Đề thi tuyển sinh Đại học môn Tiếng Anh Khối D năm 2009 - Mã đề 174

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ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH ĐẠI HỌC NĂM 2009

Môn: TIẾNG ANH; Khối: D Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề

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ĐỀ THI GỒM 80 CÂU (TỪ QUESTION 1 ĐẾN QUESTION 80)

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 1 to 10.

Probably the most famous film commenting on the twentieth-century technology is Modern Times, made in 1936. Charlie Chaplin was motivated to make the film by a reporter who, while interviewing him, happened to describe the 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.

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. pushing one another C. hurrying up together D. jogging side by side Question 4: According to the passage, the opening scene of the film is intended ______.

A. to reveal the situation of the factory workers B. to produce a tacit association C. to introduce the main characters of the film D. to give the setting for the entire plot later Question 5: The word “vainly” in the fourth paragraph is closest in meaning to “______”.

A. effortlessly B. recklessly C. hopelessly D. carelessly Question 6: The word “This” in the fourth paragraph refers to ______.

A. the situation of young workers in a factory B. the scene of an assembly line in operation C. the scene of the malfunction of the feeding machine D. the malfunction of the twentieth-century technology

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