impressive cultural achievements of the United State during the 1920’s
A B
was a vastly outpouring of serious literature.
C D
36．The chemical element chlorine is a corrosive, greenish-yellow gas that has sharp odor
A B C
and has 21/2 times heavier than air.
D
37．Hair grows more quickly in summer than in winter and more slowly at the night than
A B C
during the day.
D
38．Different fourteen crops were being grown 8,600 years ago by some of the world’s
A B C
earliest farmers.
D
39．Between 1905 and 1907, floodwaters from the Colorado River poured into a
A B C
salt-covered depression and creating the Salton Sea.
D
40．Saturn takes almost 30 Earth years to make one trip around the Sun, during Jupiter
A B
takes about twelve Earth years to complete one solar revolution.
C D
Section Three: Reading Comprehension
Question 1-9
Composers today use a wider variety of sounds than ever before, including many
that were once considered undesirable noises. Composer Edgard Varese (1883-1965)
called thus the "liberation of sound...the right to make music with any and all sounds."
Line Electronic music, for example—made with the aid of computers, synthesizers, and
(5) electronic instruments—may include sounds that in the past would not have been
considered musical. Environmental sounds, such as thunder, and electronically generated
hisses and blips can be recorded, manipulated, and then incorporated into a musical
composition. But composers also draw novel sounds from voices and nonelectronic
instruments. Singers may be asked to scream, laugh, groan, sneeze, or to sing phonetic
(10) sounds rather than words. Wind and string players may lap or scrape their instruments.
A brass or woodwind player may hum while playing, to produce two pitches at once;a
pianist may reach inside the piano to pluck a string and then run a metal blade along it. In
the music of the Western world, the greatest expansion and experimentation have involved
percussion instruments, which outnumber strings and winds in many recent compositions.
(15) Traditional percussion instruments are struck with new types of beaters; and instruments
that used to be couriered unconvennonal in Western music—tom-toms, bongos,
slapsticks, maracas—are widelv used.
In the search for novel sounds, increased use has been made in Western music of
Microtones.Non-Western music typically divides and interval between two pitches more
(20) finely than Western music does, thereby producing a greter number of distinct tones,
or micro tones, within the same interval. Composers such as Krzysztof Pmderecki create
sound that borders on electronic noise through tone clusters—closely spaced tones played
together and heard as a mass, block, or band of sound. The directional aspect of sound has
taken on new importance as well Loudspeakers or groups of instruments may be placed
(25) at opposite ends of the stage, in the balcony, or at the back and sides of the auditorium.
Because standard music notation makes no provision for many of these innovations,
recent music scores may contain graphlike diagrams, new note shapes and symbols, and
novel ways of arranging notation on the page.
1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
(A) The use of nontraditional sounds in
contemporary music
(B) How sounds are produced
electronically
(C) How standard musical notation has
beer, adapted for nontraditional sounds
(D) Several composers who have
experimented with the electronic
production of sound
2. The word "wider" in one 1 is closest in
meaning to
(A) more impressive
(B) more distinctivc
(C) more controversial
(D) more extensive
3. The passage suggests that Edgard Varese is an example of a composer who
(A) criticized eletronic music as too noiselike
(B) modified sonic of the electronic
instruments he used in his music
(C) believed that any sound could be used in
music
(D) wrote music with environmental themes
4. The word "it" in line 12 refers to
(A) piano
(B)string
(C) blade
(D) music
5. According to the passage, which of the
following types of instruments has played a
role in much of the innovation in Western
music?
(A)String
(B) Percussion
(C) Woodwind
(D) Brass
6. The word "thereby" m line 20 is closest in
meaning to
(A) in return for
(B) in spite of
(C) by the way
(D) by that means
7. According to the passage, Krzysziof
Pendereckj is known for which of the
following practices?
(A) Using tones that are clumped together
(B) Combining traditional and nontradinonal
instruments
(C) Seating musicians in unusual areas of an
auditorium
(D) Playing Western music for non-Western
audiences
8. According to the passage, which of the
following would be considered traditional
elements of Western music?
(A) Microtones
(B) Tom-toms and bongos
(C) Pianos
(D) Hisses
9. In paragraph 3, the author mentions diagrams
as an example of a new way to
(A) chart the history of innovation in musical
notation
(B) explain the logic of standard musical
notation
(C) design and develop electronic instruments
(D) indicate how particular sounds should be
produced
Questions 10-19
What unusual or unique biological train led to the remarkable diversification and
unchallenged success of the ants for ever 50 million years? The answer appears to be
that they were the first group of predatory ensocial insects that both lived and foraged
Line primarily in the soil and in rotting vegetation on the ground. Eusocial refers tc a form
(5) of insect society characterized by specialization of tasks and cooperative care of the
young; it is rare among insects. Richly organized colonies of the land made possible
by eusociality enjoy several key advantages over solitary individuals.
