Đề thi thử đại học môn anh văn 65

SỞ GD & ĐT VĨNH PHÚC
TRƯỜNG THPT LIỄN SƠN
(Đề thi gồm 06 trang)
ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC NĂM HỌC 2011 - 2012
MÔN TIẾNG ANH – ĐỀ SỐ 65
Thời gian làm bài 90 phút
I. Read the following text then answer the questions that follow by marking its
corresponding letter A, B, C, or D in your answer sheet.
Upon the creation of the United States, one of the core concepts which the hopes for the
new democracy were pinned was the ideal that its citizens would be enlightened individuals
with clearly articulated rights and the opportunity for individual achievement and education. It
was believed that in a free nation where the power belongs to the people, the commitment to
education defines the progress of that democracy and is the catalyst for future progress. This
core value has not only stood the test of time but has also grown in importance. In this new
Information Era and international economy, education is an increasingly vital commodity, a
precursor of potential success and a driving force of chance. It is important to recognize,
however, that we approach education today differently than in the past, partly because the kinds
of jobs people had didn’t require the kind of basic education and specialized training that is often
required in the workforce today. In the 1950s, for instance, only 20 percent of American jobs
were classified as professional, 20 percent as skilled; and 60 percent as unskilled. Today, our
world has changed. The proportion of unskilled jobs has fallen to 20 percent, while jobs now
account for at least 60 percent of the workforce. Even more important, almost every job today
increasingly requires a combination of academic knowledge and practical skills that require
learning throughout a lifetime.
01. In order to become a good American citizen today, in the author’s point of view, any
individual must ____.
A. understand thoroughly the combination of academic knowledge and practical skills.
B. study carefully the history of American educational and vocational systems even since
their creation.
C. know well all his/her rights and be ready to grasp his/her opportunity of success in life.
D. move actively forward in the new Information Era and international economy with a

prestigious diploma.
02. The passage shows the percentage of jobs that require higher training in the US____
between 1950s and now.
A. has changed slightly B. has remained the same C. has
changed dramatically D. has been reversed
03. Education is defined in this passage as a driving force of chance because _________.
A. the government of the United States wants to drive social changes in their own ways.
B. education has helped to bring about and orient most changes in the American
workforce.
C. without education, no changes could have happened in American society so far.
D. any American citizen who wants to changes his driving license must be very well-
educated.
04. The phrase “enlightened individuals” in the first sentence most likely means “people
who _____.”
A. always appear brilliant-looking in public B. have acquired an adequate level
of education
C. have often been well-exposed to light D. bring light to anywhere they go
05. Which of the following titles would be best for the passage?
A. Education and Jobs in the Past and at Present in the United States.
B. Academic Knowledge and Practical Skills in American Professions.
C. The Significant Role of Education in American Citizens’ Careers.
D. Recent Changes of Educational and Vocational Systems in America.
II. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that
needs correction in each of the following questions.
06. The children were playing last night outdoors when it began to rain very hard.
A. began B. last night outdoors C. very hard D. were
playing
07. The food that Mark is cooking in the kitchen is smelling delicious.
A. is cooking B. is smelling C. delicious D. The
food

08. Catherine is studying law at the university, and so does John.
A. studying B. so does John C. law D. at the
university
09. We wish today was sunny so that we could spend the day in the country communing with
nature.
A. in the country B. could spend C. so that D. was
10. Children enjoy telling and listening to ghosts stories, especially on Halloween night.
A. on Halloween night B. especially C. telling and listening D.
ghosts stories
11. The work performed by these people are not worth our paying them any longer.
A. worth our paying B. by these people C. are D. any
longer
12. Despite his smiling face, the second-place contestant is more sadder than the winner.
A. more sadder B. smiling C. Despite D. the second-place
contestant
III. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the rest of the group. Identify
your answer by marking its corresponding letter A, B, C, or D in your answer sheet.
13. A. prevent B. remote C. recent D.
receive
14. A. anthem B. attend C. apply D.
appear
15. A. atmosphere B. festival C. location D.
scenery
16. A. endanger B. opposite C. geometry D.
geography
17. A. circumstance B. photographer C. community D.
considerate
IV. 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.
Telling the Whole Food Truth As a teacher of whole-food vegetarian cookery, I do feel a

