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(1)TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN HÀ TĨNH. ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC LẦN 1 NĂM HỌC 2011-2012 Môn: TIẾNG ANH; Khối D Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề. ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề thi có 6 trang). Mã đề thi 247. Họ, tên thí sinh:.................................................................... Số báo danh:.................................. ĐỀ THI GỒM 80 CÂU (TỪ QUESTION 1 ĐẾN QUESTION 80) Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 1. He tries to _______ himself with everyone by paying them compliments. A. gratify. B. please. C. ingratiate. D. commend. Question 2. As he made no ______ to our quarrel, I assumed he had forgiven me. A. statement. B. mention. C. reference. D. comment. Question 3. It was found that he lacked the ________ to pursue a difficult task to the very end. A. persuasion B. commitment. C. engagement. D. obligation. Question 4. The newspaper did not mention the ______ of the damage caused by the fire. A. range. B. extent. C. amount. D. quality. Question 5. Frankly, I'd rather you _______ anything about it for the time being. A. don't do. B. hadn't done C. didn't do. D. haven't done. Question 6. Since they aren't answering their telephone, they _____ A. must have lef. B. should have lef. C. need have lef. D. can have lef. Question 7. He can not ________ ignorance as his excuse; he should have known what was happening in his own department. A. insist. B. plead. C. refer. D. defend. Question 8. I was angry when you saw me because I ______ with my sister. A. have been arguing. B. had been arguing. C. argued. D. would argue. Question 9. Luckily, I _______ a new pair of sunglasses as I found mine at the bottom of a bag. A. needn't have bought. B. needed not to buy C. didn't need to by. D. hadn't to buy. Question 10. The book would have been perfect ________ the ending. A. had it not been for. B. it had not been for C. it hadn't been for. Question 11. I'm __________ my brother is.. D . hadn't it been for..

(2) A. nowhere like so ambitious. B. nothing near as ambitious as. C. nothing as ambitious than. D. nowhere near as ambitious as. Question 12. _________ I'd like to help you out, I'm afraid I just haven't got any spare money at the moment. A. Even B. Despite. C. Much as. D. Try as. Question 13. Hardly ________ of the paintings at the gallery were for sale A. none. B. few. C. some. D. any. Question 14. Mr. Nixon refused to answer the questions on the ________ that the matter was confidential. A. reasons. B. excuses. C. grounds. D. foundation. Question 15. William is an authority _______ medieval tapestries. A. on. B. with. C. about. D. in. Question 16. They attempted to __________ the painting to its original condition. A. restore. B. renovate. C. repair. D. refurbish. Question 17. Jane's very modest, always ________ her success. A. playing down. B. turning around. C. keeping down. D. pushing back. Question 18. I feel _________ to inform the committee that a number of members are very unhappy with the decision. A. my duty. B. it my duty. C. this my duty. D. that my duty. Question 19. I'm sure when you've stopped looking for your keys, they'll _____ up somewhere. A. take. B. look. C. turn. D. pull. Question 20. It's very easy to _______ over when the snow is hard. A. slide. B. skid. C. skate. D. slip. Question 21. All things_________, he is the best president we are likely to get. A. considered B. thought. C. taken. D. added. Question 22. Check the bottles carefully to make sure they have not been _______ A. broken into B. taken out. C. touched up. D. tampered with. Question 23 Harry:" _______" Kate: "Yes. I'd like to buy a computer." A. Do you look for something?. B. Good morning. Can I help you?. C. Excuse me. Do you want to buy it?. D. Can you help me buy something?. Question 24. Peter: “I’ve been awarded a scholarship to study in America.”.

(3) Kate: “Uh, really? __________!” A. Take care of yourself. B. Congratulations. C. You are always lucky. D. Lucky as you are. Question 25. Tom:" Would you take this along to the office for me?" Jerry:"_________" A. Never mind. B. Yes, with pleasure. C. Yes, that's right. D. Not at all. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is closest in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions. Question 26. The famous racehorse Secretariat had to be destroyed because of a painful, incurable hoof disease. A. disabling. B. vexatious. C. dangerous. D. irreparable. Question 27. In most countries, compulsory military service does not apply to women. A. superior. B. mandatory C. beneficial. D. constructive. Question 28. Scientists warn of the impending extinction of many species of plants and animals. A. irrefutable. B. imminent. C. formidable. D. absolute. Question 29. The aircraf carrier is indispensable in naval operations against sea or shore based enemies. A. unique. B. novel. C. exotic. D. vital. Question 30. The use of lasers in surgery has become relatively commonplace in recent years. A. absolutely. B. relevantly. C. almost. D. comparatively. 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. Question 31. A. familiar. B. impatient. C. uncertain. D. arrogant. Question 32. A. forgettable. B. philosophy. C. humanism D. objectively. Question 33. A. disappear. B. arrangement. Question 34. A. respectable. B. affectionate. C. occasional. D. kindergarten. Question 35. A. environmental. B. conservatively. C. approximately. D. considerable. C. opponent. D. contractual. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction Question 36. Ancient people made a clay pottery because they needed it for their survival..

(4) A. B. C. D. Question 37. Full time jobs for men are declining, while more women are finding part-time or full-time work. A B The result is declining social status for men so they lose their role as the sole finance provider. C D Question 38. In just three months H.G. Wells wrote the famous classic The Time Machine for what A B C he won a Newberry Caldecot award. D Question 39. Students suppose to read all the questions carefully and find out the answers to them. A B C D Question 40. Food prices have raised so rapidly in the past few months that some families have been A. B. C. forced to alter their eating habits. D. 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 41. Considering that we travelled right across the country, the bus ticket was surprisingly reasonable. A. Because we were able to move right through the country, the price of the bus ticket didn't bother us. B. The ticket for the bus, which took us from one side of the country to the other, was the cheapest that we could find. C. The most reasonable way to go right across the country was by bus, so we bought ourselves a ticket. D. As the bus brought us right across the country, we found the price of the ticket to be cheaper than its value to us. Question 42. When he called to tell me that he was studying, I didn't believe him because I could hear the noise of a party in the background. A. I didn't believe that he could study properly with the noise of a party in the background and I told him that when he telephoned. B. Although he rang me to tell me that he was studying, I couldn't hear what he was saying properly because of my unbelievably noisy party. C. Because of the sounds of a party I heard in the background when he phoned, I didn't believe his claim that he was studying. D. Though he was studying when he called, I thought he was lying because in the background there were party-like sounds. Question 43. I feel completely exhausted when I've listened to Marion for half-an-hour. A. It is completely exhausting afer half-an-hour I listening to Marion. B. Half-an-hour listening to Marion leaves me feeling completely exhausted..

(5) C. Feeling completely exhausted, I spent half-an-hour listening to Marion. D. When I've listened to Marion for half-an-hour, she feels exhausting completely. Question 44. They were exposed to biased information, so they didn't know the true story. A. If they got unbiased information, they could know the true story. B. If they had unbiased the information, they could have known the true story. C. If they had been exposed to unbiased information, they would have known the true story. D. If they have exposed to the unbiased information, they could have seen the true story. Question 45. It was not until afer I had got home that I realized I had not set the burglar alarm in the office. A. On the way home, I suddenly realized that I had forgotten to turn on the burglar alarm in the office. B. Fortunately, I realized that I hadn't set the burglar alarm just before I lef for home; otherwise, I would have had to travel all the way back to the office. C. I didn't turn the burglar alarm on before I lef the office, but I only became aware of this afer I'd arrived home. D. I wish I had realized before I arrived home that I hadn't turned on the burglar alarm in the office; then it would have been easier to go and set it.. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best forms from the given words. Question 46. They/ leave/ early/ not catch/ traffic. A. They lef early so that not to catch in the traffic. B. They lef early to avoid being caught in the traffic. C. They lef early so as to not get caught in the traffic. D. They lef early in order to not get caught in the traffic. Question 47. It/ not easy/ remain/ tranquil/ events/ suddenly/ change/ life. A. It is not easy remain tranquil when events suddenly change life. B. It is not easy to remain tranquil when events suddenly change your life. C. It is not easy remaining tranquil when events suddenly change your life. D. It is not easy to remain tranquil if events suddenly change life. Question 48. You/ should/ doctor/ see/ that cut. A. You should have a doctor seen to that cut. B. You should get a doctor seen to that cut. C. You should have a doctor see to that cut..

(6) D. You should ask a doctor see to that cut. Question 49. She/ urge/ her husband/ accept/ post. A. She urged that her husband accept the post. B. She urged her husband accept the post. C. She urged her husband accepted the post. D. She urged her husband should be accepted the post. Question 50. Committee members/ resent/ treat/ that. A. The committee members resented to treat as that. B. The committee members resented to be treated as that. C. The committee members resented to treat like that. D. The committee members resented being treated like that.. 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. Most people can remember a phone number for up to thirty seconds. When this short amount of time elapses, however, the numbers are erased from the memory. How did the information get there in the first place? Information that makes its way to the short term memory (STM) does so via the sensory storage area. The brain has a filter which only allows stimuli that is of immediate interest to pass on to the STM, also known as the working memory. There is much debate about the capacity and duration of the short term memory. The most accepted theory comes from George A. Miller, a cognitive psychologist who suggested that humans can remember approximately seven chunks of information. A chunk is defined as a meaningful unit of information, such as a word or name rather than just a letter or number. Modern theorists suggest that one can increase the capacity of the short term memory by chunking, or classifying similar information together. By organizing information, one can optimize the STM, and improve the chances of a memory being passed on to long term storage. When making a conscious effort to memorize something, such as information for an exam, many people engage in "rote rehearsal". By repeating something over and over again, one is able to keep a memory alive. Unfortunately, this type of memory maintenance only succeeds if there are no interruptions. As soon as a person stops rehearsing the information, it has the tendency to disappear. When a pen and paper are not handy, people ofen attempt to remember a phone number by repeating it aloud. If the doorbell rings or the dog barks to come in before a person has the opportunity to make a phone call, he will likely forget the number instantly. Therefore, rote rehearsal is not an efficient way to pass information from the short term to long term memory. A better way is to practice "elaborate rehearsal". This involves assigning semantic meaning to a piece of information so that it can be filed along with other pre-existing long term memories. Encoding information semantically also makes it more retrievable. Retrieving information can be done by recognition or recall. Humans can easily recall memories that are stored in the long term memory and used often; however, if a memory seems to be forgotten, it may eventually be retrieved by prompting. The more cues a person is given (such as pictures), the more likely a memory can be retrieved. This is why multiple choice tests are ofen used for subjects that require a lot of memorization. Question 51. According to the passage, how do memories get transferred to the STM? A. They revert from the long term memory. B. They are filtered from the sensory storage area..

(7) C. They get chunked when they enter the brain. D. They enter via the nervous system. Question 52. The word elapses in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to: A. passes B. adds up C. appears D. continues Question 53. All of the following are mentioned as places in which memories are stored EXCEPT the: A. STM B. long term memory C. sensory storage area D. maintenance area Question 54. Why does the author mention a dog's bark? A. To give an example of a type of memory B. To provide a type of interruption C. To prove that dogs have better memories than humans D. To compare another sound that is loud like a doorbell Question 55. How do theorists believe a person can remember more information in a short time? A. By organizing it B. By repeating it C. By giving it a name D. By drawing it Question 56. The author believes that rote rotation is: A. the best way to remember something B. more efficient than chunking C. ineffective in the long run D. an unnecessary interruption Question 57. The word elaborate in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to: A. complex B. efficient C. pretty D. regular Question 58. Which of the following is NOT supported by the passage? A. The working memory is the same as the short term memory. B. A memory is kept alive through constant repetition. C. Cues help people to recognize information. D. Multiple choice exams are the most difficult. Question 59. The word cues in the passage is closest in meaning to A. questions B. clues C. images D. tests Question 60. Which of the following best provides the important information in the bold sentence from the passage. Incorrect answer choices leave out essential information or change the meaning of it A. Prompting is the easiest way to retrieve short term memory afer an extended period of time. B. A memory can be retrieved by prompting, in a case where it has been rarely used. C. It's easier to remember short term memories than long term memories due to regular prompts. D. Recalling a long term memory that is ofen used is easy, while forgotten memories ofen require prompting. 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 61 to 70. The lack of printing regulations and the unenforceability of British copyright law in the American colonies made it possible for colonial printers occasionally to act as publishers. Although they rarely undertook major publishing project because it was difficult to sell books as cheaply as they could be imported from Europe, printers in Philadelphia did publish work that required only small amounts of capital, paper, and type. Broadsides could be published with minimal financial risk. Consisting of only one sheet of paper and requiring small amounts of type, broadsides involved lower investments of capital than longer works. Furthermore, the broadside format lent itself to subjects of high, if temporary, interest, enabling them to meet with ready sale. If the broadside printer miscalculated, however, and produced a sheet that did not sell, it was not likely to be a major loss, and the printer would know this immediately, There would be no agonizing wait with large amounts of capital tied up, books gathering dust on the shelves, and creditors impatient for payment. In addition to broadsides, books and pamphlets, consisting mainly of political tracts, catechisms, primers, and chapbooks were relatively inexpensive to print and to buy. Chapbook were pamphlet-sized books, usually containing popular tales, ballads, poems, short plays, and jokes, small, both in formal and number of pages, they.

(8) were generally bound simply, in boards (a form of cardboard) or merely stitched in paper wrappers (a sewn antecedent of modern-day paperbacks). Pamphlets and chapbooks did not require fine paper or a great deal of type to produce they could thus be printed in large, cost-effective editions and sold cheaply. By far, the most appealing publishing investments were to be found in small books that had proven to be steady sellers, providing a reasonably reliable source of income for the publisher. They would not, by nature, be highly topical or political, as such publications would prove of fleeting interest. Almanacs, annual publications that contained information on astronomy and weather patterns arranged according to the days, week, and months of a given year, provided the perfect steady seller because their information pertained to the locale in which they would be used. Question 61. Which aspect of colonial printing does the passage mainly discuss? A. Laws governing the printing industry.. B. Competition among printers. C. Types of publications produced. D. Advances in printing technology. Question 62. According to the passage, why did colonial printers avoid major publishing projects? A. Few colonial printers owned printing machinery that was large enough to handle major projects. B. There was inadequate shipping available in the colonies. C. Colonial printers could not sell their work for a competitive price. D. Colonial printers did not have the skills necessary to undertake large publishing projects. Question 63. Broadsides could be published with little risk to colonial printers because they A. required a small financial investment and sold quickly B. were in great demand in European markets C. were more popular with colonists than chapbooks and pamphlets D. generally dealt with topics of long-term interest to many colonists Question 64. The word "they" refers to A. chapbooks. B. tales. C. jokes. D. pages. Question 65. The word "antecedent" is closest in meaning to A. predecessor. B. format. C. imitation. D. component. Question 66. Chapbooks produced in colonial America were characterized by A. fine paper. B. cardboard covers. C. elaborate decoration. D. a large number of pages. Question 67. The word "appealing" is closest in meaning to A. dependable. B. respectable. C. enduring. D. attractive.

(9) Question 68. What were "steady sellers"? A. Printers whose incomes were quite large B. People who traveled from town to town selling Books and pamphlets C. Investors who provided reliable financial Support for new printers D. Publications whose sales were usually consistent from year to year Question 69. The word "locale" is closest in meaning to A. topic. B. season. C. interest. D. place. Question 70. All of the following are defined in the passage EXCEPT A "Broadsides". B. "catechisms". C "chapbooks”. D. "Almanacs". 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. The texting pigeons Not everybody recognises the benefits of new developments in communications technology. Indeed, some people fear that text messaging may actually be having a negative (71)_____ on young people's communication and language skills, especially when we hear that primary school children may be at (72)______ of becoming addicted to the habit. So widespread has texting become, however, that even pigeons have started doing it. (73) _____, in this case, it's difficult to view the results as anything but positive. Twenty of the birds are about to (74) ______ to the skies with the task of measuring air pollution, each (75) _____ with sensor equipment and a mobile phone. The (76) _____ made by the sensors will be automatically (77) _____ into text messages and beamed to the Internet - where they will appear on a dedicated 'pigeon blog'. The birds will also each have a GPS receiver and a camera to capture aerial photos, and researchers are building a tiny 'pigeon kit' containing all these (78)_____. Each bird will carry these in a miniature backpack, (79) _____ , that is, from the camera, which will hang around its neck. The data the pigeons text will be displayed in the (80) _____of an interactive map, which will provide local residents with up-to-the-minute information on their local air quality.. Question 71. Question 72. Question 73. Question 74. Question 75. Question 76. Question 77. Question 78. Question 79. Question 80.. A. result A danger A Therefore A make A armed A studies A adapted A gadgets A instead A. shape. B. outcome B threat B What's more B launch B loaded B readings B converted B utensils B except B. way. C effect C risk C Whereas C reach C granted C reviews C revised C appliances C apart C. form. D conclusion D peril D That is D take D stocked D inquiries D applied D implements D besides D. size.

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(11) SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO HÀ NỘI ĐỀ THI THỬ TUYỂN SINH ĐẠI HỌC ĐỢT 3 2012 TRƯỜNG THPT LƯƠNG THẾ VINH MÔN TIẾNG ANH KHỐI D ;THỜI GIAN : 90 PHÚT HỌ TÊN THÍ SINH: ________________________________SBD: ___________ Phòng thi: ________ Thí sinh làm bài ra phiếu trả lời . Không sử dụng từ điển hoặc tài liệu liên quan. Cán bộ coi thi không giải thích đề thi. Mã đề: 144 ĐỀ THI GỒM CÓ 80 CÂU ( TỪ QUESTION 1 ĐẾN QUESTION 80) 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. Question 1. Ultimately, people rely on science to gain an understanding of biological phenomena. A. Unthinkingly B. In a predictable way C. In the final analysis D. Religiously Question 2. I take my hat off to all those people who worked hard to get the contract. A. congratulate B. respect C. welcome D. encourage Question 3. With the dawn of space exploration, the notion that atmospheric conditions on Earth may be unique in the solar system was strengthened. A. outcome B. beginning C. expansion D. continuation 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. Question 4. Dance notation is a means of recording the movements of dances by using of special A B C D symbols. Question 5. The walls around the city of Quebec, which was originally a fort military , still stand, A B C making Quebec the only walled city in North America. D Question 6. Not many people realise that sleeping pills can make worse insomnia. A B C D Question 7. Whether sounds are perceived to be musical or not depends on learning more and A B cultural conditioning than the physical properties of sounds or innate characteristics C D of the human brain. Question 8. Some insects bear a remarkable resemblance to dead twigs, being long, slenderness, A B C wingless, and brownish in color. D 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 9. I thought she was the right person for the position, yet it turned out that she was quite useless. A. I was mistaken about her suitability for the position, since she proved rather incompetent. B. I was right in thinking that she was totally useless for the job. C. Contrary to my initial impression, she was not totally unsuitable for the position. D. Because I was expecting her to be competent, I was shocked to see her perform rather badly. Question 10. I never thought that I could win a prize. A. It never dawned in me that I could win a prize. B. I was never put off from winning a prize..

(12) C. It never crossed my mind that I could win a prize. D. I never had full advantage of winning a prize. Question 11. The new job pays quite well, but the applicants must have certain skills. A. Specific talents are required for the new job, whose money is rather good, from those who apply for it. B. The people that will accept the application are quite skilled, so they receive quite a good salary. C. Only those who have a lot of skills will be able to receive the higher salaries that the new job offers. D. One has to be exceptionally talented to even think of applying for the new job, which pays good money. Question 12. The likelihood of suffering a heart attack rises as one becomes increasingly obese. A. Anyone who is obese is likely to experience a heart attack at any time. B. Obesity results in only a slight increase in the probability of having a heart attack. C. The more obese one is, the higher the chances for a heart attack become. D. Heart attacks are happening more and more often , and most of the sufferers are obese. Question 13. Whereas Mozilla Firefox is less messy, Internet Explorer is more familiar to most computer users. A. Although Mozilla Firefox is only a bit more disorderly than Internet Explorer, many people prefer the latter due to its greater familiarity. B. It is Internet Explorer's being less messy than Mozilla Firefox that makes it more popular with computer users. C. The majority of people who use computers are better acquainted with Internet Explorer, but Mozilla Firefox has the advantage of being more orderly. D. Both Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer are quite disorderly , so people usually prefer the latter, as they are more familiar with it. 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 Being aware of one's own emotions - recognizing and acknowledging feelings as they happen - is at the very heart of Emotional Intelligence. And this awareness encompasses not only moods but also thoughts about those moods. People who are able to monitor their feelings as they arise are less likely to be ruled by them and are thus better able to manage their emotions. Managing emotions does not mean suppressing them; nor does it mean giving free rein to every feeling. Psychologist Daniel Goleman, one of several authors who have popularized the notion of Emotional Intelligence, insisted that the goal is balance and that every feeling has value and significance. As Goleman said, "A life without passion would be a dull wasteland of neutrality, cut off and isolated from the richness of life itself." Thus, we manage our emotions by expressing them in an appropriate manner. Emotions can also be managed by engaging in activities that cheer us up, soothe our hurts, or reassure us when we feel anxious. Clearly, awareness and management of emotions are not independent. For instance, you might think that individuals who seem to experience their feelings more intensely than others would be less able to manage them. However, a critical component of awareness of emotions is the ability to assign meaning to them - to know why we are experiencing a particular feeling or mood. Psychologists have found that, among individuals who experience intense emotions, individual differences in the ability to assign meaning to those feelings predict differences in the ability to manage them. In other words, if two individuals are intensely angry, the one who is better able to understand why he or she is angry will also be better able to manage the anger. Self-motivation refers to strong emotional self-control, which enables a person to get moving and pursue worthy goals, persist at tasks even when frustrated, and resist the temptation to act on impulse. Resisting impulsive behavior is, according to Goleman, "the root of all emotional self-control." Of all the attributes of Emotional Intelligence, the ability to postpone immediate gratification and to persist in working toward some greater future gain is most closely related to success - whether one is trying to build a business, get a college degree, or even stay on a diet. One researcher examined whether this trait can predict a child's success in school. The study showed that 4-year-old children who can delay instant gratification in order to advance toward some future goal will be "far superior as students" when they graduate from high school than will 4-year-olds who are not able to resist the impulse to satisfy their immediate wishes. Question 14. Which of the following can we infer from paragraph 1? A. Some people can understand their feelings better than others. B. If people pay attention to their feelings, they can control their emotions better..

(13) C. People who can manage their emotions will be controlled by them. D. If people pay attention to their feelings, they will not be able to manage them. Question 15. The word "soothe" in paragraph 2 could be best replaced by __________. A. reduce B. relieve C. weaken D. worsen Question 16. According to paragraphs 1 to 3, people should be aware of their emotions so that they can ___________. A. explain their emotions to others B. stop feeling angry C. manage their emotions appropriately D. experience feelings more intensively Question 17. From paragraph 2, we can see that Daniel Goleman ___________. A. wrote about Emotional Intelligence B. trained people to increase their Emotional Intelligence C. treated patients who had emotional problems D. studied how people manage their emotions Question 18. All of the following are mentioned in paragraph 2 about our emotions EXCEPT __________. A. every feeling is important B. we can manage our emotions C. we should ignore some feelings D. emotions are part of a satisfying life Question 19. The word "critical" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to___________. A. important B. indecisive C. dynamic D. inessential Question 20. The word "them" in paragraph 3 refers to ___________. A. intense emotions B. individuals C. individual differences D. psychologists Question 21. In paragraph 3, the author explains the concept of awareness and management of emotions by___________. A. describing how people learn to control their emotions B. giving an example of why people get angry C. comparing how two people might respond to an intense emotion D. explaining why some people are not aware of their emotions Question 22. The word "pursue" in paragraph 4 mostly means ___________. A. find out about something B. try to achieve something C. be involved in something D. improve or develop something Question 23. According to paragraph 5, children might be more successful in school if they can resist impulses because they can ___________. A. have more friends at school B. be more popular with their teachers C. focus on their work and not get distracted D. easily understand new information 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 When you read something in a foreign language, you frequently come across words you do not (24)______ understand. Sometimes you (25)______ the meaning in a dictionary and sometimes you guess. The strategy you adopt depends very much upon the (26)______ of accuracy you require and the time at your disposal. If you are the sort of person who tends to turn to the dictionary frequently, it is (27)______ remembering that every dictionary has its limitations. Each definition is only an approximation and one builds up an accurate picture of the meaning of a word only after meeting it in a (28)______ of contexts. It is also important to recognize the special dangers of dictionaries that translate from English into your native language and vice versa. If you must use a dictionary, it is usually far safer to (29)______ an English-English dictionary. In most exams you are not permitted to use a dictionary. (30)______ you are allowed to use one, it is very time-consuming to look up words, and time in exams is usually limited. You are, (31)______ , forced to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words. When you come across unknown words in an exam text, it is very easy to panic. However, if you develop efficient techniques for guessing the meaning, you will (32)______ a number of possible problems and help yourself to understand far more of the text than you at first thought likely..

(14) Two strategies which may help you guess the meaning of a word are: using contextual clues, both within the sentence and outside, and making use of clues (33)______ from the formation of the word. Question 24. A. wholly B. totally C. fully D. completely Question 25. A. inspect B. check C. control D. examine Question 26. A. extent B. level C. degree D. range Question 27. A. valuable B. essential C. worth D. vital Question 28. A. multiple B. variation C. diversity D. variety Question 29. A. survey B. refer C. consult D. inquire Question 30. A. In case B. Even if C. Although D. Provided Question 31. A. so that B. so C. however D. therefore Question 32. A. go over B. surpass C. get over D. overcome Question 33. A. coming B. extracted C. originated D. derived 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 Tomatoes are probably the most popular garden vegetable grown in the United States. This can be attributed to their unique flavor, attractiveness, richness as a source of vitamins C and A, and versatility as a food. The Line popularity of peppers as a garden plant can be attributed to the same factors, (5) although they are usually not consumed in large enough quantities to make them an important nutritional factor in the diet. The cultivated tomato originated in the Andes mountains of South America. It was introduced to other areas of the world by Indians and European travelers. Its seeds were taken to Europe, where a superstition soon arose that the tomato (10) stimulated love. Because of this, the tomato was called the “love apple”. The first report of the tomato in North America was in 1710, where it was grown primarily as an ornamental plant. Early colonists brought the seeds to Virgina and grew tomatoes in flower gardens. Tomatoes, actually a fruit that is used as a vegetable, began gaining wide (15) acceptance as a food plant in the United States between 1820 and 1850. Modern plant growers have done much to improve the tomato and add to its usefulness. Its yields have been doubled, and varieties with larger, smoother, more even shapes and meatier pulps have been developed. The tomato is the leading crop canned in the United States today. (20) Peppers are also native to America and were grown by American Indian tribes in both North and South America over 2,000 years ago. The small red hot peppers were discovered by Columbus in the West Indies and introduced into Europe, where they became popular before gaining widespread acceptance in the United States. Peppers became one of the first New World foods used (25) commercially in Europe. Botanists class the fruit of the bush-type garden pepper as a berry. Although most varieties of peppers produce red fruits (which are green in their immature stage), there are some yellow-fruited varieties, and peppers are of both mild and pungent types. Peppers enjoy warm climates, and young plants can be injured by frosts. Seasonings such as paprika and chili (30) powder and food products such as canned pimentos are commercial uses of garden peppers that are grown in the United States today. The familiar spice black pepper known in households throughout the world is the product of a trailing or climbing shrub grown in Indonesia and other hot countries. The islands of Java and Madura furnish most of the black pepper used (35) in American homes. The United States buys almost 25,000 tons of this spice annually..

(15) Question 34. The topic of this passage is__________. A. food discoveries of early Europeans B. the nutritional value of garden vegetables C. tomatoes and peppers D. why tomatoes are more popular than peppers Question 35. The word “versatility” in line 3 is closest in meaning to__________. A. economic value B. range of uses C. tastiness D. marketability Question 36. According to the passage, why are peppers not an important nutritional factor in a diet? A. People don’t eat enough of them. B. They lack the necessary vitamins. C. They are less tasty than tomatoes. D. Peppers are found in tropical climates. Question 37. It can be inferred from the passage that tomatoes were first used in North America _________. A. for food B. for nutritional purposes C. as decoration D. in place of peppers Question 38. It can be inferred from the passage that the tomato was called the “love apple” because __________. A. its fruit was heart-shaped B. it supposedly aroused affectionate feelings C. people liked to eat it D. it is beautiful to look at Question 39. The word “native” in line 20 is closest in meaning to__________. A. indigenous B. legendary C. colorful D. located Question 40. The phrase “mild and pungent types” in line 28 refers to__________. A. size B. botanical classification C. taste D. color Question 41. All of the following can be inferred from the passage about peppers EXCEPT__________. A. peppers became popular in the United States later than in Europe B. peppers were bought and sold in Europe C. red peppers are highly spiced D. peppers originated fairly recently in North and South America Question 42. The phrase “this spice” in line 35 refers to __________. A. paprika B. chili powder C. pepper berries D. black pepper Question 43. Which of the following best describes the format of this passage? A. A series of conjectures B. A general introduction followed by elaboration C. A response to a criticism D. A question and subsequent answers Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 44. -Claire : “Mr. Black. How do you do?" - Pete :"___________, my name's Pete. How do you do? A. Pardon B. Excuse me C. By the way D. By all means Question 45. Light ___________are small planes with seats for no more than about six passengers. A. airship B. airplane C. aircrafts D. aircraft Question 46. ANNOUNCEMENT: Passengers for Rome should____________ to Gate 32 for boarding. A. contact B. approach C. reach D. proceed Question 47. I accidentally ____________ Mike when I was crossing a street downtown yesterday. A. caught sight of B. paid attention to C. lost touch with D. kept an eye on Question 48. ______________, the whole family slept soundly. A. Hot though was the night air B. Hot though the night air was C. Hot although the night air was D. Hot although was the night air Question 49. He said that the plane had already left and that I __________arrived an hour earlier. A. should have B. must have C. had to D. was supposed to Question 50. The move to a different environment brought about a significant ____________in my cousin's state of mind. A. change B. impact C. effect D. influence Question 51. Not until _________home ___________that he had taken someone else’s bike. A. he got/ he did realize B. did he get / he realized C. he got/ did he realize D. he got/ he realized Question 52. - Anna : " I don't think I can do this ." - Susan: "_____________ " A. Sure, no way! B. Yeah. It's not easy..

(16) C. Oh, come on! Give it a try! D. No, I hope not. Question 53. All of us won’t go camping ___________ the weather stays fine. A. however B. unless C. so D. but Question 54. ____________drivers usually drive very slowly. A. Learning B. Learner C. Practice D. Student Question 55. The management has ____________its promise. A. gone through with B. gone back on C. got down on D. got away with Question 56. He lives a(n) ______________ throw from the station. A. apple's B. stone's C. stick's D. arrow's Question 57. Imagination ______________facts. A. outlives B. outlays C. outruns D. outplays Question 58. Did you see Jonathan this morning? He looked like _____________. It must have been quite a party last night. A. a wet blanket B. a bear with a sore head C. a dead duck D. death warmed up Question 59. ____________opening the door, Jerry found that his house had been broken into. A. On B. During C. At D. With Question 60 ____________ that’s happened is a waste of time. A. Regret something B. Something to regret C. Something regretted D. Regretting something Question 61. She’d rather I ____________to the party with her yesterday. A. had to go B. had gone C. went D. to have gone Question 62. - Anne : "Do you mind if I ask you one or two questions?" - Jack : "____________" A. I am sorry. I have no idea. B. That's quite all right. C. Why not? D. Not at all. Fire away. Question 63. Tom is good enough to make ______________ in his office. A. appointment B. impression C. the team D. the bed Question 64. His grandpa refuses to even listen to anyone else's point of view. He 's very____________ . A. open - minded B. narrow - minded C. absent - minded D. kind - hearted Question 65. I ______________sport to keep fit, not because I like it. A. make B. practise C. train D. do Question 66. - Alice : “We've got the contract!" - Nick: " ______________" A. Not too bad. B. Really? Let's celebrate. C. Pretty well. D. Oh, how come? Question 67. Good restaurants serving traditional English food are very hard to_____________. A. come to B. come into C. come at D. come by Question 68. _____________, Phil was a gregarious individual who enjoyed the company of others enormously. A. Physically B. Socially C. Psychologically D. Technically 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. Question 69. Mr. Smith's new neighbors appear to be very friendly. A. futile B. amicable C. inapplicable D. hostile Question 70. Names of people in the book were changed to preserve anonymity. A. conserve B. reveal C. cover D. presume Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is best written based on the words provided in the following questions . Question 71: Today / UNESCO / function / as / laboratory / idea / standard –setter / forge / universal / agreement / emerge / ethical / issue . A. Today, UNESCO functions as a laboratory ideas and a standard - setter to forge universal agreements to emerge ethical issues. B. Today, UNESCO functions as a laboratory of ideas and a standard - setter to forge universal agreements on emerging ethical issues. C. Today, UNESCO functions as a laboratory of ideas and standard - setter forging universal agreements in.

(17) emerging the ethical issues. D. Today, UNESCO is functioned as a laboratory with ideas and a standard - setter by forged universal agreements on emerging ethical issues. Question 72: identical / twins/ all / genes / common / so / any variation / two identical twins / large part / due / effects / environment. A. Identical twins have all of their genes on common, so any variation between two identical twins is for large part due to the effects of the environment. B. All identical twins have their genes in common, so any variation between two identical twins is at large part due to the effects on the environment. C. Identical twins have all of their genes in common, so any variation between two identical twins is in large part due to the effects of the environment. D. Identical twins have all of their genes in common, so any variations between two identical twins are on large part due for the effects of the environment. Question 73: bridge / build / 50 years ago / collapse / last storm. A. The bridge built 50 years ago was collapsed in the last storm. B. The bridge which built 50 years ago was collapsed in the last storm. C. The bridge built 50 years ago has collapsed in the last storm. D. The bridge built 50 years ago collapsed in the last storm. Question 74: by / end / 21st century / climate / change / may / predominant / lead / biodiversity / lose / change / ecosystem / service / globe. A. By the end of the 21st century, climatically changing may predominantly lead to biodiversity loss and changes in ecosystem services in globe. B. By the end of the 21st century, climate change may predominantly lead to biodiversity loss and changes in ecosystem services globally. C. By the end of the 21st century, climate change may predominantly lead to biodiversity to lose and change in ecosystem serviced by the globe. D. By the end of the 21st century, climate changed may predominantly lead in the biodiversity of the loss and changes in ecosystem services globally. Question 75: medical / treatment / personalize / base / our / genetic / make - up / factor / such age / even deliver / direct / our / body / wearable / devices . A. Medical treatment will personalize, basing on our genetic make- up and factors such as age , and even delivered directly to our bodies by wearable devices. B. The medical treatment will be personalized, based on our genetically make - up and factors such as age, and even deliver direct to our bodies by wearable devices. C. Medical treatment will be personalized, based on our genetic make - up and factors such as age, and even delivered directly to our bodies by wearable devices. D. Medical treatment will be personalized, based by our genetic make - up and factors such as age, and even delivering directly to our bodies in wearable devices. 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. Question 76. A. curriculum B. undoubtedly C. personify D. mercifully Question 77. A. proverbial B. magnificent C. photography D. advantageous Question 78. A. intimacy B. tremendously C. intuitive D. mechanical Question 79. A. insecure B. scenario C. inaccurate D. infrequent Question 80. A. eliminate B. electrify C. centenarian D. accompany.

