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ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC NĂM 2014
Môn: TIẾNG ANH; Khối D, A1
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề

Họ, tên thí sinh:..........................................................................
Số báo danh:............................................................................

Mã đề: 157

ĐỀ THI GỒM 80 QUESTION (TỪ QUESTION 1 ĐẾN QUESTION 80)
I. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the

CORRECT word or phrase for each of the blanks from (1) _______ to (2) _______.
What do you do well? What do you enjoy doing? Your answers to these two questions will help you identify
your (3) _______. An employer will consider you seriously for a (4) _______ when you can show them that
you know who you are, what you can offer and which you have studied. Sometimes it is difficult to know
what your weaknesses are. Clearly not everyone is equally good (5) _______ everything. You may need to
improve yourself and so (6) _______ courses in that field could turn a weakness into strength. You will need
to (7) _______ some time on your self-assessment. Your honesty and the desire for self-improvement will
lead to (8) _______ in getting the right job. Explore the following seven areas to start to get to know yourself:
your aptitude, your skills, your personality, the level of responsibility you feel comfortable with, your
interests and your needs. Ask (9) _______ if you have any special talents and if you need to consider your
physical health when choosing a job. Be as honest and realistic as you can, and ask for other people's (10)
_______ if necessary. Make a list of these things. It is usually a good idea to talk about your aptitudes with
teachers, family and friends. If you are considering a career that (11) _______ a special talent, such as art,

acrobatics, mathematics or music, discuss your aptitudes with (12) _______ expert in that area and discover
how they fit the needs of the occupation.
1. A. strengthen
B. strengthened
C. strong
D. strength
2. A. position
B. location
C. spot
D. room
3. A. at
B. upon
C. for
D. in
4. A. making
B. interviewing
C. meeting
D. taking
5. A. spend
B. lose
C. use
D. make
6. A. successfully
B. success
C. succeed
D. successful
7. A. yours
B. yourself
C. your
D. you

8. A. opinions
B. attendances
C. fields
D. interests
9. A. asks
B. urges
C. requires
D. tells
10. A. the
B. an
C. this
D. a
II. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in

meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
11. After five days on trial, the court found him innocent of crime and he was released.
A. innovative
B. naive
C. benevolent
D. guilty
12. Affluent families find it easier to support their children financially.
A. Impoverished
B. Wealthy
C. Privileged
D. Well-off
III. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the

following questions.
13. The _________ about travelling by train rather than by car is that you can sleep or read during the
journey.

A. enjoyable
B. enjoyment
C. enjoyed
D. enjoying
14. Monica: "I think we should recycle these bags. It will help protect the environment."
Mathew: "_______________"
A. I can't agree with you more.
B. It's rubbish. We shouldn't use it.
C. Never mind.
D. You can say that again.
15. I can't possibly lend you any more money; it is quite out of the _________.
A. order
B. practice
C. place
D. question


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16. He was unable to _________ his niece's wedding as he was ill.
A. assist
B. be present
C. attend
D. visit
17. Leave it in the oven until it _________ brown.
A. colours
B. cooks
C. changes
D. turns
18. It is English pronunciation and phrasal verbs that _________ me a lot of trouble.
A. have

B. cause
C. make
D. get
19. Is there anything wrong ________ your bicycle?
A. with
B. of
C. in
D. about
20. The librarian told us not ________ reference books out of the library.
A. took
B. to take
C. take
D. taking
21. "Never say that again, _________?"
A. will you
B. don't you
C. do you
D. won't you
22. I liked the book till the end but it had a (n) _________ ending which I didn't like.
A. interested
B. interesting
C. bored
D. boring
23. There have been period in history when remarkable progress was made within a _____ short span of time.
A. relative
B. relatively
C. relativity
D. relation
24. When we went for a picnic last Sunday, ________ weather turned out to be very good.
A. the

B. an
C. a
D. Ø
25. Mary: "Do you think it will rain? " Jenny: "Oh! ________"
A. I don't hope.
B. I don't hope so
C. I hope not.
D. I It's hopeless
26. Not only _________ much bigger than any other planets, but it is unlike the planets, it consists completely

of gaseous material.
A. that the Sun
B. Sun is
C. is the Sun
D. the Sun, which is
27. Do you really _________ me to believe you?
A. plan
B. wait
C. think
D. expect
28. People who are educated oversea can __________ recognition of training and get employment easily.
A. gain
B. grow
C. train
D. see
29. The manager did not offer her the job because of her untidy _________.
A. sight
B. presence
C. view
D. appearance

30. _________ of all staff, I would like to wish you a happy retirement.
A. In place
B. On account
C. Instead
D. On behalf
31. There is ____ in my bedroom.
A. an old square wooden table.
B. a square wooden old table
C. a wooden old square table
D. an old wooden square table
32. John was the youngest boy ________.
A. joining the club
B. admitted to the club
C. to be admitted to the club
D. that was joined the club
33. Peter wants to look his best at the wedding, so he's __________.
A. make a suit
B. to get made a suit
C. having a suit made D. having made a suit
34. A washing machine of this type will certainly ___________ normal domestic use.
A. stand up for
B. get on to
C. come up with
D. take down with
35. The twins look so much alike that almost no one can ____ them ____.
A. tell/apart
B. tell/away
C. take/on
D. take/apart
36. _________ amount of money can buy true friendship.

A. Never
B. None
C. No
D. not only
37. He was completely _________ by her tale of hardship.
A. taken away
B. taken in
C. taken up
D. taken down
IV. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSET in meaning

to each of the following questions.
38. Slightly more than twenty-five percent of the students in the class come from Spanish speaking countries.
A. The percentage of the students speaking Spanish fell by twenty-five percent.
B. Seventy-five percent of the students in the class speak Spanish.
C. A considerable proportion of the students in the class are Spanish.
D. A small minority of the students of in the class are Hispanic.
39. John didn't install an alarm, so the thieves broke into his house last night.
A. If he installed an alarm, the thieves didn't break into his house last night.


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B. Because he hadn't installed an alarm, the thieves would break into his house last night.
C. If he had installed an alarm, the thieves wouldn't break into his house last night.
D. Had he installed an alarm, the thieves wouldn't have broken into his house last night.
40. Because they erected a barn, the cattle couldn't get out into the wheat field.
A. In order not to keep the cattle away from the wheat field, they erected a barn.
B. They erected a barn in case the cattle couldn't get out into the wheat field.
C. They erected a barn, and as the result, the cattle couldn't get out into the wheat field.
D. They erected a barn so that the cattle would get into the weed field.

41. Peter managed to get promoted to the job of Office Manager because he worked extremely hard.
A. By working extremely hard Peter manages to get promote to the job of Office Manager.
B. By working extremely hard Peter has been managed to get promoted to the job of Office Manager.
C. By working extremely hard Peter managed to get promoted to the job of Office Manager.
D. By working extremely hard Peter had managed to get promoted to the job of Office Manager.
42. I'm sure it was Tom who cleared everything up.
A. Tom must have clear everything up.
B. Tom must has cleared everything up.
C. Tom must has not cleared everything up.
D. Tom must have cleared everything up.
43. "Stop smoking or you will be ill," The doctor told me.
A. The doctor suggested smoking to treat illness.
B. I was ordered not to smoke to recover from illness.
C. I was warned against smoking a lot of cigarettes.
D. The doctor advised me to give up smoking to avoid illness.
44. Wealthy as they were, they were far from happy.
A. Even if they were wealthy, they were not unhappy.
B. They were not happy as they were wealthy.
C. They were as wealthy as they were happy.
D. Although they were wealthy, they were not happy.
45. The thief had only just picked up the jewels when the policemen came into the room and grabbed him.
A. No sooner had the thief picked up the jewels than the policemen came into the room and grabbed him.
B. Sooner the thief hadn't picked up the jewels rather than the policemen came into the room and grabbed him.
C. Sooner had the thief not picked up the jewels than the policemen came into the room and grabbed him.
D. No sooner the thief had picked up the jewels rather than the policemen came into the room and grabbed him.
46. The woman was too weak to lift the suitcase.
A. The woman, though weak, could lift the suitcase.
B. The woman shouldn't have lifted the suitcase as she was very weak.
C. So weak was the woman that she couldn't lift the suitcase.
D. The woman wasn't able to lift the suitcase, so she was very weak.