Under most circumstances groups of workers arc better able to forage for food and
defend the nest, because they can switch from individual to group response and back
(10) again swiftly and according to need. When a food object or nest intruder is too large for
one individual to handle, nestmates can be quickly assembled by alarm or recruitment
signals. Equally important is the fact that the execution of multiple-step tasks is
accomplished in a series-parallel sequence. That is, individual ants can specialize in
particular steps, moving from one object (such as a larva to be fed) to another (a second
(15) larva to be fed). They do not need to carry each task to completion from start to finish—.
for example, to check the larva first, then collect the food, then feed the larva. Hence, if
each link in the chain has many workers in attendance, a senes directed at any particular
object is less likely to fail. Moreover, ants specializing in particular labor categories
typically constitute a caste specialized by age or body form or both. There has bees some
(20) documentation of the superiority in performance and net energetic yield of various castes
for their modal tasks, although careful experimental studies are still relatively few.
What makes ants unusual in the company of eusocial insects is the fact that they are
the only eusocial predators (predators are animals that capture and feed on other animals)
occupying the soil and ground litter. The eusocial termites live in the same places as ants
and also have wingless workers, but they feed almost exclusively on dead vegetation.
l0. Which of the following questions does the
passage primarily answer?
(A) How do individual ants adapt to
specialized tasks?
(B) What are the differences between social
and solitary insects?
(C) Why are ants predators?
(D) Why have ants been able to thrive for
such a long time?
11. The word "unique" in line 1 is closest in
meaning to
(A) inherited
(B) habitual
(C) singular
(D) natural
12. The word "rotting" in line 4 is closest in
meaning to
(A) decaying
(B) collected
(C) expanding
(D) cultivated
13. The word "key" in line 7 is closest in
meaning to
(A) uncommon
(B) important
(C) incidental
(D) temporary
14. According to the passage, one thing eusocial
insects can do is rapidly switch from
(A) one type of food consumption to another
(B) one environment to another
(C) a solitary task to a group task
(D) a defensive to an offensive stance
15. The task of feeding larvae is mentioned in thepassage to demonstrate
(A) the advantages of specialization
(B) the type of food that larvae are fed
(C) the ways ant colonies train their young
for adult tasks
(D) the different stages of ant development
16. The author uses the word "Hence" in line 16
to indicate
(A) a logical conclusion
(B) the next step in a senes of steps
(C) a reason for further study
(D) the relationship among ants
17. All of the following terms art defined in the
passage EXCEPT
(A) eusocial (line 3)
(B) series-parallel sequence (line 13)
(C) caste (line 19)
(D) predators (line 23)
18. The word "they" in line 25 refers to
(A) termites
(B)ants
(C) places
(D) predators
19. It can be inferred from the passage that one
main difference between termites and ants is
that termites
(A) live above ground
(B) are eusocial
(C) protect their nests
(D) eat almost no animal substances
Questions 20-29
Glaciers are large masses of ice on land that show evidence of past or present
movement. They grow by the gradual transformation of snow into glacier ice.
A fresh snowfall is a fluffy mass of loosely packed snowflakes, small delicate ice
constals grown in the atmosphere. As the snow ages on the ground for weeks or months,
(5) the crystals shrink and become more compact, and the whole mass becomes squeezed
together into a more dense form, granular snow. As new snow falls and buries the older
snow, the layers of granular snow further compact to form firm, a much denser kind of
snow, usually a year or more old, which has little pore space. Further burial and slow
cementation—a process by which crystals become bound together in a mosaic of
(10) intergrown ice crystals—finally produce solid glacial ice. In this process of
recrystallization, the growth of new crystals at the expense of old ones, the percentage of
air is reduced from about 90 percent for snowflakes to less than 20 percent for glacier ice.
The whole process may take as little as a few years, but more likely ten or twenty years or
longer. The snow is usually many meters deep by the time the lower layers art convened
(15) into ice.
In cold glaciers those formed in the coldest regions of the Earth, the entire mass of ice
is at temperatures below the melting point and no free water exists. In temperate glaciers,
the ice is at the melting point at every pressure level within the glacier, and free water is
present as small drops or as larger accumulations in tunnels within or beneath the ice.
(20) Formation of a glacier is complete when ice has accumulated to a thickness (and thus
weight) sufficient to make it move slowly under pressure, in much the same way that solid
rock deep within the Earth can change shape without breaking. Once that point is reached,
the ice flows downhill, either as a tongue of ice filling a valley or as thick ice cap that
flows out in directions from the highest central area where the most snow accumulates.
The up down leads to the eventual melting of ice.
20. Which of the following does the passage
mainly discuss?