(18) The end. SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO HÀ NỘI ĐỀ THI THỬ TUYỂN SINH ĐẠI HỌC ĐỢT 3 2012 TRƯỜNG THPT LƯƠNG THẾ VINH MÔN TIẾNG ANH KHỐI D ;THỜI GIAN : 90 PHÚT HỌ TÊN THÍ SINH: ________________________________SBD: ___________ Phòng thi: ________ Thí sinh làm bài ra phiếu trả lời . Không sử dụng từ điển hoặc tài liệu liên quan. Cán bộ coi thi không giải thích đề thi. Mã đề: 144 ĐỀ THI GỒM CÓ 80 CÂU ( TỪ QUESTION 1 ĐẾN QUESTION 80) 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. Question 1. Ultimately, people rely on science to gain an understanding of biological phenomena. A. Unthinkingly B. In a predictable way C. In the final analysis D. Religiously Question 2. I take my hat off to all those people who worked hard to get the contract. A. congratulate B. respect C. welcome D. encourage Question 3. With the dawn of space exploration, the notion that atmospheric conditions on Earth may be unique in the solar system was strengthened. A. outcome B. beginning C. expansion D. continuation 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. Question 4. Dance notation is a means of recording the movements of dances by using of special A B C D symbols. Question 5. The walls around the city of Quebec, which was originally a fort military , still stand, A B C making Quebec the only walled city in North America. D Question 6. Not many people realise that sleeping pills can make worse insomnia. A B C D Question 7. Whether sounds are perceived to be musical or not depends on learning more and A B cultural conditioning than the physical properties of sounds or innate characteristics C D of the human brain. Question 8. Some insects bear a remarkable resemblance to dead twigs, being long, slenderness, A B C wingless, and brownish in color. D 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 9. I thought she was the right person for the position, yet it turned out that she was quite useless. A. I was mistaken about her suitability for the position, since she proved rather incompetent. B. I was right in thinking that she was totally useless for the job. C. Contrary to my initial impression, she was not totally unsuitable for the position. D. Because I was expecting her to be competent, I was shocked to see her perform rather badly. Question 10. I never thought that I could win a prize. A. It never dawned in me that I could win a prize. B. I was never put off from winning a prize..

(19) C. It never crossed my mind that I could win a prize. D. I never had full advantage of winning a prize. Question 11. The new job pays quite well, but the applicants must have certain skills. E. Specific talents are required for the new job, whose money is rather good, from those who apply for it. F. The people that will accept the application are quite skilled, so they receive quite a good salary. G. Only those who have a lot of skills will be able to receive the higher salaries that the new job offers. H. One has to be exceptionally talented to even think of applying for the new job, which pays good money. Question 12. The likelihood of suffering a heart attack rises as one becomes increasingly obese. A. Anyone who is obese is likely to experience a heart attack at any time. B. Obesity results in only a slight increase in the probability of having a heart attack. C. The more obese one is, the higher the chances for a heart attack become. D. Heart attacks are happening more and more often , and most of the sufferers are obese. Question 13. Whereas Mozilla Firefox is less messy, Internet Explorer is more familiar to most computer users. E. Although Mozilla Firefox is only a bit more disorderly than Internet Explorer, many people prefer the latter due to its greater familiarity. F. It is Internet Explorer's being less messy than Mozilla Firefox that makes it more popular with computer users. G. The majority of people who use computers are better acquainted with Internet Explorer, but Mozilla Firefox has the advantage of being more orderly. H. Both Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer are quite disorderly , so people usually prefer the latter, as they are more familiar with it. 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 Being aware of one's own emotions - recognizing and acknowledging feelings as they happen - is at the very heart of Emotional Intelligence. And this awareness encompasses not only moods but also thoughts about those moods. People who are able to monitor their feelings as they arise are less likely to be ruled by them and are thus better able to manage their emotions. Managing emotions does not mean suppressing them; nor does it mean giving free rein to every feeling. Psychologist Daniel Goleman, one of several authors who have popularized the notion of Emotional Intelligence, insisted that the goal is balance and that every feeling has value and significance. As Goleman said, "A life without passion would be a dull wasteland of neutrality, cut off and isolated from the richness of life itself." Thus, we manage our emotions by expressing them in an appropriate manner. Emotions can also be managed by engaging in activities that cheer us up, soothe our hurts, or reassure us when we feel anxious. Clearly, awareness and management of emotions are not independent. For instance, you might think that individuals who seem to experience their feelings more intensely than others would be less able to manage them. However, a critical component of awareness of emotions is the ability to assign meaning to them - to know why we are experiencing a particular feeling or mood. Psychologists have found that, among individuals who experience intense emotions, individual differences in the ability to assign meaning to those feelings predict differences in the ability to manage them. In other words, if two individuals are intensely angry, the one who is better able to understand why he or she is angry will also be better able to manage the anger. Self-motivation refers to strong emotional self-control, which enables a person to get moving and pursue worthy goals, persist at tasks even when frustrated, and resist the temptation to act on impulse. Resisting impulsive behavior is, according to Goleman, "the root of all emotional self-control." Of all the attributes of Emotional Intelligence, the ability to postpone immediate gratification and to persist in working toward some greater future gain is most closely related to success - whether one is trying to build a business, get a college degree, or even stay on a diet. One researcher examined whether this trait can predict a child's success in school. The study showed that 4-year-old children who can delay instant gratification in order to advance toward some future goal will be "far superior as students" when they graduate from high school than will 4-year-olds who are not able to resist the impulse to satisfy their immediate wishes. Question 14. Which of the following can we infer from paragraph 1? A. Some people can understand their feelings better than others. B. If people pay attention to their feelings, they can control their emotions better..

(20) C. People who can manage their emotions will be controlled by them. D. If people pay attention to their feelings, they will not be able to manage them. Question 15. The word "soothe" in paragraph 2 could be best replaced by __________. A. reduce B. relieve C. weaken D. worsen Question 16. According to paragraphs 1 to 3, people should be aware of their emotions so that they can ___________. A. explain their emotions to others B. stop feeling angry C. manage their emotions appropriately D. experience feelings more intensively Question 17. From paragraph 2, we can see that Daniel Goleman ___________. A. wrote about Emotional Intelligence B. trained people to increase their Emotional Intelligence C. treated patients who had emotional problems D. studied how people manage their emotions Question 18. All of the following are mentioned in paragraph 2 about our emotions EXCEPT __________. A. every feeling is important B. we can manage our emotions C. we should ignore some feelings D. emotions are part of a satisfying life Question 19. The word "critical" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to___________. A. important B. indecisive C. dynamic D. inessential Question 20. The word "them" in paragraph 3 refers to ___________. A. intense emotions B. individuals C. individual differences D. psychologists Question 21. In paragraph 3, the author explains the concept of awareness and management of emotions by___________. A. describing how people learn to control their emotions B. giving an example of why people get angry C. comparing how two people might respond to an intense emotion D. explaining why some people are not aware of their emotions Question 22. The word "pursue" in paragraph 4 mostly means ___________. A. find out about something B. try to achieve something C. be involved in something D. improve or develop something Question 23. According to paragraph 5, children might be more successful in school if they can resist impulses because they can ___________. A. have more friends at school B. be more popular with their teachers C. focus on their work and not get distracted D. easily understand new information 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 When you read something in a foreign language, you frequently come across words you do not (24)______ understand. Sometimes you (25)______ the meaning in a dictionary and sometimes you guess. The strategy you adopt depends very much upon the (26)______ of accuracy you require and the time at your disposal. If you are the sort of person who tends to turn to the dictionary frequently, it is (27)______ remembering that every dictionary has its limitations. Each definition is only an approximation and one builds up an accurate picture of the meaning of a word only after meeting it in a (28)______ of contexts. It is also important to recognize the special dangers of dictionaries that translate from English into your native language and vice versa. If you must use a dictionary, it is usually far safer to (29)______ an English-English dictionary. In most exams you are not permitted to use a dictionary. (30)______ you are allowed to use one, it is very time-consuming to look up words, and time in exams is usually limited. You are, (31)______ , forced to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words. When you come across unknown words in an exam text, it is very easy to panic. However, if you develop efficient techniques for guessing the meaning, you will (32)______ a number of possible problems and help yourself to understand far more of the text than you at first thought likely..

(21) Two strategies which may help you guess the meaning of a word are: using contextual clues, both within the sentence and outside, and making use of clues (33)______ from the formation of the word. Question 24. A. wholly B. totally C. fully D. completely Question 25. A. inspect B. check C. control D. examine Question 26. A. extent B. level C. degree D. range Question 27. A. valuable B. essential C. worth D. vital Question 28. A. multiple B. variation C. diversity D. variety Question 29. A. survey B. refer C. consult D. inquire Question 30. A. In case B. Even if C. Although D. Provided Question 31. A. so that B. so C. however D. therefore Question 32. A. go over B. surpass C. get over D. overcome Question 33. A. coming B. extracted C. originated D. derived 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 Tomatoes are probably the most popular garden vegetable grown in the United States. This can be attributed to their unique flavor, attractiveness, richness as a source of vitamins C and A, and versatility as a food. The Line popularity of peppers as a garden plant can be attributed to the same factors, (6) although they are usually not consumed in large enough quantities to make them an important nutritional factor in the diet. The cultivated tomato originated in the Andes mountains of South America. It was introduced to other areas of the world by Indians and European travelers. Its seeds were taken to Europe, where a superstition soon arose that the tomato (11) stimulated love. Because of this, the tomato was called the “love apple”. The first report of the tomato in North America was in 1710, where it was grown primarily as an ornamental plant. Early colonists brought the seeds to Virgina and grew tomatoes in flower gardens. Tomatoes, actually a fruit that is used as a vegetable, began gaining wide (16) acceptance as a food plant in the United States between 1820 and 1850. Modern plant growers have done much to improve the tomato and add to its usefulness. Its yields have been doubled, and varieties with larger, smoother, more even shapes and meatier pulps have been developed. The tomato is the leading crop canned in the United States today. (21) Peppers are also native to America and were grown by American Indian tribes in both North and South America over 2,000 years ago. The small red hot peppers were discovered by Columbus in the West Indies and introduced into Europe, where they became popular before gaining widespread acceptance in the United States. Peppers became one of the first New World foods used (26) commercially in Europe. Botanists class the fruit of the bush-type garden pepper as a berry. Although most varieties of peppers produce red fruits (which are green in their immature stage), there are some yellow-fruited varieties, and peppers are of both mild and pungent types. Peppers enjoy warm climates, and young plants can be injured by frosts. Seasonings such as paprika and chili (31) powder and food products such as canned pimentos are commercial uses of garden peppers that are grown in the United States today. The familiar spice black pepper known in households throughout the world is the product of a trailing or climbing shrub grown in Indonesia and other hot countries. The islands of Java and Madura furnish most of the black pepper used (36) in American homes. The United States buys almost 25,000 tons of this spice annually..

(22) Question 34. The topic of this passage is__________. A. food discoveries of early Europeans B. the nutritional value of garden vegetables C. tomatoes and peppers D. why tomatoes are more popular than peppers Question 35. The word “versatility” in line 3 is closest in meaning to__________. A. economic value B. range of uses C. tastiness D. marketability Question 36. According to the passage, why are peppers not an important nutritional factor in a diet? A. People don’t eat enough of them. B. They lack the necessary vitamins. C. They are less tasty than tomatoes. D. Peppers are found in tropical climates. Question 37. It can be inferred from the passage that tomatoes were first used in North America _________. A. for food B. for nutritional purposes C. as decoration D. in place of peppers Question 38. It can be inferred from the passage that the tomato was called the “love apple” because __________. A. its fruit was heart-shaped B. it supposedly aroused affectionate feelings C. people liked to eat it D. it is beautiful to look at Question 39. The word “native” in line 20 is closest in meaning to__________. A. indigenous B. legendary C. colorful D. located Question 40. The phrase “mild and pungent types” in line 28 refers to__________. A. size B. botanical classification C. taste D. color Question 41. All of the following can be inferred from the passage about peppers EXCEPT__________. A. peppers became popular in the United States later than in Europe B. peppers were bought and sold in Europe C. red peppers are highly spiced D. peppers originated fairly recently in North and South America Question 42. The phrase “this spice” in line 35 refers to __________. A. paprika B. chili powder C. pepper berries D. black pepper Question 43. Which of the following best describes the format of this passage? A. A series of conjectures B. A general introduction followed by elaboration C. A response to a criticism D. A question and subsequent answers Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 44. -Claire : “Mr. Black. How do you do?" - Pete :"___________, my name's Pete. How do you do? A. Pardon B. Excuse me C. By the way D. By all means Question 45. Light ___________are small planes with seats for no more than about six passengers. A. airship B. airplane C. aircrafts D. aircraft Question 46. ANNOUNCEMENT: Passengers for Rome should____________ to Gate 32 for boarding. A. contact B. approach C. reach D. proceed Question 47. I accidentally ____________ Mike when I was crossing a street downtown yesterday. A. caught sight of B. paid attention to C. lost touch with D. kept an eye on Question 48. ______________, the whole family slept soundly. A. Hot though was the night air B. Hot though the night air was C. Hot although the night air was D. Hot although was the night air Question 49. He said that the plane had already left and that I __________arrived an hour earlier. A. should have B. must have C. had to D. was supposed to Question 50. The move to a different environment brought about a significant ____________in my cousin's state of mind. A. change B. impact C. effect D. influence Question 51. Not until _________home ___________that he had taken someone else’s bike. A. he got/ he did realize B. did he get / he realized C. he got/ did he realize D. he got/ he realized Question 52. - Anna : " I don't think I can do this ." - Susan: "_____________ " A. Sure, no way! B. Yeah. It's not easy..

(23) C. Oh, come on! Give it a try! D. No, I hope not. Question 53. All of us won’t go camping ___________ the weather stays fine. A. however B. unless C. so D. but Question 54. ____________drivers usually drive very slowly. A. Learning B. Learner C. Practice D. Student Question 55. The management has ____________its promise. A. gone through with B. gone back on C. got down on D. got away with Question 56. He lives a(n) ______________ throw from the station. A. apple's B. stone's C. stick's D. arrow's Question 57. Imagination ______________facts. A. outlives B. outlays C. outruns D. outplays Question 58. Did you see Jonathan this morning? He looked like _____________. It must have been quite a party last night. A. a wet blanket B. a bear with a sore head C. a dead duck D. death warmed up Question 59. ____________opening the door, Jerry found that his house had been broken into. A. On B. During C. At D. With Question 60 ____________ that’s happened is a waste of time. A. Regret something B. Something to regret C. Something regretted D. Regretting something Question 61. She’d rather I ____________to the party with her yesterday. A. had to go B. had gone C. went D. to have gone Question 62. - Anne : "Do you mind if I ask you one or two questions?" - Jack : "____________" A. I am sorry. I have no idea. B. That's quite all right. C. Why not? D. Not at all. Fire away. Question 63. Tom is good enough to make ______________ in his office. A. appointment B. impression C. the team D. the bed Question 64. His grandpa refuses to even listen to anyone else's point of view. He 's very____________ . A. open - minded B. narrow - minded C. absent - minded D. kind - hearted Question 65. I ______________sport to keep fit, not because I like it. A. make B. practise C. train D. do Question 66. - Alice : “We've got the contract!" - Nick: " ______________" A. Not too bad. B. Really? Let's celebrate. C. Pretty well. D. Oh, how come? Question 67. Good restaurants serving traditional English food are very hard to_____________. A. come to B. come into C. come at D. come by Question 68. _____________, Phil was a gregarious individual who enjoyed the company of others enormously. A. Physically B. Socially C. Psychologically D. Technically 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. Question 69. Mr. Smith's new neighbors appear to be very friendly. A. futile B. amicable C. inapplicable D. hostile Question 70. Names of people in the book were changed to preserve anonymity. A. conserve B. reveal C. cover D. presume Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is best written based on the words provided in the following questions . Question 71: Today / UNESCO / function / as / laboratory / idea / standard –setter / forge / universal / agreement / emerge / ethical / issue . A. Today, UNESCO functions as a laboratory ideas and a standard - setter to forge universal agreements to emerge ethical issues. B. Today, UNESCO functions as a laboratory of ideas and a standard - setter to forge universal agreements on emerging ethical issues. C. Today, UNESCO functions as a laboratory of ideas and standard - setter forging universal agreements in.

(24) emerging the ethical issues. D. Today, UNESCO is functioned as a laboratory with ideas and a standard - setter by forged universal agreements on emerging ethical issues. Question 72: identical / twins/ all / genes / common / so / any variation / two identical twins / large part / due / effects / environment. E. Identical twins have all of their genes on common, so any variation between two identical twins is for large part due to the effects of the environment. F. All identical twins have their genes in common, so any variation between two identical twins is at large part due to the effects on the environment. G. Identical twins have all of their genes in common, so any variation between two identical twins is in large part due to the effects of the environment. H. Identical twins have all of their genes in common, so any variations between two identical twins are on large part due for the effects of the environment. Question 73: bridge / build / 50 years ago / collapse / last storm. A. The bridge built 50 years ago was collapsed in the last storm. B. The bridge which built 50 years ago was collapsed in the last storm. C. The bridge built 50 years ago has collapsed in the last storm. D. The bridge built 50 years ago collapsed in the last storm. Question 74: by / end / 21st century / climate / change / may / predominant / lead / biodiversity / lose / change / ecosystem / service / globe. E. By the end of the 21st century, climatically changing may predominantly lead to biodiversity loss and changes in ecosystem services in globe. F. By the end of the 21st century, climate change may predominantly lead to biodiversity loss and changes in ecosystem services globally. G. By the end of the 21st century, climate change may predominantly lead to biodiversity to lose and change in ecosystem serviced by the globe. H. By the end of the 21st century, climate changed may predominantly lead in the biodiversity of the loss and changes in ecosystem services globally. Question 75: medical / treatment / personalize / base / our / genetic / make - up / factor / such age / even deliver / direct / our / body / wearable / devices . A. Medical treatment will personalize, basing on our genetic make- up and factors such as age , and even delivered directly to our bodies by wearable devices. B. The medical treatment will be personalized, based on our genetically make - up and factors such as age, and even deliver direct to our bodies by wearable devices. C. Medical treatment will be personalized, based on our genetic make - up and factors such as age, and even delivered directly to our bodies by wearable devices. D. Medical treatment will be personalized, based by our genetic make - up and factors such as age, and even delivering directly to our bodies in wearable devices. 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. Question 76. A. curriculum B. undoubtedly C. personify D. mercifully Question 77. A. proverbial B. magnificent C. photography D. advantageous Question 78. A. intimacy B. tremendously C. intuitive D. mechanical Question 79. A. insecure B. scenario C. inaccurate D. infrequent Question 80. A. eliminate B. electrify C. centenarian D. accompany.

(25) The end Trường: THPT chuyên Nguyễn Huệ. ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC LẦN III - 2012. Họ và tên:…………………………………………... MÔN: TIẾNG ANH. SBD: …………………. Thời gian: 90 phút. Ngày sinh: ………..……………. Mã đề thi: 170. Đề có 6 trang, gồm 80 câu trắc nghiệm khách quan Chú ý: Thí sinh không được dùng điện thoại di động, từ điển hoặc tài liệu liên quan Cán bộ coi thi không giải thích đề thi Question 1-5: Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others. Question 1: A. disaster. B. overview. C. sacrifice. D. maintenance. Question 2: A. millennium. B. philosopher. C. fascinating. D. incredible. Question 3: A. miracle. B. identify. C. equipment. D. particular. Question 4: A. deliberate. B. improvement. C. discovery. D. dramatist. Question 5: A. stimulate. B. permanent. C. fertilizer. D. variety. Question 6-35: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions: Question 6: I see John’s boasting again. I’ve heard him telling everyone he’s the best tennis player in the County. A. holding his tongue. B. speaking too much. C. blowing his own trumpet. D. pulling my leg. Question 7: “Do you like pop music or jazz?” “I don’t like __________of them. I prefer classical music.” A. either. B. neither. C. both. D. any. Question 8: What a stupid thing to do. Can you imagine anyone ___________so stupid? A. to be. B. who. C. being. D. that. Question 9: You don’t need a telescope to see the planet Venus – you can see it with ___________. A. your own eyes. B. the naked eye. C. the naked eyes. D. your real eyes. Question 10: Our country has large areas of __________beauty. A. unspoilt. B. undamaged. C. unharmed. D. unhurt.

(26) Question 11: “Must we do it now?” –“No, you __________.” A. won’t. B. needn’t. C. can’t. D. mustn’t. Question 12: ___________your effort and talent, we wonder if you can work full time for us. A. Regarding. B. In regard of. C. With respect to. D. On behalf of. Question 13: The chairman requested that ____________. A. the members studied more carefully the problem B. the problem was more carefulnessly studied C. with more carefulness the problem could be studied D. the members study the problem more carefully Question 14: If I were you, I would regard their offer with considerable ___________because it seems too good to be true. A. suspicion. B. doubt. C. reservation. D. disbelief. C. outplays. D. outlays. Question 15: Imagination _________facts. A. outlives. B. outruns. Question 16: On the street: “Have you found a good place to eat yet? “Yes, there’s a wonderful restaurant right down the street from the school.” “___________?” “Yes. And the food is good too.” A. Is it really like that. B. Are the prices reasonable. C. Do you like good food. D. Do they often go there. Question 17: The hospital owes ___________for the construction of the new wing. A. the government twenty million dollars. B. for the government twenty million dollars. C. to the government twenty million dollars. D. twenty millions of dollars to the government. Question 18: The Home – Loan Company __________the right to cancel this agreement. A. conserves. B. reserves. C. deserves. D. serves. Question 19: To begin studying chemistry at this level, you must already have proved your ability in a related ___________. A. rule. B. discipline. C. line. D. region. Question 20: Just keep him at home today, Mrs. Brown, and he’ll be perfectly all right by tomorrow..

(27) A. down the drain. B. as right as rain. C. cheesed off. D. smell a rat. Question 21: The main argument ________a ban on cigarette advertising is that it would be undemocratic. A. against. B. facing. C. opposite. D. opposing. Question 22: “John always goes home before the party ends.” “He has a preference ___________ leaving early.” A. to. B. with. C. by. D. for. Question 23: George would certainly have attended the proceedings ____________. A. if the flat tire hadn’t happened. B. had he not had a flat tire. C. if he didn’t get a flat tire. D. had the tire not flattened itself. Question 24: The house that we used to live in is in a very ________state. A. negligent. B. negligible. C. neglectful. D. neglected. Question 25: Driving a car with faulty brakes is ________quite a risk. A. taking. B. being. C. setting. D. putting. Question 26: The area was neglected and soon turned into an overcrowded ________. A. estate. B. quarter. C. slum. D. suburb. Question 27: The work is beyond the shadow of a ________one of the best she has ever written. A. suspicion. B. criticism. C. contradiction. D. doubt. Question 28: Either of my parents or my brother ________. A. has coming. B. is coming. C. are coming. D. have come. Question 29: Thanks to modern irrigation, crops now grow abundantly in areas where once ________cacti and sagebrush could live. A. none other. B. not the. C. nothing but. D. nor. Question 30: Although the police made __________about the missing car, it was never found. A. time. B. inquiries. C. point. D. offer. Question 31: Many of the international problems we are now facing ___________. A. linguistic incompetencies B. are the result of misunderstandings C. are because of not understanding themselves D. lacks of the intelligent capabilities of understanding each other Question 32: “I think the teacher should give us more exercise.- “_________.”.

(28) A. Yes, let’s. B. Ok. C. That’s rubbish. D. That’s just what I was thinking. Question 33: The defendant refused to answer the prosecutor’s questions ____________. A. because he was afraid it would incriminate him B. for fear that they will incriminate him C. because he was afraid that his answers would incriminate him D. fearing that he will be incriminated by it Question 34: Sometimes an earthquake ___________a volcanic eruption. A. goes ahead. B. happen before. C. occurs. D. precedes. Question 35: We failed to lay eyes on a tiger during our expedition, _________film one. A. apart from. B. not to mention. C. let alone. D. but for. Question 36-40: Choose the underlined part (A, B, C or D) that is incorrect. Question 36: The oldest and (A) most widespread celebrations are (B) that connected with the (C) harvesting of the (D) first fruits. Question 37: The earth is not a (A) completely solid ball (B) of rock, but (C) makes (D) up of various layers. Question 38: (A) It’s no use (B) blaming him really. You know he (C) had no choice but (D) doing as he was told. Question 39: If the concentration of the gases (A) rises, they trap (B) more heat within the atmosphere, (C) causes (D) worldwide temperature to rise. Question 40: (A) A great many athletes have managed (B) to overcome (C) seriously physical (D) handicaps.. Question 41-50 : Read the following passage and choose the best answers to the questions.. Attention Deficiency Disorder (ADD) is a neurobiological problem that affects 3-5 % of all children. (41)________include inattentiveness and having difficulty getting organized, as well as easily becoming (42)________. Sometimes, ADD is accompanied by hyperactivity. In these cases, the sufferer exhibits (43)________physical activity. Psychostimulant drugs can be (44)________to ADD sufferers to assist them with the completion of the desired thought processes, although they might cause (45)________. Current theory states that medication is the only (46)________action that has a sound scientific basic. This action should only be taken after an accurate diagnosis is made..

(29) Children with ADD do not (47)________have trouble learning; their problem is that they involuntarily (48)________their attention elsewhere. It is not only children that are (49)_______by this condition. Failure to treat ADD can lead to lifelong emotional and behavioral problems. Early diagnosis and treatment, however, are the key to successfully overcoming learning difficulties (50)_______with ADD.. Question 41: A. Symptoms. B. Sights. C. Signs. D. Signals. Question 42: A. distracted. B. dim. C. divulged. D. unattended. Question 43: A. excessive. B. rich. C. exaggerated. D. over. Question 44: A. handed. B. taken. C. given. D. drunk. Question 45: A. disadvantages B. damage. C. pain. D. side-effects. Question 46: A. cure. B. health. C. remedial. D. medical. Question 47: A. absolutely. B. eternally. C. necessarily. D. always. Question 48: A. switch. B. carry. C. move. D. bring. Question 49: A. worsened. B. affected. C. caused. D. spoiled. Question 50: A. combined. B. associated. C. made. D. supplied. Question 51-60: Read the passage and choose the best answer to each of the questions below.. Biological diversity has become widely recognized as a critical conservation issue only in the past two decades. The rapid destruction of the tropical rain forests, which are the ecosystems with the highest known species diversity on Earth, has awakened people to the importance and fragility of biological diversity. The high rate of species extinctions in these environments is jolting, but it is important to recognize the significance of biological diversity in all ecosystems. As the human population continues to expand, it will negatively affect one after another of Earth’s ecosystems. In terrestrial ecosystems and in fringe marine ecosystems (such as wetlands), the most common problem is habitat destruction. In most situations, the result is irreversible. Now humans are beginning to destroy marine ecosystems through other types of activities, such as disposal and runoff of poisonous waste; in less than two centuries, by significantly reducing the variety of species on Earth, they have irrevocably redirected the course of evolution. Certainly, there have been periods in Earth’s history when mass extinctions have occurred. The extinction of the dinosaurs was caused by some physical event, either climatic or cosmic. There have also been less dramatic extinctions, as when natural competition between species reached an extreme conclusion. Only 0.01 percent of the species that have lived on Earth have survived to the present, and it was largely chance that determined which species survived and which died out. However, nothing has ever equaled the magnitude and speed with which the human species is altering the physical and chemical world and demolishing the environment. In fact, there is wide agreement that it is the rate of change humans are inflicting, even more than the changes themselves, that will lead to biological devastation. Life on Earth has continually been in flux as slow physical and chemical changes have occurred.

(30) on Earth, but life needs time to adapt-time for migration and genetic adaptation within existing species and time for the proliferation of new genetic material and new species that may be able to survive in new environments.. Question 51: What does the passage mainly discuss? A. The variety of species found in tropical rain forests B. The cause of the extinction of the dinosaurs C. The time required for species to adapt to new environments D. The impact of human activities on Earth’s ecosystems Question 52: The word “critical” is closest in meaning to A. essential. B. negative. C. complicated. D. interesting. Question 53: The word “jolting” is closest in meaning to A. illuminating. B. unknown. C. shocking. D. predicted. Question 54: The author mentions the reduction of the variety of species on Earth in line 7-8 to suggest that A. humans are often made ill by polluted water B. new habitats can be created for species C. some species have been made extinct by human activity D. understanding evolution can prevent certain species from disappearing Question 55: The author mentions all of the following as examples of the effect of humans on the world’s ecosystems EXCEPT A. damage to marine ecosystems B. habitat destruction in wetlands C. the introduction of new varieties of plant species D. destruction of the tropical rain forests Question 56: The author mentions the extinction of the dinosaurs in the 2nd paragraph to emphasize that A. not all mass extinctions have been caused by human activity B. actions by humans could not stop the irreversible process of a species’ extinction C. Earth’s climate has changed significantly since the dinosaurs’extinction D. the cause of the dinosaurs’ extinction is unknown Question 57: The word “magnitude” is closest in meaning to __________. A. carelessness. B. extent. C. determination. D. concern.

(31) Question 58: According to the passage, natural evolutionary change is different from changes caused by humans in that changes caused by humans __________. A. affect fewer ecosystems. B. are occurring at a much faster rate. C. are reversible. D. are less devastating to most species. Question 59: Which of the following can best replace “in flux” ? A. breaking. B. producing. C. changing. D. increasing. Question 60: With which of the following statements would the author be most likely to agree? A. The extinction of a few species is an acceptable consequence of human progress. B. Technology will provide solutions to problems caused by the destruction of ecosystems. C. Human influence on ecosystems should not be a factor in determining public policy. D. Humans should be more conscious of the influence they have on ecosystems.. Question 61-70: Read the following passage and choose the best option to complete the blank or answer the question.. Jupiter is the largest and most massive planet and is fifth in order of distance from the sun. It is well placed for observation for several months in every year and on average is the brightest of the planets apart from Venus, though for relatively brief periods Mars may outshine it. Jupiter’s less than 10 hour rotation period gives it the shortest day in the solar system in so far as the principal planets are concerned. There are no true seasons on Jupiter because the axial inclination to the perpendicular of the orbital plane is only just over 3°-less than that for any other planet. The most famous mark on Jupiter is the Great Red Spot. It has shown variations in both intensity and color, and at times it has been invisible, but it always returns after a few years. At its greatest extent it may be 40,000 kilometers long and 14,000 kilometers wide, so its surface area is greater than that of Earth. Though the latitude of the Red Spot varies little, it drifts about in longitude. Over the past century the total longitudinal drift has amounted to approximately 1200°. The latitude is generally very close to -22°. It was once thought that the Red Spot might be a solid or semisolid body floating in Jupiter’s outer gas. However, the Pioneer and Voyager results have refuted that idea and proven the Red Spot to be a phenomenon of Jovian meteorology. Its longevity may well due to its exceptional size, but there are signs that it is decreasing in size, and it may not be permanent. Several smaller red spots have been seen occasionally but have not lasted.. Question 61: The main purpose of the passage is A. to show which of the planets shines the brightest B. to prove that Jupiter is shrinking C. to explain why the Great Red Spot changes.

(32) D. to give an introduction to Jupiter and its Red Spot Question 62: According to the passage, Jupiter has the shortest day among the principal planets because A. it is on the average the brightest of all the planets B. the axial inclination is only just over 3° C. its rotation period is shorter than 10 hours D. there is the interference of the Great Red Spot Question 63: The author’s tone in this passage is A. supportive. B. argumentative. C. enthusiastic. D. neutral. Question 64: According to the passage, Mars outshines Jupiter A. from time to time. B. every several months. C. less often than any other planet. D. on a regular basis. Question 65: This passage would be of most interest to A. amateur astronomers. B. students of anthropology. C. mathematicians. D. geologists. Question 66: It can be inferred from this passage that Jupiter’s Great Red Spot A. will one day vanish. B. will become brighter with time. C. will continue expanding. D. is made of floating gases. Question 67: The word “intensity” in the second paragraph could best be replaced with A. density. B. visibility. C. surface area. D. brilliance. Question 68: According to the passage, all of the following are true about Jupiter EXCEPT A. it is 14,000 kilometers wide B. there are four planets closer to the sun C. there is still much to be learned about the Red Spot D. Pioneer and Voyager have added to our knowledge of Jupiter Question 69: Where in the passage does the author mention the theory about the Red Spot that has been disproved? A. Lines 4-6. B. Lines 15-17. C. Lines 8-9. D. Lines 11-13. Question 70: As used in the first paragraph, the word “it” refers to A. Venus. B. the sun. C. Mars. D. Jupiter. Question 71-80 : Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the given one(s)..

(33) Question 71: Pedestrians’lives are endangered by speeding motorists. A. Pedestrians risk their lives by speeding the motorists. B. Pedestrians’lives are put at risk by speeding motorists. C. Pedestrians are in danger of speeding motorists D. Speeding motorists are endangering pedestrians’lives Question 72: Do you know who was responsible for this terrible crime? A. Do you know who did this terrible crime? B. Do you know who carried out this terrible crime? C. Do you know who made this terrible crime? D. Do you know who set up this terrible crime? Question 73: His real identity will always remain a secret. A. No one will ever know his real identity.. B. No one knows his real identity.. C. His real identity hasn’t been known.. D. No one must know his real identity.. Question 74: Don’t wait any longer than ten minutes before you remove the crucible from the flame. A. Removing the crucible from the flame for ten minutes is what you should do. B. You should wait ten minutes to put the crucible in the flame. C. If possible, the crucible should remain in the flame longer than ten minutes. D. Ten minutes is as long as you should wait before removing the crucible from the flame. Question 75: It was only when he saw her in private that he told her everything. A. Only when he saw her in private that he told her everything. B. He didn’t tell her everything until he saw her in private. C. Not until he saw her in private did he tell her all thing. D. It was not until he saw her in private that he told her everything. Question 76: As a conductor of heat and electricity, aluminum exceeds all metals except silver, copper, and gold. A. Silver, copper and gold are better conductors of heat and electricity than aluminum is. B. Aliminum is a better conductor of heat and electricity than silver, copper and gold. C. With the exception of aliminum, silver, copper and gold are better than any other metal as conductors of heat and electricity. D. Silver, copper and gold are exceeded only by aluminum as conductors of heat and electricity..

