Đề thi thử Đại học môn Tiếng Anh khối D lần 1 năm 2014 trường THPT Hai Bà Trưng – Huế

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.

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Experiments have shown that in selecting personnel for a job, interviewing is at best a hindrance, and may even cause harm. These studies have disclosed that the judgments of interviewers differ markedly and bear little or no relationship to the adequacy of job applicants. Of the many reasons why this should be the case, three in particular stand out. The first reason is related to an error of judgment known as the halo effect. If a person has one noticeable good trait, their other characteristics will be judged as better than they really are. Thus, an individual who dresses smartly and shows self-confidence is likely to be judged capable of doing a job well regardless of his or her real ability.

Interviewers are also prejudiced by an effect called the primacy effect. This error occurs when interpretation of later information is distorted by earlier connected information. Hence, in an interview situation, the interviewer spends most of the interview trying to confirm the impression given by the candidate in the first few moments. Studies have repeatedly demonstrated that such an impression is unrelated to the aptitude of the applicant.

The phenomenon known as the contrast effect also skews the judgment of interviewers. A suitable candidate may be underestimated because he or she contrasts with a previous one who appears exceptionally intelligent. Likewise, an average candidate who is preceded by one who gives a weak showing may be judged as more suitable than he or she really is.

Since interviewers as a form of personnel selection have been shown to be inadequate, other selection procedures have been devised which more accurately predict candidate suitability. Of the various tests devised, the predictor which appears to do this most successfully is cognitive ability as measured by a variety of verbal and spatial tests.

 

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All mammals feed their young. Beluga whale mothers, for example, nurse their calves for some twenty months, until they are about to give birth again and their young are able to find their own food. The behavior of feeding of the young is built into the reproductive system. It is a non-elective part of parental care and the defining features of a mammal, the most important thing that mammals - whether marsupials, platypuses, spiny anteaters, or placental mammals - have in common.

But not all animal parents, even those that tend their offspring to the point of hatching or birth, feed their young. Most egg-guarding fish do not, for the simple reason that their young are so much smaller than the parents and eat food that is also much smaller than the food eaten by adults. In reptiles, the crocodile mother protects their young after they have hatched and takes them down to the water, where they will find food, but she does not actually feed them. Few insects feed their young after hatching, but some make other arrangement, provisioning their cells and nests with caterpillars and spiders that they have paralyzed with their venom and stored in a state of suspended animation so that their larvae might have a supply of fresh food when they hatch.

For animals other than mammals, then, feeding is not intrinsic to parental care. Animals add it to their productive strategies to give them an edge in their lifelong quest for descendants. The most vulnerable moment in any animal’s life is when it first finds itself completely on its own, when it must forage and fend for itself. Feeding postpones that the moment until a young animal has grown to such a size that it is better able to cope. Young that are fed by their parents become nutritionally independent at a much greater fraction of their full adult size. And in a meantime those young are shielded against the vagaries of fluctuating of difficult-to-find supplies. Once a species does take the step of feeding its young, the young become totally dependent on the extra effort. If both parents are removed, the young generally do not survive. 

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 29 to 40.

The popular writer J K Rowling has agreed to end her part in the destruction of the world’s forests by having her books printed on paper which is environmentally friendly. The multi-millionaire author, whose novels   about   a teenage wizard have (29) ________ 6.5 million trees so far; is one of a   number of high-profile authors who have (30) ________  their support   for the environment by stipulating that only recycled paper should be used for their books. Techniques (31) ________ in Canadian mean that, for the first time, paper made from such materials as office waste paper can be used to make books. The Canadian edition of Rowling’s last book was printed without chopping down a single tree, saving an (32) ________ 40,000 of them.

In the past, it was difficult to print books on recycled paper because the paper was not strong enough to (33) ________ a lifetime’s reading. Technological (34) ________ mean that paper which is (35) ________ from waste materials is now just as (36) ________ as paper made from virgin fiber in (37) ________ of quality and strength.

Despite the high cost of developing recycled paper that has the required strength and whiteness needed for books, there will not (38) ________ be a price rise for the reader. Instead, publishers are likely to (39) ________ for the higher paper cost by using cheaper book covers, as (40) ________ in Canadian.

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