47. When I arrived, they were having dinner.
A. I came in the middle of their dinner.
B. I came to their invitation to dinner.
C. They ate their dinner as soon as I arrived.
D. When we started having their dinner, I arrived.
V. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in

meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
48. Some of the regulations seemed too severe.
A. attitudes
B. rules
C. judgments
49. The football game commenced at 1:00.
A. continued
B. transpired
C. began
50. Her disapproval was implicit in her response to his behavior.
A. implicated
B. important
C. impious

D. punishments
D. ended
D. implied

VI. 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 (52) _______.
The goal of Internet-based encyclopedia Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org) is to give everyone on the
planet access to information. Like other encyclopedias, Wikipedia contains lots of information: more than 2.5

million articles in 200 different languages covering just about every subject. Unlike other encyclopedias,
however, Wikipedia is not written by experts, but by ordinary people. These writers are not paid and their
names are not published. They contribute to Wikipedia simply because they want to share their knowledge.


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Encyclopedias began in ancient times as collections of writings about all aspects of human knowledge.
The word itself comes from ancient Greek, and means "a complete general education". Real popularity for
encyclopedias came in the nineteenth century in Europe and the United States, with the publication of
encyclopedias written for ordinary readers. With the invention of the CD-ROM, the same amount of
information could be put on a few computer discs. Then with the Internet, it became possible to create an
online encyclopedia that could be constantly updated, like Microsoft's Encarta. However, even Internet-based
encyclopedias like Encarta were written by paid experts. At first, Wikipedia, the brainchild of Jimmy Wales,
a businessman in Chicago, was not so different from these. In 2001, he had the idea for an Internet-based
encyclopedia that would provide information quickly and easily to everyone. Furthermore, that information
would be available free, unlike other Internet encyclopedias at that time.
But Wales, like everyone else, believed that people with special knowledge were needed to write the
articles, and so he began by hiring experts. He soon changed his approach, however, as it took them a long
time to finish their work. He decided to open up the encyclopedia in a radical new way, so that everyone
would have access not only to the information, but also to the process of putting this information online. To
do this, he used what is known as "Wiki" software (from the Hawaiian word for "fast"), which allows users to
create or alter content on web page. The system is very simple: When you open the web site, you can simply
search for information or you can log on to become a writer or editor of articles. If you find an article that
interests you - about your hometown, for example - you can correct it or expand it. This process goes on until
no one is interested in making any more changes.
51. Wikipedia is a (n) ____.
A. book
B. journal
C. dictionary

D. article
52. Wikipedia is written by____.
A. world experts
B. paid written
C. normal people
D. millionaires
53. The phrase "these writers" in the first paragraph refers to ____.
A. every subject
B. ordinary readers
C. encyclopedia experts
D. ordinary people
54. The phrase "the word" in the second paragraph refers to____.
A. encyclopedia
B. collection
C. writing
D. knowledge
55. Microsoft's Encarta is cited in the passage as an example of ____.
A. CD-ROM dictionary
B. online encyclopedia
C. printed encyclopedia
D. updateable online encyclopedia
56. The word "brainchild" in the second paragraph of the passage can be best replaced by____.
A. born
B. child
C. product
D. father
57. The word "approach" in the third paragraph of the passage means____.
A. time
B. method
C. idea

D. writing
58. The user of Wikipedia can do all of the following EXCEPT____.
A. modify information
B. edit information
C. determinate the website
D. have access to information
59. We can say that Jimmy Wales____.
A. decides who can use Wikipedia
B. became very famous after the formation of Wikipedia
C. made a great profit from Wikipedia
D. is the father of Wikipedia
60. Wiki software enables ____.
A. limited access
B. exchanging articles
C. editing
D. a purchase of information
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that has the underlined part
pronounced differently from the rest in each of the following questions.
61. A. notice
B. money
C. ankle
D. glance
62. A. change
B. choose
C. machine
D. teacher
VII.

VIII. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in

the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
63. A. economy
B. industry
C. village

D. interest


64. A. pollution
65. A. invaluable

B. attractive
B. intimacy

C. separate
C. investigate

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D. activity
D. intensity

IX. 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.
66. Finished her household chores, Marie decided to do some shopping.
A
B
C
D
67. A football match begins with the ball kicking forwards from a spot in the centre of the field.

A
B
C
D
68. Had the teacher realized that the students couldn't understand him, he would speak louder.
A
B
C
D
69. I hadn't understood his directions. However, I asked him to repeat what he'd said.
A
B
C
D
70. Foreign students who are doing a decision about which school to attend may not know exactly where the
choices are located.
A
B
C
D
X. 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 (71) _______ to (72) _______.
PANDEMIC
Diseases are a natural part of life on Earth. If there were no diseases, the population would grow too
quickly, and there would not be enough food or other resources. So in a way, diseases are nature's way of
keeping the Earth in balance. But sometimes they spread very quickly and kill large numbers of people. For
example, in 1918, an outbreak of the flu spread across the world, killing over 25 million people in only six
months. Such terrible outbreaks of a disease are called pandemics.
Pandemics happen when a disease changes in a way that our bodies are not prepared to fight. In 1918,

a new type of flu virus appeared. Our bodies had no way to fight this new flu virus, and so it spread very
quickly and killed large numbers of people. While there have been many different pandemic diseases
throughout history, all of them have a few things in common.
First, all pandemic diseases spread from one person to another very easily. Second, while they may
kill many people, they generally do not kill people very quickly. A good example of this would be the
Marburg virus. The Marburg virus is an extremely infectious disease. In addition, it is deadly. About 70-80%
of all the people who get the Marburg virus die from the disease. However, the Marburg virus has not become
a pandemic because most people die within three days of getting the disease. This means that the virus does
not have enough time to spread to a large number of people. The flu virus of 1918, on the other hand,
generally took about a week to ten days to kill its victims, so it had more time to spread.
While we may never be able to completely stop pandemics, we can make them less common. Doctors
carefully monitor new diseases that they fear could become pandemics. For example, in 2002 and 2003,
doctors carefully watched SARS. Their health warnings may have prevented SARS from becoming a
pandemic.
71. This passage is mainly about ____.
A. why pandemics happen.
B. A. how to prevent pandemic diseases.
C. pandemic diseases.
D. pandemic diseases throughout history.
72. According to paragraph 1, how are diseases a natural part of life on Earth?
A. They kill too many people.
B. They help the world grow quickly.
C. They help control the population.
D. They prevent pandemics.
73. Based on the information in the passage the term pandemics can best be explained as ___.
A. new diseases like SARS or the Marburg virus
B. diseases that spread quickly and kill large numbers of people
C. deadly kind of flu

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D. diseases with no cure
74. According to the passage, what causes pandemics?
A. Changes in a disease that the body cannot fight
B. Careless doctors who do not watch the spread of diseases
C. The failure to make new medicines
D. Population growth that the world cannot support
75. According to the passage, all of the following are true of the 1918 flu pandemic EXCEPT that ____.
A. it killed over 25 million people
B. it took a little over a week to kill its victims
C. it was the last pandemic in history
D. it involved a new kind of flu virus
76. The word it in the passage refers to ____.
A. pandemics
B. flu virus
C. bodies
D. disease
77. Which of the following is mentioned as a common feature of all pandemic diseases?
A. They do not kill people very quickly.
B. They may kill many people very quickly.
C. They kill all the victims.
D. They spread from people to people very slowly.
78. According to paragraph 3, why hasn't Marburg virus become a pandemic?
A. It does not spread from person to person easily.
B. It kills people too quickly.
C. It is not a deadly disease.
D. Doctors have prevented it from becoming a pandemic.
79. The word monitor in the passage is closest in meaning to ____.
A. prevent
B. fight

C. watch
D. avoid
80. The author mentions SARS in order to ____.
A. suggest that there may be a new pandemic soon.
B. give an example of the successful prevention of a pandemic.
C. suggest that SARS will never become a pandemic.
D. give an example of a highly dangerous disease.