(A) The effect of glaciers on climate
(B) Damage from glaciers
(C) Glacier formation
(D) The location of glaciers
21. Which of the following will cause density
within the glacier to increase?
(A) Increased water and air content
(B) Pressure from the weight of new snow
(C) Long periods of darkness and
temperature variations
(D) Movement of the glacier
22. The word "bound" in line 9 is closest in
meaning to
(A) covered
(B) chosen
(C) planned
(D) held
23. Which of the following will be lost is
a glacier forms?
(A) Air
(B) Pressure
(C) Weight
(D) Rocks
24. According to the passage, which of the
following is the LEAST amount of time
necessary for glacial ice to form?
(A) Several months
(B) Several years
(C) At least fifty years
(D) A century
25. The word "converted" in line 14 is closest in
meaning to
(A) changed
(B) delayed
(C) promoted
(D) dissolved
26. What is the purpose of the material in
paragraph three (lines 16-19)
(A) To define two types of glaciers
(B) To contrast glacier ice with non-glacier
ice
(C) To present theories of glacier formation
(D) To discuss the similarities between
glacial types
27. In temperate glaciers, where is water found?
(A) Only near the surface
(B) In pools a: various depths
(C) In a thin layer below the firm
(D) In tunnels
28. The word "it" in line 21 refers to
(A) formation
(B) ice
(C) thickcess
(D) weight
29. It can be inferred from the last paragraph
that a glacier
(A) can revert to a fluffy mass
(B) maintains the same shape throuthout the
glacial process
(C) is too cold to be thoroughly studied
(D) can contribute water to lakes, rivers, or
oceans
Questions 30-39
The lack of printing regulations and the unenforceabiliy of British copyright law
in the American colonies made it possible for colonial printers occasionally to act as
publishers. Although they rarely undertook major publishing project because it was
difficult to sell books as cheaply as they could be imported from Europe, printers in
(5) Philadelphia did publish work that required only small amounts of capital, paper, and
type. Broadsides could be published with minimal financial risk. Consisting of only one
sheet of paper and requiring small amounts of type, broadsides involved lower investments
of capital than longer works. Furthermore, the broadside format lent itselt to subjects of
high, if temporary, interest, enabling them to meet with ready sale. If the broadside printer
(10) miscalculated, however, and produced a sheet that did not sell, it was not likely to be a
major loss, and the printer would know this immediately, There would be no agonizing
wait with large amounts of capital tied up, books gathering dust on the shelves, and creditors
impatient for payment
In addition to broadsides, books and pamphlets, consisting mainly of political tracts,
(15) catechisms, primers, and chapbooks were relatively inexpensive to print and to buy.
Chapbook were pamphlet-sized books, usually containing popular tales, ballads, poems,
short plays, and jokes, small, both in formal and number of pages, they were generally
bound simply, in boards (a form of cardboard) or merely stitched in paper wrappers (a
sewn antecedent of modern-day paperbacks). Pamphlets and chapbooks did not require
(20) fine paper or a great deal of type to produce they could thus be printed in large, costeffective
editions and sold cheaply.
By far, the most appealing publishing investments were to be found in small books that
had proven to be steady sellers, providing a reasonably reliable source of income for the
publisher. They would not, by nature, be highly topical or political, as such publications
(25) would prove of fleeting interest. Almanacs, annual publications that contained information
on astronomy and weather patterns arranged according to the days, week, and months of
a given year, provided the perfect steady seller because their information pertained to the
locale in which they would be used
30. Which aspect of colonial printing does the
passage mainly discuss?
(A) Laws governing the printing industry.
(B) Competition among printers
(C) Types of publications produced
(D) Advances in printing technology
31.According to the passage, why did colonial
printers avoid major publishing projects?
(A) Few colonial printers owned printing
machinery tha was large enough to handle
major projects.
(B) There was inadequate shipping available
in the colonies.
(C) Colonial printers could not sell their work
for a competitive price.
(D) Colonial printers did not have the skills
necessary to undertake large publishing
projects.