(34) Question 77: Are they likely to pass Proficiency? A. Is there any likelihood to passing Proficiency? B. Will they be likely to pass Proficiency? C. Is there any likelihood of their passing Proficiency? D. Is there any likelihood of passing Proficiency? Question 78: The company has decided to replace this model. A. It is the intention of the company to replace this model. B. It is the company intention to replace this model. C. The company has intended replacing this model. D. The company’s intention has been replaced this model. Question 79: It is unlikely that results of the elections will be made public before tomorrow morning. A. Before tomorrow morning we will probably know the result of the elections. B. Tomorrow morning is probably the earliest that anyone will know the result of the selection. C. The results of the elections will most likely be made known before tomorrow morning. D. We will probably not be told the results of the elections tomorrow morning. Question 80: It is not certain that Jones will get the job. A. It is open to question whether Jones will get the job. B. Jones may not be getting the job. C. Jones won’t be likely to get the job. D. Jones certainly doesn’t get the job. ----------- THE END ----------. Đáp án đề thi thử tiếng Anh lần 3 – Năm 2012 170. 247. 324. 495. 1 A. 41 A. 1 B. 41 D. 1 D. 41 C. 1 C. 41 A. 2 C. 42 A. 2 A. 42 C. 2 A. 42 B. 2 B. 42 B. 3 A. 43 C. 3 D. 43 D. 3 D. 43 B. 3 C. 43 B. 4 D. 44 C. 4 D. 44 D. 4 D. 44 C. 4 C. 44 B. 5 D. 45 D. 5 D. 45 A. 5 C. 45 A. 5 A. 45 D. 6 C. 46 C. 6 B. 46 B. 6 A. 46 C. 6 C. 46 A.

(35) 7 A. 47 D. 7 C. 47 D. 7 A. 47 D. 7 D. 47 D. 8 C. 48 A. 8 B. 48 C. 8 D. 48 B. 8 C. 48 A. 9 B. 49 B. 9 C. 49 D. 9 D. 49 D. 9 A. 49 D. 10 A. 50 B. 10 B. 50 A. 10 D. 50 B. 10 A. 50 A. 11 B. 51 D. 11 B. 51 A. 11 B. 51 D. 11 D. 51 B. 12 C. 52 A. 12 C. 52 A. 12 C. 52 C. 12 D. 52 A. 13 D. 53 C. 13 B. 53 A. 13 A. 53 B. 13 A. 53 A. 14 C. 54 D. 14 D. 54 A. 14 C. 54 A. 14 D. 54 C. 15 B. 55 C. 15 A. 55 C. 15 A. 55 A. 15 C. 55 D. 16 B. 56 A. 16 A. 56 B. 16 B. 56 B. 16 A. 56 B. 17 A. 57 B. 17 C. 57 C. 17 C. 57 D. 17 B. 57 C. 18 B. 58 B. 18 A. 58 C. 18 B. 58 B. 18 B. 58 C. 19 B. 59 C. 19 B. 59 C. 19 D. 59 D. 19 D. 59 A. 20 B. 60 D. 20 D. 60 A. 20 D. 60 B. 20 B. 60 C. 21 A. 61 D. 21 A. 61 B. 21 C. 61 B. 21 D. 61 B. 22 D. 62 C. 22 C. 62 C. 22 D. 62 D. 22 D. 62 C. 23 B. 63 D. 23 D. 63 A. 23 A. 63 B. 23 C. 63 A. 24 D. 64 A. 24 A. 64 B. 24 C. 64 A. 24 D. 64 B. 25 A. 65 A. 25 D. 65 B. 25 D. 65 D. 25 A. 65 C. 26 C. 66 A. 26 A. 66 D. 26 B. 66 D. 26 B. 66 A. 27 D. 67 B. 27 D. 67 B. 27 A. 67 A. 27 D. 67 D. 28 B. 68 A. 28 C. 68 B. 28 B. 68 B. 28 D. 68 B. 29 C. 69 D. 29 A. 69 D. 29 C. 69 C. 29 B. 69 D. 30 B. 70 D. 30 C. 70 D. 30 C. 70 C. 30 B. 70 B. 31 B. 71 B. 31 A. 71 D. 31 A. 71 C. 31 D. 71 C. 32 D. 72 B. 32 C. 72 B. 32 A. 72 B. 32 C. 72 A. 33 C. 73 A. 33 B. 73 C. 33 C. 73 C. 33 A. 73 B. 34 D. 74 D. 34 C. 74 B. 34 A. 74 A. 34 A. 74 A. 35 C. 75 D. 35 B. 75 A. 35 B. 75 A. 35 C. 75 B. 36 B. 76 A. 36 B. 76 D. 36 B. 76 B. 36 B. 76 D.

(36) 37 C. 77 C. 37 D. 77 D. 37 C. 77 A. 37 C. 77 B. 38 D. 78 A. 38 C. 78 A. 38 C. 78 A. 38 D. 78 C. 39 C. 79 B. 39 C. 79 A. 39 C. 79 A. 39 C. 79 D. 40 C. 80 A. 40 C. 80 B. 40 D. 80 D. 40 C. 80 A. ĐỀ THI KHẢO SÁT CHẤT LƯỢNG LỚP 12, LẦN 2-NĂM 2012 MÔN TIẾNG ANH (Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút). TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC VINH TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN. Mã đề thi 134. Họ, tên thí sinh:..................................................................... Số báo danh: .............................. ĐỀ THI GỒM 80 CÂU (TỪ QUESTION 1 ĐẾN QUESTION 80). Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on you answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions. Question 1: A. innocent. B. nevertheless. C. contents. D. supermarket. Question 2: A. argument. B. enquiry. C. medicine. D. justify. Question 3: A. convenience. B. mechanic. C. preference. D. official. Question 4: A. recently. B. attitude. C. octopus. D. proposal. Question 5: A. economy. B. advisory. C. peninsula. D. economics. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 6: My friend has _________ for a bargain. A. a sharp ear. B. a strong head. C. a keen eye. D. a keen ear. Question 7: The Southeast Asian Games___________its origin to the Southeast Asian Peninsular Games. A. has. B. owes. C. returns. D. dates back. Question 8: It is not until December 25 _________the exam results will be announced. A. which. B. what. C. that. Question 9: ________that he felt that he didn’t have to revise any more. A. So confident in passing was that arrogant student B. Such confidence in passing did that arrogant student have. D. when.

(37) C. So confident was that arrogant student of passing D. Such was the confidence of that arrogant student on passing Question 10: The whole building collapsed, but fortunately there were no_________ A. victims. B. wounded. C. hurt. D. casualties. Question 11: A. “I would like to invite you to our wedding anniversary this Saturday morning.” B. “__________” A. Thank you for your request, but I’m sorry I can’t really come. B. I would love to come but I have prior commitments. I’m sorry. C. I am sorry. Can you come to my place? D. How about going to the cinema? Question 12: Owing to the fog, his flight from Karachi was_________ A. belated. B. overdue. C. unscheduled. D. unpunctual. Question 13: He was given a medal in_________of his service to the country. A. gratitude. B. recognition. C. knowledge. D. response. Question 14: She ________till the early hours listening to pop music. A. took me up. B. kept me up. C. caught me up. D. held me up. Question 15: I _________happy to see him, but I didn’t have time. A. would have been. B. will be. Question 16: A. “Where is my bag?” A. Here are you. B. There is it. C. would be. D. will have been. B “__________” C. Here you are. D. There it is. Question 17: I am reading this novel. By the time you come back from work, I_________ A. shall finish. B. shall have finished. C. will finish. D. have finished. Question 18: ________to Jim myself, I can’t really tell you why he would say such terrible things. A. Not to be speaking. B. Because of not speaking. C. Not to have spoken. D. Not having spoken. Question 19: We hire our bicycle _________ A. by the hour. B. by hours. C. by an hour. D. for hours. Question 20: Please don’t __________yourself out. A sandwich will do. A. let. B. put. Question 21: A. “If only I hadn’t said that to her”. B. “_________________”. C. leave. D. take.

(38) A. Ah, well, that is life.. B. Yes, you mustn’t have done like that. C. No worry, that’s nothing .. D. No, you’ve done a very good job. Question 22: A. “I apologize to you for not keeping my promise” B. “ __________” A. Well, that’s out of question.. B. Your apology is accepted.. C. I am grateful to that.. D. That was very sweet of you.. Question 23: A. “How come you didn’t tell me that you would quit the job?” B. “__________”. A. Because I knew you would make a fuss about it.. B. I would love to. Thank you.. C. I found the job so demanding.. D. Because I’m so bored with it.. Question 24: Stop fighting you two- shake hands and ________your peace with each other! A. set. B. do. C. make. D. bring. Question 25: Fire crews have been operating at full________. A. effort. B. power. C. strength. D. energy. Question 26: It was suggested that they_________the distance in very short time. A. would cover. B. covered. C. had cover. D. cover. Question 27: I am writing with_________to our telephone conversation yesterday. A. accordance. B. reference. C. similarity. D. speaking. Question 28: He kept his marriage for years, but eventually the truth ________ A. came out. B. went out. C. came through. D. fell out. Question 29: Getting a good school _________is what you need to do. A. report. B. mark. C. raise. D. comment. Question 30: My decision to leave university after a year is one I now_________regret. A. harshly. B. painfully. C. keenly. D. heavily. 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. Question 31: She had a cozy little apartment in Boston. A. uncomfortable. B. dirty. C. lazy. D. warm. Question 32: A frightening number of illiterate students are graduating from college. A. able to read and write. B. able to join intramural sport. C. inflexible. D. unable to pass an examination in reading and writing.

(39) Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the following blanks. BOOKS BEFORE SCHOOL? Many people believe that they should begin to teach their children to read when they are scarcely more than toddlers. This is fine if the child shows a real interest but forcing a child could be (33)________ if she isn’t ready. Wise parents will have a (34)________attitude and take the lead from their child. What they should provide is a selection of (35)________ books and other activities. Nowadays, there is plenty good (36)________available for young children, and of course, seeing plenty of books in use about the house will also encourage them to read. Of course, books are no longer the only source of stories and information. There is also a huge range of videos, which can (37)________and extend the pleasure a child finds in a book and are equally valuable in helping to increase vocabulary and concentration. Television gets a bad (38)________ as far as children are concerned, mainly because too many spend too much time watching programs not intended for their age group. Too many television programs attract an incurious, uncritical attitude that is going to make learning more difficult. However, (39)________viewing of programs designed for young children can be useful. Just as adults enjoy reading a book after seeing it (40)________on television, so children will pounce on books which (41)________ their favorite television characters , and videos can add a new (42)________to a story known from a book. Question 33: A. unuseful. B. unproductive. C. useful. D. counter-productive. Question 34: A. cheerful. B. contented. C. relaxed. D. hopeful. Question 35: A. bright. B. thrilling. C. energetic. D. stimulating. Question 36: A. material. B. sense. C. produce. D. amusement. Question 37: A. uphold. B. found. C. assist. D. reinforce. Question 38: A. review. B. press. C. criticism. D. result. Question 39: A. cautious. B. choice. C. discriminating. D. approved. Question 40: A. serialized. B. revised. C. transferred. D. visualized. Question 41: A. illustrate. B. extend. C. possess. D. feature. Question 42: A. revival. B. dimension. C. option. D. existence. 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. Question 43: It was boiling yesterday. We have a very humid and dry summer this year. A. very hot. B. cooking. C. dry. D. cooked. Question 44: It was inevitable that the smaller company should merge with the larger one. A. vital. B. unnecessary. C. urgent. Question 45: He made one last futile effort to convince her and left home.. D. unavoidable.

(40) A. favorable. B. difficult. C. ineffectual. D. firm. 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 following questions. Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452, in the small Tuscan town of Vinci, near Florence. He was the son of a wealthy Florentine public official and a peasant woman. In the mid-1460s, the family settled in Florence, where Leonardo was given the best education that Florence could offer. He rapidly advanced socially and intellectually. He was handsome, persuasive in conversation, and a fine musician and improviser. About in 1466 he apprenticed as a studio boy to Andrea Del Verrocchio. In Verrocchio’s workshop, Leonardo was introduced to many activities, from the painting of altarpieces and panel pictures to the creation of large sculptural projects. In 1472, he was entered in the painter’s guild of Florence, and in 1476, he was still mentioned as Verrocchio’s assistant. In Verrocchio’s Baptism of Christ, the kneeling angel at the left of the painting is by Leonardo. In 1478, Leonardo became an independent master. His first commission, to paint an altarpiece for the chapel of the Palazzo Vecchino, the Florentine town hall, was never executed. His first large painting, The Adoration of the Magi, left unfinished, was ordered in 1481 for the Monastery of San Donato a Scopeto, Florence. Other works ascribed to his youth are the so-called Benois Madonna, the portrait Ginerva de’ Benci, and the unfinished Saint Jerome. In 1482, Leonardos career moved into high gear when he entered the service of the duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza, having written the duke an astonishing letter in which he stated that he could build portable bridges; that he knew the techniques of constructing bombardments and of making cannons; that he could build ships as well as armored vehicles, catapults, and other war machines; and that he could execute sculpture in marble, bronze, and clay. He served as a principal engineer in the duke’s numerous military enterprises and was so active also as an architect. In addition, he assisted the Italian mathematician Luca Pacioli in the celebrated work Divina Proportione. Evidence indicates that Leonardo had apprentices and pupils in Milan, for whom he probably wrote the various texts later compiled as Treatise on Painting. The most important of his own paintings during the early Milan period was The Virgin of the Rocks, two versions of which exist; he worked on the compositions for a long time, as was his custom, seemingly unwilling to finish what he had begun. From 1495 to 1496, Leonardo labored on his masterpiece, The Last Super, a mural in the refectory of the Monastery of Santa Maria Delle Grazie, Milan. Unfortunately, his experimental use of oil on dry plaster was technically unsound, and by 1500 its deterioration had begun. Since 1726 attempts have been made, unsuccessfully, to restore it; a concerted restoration and conservation program, making use of the latest technology, was begun in 1977 and is reversing some of the damage. Although much of the original surface is gone, the majesty of the composition and the penetrating characterization of the figures give a fleeting vision of its vanished splendor. During his long stay in Milan, Leonardo also produced other paintings and drawings, most of which have been lost, theater designs, architectural drawings, and models for the dome of Milan Cathedral. His largest commission was for a colossal bronze monument to Francesco Sforza, father of Ludovico, in the courtyard of Castello Sforzesco. In December 1499, however, the Sforza family was driven from Milan by French forces; Leonardo left the statue unfinished and he returned to Florence in 1500. Question 46: What is NOT mentioned about the young Leonardo da Vinci? A. He was physically attractive.. B. He was a talented speaker. C. He was well-connected. D. He was gifted in many fields of art..

(41) Question 47: The word “apprenticed” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to_______ A. cleaned. B. painted. C. studied. D. mastered. Question 48: What can be inferred about Andrea Del Verrocchio? A. He was a writer. B. He was well-known. C. He was poor. D. He had many students. Question 49: How old was Leonardo da Vinci when he became an independent master? A. 23. B. 25. C. 26. D. 28. Question 50: The pronoun “he” in paragraph 3 refers to_______ A. Leonardo da Vinci B. The duke. C. Sforza. D. Milan. Question 51: What is NOT mentioned as a work by a young Leonardo da Vinci? A. The Adoration of the Magi. B. Ginerva de’ Benci. C. Donato a Scopeto. D. Saint Jerome. Question 52: The word “catapults” in paragraph 3 is probably_______ A. an animal. B. a method of transportation. C. a food. D. an arm. Question 53: Which of the following sentences best paraphrases the information in the passage? “He worked on the compositions for a long time, as was his custom, seemingly unwilling to finish what he had begun.” A. Leonardo felt the need to work on his works for as long a time as was needed to achieve perfection. B. For some reasons, Leonardo da Vinci took an extraordinarily long time to finish many creations. C. Leonardo kept working until everything seemed perfect. D. Leonardo would start many projects at the same time, but they would never finish together. Question 54: The word “concerted” in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to_______ A. musical. B. artistic. C. organized. D. painful. Question 55: What is NOT mentioned as a creation of Leonardo da Vinci’s while he was in Milan? A. theatre designs. B. architectural drawings. C. models of bronze horses. D. models for church domes. 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. Question 56: All Vietnamese special schools are funded by money from government and/or A. B. C.

(42) charity organizations. D Question 57: Establishing in 1984 for students who wanted to study art and music subjects, LaGuardia A. B. was the first public school of its kind. C. D. Question 58: Everyone needs special care and attention so that he or she will grow up into a A. B. C. D. responsible human being.. Question 59: Some of the people were standing in the street watched the parade, while others were A B C D singing songs. Question 60: The streets are crowded with a population who has no interest in learning. A. B. C. D. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the original sentence. Question 61: “If you practice more, you might be able to make a career out of music”. Her teacher said. A. Her teacher said that if she practiced more, she might be able to make a career out of music. B. Her teacher said that if she practiced more, she might have been able to make a career out of music. C. Her teacher said that if she had practiced more, she might be able to make a career out of music. D. Her teacher said that if she had practiced more, she might have been able to make a career out of music. Question 62: The purpose of any invention is to make our lives better, so good or bad, it depends on the way by which we use these inventions. A. Whether an invention is good or bad depends on the way by which we use it because the purpose of any invention is to make our lives better. B. We can use either good or bad inventions to make our lives better. C. The purpose of any invention, whether good or bad, is to make our lives better. This depends on the way by which we use these inventions. D. Good or bad as they are, all inventions have the same purpose to make our lives better. Question 63: California attracted people from many countries when gold was discovered in 1848. A. Discovered in 1848, gold was attractive to people in California. B. Discovered in California in 1848, gold attracted people from many countries there..

(43) C. Gold in California was discovered in 1848 after many people came here. D. When people are attracted to California, they discovered gold in 1848. Question 64: The number of people who understand his ideas exceeds his expectations. A. Fewer people understand him that he expects. B. Not as many people understand him as he expects. C. More people understand him than he expects. D. He expects that more people understand him. Question 65: Fred had only himself to blame for losing his driving license for repeated speeding. A. It’s a pity for Fred to lose his driving license for repeated speeding. B. It serves Fred right that he lost his driving license for repeated speeding. C. Fred’s loss of his driving license was not his fault at all. D. I feel regrets for Fred’s losing his driving license Question 66: It is unlikely that the results of the elections will be made public before tomorrow morning. A. Tomorrow morning is probably the earliest that anyone will know the results of the elections. B. Before tomorrow morning we will probably know the results of the elections. C. The results of the elections will most likely be made known before tomorrow morning. D. We will probably not be told the results of the elections tomorrow morning. Question 67: Tom went on and on apologizing for it, which was quite unnecessary. A. Tom can’t have apologized. I quite understand. B. Tom shouldn’t have apologized. I quite understand. C. Tom wouldn’t have apologized. I quite understand. D. Tom needn’t have apologized. I quite understand. Question 68: You must make allowances for his inexperience. A. He was not allowed to go because of his inexperience. B. Although he was inexperienced, we must let him in. C. You shouldn’t pay attention to his inexperience. D. You should take his inexperience into account.. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is best-built from the prompts given. Question 69: He/ problems/not/concentrate/office work A. He has so much problems that he cannot concentrate on his office work..

(44) B. He has such many problems that he cannot concentrate on his office work. C. He has too many problems so that he cannot concentrate on his office work. D. He has such a lot of problems that he cannot concentrate on his office work. Question 70: All/ people/earth/know/without/ ozone layer, not only/ human beings/ but also/all/plants and animals/ expose/ dangerous rays/sun A. All of people on earth know that without the ozone layer, not only human beings but also all plants and animals are exposed by dangerous rays from the sun. B. All people on earth know that without the ozone layer, not only human beings but also all plants and animals would be exposed to dangerous rays from the sun. C. All of people on earth know that without the ozone layer, not only human beings but also all plants and animals would expose to dangerous rays of the sun. D. All people on the earth know that without the ozone layer, not only human beings but also all plants and animals would expose to dangerous rays of the sun.. 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 following questions. It is said that George Washington was one of the first to realize how important the building of canals would be to the nation’s development. In fact, before he became the President, he headed the first company in the United States to build a canal, which was to connect the Ohio and Potomac rivers. It was never completed, but it showed the nation the feasibility of canals. As the country expanded westward, settlers in western New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio needed a means to ship goods. Canals linking natural waterways seemed to supply an effective method. In 1791, engineers commissioned by the state of New York investigated the possibility of a canal between Albany on the Hudson River and Buffalo on Lake Eric to link the Great Lakes area with the Atlantic seacoast. It would avoid the mountains that served as a barrier to canals from the Delaware and Potomac rivers. The first attempt to dig the canal, to be called the Eric Canal, was made by private companies but only a comparatively small portion was built before the project was halted for lack of funds. The cost of the prospect was an estimated $5 million, an enormous amount for those days. There was some on-again-offagain federal funding, but this time the War of 1812 put an end to construction. In 1817, DeWitt Clinton was elected Governor of New York and persuaded the state to finance and build the canal. It was completed in 1825, costing $2 million more than expected. The canal rapidly lived up to its sponsors’ faith, quickly paying for itself through tolls. It was far more economical than any other form of transportation at the time. It permitted trade between the Great Lake region and the East coast, robbing the Mississippi River of much of its traffic. It allowed New York to supplant Boston, Philadelphia, and other eastern cities as the chief center of both domestic and foreign commerce. Cities sprang up along the canal. It also contributed in a number of ways to the North’s victory over the South in the Civil War. An expansion of the canal was planned in 1849. Increased traffic would undoubtedly have warranted its construction had it not been for the railroads. Question 71: Why does the author most likely mention George Washington in the first paragraph?.

(45) A. He was President at the time the Eric Canal was built. B. He commissioned engineers to study the possibility of building the Eric Canal. C. He successfully opened the first canal in the United States. D. He was involved in pioneering efforts to build canals. Question 72: The word “feasibility” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______ A. possibility. B. capability. C. difficulty. D. profitability. Question 73: According to the passage, the Eric Canal connected the _______ A. Delaware and Potomac Rivers. B. Hudson River and Lake Eric. C. Atlantic Ocean and the Hudson River. D. Potomac and Ohio Rivers. Question 74: The phrase “on-again-off-again” in paragraph 3 could be replaced by which of the following with the least change in the meaning? A. ineffectual. B. unsolicited. C. intermittent. D. gradual. Question 75: The completion of the Eric Canal was financed by _______ A. private company. B. DeWitt Clinton. C. the federal government. D. New York. Question 76: The actual cost of building the Eric Canal was _______ A. $5 million. B. less than had been expected C. $7 million. D. more than could be repaid. Question 77: The word “tolls” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to which of the following? A. Grants. B. Fees. C. Links. D. Jobs. Question 78: Which of the following is NOT given as an effect of the building of the Eric Canal in paragraph 4? A. It took water traffic away from the Mississippi River. B. It established Boston and Philadelphia as the most important centers of trade. C. It helped determine the outcome of the Civil War. D. It allowed the East coast to trade with the Great Lake Sea. Question 79: What can be inferred about railroads in 1849 from the information in the last paragraph? A. They were being planned but had not been built. B. They were seriously underdeveloped. C. They had begun to compete with the Eric Canal for traffic. D. They were weakened by the expansion of the canal. Question 80: The word “warranted” in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to _______ A. hastened -----------------------------------------------. B. guaranteed. C. justified. D. prevented.

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(48) 134. 65. B. 210. 65. D. 356. 65. A. 483. 65. C. 134. 66. A. 210. 66. D. 356. 66. A. 483. 66. D. 134. 67. D. 210. 67. C. 356. 67. B. 483. 67. D. 134. 68. D. 210. 68. C. 356. 68. D. 483. 68. A. 134. 69. D. 210. 69. D. 356. 69. C. 483. 69. B. 134. 70. B. 210. 70. C. 356. 70. D. 483. 70. C. 134. 71. D. 210. 71. A. 356. 71. C. 483. 71. B. 134. 72. A. 210. 72. D. 356. 72. A. 483. 72. D. 134. 73. B. 210. 73. A. 356. 73. B. 483. 73. D. 134. 74. C. 210. 74. C. 356. 74. A. 483. 74. A. 134. 75. D. 210. 75. C. 356. 75. A. 483. 75. C. 134. 76. C. 210. 76. D. 356. 76. A. 483. 76. C. 134. 77. B. 210. 77. D. 356. 77. D. 483. 77. C. 134. 78. B. 210. 78. B. 356. 78. A. 483. 78. C. 134. 79. C. 210. 79. D. 356. 79. B. 483. 79. B. 134. 80. C. 210. 80. A. 356. 80. A. 483. 80. D. Sở Giáo dục và đào tạo hải dơng Trêng THPT Tø Kú. §Ò THI THö §¹i häc LÇn iII n¨m häc 2010-2011 M«n: TiÕng anh ( Thêi gian lµm bµi: 90 phót). ------------------ ***------------------. Hä vµ tªn thÝ sinh: ......................................................... Mã đề: 485. SBD : .................................... Đề thi gồm có 05 trang. Choose the answer that best fits the blank in each sentence or substitutes for the underlined words or phrases. Question 1. In fact the criminals ___________into because the front door was wide open and so they just walked in. A. needn't have broken. B. didn't need break. C. didn't need to break. D. needn't to have broken. Question 2. The city libraries present a gloomy picture of the ___________who used to flock the libraries every evening. A. gradual reduction of readers. B. gradual readers reduction. C. gradual readers of reduction. D. reduction gradual readers. Question 3. I have looked through the report, but I must admit, only ___________..

(49) A. superficially. B. thoroughly. C. carefully. D. seriously. Question 4. - “Sorry, I’m late”. - “_______________”. A. You are welcome. B. No, I don’t mind. C. All right. Well done. D. Not to worry. Better late than never. Question 5. - " Who wrote this poem?" - " It's said ___________ written by one of the Bronte sisters." A. to be. B. to have been. C. to being. D. to having been. Question 6. After Jill had realized that the new computer was not what she really wanted, she __________ it for an other one. A. dropped. B. traded. C. turned down. D. bought. Question 7. The new campus parking rule __________many students. A. affects. B. effect. C. has an influence. D. effective. Question 8. Human carelessness has been ___________ damaging marine life. A. accused of. B. prevented. C. said to. D. warned against. Question 9. “If only I hadn’t lent him all my money!” -“_____________” A. Well, you did, so it’s no use crying over spilt milk.. B. All right. You will be OK.. C. Sorry, I have no idea.. D. I’m afraid you will have to do it.. Question 10. Anne was not ___________ to think that the test was too difficult. A. who. B. the one who. C. the only one. D. among the people. Question 11. The teacher always ______that the student make an outline before writing the complete essay. A. reports. B. tells. C. says. D. recommends. Question 12. Only if you do what you tell others ___________ as they are told. A. will they do. B. they will do. C. they won't do. Question 13. " Would you like another coffee?" A. I'd love one. B. Willingly. D. won't they. - "_______________________". C. Very kind of your part. Question 14. “Do you have a minute, Dr Keith?”. D. It's a pleasure. - “____________________”. A. Well. I’m not sure when. B. Good, I hope so. C. Sure. What’s the problem?. D. Sorry, I haven’t got it here.. Question 15. He had changed so much since the last time we met that I ___________him. A. could recognize. B. could hardy recognize. C. wouldn't have recognized. D. don't recognize. Question 16. _________of transportation has given someone the idea for a new type of toy. A. Mostly forms. B. Most every form. C. Almost forms. D. Almost every form.

(50) Question 17. Helen is ___________ seafood, so she never tries these delicious dishes. A. allergic to. B. tired of. C. keen on. D. preferable to. Question 18. ___________one day by a passing car, the dog never walked proper again. A. Having injured. B. Injuring. C. Injured. D. To be injured. Question 19. ___________ you to be offered that job, would you have to move to another city? A. Should. B. Were. C. Had. D. Provided that. Question 20. If too many species ___________ out, it will upset the ecosystem. A. disappear. B. die. C. go. D. extinct. Question 21. A trust employee was discovered to have _______ confidential plans to a competing company. A. stolen. B. spread. C. rumored. D. leaked. Question 22. Poor management brought the company to ___________of collapse. A. the edge. B. the foot. C. the ring. D. the brink. Question 23. It never ___________ his mind that his dishonesty would be discovered. A. crossed. B. came. C. spunk. D. passed. Question 24. The doctors are examining the dog __________the child for rabies, which is a dangerous disease ___________immediate treatment. A. biting/ required. B. bitten/ required. C. bitten/ requiring. D. biting/ requiring. Question 25. Most of the school-leavers are sanguine about the idea of going to work and earning money. A. fearsome. B. expected. C. excited. D. optimistic. Question 26. The situation seems to be changing minute by minute. A. from time to time. B. time after time. C. again and again. D. very rapidly. Question 27. Gale-force winds caused destruction ___________ the buildings ___________ the seafont. A. to / along. B. of / in. C. for / by. D. with / on. Question 28. The reason why this game attracts so many youngster is that ___________ other video games, this one is far more interesting. A. comparing to. B. in compared with. C. on comparison to. D. in comparison with. Question 29. ___________have made communication faster and easier through the use of email and the Internet is widely recognized. A. It is that computers B. That computers. C. Computers that. D. That it’s computers. Question 30. A quick look would reveal that in Sweden the number of computers, at 500 is _________ the figure for television. A. almost as big as. B. almost many as. C. almost the same as D. almost much as. Choose the sentence that is similar in meaning to the given one..

(51) Question 31. The President offered his congratulations to the players when they won the cup. A. The President congratulated that the players had won the cup. B. When they won the cup, the players had been offered some congratulations from the President. C. The President would offered the players congratulations if they won the match. D. The President congratulated the players on their winning the match. Question 32. My father couldn’t stand Tom’s behavior. A. My father found Tom’s behavior intolerant B. My father found Tom’s behavior intolerable C. My father was tolerant towards Tom’s behavior D. Tom’s behavior was not tolerable Question 33. A house in that district will cost at least $ 100,000. A. If you have $ 100,000, you can buy a house in that district. B. $ 100,000 is the maximum price for a house in that district. C. You won't be able to buy a house in that district for more than $ 100,000. D. You won't be able to buy a house in that district for less than $ 100,000. Question 34. By being absent so often Paul failed the examination. A. Paul's frequent absences cost him his chance of passing the examination. B. Being absent so often caused Paul fail his examination. C. Paul failed his examination although he was absent quite often. D. Paul's failure in his examination accounted for his frequent absences. Question 35. Even if the job market is not stable, those who persist will be able to land jobs eventually. A. When it's hard to find a job, jobs on land are even harder. B. Patient people will secure jobs even in an instable job market. C. Only persistent job seekers can find jobs. D. In land jobs are only available to persistent jobs applicants. Question 36. Once the airline announced its ticket sale, the telephone in the main office would not stop ringing. A. People kept calling the airline main office since its announcement of ticket sale. B. If the airline didn't announce a ticket sale, its telephone would stop ringing. C. The airline telephone was ringing because they announced a ticket sale. D. Nobody called the airline until it announced its ticket sale. Question 37. " I'm sorry for what happened but you will just have to accept the truth", Laura said to her friend. A. Laura took the responsibility for what happened..

(52) B. Laura didn't mean to tell the truth. C. Laura apologized to her friend for what had happened. D. Laura consoled her friend. Question 38. It is widely believed that hard work makes success. A. People think that success is when you work hard. B. Believers of success think that we should work hard. C. Many people think that success at work is hard. D. Many people believe that if you want to succeed, you should work hard. Question 39. To get to wok on time, they have to leave at 6.00 a.m. A. They always leave for work at 6.00 a.m. B. Getting to work on time, for them, means leaving at 6.00 am C. They have to leave very early to catch a bus to work. D. Leaving at 6.00 am, they have never been late for work. Question 40. Bali has far better beaches than Java, which make it more attractive to tourists. A. Bali is more popular with tourists because it has more beaches than Java. B. Bali attracted more tourists than Java because its beaches are much farther. C. Tourists prefer the beaches in Bali to those in Java because they are far better. D. Bali is more popular with tourists because its beaches are much better than those of Java. Read the passage and choose the best option to fill in each gap If you're an environmentalist, plastic is a word you tend to say with a sneer or a snarl. It has become a symbol of our wasteful, throw-away society. But there seems little doubt it is here to stay, and the truth is, of course, that plastic has brought enormous ( 41) ________even environmental evil ─ it's the way society chooses to use and ( 42) ___________them. Almost all the 50 or so different kinds of modern plastic are made from oil, gas or coal ─ non-renewable natural ( 43) ____________. We (44) _____________well over three million tones of the stuff in Britain each year and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away. A high ( 45) __________ of our annual consumption is in the form of packaging, and this (46) _________about seven per cent by weight of our domestic refuse. Almost all of it could be recycled, but very little of it is, though the plastic recycling (47) _______is growing fast. The plastics themselves are extremely energy-rich ─ they have a higher calorific ( 48) _________than coal and one (49) ____________of "recovery" strongly favoured by the plastic manufacturers is the ( 50) __________ of waste plastic into a fuel. Question 41. A. savings Question 42. A. abuse. B. pleasures B. endanger. C. benefits. D. profits. C. store. D. dispose. Question 43. A. processes. B. resources. C. products. D. fuels. Question 44. A. import. B. consign. C. remove. D. consume.

(53) Question 45. A. amount. B. proportion. C. portion. D. rate. Question 46. A. makes. B. carries. C. takes. D. constitutes. Question 47. A. industry. B. manufacture. C. plant. D. factory. Question 48. A. demand. B. effect. C. value. D. degree. Question 49. A. medium. B. method. C. measure. D. mechanism. Question 50. A. melting. B. conversion. C. change. D. replacement. Choose one word whose main stress pattern is different from the others'. Question 51. A. application. B. advisable. C. denial. D. adventure. Question 52. A. volunteer. B. competition. C. advantage. D. capability. Question 53. A. acceptance. B. confidence. C. apologize. D. diversity. Question 54. A. consume. B. proportion. C. conscious. D. empower. Question 55. A. aborigine. B. geographical. C. undergraduate. D. parallelism. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each of the following questions What we today call American folk art was, indeed, art of, by, and for ordinary, everyday "folks" who, with increasing prosperity and leisure, created a market for art of all kinds, and especially for portraits. Citizens of prosperous, essentially middle-class republics ─ whether ancient Romans, seventeenth-century Dutch burghers, or nineteenth-century Americans ─ have always shown a marked taste for portraiture. Starting in the late eighteenth century, the United States contained increasing numbers of such people, and of the artists who could meet their demands. The earliest American folk art portraits come, not surprisingly, from New England ─ especially Connecticut and Massachusetts ─ for this was a wealthy and populous region and the center of a strong craft tradition. Within a few decades after the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the population was pushing westward, and portrait painters could be found at work in western New York, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, and Missouri. Midway through its first century as a nation, the United States's population had increased roughly five times, and eleven new states had been added to the original thirteen. During these years the demand for portraits grew and grew, eventually to be satisfied by the camera. In 1839 the daguerreotype was introduced to America, ushering in the age of photography, and within a generation the new invention put an end to the popularity of painted portraits. Once again an original portrait became a luxury, commissioned by the wealthy and executed by the professional. But in the heyday of portrait painting ─ from the late eighteenth century until the 1850's ─ anyone with a modicum of artistic ability could become a limner, as such a portraitist was called. Local craftspeople ─ sign, coach, and house painters ─ began to paint portraits as a profitable sideline; sometimes a talented man or woman who began by sketching family members gained a local reputation and was besieged with requests for portraits; artists found it worth their while to pack their paints, canvases, and brushes and to travel the countryside, often combining house decorating with portrait painting. Question 56. In lines 3- 4 the author mentions seventeenth-century Dutch burghers as an example of a group that A. consisted mainly of self-taught artists. B. appreciated portraits. C. influenced American folk art. D. had little time for the arts.