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ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC NĂM 2014
Môn: TIẾNG ANH; Khối D, A1
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề

Họ, tên thí sinh:..........................................................................
Số báo danh:............................................................................

Mã đề: 191

ĐỀ THI GỒM 80 QUESTION (TỪ QUESTION 1 ĐẾN QUESTION 80)
I. 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 (2) _______.
The goal of Internet-based encyclopedia Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org) is to give everyone on the
planet access to information. Like other encyclopedias, Wikipedia contains lots of information: more than 2.5

million articles in 200 different languages covering just about every subject. Unlike other encyclopedias,
however, Wikipedia is not written by experts, but by ordinary people. These writers are not paid and their
names are not published. They contribute to Wikipedia simply because they want to share their knowledge.
Encyclopedias began in ancient times as collections of writings about all aspects of human knowledge.
The word itself comes from ancient Greek, and means "a complete general education". Real popularity for
encyclopedias came in the nineteenth century in Europe and the United States, with the publication of
encyclopedias written for ordinary readers. With the invention of the CD-ROM, the same amount of
information could be put on a few computer discs. Then with the Internet, it became possible to create an
online encyclopedia that could be constantly updated, like Microsoft's Encarta. However, even Internet-based
encyclopedias like Encarta were written by paid experts. At first, Wikipedia, the brainchild of Jimmy Wales,
a businessman in Chicago, was not so different from these. In 2001, he had the idea for an Internet-based
encyclopedia that would provide information quickly and easily to everyone. Furthermore, that information
would be available free, unlike other Internet encyclopedias at that time.
But Wales, like everyone else, believed that people with special knowledge were needed to write the
articles, and so he began by hiring experts. He soon changed his approach, however, as it took them a long
time to finish their work. He decided to open up the encyclopedia in a radical new way, so that everyone
would have access not only to the information, but also to the process of putting this information online. To
do this, he used what is known as "Wiki" software (from the Hawaiian word for "fast"), which allows users to
create or alter content on web page. The system is very simple: When you open the web site, you can simply
search for information or you can log on to become a writer or editor of articles. If you find an article that
interests you - about your hometown, for example - you can correct it or expand it. This process goes on until
no one is interested in making any more changes.
1. Wikipedia is a (n) ____.
A. journal
B. dictionary
C. article
D. book
2. Wikipedia is written by____.
A. millionaires
B. world experts

C. normal people
D. paid written
3. The phrase "these writers" in the first paragraph refers to ____.
A. ordinary people
B. ordinary readers
C. encyclopedia experts
D. every subject
4. The phrase "the word" in the second paragraph refers to____.
A. collection
B. knowledge
C. writing
D. encyclopedia
5. Microsoft's Encarta is cited in the passage as an example of ____.
A. updateable online encyclopedia
B. online encyclopedia
C. CD-ROM dictionary
D. printed encyclopedia
6. The word "brainchild" in the second paragraph of the passage can be best replaced by____.
A. product
B. child
C. born
D. father
7. The word "approach" in the third paragraph of the passage means____.


A. idea

B. time

C. method

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D. writing

8. The user of Wikipedia can do all of the following EXCEPT____.
A. determinate the website
B. have access to information
C. edit information
D. modify information
9. We can say that Jimmy Wales____.
A. decides who can use Wikipedia
B. is the father of Wikipedia
C. made a great profit from Wikipedia
D. became very famous after the formation of Wikipedia
10. Wiki software enables ____.
A. limited access
B. a purchase of information
C. exchanging articles
D. editing
II. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSET in meaning

to each of the following questions.
11. I'm sure it was Tom who cleared everything up.
A. Tom must has not cleared everything up.
B. Tom must has cleared everything up.
C. Tom must have cleared everything up.
D. Tom must have clear everything up.
12. When I arrived, they were having dinner.
A. When we started having their dinner, I arrived. B. They ate their dinner as soon as I arrived.
C. I came in the middle of their dinner.

D. I came to their invitation to dinner.
13. The thief had only just picked up the jewels when the policemen came into the room and grabbed him.
A. Sooner had the thief not picked up the jewels than the policemen came into the room and grabbed him.
B. Sooner the thief hadn't picked up the jewels rather than the policemen came into the room and grabbed him.
C. No sooner the thief had picked up the jewels rather than the policemen came into the room and grabbed him.
D. No sooner had the thief picked up the jewels than the policemen came into the room and grabbed him.
14. Peter managed to get promoted to the job of Office Manager because he worked extremely hard.
A. By working extremely hard Peter manages to get promote to the job of Office Manager.
B. By working extremely hard Peter had managed to get promoted to the job of Office Manager.
C. By working extremely hard Peter has been managed to get promoted to the job of Office Manager.
D. By working extremely hard Peter managed to get promoted to the job of Office Manager.
15. John didn't install an alarm, so the thieves broke into his house last night.
A. If he installed an alarm, the thieves didn't break into his house last night.
B. Because he hadn't installed an alarm, the thieves would break into his house last night.
C. Had he installed an alarm, the thieves wouldn't have broken into his house last night.
D. If he had installed an alarm, the thieves wouldn't break into his house last night.
16. The woman was too weak to lift the suitcase.
A. So weak was the woman that she couldn't lift the suitcase.
B. The woman shouldn't have lifted the suitcase as she was very weak.
C. The woman wasn't able to lift the suitcase, so she was very weak.
D. The woman, though weak, could lift the suitcase.
17. "Stop smoking or you will be ill," The doctor told me.
A. I was ordered not to smoke to recover from illness.
B. I was warned against smoking a lot of cigarettes.
C. The doctor suggested smoking to treat illness.
D. The doctor advised me to give up smoking to avoid illness.
18. Wealthy as they were, they were far from happy.
A. Even if they were wealthy, they were not unhappy.
B. They were as wealthy as they were happy.
C. Although they were wealthy, they were not happy.

D. They were not happy as they were wealthy.
19. Slightly more than twenty-five percent of the students in the class come from Spanish speaking countries.
A. Seventy-five percent of the students in the class speak Spanish.
B. A considerable proportion of the students in the class are Spanish.
C. The percentage of the students speaking Spanish fell by twenty-five percent.
D. A small minority of the students of in the class are Hispanic.


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20. Because they erected a barn, the cattle couldn't get out into the wheat field.
A. In order not to keep the cattle away from the wheat field, they erected a barn.
B. They erected a barn in case the cattle couldn't get out into the wheat field.
C. They erected a barn so that the cattle would get into the weed field.
D. They erected a barn, and as the result, the cattle couldn't get out into the wheat field.
III. 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.
21. I hadn't understood his directions. However, I asked him to repeat what he'd said.
A
B
C
D
22. Finished her household chores, Marie decided to do some shopping.
A
B
C
D
23. Foreign students who are doing a decision about which school to attend may not know exactly where the
choices are located.
A

B
C
D
24. A football match begins with the ball kicking forwards from a spot in the centre of the field.

A

B

C

D

25. Had the teacher realized that the students couldn't understand him, he would speak louder.

A

B

C

D

IV. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the

position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
26. A. economy
B. interest
C. village
27. A. activity

B. pollution
C. attractive
28. A. investigate
B. invaluable
C. intimacy

D. industry
D. separate
D. intensity

V. 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 (29) _______ to (30) _______.
PANDEMIC
Diseases are a natural part of life on Earth. If there were no diseases, the population would grow too
quickly, and there would not be enough food or other resources. So in a way, diseases are nature's way of
keeping the Earth in balance. But sometimes they spread very quickly and kill large numbers of people. For
example, in 1918, an outbreak of the flu spread across the world, killing over 25 million people in only six
months. Such terrible outbreaks of a disease are called pandemics.
Pandemics happen when a disease changes in a way that our bodies are not prepared to fight. In 1918,
a new type of flu virus appeared. Our bodies had no way to fight this new flu virus, and so it spread very
quickly and killed large numbers of people. While there have been many different pandemic diseases
throughout history, all of them have a few things in common.
First, all pandemic diseases spread from one person to another very easily. Second, while they may
kill many people, they generally do not kill people very quickly. A good example of this would be the
Marburg virus. The Marburg virus is an extremely infectious disease. In addition, it is deadly. About 70-80%
of all the people who get the Marburg virus die from the disease. However, the Marburg virus has not become
a pandemic because most people die within three days of getting the disease. This means that the virus does
not have enough time to spread to a large number of people. The flu virus of 1918, on the other hand,
generally took about a week to ten days to kill its victims, so it had more time to spread.

