Read the passage and choose the best answer

Champagne, the king of wines and wine of kings, tastes all the better when it is drunk from an elegant, fine-quality glass. That, however, is only one of thousands of ways glass is used today. And for all those different uses, many different types of glass are produced. Glass products are manufactured in different ways. Today, glass is blown by hand in the traditional way which the Roman first developed, but now this work is done by robots, too. Generally, in industry, much faster methods of mass production are needed. Often, for example, glass is pressed into the necessary shape by machine. Glass is shaped in other ways too. For example, it is made into long, very thin fibers. Fibers like these are required to make the fiber-optic cables that help to build the information Super-Highway around the world.

61. 
    The phrase "the king of wines and wine of kings" means ______.
    

62. 
    According to the passage, ______.
    

63. 
    It can, be inferred from the passage that ______.
    

B. today the blowing of glass is all done by robots.

C. the Romans first developed methods of mass production.

D. the traditional way is no longer in use today.

64. 
    According to the passage, which of the following is correct?
    

C. In industry glass is often shaped by machine. D. Both B and C.

65. 
    The passage primarily discusses
    

C. the types of glass products. D. the ways of making glass.

66. 
    The group called the Teton Sioux inhabits parts of North and South Dakota; their language and customs differ, however, from the Yankton, Sisseton, and Dakota Sioux.
    

C. however, their language and customs differ from those of（E）

D. its language and customs differ, however, from those of

67. 
    Under the new corporate insurance policy, when an employer is charged for damages to a third party wholly or largely as a result of actions by an employee, he is entitled to recoup the amount of the damages.
    

68. 
    The work of mathematician Roger Penrose in the early 1970s, on the geometry of what are called a periodic tiles, turned out to describe the architecture of a previously unknown class of crystals.
    

69. 
    There are more than forty newspapers published in the cities of Kerala, a state on the Malabar Coast, which reflects the fact that Keralans are by far India’s most literate citizens.
    

70. Balzac drank more than fifty cups of coffee a day and died of caffeine poisoning; furthermore, caffeine did not seem to bother Samuel Johnson, the great writer and lexicographer, who was reported to have drunk twenty-five cups of tea at one sitting.

C. however, caffeine did not seem to have bothered D. in addition, caffeine did not seem to bother

71. In British English ‘a note’ is not ______

A. A mark in an exam. B. A mark on a music score.

C. A piece of paper with some words on it. D. Writing something down so you remember it

72.British English we say ‘to queue’, in American English they say ‘wait ______

A. in line B. in a row C. in a crowd D. in a string

73. 
    In American English the ‘fall’ refers to which season?
    

73. 
    In British English it’s ‘a tap’, but in the States they say ______
    

73. 
    In British English it’s ‘a puncture’ or ‘flat tire’, but in US English it’s ______
    

73. 
    I cannot understand why she did that, it really doesn't add up.
    

73. 
    the students got high marks in the test but Mary stood out.
    

C. got higher marks than someone D. got the most marks of all

73. 
    He has sold his house and has no job and so now he has next to nothing.
    

73. 
    As a newspaper reporter she always wanted to get information at first hand.
    

73. 
    I think we can safely say now that we have got our money back, we are home and dry.
    

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Everyone wants to reduce pollution. But the pollution problem is (26)______ complicated as it is serious. It is complicated (27)______ much pollution is caused by things that benefit people. (28)______, exhaust from automobiles causes a large percentage of air pollution. But the automobile (29)______ transportation for millions of people. Factories discharge much (30)______ the material that pollutes the air and water, but factories give employment to a large number of people. Thus, to end (31)_______ greatly reduce pollution immediately, people would have to (32)______ using many things that benefit them. Most of the people do not want to do that, of course. But pollution can be (33)______ reduced in several ways. Scientists and engineers can work to find ways to lessen the (34)______ of pollution that such things as automobiles and factories cause. Governments can pass and enforce laws that (35)______ businesses and traffic to stop, or to cut down on certain polluting activities.

At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the American educational system was desperately (liều khẩn) in need of reform. Private schools existed, but only for the very rich. There were very few public schools because of the strong sentiment (tình cảm) that children who would grow up to be laborers should not “waste” their time on education but should instead prepare themselves for their life’s work. It was in the face of this public sentiment that educational reformers set about their task. Horace Mann, probably the most famous of the reformers, felt that there was no excuse in a republic for any citizen to be uneducated. As Superintendent (quản lí) of Education in the state of Massachusetts from 1837 to 1848, he initiated various changes, which were soon matched in other school districts around the country. He extended the school year from five to six months and improved the quality of teachers by instituting teacher education and raising teacher salaries. Although these changes did not bring about a sudden improvement in the educational system, they at least increased public awareness as to the need for a further strengthening of the system.

A B C D

A B C D

Around the age of sixteen, you must make one of the biggest decisions of your life. “Do I stay on at school and hopefully go on to university (56)______? Do I leave and start work or begin a training (57)______?” The decision is yours, but it may be (58)______ remembering two things: there is more unemployment (59)______ those who haven’t been to university, and people who have the right (60)______ will have a big advantage in the competition for jobs. If you decide to go (61)______ into a job, there are many opportunities for training. Getting qualifications will (62)______ you to get on more quickly in many careers, and evening classes allow you to learn (63)______ you earn. Starting work and taking a break to study when you are older is (64)______ possibility. In this way, you can save up money for your student days, as well as (65)______ practical work experience.