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ĐÁP ÁN THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC 2012
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Question 1: The doctor told him to keep ___________ sweets and chocolate to lose weight.
A. at
B. back
C. up
D. off

Question 2: They‟ll never ___________ to get here by six-the roads are quite busy today.
A. manage
B. arrive
C. succeed
D. able
Question 3: Look out! That tree ____________ .
A. will fall
B. is going to fall
C. is falling
D. falls

Question 4: There were over 30,000 ___________ at the match.
A. spectators

B. viewers
C. witnesses
D. watchers

Question 5: His parents agreed to _________ him their motorbike while they were away on
holiday.
A. borrow
B. lend
C. hire
D. let
Question 6: One danger is in ________ radioactive wastes which are produced during nuclear
reactions.
A. consisting of
B. getting rid of
C. making use of
D. taking care of

Question 7: Many publishers condense novels to make them easier and faster for people to read.
A. lengthen
B. rewrite
C. discontinue
D. concentrate Question
8: We hire out bicycles _____________ .
A. by hours
B. for the hour
C. by an hour
D. by the hour
Question 9: Many traffic accidents are __________ by carelessness and impatience.
A. occurred
B. happened

C. caused
D. resulted
Question 10: I need some _______ for the coffee machine.
A. exchange
B. bills
C. change
D. finance
Question 11: Fred was a really silly boy when we were in high-school. I still remember
________very stupid questions.
A. his asking
B. asking him
C. him to ask
D. his being asked
Question 12: If you see Tom ________you mind _________ him to get in touch with me?
A. will/ reminding
B. will/ to remind
C. would/ reminding
D. would/ to remind
Question 13: I can‟t find my purse anywhere. I _______ it at the cinema.
A. must have left
B. must leave
C. must be leaving
D. must to leave
Question 14: The band at the jazz club ___________ up and people started dancing.
A. hit
B. banged
C. struck
D. knocked
Question 15: He did not share his secrets with many people but he _______ in her.
A. confessed

B. concealed
C. confided
D. consented
Question 16: __________ you read the instructions carefully, you‟ll understand what to do.
A. As far as
B. Provided
C. As much as
D. As well as
Question 17: She is a _________ girl with ________ .
A. clear –eyes/ black hair
B. clear-eyed/ black hairs
C. clear-eye/ a black hair
D. clear-eyed/ black hair
Question 18: Socrates was a ___________ man.
A. fun-looking
B. fun-looked
C. funny-looking
D. funny-looked
Question 19: They are excellent students _________ I have complete confidence.
A. who
B. that
C. whom
D. in whom
Question 20: I need to _______ $1,000 to my daughter‟s account.
A. transfer
B. transform
C. transmit
D. transact
Question 21: A __________ is a number representing a particular amount, especially one given
in official information.

A. image
B. digit
C. key
D. figure
Question 22: ________ being a scientist, he also wrote fiction.
A. Owing to
B. Besides
C. According to
D. Whereas
Question 23: Mr. Black: “What shall I do when I want to call you?” Nurse: “
___________________”.
A. You shall find the red button
B. Press the red button on the left
C. I‟d like come every ten minutes
D. Stay here and enjoy yourself
Question 24: Customer: “Can I have a look at that pullover, please?”
Salesgirl: “ ______________”
A. It‟s much cheaper.
B. Which one? This one?
C. Sorry, it is out of stock.
D. Can I help you?
Question 25: This ring is only made of plastic so it‟s quite ___________ .
A. valuable
B. worthless
C. invaluable
D. priceless
Question 26: My sister is an expert on wildlife and its _________.
A. preserve
B. conserve
C. conservation