(54) Question 57. The word marked in line 4 is closest in meaning to A. pronounced. B. fortunate. C. understandable. D. mysterious. Question 58. According to the passage, where were many of the first American folk art portraits painted? A. In western New York. B. In Illinois and Missouri. C. In Connecticut and Massachusetts. D. In Ohio. Question 59. The word this in line 8 refers to A. a strong craft tradition. B. American folk art. C. New England. D. western New York. Question 60. How much did the population of the United Stats increase in the first fifty years following independence? A. It became three times larges. B. It became five times larger. C. It became eleven times larger. D. It became thirteen times larger. Question 61. The phrase ushering in in line 14 is closest meaning to A. beginning. B. demanding. C. publishing. D. increasing. Question 62. The relationship between the daguerreotype and the painted portrait is similar to the relationship between the automobile and the A. highway. B. driver. C. horse-drawn carriage. D. engine. Question 63. According to the passage, which of the following contributed to a decline in the demand for painted portraits? A. The lack of a strong craft tradition. B. The westward migration of many painters. C. The growing preference for landscape paintings. D. The invention of the camera. Question 64. The author implies that most limners A. received instruction from traveling teachers. B. were women. C. were from wealthy families. D. had no formal art training. Question 65. The phrase worth their while in line 21 is closest in meaning to A. essential. B. educational. C. profitable. D. pleasurable. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each of the following questions No educational medium better serves as a means of spatial communication than the atlas. Atlases deal with such invaluable information as population distribution and density. One of the best, Pennycooke's World Atlas, has been widely accepted as a standard owing to the quality of its maps and photographs, which not only show various settlements but also portray them in a variety of scales. In fact, the very first map in the atlas is a cleverly designed population cartogram that projects the size of each country if geographical size were proportional to population. Following the proportional layout, a sequence of smaller maps shows the world's population density, each country's birth and death rates, population increase or decrease, industrialization, urbanization, gross national product in term of per capita income, the quality of medical care, literacy, and language. To give readers a perspective on how their own country fits in with the global view, additional projections depict the world's patterns in nutrition, calorie and protein consumption, health care, number of physicians per unit of population, and life.

(55) expectancy by region. Population density maps on a subcontinental scale, as well as political maps, convey the diverse demographic phenomena of the world in a broad array of scales. Question 66. What is the main topic of this passage? A. The educational benefits of atlases. B. Physical maps in an atlas. C. The ideal in the making of atlases. D. Partial maps and their uses. Question 67. According to the passage, the first map in Pennycooke's World Atlas shows A. the population policy in each country. B. the hypothetical sizes of each country. C. geographical proportions of each country. D. national boundaries relative to population. Question 68. Which of the following sentences is TRUE about the atlas? A. A country's population growth is presented clearly in the very first map in the atlas. B. The atlas isn't as good as other educational medium in term of spatial communication. C. The atlas provides readers with not only each country's life expectancy by religion but also its language and literacy. D. The atlas deals with such worthless information as population distribution and density. Question 69. The word cleverly in the passage is closest in meaning to A. clearly. B. immaculately. C. intelligently. D. accurately. Question 70. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage? A. Calorie consumption. B. Currency exchange rates. C. A level of educations. D. Population decline. Question 71. The word layout in the passage refers to A. the cartogram. B. the geographical size. C. population D. each country. Question 72. The phrase in term of used in the passage is closest in meaning to A. for considering aspects. B. in spite of. C. with a view to. D. in regard to. Question 73. It can be inferred from the passage that maps can be used to A. pinpoint ethnic strife in each country. B. identify a shortage of qualified labour. C. give readers a new perspective in their own country. D. show readers photographs in a new form. Question 74. The author of the passage implies that A. atlases provide a bird's eye view of countries. B. maps use a variety of scales in each projection. C. maps of countries differ in size. D. atlases can be versatile instrument. Question 75. The word convey in the passage is closest meaning to A. devise. B. conjure up. C. demonstrate. D. indicate. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction..

(56) Question 76. The purpose of the United Nations, broadly speaking, is to maintain peace and security and A. B. encourage respect for human rights. C. D. Question 77: Although caffeine is a moderately habit-forming drug, coffee is not regarded as harmfully to A. B. C. the average healthy adult. D Question 78: Being sick is the ultimate weapon that some children use so that to get their parents' attention A. B. C. and to make sure that their demands are met. D Question 79: Many people found it is moving to see a nine-year-old Japanese boy desperately searching for A. B. C. his family lost in the quake and tsunami of March 11,2011. D Question 80: Not only the number of mahogany trees has decreased markedly during the last decade, but A. B. other valuable trees are becoming scarcer and scarcer as well. C. D. THE END.

(57) Sở Giáo dục và đào tạo hải dơng Trêng THPT Tø Kú. §Ò THI THö §¹i häc LÇn iI n¨m häc 2010-2011 M«n: TiÕng anh ( Thêi gian lµm bµi: 90 phót). ------------------ ***------------------. Hä vµ tªn thÝ sinh: ......................................................... Mã đề: 485. SBD : .................................... Đề thi gồm có 05 trang. Choose the answer that best fits the blank in each sentence or substitutes for the underlined words or phrases. Question 1. In fact the criminals ___________in to because the front door was wide open and so they just walked in. A. needn't have broken. B. didn't need break. C. didn't need to break. D. needn't to have broken. Question 2. The city libraries present a gloomy picture of the ___________who used to flock the libraries every evening. A. gradual reduction of readers. B. gradual readers reduction. C. gradual readers of reduction. D. reduction gradual readers. Question 3. I have looked through the report, but I must admit, only ___________. A. superficially. B. thoroughly. C. carefully. D. seriously.

(58) Question 4. - “Sorry, I’m late”. - “_______________”. A. You are welcome. B. No, I don’t mind. C. All right. Well done. D. Not to worry. Better late than never. Question 5. - " Who wrote this poem?" - " It's said ___________ written by one of the Bronte sisters." A. to be. B. to have been. C. to being. D. to having been. Question 6. After Jill had realized that the new computer was not what she really wanted, she __________ it for an other one. A. dropped. B. traded. C. turned down. D. bought. Question 7. The new campus parking rule __________many students. A. affects. B. effect. C. has an influence. D. effective. Question 8. Human carelessness has been ___________ damaging marine life. A. accused of. B. prevented. C. said to. D. warned against. Question 9. “If only I hadn’t lent him all my money!” -“_____________” A. Well, you did, so it’s no use crying over spilt milk.. B. All right. You will be OK.. C. Sorry, I have no idea.. D. I’m afraid you will have to do it.. Question 10. Anne was not ___________ to think that the test was too difficult. A. who. B. the one who. C. the only one. D. among the people. Question 11. The teacher always ______that the student make an outline before writing the complete essay. A. reports. B. tells. C. says. D. recommends. Question 12. Only if you do what you tell others ___________ as they are told. A. will they do. B. they will do. C. they won't do. Question 13. " Would you like another coffee?" A. I'd love one. B. Willingly. D. won't they. - "_______________________". C. Very kind of your part. Question 14. “Do you have a minute, Dr Keith?”. D. It's a pleasure. - “____________________”. A. Well. I’m not sure when. B. Good, I hope so. C. Sure. What’s the problem?. D. Sorry, I haven’t got it here.. Question 15. He had changed so much since the last time we met that I ___________him. A. could recognize. B. could hardy recognize. C. wouldn't have recognized. D. don't recognize. Question 16. _________of transportation has given someone the idea for a new type of toy. A. Mostly forms. B. Most every form. C. Almost forms. D. Almost every form. Question 17. Helen is ___________ seafood, so she never tries these delicious dishes..

(59) A. allergic to. B. tired of. C. keen on. D. preferable to. Question 18. ___________one day by a passing car, the dog never walked proper again. A. Having injured. B. Injuring. C. Injured. D. To be injured. Question 19. ___________ you to be offered that job, would you have to move to another city? A. Should. B. Were. C. Had. D. Provided that. Question 20. If too many species ___________ out, it will upset the ecosystem. A. disappear. B. die. C. go. D. extinct. Question 21. A trust employee was discovered to have _______ confidential plans to a competing company. A. stolen. B. spread. C. rumored. D. leaked. Question 22. Poor management brought the company to ___________of collapse. A. the edge. B. the foot. C. the ring. D. the brink. Question 23. It never ___________ his mind that his dishonesty would be discovered. A. crossed. B. came. C. spunk. D. passed. Question 24. The doctors are examining the dog __________the child for rabies, which is a dangerous disease ___________immediate treatment. A. biting/ required. B. bitten/ required. C. bitten/ requiring. D. biting/ requiring. Question 25. Most of the school-leavers are sanguine about the idea of going to work and earning money. A. fearsome. B. expected. C. excited. D. optimistic. Question 26. The situation seems to be changing minute by minute. A. from time to time. B. time after time. C. again and again. D. very rapidly. Question 27. Gale-force winds caused destruction ___________ the buildings ___________ the seafont. A. to / along. B. of / in. C. for / by. D. with / on. Question 28. The reason why this game attracts so many youngster is that ___________ other video games, this one is far more interesting. A. comparing to. B. in compared with. C. on comparison to. D. in comparison with. Question 29. ___________have made communication faster and easier through the use of email and the Internet is widely recognized. A. It is that computers B. That computers. C. Computers that. D. That it’s computers. Question 30. A quick look would reveal that in Sweden the number of computers, at 500 is _________ the figure for television. A. almost as big as. B. almost many as. C. almost the same as D. almost much as. Choose the sentence that is similar in meaning to the given one. Question 31. The president offered his congratulations to the players when they won the cup..

(60) A. The President congratulated that the players had won the cup. B. When they won the cup, the players had been offered some congratulations from the President. C. The President would offered the players congratulations if they won the match. D. The President congratulated the players on their winning the match. Question 32. My father couldn’t stand Tom’s behavior. A. My father found Tom’s behavior intolerant B. My father found Tom’s behavior intolerable C. My father was tolerant towards Tom’s behavior D. Tom’s behavior was not tolerable Question 33. A house in that district will cost at least $ 100,000. A. If you have $ 100,000, you can buy a house in that district. B. $ 100,000 is the maximum price for a house in that district. C. You won't be able to buy a house in that district for more than $ 100,000. D. You won't be able to buy a house in that district for less than $ 100,000. Question 34. By being absent so often Paul failed the examination. A. Paul's frequent absences cost him his chance of passing the examination. B. Being absent so often caused Paul fail his examination. C. Paul failed his examination although he was absent quite often. D. Paul's failure in his examination accounted for his frequent absences. Question 35. Even if the job market is not stable, those who persist will be able to land jobs eventually. A. When it's hard to find a job, jobs on land are even harder. B. Patient people will secure jobs even in an instable job market. C. Only persistent job seekers can find jobs. D. In land jobs are only available to persistent jobs applicants. Question 36. Once the airline announced its ticket sale, the telephone in the main office would not stop ringing. A. People kept calling the airline main office since its announcement of ticket sale. B. If the airline didn't announce a ticket sale, its telephone would stop ringing. C. The airline telephone was ringing because they announced a ticket sale. D. Nobody called the airline until it announced its ticket sale. Question 37. " I'm sorry for what happened but you will just have to accept the truth", Laura said to her friend. A. Laura took the responsibility for what happened. B. Laura didn't mean to tell the truth..

(61) C. Laura apologized to her friend for what had happened. D. Laura consoled her friend. Question 38. It is widely believed that hard work makes success. A. People think that success is when you work hard. B. Believers of success think that we should work hard. C. Many people think that success at work is hard. D. Many people believe that if you want to succeed, you should work hard. Question 39. To get to wok on time, they have to leave at 6.00 a.m. A. They always leave for work at 6.00 a.m. B. Getting to work on time, for them, means leaving at 6.00 am C. They have to leave very early to catch a bus to work. D. Leaving at 6.00 am, they have never been late for work. Question 40. Bali has far better beaches than Java, which make it more attractive to tourists. A. Bali is more popular with tourists because it has more beaches than Java. B. Bali attracted more tourists than Java because its beaches are much farther. C. Tourists prefer the beaches in Bali to those in Java because they are far better. D. Bali is more popular with tourists because its beaches are much better than those of Java. Read the passage and choose the best option to fill in each gap If you're an environmentalist, plastic is a word you tend to say with a sneer or a snarl. It has become a symbol of our wasteful, throw- away society. But there seems little doubt it is here to stay, and the truth is, of course, that plastic has brought enormous ( 41) ________even environmental evil- it's the way society chooses to uses and ( 42) ___________them. Almost all the 50 or so different kinds of modern plastic are made from oil, gas or coal- non-renewable natural ( 43) ____________. We (44) _____________well over three million tones of the stuff in Britain each year and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away. A high ( 45) __________ of our annual consumption is in the form of packaging, and this (46) _________about seven per cent by weight of our domestic refuse. Almost all of it could be recycled, but very little of it is, though the plastic recycling (47) _______is growing fast. The plastics themselves are extremely energy-rich- they have a higher calorific (48) _________than coal and one (49) ____________of "recovery" strongly favoured by the plastic manufacturers is the ( 50) __________ of waste plastic into a fuel. Question 41. A. savings Question 42. A. abuse. B. pleasures B. endanger. C. benefits. D. profits. C. store. D. dispose. Question 43. A. processes. B. resources. C. products. D. fuels. Question 44. A. import. B. consign. C. remove. D. consume. Question 45. A. amount. B. proportion. C. portion. D. rate.

(62) Question 46. A. makes. B. carries. C. takes. D. constitutes. Question 47. A. industry. B. manufacture. C. plant. D. factory. Question 48. A. demand. B. effect. C. value. D. degree. Question 49. A. medium. B. method. C. measure. D. mechanism. Question 50. A. melting. B. conversion. C. change. D. replacement. Choose one word whose main stress pattern is different from the others'. Question 51. A. application. B. advisable. C. denial. D. adventure. Question 52. A. volunteer. B. competition. C. advantage. D. capability. Question 53. A. acceptance. B. confidence. C. apologize. D. diversity. Question 54. A. consume. B. proportion. C. conscious. D. empower. Question 55. A. aborigine. B. geographical. C. undergraduate. D. parallelism. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each of the following questions What we today call American folk art was, indeed, art of, by, and for ordinary, everyday "folks" who, with increasing prosperity and leisure, created a market for art of all kinds, and especially for portraits. Citizens of prosperous, essentially middle-class republics ─ whether ancient Romans, seventeenth-century Dutch burghers, or nineteenth-century Americans ─ have always shown a marked taste for portraiture. Starting in the late eighteenth century, the United States contained increasing numbers of such people, and of the artists who could meet their demands. The earliest American folk art portraits come, not surprisingly, from New England ─ especially Connecticut and Massachusetts ─ for this was a wealthy and populous region and the center of a strong craft tradition. Within a few decades after the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the population was pushing westward, and portrait painters could be found at work in western New York, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, and Missouri. Midway through its first century as a nation, the United States's population had increased roughly five times, and eleven new states had been added to the original thirteen. During these years the demand for portraits grew and grew, eventually to be satisfied by the camera. In 1839 the daguerreotype was introduced to America, ushering in the age of photography, and within a generation the new invention put an end to the popularity of painted portraits. Once again an original portrait became a luxury, commissioned by the wealthy and executed by the professional. But in the heyday of portrait painting ─ from the late eighteenth century until the 1850's ─ anyone with a modicum of artistic ability could become a limner, as such a portraitist was called. Local craftspeople ─ sign, coach, and house painters ─ began to paint portraits as a profitable sideline; sometimes a talented man or woman who began by sketching family members gained a local reputation and was besieged with requests for portraits; artists found it worth their while to pack their paints, canvases, and brushes and to travel the countryside, often combining house decorating with portrait painting. Question 56. In lines 3- 4 the author mentions seventeenth-century Dutch burghers as an example of a group that A. consisted mainly of self-taught artists. B. appreciated portraits. C. influenced American folk art. D. had little time for the arts. Question 57. The word marked in line 4 is closest in meaning to.

(63) A. pronounced. B. fortunate. C. understandable. D. mysterious. Question 58. According to the passage, where were many of the first American folk art portraits painted? A. In western New York. B. In Illinois and Missouri. C. In Connecticut and Massachusetts. D. In Ohio. Question 59. The word this in line 8 refers to A. a strong craft tradition. B. American folk art. C. New England. D. western New York. Question 60. How much did the population of the United Stats increase in the first fifty years following independence? A. It became three times larges. B. It became five times larger. C. It became eleven times larger. D. It became thirteen times larger. Question 61. The phrase ushering in in line 14 is closest meaning to A. beginning. B. demanding. C. publishing. D. increasing. Question 62. The relationship between the daguerreotype and the painted portrait is similar to the relationship between the automobile and the A. highway. B. driver. C. horse-drawn carriage. D. engine. Question 63. According to the passage, which of the following contributed to a decline in the demand for painted portraits? A. The lack of a strong craft tradition. B. The westward migration of many painters. C. The growing preference for landscape paintings. D. The invention of the camera. Question 64. The author implies that most limners A. received instruction from traveling teachers. B. were women. C. were from wealthy families. D. had no formal art training. Question 65. The phrase worth their while in line 21 is closest in meaning to A. essential. B. educational. C. profitable. D. pleasurable. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each of the following questions No educational medium better serves as a means of spatial communication than the atlas. Atlases deal with such invaluable information as population distribution and density. One of the best, Pennycooke's World Atlas, has been widely accepted as a standard owing to the quality of its maps and photographs, which not only show various settlements but also portray them in a variety of scales. In fact, the very first map in the atlas is a cleverly designed population cartogram that projects the size of each country if geographical size were proportional to population. Following the proportional layout, a sequence of smaller maps shows the world's population density, each country's birth and death rates, population increase or decrease, industrialization, urbanization, gross national product in term of per capita income, the quality of medical care, literacy, and language. To give readers a perspective on how their own country fits in with the global view, additional projections depict the world's patterns in nutrition, calorie and protein consumption, health care, number of physicians per unit of population, and life expectancy by region. Population density maps on a subcontinental.

(64) scale, as well as political maps, convey the diverse demographic phenomena of the world in a broad array of scales. Question 66. What is the main topic of this passage? A. The educational benefits of atlases. B. Physical maps in an atlas. C. The ideal in the making of atlases. D. Partial maps and their uses. Question 67. According to the passage, the first map in Pennycooke's World Atlas shows A. the population policy in each country. B. the hypothetical sizes of each country. C. geographical proportions of each country. D. national boundaries relative to population. Question 68 Which of the following sentences is TRUE about the atlas? A. A country's population growth is presented clearly in the very first map in the atlas. B. The atlas isn't as good as other educational medium in term of spatial communication. C. The atlas provides readers with not only each country's life expectancy by religion but also its language and literacy. D. The atlas deals with such worthless information as population distribution and density. Question 69. The word cleverly in the passage is closest in meaning to A. clearly. B. immaculately. C. intelligently. D. accurately. Question 70. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage? A. Calorie consumption. B. Currency exchange rates. C. A level of educations. D. Population decline. Question 71. The word layout in the passage refers to A. the cartogram. B. the geographical size. C. population D. each country. Question 72. The phrase in term of used in the passage is closest in meaning to A. for considering aspects. B. in spite of. C. with a view to. D. in regard to. Question 73. It can be inferred from the passage that maps can be used to A. pinpoint ethnic strife in each country. B. identify a shortage of qualified labour. C. give readers a new perspective in their own country. D. show readers photographs in a new form. Question 74. The author of the passage implies that A. atlases provide a bird's eye view of countries. B. maps use a variety of scales in each projection. C. maps of countries differ in size. D. atlases can be versatile instrument. Question 75. The word convey in the passage is closest meaning to A. devise. B. conjure up. C. demonstrate. D. indicate. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction..

(65) Question 76. The purpose of the United Nations, broadly speaking, is to maintain peace and security and A. B. encourage respect for human rights. C. D. Question 77: Although caffeine is a moderately habit-forming drug, coffee is not regarded as harmfully to A. B. C. the average healthy adult. D Question 78: Being sick is the ultimate weapon that some children use so that to get their parents' attention A. B. C. and to make sure that their demands are met. D Question 79: Many people found it is moving to see a nine-year-old Japanese boy desperately searching for A. B. C. his family lost in the quake and tsunami of March 11,2011. D Question 80: Not only the number of mahogany trees has decreased markedly during the last decade, but A. B. other valuable trees are becoming scarcer and scarcer as well. C. D. THE END.

(66) TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN NGUYỄN BỈNH KHIÊM. ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC KHÓA NGÀY 17/4/ 2011 Môn: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề). (Đề thi có 6 trang). Mã đề thi: 202. Họ, tên thí sinh:………………………………… Lớp: …… Số báo danh:………………………………………. ĐỀ THI GỒM 80 CÂU(TỪ QUESTION 1 ĐẾN QUESTION 80 ). 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. Question 1.A. experience. B. maternal. C. simplify. D. physician. Question 2.A. residential. B. repetition. C. mountaineer. D. television. Question 3.A. sequential. B. mistake. C. satisfy. D. quality. Question 4.A. residence. B. establish. C. maximum. D. regional. C. criticize. D. miserable. Question 5.A. questionable B. inferior. 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 question or indicate the correct answer to each of them . Question 6. Not until Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave had been completely explored in 1972 ……………………………………………………………………. A. when was its full extent realized. B. the realization of its full extent. C. was its full extent realized. D. that its full extent was realized. Question 7. The knee is ……………………………………. most other joints in the body because it cannot twist without injury. A. to be damaged more than likely C. likely to be more than damaged. B. more likely to be damaged than D. more than likely to be damaged. Question 8. The noise next door did not stop until after midnight..

(67) A. Not until after midnight the noise next door stopped. B. It was not until after midnight that the noise next door stopped. C. The noise next door stopped at midnight D. It was midnight and the noise next door stopped. Question 9. Their dog was so fierce that nobody would visit them. A. They had a such fierce dog that nobody would visit them. B. They had so fierce a dog that nobody would visit them. C. Their dog was too fierce to visit. D. They had a so fierce dog that nobody would visit them. Question 10. If you want to be kept informed about current affairs, you should listen to the radio. A. Only by listening to the radio, you can keep yourself informed about current affairs. B. Listening to the radio and you will be kept informed about current affairs. C. A good way of keeping yourself informed about current affairs is listen to the radio. D. Listening to the radio is a good way of keeping yourself informed about current affairs. Question 11. I travel by bus only when I have no alternative. A. Travelling by bus is my only alternative. B. It’s my only alternative to travel by bus. C. I resort to travel by bus only when I have no alternative. D. I travel by bus only as a last resort.. Question 12. Calling Jim is pointless because his phone is out of order. A. It’s useless calling Jim because his phone is out of order. B. It’s no use to call Jim because his phone is out of order. C. There’s no point calling Jim because his phone is out of order. D. It’s worth not calling Jim because his phone is out of order. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best way to make the sentence from the cues. Question 13. fact/ her son/ out/ danger/ bring/ her/ some relief. A. The fact that her son was out of danger brought her some relief. B. The fact that her son was out of danger which brought her some relief..

(68) C. The fact that her son is out of danger brought her some relief. D. The fact that her son is out of danger has brought her some relief. Question 14. be sure/ good seat/ your tickets / should/ bought/ advance. A. I’m sure about a good seat for your tickets should be bought in advance. B. To be sure of a good seat, your tickets should be bought in advance. C. To be sure of a good seat for your tickets should be bought in advance. D. To be sure of a good seat, your tickets should be bought advance. Question 15. How/ ungrateful/ you/ not/ greet/ former/ teacher/ meet/ him. A. How ungrateful of you not to greet your former teacher when you met him. B. How ungrateful you are not to greet your former teacher when you met him. C. How ungrateful to you not to greet your former teacher when you met him. D. How ungrateful of you not to greet your former teacher to met him.. 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 .. HELP ALWAYS AT HAND: A MOBILE IS A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND. If it fits inside a pocket, keeps you safe as well as in touch with your office, your mother and your children, it is (16)………..worth having. This is the (17)……….. of the dwelling ranks of female mobile-phone users who are beginning to (18)……….. the consumer market.. Although Britain has been (19)……….. to be one of the most expensive places in the world to run a mobile phone, both professional women and (20)……….. mothers are undeterred. At first, the mobile phone was a rich man’s plaything, or a businessman’s (21)……….. symbol. Now women own almost as many telephones as men do - but for very different reasons.. The main (22)……….. for most women customers is that it provides a form of communications back-up, wherever they are, in case of contingency. James Tanner of Tancroft Communications says: “The majority of people buying phones from us this year were women – often young women – or men who were buying for their mothers, wives and girlfriends. And it always seems to be a question of (23)……….. of mind.”.

(69) “Size is also (24)……….. for women. They want something that will fit in a handbag,” said Mr. Tanner. “The tiny phones coming in are having a very big (25)………... This year’s models are only half the size of your hand.” Question 16. A. totally. B. certainly. C. absolutely. D. completely. Question 17. A. vision. B. vista. C. view. D. conception. Question 18. A. master. B. dominate. C. overbear. D. command. Question 19. A. demonstrated. B. seen. C. established. D. shown. Question 20. A. complete B. total. C. absolute. D. full-time. Question 21. A. status. C. power. D. prestige. Question 22.A. attraction B. enticement. C. charm. D. lure. Question 23. A. tranquility B. calmness. C. peace. D. serenity. Question 24. A. necessary B. crucial. C. urgent. D. essential. Question 25. A. impression B. perception. C. impact. D. image. B. fame. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction. Question 26. Assessment instruments in nursery schools they feature items and other materials different from those on elementary school tests. A B C. D. Question 27. All the witnesses said that John was blaming for the accident. A. B. C. D. Question 28. Migrant workers live in substandard unsanitary, and dilapidated housing and often are lacking medical care. A B C D Question 29. For thousands of years, man has created sweet-smelling substances from wood, herbs, and A. B. flowers and using them for perfume or medicine. C. D. Question 30. Copper comes from seven types of ores that also contain the other materials. 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 ..

(70) 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, Wikepedia 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.. Question 31: Wikipedia is a(n) ……….. A. book. B. journal. C. article. D. dictionary. C. normal people. D. world experts. Question 32: Wikipedia is written by……….. A. paid written. B. millionaires. Question 33: The phrase “these writers” in the first paragraph refers to ………. A. ordinary readers. B. ordinary people. C. encyclopedia experts D. every subject. Question 34: The phrase “the word” in the second paragraph refers to……….. A. knowledge. B. encyclopedia. C. writing. D. collection. Question 35: Microsoft’s Encarta is cited in the passage as an example of ……... A. CD-ROM dictionary. B. printed encyclopedia. C. online encyclopedia. D. updateable online encyclopedia.

(71) Question 36: The word “brainchild” in the second paragraph of the passage can be best replaced by……... A. born. B. child. C. product. D. father. Question 37: The word “approach” in the third paragraph of the passage means……... A. idea. B. time. C. method. D. writing. Question 38: The user of Wikipedia can do all of the following EXCEPT………. A. have access to information. B. determinate the website. C. modify information. D. edit information. Question 39: We can say that Jimmy Wales………. A. became very famous after the formation of Wikipedia. B. is the father of Wikipedia. C. made a great profit from Wikipedia. D. decides who can use Wikipedia. Question 40: Wiki software enables ………. A. exchanging articles. B. a purchase of information. C. limited access. D. editing. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 41. Although they are identical twins, their teacher can easily ………between them. A. identify. B. select. C. differ. D. distinguish. Question 42. I was most ………… of his efforts to help me during the crisis. A. appreciation. B . appreciable. C. appreciate. D. appreciative. C. You’re welcome. D. Sorry, let’s wait. Question 43. John: “May I come in?” Peter: “ …………….” A. Feel free. B. Yes, no problem. Question 44. If you go away, you ………write to me, …….. you? A. will/ won’t. B. do/ don’t. C. will/ don’t. D. will/ do. Question 45. We have to start early …….. we’ll be late for school. A. so that. B. although. C. or else. D. consequently. Question 46. The smell of the sea …….. him …… to his childhood. A. took …back. B. brought…back. C. reminded… of. D. called …off. Question 47. The conference was organized for all of the ……… teachers in the city. A. history. B. historic. C. historical. D. historian.

(72) Question 48. We don’t sell foreign newspapers because there is no ………. for them A. request. B. requirement. C. claim. D. demand. C. makes up for. D. goes down with. Question 49. He never………….. his word A. goes back on. B. puts up with. Question 50. When I got up yesterday morning, the sun was shining, but the ground was very wet. It ……. A. rained. B. has been raining. C. had rained. D. had been raining. Question 51. Someone ……….here recently: these ashes are still warm. A. should be. B. had to be. C. must have been. D. might have been. Question 52……….of applicants for this job ……..very big. A. The number /is. B. A number /is. C. A number /are. D. The number /are. Question 53. The professor complimented a grade 1 pupil ……….his good achievement. A. about. B. on. C. for. D. due to. Question 54. ………your help, I wouldn’t have got the scholarship. A. If I had had. B. Had not it been for. C. But for. D. Unless I had. Question 55. ………man suffering from ……..shock should not be given anything to drink. A. A/ the. B. The/ a. C. Ø/ a. D. A/ Ø. Question 56. The villagers strongly recommend that a new school ………immediately. A. must be built. B. is going to be built. C. be built. D. will be built. Question 57. You thought I did wrong, but the results ……….my action. A. agree. B. correct. C. justify. D. approve. Question 58. It’s most unwise to ……in a quarrel between a man and his wife. A. involve. B. go. C. take part in. D. interfere. Question 59. The more she practices, ……….she becomes. A. the most confident. B. the more confident. C. the greater confidence. D. more confidently. Question 60. In today’s paper it ……….that we shall have an election this year. A. says. B. admits. C. expresses. D. proposes. Question 61.: John: “Could you tell me how to get to the nearest post office?” Peter: “……………” A. Sorry for this inconvenience. B. I have no clue.

(73) C. Not at all. D. Sorry, I’m a new comer here. Question 62. The problem is difficult, therefore ………. students could answer it. A. a great number of. B. a lot of. C. few. D. a few. Question 63. ………he was kidnapped by the Iraqi guerrillas yesterday has been confirmed. A. What. B. If. C. That. D. Ø. Question 64. The road in front of my house is in great need ……….. A. repairing. B. to be repaired. C. of repair. D. of being repaired.. Question 65. Sometimes life must be very unpleasant for …… near the airport. A. people live. B. those living. C. someone to live. D. they who live. Question 66. She has just bought ……………. A. an old interesting painting French. B. a French interesting old paint. C. a French old interesting painting. D. an interesting old French painting. Question 67. There are many opportunities for career ………. if you work for that company. A. system. B. sequence. C. progression. D. succesion. Question 68. The children can stay here …..they don’t make too much noise. A. whether. B. providing. C. unless. D. until. Question 69. “…………….” – “Thank you. We are proud of him.” A. Your kid is naughty.. B. Can we ask your child to take a photo?. C. Your child is just adorable!. D. I can give your kid a lift to school.. Question 70. There were a lot people at the party, only few of …….I had met before. A. them. B. who. C. whom. D. whose. 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. Collecting maps can be an enjoyable hobby for antiquarian booksellers, a captivating interest for cartographers, a lucrative vocation for astute dealers, and an inspirational part of the occupational functioning of map catalogers, archivists, and historians. Among recognized collectibles, maps are relatively rarer than stamps, but they have had their avid enthusiasts and admirers ever since copies were made by hand only for affluent, the commanding officer, and the ship captain.. Whether the interest is business-related or amateur, the economic means abundant or slim, a collection needs a theme, be it associated with contemporary changes in cartographic representation or geographic knowledge, or a more accessible goal centered on a particular mapmaker, technique, or type of subject matter. Collectors should not overlook topical maps issued predominantly or exclusively after World War II, such as.

(74) navigational charts, industrial compound road layouts, or aerial projections. Potential collectors ought not to disregard two superficially prosaic, yet important themes: maps of travel routes for family trips, and maps that, for aesthetic reasons, they personally find intriguing or simply attractive. In the first case, like the box with old family photos, the collection will give the travelers the opportunity to reminisce and relive the journey.. In most cases, photocopies are worthy alternatives to originals. For example, historical society collections customarily include the high quality facsimiles needed to make a collection as comprehensive and practical as possible, supplementing the contributions made by well-to-do donors and benefactors. If not predisposed to wait patiently, and possibly ineffectually, for a lucky find, collectors may choose to sift through dealer stock, peruse through advertisements in local, regional, or national periodicals, and solicit the assistance of the U.S. Library of Congress and private agencies. Government and public agencies, companies, and trade associations can advise the collector about maps currently in circulation and pending sales of dated reproductions, editions, and prints. Question 71. What is the main idea of the passage? A. Why hobbyists always flaunt their map collections. B. How maps can be collected by professionals and enthusiasts. C. How to assure an interrupted flow of collectibles. D. What cartographers advocate as a worthy undertaking. Question 72. In paragraph 1, the word lucrative is closest in meaning to A. instructive. B. insensitive. C. profitable. D. profuse. Question 73. According to the passage, map collecting as a hobby is A. not deserving of the time and resources. B. not as conventional as collecting stamps. C. as eccentric as collecting dolls. D. conformist in the best sense of the word.. Question 74. In paragraph 1, the word avid is closest in meaning to A. keen. B. humorous. C. devoted. D. supportive. Question 75. It can be inferred from the passage that, at a time when maps were accessible to the upper socioeconomic classes, they appealed also to a fair number of A. professional copiers. B. ardent devotees. C. buried-treasure hunters. D. obscure amateur dealers. Question 76. In paragraph 2, the phrase “economic means” is closest in meaning to A. economic maps. B. fiscal responsibility C. available funds. D. capital investment. Question 77. The author of the passage mentions all of the following as sources of procuring maps EXCEPT A. fellow collectors. B. map vendors. C. personal archives. D. publishers.

(75) Question 78. In paragraph 2, the author uses the phrase “superficially prosaic” to mean A. described in informal prose. B. seemingly boring and unimaginative. C. useful for travelers who enjoy a change. D. potentially uncovered in a box of photos. Question 79. In paragraph 3, the word “predisposed” is closest in meaning to A. pressured. B. provoked. C. condemned. D. inclined. Question 80. A paragraph following the passage would most likely discuss A. specific organizations to contact about map acquisition B. specific mapping techniques used to enlarge the scale C. trimming and framing valuable acquisitions D. volunteering time and work to maintain obsolete maps. ***** The end ****. TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN. ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC KHÓA NGÀY 17/4/ 2011. NGUYỄN BỈNH KHIÊM. Môn: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề). (Đề thi có 6 trang). Mã đề thi: 101. Họ, tên thí sinh:………………………………… Lớp: …… Số báo danh:………………………………………. ĐỀ THI GỒM 80 CÂU(TỪ QUESTION 1 ĐẾN QUESTION 80 ). Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 1. Although they are identical twins, their teacher can easily ………between them. A. identify. B. select. C. differ. D. distinguish. Question 2. I was most ………… of his efforts to help me during the crisis. A. appreciation. B . appreciable. C. appreciate. D. appreciative.