While we may never be able to completely stop pandemics, we can make them less common. Doctors
carefully monitor new diseases that they fear could become pandemics. For example, in 2002 and 2003,
doctors carefully watched SARS. Their health warnings may have prevented SARS from becoming a
pandemic.
29. This passage is mainly about ____.
A. pandemic diseases throughout history.
B. why pandemics happen.
C. pandemic diseases.
D. A. how to prevent pandemic diseases.


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30. According to paragraph 1, how are diseases a natural part of life on Earth?
A. They kill too many people.
B. They prevent pandemics.
C. They help control the population.
D. They help the world grow quickly.
31. Based on the information in the passage the term pandemics can best be explained as ___.
A. new diseases like SARS or the Marburg virus
B. diseases with no cure
C. deadly kind of flu
D. diseases that spread quickly and kill large numbers of people
32. According to the passage, what causes pandemics?
A. The failure to make new medicines
B. Changes in a disease that the body cannot fight
C. Population growth that the world cannot support
D. Careless doctors who do not watch the spread of diseases
33. According to the passage, all of the following are true of the 1918 flu pandemic EXCEPT that ____.
A. it took a little over a week to kill its victims
B. it involved a new kind of flu virus

C. it killed over 25 million people
D. it was the last pandemic in history
34. The word it in the passage refers to ____.
A. flu virus
B. bodies
C. disease
D. pandemics
35. Which of the following is mentioned as a common feature of all pandemic diseases?
A. They do not kill people very quickly.
B. They kill all the victims.
C. They may kill many people very quickly.
D. They spread from people to people very slowly.
36. According to paragraph 3, why hasn't Marburg virus become a pandemic?
A. Doctors have prevented it from becoming a pandemic.
B. It is not a deadly disease.
C. It kills people too quickly.
D. It does not spread from person to person easily.
37. The word monitor in the passage is closest in meaning to ____.
A. watch
B. fight
C. prevent
D. avoid
38. The author mentions SARS in order to ____.
A. give an example of a highly dangerous disease.
B. suggest that there may be a new pandemic soon.
C. give an example of the successful prevention of a pandemic.
D. suggest that SARS will never become a pandemic.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that has the underlined part
pronounced differently from the rest in each of the following questions.

39. A. money
B. ankle
C. notice
D. glance
40. A. choose
B. machine
C. teacher
D. change
VI.

VII. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in

meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
41. After five days on trial, the court found him innocent of crime and he was released.
A. benevolent
B. naive
C. innovative
D. guilty
42. Affluent families find it easier to support their children financially.
A. Well-off
B. Impoverished
C. Privileged
D. Wealthy
VIII. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the

CORRECT word or phrase for each of the blanks from (43) _______ to (44) _______.
What do you do well? What do you enjoy doing? Your answers to these two questions will help you identify
your (45) _______. An employer will consider you seriously for a (46) _______ when you can show them
that you know who you are, what you can offer and which you have studied. Sometimes it is difficult to know
what your weaknesses are. Clearly not everyone is equally good (47) _______ everything. You may need to

improve yourself and so (48) _______ courses in that field could turn a weakness into strength. You will need
to (49) _______ some time on your self-assessment. Your honesty and the desire for self-improvement will
lead to (50) _______ in getting the right job. Explore the following seven areas to start to get to know
yourself: your aptitude, your skills, your personality, the level of responsibility you feel comfortable with,
your interests and your needs. Ask (51) _______ if you have any special talents and if you need to consider


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your physical health when choosing a job. Be as honest and realistic as you can, and ask for other people's
(52) _______ if necessary. Make a list of these things. It is usually a good idea to talk about your aptitudes
with teachers, family and friends. If you are considering a career that (53) _______ a special talent, such as
art, acrobatics, mathematics or music, discuss your aptitudes with (54) _______ expert in that area and
discover how they fit the needs of the occupation.
43. A. strengthened
B. strong
C. strengthen
D. strength
44. A. spot
B. location
C. position
D. room
45. A. upon
B. in
C. at
D. for
46. A. interviewing
B. taking
C. meeting
D. making

47. A. make
B. use
C. lose
D. spend
48. A. successfully
B. succeed
C. success
D. successful
49. A. yourself
B. your
C. yours
D. you
50. A. fields
B. opinions
C. attendances
D. interests
51. A. tells
B. requires
C. asks
D. urges
52. A. an
B. a
C. this
D. the
IX. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the

following questions.
53. The _______ about travelling by train rather than by car is that you can sleep or read during the journey.
A. enjoyment
B. enjoyed

C. enjoyable
D. enjoying
54. It is English pronunciation and phrasal verbs that _________ me a lot of trouble.
A. have
B. make
C. get
D. cause
55. "Never say that again, _________?"
A. won't you
B. will you
C. do you
D. don't you
56. John was the youngest boy ________.
A. that was joined the club
B. to be admitted to the club
C. joining the club
D. admitted to the club
57. I can't possibly lend you any more money; it is quite out of the _________.
A. order
B. practice
C. place
D. question
58. The manager did not offer her the job because of her untidy _________.
A. appearance
B. sight
C. view
D. presence
59. There have been period in history when remarkable progress was made within a _____ short span of time.
A. relation
B. relativity

C. relatively
D. relative
60. Leave it in the oven until it _________ brown.
A. colours
B. turns
C. cooks
D. changes
61. Peter wants to look his best at the wedding, so he's __________.
A. make a suit
B. having a suit made C. having made a suit D. to get made a suit
62. The twins look so much alike that almost no one can ____ them ____.
A. tell/away
B. tell/apart
C. take/apart
D. take/on
63. When we went for a picnic last Sunday, ________ weather turned out to be very good.
A. a
B. the
C. an
D. Ø
64. I liked the book till the end but it had a (n) _________ ending which I didn't like.
A. interested
B. bored
C. interesting
D. boring
65. _________ of all staff, I would like to wish you a happy retirement.
A. Instead
B. On behalf
C. On account
D. In place

66. Monica: "I think we should recycle these bags. It will help protect the environment."
Mathew: "_______________"
A. Never mind.
B. It's rubbish. We shouldn't use it.
C. I can't agree with you more.
D. You can say that again.
67. He was completely _________ by her tale of hardship.
A. taken in
B. taken down
C. taken away
D. taken up
68. There is ____ in my bedroom.
A. an old wooden square table
B. a square wooden old table
C. an old square wooden table.
D. a wooden old square table
69. _________ amount of money can buy true friendship.
A. None
B. not only
C. No
D. Never


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70. Not only _________ much bigger than any other planets, but it is unlike the planets, it consists completely

of gaseous material.
A. the Sun, which is
B. is the Sun
C. that the Sun

D. Sun is
71. People who are educated oversea can __________ recognition of training and get employment easily.
A. grow
B. train
C. gain
D. see
72. The librarian told us not ________ reference books out of the library.
A. take
B. to take
C. took
D. taking
73. A washing machine of this type will certainly ___________ normal domestic use.
A. take down with
B. come up with
C. stand up for
D. get on to
74. Is there anything wrong ________ your bicycle?
A. with
B. of
C. in
D. about
75. Do you really _________ me to believe you?
A. think
B. wait
C. plan
D. expect
76. Mary: "Do you think it will rain?" Jenny: "Oh! ________"
A. I don't hope.
B. I don't hope so
C. I hope not.

D. I It's hopeless
77. He was unable to _________ his niece's wedding as he was ill.
A. attend
B. visit
C. be present
D. assist
X. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in

meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
78. Some of the regulations seemed too severe.
A. attitudes
B. punishments
C. rules
79. Her disapproval was implicit in her response to his behavior.
A. impious
B. implicated
C. implied
80. The football game commenced at 1:00.
A. transpired
B. began
C. continued

D. judgments
D. important
D. ended


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SỞ GD - ĐT KHÁNH HÒA

TRƯỜNG THPT HOÀNG VĂN THỤ
(Đề thi có 06 trang)

ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC NĂM 2014
Môn: TIẾNG ANH; Khối D, A1
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề

Họ, tên thí sinh:..........................................................................
Số báo danh:............................................................................