certain sympathy with the ‘Men for Meat’ group. There is both confusion and just plain,
unappetizing cooking in this area, when a whole-food/ vegetable diet should and can be highly
nutritious and utterly delicious.
The words ‘whole-food’ and ‘vegetarian’ are not synonymous: vegetarians do not eat any
‘fish, flesh or fowl’. Most eat dairy products. Those who don’t are called vegans. I tell students
not to turn vegetarian until they have become knowledgeable about nutrition, and especially
about protein. It’s very easy to become a sick vegetarian.
And a whole-food diet just consists of eating the whole of food, with nothing added, and
nothing taken away. For example, you eat whole-wheat flour, not white flour, which has had had
bleach added. In all, no refined carbohydrates are eaten and very fatty and additive-laden foods
are avoided and the stress is on fresh products of the best quality. And that’s all - except you
must then find recipes which are both healthy and delicious because you’ll have to cook it all
yourself. Very few ready-bought meals fulfill both requirements.
18. A whole food diet _____.
A. has a lot of nutrition B. is easy to eat C. is added with flour. D. is
often fresh
19. According to the writer, what is wrong with ready bought meals for vegetarians?
A. They can be cooked easily. B. They can’t be both healthy and
delicious.
C. They contain some additives. D. They have best quality.
20. What is NOT true about the writer?
A. She supports the whole food. B. She is a teacher. C. She dislikes ready bought meal
D. She is a vegetarian.
21. The writer of this article feels a ‘certain sympathy’ for this group because _____.
A. She is a vegetarian. B. They don’t know much about
vegetarian cooking
C. her students do not eat meat. D. “whole food” and “vegetarian” are
not the same.
22. ‘Men for Meat’ is a _____.
A. group of vegetarians B. cookery group C. group that

eat all kinds of food D. group of men
V. Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C, and D) one best answer to
complete each of the gaps in the text below by marking its corresponding letter A, B, C,
or D in your answer sheet.
Ever since humans have inhabited the earth, they have made (23)_____ of various forms
of communication. Generally, this expression of thoughts and feelings has been in the form of
oral (24)_____. When there is a language (25)_____, communication is accomplished through
sign language in which motions (26)_____ for letters, words, and ideas. Tourists, the deaf, and
the mute have had to (27)____ to this form of expression. Many of these symbols of whole
words are very picturesque and exact and can be used internationally; spelling, however,
cannot. Body language (28)_____ ideas or thoughts by certain actions, either intentionally or
unintentionally. A wink can be a way of flirting or indicating that the party is only joking. A nod
(29)____ approval, while shaking the head (30)____ a negative reaction. Other forms of
nonlinguistic language can be (31)____ in Braille (a system of raised dots read with the
fingertips), signal flags, Morse code, and smoke signals. Road maps and picture signs also
guide, warn, and instruct people. (32)_____ verbalization is the most common form of language,
other systems and techniques also express human thoughts and feelings.
23. A. usage B. use C. utility D.
employment
24. A. speech B. claims C. utterance D.
address
25. A. separation B. barrier C. divisions D.
obstacles
26. A. imply B. signify C. stand D. point
27. A. resort B. rotate C. revolve D. refer
28. A. progresses B. transmits C. remits D. emits
29. A. presents B. signs C. signifies D.
registers
30. A. predicates B. indicates C. abdicates D.
implicates

31. A. found B. trailed C. explored D.
traced
32. A. Until B. While C. Because D. As
VI. Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C, and D) the one that is the
nearest meaning to each of the given sentences by marking its corresponding letter A,
B, C, or D in your answer sheet.
33. No sooner had she put the telephone down than her boss rang back.
A. She had hardly put the telephone down without her boss rang back.
B. Hardly she had hung up, she rang her boss immediately.
C. As soon as her boss rang back, she put down the telephone.
D. Scarcely had she put the telephone down when her boss rang back
34. The captain to his men: “Abandon the ship immediately!”
A. The captain ordered his men to abandon the ship immediately.
B. The captain suggested his men abandon the ship immediately.
C. The captain requested his men to abandon the ship immediately.
D. The captain invited his men to abandon the ship immediately.
35. David drove so fast; it was very dangerous.
A. David drove so fast that was very dangerous. B. David drove so fast and was very
dangerous.
C. David drove so fast, which was very dangerous. D. David drove so fast, then was very
dangerous.
36. “Shall I make you a coffee?” the girl said to the lady.
A. The girl promised to make a coffee for the lady. B. The girl wanted to make a coffee
for the lady.
C. The girl offered to make a coffee for the lady. D. The girl refused to make a coffee
for the lady.
37. The critics undervalued his new book.
A. The critics rejected his new book. B. The critics had a low opinion of his
new book.
C. The critics turned down his new book. D. The critics were fed up with his

new book.
VII. Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C, and D) one best answer to
complete each of the following incomplete sentences by marking its corresponding letter
A, B, C, or D in your answer sheet.
38. Never before ______ as accelerated as they are now during the technological age.
A. historical changes have been B. have historical changes been
C. historical have changes been D. have been historical changes
39. I didn’t know that _____.
A. classical music appealed to you B. do you appeal by classical music.
C. you appealed to classical music. D. did you appeal to classical music.
40. ______ as taste is really a composite sense made up of both taste and smell.
A. What we refer to B. What do we refer to C. To which we refer D. That
we refer to it
41. She will be ill ______.
A. in case she takes a few days’ rest B. provided she takes a few days’
rest
C. if she takes a few days’ rest D. unless she takes a few days’ rest
42. _____ but he also wants to marry her.
A. Not only he loves her, B. Not
he only loves her,
C. Not only does he love her, D. He not only loves her,
43. Peter asked me ______.
A. what time the film started B. what time does the film start
C. what time the film starts D. what time did the film start
44. She never ate or slept properly _____.
A. after her husband died. B. after her husband dies.
C. at her husband’s death D. when
her husband died.
45. _____, I have continued to work on my thesis.
A. Although all these problems. B. In spite of there are problems.