(76) Question 3. John: “May I come in?” Peter: “ …………….” A. Feel free. B. Yes, no problem. C. You’re welcome. D. Sorry, let’s wait. Question 4. If you go away, you ………write to me, …….. you? A. will/ won’t. B. do/ don’t. C. will/ don’t. D. will/ do. Question 5. We have to start early …….. we’ll be late for school. A. so that. B. although. C. or else. D. consequently. Question 6. The smell of the sea …….. him …… to his childhood. A. took …back. B. brought…back. C. reminded… of. D. called …off. Question 7. The conference was organized for all of the ……… teachers in the city. A. history. B. historic. C. historical. D. historian. Question 8. We don’t sell foreign newspapers because there is no ………. for them A. request. B. requirement. C. claim. D. demand. C. makes up for. D. goes down with. Question 9. He never………….. his word A. goes back on. B. puts up with. Question 10. When I got up yesterday morning, the sun was shining, but the ground was very wet. It ……. A. rained. B. has been raining. C. had rained. D. had been raining. Question 11. Someone ……….here recently: these ashes are still warm. A. should be. B. had to be. C. must have been. D. might have been. Question 12……….of applicants for this job ……..very big. A. The number /is. B. A number /is. C. A number /are. D. The number /are. Question 13. The professor complimented a grade 1 pupil ……….his good achievement. A. about. B. on. C. for. D. due to. Question 14. ………your help, I wouldn’t have got the scholarship. A. If I had had. B. Had not it been for. C. But for. D. Unless I had. Question 15. ………man suffering from ……..shock should not be given anything to drink. A. A/ the. B. The/ a. C. Ø/ a. D. A/ Ø. Question 16. The villagers strongly recommend that a new school ………immediately. A. must be built. B. is going to be built. C. be built. Question 17. You thought I did wrong, but the results ……….my action.. D. will be built.

(77) A. agree. B. correct. C. justify. D. approve. Question 18. It’s most unwise to ……in a quarrel between a man and his wife. A. involve. B. go. C. take part in. D. interfere. Question 19. The more she practices, ……….she becomes. A. the most confident. B. the more confident. C. the greater confidence. D. more confidently. Question 20. In today’s paper it ……….that we shall have an election this year. A. says. B. admits. C. expresses. D. proposes. Question 21.: John: “Could you tell me how to get to the nearest post office?” Peter: “……………” A. Sorry for this inconvenience. B. I have no clue. C. Not at all. D. Sorry, I’m a new comer here. Question 22. The problem is difficult, therefore ………. students could answer it. A. a great number of. B. a lot of. C. few. D. a few. Question 23. ………he was kidnapped by the Iraqi guerrillas yesterday has been confirmed. A. What. B. If. C. That. D. Ø. Question 24. The road in front of my house is in great need ……….. A. repairing. B. to be repaired. C. of repair. D. of being repaired.. Question 25. Sometimes life must be very unpleasant for …… near the airport. A. people live. B. those living. C. someone to live. D. they who live. Question 26. She has just bought ……………. A. an old interesting painting French. B. a French interesting old paint. C. a French old interesting painting. D. an interesting old French painting. Question 27. There are many opportunities for career ………. if you work for that company. A. system. B. sequence. C. progression. D. succesion. Question 28. The children can stay here …..they don’t make too much noise. A. whether. B. providing. C. unless. D. until. Question 29. “…………….” – “Thank you. We are proud of him.” A. Your kid is naughty. C. Your child is just adorable!. B. Can we ask your child to take a photo? D. I can give your kid a lift to school..

(78) Question 30. There were a lot people at the party, only few of …….I had met before. A. them. B. who. C. whom. D. whose. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction. Question 31. Assessment instruments in nursery schools they feature items and other materials different from those on elementary school tests. A B C. D. Question 32. All the witnesses said that John was blaming for the accident. A. B. C. D. Question 33. Migrant workers live in substandard unsanitary, and dilapidated housing and often are lacking medical care. A B C D Question 34. For thousands of years, man has created sweet-smelling substances from wood, herbs, and A. B. flowers and using them for perfume or medicine. C. D. Question 35. Copper comes from seven types of ores that also contain the other materials. A. B. C. D. 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. Question 36.A. experience. B. maternal. C. simplify. D. physician. Question 37.A. residential. B. repetition. C. mountaineer. D. television. Question 38.A. sequential. B. mistake. C. satisfy. D. quality. Question 39.A. residence. B. establish. C. maximum. D. regional. C. criticize. D. miserable. Question 40.A. questionable B. inferior. 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. Collecting maps can be an enjoyable hobby for antiquarian booksellers, a captivating interest for cartographers, a lucrative vocation for astute dealers, and an inspirational part of the occupational functioning of map catalogers, archivists, and historians. Among recognized collectibles, maps are relatively rarer than stamps, but they have had their avid enthusiasts and admirers ever since copies were made by hand only for affluent, the commanding officer, and the ship captain..

(79) Whether the interest is business-related or amateur, the economic means abundant or slim, a collection needs a theme, be it associated with contemporary changes in cartographic representation or geographic knowledge, or a more accessible goal centered on a particular mapmaker, technique, or type of subject matter. Collectors should not overlook topical maps issued predominantly or exclusively after World War II, such as navigational charts, industrial compound road layouts, or aerial projections. Potential collectors ought not to disregard two superficially prosaic, yet important themes: maps of travel routes for family trips, and maps that, for aesthetic reasons, they personally find intriguing or simply attractive. In the first case, like the box with old family photos, the collection will give the travelers the opportunity to reminisce and relive the journey.. In most cases, photocopies are worthy alternatives to originals. For example, historical society collections customarily include the high quality facsimiles needed to make a collection as comprehensive and practical as possible, supplementing the contributions made by well-to-do donors and benefactors. If not predisposed to wait patiently, and possibly ineffectually, for a lucky find, collectors may choose to sift through dealer stock, peruse through advertisements in local, regional, or national periodicals, and solicit the assistance of the U.S. Library of Congress and private agencies. Government and public agencies, companies, and trade associations can advise the collector about maps currently in circulation and pending sales of dated reproductions, editions, and prints. Question 41. What is the main idea of the passage? A. Why hobbyists always flaunt their map collections. B. How maps can be collected by professionals and enthusiasts. C. How to assure an interrupted flow of collectibles. D. What cartographers advocate as a worthy undertaking. Question 42. In paragraph 1, the word lucrative is closest in meaning to A. instructive. B. insensitive. C. profitable. D. profuse. Question 43. According to the passage, map collecting as a hobby is A. not deserving of the time and resources. B. not as conventional as collecting stamps. C. as eccentric as collecting dolls. D. conformist in the best sense of the word.. Question 44. In paragraph 1, the word avid is closest in meaning to A. keen. B. humorous. C. devoted. D. supportive. Question 45. It can be inferred from the passage that, at a time when maps were accessible to the upper socioeconomic classes, they appealed also to a fair number of A. professional copiers. B. ardent devotees. C. buried-treasure hunters. D. obscure amateur dealers. Question 46. In paragraph 2, the phrase “economic means” is closest in meaning to A. economic maps. B. fiscal responsibility C. available funds. D. capital investment.

(80) Question 47. The author of the passage mentions all of the following as sources of procuring maps EXCEPT A. fellow collectors. B. map vendors. C. personal archives. D. publishers. Question 48. In paragraph 2, the author uses the phrase “superficially prosaic” to mean A. described in informal prose. B. seemingly boring and unimaginative. C. useful for travelers who enjoy a change. D. potentially uncovered in a box of photos. Question 49. In paragraph 3, the word “predisposed” is closest in meaning to A. pressured. B. provoked. C. condemned. D. inclined. Question 50. A paragraph following the passage would most likely discuss A. specific organizations to contact about map acquisition B. specific mapping techniques used to enlarge the scale C. trimming and framing valuable acquisitions D. volunteering time and work to maintain obsolete maps. 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 . 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, Wikepedia 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.

(81) 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.. Question 51: Wikipedia is a(n) ……….. A. book. B. journal. C. article. D. dictionary. C. normal people. D. world experts. Question 52: Wikipedia is written by……….. A. paid written. B. millionaires. Question 53: The phrase “these writers” in the first paragraph refers to ………. A. ordinary readers. B. ordinary people. C. encyclopedia experts D. every subject. Question 54: The phrase “the word” in the second paragraph refers to……….. A. knowledge. B. encyclopedia. C. writing. D. collection. Question 55: Microsoft’s Encarta is cited in the passage as an example of ……... A. CD-ROM dictionary. B. printed encyclopedia. C. online encyclopedia. D. updateable online encyclopedia. Question 56: The word “brainchild” in the second paragraph of the passage can be best replaced by……... A. born. B. child. C. product. D. father. Question 57: The word “approach” in the third paragraph of the passage means……... A. idea. B. time. C. method. D. writing. Question 58: The user of Wikipedia can do all of the following EXCEPT………. A. have access to information. B. determinate the website. C. modify information. D. edit information. Question 59: We can say that Jimmy Wales………. A. became very famous after the formation of Wikipedia. B. is the father of Wikipedia. C. made a great profit from Wikipedia. D. decides who can use Wikipedia. Question 60: Wiki software enables ………. A. exchanging articles. B. a purchase of information. C. limited access. D. editing.

(82) 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 .. HELP ALWAYS AT HAND: A MOBILE IS A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND. If it fits inside a pocket, keeps you safe as well as in touch with your office, your mother and your children, it is (61)………..worth having. This is the (62)……….. of the dwelling ranks of female mobile-phone users who are beginning to (63)……….. the consumer market.. Although Britain has been (64)……….. to be one of the most expensive places in the world to run a mobile phone, both professional women and (65)……….. mothers are undeterred. At first, the mobile phone was a rich man’s plaything, or a businessman’s (66)……….. symbol. Now women own almost as many telephones as men do - but for very different reasons.. The main (67)……….. for most women customers is that it provides a form of communications back-up, wherever they are, in case of contingency. James Tanner of Tancroft Communications says: “The majority of people buying phones from us this year were women – often young women – or men who were buying for their mothers, wives and girlfriends. And it always seems to be a question of (68)……….. of mind.” “Size is also (69)……….. for women. They want something that will fit in a handbag,” said Mr Tanner. “The tiny phones coming in are having a very big (70)………... This year’s models are only half the size of your hand.”. Question 61. A. totally. B. certainly. C. absolutely. D. completely. Question 62. A. vision. B. vista. C. view. D. conception. Question 63. A. master. B. dominate. C. overbear. D. command. Question 64. A. demonstrated. B. seen. C. established. D. shown. Question 65. A. complete B. total. C. absolute. D. full-time. Question 66. A. status. C. power. D. prestige. Question 67.A. attraction B. enticement. C. charm. D. lure. Question 68. A. tranquility B. calmness. C. peace. D. serenity. Question 69. A. necessary B. crucial. C. urgent. D. essential. Question 70. A. impression B. perception. C. impact. D. image. B. fame.

(83) 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 or indicate the correct answer to each of them .. Question 71. Not until Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave had been completely explored in 1972 …………………………………. A. when was its full extent realized. B. the realization of its full extent. C. was its full extent realized. D. that its full extent was realized. Question 72. The knee is ……………………………………. most other joints in the body because it cannot twist without injury. A. to be damaged more than likely C. likely to be more than damaged. B. more likely to be damaged than D. more than likely to be damaged. Question 73. The noise next door did not stop until after midnight. A. Not until after midnight the noise next door stopped. B. It was not until after midnight that the noise next door stopped. C. The noise next door stopped at midnight D. It was midnight and the noise next door stopped. Question 74. Their dog was so fierce that nobody would visit them. A. They had a such fierce dog that nobody would visit them. B. They had so fierce a dog that nobody would visit them. C. Their dog was too fierce to visit. D. They had a so fierce dog that nobody would visit them. Question 75. If you want to be kept informed about current affairs, you should listen to the radio. A. Only by listening to the radio, you can keep yourself informed about current affairs. B. Listening to the radio and you will be kept informed about current affairs. C. A good way of keeping yourself informed about current affairs is listen to the radio. D. Listening to the radio is a good way of keeping yourself informed about current affairs. Question 76. I travel by bus only when I have no alternative. A. Travelling by bus is my only alternative. B. It’s my only alternative to travel by bus. C. I resort to travel by bus only when I have no alternative..

(84) D. I travel by bus only as a last resort. Question 77. Calling Jim is pointless because his phone is out of order. A. It’s useless calling Jim because his phone is out of order. B. It’s no use to call Jim because his phone is out of order. C. There’s no point calling Jim because his phone is out of order. D. It’s worth not calling Jim because his phone is out of order. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best way to make the sentence from the cues. Question 78. fact/ her son/ out/ danger/ bring/ her/ some relief. A. The fact that her son was out of danger brought her some relief. B. The fact that her son was out of danger which brought her some relief. C. The fact that her son is out of danger brought her some relief. D. The fact that her son is out of danger has brought her some relief. Question 79. be sure/ good seat/ your tickets / should/ bought/ advance. A. I’m sure about a good seat for your tickets should be bought in advance. B. To be sure of a good seat, your tickets should be bought in advance. C. To be sure of a good seat for your tickets should be bought in advance. D. To be sure of a good seat, your tickets should be bought advance. Question 80. How/ ungrateful/ you/ not/ greet/ former/ teacher/ meet/ him. A. How ungrateful of you not to greet your former teacher when you met him. B. How ungrateful you are not to greet your former teacher when you met him. C. How ungrateful to you not to greet your former teacher when you met him. D. How ungrateful of you not to greet your former teacher to met him.. ***** The end ***** TRƯỜNG THPT LONG CHÂU SA (Đề thi gồm 07 trang). ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC NĂM 2012 Môn: TIẾNG ANH; Khối: D Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề.

(85) Mã đề thi 357 Họ và tên thí sinh:………………………………… Số báo danh:……………………………………… ĐỀ THI GỒM 80 CÂU TRẮC NGHIỆM KHÁCH QUAN.. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 1 to 10. According to sociologists, there are several different ways in which a person may become recognized as the leader of a social group in the United States. In the family, traditional cultural patterns confer leadership on one or both of the parents. In other cases, such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradually emerge as leaders, although there is no formal process of selection. In larger groups, leaders are usually chosen formally through election or recruitment.. Although leaders are ofen thought to be people with unusual personal ability, decades of research have failed to produce consistent evidence that there is any category of “natural leaders.” It seems that there is no set of personal qualities that all leaders have in common; rather, virtually any person may be recognized as a leader if the person has qualities that meet the needs of that particular group.. Furthermore, although it is commonly supposed that social groups have a single leader, research suggests that there are typically two different leadership roles that are held by different individuals. Instrumental leadership is leadership that emphasizes the completion of tasks by a social group. Group members look into instrumental leaders to “get things”done.” Expressive leadership, on the other hand, is leadership that emphasizes the collective well-being of a social group’s member. Expressive leader are less concerned with the overall goals of the group than with providing emotional support to group members and attempting to minimize tension and conflict among them. Group members expect expressive leaders to maintain stable relationships within the group and provide support to individual members.. Instrumental leaders are likely to have a rather secondary relationship to other group members. They give orders and may discipline group members who inhibit attainment of the group’s goals. Expressive leaders cultivate a more personal or primary relationship to others in the group. They offer sympathy when someone experiences difficulties or is subjected to discipline, are quick to lighten a serious moment with humor, and try to resolve issues that threaten to divide the group. As the differences in these two roles suggest, expressive leaders generally receive more personal affection from group members; instrumental leaders, if they are successful in promoting group goals, may enjoy a more distant respect.

(86) Question 1: What does the passage mainly discuss? A. The problems faced by leaders B. The role of leaders in social groups C. How leadership differs in small and large groups D. How social groups determine who will lead them Question 2: The passage mentions all of the following ways by which people can become leaders EXCEPT_______. A. recruitment. B. formal election process. C. traditional cultural patterns. D. specific leadership training. Question 3: In mentioning “natural leaders” in lines 7-8, the author is making the point that_______.. A. there is no proof that “natural leaders” exist B. few people qualify as “natural leaders”. Trang 1/7 _ Mã đề thi 357 C. “natural leaders’ are easily accepted by the members of a social group D. “natural leaders” share a similar set of characteristics Question 4: Which of the following statements about leadership can be inferred from paragraph 2?. A. Few people succeed in sharing a leadership role with another person. B. A person can best learn how to be an effective leader by studying research on leadership. C. Most people desire to be leaders but can produce little evidence of their qualifications. D. A person who is an effective leader of a particular group may not be an effective leader in another group. Question 5:The passage indicates that instrumental leaders generally focus on_______. A. ensuring harmonious relationships. B. achieving a goal. C. sharing responsibility with group members D. identifying new leaders Question 6: The word “collective” in line 15 is closest in meaning to_______. A. necessary. B. typical. C. particular. D. group.

(87) Question 7:The word “them” in line 18 refers to_______. A. expressive leaders B. group members. C. goals of the group D. tension and conflict. Question 8: A “secondary relationship” mentioned in line 20 between a leader and the members of a group could best be characterized as_______. A. enthusiastic. B. distant. C. unreliable. D. personal. Question 9: The word “resolve” in line 24 is closest in meaning to_______. A. find a solution for. B. talk about. C. avoid thinking about. D. avoid repeating. Question 10: Paragraphs 3 and 4 organize the discussion of leadership primarily in term of _______. A. examples that illustrate a problem. B. comparison and contrast. C. narration of events. D. cause and effect analysis. 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 11 to 20. PAPER Paper is everywhere. We use it for homework, money, checks, books, letters, wallpaper, and greeting cards. We have paper towels, napkins plates, cups, and tissues. We print the news every day on newspaper. Our history and knowledge is written on paper. Without paper, our lives would be completely different. From the very beginning of time, people have tried to record their thoughts and lives. The earliest humans drew pictures on cave walls. Later, people used large pieces of clay to write on. Almost 5,000 years ago, the Egyptians wrote on pieces of plants called papyrus. Papyrus was used throughout the ancient world of the Mediterranean for thousands of years. Eventually it was replaced by parchment. Parchment was made from animal skins. It was stronger and lasted longer than any other material. The Chinese made the first real paper in the year A.D. 105. They mixed tree bark and small pieces of old cloth with water. They used a screen to remove the thin, wet piece of paper. Then they let the paper dry in the sun. The Chinese kept papermaking a secret until afer 751, in that year there was a war between the Chinese and the Muslims. Many Chinese papermakers were taken away from China to live in Muslim countries. The art of papermaking soon spread throughout the Muslim world. Finally, by the end of the twelfh century, papermaking reached Europe. The first paper made in Europe was in Spain in 1151..

(88) The first important improvement on the Chinese method of papermaking was in France in 1798. A man named Nicholas Louis Robert invented a machine for making paper. His machine could make paper much faster than one person could by hand. However, his machine was not very successful. About ten years later an Englishman improved on Robert’s machine and began producing paper.. Trang 2/7 _ Mã đề thi 357. The most important improvement in papermaking also happened in France. A scientist observed a wasp making its nest. The wasp chewed up pieces of wood, mixed it with the chemicals in its mouth, and made a paper nest. The scientist realized that people could make paper from wood, too. Finally, a machine was invented for grinding wood into pulp to use for making paper. Today, the principal ingredient in paper is wood pulp. It is made by machine. There are also other kinds of paper made from rice, wheat, cotton, corn, and other plants. Paper from wood pulp is the most common. Canada and the United States are the world leaders in paper production, due in part to the quantity, of wood that is available in the forests of these two countries. Because paper is made of wood, many people are becoming concerned that too many trees are being chopped down every year in order to produce paper. Trees are an important part of the environment. As a result, many companies that produce paper are using old paper instead of new wood pulp to make paper. This method of using old products again instead of simply throwing them away is called recycling. Recycling paper helps reduce the number of trees that are used every year. Many people also try to use less paper in their daily lives. They use both sides of a sheet of paper instead of just one. They use cloth handkerchiefs instead of paper tissues. There are also special containers in many schools and public places where people can put used paper instead of throwing it into the garbage can. Then this paper is collected to be recycled. Whether we use a little or a lot, paper has an important place in our lives. The books we read and write are made of paper. Our history and scientific inventions have all been recorded on paper. This, however, is changing. Other methods of storing information are becoming common. Computers can store an enormous amount of information in a much smaller space. Computer faxes, electronic mail, and the Internet are only three examples of technology that have replaced paper, Who knows, perhaps one day people will not use paper to write at all! Question 11: Papyrus was _______. A. a kind of paper made from a plant.. B. made by ancient Egyptians.. C. a kind of plant that ancient Egyptians wrote on.. D. a special kind of clay.. Question 12: The Chinese kept papermaking a secret _______. A. because they were afraid of the Muslims B. so that they could keep exporting paper to the Muslim world.

(89) C. until the Muslims found out about the special tree bark D. for more than 6 centuries Question 13: The Chinese method of papermaking was first improved by _______. A. a papermaking machine. B. an Englishman. C. Nicholas Louis Robert. D. employing people with faster hands. Question 14: The United States and Canada _______. A. import most of the paper they need. B. have the largest forests in the world. C. consume most of the paper they produce. D. are the biggest producers of paper. Question 15: What is the main idea of the last paragraph? A. Paper and computers play the same role in our lives. B. New technology that helps recycling paper. C. Paper is an important part of our life, but technology is changing this fast. D. Those who know how to use a computer don’t need paper at all. Question 16: In order to record their thoughts and lives, the earliest humans _______. A. drew pictures on cave walls.. B. wrote on cave walls.. C. invented a system of writing.. D found a way to make paper.. Question 17: Parchment was used to write on because _______. A. it was stronger and lasted longer than papyrus.. B. the plant it was made from died out.. C. it could be made into slabs of clay.. D. there were a lot of animals.. Question 18: The Chinese secret of papermaking was discovered _______. A. by some Muslims who went to live among the Chinese. Trang 3/7 _ Mã đề thi 357 B. as a result of a war between the Chinese and the Muslims C. by the Spanish in the 12th century D. because the Chinese let the paper dry in the Sun Question 19: Paper was first made from wood pulp _______. A. in France. B. by a wasp. C. by a machine. D. by a scientist.

(90) Question 20: Some people think that producing a lot of paper is not good because ____. A. papermaking factories are polluting the environment B. a lot of trees have to be chopped down for wood pulp C. recycling old paper is expensive D. there is not enough land to plant trees for wood pulp. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction from question 21 to 25. Question 21: The rings of Saturn are so distant to be seen from Earth without a telescope. A. B. C. D. Question 22: The major goals of primary education is to achieve basic literacy and A. B. C. D. numeracy among all students. Question 23: I passed my exam last summer, but my friend has just failed her. A. B. C. D. Question 24: It is primary education that establishes foundations in science geography, history, A. B. as well other social sciences for young students. C. D. Question 25: This recipe, is an old family secret, is an especially important part of our holiday celebrations. A B C D. 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 from 26 to 30 Question 26:. A. future. B. prospect. C. guidance. D. involve. Question 27:. A. facilitate. B. hydrology. C. participate. D. intimacy. Question 28:. A. represent. B. permanent. C. continent. D. sentiment. Question 29:. A. romantic. B. reduction. C. popular. D. financial.

(91) Question 30:. A. optimist. B. immediate. C. fabulous. D. accuracy. 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 31 to 40. A DAY IN YOUR LIFE – IN THE YEAR 2020. What are two ways that technology will probably change your life in the next 20-25 years? People used to know more or less how their children would live. Now things are changing so quickly that we don't even know what our own lives will be (31) ________ in a few years. What allows is not science fiction. It's how experts see the future. You're daydreaming behind the wheel of your car, but that's OK. You have it on automatic pilot, and with its high-tech computers and cameras, your car "knows" (32) ___ you home safely. You're hungry, so you heat for the kitchen as soon as you get home. You ordered groceries by computer an hour ago, and you know that by now they (33) ______. Your kitchen has a two-door refrigerator, (34)___ opens to the outside to accept deliveries. You've already paid for the food by having the money (35)____ from your bank account. Nobody uses cash any more. What's for lunch? In the old days, you used to stop off to buy a hamburger or pizza. Now you use your diagnostic machine to find out which foods your body (36) _______. You find out you need more vegetables and less fat. Your food-preparation machine (37)______ you a salad.. Trang 4/7 _ Mã đề thi 357 Afer lunch, you go down the hall to your home office. Here you have everything you need for doing your work. Thanks to your information screen and your new computer, you (38) _______ never go into the office any more. The information screen shows an urgent message from a co-worker in Brazil. You set the screen to translate Portuguese (39) __________ English. As you wait, you think about later, then you'll have a movie (40) ________ what a movie should you order tonight? Question 31: A. like. B. as. C. alike. D. about. Question 32: A. to get. B. get. C. how to get. D. what to get. Question 33:.A. are arriving. B. arrive. C. will arrive D. have arrived. Question 34: A. which. B. that. C. what. Question 35: A. added. B. counted. C. subtracted. Question 36:. A. eats. B. prefers. C. needs. D. and D. reduced D. finds.

(92) Question 37: A. does. B. makes. C. works. D. feed. Question 38: A. almost. B. hardly. C. most. D. mostly. Question 39: A. onto. B. in. C. into. D. from. Question 40: A. transmitted. B. order. C. broadcast. D. transmit. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 41 to 75. Question 41: The shop assistant was totally bewildered by the customer’s behavior. The word bewildered is closest in meaning to A. upset. B. puzzled. C. disgusted. D. angry. Question 42:Some wild animals are in danger in this region. The phrase in danger is closest in meaning to A. dangerous. B. likely to cause harm. C. likely to be extinct D. predators. Question 43:We offer a speedy and secure service of transferring money in less than 24 hours. Which of the following word has the opposite meaning to the word secure? A. unsure. B. uninterested. C. slow. D. open. Question 44:The Red Cross is an international humanitarian agency dedicated to reducing the sufferings of wounded soldiers, civilians and prisoners of war. Which of the following word has the opposite meaning to the word sufferings A. happiness. B. pain and sorrow. C. loss. D. worry and sadness. Question 45:Jack: “Hi, Tom. What’s going on?” Tom: “ Nothing special, Jack. ____ with you?” A. What’s up B. Have you got something C. Nothing new. D. Not much. Question 46:Don’t lie! You ____ their phone ringing. They haven’t got a phone. A. can’t hear. B. couldn’t have heard. Question 47: Frank: “ Do you know how old I am?” A. I couldn’t help it B. Happy birthday. C. haven’t heard. D. had not heard. Daisy: “_____.” C. Don’t mention it D. I haven’t a clue. Question 48: It’s difficult for a sloppy person to live with a ___..

(93) A. perfect. B. perfection. C. perfectionism. D. perfectionist. Question 49:Up ____, and the people cheered. A. went the balloon B. does the balloon go. C. did the balloon go D. goes the balloon. Question 50: It may be wonderful to own a big, old house, but think of the ___. A. upkeep. B. keep-up. C. keep-on. D. keep-out. Question 51: Learning English isn’t so difficult; once you ____. A. get down to it. B. get off it. C. get on it. D. get down with it. Question 52: “I’m sorry I couldn’t come to your party last night.” A. That’s all right. B. Excuse me. “ _____.”. C. You’re welcome D. Don’t mention it. Question 53:. _____, we tried our best to complete it. A. Difficult as the homework was. B. Despite the homework was difficult. Trang 5/7 _ Mã đề thi 357. C. Thanks to the difficult homework. D. As though the homework was difficult. Question 54: You’re quite right, of course, but ____ you needn’t have been so rude about it. A. at once time. B. from time to timeC. at the same time. D. at times. Question 55: ______ had the restaurant opened ____ people were flocking to eat there. A. Hardly …than. B. No sooner…when C. No sooner … than. D. Hardly …. that. Question 56: The other driver failed to signal his ____ to turn right so I had to brake suddenly. A. purpose. B. idea. C. intention. Question 57: “ What are you going to do next?” A. knew. D. design. “ I wish I ____ the answer to that question.”. B. had knownC. would know. D. will know. Question 58: There was ____ evidence to bring charges against the man. A. insubstantial. B. interior. C. ineffective. Question 59: What a ____! A. new small nice car. B. nice small new car. C. new nice car, that is small. D. car new nice and small. D. insufficient.

(94) Question 60: His parents hostile attitude ___ him to leave home . A. drove. B. urged. C. made. D. suggested. Question 61:. I recommend that the student ____ his composition as soon as possible. A. finishes writing. B. should finish the writing C. finish writing. D. finished writing. Question 62: Hearing-aid devices are very helpful for ________ are hard of hearing. A. those. B. those who. C. people. D. who. Question 63: We should study hard ___________ our parents can be proud of us. A. so as to. B. in order that. C. as that. D. in order to. Question 64: As soon as I ___________ my assignment, I'll show you how to solve that problem. A. have finished. B. will finish. C. will have finished D. finished. Question 65: Today many countries are trying to develop _________ energy sources. A. sustainable. B. natural. C. damaging. D. non-renewable. Question 66: The company managed to __ its best workers and kept its rival from stealing them. A. promote. B. employ. C. retain. D. consider. Question 67: The _______ of food during that long winter lef many families in despair. A. scarcity. B. availability C. variety. D. abundance. Question 68: You ___________ smoke in here. It's against the rules. A. shouldn't. B. mightn't. C. mustn't. D. needn't. Question 69: The new director is favorably _________ towards innovations. A. disposed. B. devoted. C. dedicated. D. discouraged. Question 70: These teachers ________ to help their students understand simple things. A. do an attempt. B. make great efforts. C. try a great effort D. put great efforts. Question 71: To apply for the scholarship, the students are required to write a _________ essay about their future plans. A. two-hundred-word B. two-pages. C. double pages. D. two hundred words. Question 72: It was a _____ that the driver survived the crash. His car was completely damaged. A. mystery. B. miracle. C. secret. D. strange.

(95) Question 73: Sharks acquire many sets of teeth _________ their lifetime. A. over. B. from. C. during. D. since. Question 74: “Don’t fail to send your parents my regards.” – “______.” A. You’re welcome. B. Good idea, thanks C. Thanks, I will. D. It’s my pleasure. Question 75: John: “Do you think that we should use public transportation to protect our environment?” Laura: “______” A. There’s no doubt about it. C. Of course not. You bet!. B. Well, that’s very surprising. D. Yes, it’s an absurd idea.. Trang 6/7 _ Mã đề thi 357 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 question Question 76: She said, “John, I’ll show you round my city when you’re here.” A. She made a trip round her city with John. B. She promised to show John round her city. C. She planned to show John round her city. D. She organized a trip round her city for John. Question 77: There’s no point in persuading Jane to change her mind. A. No one wants Jane to change her mind because it’s pointless. B. It’s possible for us to persuade Jane to change her mind. C. Jane will change her mind though she doesn’t want to. D. It’s useless to persuade Jane to change her mind Question 78:“Why don’t you reply to the President’s offer right now?” said Mary to her husband. A. Mary suggested that her husband should reply to the President’s offer without delay. B. Mary told her husband why he didn’t reply to the President’s offer then. C. Mary ordered her husband to reply to the President’s offer right now.. D. Mary wondered why her husband didn’t reply to the President’s offer then. Question 79: If I hadn’t had so much work to do I would have gone to the movies. A. Because I had to do so much work, I couldn’t go to the movies..

(96) B. I would go to the movies when I had done so much work. C. A lot of work couldn’t prevent me from going to the movies. D. I never go to the movies if I have work to do. Question 80: Unlike her friends, Jane prefers an independent life. A. Jane doesn't like her friends because she prefers an independent life. B. Her friends live in an independent life and Jane doesn't like it. C. Jane doesn't like her friends to live in a dependent life. D. Jane prefers an independent life but her friends do not.. --------THE END--------. Chú ý:. - Thí sinh làm bài trên phiếu trả lời trắc nghiệm. - Giám thị coi thi không giải thích gì thêm.

(97) Trang 7/7 _ Mã đề thi 357. TRƯỜNG THPT LONG CHÂU SA. ĐÁP ÁN CHẤM ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC NĂM 2012 Môn: TIẾNG ANH; Khối: D. (Đáp án dúng nhất được tô đậm. Mỗi câu trả lời đúng được 0,125 điểm) Mã đề thi 357 ĐỀ THI GỒM 80 CÂU TRẮC NGHIỆM KHÁCH QUAN.. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 1 to 10. According to sociologists, there are several different ways in which a person may become recognized as the leader of a social group in the United States. In the family, traditional cultural patterns confer leadership on one or both of the parents. In other cases, such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradually emerge as leaders, although there is no formal process of selection. In larger groups, leaders are usually chosen formally through election or recruitment.. Although leaders are ofen thought to be people with unusual personal ability, decades of research have failed to produce consistent evidence that there is any category of “natural leaders.” It seems that there is no set of personal qualities that all leaders have in common; rather, virtually any person may be recognized as a leader if the person has qualities that meet the needs of that particular group.. Furthermore, although it is commonly supposed that social groups have a single leader, research suggests that there are typically two different leadership roles that are held by different.

(98) individuals. Instrumental leadership is leadership that emphasizes the completion of tasks by a social group. Group members look into instrumental leaders to “get things”done.” Expressive leadership, on the other hand, is leadership that emphasizes the collective well-being of a social group’s member. Expressive leader are less concerned with the overall goals of the group than with providing emotional support to group members and attempting to minimize tension and conflict among them. Group members expect expressive leaders to maintain stable relationships within the group and provide support to individual members.. Instrumental leaders are likely to have a rather secondary relationship to other group members. They give orders and may discipline group members who inhibit attainment of the group’s goals. Expressive leaders cultivate a more personal or primary relationship to others in the group. They offer sympathy when someone experiences difficulties or is subjected to discipline, are quick to lighten a serious moment with humor, and try to resolve issues that threaten to divide the group. As the differences in these two roles suggest, expressive leaders generally receive more personal affection from group members; instrumental leaders, if they are successful in promoting group goals, may enjoy a mote distant respect. Question 1: What does the passage mainly discuss? A. The problems faced by leaders. B. The role of leaders in social groups. C. How leadership differs in small and large groups D. How social groups determine who will lead them Question 2: The passage mentions all of the following ways by which people can become leaders EXCEPT_______. A. recruitment. B. formal election process. C. traditional cultural patterns. D. specific leadership training. Trang 1/7 _ Mã đề thi 357 Question 3: In mentioning “natural leaders” in lines 7-8, the author is making the point that_______. A. there is no proof that “natural leaders” exist B. few people qualify as “natural leaders” C. “natural leaders’ are easily accepted by the members of a social group.

(99) D. “natural leaders” share a similar set of characteristics Question 4: Which of the following statements about leadership can be inferred from paragraph 2?. A. Few people succeed in sharing a leadership role with another person. B. A person can best learn how to be an effective leader by studying research on leadership. C. Most people desire to be leaders but can produce little evidence of their qualifications. D. A person who is an effective leader of a particular group may not be an effective leader in another group. Question 5:The passage indicates that instrumental leaders generally focus on_______. A. ensuring harmonious relationships. B. achieving a goal. C. sharing responsibility with group members. D. identifying new leaders. Question 6: The word “collective” in line 15 is closest in meaning to_______. A. necessary. B. typical. C. particular. D. group. Question 7:The word “them” in line 18 refers to_______. A. expressive leaders. B. group members. C. goals of the group D. tension and conflict. Question 8: A “secondary relationship” mentioned in line 20 between a leader and the members of a group could best be characterized as_______. A. enthusiastic. B. distant. C. unreliable. D. personal. Question 9: The word “resolve” in line 24 is closest in meaning to_______. A. find a solution for B. talk about C. avoid thinking about. D. avoid repeating. Question 10: Paragraphs 3 and 4 organize the discussion of leadership primarily in term of _______. A. examples that illustrate a problemB. comparison and contrast C. narration of events. D. cause and effect analysis.

