Câu hỏi trắc nghiệm (10 câu):
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Câu 1: Mã câu hỏi: 402451
Choose the correct answer to each question
Books which give instructions on how to do things are very popular in the United States today. Thousands of these How-to books are useful. In fad, there are about four thousand books with titles that begin with the words "How to'. One book may tell you how to earn more money. Another may tell you how to save or spend it and another may explain how to give your money away.
Many How-to books give advice on careers. They tell you how to choose a career and 'now to succeed in it. If you fail, however, you can buy the book' How to Turn Failure into Success". If you would like to become very rich, you can buy the book "How to Make a Millionaire". If you never make any money at all, you may need a book called "How to Live on Nothing".
One of the most popular types of books is one that helps you with personal problems. If you want to have a better love of life, you can read "How to Succeed in Love every Minute of Your Life. If you are tired of books on happiness, you may prefer books which give step-by-step instructions on how to redecorate or enlarge a house.
Why have How-to books become so popular? Probably because life has become so complex. Today people have far more free time to use, more choices to make, and more problems to solve. How-to books help people deal with modern life.
What is the passage mainly about?
- A. How to succeed in love every minute of your life.
- B. How to turn failure into success.
- C. How to make a millionaire.
- D. How-to books.
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Câu 2: Mã câu hỏi: 402452
Which of the following is NOT the type of books giving information on careers?
- A. "How to Succeed in Love every Minute of Your Life".
- B. "How to Live on Nothing"
- C. "How to Make a Millionaire".
- D. “How to Turn Failure into Success"
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Câu 3: Mã câu hỏi: 402453
The word "step-by-step" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ____.
- A. little by little
- B. gradually
- C. slower and slower
- D. A and B
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Câu 4: Mã câu hỏi: 402454
It can be inferred from the passage that _______
- A. Today people are more bored with the modem life.
- B. Modern life is more difficult to deal with.
- C. Today people have fewer choices to make.
- D. Today people are more interested in modem life.
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Câu 5: Mã câu hỏi: 402455
The passage tells us that How-to books sell well on how ___________.
- A. to succeed in career
- B. to solve personal problems
- C. to deal with business
- D. to make money
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Câu 6: Mã câu hỏi: 402456
Read the passage and choose the best answer
The Winterthur Museum is a collection and a house. There are many museums devoted to the decorative arts and many house museums, but rarely in the United States is a great collection displayed in a great country house. Passing through successive generations of a single family, Winterthur has been a private estate for more than a century. Even after the extensive renovations made to it between 1929 and 1931, the house remained a family residence. This fact is of importance to the atmosphere and effect of the museum. The impression of a lived- in house is apparent to the visitor: the rooms look as if they were vacated only a short while ago whether by the original owners of the furniture or the most recent residents of the house can be a matter of personal interpretation. Winterthur remains, then, a house in which a collection of furniture and architectural elements has been assembled. Like an English country house, it is an organic structure; the house, as well as the collection and manner of displaying it to the visitor, has changed over the years. The changes have coincided with developing concepts of the American arts, increased knowledge on the part of collectors and students, and a progression toward the achievement of a historical effect in period- room displays. The rooms at Winterthur have followed this current, yet still retained the character of a private house.
The concept of a period room as a display technique has developed gradually over the years in an effort to present works of art in a context that would show them to greater effect and would give them more meaning for the viewer. Comparable to the habitat group in a natural history museum, the period room represents the decorative arts in a lively and interesting manner and provides an opportunity to assemble objects related by style, date, or place of manufacture.
What does the passage mainly discuss?
- A. Historical furniture contained in Winterthur
- B. How Winterthur compares to English country houses
- C. Elements that make Winterthur an unusual museum
- D. The reason that Winterthur was redesigned
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Câu 7: Mã câu hỏi: 402457
What happened at Winterthur between 1929 and 1931?
- A. The old furniture was replaced
- B. The estate became a museum
- C. The owners moved out
- D. The house was repaired
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Câu 8: Mã câu hỏi: 402458
What does the author mean by stating "the impression of a lived-in house is apparent to the visitor"?
- A. Few people visit Winterthur
- B. The furniture at Winterthur looks comfortable
- C. Winterthur does not look like a typical museum
- D. Winterthur is very old
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Câu 9: Mã câu hỏi: 402459
The word “assembled” in line 9 is closest is meaning to ________
- A. summoned
- B. appreciated
- C. fundamentally changed
- D. brought together
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Câu 10: Mã câu hỏi: 402460
The phrase "devoted to" in line 1 is closet in meaning to __________.
- A. specializing in
- B. sentimental about
- C. surrounded by
- D. successful in
