TRƯỜNG CD VĂN HÓA NGHỆ THUẬT VÀ DU LỊCH SÀI GÒN ĐỀ THI ANH VĂN NGÀNH THÔNG DỊCH VIÊN ANH-PHÁP 2009 – 2010 THỜI GIAN: 90 PHÚT Discussion 1. Americans believe strongly in self-reliance and the freedom of individual. At what age do young people become financially and emotionally independent from their parents in your country? At what age do they leave home? 2. Is it a good thing for 18-year-olds to leave their parents’ home to lead an independent life? What are the advantages and disadvantages? What is your choice? As a parent would you like your children to leave home at 18? 3. Is it healthy for a young person to want to compete? Which is more important, competing or cooperating? Which does your culture value more? Why? 4. Choose one basic American value you find most influential in contemporary Vietnamese society and analyze its effects on your life. 5. Americans believe strongly in self-reliance and the freedom of individual. At what age do young people become financially and emotionally independent from their parents in your country? At what age do they leave home? 6. Is it a good thing for 18-year-olds to leave their parents’ home to lead an independent life? What are the advantages and disadvantages? What is your choice? As a parent would you like your children to leave home at 18? 7. Is it healthy for a young person to want to compete? Which is more important, competing or cooperating? Which does your culture value more? Why? 8. Which American value are you most impressed? Comprehension Check True or False? 1. The United States has diversity just in its climate and geography. 2. The United States has 48 states lying in the central of the North American continent. 3. The two states were added to the United States in 1959 are not situated in North America. 4. The American population is not only one of the world’s largest but also various in its origins. 5. The largest minority group in the United States is the white. 6. All the Americans speak English with the same accent. 7. The Californians are not as conservative as the Mid-Westerners. 8. Modern transportation and communication help erase all regional differences. 9. It is impossible to make generalizations about the United States because it is the land of diversity. 10. The typical American is third- generation, Hispanic, urban, and rich. 11. “No one should have to see America for the first time” means visitors need several visits to America to understand this very big and different land. Discussion 1. What different ethnic groups are there in your country? Where do they live? How are they different from the majority of people in your country: Language? Clothing? Food? Music? Customs? Tell about an interesting custom or tradition of theirs. 2. Would you like to live and work in multi-cultural environment? Discuss about the advantages and disadvantages of living in a country of great ethnic diversity like the USA. 3. Would you like to work in a company of all-Vietnamese staff or one of international staff? Overview of U.S. H i sto r y Ten Periods of US History 1. 1492 - Christopher Columbus discovered North America. 1500s - European settlers came to the new land for gold, adventures, and freedom. 1600s - The colonists lived under British laws. 2. 1775 - Americans in the thirteen colonies wanted to be free of British rule. General George Washington led the colonists in the Revolutionary War. 1776 - Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, and the colonies approved it. 3. 1783 - The American colonists won the war, and the colonies became the United States of America. 1789 - The Constitution became the highest law of the land. 1789 - George Washington became the first President. 4. 1840s - Millions of Europeans came to America as workers during the Industrial Revolution. The new nation grew and added more states. 1853 - The USA expanded to the Pacific Ocean. 5. 1861 - Americans fought against one another in the Civil War between the North and the South. 1863 - President Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves in the Emancipation Proclamation. 1865 - The northern states won the war, and the period of Reconstruction began. 6. 1917 - The US grew to be one of the great powers in the world. The nation fought in the First World War. 1920 - After the war women got the right to vote for the first time. 7. 1929 - The Great Depression began with the stock market crash. Banks, factories, and farms shut down, and many Americans were unemployed. 1933 - President Franklin Roosevelt helped end the Depression with the New Deal government. 8. 1941 - The United States entered the Second World War when Japans attacked the Hawaiian Islands. 1945 - The war ended when the US dropped the first atomic bomb, and the world entered the Nuclear Age. 9. 