(100) 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 11 to 20. PAPER Paper is everywhere. We use it for homework, money, checks, books, letters, wallpaper, and greeting cards. We have paper towels, napkins plates, cups, and tissues. We print the news every day on newspaper. Our history and knowledge is written on paper. Without paper, our lives would be completely different. From the very beginning of time, people have tried to record their thoughts and lives. The earliest humans drew pictures on cave walls. Later, people used large pieces of clay to write on. Almost 5,000 years ago, the Egyptians wrote on pieces of plants called papyrus. Papyrus was used throughout the ancient world of the Mediterranean for thousands of years. Eventually it was replaced by parchment. Parchment was made from animal skins. It was stronger and lasted longer than any other material. The Chinese made the first real paper in the year A.D. 105. They mixed tree bark and small pieces of old cloth with water. They used a screen to remove the thin, wet piece of paper. Then they let the paper dry in the sun. The Chinese kept papermaking a secret until afer 751, in that year there was a war between the Chinese and the Muslims. Many Chinese papermakers were taken away from China to live in Muslim countries. The art of papermaking soon spread throughout the Muslim world. Finally, by the end of the twelfh century, papermaking reached Europe. The first paper made in Europe was in Spain in 1151. The first important improvement on the Chinese method of papermaking was in France in. Trang 2/7 _ Mã đề thi 357 1798. A man named Nicholas Louis Robert invented a machine for making paper. His machine could make paper much faster than one person could by hand. However, his machine was not very successful. About ten years later an Englishman improved on Robert’s machine and began producing paper. The most important improvement in papermaking also happened in France. A scientist observed a wasp making its nest. The wasp chewed up pieces of wood, mixed it with the chemicals in its mouth, and made a paper nest. The scientist realized that people could make paper from wood, too. Finally, a machine was invented for grinding wood into pulp to use for making paper. Today, the principal ingredient in paper is wood pulp. It is made by machine. There are also other kinds of paper made from rice, wheat, cotton, corn, and other plants. Paper from wood pulp is the most common. Canada and the United States are the world leaders in paper production, due in part to the quantity, of wood that is available in the forests of these two countries. Because paper is made of wood, many people are becoming concerned that too many trees are being chopped down every year in order to produce paper. Trees are an important part of the environment. As a result, many companies that produce paper are using old paper instead of new wood pulp to make paper. This method of using old products again instead of simply throwing them.

(101) away is called recycling. Recycling paper helps reduce the number of trees that are used every year. Many people also try to use less paper in their daily lives. They use both sides of a sheet of paper instead of just one. They use cloth handkerchiefs instead of paper tissues. There are also special containers in many schools and public places where people can put used paper instead of throwing it into the garbage can. Then this paper is collected to be recycled. Whether we use a little or a lot, paper has an important place in our lives. The books we read and write are made of paper. Our history and scientific inventions have all been recorded on paper. This, however, is changing. Other methods of storing information are becoming common. Computers can store an enormous amount of information in a much smaller space. Computer faxes, electronic mail, and the Internet are only three examples of technology that have replaced paper, Who knows, perhaps one day people will not use paper to write at all! Question 11: Papyrus was _______. A. a kind of paper made from a plant.. B. made by ancient Egyptians.. C. a kind of plant that ancient Egyptians wrote on.. D. a special kind of clay.. Question 12: The Chinese kept papermaking a secret _______. A. because they were afraid of the Muslims B. so that they could keep exporting paper to the Muslim world C. until the Muslims found out about the special tree bark D. for more than 6 centuries Question 13:The Chinese method of papermaking was first improved by _______. A. a papermaking machine. B. an Englishman. C. Nicholas Louis Robert. D. employing people with faster hands. Question 14: The United States and Canada _______. A. import most of the paper they need. B. have the largest forests in the world. C. consume most of the paper they produce. D. are the biggest producers of paper. Question 15:What is the main idea of the last paragraph? A. Paper and computers play the same role in our lives. B. New technology that helps recycling paper. C. Paper is an important part of our life, but technology is changing this fast. D. Those who know how to use a computer don’t need paper at all..

(102) Question 16: In order to record their thoughts and lives, the earliest humans _______. A. drew pictures on cave walls.. B. wrote on cave walls.. C. invented a system of writing.. D found a way to make paper.. Question 17:Parchment was used to write on because _______.. Trang 3/7 _ Mã đề thi 357 A. it was stronger and lasted longer than papyrus.. B. the plant it was made from died out.. C. it could be made into slabs of clay.. D. there were a lot of animals.. Question 18:The Chinese secret of papermaking was discovered _______. A. by some Muslims who went to live among the Chinese B. as a result of a war between the Chinese and the Muslims C. by the Spanish in the 12th century D. because the Chinese let the paper dry in the Sun Question 19: Paper was first made from wood pulp _______. A. in France. B. by a wasp. C. by a machine. D. by a scientist. Question 20:Some people think that producing a lot of paper is not good because ____. A. papermaking factories are polluting the environment B. a lot of trees have to be chopped down for wood pulp C. recycling old paper is expensive D. there is not enough land to plant trees for wood pulp. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction. Question 21: The rings of Saturn are so distant to be seen from Earth without a telescope. A. B. C. D. Question 22: The major goals of primary education is to achieve basic literacy and A. numeracy among all students.. B. C. D.

(103) Question 23: I passed my exam last summer, but my friend has just failed her. A. B. C. D. Question 24: It is primary education that establishes foundations in science geography, history, A. B. as well other social sciences for young students. C. D. Question 25: This recipe, is an old family secret, is an especially important part of our holiday celebrations. A B C D. 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. Question 26:. A. future. B. prospect. C. guidance. D. involve. Question 27:. A. facilitate. B. hydrology. C. participate. D. intimacy. Question 28:. A. represent. B. permanent. C. continent. D. sentiment. Question 29:. A. romantic. B. reduction. C. popular. D. financial. Question 30:. A. optimist. B. immediate. C. fabulous. D. accuracy. 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 31 to 40. A DAY IN YOUR LIFE – IN THE YEAR 2020. What are two ways that technology will probably change your life in the next 20-25 years? People used to know more or less how their children would live. Now things are changing so quickly that we don't even know what our own lives will be (31) ________ in a few years. What allows is not science fiction. It's how experts see the future. You're daydreaming behind the wheel of your car, but that's OK. You have it on automatic pilot, and with its high-tech computers and cameras, your car "knows" (32) ___ you home safely. You're hungry, so you head for the kitchen as soon as you get home. You ordered groceries by computer an hour ago, and you know that by now they (33) ______. Your kitchen. Trang 4/7 _ Mã đề thi 357.

(104) has a two-door refrigerator, (34)___ opens to the outside to accept deliveries. You've already paid for the food by having the money (35)____ from your bank account. Nobody uses cash any more. What's for lunch? In the old days, you used to stop off to buy a hamburger or pizza. Now you use your diagnostic machine to find out which foods your body (36) _______. You find out you need more vegetables and less fat. Your food-preparation machine (37)______ you a salad. Afer lunch, you go down the hall to your home office. Here you have everything you need for doing your work. Thanks to your information screen and your new computer, you (38) _______ never go into the office any more. The information screen shows an urgent message from a co-worker in Brazil. You set the screen to translate Portuguese (39) __________ English. As you wait, you think about later, then you'll have a movie (40) ________ what a movie should you order tonight? Question 31: A. like. B. as. C. alike. D. about. Question 32: A. to get. B. get. C. how to getD. what to get. Question 33:.A. are arriving. B. arrive. C. will arrive D. have arrived. Question 34: A. which. B. that. C. what. D. and. Question 35: A. added. B. counted. C. subtracted. D. reduced. Question 36:. A. eats. B. prefers. C. needs. D. finds. Question 37: A. does. B. makes. C. works. D. feed. Question 38: A. almost. B. hardly. C. most. D. mostly. Question 39: A. onto. B. in. C. into. Question 40: A. transmitted. B. order. C. broadcast. D. from D. transmit. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 41: The shop assistant was totally bewildered by the customer’s behavior. The word bewildered is closest in meaning to A. upset. B. puzzled. C. disgusted. D. angry. Question 42:Some wild animals are in danger in this region. The phrase in danger is closest in meaning to A. dangerous. B. likely to cause harm. C. likely to be extinct D. predators.

(105) Question 43:We offer a speedy and secure service of transferring money in less than 24 hours. Which of the following word has the opposite meaning to the word secure? A. unsure. B. uninterested. C. slow. D. open. Question 44:The Red Cross is an international humanitarian agency dedicated to reducing the sufferings of wounded soldiers, civilians and prisoners of war. Which of the following word has the opposite meaning to the word sufferings A. happiness. B. pain and sorrow. C. loss. D. worry and sadness. Question 45:Jack: “Hi, Tom. What’s going on?” Tom: “ Nothing special, Jack. ____ with you?” A. What’s up. B. Have you got something C. Nothing new. D. Not much. Question 46:Don’t lie! You ____ their phone ringing. They haven’t got a phone. A. can’t hear. B. couldn’t have heard. Question 47: Frank: “ Do you know how old I am?” A. I couldn’t help it B. Happy birthday. C. haven’t heard. D. had not heard. Daisy: “_____.” C. Don’t mention it D. I haven’t a clue. Question 48: It’s difficult for a sloppy person to live with a ___. A. perfect. B. perfection. C. perfectionism. D. perfectionist. Question 49:Up ____, and the people cheered. A. went the balloon B. does the balloon go. C. did the balloon go D. goes the balloon. Question 50: It may be wonderful to own a big, old house, but think of the ___. A. upkeep. B. keep-up. C. keep-on. D. keep-out. Trang 5/7 _ Mã đề thi 357 Question 51: Learning English isn’t so difficult; once you ____. A. get down to it. B. get off it. C. get on it. Question 52: “I’m sorry I couldn’t come to your party last night.” A. That’s all right. B. Excuse me. it Question 53:. _____, we tried our best to complete it.. D. get down with it “ _____.”. C. You’re welcome D. Don’t mention.

(106) A. Difficult as the homework was B. Despite the homework was difficult C. Thanks to the difficult homework. D. As though the homework was difficult. Question 54: You’re quite right, of course, but ____ you needn’t have been so rude about it. A. at once time. B. from time to time. C. at the same time D. at times. Question 55: ______ had the restaurant opened ____ people were flocking to eat there. A. Hardly …than. B. No sooner…when. C. No sooner … than. D. Hardly ….. that Question 56:The other driver failed to signal his ____ to turn right so I had to brake suddenly. A. purpose. B. idea. C. intention. Question 57: “ What are you going to do next?” A. knew. D. design. “ I wish I ____ the answer to that question.”. B. had known. C. would know. D. will know. Question 58:There was ____ evidence to bring charges against the man. A. insubstantial. B. interior. C. ineffective. D. insufficient. Question 59: What a ____! A. new small nice car. B. nice small new car. C. new nice car, that is small. D. car new nice and small. Question 60: His parents hostile attitude ___ him to leave home . A. drove. B. urged. C. made. D. suggested. Question 61:. I recommend that the student ____ his composition as soon as possible. A. finishes writing. B. should finish the writing C. finish writing. D. finished writing. Question 62: Hearing-aid devices are very helpful for ________ are hard of hearing. A. those. B. those who C. people. D. who. Question 63: We should study hard ___________ our parents can be proud of us. A. so as to. B. in order that. C. as that. D. in order to. Question 64: As soon as I ___________ my assignment, I'll show you how to solve that problem. A. have finished. B. will finish C. will have finished D. finished. Question 65: Today many countries are trying to develop _________ energy sources..

(107) A. sustainable. B. natural. C. damaging D. non-renewable. Question 66: The company managed to __ its best workers and kept its rival from stealing them. A. promote B. employ. C. retain. D. consider. Question 67: The _______ of food during that long winter lef many families in despair. A. scarcity. B. availability C. variety. D. abundance. Question 68: You ___________ smoke in here. It's against the rules. A. shouldn't B. mightn't. C. mustn't. D. needn't. Question 69: The new director is favorably _________ towards innovations. A. disposed B. devoted. C. dedicated D. discouraged. Question 70:These teachers ________ to help their students understand simple things. A. do an attempt. B. make great efforts. C. try a great effort D. put great efforts. Question 71: To apply for the scholarship, the students are required to write a _________ essay about their future plans. A. two-hundred-word. B. two-pages C. double pages. D. two hundred words. Question 72:It was a ______ that the driver survived the crash. His car was completely damaged. A. mystery. B. miracle. C. secret. D. strange. Question 73:Sharks acquire many sets of teeth _________ their lifetime. A. over. B. from. C. during. D. since. Question 74: “Don’t fail to send your parents my regards.” – “______.” A. You’re welcome. B. Good idea, thanks. C. Thanks, I will. D. It’s my pleasure. Question 75: John: “Do you think that we should use public transportation to protect our environment?” Laura: “______” A. There’s no doubt about it. B. Well, that’s very surprising. C. Of course not. You bet! D. Yes, it’s an absurd idea. 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 question Question 76:She said, “John, I’ll show you round my city when you’re here.” A. She made a trip round her city with John..

(108) B. She promised to show John round her city. C. She planned to show John round her city. D. She organized a trip round her city for John. Question 77: There’s no point in persuading Jane to change her mind. A. No one wants Jane to change her mind because it’s pointless. B. It’s possible for us to persuade Jane to change her mind. C. Jane will change her mind though she doesn’t want to. D. It’s useless to persuade Jane to change her mind Question 78:“Why don’t you reply to the President’s offer right now?” said Mary to her husband. A. Mary suggested that her husband should reply to the President’s offer without delay. B. Mary told her husband why he didn’t reply to the President’s offer then. C. Mary ordered her husband to reply to the President’s offer right now.. D. Mary wondered why her husband didn’t reply to the President’s offer then. Question 79: If I hadn’t had so much work to do I would have gone to the movies. A. Because I had to do so much work, I couldn’t go to the movies. B. I would go to the movies when I had done so much work. C. A lot of work couldn’t prevent me from going to the movies. D. I never go to the movies if I have work to do. Question 80: Unlike her friends, Jane prefers an independent life. A. Jane doesn't like her friends because she prefers an independent life. B. Her friends live in an independent life and Jane doesn't like it. C. Jane doesn't like her friends to live in a dependent life. D. Jane prefers an independent life but her friends do not.. Sở giáo dục và đào tạo th¸i b×nh. đề thi thử đại học lần 2 năm học: 2010-2011.

(109) Trêng ptth chuyªn. M«n: tiÕng anh Thêi gian: 90 phót. Mã đề: 127. Choose the underlined word that has different pronunciation from the others: 1. A. campaign. B. foreign. C. gain. D. sign. 2. A. Christmas. B. mortgage. C. wanted. D. whistle. 3. A. marks. B. curls. C. collapse. D. inherits. 4. A. asthma. B. smooth. C. although. D. father. 5. A. adhesive. B. hang. C. exhaust. D. hill. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of these others: 6. A. aferwards. B. demonstrate. C. dynamic. D. survey. 7. A. environment. B. colour. C. happen. D. revolutionary. 8. A. photography. B. recycle. C. manage. D. exhibit. 9. A. provide. B. famous. C. program. D. credit. 10. A. connected. B. particular. C. continuous. D. primitive. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. 11. The man got out of the car .............. round to the back and opened the boot. A. walking. B. walked. C. walks. D. walk. 12. ................... the jury believed in the burglar’s innocence, the general public did not. A. Although. B. Because. C. In spite of. D. However. C. Congratulate!. D. Happy birthday!”. 13. “I’m eighteen today!”“………………………”. A. Best wishes!”. B. Good day!. 14. I’d like the work to be continued immediately once the rain .................. . A. has stopped. B. stopped. C. will stop. D. stopping. 15. One of the most miserable things that millions of families have to suffer from wars is that brother ................ brother. A. against. B. about. C. apart. D. with. 16. “I haven’t got anything for you.”“………………….” A. Never mind!. B. It isn’t the matter!. 17. “What are you doing?”…………………………’. C. Nothing!. D. Not problem!. wars have set.

(110) A. It doesn’t touch you.. B. It’s none of your business. C. You don’t enter at all. D. Look afer your own affair. 18. I tried to ……………………..her, but she just couldn’t stop crying. A. comfortable. B. comfort. C. sympathy. D. sympathise.. 19. The secretary put me ............. to the manager within a couple of minutes. A. across. B. up. C. over. D. through. 20. I don’t think he will get ............... the shock in a short period of time. A. over. b. through. C. by. D. off. 21. I hurt myself badly this morning when I fell ....................... the bedroom widow. A. out from. B. out of. C. down. D. over. 22. I think they are going to have a fight against each other. They go .......................... each other furiously. A. at. B. in. C. to. D. on. 23. This year’s sales figures go ............... our expectations. What marvelous thing! A. for. B. along with. C. beyond. D. away from. 24. God knows, this car is my biggest mistake I have ever made. I have to pay ........... $500 for every 200 km A. in. B. out. C. at. D. by. 25. Poor me! She is the one in charge of our team, so I have to play ................... all her odd ideas. A. along with. B. at. c. about. D. off against. 26. No way will you beat him. You don’t ………………a chance. He’s a hundred times better than you are. A. hold. B. run. C. possess. D. stand. 27. The doctor asked Mr. Brown to keep ............... fried food because of high amount of fat. A. off. B. at. C. back. D. up. 28. The government is putting ............... some radical social reforms. A. forward. B. in. C. through. D. off. 29. There are a long line of people outside the cinema last week. They queued .......... to see a famous film. A. in. B. on. C. at. D. up. 30. The injury destroyed his hopes of being………………....world champion. A. peaked. B. topped. D. awarded. D. crowned. Read the passage and choose the best answer. Education in the future Education is another area of social life in which information technology is changing the way we communicate. Today’s college students may not simply sit in a lecture or a library to learn about their field. Through their computers.

(111) and the wonders of virtual reality they can participate in lifelike simulated experiences. Consider the following scenario of the future of education made possible through developments in information technology. For children over the age of 10, daily attendance at schools is not compulsory. Some of the older children attend school only once or twice weekly to get tutorial support or instruction from a teacher. For the most part, pupils are encouraged to work online from home. Students must complete a minimum number of study hours per year; however, they may make up these hours by studying at home at times that suit their family schedule. They can log on early or late in the day and even join live classes in other countries. In order to ensure that each student is learning adequately, computer sofware will automatically monitor the number of hours a week each student studies on-line as well as that students’ learning materials and assessment activities. Reports will be available for parents and teachers. The sofware can then identify the best learning activities and condition for each individual student and generate similar activities. It can also identify areas of weak achievement and produce special programs adjusted to the students’ needs. 31. What is the topic of the passage? A. The effect of information technology on education.. B. students don’t have to go to school any more.. C. Computer sofware will make sure students learn at home. D. Students can know about their weak aspects to focus. 32. How many times are children who are older than 10 required to go to school weekly? A. No time. B. Once or twice. C. Three. D. Four. 33. Who/What counts the number of hours per week that students spend learning? A. Virtual reality. B. Teacher. C. Parents. D. Computer sofware. 34. What CAN’T the sofware do? A. Monitor the time the students learn.. B. Design materials for the students.. C. Find out the best activities for the students.. D. Identify weaknesses of the students.. 35. What is NOT MENTIONED as a benefit of information technology to the students? A. Students can stay at home to learn.. B. Students can learn at times that suit their schedule.. C. Students’ learning time won’t be monitored.. D. Students’ weak achievement can be identified.. Read the passage and choose the best answer that best fits each space. Many parents believe that they should begin to teach their children to read when they are scarcely more than toddlers. This is fine if the child shows a real interest but (36)......... a child could be counter-productive if she isn’t ready. Wise parents will have a (37)....... attitude and take the lead from their child. What they should provide is a selection of (38)........ , books and other activities. Nowadays, there is plenty of good (39)........... available for young children, and of course, seeing plenty of books in use about the house will also (40)...... them to read. Of course, books are no longer the only (41)..... of stories and information. There is also a huge range of videos, which can (42)......... and extend the pleasure a child finds in books and are (43)............. valuable in helping to increase vocabulary and concentration. Television gets a bad (44)......... as far as children are concerned, mainly because too many spend too much time watching programs not intended for their age (45)......... . Too many television programs (46).............. an incurious, uncritical attitude that is going to make learning much more difficult; however, (47)................. viewing of programs designed for young children can be useful. Just as adults enjoy reading a book afer.

(112) seeing it (48) ........ on television, so children will pounce on books which (49) ............ their favorite television characters, and videos can add a new (50) ............. to a story known from a book. 36. A. insisting. B. forcing. C. making. D. starting. 37. A. cheerful. B. contented. C. hopeful. D. relaxed. 38. A. bright. B. thrilling. C. stimulating. D. energetic. 39. A. materials. B. sense. C. amusement. D. produce. 40. A. provoke. B. encourage. C. provide. D. attract. 41. A. source. B. site. C. style. D. basis. 42. A. uphold. B. found. C. reinforce. D. assist. 43. A. properly. B. worthily. C. perfectly. D. equally. 44. A. review. B. press. C. criticism. D. result. 45. A. set. B. band. C. group. D. limit. 46. A. induce. B. imply. C. suggest. D. attract. 47. A. cautious. B. choice. C. discriminating. D. approved. 48. A. serialized. B. revised. C. transferred. D. visualized. 49. illustrate. B. extend. C. feature. D. possess. 50. A. reveal. B. dimension. C. option. D. existence. Read the passage and choose the best answer. It is always thought that women are the second class in the citizen, and men are the first. There is not real equality of opportunity for men and women. Years ago, people were living in a man-dominated society. Women had to obey their husbands and fathers absolutely. Women’s place was in the kitchen and women’s work was household. In many places, women were not even allowed to go to school. Women had no rights, even the right to choose a husband for themselves. Men usually occupied high positions in society so they thought they were more intelligent and important than women. Men considered women their property. Sometimes, women were mistreated by their husbands and suffered this as a fate. Many parents did not even want to have female children. Thanks to the women’ liberation movement, women have nowadays proved that they are equal to men on every aspect. An average woman has weaker muscles than an average man but she may be as intelligent as him. Women can do everything that men can, and women can do one thing that no man can: they produce children. 51. In a man-dominated society ............................... . A. Women were in the first class C. Women were respected by men. B. Women had no rights D. Women got a good education. 52. Years ago, women’s place was .................... . A. in the Parliament Houses. B. in the Congress C. in the Town Hall. D. in the kitchen.

(113) 53. In a man-dominated society, men considered women their ................... . A. property. B. queen. C. great love. D. all are correct. 54. In a man-dominated society ............................... . A. all parents expected to have daughters. B. most parents liked girl babies. C. most parents did not want to have daughters D. most parents did not like sons 55. Nowadays, women have proved that they are ....................... men. A. more intelligent than. B. more important than C. stronger than. D. equal to. Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting. 56. Not until recently has interest of tidal electric power plants been revived. 57. Little they knew in 1926, when the first T.V. broadcast began, that it would have such an impact on people’s everyday lives. 58. Lightning, it is essentially an enormous electric spark that seeks the path of least resistance to ground. 59. Not one in one hundred children exposed to the disease are likely to develop symptoms of it. 60. We must be quick. There is a little time lef. Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one. 61. Study all night is good for neither your grades nor your health. A. Study all night is good for your grades. B. Study all night does not help at all. C. Study all night is good for your health. D. Study all night is helpful to you. 62. My purpose in calling this meeting is to present the latest sales figures. A. I have called this meeting in order to present the latest sales figures. B. I aimed to call this meeting because I wanted to know the latest sales figures. C. I have called this meeting in order that I would present the latest sales figures. D. A and C 63. But for his father’s early retirement, Richard would not have taken over the family’s business. A. Richard only took over the family’s business because his father decided to retire early. B. Richard didn’t take over the family’s business because his father decided to retire. C. His father retired early, but he ran the family’s business. D. Richard’s father didn’t want him to take over the family’s business despite his retirement..

(114) 64. I find myself at a loss to understand Harold’s behavior. A. I lost contact with Harold, so I couldn’t understand his behavior. B. I have to lose a lot to understand Harold’s behavior. C. I understood Harold’s behavior completely. D. I find Harold’s behavior quite incomprehensible. 65. With the exception of the music teacher every member of the staff attended the farewell party. A. The music teacher was very exceptional at the farewell party. B. All the staff members including the music teacher attended the farewell party. C. The music teacher was the only member of the staff not to attend the farewell party. D. All of the above. Read the passage and then choose the best answer for each following question. Psychologists are interested in the reasons why some people like taking part in risky sports. When they studied people who were learning to jump from a plane with a parachute, they found that parachutists’ bodies produced large amounts of two hormones, adrenaline and nor adrenaline, just before they made their jump. These hormones help to prepare us for any sudden activity. Adrenaline increases the heart rate and provides more sugar for the muscles, while nor does adrenaline make us react more quickly. However, nor adrenaline also stimulates apart of the brain which controls feelings of pleasure. Some psychologists have concluded that it is a feeling of pleasure caused by this hormone which makes certain people want to participate in dangerous sports. Another possible reason is the level of arousal in part of the brain. According to some psychologists, the brain tries to maintain a certain level of arousal. They believe that people who normally have a low level of arousal look for excitement and new experiences in order to stimulate themselves, whereas people who usually have a high level of arousal try to avoid risks and unfamiliar situations in order not to become overexcited. If the psychologists are right, people with a low arousal are the ones who enjoy participating in dangerous sports and activities. It is thought that people with low levels of arousal have a slower-reacting nervous system than people with higher arousal levels. It may therefore be possible to find out your level of arousal by testing your nervous system. A quick way of doing this is to put some lemon juice on your tongue. If you produce a lot of saliva, your nervous system has been affected by the lemon and so you probably have a high level of arousal; if you produce little of saliva, you probably have a low arousal level. If you have a low level, you might enjoy taking part in risky sports. However, this does not mean that you have to try parachuting! 66. Why did the parachutists’ bodies produce a lot of adrenaline and nor adrenaline before they jumped from a plane? A. This is a natural reaction which helps to prepare one for sudden activity. B. Because they had high arousal levels. C. It is a natural reaction which guards them against the effects of accidents. D. Because they had taken drugs which led to the production of these two hormones. 67. What two possible reasons are given for some people’s desire to participate in dangerous sports? A. A lack of common sense, and a high level of arousal. B. A low level of arousal, and an inborn desire for adventure..

(115) C. The pleasure that results from the production of nor adrenaline, and a low level of arousal. D. A desire to show off, and a lack of common sense. 68. What dose the brain try to maintain, according to some psychologists? A. A high temperature.. B. A low temperature.. C. A certain level of arousal.. D. A sense of safety.. 69. Why do psychologists believe that people with a high level of arousal try to avoid danger? A. Because they already have the level of excitement which the brain tries to maintain. B. Because they are more aware of the dangers involved. C. Because they already have enough of the two hormones, adrenaline and nor adrenaline. D. Because they would not be able to cope with accidents. 70. What is shown by putting lemon juice on your tongue? A. It shows that you have a high level of arousal if no saliva is produced. B. It indicates your level of arousal by amount of saliva that is produced. C. It can indicate whether your saliva is more acidic or more alkaline. D. It is a good test of your sense of taste. 71. What kinds of substances are adrenaline and nor adrenaline? A. Subatomic particles.. B. Minerals.. C. Vitamins.. D. Hormones.. 72. What substances is thought to stimulate the brain to make us feel pleasure? A. Adrenaline.. B. Nor adrenaline.. C. Lemon juice.. D. Manganese dioxide.. 73. Which of the following does adrenaline do? A. It weakens the muscles.. B. It makes people afraid.. C. It makes the heart beat more quickly.. D. It makes the heart beat more slowly.. 74. Where were the parachutists when, according to the passage, they produced large amount of the two hormones? A. On an airplane. B. In the air. C. On the ground. D. At sea. 75. According to some psychologists, what kind of people try to avoid unfamiliar situations? A. People who do not like lemon juice.. B. People who have a low hormone content.. C. People who normally have a low level of arousal.. D. People who normally have a high level of arousal..

(116) Choose the correct sentence. 76. I/ and/ am / in/ a/ fourth-year/ accounting/ student/ currently/ at/ Foreign Trade University/, / majoring / finance. A. I am currently in a fourth-year student at Foreign Trade University, majoring finance. and accounting.. B. I am currently a fourth-year student at Foreign Trade University, majoring in finance and accounting. C. I am currently a fourth-year student in Foreign Trade University, majoring at finance and accounting. D. I am currently majoring a fourth-year student at Foreign Trade University, in finance and accounting. 77. I/ consider/ would/ be/ happy/ you/ very/ and/ grateful/ request/ if/ could/ my. A. I would be very happy and if you could consider my grateful request. B. I would consider my request if you could be very happy and grateful. C. I would be very happy and grateful if you could consider my request. D. I would be very happy and consider my request if you could grateful. 78. Thank / again/ time/ you/ consideration/ once/ for/ your/ and. A. Thank you, once again for your time and consideration. B. Once again you, thank for your time and consideration. C. Thank you for your time once, and consideration again. consideration.. D. Once again, thank you for your time and. 79. Wind/ carry/ many/ seed/ island. A. Winds carry many seeds to islands.. B. Wind carries many seeds to the islands.. C. Winds carry many the seed to an island.. D. Wind carry many of seeds to the islands.. 80. Swimming/ very/ attractive/ form/ exercise/ which/ make/ swimming/ excellent/ way/ improve/ wind/ capacity/ endurance. A. Swimming, a very attractive form of exercise, which makes swimming an excellent way improves wind capacity and endurance. B. Swimming is a very attractive form of exercise which makes swimming an excellent way improving the wind of capacity and endurance. C. Swimming is a very attractive form of exercise, which makes swimming excellently way improving the wind, capacity, and endurance. D. Swimming is a very attractive form of exercise, which makes swimming an excellent way to improve wind capacity and endurance.. Great success to you !.

(117) Sở giáo dục và đào tạo th¸i b×nh. đề thi thử đại học lần 2 năm học: 2009-2010 M«n: tiÕng anh. Trêng ptth chuyªn Thêi gian: 90 phót. Mã đề: 145. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. 1. The man got out of the car .............. round to the back and opened the boot. A. walking. B. walked. C. walks. D. walk. 2. ................... the jury believed in the burglar’s innocence, the general public did not. A. Although. B. Because. C. In spite of. D. However. B. Good day!. C. Congratulate!. D. Happy birthday!”. 3.“I’m eighteen today!” “…………………………..”. A. Best wishes!”. 4. I’d like the work to be continued immediately once the rain .................. . A. has stopped. B. stopped. C. will stop. D. stopping. 5. One of the most miserable things that millions of families have to suffer from wars is that wars have set brother ................ brother. A. against. B. about. C. apart. D. with. C. Nothing!. D. Not problem!. 6. “I haven’t got anything for you.” “……………………” A. Never mind! 7.“What are you doing?”. B. It isn’t the matter!.

(118) “……………………………’ A. It doesn’t touch you.. B. It’s none of your business. C. You don’t enter at all. D. Look afer your own affair. 8. I tried to ……..her, but she just couldn’t stop crying. A. comfortable. B. comfort. C. sympathy. D. sympathise.. 9. The secretary put me ............. to the manager within a couple of minutes. A. across. B. up. C. over. D. through. 10. I don’t think he will get ............... the shock in a short period of time. A. over. b. through. C. by. D. off. 11. I hurt myself badly this morning when I fell ....................... the bedroom widow. A. out from. B. out of. C. down. D. over. 12. I think they are going to have a fight against each other. They go .......................... each other furiously. A. at. B. in. C. to. D. on. 13. This year’s sales figures go ............... our expectations. What marvelous thing! A. for. B. along with. C. beyond. D. away from. 14. God knows, this car is my biggest mistake I have ever made. I have to pay ........... $500 for every 200 km A. in. B. out. C. at. D. by. 15. Poor me! She is the one in charge of our team, so I have to play ................... all her odd ideas. A. along with. B. at. c. about. D. off against. 16. No way will you beat him. You don’t ………a chance. He’s a hundred times better than you are. A. hold. B. run. C. possess. D. stand. 17. The doctor asked Mr. Brown to keep ............... fried food because of high amount of fat. A. off. B. at. C. back. D. up. 18. The government is putting ............... some radical social reforms. A. forward. B. in. C. through. D. off. 19. There are a long line of people outside the cinema last week. They queued .......... to see a famous film. A. in. B. on. C. at. 20. The injury destroyed his hopes of being………..world champion.. D. up.

(119) A. peaked. B. topped. D. awarded. D. crowned. Choose the underlined word that has different pronunciation from the others: 21. A. campaign. B. foreign. C. gain. D. sign. 22. A. Christmas. B. mortgage. C. wanted. D. whistle. 23. A. marks. B. curls. C. collapse. D. inherits. 24. A. asthma. B. smooth. C. although. D. father. 25. A. adhesive. B. hang. C. exhaust. D. hill. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of these others: 26. A. aferwards. B. demonstrate. C. dynamic. D. survey. 27. A. environment. B. colour. C. happen. D. revolutionary. 28. A. photography. B. recycle. C. manage. D. exhibit. 29. A. provide. B. famous. C. program. D. credit. 30. A. connected. B. particular. C. continuous. D. primitive. Read the passage and choose the best answer. Education in the future Education is another area of social life in which information technology is changing the way we communicate. Today’s college students may not simply sit in a lecture or a library to learn about their field. Through their computers and the wonders of virtual reality they can participate in lifelike simulated experiences. Consider the following scenario of the future of education made possible through developments in information technology. For children over the age of 10, daily attendance at schools is not compulsory. Some of the older children attend school only once or twice weekly to get tutorial support or instruction from a teacher. For the most part, pupils are encouraged to work online from home. Students must complete a minimum number of study hours per year; however, they may make up these hours by studying at home at times that suit their family schedule. They can log on early or late in the day and even join live classes in other countries. In order to ensure that each student is learning adequately, computer sofware will automatically monitor the number of hours a week each student studies on-line as well as that students’ learning materials and assessment activities. Reports will be available for parents and teachers. The sofware can then identify the best learning activities and condition for each individual student and generate similar activities. It can also identify areas of weak achievement and produce special programs adjusted to the students’ needs.. 31. What is the topic of the passage? A. The effect of information technology on education. B. students don’t have to go to school any more. C. Computer sofware will make sure students learn at home..