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ĐỀ THI GỒM 80 QUESTION (TỪ QUESTION 1 ĐẾN QUESTION 80)
I. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the

CORRECT word or phrase for each of the blanks from (1) _______ to (2) _______.
What do you do well? What do you enjoy doing? Your answers to these two questions will help you identify
your (3) _______. An employer will consider you seriously for a (4) _______ when you can show them that
you know who you are, what you can offer and which you have studied. Sometimes it is difficult to know
what your weaknesses are. Clearly not everyone is equally good (5) _______ everything. You may need to
improve yourself and so (6) _______ courses in that field could turn a weakness into strength. You will need
to (7) _______ some time on your self-assessment. Your honesty and the desire for self-improvement will
lead to (8) _______ in getting the right job. Explore the following seven areas to start to get to know yourself:
your aptitude, your skills, your personality, the level of responsibility you feel comfortable with, your
interests and your needs. Ask (9) _______ if you have any special talents and if you need to consider your
physical health when choosing a job. Be as honest and realistic as you can, and ask for other people's (10)
_______ if necessary. Make a list of these things. It is usually a good idea to talk about your aptitudes with
teachers, family and friends. If you are considering a career that (11) _______ a special talent, such as art,
acrobatics, mathematics or music, discuss your aptitudes with (12) _______ expert in that area and discover
how they fit the needs of the occupation.

1. A. strengthened
B. strengthen
C. strength
D. strong
2. A. position
B. spot
C. location
D. room
3. A. for
B. at
C. upon
D. in
4. A. interviewing
B. meeting
C. making
D. taking
5. A. spend
B. use
C. lose
D. make
6. A. successful
B. success
C. succeed
D. successfully
7. A. yourself
B. yours
C. you
D. your
8. A. opinions
B. interests

C. attendances
D. fields
9. A. asks
B. tells
C. urges
D. requires
10. A. an
B. the
C. this
D. a
II. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the

position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
11. A. investigate
B. intensity
C. invaluable
12. A. pollution
B. activity
C. attractive
13. A. interest
B. economy
C. industry

D. intimacy
D. separate
D. village

III. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in

meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

14. The football game commenced at 1:00.
A. continued
B. transpired
C. began
15. Some of the regulations seemed too severe.
A. attitudes
B. rules
C. punishments
16. Her disapproval was implicit in her response to his behavior.
A. implied
B. implicated
C. important

D. ended
D. judgments
D. impious

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that has the underlined part
pronounced differently from the rest in each of the following questions.
17. A. choose
B. change
C. teacher
D. machine
18. A. money
B. notice
C. ankle
D. glance
IV.

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V. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSET in meaning

to each of the following questions.
19. When I arrived, they were having dinner.
A. I came in the middle of their dinner.
B. I came to their invitation to dinner.
C. They ate their dinner as soon as I arrived.
D. When we started having their dinner, I arrived.
20. The thief had only just picked up the jewels when the policemen came into the room and grabbed him.
A. No sooner the thief had picked up the jewels rather than the policemen came into the room and grabbed him.
B. No sooner had the thief picked up the jewels than the policemen came into the room and grabbed him.
C. Sooner the thief hadn't picked up the jewels rather than the policemen came into the room and grabbed him.
D. Sooner had the thief not picked up the jewels than the policemen came into the room and grabbed him.
21. Slightly more than twenty-five percent of the students in the class come from Spanish speaking countries.
A. Seventy-five percent of the students in the class speak Spanish.
B. The percentage of the students speaking Spanish fell by twenty-five percent.
C. A considerable proportion of the students in the class are Spanish.
D. A small minority of the students of in the class are Hispanic.
22. "Stop smoking or you will be ill," The doctor told me.
A. The doctor suggested smoking to treat illness.
B. I was warned against smoking a lot of cigarettes.
C. I was ordered not to smoke to recover from illness.
D. The doctor advised me to give up smoking to avoid illness.
23. John didn't install an alarm, so the thieves broke into his house last night.
A. If he installed an alarm, the thieves didn't break into his house last night.
B. If he had installed an alarm, the thieves wouldn't break into his house last night.
C. Had he installed an alarm, the thieves wouldn't have broken into his house last night.
D. Because he hadn't installed an alarm, the thieves would break into his house last night.
24. Because they erected a barn, the cattle couldn't get out into the wheat field.

A. In order not to keep the cattle away from the wheat field, they erected a barn.
B. They erected a barn so that the cattle would get into the weed field.
C. They erected a barn, and as the result, the cattle couldn't get out into the wheat field.
D. They erected a barn in case the cattle couldn't get out into the wheat field.
25. Wealthy as they were, they were far from happy.
A. Even if they were wealthy, they were not unhappy.
B. They were not happy as they were wealthy.
C. They were as wealthy as they were happy.
D. Although they were wealthy, they were not happy.
26. Peter managed to get promoted to the job of Office Manager because he worked extremely hard.
A. By working extremely hard Peter manages to get promote to the job of Office Manager.
B. By working extremely hard Peter managed to get promoted to the job of Office Manager.
C. By working extremely hard Peter had managed to get promoted to the job of Office Manager.
D. By working extremely hard Peter has been managed to get promoted to the job of Office Manager.
27. I'm sure it was Tom who cleared everything up.
A. Tom must have cleared everything up.
B. Tom must has not cleared everything up.
C. Tom must has cleared everything up.
D. Tom must have clear everything up.
28. The woman was too weak to lift the suitcase.
A. The woman wasn't able to lift the suitcase, so she was very weak.
B. So weak was the woman that she couldn't lift the suitcase.
C. The woman shouldn't have lifted the suitcase as she was very weak.
D. The woman, though weak, could lift the suitcase.
VI. 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 (29) _______ to (30) _______.
PANDEMIC
Diseases are a natural part of life on Earth. If there were no diseases, the population would grow too
quickly, and there would not be enough food or other resources. So in a way, diseases are nature's way of

keeping the Earth in balance. But sometimes they spread very quickly and kill large numbers of people. For


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example, in 1918, an outbreak of the flu spread across the world, killing over 25 million people in only six
months. Such terrible outbreaks of a disease are called pandemics.
Pandemics happen when a disease changes in a way that our bodies are not prepared to fight. In 1918,
a new type of flu virus appeared. Our bodies had no way to fight this new flu virus, and so it spread very
quickly and killed large numbers of people. While there have been many different pandemic diseases
throughout history, all of them have a few things in common.
First, all pandemic diseases spread from one person to another very easily. Second, while they may
kill many people, they generally do not kill people very quickly. A good example of this would be the
Marburg virus. The Marburg virus is an extremely infectious disease. In addition, it is deadly. About 70-80%
of all the people who get the Marburg virus die from the disease. However, the Marburg virus has not become
a pandemic because most people die within three days of getting the disease. This means that the virus does
not have enough time to spread to a large number of people. The flu virus of 1918, on the other hand,
generally took about a week to ten days to kill its victims, so it had more time to spread.
While we may never be able to completely stop pandemics, we can make them less common. Doctors
carefully monitor new diseases that they fear could become pandemics. For example, in 2002 and 2003,
doctors carefully watched SARS. Their health warnings may have prevented SARS from becoming a
pandemic.
29. This passage is mainly about ____.
A. pandemic diseases.
B. A. how to prevent pandemic diseases.
C. pandemic diseases throughout history.
D. why pandemics happen.
30. According to paragraph 1, how are diseases a natural part of life on Earth?
A. They prevent pandemics.
B. They help the world grow quickly.