D. preservation
Question 27: A: “Would you like to meet Mrs. Bruce?”
B: “ ____________”.
A. I can make an appointment with her.
B. I‟d love to.
C. I find it very interesting.
D. I don‟t know where she is living.
Question 28: Because the project depends on __________ at the federal level, the city and
country may have to wait until the budget cutting ends.
A. it happens
B. which happening
C. what happens
D. that it happens
Question 29: Primarily a government contractor, ___________ preferential treatment from
government agencies as both a minority-group member and a woman.
A. receives Weber
B. Weber receives
C. the reception of Weber \
D. according to Weber‟s reception
Question 30: _________ twelve million immigrants entered the United States via Ellis Island.
A. More than
B. There were more than
C. Of more than
D. The report of 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 31 to 40.
The conservatism of the early English colonists in North America, their strong attachment to
the English way of doing things, would play a major part in the furniture that was made in New
England. The very tools that the first New England furniture makers used were, after all, not
much different from those used for centuries – even millennia: basic hammers, saws, chisels,

planes, augers, compasses, and measures. These were the tools used more or less by all people
who worked with wood: carpenters, barrel makers, and shipwrights. At most the furniture makers
might have had planes with special edges or more delicate chisels, but there could not have been
much specialization in the early years of the colonies.
The furniture makers in those early decades of the 1600‟s were known as “joiners”, for the
primary method of constructing furniture, at least among the English of this time, was that of
mortise-and- tenon joinery. The mortise is the hole chiseled and cut into one piece of wood,
while the tenon is the tongue or protruding element shaped from another piece of wood so that
it fits into the mortise; and another small hole is then drilled (with the auger) through the
mortised end and the tenon so that a whittled peg can secure the joint – thus the term “joiner”.
Panels were fitted into slots on the basic frames. This kind of construction was used for making
everything from houses to chests.
Relatively little hardware was used during this period. Some nails – forged by hand – were used,
but no screws or glue. Hinges were often made of leather, but metal hinges were also used. The
cruder varieties were made by blacksmiths in the colonies, but the finer metal elements were
imported. Locks and escutcheon plates – the latter to shield the wood from the metal key –
would often be imported.
Above all, what the early English colonists imported was their knowledge of, familiarity with,
and dedication to the traditional types and designs of furniture they knew in England.


Question 31: The phrase “attachment to” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ________.
A. control of
B. distance from
C. curiosity about
D. preference for
Question 32: The word “protruding” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _________ .
A. parallel
B. simple
C. projecting

D. important
Question 33: The relationship of a mortise and a tenon is most similar to that of _________ .
A. a lock and a key
B. a book and its cover
C. a cup and a saucer
D. a hammer and a nail
Question 34: For what purpose did woodworkers use an auger _______________.
A. To whittle a peg
B. To make a tenon
C. To drill a hole
D. To measure a panel
Question 35: Which of the following were NOT used in the construction of colonial furniture?
A. Mortises
B. Nails
C. Hinges
D. Screws
Question 36: The author implies that colonial metalworkers were ___________ .
A. unable to make elaborate parts
B. more skilled than woodworkers
C. more conservative than other colonists
D. frequently employed by joiners
Question 37: The word “shield” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ____________ .
A. decorate
B. copy
C. shape
D. protect

Question 38: The word “they” in paragraph 4 refers to ______________ .
A. designs
B. types

C. colonists
D. all
Question 39: The author implies that the colonial joiners ______________ .
A. were highly paid
B. based their furniture on English models
C. used many specialized tools
D. had to adjust to using new kinds of wood in New England
Question 40: Which of the following terms does the author explain in the passage?
A. “millennia”
B. “joiners”
C. “whittled”
D. “blacksmiths”
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined
and bold part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.
Question 41:
A. storage
B. encourage
C. garage
D. shortage

Question 42:
A. danger
B. angel
C. anger
D. magic
Question 43:
A. measure
B. endure
C. pleasure
D. pressure

Question 44:
A. bought
B. laundry
C. fought
D. bounce
Question 45:
A. caused
B. increased
C. practiced
D. promised
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs
correction.
Question 46:
As a compilation of useful details, a weekly magazine commends itself in several
A B C
respect
. D
Question 47:
Through aquaculture, or fish farming, more than 500 million tons of fish are produced
A B C
each years.
D

Question 48:
The legal system has much safeguards to protect the right of a defendant to an impartial
A B C
Jury.
D
Question 49:

The mystery bookstore was largely a phenomena of the last decade
A B C D
Question 50:
Uranus is the seventh planets from the Sun
A B C D
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 51 to 60.
Birds that feed in flocks commonly retire together into roosts. The reasons for roosting
communally are not always obvious, but there are some likely benefits. In winter especially, it is
important for birds to keep warm at night and conserve precious food reserves. One way to do
this is to find a sheltered roost. Solitary roosters shelter in dense vegetation or enter a cavity –
horned larks dig holes in the ground and ptarmigan burrow into snow banks – but the effect of
sheltering is magnified by several birds huddling together in the roosts, as wrens, swifts, brown
creepers, bluebirds, and anis do. Body contact reduces the surface area exposed to the cold air, so
the birds keep each other warm. Two kinglets huddling together were found to reduce their heat
losses by a quarter and three together saved a third of their heat.
The second possible benefit of communal roosts is that they act as "information centers." During
the day, parties of birds will have spread out to forage over a very large area. When they return
in the evening some will have fed well, but others may have found little to eat. Some
investigators have observed that when the birds set out again next morning, those birds that did
not feed well on the previous day appear to follow those that did. The behavior of common and
lesser kestrels may illustrate different feeding behaviors of similar birds with different roosting
habits. The common kestrel hunts vertebrate animals in a small, familiar hunting ground,
whereas the very similar lesser kestrel feeds on insects over a large area. The common kestrel
roosts and hunts alone, but the lesser kestrel roosts and hunts in flocks, possibly so one bird can
learn from others where to find insect swarms.
Finally, there is safety in numbers at communal roosts since there will always be a few birds
awake at any given moment to give the alarm. But this increased protection is partially
counteracted by the fact that mass roosts attract predators and are especially vulnerable if they
are on the ground. Even those in trees can be attacked by birds of prey. The birds on the edge are

at greatest risk since predators find it easier to catch small birds perching at the margins of the
roost.

Question 51: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. How birds find and store food
B. How birds maintain body heat in the winter
C. Why birds need to establish territory
D. Why some species of birds nest together

Question 52: The word "conserve" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _____________ .
A. retain
B. watch
C. locate
D. share Question
53: Ptarmigan keep warm in the winter by _____________ .
A. huddling together on the ground with other birds
B. building nests in trees
C. burrowing into dense patches of vegetation
D. digging tunnels into the snow

Question 54: The word "magnified" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ____________ .
A. caused
B. modified
C. intensified
D. combined

Question 55: The author mentions kinglets in paragraph 1 as an example of birds that
__________ .
A. protect themselves by nesting in holes
B. nest with other species of birds

C. nest together for warmth
D. usually feed and nest in pairs
Question 56: The word "forage" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ____________ .
A. fly
B. assemble
C. feed
D. rest
Question 57: Which of the following statement about lesser and common kestrels is true?
A. The lesser kestrel and the common kestrel have similar diets.
B. The lesser kestrel feeds sociably but the common kestrel does not.
C. The common kestrel nests in larger flocks than does the lesser kestrel.
D. The common kestrel nests in trees; the lesser kestrel nests on the ground.
Question 58: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as an advantage derived
by birds that huddle together while sleeping?
A. Some members of the flock warn others of impending dangers.
B. Staying together provides a greater amount of heat for the whole flock.
C. Some birds in the flock function as information centers for others who are looking for
food.
D. Several members of the flock care for the young.

Question 59: The word "they" in paragraph 3 refers to ______________ .
A. a few birds
B. mass roosts
C. predators
D. trees
Question 60: Which of the following is a disadvantage of communal roosts that is mentioned in
the passage?
A. Diseases easily spread among the birds.
B. Groups are more attractive to predators than individual birds are.
C. Food supplies are quickly depleted.