(120) D. Students can know about their weak aspects to focus. 32. How many times are children who are older than 10 required to go to school weekly? A. No time. B. Once or twice. C. Three. D. Four. 33. Who/What counts the number of hours per week that students spend learning? A. Virtual reality. B. Teacher. C. Parents. D. Computer sofware. 34. What CAN’T the sofware do? A. Monitor the time the students learn. B. Design materials for the students. C. Find out the best activities for the students. D. Identify weaknesses of the students. 35. What is NOT MENTIONED as a benefit of information technology to the students? A. Students can stay at home to learn. B. Students can learn at times that suit their schedule. C. Students’ learning time won’t be monitored. D. Students’ weak achievement can be identified.. Read the passage and choose the best answer that best fits each space. Many parents believe that they should begin to teach their children to read when they are scarcely more than toddlers. This is fine if the child shows a real interest but (36)......... a child could be counter-productive if she isn’t ready. Wise parents will have a (37)....... attitude and take the lead from their child. What they should provide is a selection of (38)........ , books and other activities. Nowadays, there is plenty of good (39)........... available for young children, and of course, seeing plenty of books in use about the house will also (40)...... them to read. Of course, books are no longer the only (41)..... of stories and information. There is also a huge range of videos, which can (42)......... and extend the pleasure a child finds in books and are (43)............. valuable in helping to increase vocabulary and concentration. Television gets a bad (44)......... as far as children are concerned, mainly because too many spend too much time watching programs not intended for their age (45)......... . Too many television programs (46).............. an incurious, uncritical attitude that is going to make learning much more difficult; however, (47)................. viewing of programs designed for young children can be useful. Just as adults enjoy reading a book afer seeing it (48) ........ on television, so children will pounce on books which (49) ............ their favorite television characters, and videos can add a new (50) ............. to a story known from a book.. 36. A. insisting. B. forcing. C. making. D. starting. 37. A. cheerful. B. contented. C. hopeful. D. relaxed. 38. A. bright. B. thrilling. C. stimulating. D. energetic.

(121) 39. A. materials. B. sense. C. amusement. D. produce. 40. A. provoke. B. encourage. C. provide. D. attract. 41. A. source. B. site. C. style. D. basis. 42. A. uphold. B. found. C. reinforce. D. assist. 43. A. properly. B. worthily. C. perfectly. D. equally. 44. A. review. B. press. C. criticism. D. result. 45. A. set. B. band. C. group. D. limit. 46. A. induce. B. imply. C. suggest. D. attract. 47. A. cautious. B. choice. C. discriminating. D. approved. 48. A. serialized. B. revised. C. transferred. D. visualized. 49. illustrate. B. extend. C. feature. D. possess. 50. A. reveal. B. dimension. C. option. D. existence. Read the passage and choose the best answer. It is always thought that women are the second class in the citizen, and men are the first. There is not real equality of opportunity for men and women. Years ago, people were living in a man-dominated society. Women had to obey their husbands and fathers absolutely. Women’s place was in the kitchen and women’s work was household. In many places, women were not even allowed to go to school. Women had no rights, even the right to choose a husband for themselves. Men usually occupied high positions in society so they thought they were more intelligent and important than women. Men considered women their property. Sometimes, women were mistreated by their husbands and suffered this as a fate. Many parents did not even want to have female children. Thanks to the women’ liberation movement, women have nowadays proved that they are equal to men on every aspect. An average woman has weaker muscles than an average man but she may be as intelligent as him. Women can do everything that men can, and women can do one thing that no man can: they produce children.. 51. In a man-dominated society ............................... . A. Women were in the first class B. Women had no rights C. Women were respected by men D. Women got a good education 52. Years ago, women’s place was .................... . A. in the Parliament Houses B. in the Congress.

(122) C. in the Town Hall D. in the kitchen 53. In a man-dominated society, men considered women their ................... . A. property. B. queen. C. great love. D. all are correct. 54. In a man-dominated society ............................... . A. all parents expected to have daughters B. most parents liked girl babies C. most parents did not want to have daughters D. most parents did not like sons 55. Nowadays, women have proved that they are ....................... men. A. more intelligent than B. more important than C. stronger than D. equal to Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting. 56. Not until recently has interest of tidal electric power plants been revived. A. B. C. D. 57. Little they knew in 1926, when the first T.V. broadcast began, that it would have A. B. C. such an impact on people’s everyday lives. D 58. Lightning, it is essentially an enormous electric spark that seeks the path of A. B. C. least resistance to ground. D 59. Not one in one hundred children exposed to the disease are likely to develop A. B. symptoms of it. 60. We must be quick. There is a little time lef. A. B. C. D. C. D.

(123) Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one. 61. Study all night is good for neither your grades nor your health. A. Study all night is good for your grades. B. Study all night does not help at all. C. Study all night is good for your health. D. Study all night is helpful to you. 62. My purpose in calling this meeting is to present the latest sales figures. A. I have called this meeting in order to present the latest sales figures. B. I aimed to call this meeting because I wanted to know the latest sales figures. C. I have called this meeting in order that I would present the latest sales figures. D. A and C 63. But for his father’s early retirement, Richard would not have taken over the family’s business. A. Richard only took over the family’s business because his father decided to retire early. B. Richard didn’t take over the family’s business because his father decided to retire. C. His father retired early, but he ran the family’s business. D. Richard’s father didn’t want him to take over the family’s business despite his retirement. 64. I find myself at a loss to understand Harold’s behavior. A. I lost contact with Harold, so I couldn’t understand his behavior. B. I have to lose a lot to understand Harold’s behavior. C. I understood Harold’s behavior completely. D. I find Harold’s behavior quite incomprehensible. 65. With the exception of the music teacher every member of the staff attended the farewell party. A. The music teacher was very exceptional at the farewell party. B. All the staff members including the music teacher attended the farewell party. C. The music teacher was the only member of the staff not to attend the farewell party. D. All of the above. Read the passage and then choose the best answer for each following question. Psychologists are interested in the reasons why some people like taking part in risky sports. When they studied people who were learning to jump from a plane with a parachute, they found that parachutists’ bodies produced large amounts of two hormones, adrenaline and nor adrenaline, just before they made their jump..

(124) These hormones help to prepare us for any sudden activity. Adrenaline increases the heart rate and provides more sugar for the muscles, while nor does adrenaline make us react more quickly. However, nor adrenaline also stimulates apart of the brain which controls feelings of pleasure. Some psychologists have concluded that it is a feeling of pleasure caused by this hormone which makes certain people want to participate in dangerous sports. Another possible reason is the level of arousal in part of the brain. According to some psychologists, the brain tries to maintain a certain level of arousal. They believe that people who normally have a low level of arousal look for excitement and new experiences in order to stimulate themselves, whereas people who usually have a high level of arousal try to avoid risks and unfamiliar situations in order not to become overexcited. If the psychologists are right, people with a low arousal are the ones who enjoy participating in dangerous sports and activities. It is thought that people with low levels of arousal have a slower-reacting nervous system than people with higher arousal levels. It may therefore be possible to find out your level of arousal by testing your nervous system. A quick way of doing this is to put some lemon juice on your tongue. If you produce a lot of saliva, your nervous system has been affected by the lemon and so you probably have a high level of arousal; if you produce little of saliva, you probably have a low arousal level. If you have a low level, you might enjoy taking part in risky sports. However, this does not mean that you have to try parachuting!. 66. Why did the parachutists’ bodies produce a lot of adrenaline and nor adrenaline before they jumped from a plane? A. This is a natural reaction which helps to prepare one for sudden activity. B. Because they had high arousal levels. C. It is a natural reaction which guards them against the effects of accidents. D. Because they had taken drugs which led to the production of these two hormones. 67. What two possible reasons are given for some people’s desire to participate in dangerous sports? A. A lack of common sense, and a high level of arousal. B. A low level of arousal, and an inborn desire for adventure. C. The pleasure that results from the production of nor adrenaline, and a low level of arousal. D. A desire to show off, and a lack of common sense. 68. What dose the brain try to maintain, according to some psychologists? A. A high temperature.. B. A low temperature.. C. A certain level of arousal.. D. A sense of safety.. 69. Why do psychologists believe that people with a high level of arousal try to avoid danger? A. Because they already have the level of excitement which the brain tries to maintain. B. Because they are more aware of the dangers involved. C. Because they already have enough of the two hormones, adrenaline and nor adrenaline. D. Because they would not be able to cope with accidents..

(125) 70. What is shown by putting lemon juice on your tongue? A. It shows that you have a high level of arousal if no saliva is produced. B. It indicates your level of arousal by amount of saliva that is produced. C. It can indicate whether your saliva is more acidic or more alkaline. D. It is a good test of your sense of taste. 71. What kinds of substances are adrenaline and nor adrenaline? A. Subatomic particles.. B. Minerals.. C. Vitamins.. D. Hormones.. 72. What substances is thought to stimulate the brain to make us feel pleasure? A. Adrenaline.. B. Nor adrenaline.. C. Lemon juice.. D. Manganese dioxide.. 73. Which of the following does adrenaline do? A. It weakens the muscles. B. It makes people afraid. C. It makes the heart beat more quickly. D. It makes the heart beat more slowly. 74. Where were the parachutists when, according to the passage, they produced large amount of the two hormones? A. On an airplane. B. In the air. C. On the ground. D. At sea. 75. According to some psychologists, what kind of people try to avoid unfamiliar situations? A. People who do not like lemon juice. B. People who have a low hormone content. C. People who normally have a low level of arousal. D. People who normally have a high level of arousal. Choose the correct sentence. 76. I/ and/ am / in/ a/ fourth-year/ accounting/ student/ currently/ at/ Foreign Trade University/, / majoring / finance. A. I am currently in a fourth-year student at Foreign Trade University, majoring finance and accounting. B. I am currently a fourth-year student at Foreign Trade University, majoring in finance and accounting..

(126) C. I am currently a fourth-year student in Foreign Trade University, majoring at finance and accounting. D. I am currently majoring a fourth-year student at Foreign Trade University, in finance and accounting. 77. I/ consider/ would/ be/ happy/ you/ very/ and/ grateful/ request/ if/ could/ my. A. I would be very happy and if you could consider my grateful request. B. I would consider my request if you could be very happy and grateful. C. I would be very happy and grateful if you could consider my request. D. I would be very happy and consider my request if you could grateful. 78. Thank / again/ time/ you/ consideration/ once/ for/ your/ and. A. Thank you, once again for your time and consideration. B. Once again you, thank for your time and consideration. C. Thank you for your time once, and consideration again. D. Once again, thank you for your time and consideration. 79. Wind/ carry/ many/ seed/ island. A. Winds carry many seeds to islands. B. Wind carries many seeds to the islands. C. Winds carry many the seed to an island. D. Wind carry many of seeds to the islands. 80. Swimming/ very/ attractive/ form/ exercise/ which/ make/ swimming/ excellent/ way/ improve/ wind/ capacity/ endurance. A. Swimming, a very attractive form of exercise, which makes swimming an excellent way improves wind capacity and endurance. B. Swimming is a very attractive form of exercise which makes swimming an excellent way improving the wind of capacity and endurance. C. Swimming is a very attractive form of exercise, which makes swimming excellently way improving the wind, capacity, and endurance. D. Swimming is a very attractive form of exercise, which makes swimming an excellent way to improve wind capacity and endurance..

(127) Great success to you !. Sở giáo dục và đào tạo th¸i b×nh. đề thi thử đại học lần 2 năm học: 2009-2010 M«n: tiÕng anh. Trêng ptth chuyªn Thêi gian: 90 phót Mã đề: 235. Read the passage and choose the best answer. Education in the future Education is another area of social life in which information technology is changing the way we communicate. Today’s college students may not simply sit in a lecture or a library to learn about their field. Through their computers and the wonders of virtual reality they can participate in lifelike simulated experiences. Consider the following scenario of the future of education made possible through developments in information technology. For children over the age of 10, daily attendance at schools is not compulsory. Some of the older children attend school only once or twice weekly to get tutorial support or instruction from a teacher. For the most part, pupils are encouraged to work online from home. Students must complete a minimum number of study hours per year; however, they may make up these hours by studying at home at times that suit their family schedule. They can log on early or late in the day and even join live classes in other countries. In order to ensure that each student is learning adequately, computer sofware will automatically monitor the number of hours a week each student studies on-line as well as that students’ learning materials and assessment activities. Reports will be available for parents and teachers. The sofware can then identify the best learning activities and condition for each individual student and generate similar activities. It can also identify areas of weak achievement and produce special programs adjusted to the students’ needs. 1. What is the topic of the passage? A. The effect of information technology on education. B. students don’t have to go to school any more. C. Computer sofware will make sure students learn at home. D. Students can know about their weak aspects to focus. 2. How many times are children who are older than 10 required to go to school weekly? A. No time. B. Once or twice. C. Three. D. Four. 3. Who/What counts the number of hours per week that students spend learning? A. Virtual reality. B. Teacher. 4. What CAN’T the sofware do? A. Monitor the time the students learn. B. Design materials for the students.. C. Parents. D. Computer sofware.

(128) C. Find out the best activities for the students. D. Identify weaknesses of the students. 5. What is NOT MENTIONED as a benefit of information technology to the students? A. Students can stay at home to learn. B. Students can learn at times that suit their schedule. C. Students’ learning time won’t be monitored. D. Students’ weak achievement can be identified.. Choose the underlined word that has different pronunciation from the others: 6. A. campaign. B. foreign. C. gain. D. sign. 7. A. Christmas. B. mortgage. C. wanted. D. whistle. 8. A. marks. B. curls. C. collapse. D. inherits. 9. A. asthma. B. smooth. C. although. D. father. 10. A. adhesive. B. hang. C. exhaust. D. hill. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of these others: 11. A. aferwards. B. demonstrate. C. dynamic. D. survey. 12. A. environment. B. colour. C. happen. D. revolutionary. 13. A. photography. B. recycle. C. manage. D. exhibit. 14. A. provide. B. famous. C. program. D. credit. 15. A. connected. B. particular. C. continuous. D. primitive. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. 16. The man got out of the car .............. round to the back and opened the boot. A. walking. B. walked. C. walks. D. walk. 17. ................... the jury believed in the burglar’s innocence, the general public did not. A. Although. B. Because. C. In spite of. D. However. B. Good day!. C. Congratulate!. D. Happy birthday!”. 18.“I’m eighteen today!” “…………………………..”. A. Best wishes!”.

(129) 19. I’d like the work to be continued immediately once the rain .................. . A. has stopped. B. stopped. C. will stop. D. stopping. 20. One of the most miserable things that millions of families have to suffer from wars is that wars have set brother ................ brother. A. against. B. about. C. apart. D. with. B. It isn’t the matter!. C. Nothing!. D. Not problem!. B. It’s none of your business. C. You don’t enter at all. D. Look afer your own affair. 21“I haven’t got anything for you.” “……………………” A. Never mind! 22.“What are you doing?” “……………………………’ A. It doesn’t touch you.. 23. I tried to ……..her, but she just couldn’t stop crying. A. comfortable. B. comfort. C. sympathy. D. sympathise.. 24. The secretary put me ............. to the manager within a couple of minutes. A. across. B. up. C. over. D. through. 25. I don’t think he will get ............... the shock in a short period of time. A. over. b. through. C. by. D. off. 26. I hurt myself badly this morning when I fell ....................... the bedroom widow. A. out from. B. out of. C. down. D. over. 27. I think they are going to have a fight against each other. They go .......................... each other furiously. A. at. B. in. C. to. D. on. 28. This year’s sales figures go ............... our expectations. What marvelous thing! A. for. B. along with. C. beyond. D. away from. 29. God knows, this car is my biggest mistake I have ever made. I have to pay ........... $500 for every 200 km A. in. B. out. C. at. D. by. 30. Poor me! She is the one in charge of our team, so I have to play ................... all her odd ideas. A. along with. B. at. c. about. D. off against. 31. No way will you beat him. You don’t ………a chance. He’s a hundred times better than you are. A. hold. B. run. C. possess. D. stand.

(130) 32. The doctor asked Mr. Brown to keep ............... fried food because of high amount of fat. A. off. B. at. C. back. D. up. 33. The government is putting ............... some radical social reforms. A. forward. B. in. C. through. D. off. 34. There are a long line of people outside the cinema last week. They queued .......... to see a famous film. A. in. B. on. C. at. D. up. 35. The injury destroyed his hopes of being………..world champion. A. peaked. B. topped. D. awarded. D. crowned. Read the passage and choose the best answer that best fits each space. Many parents believe that they should begin to teach their children to read when they are scarcely more than toddlers. This is fine if the child shows a real interest but (36)......... a child could be counter-productive if she isn’t ready. Wise parents will have a (37)....... attitude and take the lead from their child. What they should provide is a selection of (38)........ , books and other activities. Nowadays, there is plenty of good (39)........... available for young children, and of course, seeing plenty of books in use about the house will also (40)...... them to read. Of course, books are no longer the only (41)..... of stories and information. There is also a huge range of videos, which can (42)......... and extend the pleasure a child finds in books and are (43)............. valuable in helping to increase vocabulary and concentration. Television gets a bad (44)......... as far as children are concerned, mainly because too many spend too much time watching programs not intended for their age (45)......... . Too many television programs (46).............. an incurious, uncritical attitude that is going to make learning much more difficult; however, (47)................. viewing of programs designed for young children can be useful. Just as adults enjoy reading a book afer seeing it (48) ........ on television, so children will pounce on books which (49) ............ their favorite television characters, and videos can add a new (50) ............. to a story known from a book.. 36. A. insisting. B. forcing. C. making. D. starting. 37. A. cheerful. B. contented. C. hopeful. D. relaxed. 38. A. bright. B. thrilling. C. stimulating. D. energetic. 39. A. materials. B. sense. C. amusement. D. produce. 40. A. provoke. B. encourage. C. provide. D. attract. 41. A. source. B. site. C. style. D. basis. 42. A. uphold. B. found. C. reinforce. D. assist. 43. A. properly. B. worthily. C. perfectly. D. equally.

(131) 44. A. review. B. press. C. criticism. D. result. 45. A. set. B. band. C. group. D. limit. 46. A. induce. B. imply. C. suggest. D. attract. 47. A. cautious. B. choice. C. discriminating. D. approved. 48. A. serialized. B. revised. C. transferred. D. visualized. 49. illustrate. B. extend. C. feature. D. possess. 50. A. reveal. B. dimension. C. option. D. existence. Read the passage and choose the best answer. It is always thought that women are the second class in the citizen, and men are the first. There is not real equality of opportunity for men and women. Years ago, people were living in a man-dominated society. Women had to obey their husbands and fathers absolutely. Women’s place was in the kitchen and women’s work was household. In many places, women were not even allowed to go to school. Women had no rights, even the right to choose a husband for themselves. Men usually occupied high positions in society so they thought they were more intelligent and important than women. Men considered women their property. Sometimes, women were mistreated by their husbands and suffered this as a fate. Many parents did not even want to have female children. Thanks to the women’ liberation movement, women have nowadays proved that they are equal to men on every aspect. An average woman has weaker muscles than an average man but she may be as intelligent as him. Women can do everything that men can, and women can do one thing that no man can: they produce children.. 51. In a man-dominated society ............................... . A. Women were in the first class B. Women had no rights C. Women were respected by men D. Women got a good education 52. Years ago, women’s place was .................... . A. in the Parliament Houses B. in the Congress C. in the Town Hall D. in the kitchen 53. In a man-dominated society, men considered women their ................... . A. property. B. queen. C. great love. 54. In a man-dominated society ............................... .. D. all are correct.

(132) A. all parents expected to have daughters B. most parents liked girl babies C. most parents did not want to have daughters D. most parents did not like sons 55. Nowadays, women have proved that they are ....................... men. A. more intelligent than B. more important than C. stronger than D. equal to Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting. 56. Not until recently has interest of tidal electric power plants been revived. A. B. C. D. 57. Little they knew in 1926, when the first T.V. broadcast began, that it would have A. B. C. such an impact on people’s everyday lives. D 58. Lightning, it is essentially an enormous electric spark that seeks the path of A. B. C. least resistance to ground. D 59. Not one in one hundred children exposed to the disease are likely to develop A. B. C. D. symptoms of it. 60. We must be quick. There is a little time lef. A. B. C. D. Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one. 61. Study all night is good for neither your grades nor your health. A. Study all night is good for your grades. B. Study all night does not help at all. C. Study all night is good for your health..

(133) D. Study all night is helpful to you. 62. My purpose in calling this meeting is to present the latest sales figures. A. I have called this meeting in order to present the latest sales figures. B. I aimed to call this meeting because I wanted to know the latest sales figures. C. I have called this meeting in order that I would present the latest sales figures. D. A and C 63. But for his father’s early retirement, Richard would not have taken over the family’s business. A. Richard only took over the family’s business because his father decided to retire early. B. Richard didn’t take over the family’s business because his father decided to retire. C. His father retired early, but he ran the family’s business. D. Richard’s father didn’t want him to take over the family’s business despite his retirement. 64. I find myself at a loss to understand Harold’s behavior. A. I lost contact with Harold, so I couldn’t understand his behavior. B. I have to lose a lot to understand Harold’s behavior. C. I understood Harold’s behavior completely. D. I find Harold’s behavior quite incomprehensible. 65. With the exception of the music teacher every member of the staff attended the farewell party. A. The music teacher was very exceptional at the farewell party. B. All the staff members including the music teacher attended the farewell party. C. The music teacher was the only member of the staff not to attend the farewell party. D. All of the above. Read the passage and then choose the best answer for each following question. Psychologists are interested in the reasons why some people like taking part in risky sports. When they studied people who were learning to jump from a plane with a parachute, they found that parachutists’ bodies produced large amounts of two hormones, adrenaline and nor adrenaline, just before they made their jump. These hormones help to prepare us for any sudden activity. Adrenaline increases the heart rate and provides more sugar for the muscles, while nor does adrenaline make us react more quickly. However, nor adrenaline also stimulates apart of the brain which controls feelings of pleasure. Some psychologists have concluded that it is a feeling of pleasure caused by this hormone which makes certain people want to participate in dangerous sports. Another possible reason is the level of arousal in part of the brain. According to some psychologists, the brain tries to maintain a certain level of arousal. They believe that people who normally have a low level of arousal look for excitement and new experiences in order to stimulate themselves, whereas people who usually have a high level of.

(134) arousal try to avoid risks and unfamiliar situations in order not to become overexcited. If the psychologists are right, people with a low arousal are the ones who enjoy participating in dangerous sports and activities. It is thought that people with low levels of arousal have a slower-reacting nervous system than people with higher arousal levels. It may therefore be possible to find out your level of arousal by testing your nervous system. A quick way of doing this is to put some lemon juice on your tongue. If you produce a lot of saliva, your nervous system has been affected by the lemon and so you probably have a high level of arousal; if you produce little of saliva, you probably have a low arousal level. If you have a low level, you might enjoy taking part in risky sports. However, this does not mean that you have to try parachuting!. 66. Why did the parachutists’ bodies produce a lot of adrenaline and nor adrenaline before they jumped from a plane? A. This is a natural reaction which helps to prepare one for sudden activity. B. Because they had high arousal levels. C. It is a natural reaction which guards them against the effects of accidents. D. Because they had taken drugs which led to the production of these two hormones. 67. What two possible reasons are given for some people’s desire to participate in dangerous sports? A. A lack of common sense, and a high level of arousal. B. A low level of arousal, and an inborn desire for adventure. C. The pleasure that results from the production of nor adrenaline, and a low level of arousal. D. A desire to show off, and a lack of common sense. 68. What dose the brain try to maintain, according to some psychologists? A. A high temperature.. B. A low temperature.. C. A certain level of arousal.. D. A sense of safety.. 69. Why do psychologists believe that people with a high level of arousal try to avoid danger? A. Because they already have the level of excitement which the brain tries to maintain. B. Because they are more aware of the dangers involved. C. Because they already have enough of the two hormones, adrenaline and nor adrenaline. D. Because they would not be able to cope with accidents. 70. What is shown by putting lemon juice on your tongue? A. It shows that you have a high level of arousal if no saliva is produced. B. It indicates your level of arousal by amount of saliva that is produced. C. It can indicate whether your saliva is more acidic or more alkaline. D. It is a good test of your sense of taste..

(135) 71. What kinds of substances are adrenaline and nor adrenaline? A. Subatomic particles.. B. Minerals.. C. Vitamins.. D. Hormones.. 72. What substances is thought to stimulate the brain to make us feel pleasure? A. Adrenaline.. B. Nor adrenaline.. C. Lemon juice.. D. Manganese dioxide.. 73. Which of the following does adrenaline do? A. It weakens the muscles. B. It makes people afraid. C. It makes the heart beat more quickly. D. It makes the heart beat more slowly. 74. Where were the parachutists when, according to the passage, they produced large amount of the two hormones? A. On an airplane. B. In the air. C. On the ground. D. At sea. 75. According to some psychologists, what kind of people try to avoid unfamiliar situations? A. People who do not like lemon juice. B. People who have a low hormone content. C. People who normally have a low level of arousal. D. People who normally have a high level of arousal. Choose the correct sentence. 76. I/ and/ am / in/ a/ fourth-year/ accounting/ student/ currently/ at/ Foreign Trade University/, / majoring / finance. A. I am currently in a fourth-year student at Foreign Trade University, majoring finance and accounting. B. I am currently a fourth-year student at Foreign Trade University, majoring in finance and accounting. C. I am currently a fourth-year student in Foreign Trade University, majoring at finance and accounting. D. I am currently majoring a fourth-year student at Foreign Trade University, in finance and accounting. 77. I/ consider/ would/ be/ happy/ you/ very/ and/ grateful/ request/ if/ could/ my..

(136) A. I would be very happy and if you could consider my grateful request. B. I would consider my request if you could be very happy and grateful. C. I would be very happy and grateful if you could consider my request. D. I would be very happy and consider my request if you could grateful. 78. Thank / again/ time/ you/ consideration/ once/ for/ your/ and. A. Thank you, once again for your time and consideration. B. Once again you, thank for your time and consideration. C. Thank you for your time once, and consideration again. D. Once again, thank you for your time and consideration. 79. Wind/ carry/ many/ seed/ island. A. Winds carry many seeds to islands. B. Wind carries many seeds to the islands. C. Winds carry many the seed to an island. D. Wind carry many of seeds to the islands. 80. Swimming/ very/ attractive/ form/ exercise/ which/ make/ swimming/ excellent/ way/ improve/ wind/ capacity/ endurance. A. Swimming, a very attractive form of exercise, which makes swimming an excellent way improves wind capacity and endurance. B. Swimming is a very attractive form of exercise which makes swimming an excellent way improving the wind of capacity and endurance. C. Swimming is a very attractive form of exercise, which makes swimming excellently way improving the wind, capacity, and endurance. D. Swimming is a very attractive form of exercise, which makes swimming an excellent way to improve wind capacity and endurance.. Great success to you !. Sở giáo dục và đào tạo th¸i b×nh. đề thi thử đại học lần 2 năm học: 2009-2010 M«n: tiÕng anh. Trêng ptth chuyªn Thêi gian: 90 phót Mã đề: 136.

(137) Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one. 1. Study all night is good for neither your grades nor your health. A. Study all night is good for your grades. B. Study all night does not help at all. C. Study all night is good for your health. D. Study all night is helpful to you. 2. My purpose in calling this meeting is to present the latest sales figures. A. I have called this meeting in order to present the latest sales figures. B. I aimed to call this meeting because I wanted to know the latest sales figures. C. I have called this meeting in order that I would present the latest sales figures. D. A and C 3. But for his father’s early retirement, Richard would not have taken over the family’s business. A. Richard only took over the family’s business because his father decided to retire early. B. Richard didn’t take over the family’s business because his father decided to retire. C. His father retired early, but he ran the family’s business. D. Richard’s father didn’t want him to take over the family’s business despite his retirement. 4. I find myself at a loss to understand Harold’s behavior. A. I lost contact with Harold, so I couldn’t understand his behavior. B. I have to lose a lot to understand Harold’s behavior. C. I understood Harold’s behavior completely. D. I find Harold’s behavior quite incomprehensible. 5. With the exception of the music teacher every member of the staff attended the farewell party. A. The music teacher was very exceptional at the farewell party. B. All the staff members including the music teacher attended the farewell party. C. The music teacher was the only member of the staff not to attend the farewell party. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of these others: 6. A. aferwards. B. demonstrate. C. dynamic. D. survey. 7. A. environment. B. colour. C. happen. D. revolutionary.

(138) 8. A. photography. B. recycle. C. manage. D. exhibit. 9. A. provide. B. famous. C. program. D. credit. 10. A. connected. B. particular. C. continuous. D. primitive. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. 11. The man got out of the car .............. round to the back and opened the boot. A. walking. B. walked. C. walks. D. walk. 12. ................... the jury believed in the burglar’s innocence, the general public did not. A. Although. B. Because. C. In spite of. D. However. B. Good day!. C. Congratulate!. D. Happy birthday!”. 13.“I’m eighteen today!” “…………………………..”. A. Best wishes!”. 14. I’d like the work to be continued immediately once the rain .................. . A. has stopped. B. stopped. C. will stop. D. stopping. 15. One of the most miserable things that millions of families have to suffer from wars is that wars have set brother ................ brother. A. against. B. about. C. apart. D. with. B. It isn’t the matter!. C. Nothing!. D. Not problem!. B. It’s none of your business. C. You don’t enter at all. D. Look afer your own affair. 16.“I haven’t got anything for you.” “……………………” A. Never mind! 17.“What are you doing?” “……………………………’ A. It doesn’t touch you.. 18. I tried to ……..her, but she just couldn’t stop crying. A. comfortable. B. comfort. C. sympathy. D. sympathise.. 19. The secretary put me ............. to the manager within a couple of minutes. A. across. B. up. C. over. 20. I don’t think he will get ............... the shock in a short period of time.. D. through.

(139) A. over. b. through. C. by. D. off. 21. I hurt myself badly this morning when I fell ....................... the bedroom widow. A. out from. B. out of. C. down. D. over. 22. I think they are going to have a fight against each other. They go .......................... each other furiously. A. at. B. in. C. to. D. on. 23. This year’s sales figures go ............... our expectations. What marvelous thing! A. for. B. along with. C. beyond. D. away from. 24. God knows, this car is my biggest mistake I have ever made. I have to pay ........... $500 for every 200 km A. in. B. out. C. at. D. by. 25. Poor me! She is the one in charge of our team, so I have to play ................... all her odd ideas. A. along with. B. at. c. about. D. off against. 26. No way will you beat him. You don’t ………a chance. He’s a hundred times better than you are. A. hold. B. run. C. possess. D. stand. 27. The doctor asked Mr. Brown to keep ............... fried food because of high amount of fat. A. off. B. at. C. back. D. up. 28. The government is putting ............... some radical social reforms. A. forward. B. in. C. through. D. off. 29. There are a long line of people outside the cinema last week. They queued .......... to see a famous film. A. in. B. on. C. at. D. up. 30. The injury destroyed his hopes of being………..world champion. A. peaked. B. topped. D. awarded. D. crowned. Read the passage and choose the best answer. Education in the future Education is another area of social life in which information technology is changing the way we communicate. Today’s college students may not simply sit in a lecture or a library to learn about their field. Through their computers and the wonders of virtual reality they can participate in lifelike simulated experiences. Consider the following scenario of the future of education made possible through developments in information technology. For children over the age of 10, daily attendance at schools is not compulsory. Some of the older children attend school only once or twice weekly to get tutorial support or instruction from a teacher. For the most part, pupils are encouraged to work online from home. Students must complete a minimum number of study hours per year; however, they may make up these hours by studying at home at times that suit their family schedule. They can log on early or late in the day and even join live classes in other countries. In order to ensure that each student is learning adequately,.

(140) computer sofware will automatically monitor the number of hours a week each student studies on-line as well as that students’ learning materials and assessment activities. Reports will be available for parents and teachers. The sofware can then identify the best learning activities and condition for each individual student and generate similar activities. It can also identify areas of weak achievement and produce special programs adjusted to the students’ needs.. 31. What is the topic of the passage? A. The effect of information technology on education. B. students don’t have to go to school any more. C. Computer sofware will make sure students learn at home. D. Students can know about their weak aspects to focus. 32. How many times are children who are older than 10 required to go to school weekly? A. No time. B. Once or twice. C. Three. D. Four. 33. Who/What counts the number of hours per week that students spend learning? A. Virtual reality. B. Teacher. C. Parents. D. Computer sofware. 34. What CAN’T the sofware do? A. Monitor the time the students learn. B. Design materials for the students. C. Find out the best activities for the students. D. Identify weaknesses of the students. 35. What is NOT MENTIONED as a benefit of information technology to the students? A. Students can stay at home to learn. B. Students can learn at times that suit their schedule. C. Students’ learning time won’t be monitored. D. Students’ weak achievement can be identified. Read the passage and choose the best answer that best fits each space. Many parents believe that they should begin to teach their children to read when they are scarcely more than toddlers. This is fine if the child shows a real interest but (36)......... a child could be counter-productive if she isn’t ready. Wise parents will have a (37)....... attitude and take the lead from their child. What they should provide is a selection of (38)........ , books and other activities. Nowadays, there is plenty of good (39)........... available for young children, and of course, seeing plenty of books in use about the house will also (40)...... them to read. Of course, books are no longer the only (41)..... of stories and information. There is also a huge range of videos, which can (42)......... and extend the pleasure a child finds in books and are (43)............. valuable in helping to increase vocabulary and concentration. Television gets a bad (44)......... as far as children are concerned, mainly because too many spend too much time watching programs not intended for their age (45)......... . Too many television programs.

(141) (46).............. an incurious, uncritical attitude that is going to make learning much more difficult; however, (47)................. viewing of programs designed for young children can be useful. Just as adults enjoy reading a book afer seeing it (48) ........ on television, so children will pounce on books which (49) ............ their favorite television characters, and videos can add a new (50) ............. to a story known from a book.. 36. A. insisting. B. forcing. C. making. D. starting. 37. A. cheerful. B. contented. C. hopeful. D. relaxed. 38. A. bright. B. thrilling. C. stimulating. D. energetic. 39. A. materials. B. sense. C. amusement. D. produce. 40. A. provoke. B. encourage. C. provide. D. attract. 41. A. source. B. site. C. style. D. basis. 42. A. uphold. B. found. C. reinforce. D. assist. 43. A. properly. B. worthily. C. perfectly. D. equally. 44. A. review. B. press. C. criticism. D. result. 45. A. set. B. band. C. group. D. limit. 46. A. induce. B. imply. C. suggest. D. attract. 47. A. cautious. B. choice. C. discriminating. D. approved. 48. A. serialized. B. revised. C. transferred. D. visualized. 49. illustrate. B. extend. C. feature. D. possess. 50. A. reveal. B. dimension. C. option. D. existence. Read the passage and choose the best answer. It is always thought that women are the second class in the citizen, and men are the first. There is not real equality of opportunity for men and women. Years ago, people were living in a man-dominated society. Women had to obey their husbands and fathers absolutely. Women’s place was in the kitchen and women’s work was household. In many places, women were not even allowed to go to school. Women had no rights, even the right to choose a husband for themselves. Men usually occupied high positions in society so they thought they were more intelligent and important than women. Men considered women their property. Sometimes, women were mistreated by their husbands and suffered this as a fate. Many parents did not even want to have female children. Thanks to the women’ liberation movement, women have nowadays proved that they are equal to men on every aspect. An average woman has weaker muscles than an average man but she may be as intelligent as him. Women can do everything that men can, and women can do one thing that no man can: they produce children.. 51. In a man-dominated society ............................... ..

(142) A. Women were in the first class B. Women had no rights C. Women were respected by men D. Women got a good education 52. Years ago, women’s place was .................... . A. in the Parliament Houses B. in the Congress C. in the Town Hall D. in the kitchen 53. In a man-dominated society, men considered women their ................... . A. property. B. queen. C. great love. D. all are correct. 54. In a man-dominated society ............................... . A. all parents expected to have daughters B. most parents liked girl babies C. most parents did not want to have daughters D. most parents did not like sons 55. Nowadays, women have proved that they are ....................... men. A. more intelligent than B. more important than C. stronger than D. equal to Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting. 56. Not until recently has interest of tidal electric power plants been revived. A. B. C. D. 57. Little they knew in 1926, when the first T.V. broadcast began, that it would have A. B. C. such an impact on people’s everyday lives. D 58. Lightning, it is essentially an enormous electric spark that seeks the path of A. B. C.