C. Despite all these problems. D. Even though there are problems.
46. The police wanted to know _____.
A. what was into the parcel. B. that was in the parcel.
C. what was in the parcel. D. that in the parcel was.
47. ______, he felt so unhappy and lonely.
A. Rich as he was B. Rich as was he
C. Despite of his wealth D.
Despite he was so rich
VIII. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest of
the same group. Identify your answer by marking its corresponding letter A, B, C, or D in
your answer sheet.
48. A. hatred B. looked C. sacred D.
crooked
49. A. tables B. beds C. windows D. forks
50. A. wicked B. washed C. laughed D.
booked
IX. Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C, and D) one best answer to
complete each of the following incomplete sentences. Identify your answer by marking
its corresponding letter A, B, C, or D in your answer sheet.
51. According to a recent survey, most people are on good_____ with their neighbours.
A. terms B. acquaintance C. relations D.
relationships
52. _______ that she burst into tears.
A. She was so anger B. So angry she was C. Her anger was such D. Such
her anger was
53. My car is getting unreliable; I think I'll trade it ______ for a new one.
A. in B. away C. off D. up
54. The old houses were ______ down to make way for a block of flats.
A. hit B. knocked C. banged D. put
55. Why don’t you ask the man where ______ to stay?

A. he would like B. he feels like C. he would rather D. would
he like
56. She was so frightened that she was shaking like_____.
A. a leaf B. jelly C. a flag D. the
wind
57. The car had a(n) ______ tyre, so we had to change the wheel.
A. cracked B. flat C. injured D. bent
58. Car crashes are almost always accidental, but on rare occasions they may be ______.
A. aware B. meant C. determined D.
deliberate
59. You should make a(n) ______ to overcome this problem.
A. trial B. effort C. impression D.
apology
60. - “You look nervous! ______” - “This thunder scares me to death.”
A. Why’s that? B. What’s wrong? C. How are you? D.
Come on!
61. But for their help, he_____.
A. would have failed B. has not failed C. has failed D. wouldn’t
have failed
62. That pipe ______ for ages - we must get it mended.
A. leaks B. is leaking C. had been leaking D. has
been leaking
63. Ensure there is at least a 3cm space ______ allow adequate ventilation.
A. so as to B. so that C. in view of D. with a
view to
64. I can’t go with you today; I have_____ things to do.
A. many a great B. a great deal C. great many D. a
great many
65. - “Is it all right if I use your bike?” - “______”
A. Sure, go ahead. B. I accept it. C. Oh, forget it. D. I

don’t care.
66. - “Today’s my 20
th
birthday.” - “______”
A. Take care! B. Have a good time! C. Many happy returns! D. I don’t
understand.
67. I hadn’t realized she was English ______ she spoke.
A. when B. only after C. in case D. until
68. _____ provided a living for nearly 90 percent of the population of the American colonies.
A. What farming B. Farming was what C. Farming was D. What was
farming
69. “Can you ______ me a favor, Bill?” Peter said.
A. make B. get C. do D. put
70. "______" - "What happened?"
A. Have a nice day. B. How was your day? C. I had a bad day. D. What did you
do today?
71. Nowadays children would prefer history ______ in more practical ways.
A. to be taught B. teach C. be taught D. to
teach
72. You need more exercise - you should ______ jogging.
A. carry out B. take up C. try on D. hold
up
73. My brother ______ his driving test when he was 18.
A. has passed B. passed C. was passing D.
passes
74. _____ will Mr. Thanh be able to regain control of the company.
A. Not until his work hard B. Only if he works hardly
C. No matter how does he work hardly D. Only with hard work
75. There’s little ______ of foreign news in today’s paper.
A. information B. column C. coverage D.

article
76. Anne: “Thanks for the nice gift!” John: “______”
A. You’re welcomed. B. I’m glad you like it.
C. In fact, I myself don’t like it. D. But do you know how much it
costs?
77. Don’t touch that wire or you’ll get an electric ______.
A. fire B. charge C. shock D.
current
78. - “Would you like beer or wine?” - “______”
A. Yes, I'd love to. B. I'd prefer beer, please. C. I couldn’t agree more. D.
No, I've no choice.
79. An eyewitness described how ten people_____ in the fire.
A. had been being killed B. had killed C.
had been killed D. were killed
80. My father hasn't had much ______ with my family since he moved to New York.
A. connection B. meeting C. contact D.
business
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