C. They kill too many people.
D. They help control the population.
31. Based on the information in the passage the term pandemics can best be explained as ___.
A. diseases that spread quickly and kill large numbers of people
B. diseases with no cure
C. deadly kind of flu
D. new diseases like SARS or the Marburg virus
32. According to the passage, what causes pandemics?
A. Careless doctors who do not watch the spread of diseases
B. The failure to make new medicines
C. Population growth that the world cannot support
D. Changes in a disease that the body cannot fight
33. According to the passage, all of the following are true of the 1918 flu pandemic EXCEPT that ____.
A. it killed over 25 million people
B. it was the last pandemic in history
C. it took a little over a week to kill its victims
D. it involved a new kind of flu virus
34. The word it in the passage refers to ____.
A. flu virus
B. disease
C. bodies
D. pandemics
35. Which of the following is mentioned as a common feature of all pandemic diseases?
A. They may kill many people very quickly.
B. They spread from people to people very slowly.
C. They do not kill people very quickly.
D. They kill all the victims.
36. According to paragraph 3, why hasn't Marburg virus become a pandemic?
A. It is not a deadly disease.
B. Doctors have prevented it from becoming a pandemic.

C. It kills people too quickly.
D. It does not spread from person to person easily.
37. The word monitor in the passage is closest in meaning to ____.
A. avoid
B. watch
C. fight
D. prevent
38. The author mentions SARS in order to ____.
A. give an example of a highly dangerous disease.
B. suggest that there may be a new pandemic soon.
C. suggest that SARS will never become a pandemic.
D. give an example of the successful prevention of a pandemic.


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VII. 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.
39. A football match begins with the ball kicking forwards from a spot in the centre of the field.
A
B
C
D
40. Finished her household chores, Marie decided to do some shopping.
A
B
C
D
41. Had the teacher realized that the students couldn't understand him, he would speak louder.
A

B

C

D

42. Foreign students who are doing a decision about which school to attend may not know exactly where the

choices are located.

A

B

C

D

43. I hadn't understood his directions. However, I asked him to repeat what he'd said.

A

B

C

D

VIII. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the

following questions.
44. Monica: "I think we should recycle these bags. It will help protect the environment."
Mathew: "_______________"
A. You can say that again.
B. I can't agree with you more.
C. Never mind.
D. It's rubbish. We shouldn't use it.
45. Not only _________ much bigger than any other planets, but it is unlike the planets, it consists completely
of gaseous material.
A. Sun is
B. that the Sun
C. the Sun, which is
D. is the Sun
46. A washing machine of this type will certainly ___________ normal domestic use.
A. stand up for
B. come up with
C. take down with
D. get on to
47. The _________ about travelling by train rather than by car is that you can sleep or read during the
journey.
A. enjoying
B. enjoyed
C. enjoyable
D. enjoyment
48. Leave it in the oven until it _________ brown.
A. turns
B. cooks
C. changes
D. colours

49. Is there anything wrong ________ your bicycle?
A. about
B. with
C. in
D. of
50. The manager did not offer her the job because of her untidy _________.
A. view
B. presence
C. appearance
D. sight
51. I liked the book till the end but it had a (n) _________ ending which I didn't like.
A. boring
B. bored
C. interested
D. interesting
52. People who are educated oversea can __________ recognition of training and get employment easily.
A. see
B. gain
C. grow
D. train
53. I can't possibly lend you any more money; it is quite out of the _________.
A. question
B. place
C. practice
D. order
54. _________ of all staff, I would like to wish you a happy retirement.
A. Instead
B. On behalf
C. On account
D. In place

55. It is English pronunciation and phrasal verbs that _________ me a lot of trouble.
A. have
B. get
C. cause
D. make
56. When we went for a picnic last Sunday, ________ weather turned out to be very good.
A. Ø
B. a
C. an
D. the
57. _________ amount of money can buy true friendship.
A. not only
B. Never
C. None
D. No
58. Peter wants to look his best at the wedding, so he's __________.
A. having a suit made
B. having made a suit C. make a suit
D. to get made a suit
59. John was the youngest boy ________.
A. admitted to the club
B. joining the club
C. that was joined the club
D. to be admitted to the club
60. The twins look so much alike that almost no one can ____ them ____.
A. take/on
B. take/apart
C. tell/apart
D. tell/away

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61. The librarian told us not ________ reference books out of the library.
A. to take
B. taking
C. took
D. take
62. "Never say that again, _________?"
A. don't you
B. do you
C. will you
D. won't you
63. Do you really _________ me to believe you?
A. expect
B. wait
C. think
D. plan
64. There have been period in history when remarkable progress was made within a _____ short span of time.
A. relation
B. relativity
C. relatively
D. relative
65. He was completely _________ by her tale of hardship.
A. taken in
B. taken down
C. taken away
D. taken up
66. He was unable to _________ his niece's wedding as he was ill.
A. assist
B. be present

C. attend
D. visit
67. Mary: "Do you think it will rain? " Jenny: "Oh! ________"
A. I It's hopeless
B. I don't hope.
C. I hope not.
D. I don't hope so
68. There is ____ in my bedroom.
A. an old wooden square table
B. a wooden old square table
C. an old square wooden table.
D. a square wooden old table
IX. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in

meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
69. After five days on trial, the court found him innocent of crime and he was released.
A. benevolent
B. naive
C. innovative
D. guilty
70. Affluent families find it easier to support their children financially.
A. Impoverished
B. Wealthy
C. Privileged
D. Well-off
X. 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 (71) _______ to (72) _______.
The goal of Internet-based encyclopedia Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org) is to give everyone on the
planet access to information. Like other encyclopedias, Wikipedia contains lots of information: more than 2.5

million articles in 200 different languages covering just about every subject. Unlike other encyclopedias,
however, Wikipedia is not written by experts, but by ordinary people. These writers are not paid and their
names are not published. They contribute to Wikipedia simply because they want to share their knowledge.
Encyclopedias began in ancient times as collections of writings about all aspects of human knowledge.
The word itself comes from ancient Greek, and means "a complete general education". Real popularity for
encyclopedias came in the nineteenth century in Europe and the United States, with the publication of
encyclopedias written for ordinary readers. With the invention of the CD-ROM, the same amount of
information could be put on a few computer discs. Then with the Internet, it became possible to create an
online encyclopedia that could be constantly updated, like Microsoft's Encarta. However, even Internet-based
encyclopedias like Encarta were written by paid experts. At first, Wikipedia, the brainchild of Jimmy Wales,
a businessman in Chicago, was not so different from these. In 2001, he had the idea for an Internet-based
encyclopedia that would provide information quickly and easily to everyone. Furthermore, that information
would be available free, unlike other Internet encyclopedias at that time.
But Wales, like everyone else, believed that people with special knowledge were needed to write the
articles, and so he began by hiring experts. He soon changed his approach, however, as it took them a long
time to finish their work. He decided to open up the encyclopedia in a radical new way, so that everyone
would have access not only to the information, but also to the process of putting this information online. To
do this, he used what is known as "Wiki" software (from the Hawaiian word for "fast"), which allows users to
create or alter content on web page. The system is very simple: When you open the web site, you can simply
search for information or you can log on to become a writer or editor of articles. If you find an article that
interests you - about your hometown, for example - you can correct it or expand it. This process goes on until
no one is interested in making any more changes.
71. Wikipedia is a (n) ____.
A. article
B. journal
C. book
D. dictionary
72. Wikipedia is written by ____.
A. world experts
B. normal people

C. millionaires
D. paid written


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73. The phrase "these writers" in the first paragraph refers to ____.
A. encyclopedia experts
B. every subject
C. ordinary readers
D. ordinary people
74. The phrase "the word" in the second paragraph refers to ____.
A. collection
B. encyclopedia
C. writing
D. knowledge
75. Microsoft's Encarta is cited in the passage as an example of ____.
A. printed encyclopedia
B. CD-ROM dictionary
C. online encyclopedia
D. updateable online encyclopedia
76. The word "brainchild" in the second paragraph of the passage can be best replaced by ____.
A. father
B. product
C. child
D. born
77. The word "approach" in the third paragraph of the passage means ____.
A. writing
B. method
C. idea
D. time

78. The user of Wikipedia can do all of the following EXCEPT ____.
A. edit information
B. have access to information
C. modify information
D. determinate the website
79. We can say that Jimmy Wales ____.
A. decides who can use Wikipedia
B. is the father of Wikipedia
C. made a great profit from Wikipedia
D. became very famous after the formation of Wikipedia
80. Wiki software enables ____.
A. limited access
B. exchanging articles C. editing
D. a purchase of information


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SỞ GD - ĐT KHÁNH HÒA
TRƯỜNG THPT HOÀNG VĂN THỤ
(Đề thi có 06 trang)

ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC NĂM 2014
Môn: TIẾNG ANH; Khối D, A1
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề

Họ, tên thí sinh:..........................................................................
Số báo danh:............................................................................

