Tham khảo tài liệu 'đề thi thử cao đẳng năm 2011 môn: tiếng anh - mã đề thi 461', tài liệu phổ thông, ôn thi đh-cđ phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Đề thi có 07 trang ĐỀ THI THỬ CAO ĐẲNG NĂM 2011 Môn TIẾNG ANH Khối D Thời gian làm bài 90 phút không kể thời gian phát đề Mã đề thi 461 Họ tên thí sinh . Số báo danh . 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. In the West cartoons are used chiefly to make people laugh. The important feature of all these cartoons is the joke and the element of surprise which is contained. Even though it is very funny a good cartoon is always based on close observation of a particular feature of life and usually has a serious purpose. Cartoons in the West have been associated with political and social matters for many years. In wartime for example they proved to be an excellent way of spreading propaganda. Nowadays cartoons are often used to make short sharp comments on politics and governments as well as on a variety of social matters. In this way the modern cartoon has become a very powerful force in influencing people in Europe and the United States. Unlike most American and European cartoons however many Chinese cartoon drawings in the past have also attempted to educate people especially those who could not read and write. Such cartoons about the lives and sayings of great men in China have proved extremely useful in bringing education to illiterate and semi-literate people throughout China. Confucius Mencius and Laozi have all appeared in very interesting stories presented in the form of cartoons. The cartoons themselves have thus served to illustrate the teachings of the Chinese sages in a very attractive way. In this sense many Chinese cartoons are different from Western cartoons in so far as they do not depend chiefly on telling jokes. Often there is nothing to laugh at when you see Chinese cartoons. This is not their primary aim. In addition to commenting on serious political and .