32.Broadsides could be published with little risk
to colonial printers because they
(A) required a small financial investment and
sold quickly
(B) were in great demand in European markets
(C) were more popular with colonists than
chapbooks and pamphlets
(D) generally dealt with topics of long-term
interest to many colonists
33.The word "they" in line 17 refers to
(A) chapbooks
(B) tales
(C) jokes
(D) pages
34.The word "antecedent" in line 19 is closest in
meaning to
(A) predecessor
(B)format
(C) imitation
(D) compontent
35. Chapbooks produced in colonial America were characterized by
(A) fine paper
(B) cardboard covers
(C) elaborate decoration
(D) a large number of pages
36. Thc word "appealing" in line 22 is closest in
meaning to
(A) dependable
(B) respectable
(C) enduring
(D) attractive
37. What were "steady sellers" (line 23) ?
(A) Printers whose incomes were quite large
(B) People who traveled from town to
town selling Books and pamphlets
(C) Investors who provided reliable financial
Support for new printers
(D) Publications whose sales were usually
consistent from year to year
38. The word "locale" in line 28 is closest in
meaning to
(A) topic
(B) season
(C) interest
(D) place
39. All of the following are defined in the passage EXCEPT
(A) "Broadsides" (line 6)
(B) "catechisms" (line 15)
(C) "chapbooks"(linel6)
(D) "Almanacs" (line 25)
Questions 40-50
Industrialization came to the United State after 1790 as North American entrepreneurs
increased producuvity by reorganizing work and building factories. These innovations
in manufacturing boosted output and living standards to an unprecedented extent; the
average per capita wealth increased by nearly 1 percent per year—30 percent over
(5) the course of a generation. Goods that had once been luxury items became part of
everyday life.
The impressive gain in output stemmed primarily from the way in which workers made
goods, since the 1790's, North American entrepreneurs—even without technological
improvements—had broadened the scope of the outwork system that mace manufacturing
(10) more efficient by distributing materials to a succession of workers who each performed a
single step of the production process. For example, during the 1820's and 1830's the shoe
industry greatly expanded the scale and extend of me outwork system. Tens of thousands
of rural women, paid according to the amount they produced, fabricated the "uppers" of
shoes, which were bound to the soles by wage-earning journeymen shoemakers in dozens
(15) of massachusetts towns, whereas previously journeymen would have made the enure
shoe. This system of production made the employer a powerful "shoe boss" and eroded
workers' control over the pace and conditions of labor. However, it also dramatically
increased the output of shoes while cutting their price.
For tasks that were not suited to the outwork system, entrepreneurs created an even
(20) more important new organization, the modem factory, which used power-driven machines
and assembly-line techniques to turn out large quantities of well-made goods. As early
as 1782 the prolific Delaware inventor Oliver Evans had buiit a highly automated,
laborsaving flour mill driven by water power. His machinery lifted the grain to the top of
the mill, cleaned it as it fell into containers known as hoppers, ground the grain into flour,
(25) and then conveyed the flour back to the top of the mill to allow it to cool as it desended
into barrels. Subsequently, manufacturers made use of new improved stationary steam
engines to power their mills. This new technology enabled them to build factories in the
nation's largest cities, taking advantage of urban concentrations of inexpensive labor,
good transportation networks, and eager customers.
40. What is the passage mainly about?
(A)The difficulties of industrialization in North
America
(B)The influence of changes in manufacturing
on the growth of urban centers
(C) The rapid speed of industrialization in
North America
(D) Improved ways of organizing the
manufacturing of goods
41. The word "boosted" in line 3 is closest in
meaning to
(A) ensured
(B) raised
(C) arranged
(D) discouraged
42.The word "scope" in line 9 is closest in meaningto
(A) value
(B) popularity
(C) extent
(D) diversity
43 .The author mentions the shoe industry in the
second paragraph to provide an example of how
(A) entrepreneurs increased output by using an
extended outwork system
(B) entrepreneurs used technological
improvements to increase output
(C) rural workers responded to "shoe bosses"
(D) changes in the outwork system improved
the quality of shoes
44. All of the following are mentioned as effects
of changes in the shoe industry during the
1820's and 1830's EXCEPT
(A) an increase in the worker's dependence
on entrepreneurs
(B) an increase in the wages paid to journeymen
shoemakers
(C) a decline in the workers ability to control
the speed of production
(D) a decrease in the price of shoes
45. All of the following are true of the outwork
system EXCEPT
(A) It involved stages of production.
(B) It was more efficient than the systems used
before 1790.
(C) It made many employers less powerful than
they had been before.
(D) It did not necessarily involve any
technological improvements.
46.The word "prolific" in line 22 is closest in
meaning to
(A) efficient
(B) productive
(C) self-employed
(D) progressive
47. According to the passage, how did later mills differ from the mills differ from the mill built by Oliver Evans?
(A) They were located away from large cities.
(B) They used new technology to produce
power.
(C)They did not allow flour to cool before it
was placed in Barrels.
(D)They combined technology with the
outwork system.
48.The word "it" in line 24 refers to
(A) water power
(B) machinery
(C) grain
(D) mill
49. The passage mentions which of the following asa result of improvements in factory machinery?
(A) It become easier for factory' owners to find
workers and customers.
(B) Manufacturers had to employ more highly
skilled workers.
(C) The amount of power required for factories
operate was reduced.
(D) Factories could operate more than one engin
at a time.
50. The word "eager" in line 29 is closest in meaning to
(A) wealthy
(B) knowledgeable
(C) regular
(D) enthusiastic
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