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ĐỀ THI GỒM 80 QUESTION (TỪ QUESTION 1 ĐẾN QUESTION 80)
I. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the

CORRECT word or phrase for each of the blanks from (1) _______ to (2) _______.
What do you do well? What do you enjoy doing? Your answers to these two questions will help you identify
your (3) _______. An employer will consider you seriously for a (4) _______ when you can show them that
you know who you are, what you can offer and which you have studied. Sometimes it is difficult to know
what your weaknesses are. Clearly not everyone is equally good (5) _______ everything. You may need to
improve yourself and so (6) _______ courses in that field could turn a weakness into strength. You will need
to (7) _______ some time on your self-assessment. Your honesty and the desire for self-improvement will
lead to (8) _______ in getting the right job. Explore the following seven areas to start to get to know yourself:
your aptitude, your skills, your personality, the level of responsibility you feel comfortable with, your
interests and your needs. Ask (9) _______ if you have any special talents and if you need to consider your
physical health when choosing a job. Be as honest and realistic as you can, and ask for other people's (10)
_______ if necessary. Make a list of these things. It is usually a good idea to talk about your aptitudes with
teachers, family and friends. If you are considering a career that (11) _______ a special talent, such as art,
acrobatics, mathematics or music, discuss your aptitudes with (12) _______ expert in that area and discover
how they fit the needs of the occupation.
1. A. strengthen
B. strong
C. strength
D. strengthened
2. A. position
B. spot
C. room
D. location
3. A. upon
B. in
C. at

D. for
4. A. meeting
B. taking
C. making
D. interviewing
5. A. use
B. lose
C. make
D. spend
6. A. succeed
B. successful
C. success
D. successfully
7. A. you
B. your
C. yours
D. yourself
8. A. interests
B. opinions
C. attendances
D. fields
9. A. requires
B. asks
C. tells
D. urges
10. A. an
B. this
C. the
D. a
II. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in

meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
11. Affluent families find it easier to support their children financially.
A. Well-off
B. Wealthy
C. Impoverished
D. Privileged
12. After five days on trial, the court found him innocent of crime and he was released.
A. guilty
B. benevolent
C. innovative
D. naive
III. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSET in meaning

to each of the following questions.
13. Wealthy as they were, they were far from happy.
A. They were as wealthy as they were happy.
B. They were not happy as they were wealthy.
C. Although they were wealthy, they were not happy.
D. Even if they were wealthy, they were not unhappy.
14. John didn't install an alarm, so the thieves broke into his house last night.
A. Had he installed an alarm, the thieves wouldn't have broken into his house last night.
B. If he installed an alarm, the thieves didn't break into his house last night.
C. If he had installed an alarm, the thieves wouldn't break into his house last night.


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D. Because he hadn't installed an alarm, the thieves would break into his house last night.
15. The woman was too weak to lift the suitcase.
A. So weak was the woman that she couldn't lift the suitcase.

B. The woman shouldn't have lifted the suitcase as she was very weak.
C. The woman wasn't able to lift the suitcase, so she was very weak.
D. The woman, though weak, could lift the suitcase.
16. Peter managed to get promoted to the job of Office Manager because he worked extremely hard.
A. By working extremely hard Peter managed to get promoted to the job of Office Manager.
B. By working extremely hard Peter manages to get promote to the job of Office Manager.
C. By working extremely hard Peter had managed to get promoted to the job of Office Manager.
D. By working extremely hard Peter has been managed to get promoted to the job of Office Manager.
17. I'm sure it was Tom who cleared everything up.
A. Tom must have clear everything up.
B. Tom must has cleared everything up.
C. Tom must has not cleared everything up.
D. Tom must have cleared everything up.
18. Because they erected a barn, the cattle couldn't get out into the wheat field.
A. They erected a barn in case the cattle couldn't get out into the wheat field.
B. They erected a barn, and as the result, the cattle couldn't get out into the wheat field.
C. They erected a barn so that the cattle would get into the weed field.
D. In order not to keep the cattle away from the wheat field, they erected a barn.
19. When I arrived, they were having dinner.
A. They ate their dinner as soon as I arrived.
B. I came in the middle of their dinner.
C. I came to their invitation to dinner.
D. When we started having their dinner, I arrived.
20. Slightly more than twenty-five percent of the students in the class come from Spanish speaking countries.
A. The percentage of the students speaking Spanish fell by twenty-five percent.
B. A considerable proportion of the students in the class are Spanish.
C. Seventy-five percent of the students in the class speak Spanish.
D. A small minority of the students of in the class are Hispanic.
21. "Stop smoking or you will be ill," The doctor told me.
A. The doctor advised me to give up smoking to avoid illness.

B. I was ordered not to smoke to recover from illness.
C. I was warned against smoking a lot of cigarettes.
D. The doctor suggested smoking to treat illness.
22. The thief had only just picked up the jewels when the policemen came into the room and grabbed him.
A. No sooner the thief had picked up the jewels rather than the policemen came into the room and grabbed him.
B. Sooner had the thief not picked up the jewels than the policemen came into the room and grabbed him?
C. No sooner had the thief picked up the jewels than the policemen came into the room and grabbed him.
D. Sooner the thief hadn't picked up the jewels rather than the policemen came into the room and grabbed him.
IV. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the

position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
23. A. interest
B. village
C. economy
24. A. activity
B. pollution
C. separate
25. A. invaluable
B. investigate
C. intensity

D. industry
D. attractive
D. intimacy

V. 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 (26) _______ to (27) _______.
The goal of Internet-based encyclopedia Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org) is to give everyone on the
planet access to information. Like other encyclopedias, Wikipedia contains lots of information: more than 2.5

million articles in 200 different languages covering just about every subject. Unlike other encyclopedias,
however, Wikipedia is not written by experts, but by ordinary people. These writers are not paid and their
names are not published. They contribute to Wikipedia simply because they want to share their knowledge.
Encyclopedias began in ancient times as collections of writings about all aspects of human knowledge.
The word itself comes from ancient Greek, and means "a complete general education". Real popularity for


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encyclopedias came in the nineteenth century in Europe and the United States, with the publication of
encyclopedias written for ordinary readers. With the invention of the CD-ROM, the same amount of
information could be put on a few computer discs. Then with the Internet, it became possible to create an
online encyclopedia that could be constantly updated, like Microsoft's Encarta. However, even Internet-based
encyclopedias like Encarta were written by paid experts. At first, Wikipedia, the brainchild of Jimmy Wales,
a businessman in Chicago, was not so different from these. In 2001, he had the idea for an Internet-based
encyclopedia that would provide information quickly and easily to everyone. Furthermore, that information
would be available free, unlike other Internet encyclopedias at that time.
But Wales, like everyone else, believed that people with special knowledge were needed to write the
articles, and so he began by hiring experts. He soon changed his approach, however, as it took them a long
time to finish their work. He decided to open up the encyclopedia in a radical new way, so that everyone
would have access not only to the information, but also to the process of putting this information online. To
do this, he used what is known as "Wiki" software (from the Hawaiian word for "fast"), which allows users to
create or alter content on web page. The system is very simple: When you open the web site, you can simply
search for information or you can log on to become a writer or editor of articles. If you find an article that
interests you - about your hometown, for example - you can correct it or expand it. This process goes on until
no one is interested in making any more changes.
26. Wikipedia is a (n) ____.
A. dictionary
B. book
C. article

D. journal
27. Wikipedia is written by____.
A. normal people
B. paid written
C. millionaires
D. world experts
28. The phrase "these writers" in the first paragraph refers to ____.
A. ordinary people
B. ordinary readers
C. every subject
D. encyclopedia experts
29. The phrase "the word" in the second paragraph refers to____.
A. encyclopedia
B. collection
C. knowledge
D. writing
30. Microsoft's Encarta is cited in the passage as an example of ____.
A. online encyclopedia
B. printed encyclopedia
C. CD-ROM dictionary
D. updateable online encyclopedia
31. The word "brainchild" in the second paragraph of the passage can be best replaced by____.
A. born
B. product
C. child D. father
32. The word "approach" in the third paragraph of the passage means____.
A. time
B. method
C. writing
D. idea