1950s - The US entered a time of Cold War. America fought in the Korean War. The Civil Right Movement began, and black and white Americans fought against segregation. 10. 1960s - The Space Age began. Americans fought in the Vietnam War. The United States put the first men onto the moon in the Apollo Program. 1970s - The Women’s Liberation Movement became strong. 1980s - Computers began to change the nation faster than ever before Comprehension Check I/ Read the section “Overview of US History” and write the dates from the box. 1853 1955 1969 1492 1776 1919 1789 1929 1863 1941 1. Columbus discovered North America. . 2. The colonies approved the Declaration of Independence. . 3. The Constitution became the law of the land. . 4. The United States expanded to the Pacific Ocean. . 5. President Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves. _ . 6. The First World War ended. . 7. The Great Depression began. . 8. The US entered the Second World War. . 9. The Civil Right Movement began. . 10. The US put the first man on the moon. II/ Read the section “Exploration and Colonization”. True or False? 1. Christopher Columbus wanted to sail to India but discovered America. 2. The Spanish explored South America to find gold and freedom of worship. 3. Priests came to teach the Indians about Europe. 4. The Pilgrim Fathers came to the United States because they wanted to give freedom of religion to everyone in the new land. 5. The Pilgrim Fathers celebrated the first Thanksgiving to show thanks to the Indians for helping them. 6. The British established the first permanent settlement in North America at St. Augustine, Florida. 7. Native Americans are known as the “Indians”. 8. Thirteen European settlements on the east coast became colonies of France and Spain. 9. Some of the settlers were friendly to the Indians and taught them about the land. 10. The colonists killed many Indians for self defense. 11. The people from Holland lived in New York before the British won control. 12. Pennsylvania was named after a person, and so was Virginia. III/ Match the sentence parts. Write the letters on the lines. 1. The American colonies had a a) they couldn’t get rights from the large amount of self government because 2. England got control over North America because British. b) they wanted to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party. c) the colonists couldn’t send 3. The “Boston Tea Party” representatives to England to vote occurred because on taxes. 4. The English passed even d) the Mother Country was busy with stricter laws because wars at that time. 5. The colonies stopped buying e) the English won the French and British goods and prepared for war because Indian War IV/ Multiple-choice question 1. How many British colonies were there before the Revolution? a. 13 b. 30 c. 33 2. What was the Stamp Act? a. A battle in the Revolutionary War b. A rebellion c. A tax 3. Why did the colonists refuse to pay British taxes? a. Because they was poor b. Because they already had a lot of taxes c. Because they didn’t have a vote in the British government 4. Where did the Continental Congress meet in 1774? a. In Philadelphia b. In Washington, D. C. c. In New York 5. Where did the Revolutionary War start? a. In Philadelphia b. In Massachusetts c. In Virginia 6. What did Thomas Jefferson write? a. The Constitution of the U.S. b. The Articles of the Confederation c. The Declaration of Independence 7. Where did the Revolutionary War end? a. In Philadelphia b. In Massachusetts c. In Virginia 8. When did George Washington become the first U.S. president? a. in 1776 b. in 1789 c. in 1781 V/ Put these events in the War of Independence in the correct order. The Revolutionary War started with the Battle of Lexington and Concord. The Constitution of the U.S. was written and accepted by the people. The Colonists protested British taxes in the Boston Tea Party. George Washington became the first president The Revolutionary War ended with the battle of Yorktown. The Continental Congress met in Philadelphia for the first time. The Declaration of Independence was written and signed. Britain charged the colonists the tax in the Stamp Act. The Articles of Confederation set up a weak federal government. Overview of the History of Immigration 1. (1500s) There were about twenty-five million “native Americans” . TRƯỜNG CD VĂN HÓA NGHỆ THUẬT VÀ DU LỊCH SÀI GÒN ĐỀ THI ANH VĂN NGÀNH THÔNG DỊCH VIÊN ANH- PHÁP 20 09 – 20 10 THỜI GIAN: 90 PHÚT Discussion 1. Americans. and write the dates from the box. 1853 1955 1969 14 92 1776 1919 1789 1 929 1863 1941 1. Columbus discovered North America. . 2. The colonies approved the Declaration of Independence American is third- generation, Hispanic, urban, and rich. 11. “No one should have to see America for the first time” means visitors need several visits to America to understand this very big