(143) least resistance to ground. D 59. Not one in one hundred children exposed to the disease are likely to develop A. B. C. D. symptoms of it. 60. We must be quick. There is a little time lef. A. B. C. D. Read the passage and then choose the best answer for each following question. Psychologists are interested in the reasons why some people like taking part in risky sports. When they studied people who were learning to jump from a plane with a parachute, they found that parachutists’ bodies produced large amounts of two hormones, adrenaline and nor adrenaline, just before they made their jump. These hormones help to prepare us for any sudden activity. Adrenaline increases the heart rate and provides more sugar for the muscles, while nor does adrenaline make us react more quickly. However, nor adrenaline also stimulates apart of the brain which controls feelings of pleasure. Some psychologists have concluded that it is a feeling of pleasure caused by this hormone which makes certain people want to participate in dangerous sports. Another possible reason is the level of arousal in part of the brain. According to some psychologists, the brain tries to maintain a certain level of arousal. They believe that people who normally have a low level of arousal look for excitement and new experiences in order to stimulate themselves, whereas people who usually have a high level of arousal try to avoid risks and unfamiliar situations in order not to become overexcited. If the psychologists are right, people with a low arousal are the ones who enjoy participating in dangerous sports and activities. It is thought that people with low levels of arousal have a slower-reacting nervous system than people with higher arousal levels. It may therefore be possible to find out your level of arousal by testing your nervous system. A quick way of doing this is to put some lemon juice on your tongue. If you produce a lot of saliva, your nervous system has been affected by the lemon and so you probably have a high level of arousal; if you produce little of saliva, you probably have a low arousal level. If you have a low level, you might enjoy taking part in risky sports. However, this does not mean that you have to try parachuting!. 61. Why did the parachutists’ bodies produce a lot of adrenaline and nor adrenaline before they jumped from a plane? A. This is a natural reaction which helps to prepare one for sudden activity. B. Because they had high arousal levels. C. It is a natural reaction which guards them against the effects of accidents. D. Because they had taken drugs which led to the production of these two hormones. 62. What two possible reasons are given for some people’s desire to participate in dangerous sports? A. A lack of common sense, and a high level of arousal. B. A low level of arousal, and an inborn desire for adventure..

(144) C. The pleasure that results from the production of nor adrenaline, and a low level of arousal. D. A desire to show off, and a lack of common sense. 63. What dose the brain try to maintain, according to some psychologists? A. A high temperature.. B. A low temperature.. C. A certain level of arousal.. D. A sense of safety.. 64. Why do psychologists believe that people with a high level of arousal try to avoid danger? A. Because they already have the level of excitement which the brain tries to maintain. B. Because they are more aware of the dangers involved. C. Because they already have enough of the two hormones, adrenaline and nor adrenaline. D. Because they would not be able to cope with accidents. 65. What is shown by putting lemon juice on your tongue? A. It shows that you have a high level of arousal if no saliva is produced. B. It indicates your level of arousal by amount of saliva that is produced. C. It can indicate whether your saliva is more acidic or more alkaline. D. It is a good test of your sense of taste. 66. What kinds of substances are adrenaline and nor adrenaline? A. Subatomic particles.. B. Minerals.. C. Vitamins.. D. Hormones.. 67. What substances is thought to stimulate the brain to make us feel pleasure? A. Adrenaline.. B. Nor adrenaline.. C. Lemon juice.. D. Manganese dioxide.. 68. Which of the following does adrenaline do? A. It weakens the muscles. B. It makes people afraid. C. It makes the heart beat more quickly. D. It makes the heart beat more slowly. 69. Where were the parachutists when, according to the passage, they produced large amount of the two hormones? A. On an airplane. B. In the air. C. On the ground. D. At sea. 70. According to some psychologists, what kind of people try to avoid unfamiliar situations?.

(145) A. People who do not like lemon juice. B. People who have a low hormone content. C. People who normally have a low level of arousal. D. People who normally have a high level of arousal. Choose the correct sentence. 71. I/ and/ am / in/ a/ fourth-year/ accounting/ student/ currently/ at/ Foreign Trade University/, / majoring / finance. A. I am currently in a fourth-year student at Foreign Trade University, majoring finance and accounting. B. I am currently a fourth-year student at Foreign Trade University, majoring in finance and accounting. C. I am currently a fourth-year student in Foreign Trade University, majoring at finance and accounting. D. I am currently majoring a fourth-year student at Foreign Trade University, in finance and accounting. 72. I/ consider/ would/ be/ happy/ you/ very/ and/ grateful/ request/ if/ could/ my. A. I would be very happy and if you could consider my grateful request. B. I would consider my request if you could be very happy and grateful. C. I would be very happy and grateful if you could consider my request. D. I would be very happy and consider my request if you could grateful. 73. Thank / again/ time/ you/ consideration/ once/ for/ your/ and. A. Thank you, once again for your time and consideration. B. Once again you, thank for your time and consideration. C. Thank you for your time once, and consideration again. D. Once again, thank you for your time and consideration. 74. Wind/ carry/ many/ seed/ island. A. Winds carry many seeds to islands. B. Wind carries many seeds to the islands. C. Winds carry many the seed to an island. D. Wind carry many of seeds to the islands..

(146) 75. Swimming/ very/ attractive/ form/ exercise/ which/ make/ swimming/ excellent/ way/ improve/ wind/ capacity/ endurance. A. Swimming, a very attractive form of exercise, which makes swimming an excellent way improves wind capacity and endurance. B. Swimming is a very attractive form of exercise which makes swimming an excellent way improving the wind of capacity and endurance. C. Swimming is a very attractive form of exercise, which makes swimming excellently way improving the wind, capacity, and endurance. D. Swimming is a very attractive form of exercise, which makes swimming an excellent way to improve wind capacity and endurance.. Choose the underlined word that has different pronunciation from the others:. 76. A. campaign. B. foreign. C. gain. D. sign. 77. A. Christmas. B. mortgage. C. wanted. D. whistle. 78. A. marks. B. curls. C. collapse. D. inherits. 79. A. asthma. B. smooth. C. although. D. father. 80. A. adhesive. B. hang. C. exhaust. D. hill. Great success to you !. KEY 127. 1C. 9A. 17B. 25A. 33D. 41A. 49C. 57A. 65C. 73C. 2C. 10D. 18B. 26D. 34B. 42C. 50B. 58A. 66A. 74A. 3B. 11B. 19D. 27A. 35C. 43D. 51B. 59B. 67C. 75D. 4A. 12A. 20A. 28A. 36B. 44D. 52D. 60C. 68C. 76B.

(147) 5C. 13D. 21B. 29D. 37D. 45C. 53A. 61B. 69A. 77C. 6C. 14A. 22A. 30D. 38C. 46A. 54C. 62D. 70B. 78D. 7A. 15A. 23C. 31A. 39A. 47D. 55D. 63A. 71D. 79A. 8C. 16A. 24B. 32B. 40B. 48A. 56B. 64D. 72B. 80D. 1B. 9A. 17B. 25A. 33D. 41A. 49C. 57A. 65B. 73D. 2D. 10D. 18B. 26D. 34B. 42C. 50B. 58A. 66D. 74A. 3A. 11B. 19D. 27A. 35C. 43D. 51B. 59B. 67B. 75D. 4D. 12A. 20A. 28A. 36B. 44D. 52D. 60C. 68C. 76C. 5C. 13D. 21B. 29D. 37D. 45C. 53A. 61A. 69A. 77C. 6C. 14A. 22A. 30D. 38C. 46A. 54C. 62C. 70D. 78B. 7A. 15A. 23C. 31A. 39A. 47D. 55D. 63C. 71B. 79A. 8C. 16A. 24B. 32B. 40B. 48A. 56B. 64A. 72C. 80C. 1B. 9D. 17A. 25C. 33D. 41A. 49C. 57A. 65C. 73C. 2A. 10A. 18A. 26C. 34B. 42C. 50B. 58A. 66A. 74A. 3D. 11B. 19D. 27A. 35C. 43D. 51B. 59B. 67C. 75D. 4A. 12A. 20D. 28C. 36B. 44D. 52D. 60C. 68C. 76B. 5A. 13C. 21C. 29A. 37D. 45C. 53A. 61B. 69A. 77C. 6A. 14B. 22C. 30D. 38C. 46A. 54C. 62D. 70B. 78D. 7B. 15A. 23B. 31A. 39A. 47D. 55D. 63A. 71D. 79A. 8B. 16D. 24A. 32B. 40B. 48A. 56B. 64D. 72B. 80D. 1A. 9A. 17A. 25A. 33A. 41A. 49C. 57A. 65C. 73C. 2B. 10C. 18D. 26B. 34D. 42C. 50B. 58A. 66A. 74A. 3D. 11C. 19A. 27A. 35D. 43D. 51B. 59B. 67C. 75D. 4B. 12A. 20A. 28C. 36B. 44D. 52D. 60C. 68C. 76B. 136. 145. 235.

(148) 5C. 13C. 21A. 29B. 37D. 45C. 53A. 61B. 69A. 77C. 6C. 14A. 22B. 30A. 38C. 46A. 54C. 62D. 70B. 78D. 7C. 15D. 23B. 31D. 39A. 47D. 55D. 63A. 71D. 79A. 8B. 16B. 24D. 32A. 40B. 48A. 56B. 64D. 72B. 80D. KEY25TH, APRIL/09 1B. 9B. 17D. 25C. 33B. 41C. 49C. 57B. 65B. 73B. 2C. 10A. 18C. 26A. 34C. 42A. 50B. 58C. 66C. 74D. 3D. 11A. 19C. 27A. 35C. 43B. 51C. 59A. 67D. 75C. 4A. 12A. 20C. 28D. 36A. 44A. 52A. 60B. 68B. 76B. 5C. 13D. 21D. 29A. 37D. 45C. 53D. 61D. 69A. 77C. 6B. 14D. 22C. 30A. 38C. 46A. 54A. 62A. 70D. 78D. 7C. 15A. 23D. 31B. 39B. 47A. 55C. 63C. 71A. 79C. 8A. 16A. 24D. 32B. 40C. 48B. 56D. 64B. 72C. 80D. Trường ptth Chu Văn An Thái Bình ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC NĂM 2012 MÔN TIẾNG ANH( 17/5/2012) THỜI GIAN : 90’. Find the word with stress pattern different from that of the other three words in each question 1. 2. 3. 4.. A. gravity A. industrial A. brilliant A. reference. B. professor B. exhibition B. insect B. important. C. pyramid C. preparation C. lunar C. refusal. D. colorful D. decoration D. proceed D. decision.

(149) 5. A. repetitious. B.curriculum. C. historical. D. grammatical. Choose the best options to complete the sentences. 6. The letter _________ me of the theft hadn’t been signed. A. to accuse B. accused C. accusing D. that accuse 7. Had they arrived at the shop earlier, they_____ a better selection of clothes. A. would be finding B. will have found C. will find. D. would have found. 8. ________________an emergency arise , call 911 A. Should B. Can C. Does. D. Will. 9. A: Could I speak to Susan please? B: _____________ . A. Talking B. Speaking C. Calling D. Answering 10.Having opened the bottle, _____________ for everyone. A. The drink was poured B. Mike poured the drink C. Mike pouring the drink D. The drink was being poured 11.The house is found ___________________down A. to burn B. burning C. having burned D. to have been burned 12.Please look through these papers ... your pleasure A. on B. in C. for. D. at. 13.His job is …. A. driving a bus. D. a driver of a bus. B. a bus driver. C. bus driving. 14.Granny is completely deaf. You’ll have to … allowance for her A. bring B. take C. make. D. find. 15.Nothing can ____________ the loss of the child. A. make up with B. make up for C. do with D. come up with 16.‘’ Would you mind turning down your stereo ?’’ - “ …….” A. I’m really sorry! I ‘m not paying attention B. Oh! I’m sorry! I didn’t realize that C. No. I don’t. D. Yes, I do. 17." Can you ____me a favor , Bill ? " Peter said . A. get B. do C. put. D. make. 18.I will recommend _____to the director . A. the student to speak B. that the student speaks C. that the student speak. D. that the student speaking..

(150) 19. _______ that he had no choice but to leave early. A. In such a situation did he find himself B. In such a situation he found himself C. He found himself in a situation where D. He found himself in a so embarrassing situation 20.Make sure that you pick up your tickets ____advance . A. in B. of C. on. D. at .. 21.Melanie was ______pain ,but she couldn't use the painkiller she had at home because it was _______date . A. in - out of B. at - outside C. for - under D. with - up to 22.I __________ this letter while I was tidying up. A. came by B. brought in C. brought back 23.Only in the last few days ... to repair the swimming pool A. anything has been done B. has done anything C. has anything been done. D. came across. D. has there anything been done. 24.The problem ________never occurred . A. I had expected it B. who I had expected . C. that I had expected it. D. I had expected .. 25.If you hadn’t watched that late movie last night, you ________ sleepy now. A. wouldn’t have been B. might not have been C. wouldn’t be D. wouldn’t have been being 26.My old friend and colleague, John, __________ married. A. have just got B. has just got C. just have got D. just has got 27.I suggest that the doctor _________ up his mind without delay. A. makes B. make C. made D. is to make 28.The whole village was wiped out in the bombing raids. A. changed completely B. cleaned well C. destroyed completely. D. removed quickly. 29.where he tried to hide his favourite jacket, Mogie’s brother always managed to find it. A. Much as B. However C. Even though D. No matter 30.No sooner _________the news than she fainted. A. she heard B. had she heard C. as she heard. D. she had heard. 31.The doctor gave the patient _______ examination to discover the cause of his collapse. A. a thorough B. an exact C. a universal D. a whole.

(151) 32.Nowadays children would prefer history _______ in more practical ways. A. teach B. to be taught C. be taught D. to teach 33.John has a monthly bank _______ sent to him so that he knows how much there is his account. A. cheque B. balance C. statement D. overdraf 34.Many political radicals advocated that women should not be discriminated on the basic of their sex. A. openly criticized B. rightly claimed C. publicly said D. publicly supported 35.His brother refuses to even listen to anyone else's point of view. He is very_______ . A. kind - hearted B. narrow- minded C. open - minded D. absent - minded 36.The success of the party was mainly due to the presence of several_______ . A. celebrations B. celebrities C. celebrates D. celebrated 37.George wouldn't have met Mary_______ to his brother's graduation party. A. if he shouldn't have gone B. had he not gone C. if he has not gone. D. hadn't he gone. 38.On _______ he had won, he jumped for joy. A. having B. he was told C. being told. D. telling. 39.I should very much like to have gone to that party of theirs, but _______ . A. I'm not invited B. I have not been invited C. I was not invited. D. I will not be invited. 40.Jane wasn't in when I arrived. I suppose she _______ I was coming. A. can't have forgotten B. must forget C. may forget D. must have forgotten. Choose from four alternatives (A, B, C, or D) which you think that is closest meaning to the sentence above. 41.Rather than disturb the meeting, I left without saying goodbye. A. I would rather disturb the meeting than leave without saying goodbye. B. I lef without saying goodbye as I didn’t want to disturb the meeting. C. I disturbed the meeting because I said goodbye D. The meeting was disturbed as I lef saying goodbye. 42.Wealthy as they were, they were far from happy. A. They were not happy as they were wealthy.

(152) B. Although they were wealthy, they were not happy. C. They were as wealthy as they were happy. D. Even if they were wealthy, they were not happy. 43.When I arrived, they were having lunch. A. I came to their invitation to lunch. B. They ate their lunch as soon as I arrived. C. I came in the middle of their lunch. D. When they start having their lunch, I arrived. 44.. “Would you like something to drink?” he asked. A. He asked me would like something to drink. B. He wanted to invite me for something to drink. C. He asked me if I wanted something to drink. D. He offered me something to drink. 45.Their chances of success are small. A. It’s very likely that they will succeed B. They will definitely be successful C. It’s not very likely that they will succeed D. They won’t have any chances of being successful Identify the underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be corrected 46.(A)It’s thirty years (B)since this(C) thirty-storeys building (D)was built. 47.He was seen (A)enter the house (B)at midnight, so he (C)shouldn’t say he didn’t (D)do it. 48.. (A)Never before(B) I have seen a man who (C)enjoyed being (D)lied to. 49.We insist on (A)you (B)leaving the meeting( C)before any( D)further outbursts take place . 50.Nora (A)hardly never misses( B)an opportunity(C) to play (D)in the tennis tournaments 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 numbered blanks. Everybody has heard about the Internet, do you know what an “intranet” is? It is this: just as the Internet connects people around the world, intranets connect people within a (51).

(153) _______ company. In fact, intranets make use of the same sofware programs as the Internet to (52) _______ computers and people. This (53) _______ that you do not have to buy a lot of additional programs to set up an intranet service. If your intranet is working properly, it can link together a huge amount of (54) _______ which is stored in different places in the company. In this way, people can get the information they need, regardless (55) _______ where it comes from. A company intranet can, of course, be used for unimportant information like office memos or canteen menus. But an intranet should (56) _______ important information which people need to make decision about new products, costs and so on. The intranet is (57) _______ to share their information with other people. (58) _______, many departments don’t want to share their specialist knowledge with others. Another problem which ofen occurs is (59) _______ top managers like to use the intranet to “communicate down” rather than to “communicate across”. That is, they use the intranet to give orders, not to (60) _______ information between themselves and others working in the same organization. 51.A. branch 52.A. contact 53.A. indicates 54.A. information 55.A. to 56. A. provide 57. A. going 58.A. However 59.A. which 60. A. enjoy. B. jointed B. compare B. is B. properties B. on B. take B. willing B. Luckily B. it B. provide. C. single C. distinguish C. means C. elements C. with C. give C. likely C. Unfortunately C. what C. share. D. large D. introduce D. is said D. parts D. of D. bring D. happened D. Consequently D. that D. divide. Read the passage carefully, then choose the correct answer. Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which is primarily a result of mankind's burning of fuels, is thought to act like the glass of a greenhouse. It absorbs heat radiation from the earth and its atmosphere, heats that otherwise would dissipate into space. The possibility that the greenhouse effect could alter the earth's temperature has been debated for many years. Scientists have agreed that carbon dioxide is increasing but there has been uncertainty about whether temperatures are also increasing. The major difficulty in accepting the greenhouse effect has been the absence of observed warming coincident with the historic carbon dioxide increase. 61.: What does the scientific community think about the greenhouse effect? A. It regards it as an established scientific fact. B. It considers it a promising scientific issue..

(154) C. It finds it an important mechanism for removing carbon dioxide from greenhouse. D. It sees it as a useful agricultural technique. 62.One thing that all atmospheric scientists apparently agree about is that _______ . A. global temperatures are continually rising. B. greenhouse affects the earth's temperature significantly. C. the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is increasing. D. the glass of greenhouses has reduced the need to burn fuel. 63.The carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is believed to produce the greenhouse effect by _______. A. preventing heat radiation from escaping the earth's atmosphere. B. dissipation into outer space. C. being burned on the ground. D. being widely used for agricultural purposes in greenhouse. 64.Doubts about the greenhouse effect seem to center on the fact that_______ . A. past increase in carbon dioxide volume and global temperatures have ofen not corresponded. B. it is difficult to locate and identify carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. C. growing produce in greenhouses has been only marginally profitable. D. the earth is steadily cooling down. 65.The principal consequence of the greenhouse effect is assumed to be an increase in _______ . A. the building of fossil fuels. B. the sun's radiation reaching earth. C. global temperatures.. D. the building of greenhouse.. Read the passage carefully, then choose the correct answer. Telecommunicating is a form of computer communication between employees’ homes and offices. For employees whose jobs involve sitting at a terminal or word processor entering data or typing reports, the location of the computer is of no consequence. If the machine can communicate over telephone lines, when the work is completed, employees can dial the office computer from a distant site and transmit the material to their employers. A recent survey in USA Today estimates that there are appoximately 8.7 million telecommuters. But although the numbers are rising annually, the trend does not appear to be as significant.

(155) as predicted when Business Week published "The Portable Executive" as its cover story a few years ago. Why hasn't telecommuting become more popular? Clearly, change simply takes time. But in addition, there has been active resistance on the part of many managers. These executives claim that supervising the telecommuters in a large work force scattered across the country would be too difficult, or, at least, systems for managing them are not yet developed, thereby complicating the manager's responsibilities. It is also true that employees who are given the option of telecommuting are ofen reluctant to accept the opportunity. Most people feel that they need regular interaction with a group, and many are concerned that they will not have the same consideration for advancement if they are not more visible in the office setting. Some people feel that even when a space in their homes is set aside as a work area, they never really get away from the office. 66.The author mentions all of the following as concerns of telecommuters EXCEPT_______ . A. the lack of interaction with a group B. the different system of supervision C. the fact that the work space is in the home D. the opportunities for advancement 67.How many American workers are involved in telecommuting? A. More than predicted in Business Week B. Fewer than estimated in USA Today C. More than 8 million D. Fewer than last year 68.It can be inferred from the passage that the author is _______ . A. a statistician B. a telecommuter C. the manager of a group of telecommuters D. a reporter 69.The word "resistance" could best be replaced by_______ . A. alteration B. consideration C. participation 70.Which of the following is the main topic of the passage? A. The failure of telecommuting. D. opposition.

(156) B. The advantages of telecommuting C. A definition of telecommuting D. An overview of telecommuting IX. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage. Face-to-face conversation is a two-way process: You speak to me, I reply to you and __(71)__. Two-way __(72)__ depends on having a coding system that is understood by both sender and __(73)__, and an agreed convention about signalling the beginning and end of the message. In speech, the coding system is the language __(74)__ English or Spanish; the convention that one person speaks at __(75)__ time may seem too obvious to __(76)__ In fact, the signals __(77)__ in conversations and meetings are ofen __(78)__ For example, lowering the pitch of the voice may mean the end of a sentence; a sharp intake of breath may signal the desire to __(79)__, catching the chairman's eye may indicate the desire to speak in a formal setting like a debate, a clenched fist may indicate anger. When __(80)__ visual signals are not possible, more formal signals may be needed. 71. A. so on 72.A. exchange 73.A. announcer 74.A. either 75.A. the 76.A. notice 77.A. being used 78.A. informal 79.A. interchange 80.A. that. B. versus C. as well D. etc B. communicationC. interchangeD. correspondence B. receiver C. messenger D. transmitter B. like C. alike D. as B. a C. one D. all B. recognize C. mention D. judge B. that people useC. are used D. using B. formal C. non-verbal D. verbal B. interrupt C. intercept D. interfere B. those C. their D. these ----- THE END ----ĐÁp án ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC NĂM 2012(Chu Văn An – Thái Bình) MÔN TIẾNG ANH( 17/5/2012) THỜI GIAN : 90’. Find the word with stress pattern different from that of the other three words in each question 1. A. gravity 2. A. industrial. B. professor B. exhibition. C. pyramid C. preparation. D. colorful D. decoration.

(157) 3. A. brilliant 4. A. reference 5. A. repetitious. B. insect B. important B.curriculum. C. lunar C. refusal C. historical. D. proceed D. decision D. grammatical. Choose the best options to complete the sentences. 6. The letter _________ me of the theft hadn’t been signed. A. to accuse B. accused C. accusing D. that accuse 7. Had they arrived at the shop earlier, they_____ a better selection of clothes. A. would be finding B. will have found C. will find. D. would have found. 8. ________________an emergency arise , call 911 A. Should B. Can C. Does. D. Will. 9. A: Could I speak to Susan please? B: _____________ . A. Talking B. Speaking C. Calling D. Answering 10.Having opened the bottle, _____________ for everyone. A. The drink was poured B. Mike poured the drink C. Mike pouring the drink D. The drink was being poured 11.The house is found ___________________down A. to burn B. burning C. having burned D. to have been burned 12.Please look through these papers ... your pleasure A. on B. in C. for. D. at. 13.His job is …. A. driving a bus. D. a driver of a bus. B. a bus driver. C. bus driving. 14.Granny is completely deaf. You’ll have to … allowance for her A. bring B. take C. make. D. find. 15.Nothing can ____________ the loss of the child. A. make up with B. make up for C. do with D. come up with 16.‘’ Would you mind turning down your stereo ?’’ - “ …….” A. I’m really sorry! I ‘m not paying attention B. Oh! I’m sorry! I didn’t realize that C. No. I don’t. D. Yes, I do. 17." Can you ____me a favor , Bill ? " Peter said . A. get. B. do. C. put. D. make. 18.I will recommend _____to the director . A. the student to speak. B. that the student speaks.

(158) C. that the student speak. D. that the student speaking .. 19. _______ that he had no choice but to leave early. A. In such a situation did he find himself B. In such a situation he found himself C. He found himself in a situation where D. He found himself in a so embarrassing situation 20.Make sure that you pick up your tickets ____advance . A. in B. of C. on. D. at .. 21.Melanie was ______pain ,but she couldn't use the painkiller she had at home because it was _______date . A. in - out of B. at - outside C. for - under D. with - up to . 22.I __________ this letter while I was tidying up. A. came by B. brought in C. brought back 23.Only in the last few days ... to repair the swimming pool A. anything has been done B. has done anything C. has anything been done. D. came across. D. has there anything been done. 24.The problem ________never occurred . A. I had expected it B. who I had expected . C. that I had expected it. D. I had expected .. 25.If you hadn’t watched that late movie last night, you ________ sleepy now. A. wouldn’t have been B. might not have been C. wouldn’t be D. wouldn’t have been being 26.My old friend and colleague, John, __________ married. A. have just got B. has just got C. just have got D. just has got 27.I suggest that the doctor _________ up his mind without delay. A. makes B. make C. made D. is to make 28.The whole village was wiped out in the bombing raids. A. changed completely B. cleaned well C. destroyed completely. D. removed quickly. 29.where he tried to hide his favourite jacket, Mogie’s brother always managed to find it. A. Much as B. However C. Even though D. No matter 30.No sooner _________the news than she fainted. A. she heard B. had she heard C. as she heard. D. she had heard.

(159) 31.The doctor gave the patient _______ examination to discover the cause of his collapse. A. a thorough. B. an exact. C. a universal. D. a whole. 32.Nowadays children would prefer history _______ in more practical ways. A. teach. B. to be taught. C. be taught. D. to teach. 33.John has a monthly bank _______ sent to him so that he knows how much there is his account. A. cheque. B. balance. C. statement. D. overdraf. 34.Many political radicals advocated that women should not be discriminated on the basic of their sex. A. openly criticized B. rightly claimed. C. publicly said. D. publicly supported. 35.His brother refuses to even listen to anyone else's point of view. He is very_______ . A. kind - hearted. B. narrow- minded. C. open - minded. D. absent - minded. 36.The success of the party was mainly due to the presence of several_______ . A. celebrations. B. celebrities. C. celebrates. D. celebrated. 37.George wouldn't have met Mary_______ to his brother's graduation party. A. if he shouldn't have gone. B. had he not gone. C. if he has not gone. D. hadn't he gone. 38.On _______ he had won, he jumped for joy. A. having. B. he was told. C. being told. D. telling. 39.I should very much like to have gone to that party of theirs, but _______ . A. I'm not invited. B. I have not been invited. C. I was not invited. D. I will not be invited. 40.Jane wasn't in when I arrived. I suppose she _______ I was coming. A. can't have forgotten B. must forget. C. may forget. D. must have forgotten. Choose from four alternatives (A, B, C, or D) which you think that is closest meaning to the sentence above..

(160) 41. Rather than disturb the meeting, I left without saying goodbye. A. I would rather disturb the meeting than leave without saying goodbye. B. I left without saying goodbye as I didn’t want to disturb the meeting. C. I disturbed the meeting because I said goodbye D. The meeting was disturbed as I lef saying goodbye. 42.Wealthy as they were, they were far from happy. A. They were not happy as they were wealthy B. Although they were wealthy, they were not happy. C. They were as wealthy as they were happy. D. Even if they were wealthy, they were not happy. 43.When I arrived, they were having lunch. A. I came to their invitation to lunch. B. They ate their lunch as soon as I arrived. C. I came in the middle of their lunch. D. When they start having their lunch, I arrived. 44.. “Would you like something to drink?” he asked. A. He asked me would like something to drink. B. He wanted to invite me for something to drink. C. He asked me if I wanted something to drink. D. He offered me something to drink. 45.Their chances of success are small. A. It’s very likely that they will succeed B. They will definitely be successful C. It’s not very likely that they will succeed D. They won’t have any chances of being successful Identify the underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be corrected 46.(A)It’s thirty years (B)since this(C) thirty-storeys building (D)was built..

(161) 47.He was seen (A)enter the house (B)at midnight, so he (C)shouldn’t say he didn’t (D)do it. 48.. (A)Never before(B) I have seen a man who (C)enjoyed being (D)lied to. 49.We insist on (A)you (B)leaving the meeting( C)before any( D)further outbursts take place . 50.Nora (A)hardly never misses( B)an opportunity(C) to play (D)in the tennis tournaments 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 numbered blanks. Everybody has heard about the Internet, do you know what an “intranet” is? It is this: just as the Internet connects people around the world, intranets connect people within a (51) _______ company. In fact, intranets make use of the same sofware programs as the Internet to (52) _______ computers and people. This (53) _______ that you do not have to buy a lot of additional programs to set up an intranet service. If your intranet is working properly, it can link together a huge amount of (54) _______ which is stored in different places in the company. In this way, people can get the information they need, regardless (55) _______ where it comes from. A company intranet can, of course, be used for unimportant information like office memos or canteen menus. But an intranet should (56) _______ important information which people need to make decision about new products, costs and so on. The intranet is (57) _______ to share their information with other people. (58) _______, many departments don’t want to share their specialist knowledge with others. Another problem which ofen occurs is (59) _______ top managers like to use the intranet to “communicate down” rather than to “communicate across”. That is, they use the intranet to give orders, not to (60) _______ information between themselves and others working in the same organization. 51.A. branch 52.A. contact 53.A. indicates 54.A. information 55.A. to 56. A. provide 57. A. going 58.A. However 59.A. which 60. A. enjoy. B. jointed B. compare B. is B. properties B. on B. take B. willing B. Luckily B. it B. provide. C. single C. distinguish C. means C. elements C. with C. give C. likely C. Unfortunately C. what C. share. D. large D. introduce D. is said D. parts D. of D. bring D. happened D. Consequently D. that D. divide. Read the passage carefully, then choose the correct answer. Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which is primarily a result of mankind's burning of fuels, is thought to act like the glass of a greenhouse. It absorbs heat radiation from the earth and its atmosphere, heats that otherwise would dissipate into space. The possibility that the greenhouse effect could alter the earth's temperature has been debated for many years..

(162) Scientists have agreed that carbon dioxide is increasing but there has been uncertainty about whether temperatures are also increasing. The major difficulty in accepting the greenhouse effect has been the absence of observed warming coincident with the historic carbon dioxide increase. 61.: What does the scientific community think about the greenhouse effect? A. It regards it as an established scientific fact. B. It considers it a promising scientific issue. C. It finds it an important mechanism for removing carbon dioxide from greenhouse. D. It sees it as a useful agricultural technique. 62.One thing that all atmospheric scientists apparently agree about is that _______ . A. global temperatures are continually rising. B. greenhouse affects the earth's temperature significantly. C. the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is increasing. D. the glass of greenhouses has reduced the need to burn fuel. 63.The carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is believed to produce the greenhouse effect by _______ . A. preventing heat radiation from escaping the earth's atmosphere. B. dissipation into outer space. C. being burned on the ground. D. being widely used for agricultural purposes in greenhouse. 64.Doubts about the greenhouse effect seem to center on the fact that_______ . A. past increase in carbon dioxide volume and global temperatures have often not corresponded. B. it is difficult to locate and identify carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. C. growing produce in greenhouses has been only marginally profitable. D. the earth is steadily cooling down. 65.The principal consequence of the greenhouse effect is assumed to be an increase in _______ . A. the building of fossil fuels. B. the sun's radiation reaching earth. C. global temperatures.. D. the building of greenhouse..

(163) Read the passage carefully, then choose the correct answer. Telecommunicating is a form of computer communication between employees’ homes and offices. For employees whose jobs involve sitting at a terminal or word processor entering data or typing reports, the location of the computer is of no consequence. If the machine can communicate over telephone lines, when the work is completed, employees can dial the office computer from a distant site and transmit the material to their employers. A recent survey in USA Today estimates that there are appoximately 8.7 million telecommuters. But although the numbers are rising annually, the trend does not appear to be as significant as predicted when Business Week published "The Portable Executive" as its cover story a few years ago. Why hasn't telecommuting become more popular? Clearly, change simply takes time. But in addition, there has been active resistance on the part of many managers. These executives claim that supervising the telecommuters in a large work force scattered across the country would be too difficult, or, at least, systems for managing them are not yet developed, thereby complicating the manager's responsibilities. It is also true that employees who are given the option of telecommuting are ofen reluctant to accept the opportunity. Most people feel that they need regular interaction with a group, and many are concerned that they will not have the same consideration for advancement if they are not more visible in the office setting. Some people feel that even when a space in their homes is set aside as a work area, they never really get away from the office. 66.The author mentions all of the following as concerns of telecommuters EXCEPT_______ . A. the lack of interaction with a group B. the different system of supervision C. the fact that the work space is in the home D. the opportunities for advancement 67.How many American workers are involved in telecommuting? A. More than predicted in Business Week B. Fewer than estimated in USA Today C. More than 8 million D. Fewer than last year 68.It can be inferred from the passage that the author is _______ . A. a statistician B. a telecommuter.

(164) C. the manager of a group of telecommuters D. a reporter 69.The word "resistance" could best be replaced by_______ . A. alteration B. consideration C. participation. D. opposition. 70.Which of the following is the main topic of the passage? A. The failure of telecommuting B. The advantages of telecommuting C. A definition of telecommuting D. An overview of telecommuting IX. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage. Face-to-face conversation is a two-way process: You speak to me, I reply to you and __(71)__. Two-way __(72)__ depends on having a coding system that is understood by both sender and __(73)__, and an agreed convention about signalling the beginning and end of the message. In speech, the coding system is the language __(74)__ English or Spanish; the convention that one person speaks at __(75)__ time may seem too obvious to __(76)__ In fact, the signals __(77)__ in conversations and meetings are ofen __(78)__ For example, lowering the pitch of the voice may mean the end of a sentence; a sharp intake of breath may signal the desire to __(79)__, catching the chairman's eye may indicate the desire to speak in a formal setting like a debate, a clenched fist may indicate anger. When __(80)__ visual signals are not possible, more formal signals may be needed. 71. A. so on 72.A. exchange 73.A. announcer 74.A. either 75.A. the 76.A. notice 77.A. being used 78.A. informal 79.A. interchange 80.A. that. B. versus C. as well D. etc B. communicationC. interchangeD. correspondence B. receiver C. messenger D. transmitter B. like C. alike D. as B. a C. one D. all B. recognize C. mention D. judge B. that people useC. are used D. using B. formal C. non-verbal D. verbal B. interrupt C. intercept D. interfere B. those C. their D. these ----- THE END -----.

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