33. The user of Wikipedia can do all of the following EXCEPT____.
A. determinate the website
B. have access to information
C. edit information
D. modify information
34. We can say that Jimmy Wales____.
A. decides who can use Wikipedia
B. became very famous after the formation of Wikipedia
C. is the father of Wikipedia
D. made a great profit from Wikipedia
35. Wiki software enables ____.
A. exchanging articles
B. a purchase of information
C. limited access
D. editing
VI. 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 (36) _______ to (37) _______.
PANDEMIC
Diseases are a natural part of life on Earth. If there were no diseases, the population would grow too
quickly, and there would not be enough food or other resources. So in a way, diseases are nature's way of
keeping the Earth in balance. But sometimes they spread very quickly and kill large numbers of people. For
example, in 1918, an outbreak of the flu spread across the world, killing over 25 million people in only six
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Pandemics happen when a disease changes in a way that our bodies are not prepared to fight. In 1918,
a new type of flu virus appeared. Our bodies had no way to fight this new flu virus, and so it spread very

quickly and killed large numbers of people. While there have been many different pandemic diseases
throughout history, all of them have a few things in common.
First, all pandemic diseases spread from one person to another very easily. Second, while they may
kill many people, they generally do not kill people very quickly. A good example of this would be the
Marburg virus. The Marburg virus is an extremely infectious disease. In addition, it is deadly. About 70-80%
of all the people who get the Marburg virus die from the disease. However, the Marburg virus has not become
a pandemic because most people die within three days of getting the disease. This means that the virus does
not have enough time to spread to a large number of people. The flu virus of 1918, on the other hand,
generally took about a week to ten days to kill its victims, so it had more time to spread.
While we may never be able to completely stop pandemics, we can make them less common. Doctors
carefully monitor new diseases that they fear could become pandemics. For example, in 2002 and 2003,
doctors carefully watched SARS. Their health warnings may have prevented SARS from becoming a
pandemic.
36. This passage is mainly about ____.
A. pandemic diseases.
B. pandemic diseases throughout history.
C. A. how to prevent pandemic diseases.
D. why pandemics happen.
37. According to paragraph 1, how are diseases a natural part of life on Earth?
A. They help control the population.
B. They prevent pandemics.
C. They help the world grow quickly.
D. They kill too many people.
38. Based on the information in the passage the term pandemics can best be explained as ___.
A. new diseases like SARS or the Marburg virus
B. diseases with no cure
C. deadly kind of flu
D. diseases that spread quickly and kill large numbers of people
39. According to the passage, what causes pandemics?
A. The failure to make new medicines

B. Population growth that the world cannot support
C. Changes in a disease that the body cannot fight
D. Careless doctors who do not watch the spread of diseases
40. According to the passage, all of the following are true of the 1918 flu pandemic EXCEPT that ____.
A. it involved a new kind of flu virus
B. it killed over 25 million people
C. it took a little over a week to kill its victims
D. it was the last pandemic in history
41. The word it in the passage refers to ____.
A. pandemics
B. flu virus
C. disease
D. bodies
42. Which of the following is mentioned as a common feature of all pandemic diseases?
A. They do not kill people very quickly.
B. They may kill many people very quickly.
C. They spread from people to people very slowly. D. They kill all the victims.
43. According to paragraph 3, why hasn't Marburg virus become a pandemic?
A. Doctors have prevented it from becoming a pandemic.
B. It kills people too quickly.
C. It does not spread from person to person easily.
D. It is not a deadly disease.
44. The word monitor in the passage is closest in meaning to ____.
A. prevent
B. avoid
C. fight
D. watch
45. The author mentions SARS in order to ____.
A. suggest that SARS will never become a pandemic.
B. give an example of a highly dangerous disease.

C. give an example of the successful prevention of a pandemic.
D. suggest that there may be a new pandemic soon.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that has the underlined part
pronounced differently from the rest in each of the following questions.
46. A. machine
B. change
C. choose
D. teacher
47. A. ankle
B. glance
C. notice
D. money
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VIII. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in

meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
48. Her disapproval was implicit in her response to his behavior.
A. important
B. impious
C. implicated
49. The football game commenced at 1:00.
A. continued
B. ended
C. began
50. Some of the regulations seemed too severe.
A. judgments
B. punishments

C. attitudes

D. implied
D. transpired
D. rules

IX. 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.
51. Foreign students who are doing a decision about which school to attend may not know exactly where the
choices are located.
A
B
C
D
52. Finished her household chores, Marie decided to do some shopping.

A
B
C
D
53. I hadn't understood his directions. However, I asked him to repeat what he'd said.
A
B
C
D
54. A football match begins with the ball kicking forwards from a spot in the centre of the field.
A
B
C

D
55. Had the teacher realized that the students couldn't understand him, he would speak louder.
A

B

C

D

X. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the

following questions.
56. There have been period in history when remarkable progress was made within a _____ short span of time.
A. relative
B. relation
C. relativity
D. relatively
57. I liked the book till the end but it had a (n) _________ ending which I didn't like.
A. boring
B. bored
C. interesting
D. interested
58. When we went for a picnic last Sunday, ________ weather turned out to be very good.
A. the
B. Ø
C. a
D. an
59. _________ of all staff, I would like to wish you a happy retirement.
A. Instead

B. On account
C. In place
D. On behalf
60. Do you really _________ me to believe you?
A. think
B. expect
C. plan
D. wait
61. The twins look so much alike that almost no one can ____ them ____.
A. take/on
B. tell/apart
C. take/apart
D. tell/away
62. John was the youngest boy ________.
A. admitted to the club
B. to be admitted to the club
C. joining the club
D. that was joined the club
63. People who are educated oversea can __________ recognition of training and get employment easily.
A. gain
B. see
C. grow
D. train
64. The librarian told us not ________ reference books out of the library.
A. to take
B. taking
C. take
D. took
65. Leave it in the oven until it _________ brown.
A. turns

B. changes
C. colours
D. cooks
66. The _________ about travelling by train rather than by car is that you can sleep or read during the
journey.
A. enjoyment
B. enjoyed
C. enjoying
D. enjoyable
67. There is ____ in my bedroom.
A. an old square wooden table.
B. a square wooden old table
C. a wooden old square table
D. an old wooden square table
68. Is there anything wrong ________ your bicycle?
A. of
B. in
C. with
D. about
69. A washing machine of this type will certainly ___________ normal domestic use.


A. stand up for

B. take down with

C. get on to

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D. come up with

70. Monica: "I think we should recycle these bags. It will help protect the environment."

Mathew: "_______________"
A. Never mind.
C. It's rubbish. We shouldn't use it.

B. You can say that again.
D. I can't agree with you more.

71. I can't possibly lend you any more money; it is quite out of the _________.
A. place
B. question
C. practice
D. order
72. The manager did not offer her the job because of her untidy _________.
A. view
B. presence
C. sight
D. appearance
73. He was completely _________ by her tale of hardship.
A. taken away
B. taken down
C. taken up
D. taken in
74. It is English pronunciation and phrasal verbs that _________ me a lot of trouble.
A. cause
B. make
C. get
D. have

75. He was unable to _________ his niece's wedding as he was ill.
A. be present
B. attend
C. assist
D. visit
76. _________ amount of money can buy true friendship.
A. None
B. No
C. not only
D. Never
77. Mary: "Do you think it will rain?" Jenny: "Oh! ________"
A. I don't hope so
B. I don't hope.
C. I It's hopeless
D. I hope not.
78. Not only _________ much bigger than any other planets, but it is unlike the planets, it consists completely

of gaseous material.
A. Sun is
B. is the Sun
C. the Sun, which is
79. Peter wants to look his best at the wedding, so he's __________.
A. make a suit
B. to get made a suit
C. having a suit made
80. "Never say that again, _________?"
A. won't you
B. will you
C. do you

D. that the Sun
D. having made a suit
D. don't you