D. Some birds in the group will attack the others.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is
closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Question 61: Scientists say forests are being destroyed by air pollution.
A. Scientists blame air pollution for the destruction of forests.
B. Scientists are blamed for destroying forests.
C. Scientists say that there‟s much air pollution in the forests.
D. Forests are being destroyed by scientists.
Question 62: „You should have finished the report by now.‟ John told his secretary.
A. John reproached his secretary for not having finished the report.
B. John said that his secretary had not finished the report.
C. John reminded his secretary of finishing the report on time.
D. John scolded his secretary for not having finished the report.
Question 63: That young man is bound to fail in this test.
A. Certainly, that young man will fail in this test.
B. It would be impossible for that young man to fail this test.
C. There is no way that young man can succeed in this test.
D. A & C are correct.
Question 64: No sooner had she put the telephone down than her boss rang back.
A. As soon as her boss rang back, she put down the telephone.
B. Scarcely had she put the telephone down when her boss rang back.
C. Hardly she had hung up, she rang her boss immediately.
D. She had hardly put the telephone down without her boss rang back.
Question 65: The Prime Minister is unlikely to call an early general election.
A. It‟s likely that the Prime Minister will call an early general election.
B. The likelihood is that the Prime Minister will call an early general election.
C. There is little likelihood of the Prime Minister calling an early general election.
D. In all likelihood the Prime Minister will call an early general election.
Question 66: Impressed as we were by the new cinema, we found it rather expensive.

A. The new cinema was more expensive than we expected.
B. We were not impressed by the new cinema at all because it looked rather expensive.
C. We weren‟t as much impressed by the new cinema‟s look as its cost.
D. We were very impressed by the new cinema, but found it rather expensive.
Question 67: „Get in my car. I‟ll take you to go the station.‟
A. He offered to give me a lift to the station.
B. He suggested taking me to the station.
C. He promised to give me a lift to the station.
D. He agreed to take me to the station.
Question 68: Workers are not allowed to use the office phone for personal calls.
A. They don‟t let workers use the office phone.
B. The office phone is supposed to be used by workers only.
C. They don‟t allowed workers to make phone calls personally.
D. Workers are not permitted to use the office phone.
Question 69: If only I had told her the truth.
A. I regret not having told her the truth.
B. I regret not to tell her the truth.
C. I wish to tell her the truth.
D. I wish I would tell her the truth.
Question 70: He last heard from his family two years ago.
A. It is two years when he has heard from his family.
B. He hasn‟t heard from his family for two years.
C. It is two years since he last heard from his family.
D. Both B and C are correct.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 71 to 80.
Anyone who has gone on a skiing holiday at a ski (71) __________ of any size will be familiar
with the age-old problem – the eternal wait for ski lifts and cable cars. Well, there is an
alternative. If you feel like something just a (72) ___________ different why not try heli-skiing
in Canada? Somewhere in the snowy (73) ___________ of the Rocky Mountains the helicopter

will deposit you and your group onto a slope of virgin snow that you have all to yourselves. It is
all a (74) ___________ cry from the busiest slopes of, say, Switzerland, France, and Italy. You
are fifty miles from the nearest town and there is nothing remotely (75) ___________ a ski lift,
so you have to (76) ___________ on legs, skis and the chopper. You might see the (77)
_____________ mountain-goat or grizzly bear, but there won‟t be (78) ____________ of other
skiers. There are one or two disadvantages. Your friendly helicopter pilot might just put you
down in a five – metre snow (79) _________ and freezing weather might ground your helicopter
and leave you (80) ___________ in the wilderness.
Question 71:
A. spot B. haunt C. refuge D. resort
Question 72:
A. little B. few C. big D. lot
Question 73:
A. cover B. county C. wastes D. refuge
Question 74:
A. different B. strange C. far D. long
Question 75:
A. resembling B. appearing C. seeming D. looking
Question 76:
A. count B. trust C. rely D. reckon
Question 77:
A. occasional B. sometime C. incidental D. irregular
Question 78:
A. bunches B. hordes C. throngs D. swarms
Question 79:
A. dune B. pile C. mound D. drift
Question 80:
A. deserted B. stranded C. marooned D. aground