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Reading passage: As heart disease continues to be the number-one killer in the United States, researchers have become increasingly interested in identifying the potential risk factors th

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90 minutes (80 questions) Multiple choice

1 It is important that every student ………… attentive in class

2 …………the time being, I think you’d better not say anything to him

3 Beauty is only skin………

4 You’ve got to be ………….certain before you decide

5 ……… of half- starving wolves were roaming the snow- covered countryside

6 None of the people ………… to the party can come

A invite B invited C inviting D to invite

7 ……….drivers endanger their lives and those of other road users

8 Julia prefers to be her own boss and ……… her own business

9 Skiing is a ………sport

A seasoning B seasonable C seasoned D seasonal

10 This ticket ………….one person to the museum

11 Each of us must take ……… for our own actions

A probability B responsibility C possibility D ability

12 - In my opinion, action films are exciting

-………

A You shouldn’t have said that B What an opinion!

C Yes Congratulations! D There’s no doubt about it

13 Two thieves ……….at a bus stop were arrested yesterday

A wait B waiting C having waited D were waiting

14 He is very ………… because he is concerned only with his own interests and feelings

A grateful B selfish C confident D helpful

15 - “I’ve got to go , Sarah So long.”

- “So long, Jack And .”

A don’t take it seriously B be careful

16 Not much happened yet, ……….…?

A didn’t it B did it C did they D didn’t they

17 Many people in remote areas are not clear about the use of the Internet ………, they are

isolated

A Therefore B However C For example D Namely

18 With his excellent qualifications and a good command of English, James is ……… ……

above the other applicants

A head and hands B head and ears C head and hair D head and shoulders

19 After so many years , it is great to see him ………his ambitions

20 A: “ How much sugar do you want in your coffee?”

B: “ _”

A Too much B So much C Not much D Little bit

21 ……… your help, I wouldn’t have got the scholarship

A But for B Unless I had C Had not it been for D If I had had

22 She has just bought ………

A an old interesting painting French B a French interesting old painting

C a French old interesting painting D an interesting old French painting

23 We have to start early ………we’ll be late for school

A or else B so that C consequently D although

24 Sam confessed ……… all the cookies

25 - “ How long is the seminar?”

- “……….knowledge, it takes about three hours.”

A To my best B To the best of my C In my best of D In my best

26 He was ……… boy!

A how good a B so good a C so a good D what a good

27 We thought we might have trouble finding your house but it was ……., thanks to your

directions

A a piece of bread B a cake C a piece of chalk D a piece of cake

28 Jack found it hard to ……….the loss of his little dog

A turn over B get over C put off D get along

29 Isn’t there anyone ……….of using this digital camera?

A skilled B possible C capable D affordable

30 Amie was so………in her work that she didn’t notice when I came in

A wrapped up B busy C absent - minded D concentrating

Sentence transformation

31 I am fed up with his behavior

A I have enough of his behavior C I’ve had enough for his behavior

B I’ve had enough of his behavior D I’ve had his behavior enough

32 We missed the bus because we overslept

A We missed the bus as a consequence of oversleeping

B If we didn’t oversleep, we wouldn’t miss the bus

C We overslept and as result we missed the bus

D The reason of missing the bus is we overslept

33 Waiting for buses irritates me

A I have nerves waiting for buses C Waiting for buses gets into my nerves

B Waiting for buses nerves me D Waiting for buses gets on my nerves

34 I don’t think he’s likely to phone me tonight

A No doubt he will phone me tonight C I doubt if he will phone me tonight

B It will be unlikely that he phones me tonight D He isn’t thought to phone me tonight

35 He was unsuccessful in reaching his goal

A He tried in vain to reach his goal

B However he did his best to reach his goal, he was unsuccessful

C He tried best in reaching his goal but in vain

D He was impossible to reach his goal

Mistake identification:

36 When babies are around fifteen months old, they can pick up objects and put themselves

A B C D

into small containers

37 The flag is risen at 6.30 every morning without fail

A B C D

38 How the earth is in the shadow of the moon, we see an eclipse of the sun

39 If motorists do not observe the traffic regulations, they will be stopped, ticketed and

A B C have to pay a fine

D

40 Long before boats became important in recreation, they were valuable to people for

many essential tasks , included transportation and fishing

C D

Stress pattern:

41 A mechanize B criteria C irony D enterprise

44 A procedure B recommend C financial D enormous

45 A popular B paralyzed C disabled D confident

Reading passage:

As heart disease continues to be the number-one killer in the United States, researchers have become

increasingly interested in identifying the potential risk factors that trigger heart attacks High-fat diets and

"life in the fast lane" have long been known to contribute to the high incidence of heart failure But

according to new studies, the list of risk factors may be significantly longer and quite surprising

Heart failure, for example, appears to have seasonal and temporal patterns A higher percentage of

heart attacks occur in cold weather, and more people experience heart failure on Monday than on any

other day of the week In addition, people are more susceptible to heart attacks in the first few hours after waking Cardiologists first observed this morning phenomenon in the mid-1980, and have since

discovered a number of possible causes An early-morning rise in blood pressure, heart rate, and concentration of heart stimulating hormones, plus a reduction of blood flow to the heart, may all contribute

to the higher incidence of heart attacks between the hours of 8:00 A.M and 10:00 A.M

In other studies, both birthdays and bachelorhood have been implicated as risk factors Statistics reveal that heart attack rates increase significantly for both females and males in the few days immediately preceding and following their birthdays And unmarried men are more at risk for heart attacks than their married counterparts Though stress is thought to be linked in some way to all of the aforementioned risk factors, intense research continues in the hope of further comprehending why and how heart failure is triggered

46 What does the passage mainly discuss?

A cardiology in the 1980s

B seasonal and temporal patterns of heart attacks

C risk factors in heart attacks

D diet and stress as factors in heart attacks

47 In line 2, the word "potential" could best be re-placed by which of the following?

A harmful B possible C unknown D primary

48 The word "trigger" as used in line 2 is closest in meaning to which of the following?

A involve B affect C cause D encounter

49 Which of the following could best replace the word "incidence" as used in line 3?

A increase B rate C factor D chance

50 The author uses the word "temporal" in line 6 to mean

A.affected by B of a certain date C regularly D expected

51 The phrase "susceptible to" in line 8 could best be replaced by

A aware of B prone to C accustomed D affected by

52 According to the passage, which of the following is NOT a possible cause of many heart attacks?

A decreased blood flow to the heart B increase in hormones

C lower heart rate D increased blood pressure

53 The word "phenomenon" in line 9 refers to which of the following?

A habit B activity C occurrence D illness

54 Which of the following is NOT cited as a possible risk factor?

A getting married B.having a birthday

C eating fatty foods D being under stress

55 Which of the following does the passage infer?

A We now fully understand how risk factors trigger heart attacks

B We do not fully understand how risk factors trigger heart attacks

C We have not identified many risk factors associated with heart attacks

D We recently began to study how risk factors trigger heart attacks

Sentence completion

56 In the 1950s, many people believed that the more they produced and consumed,

A were they affluent C they were affluent

B the more affluent they were D they were the more affluent

57 Desserts are arid land areas where _ through evaporation than is

gained through precipitation

A loses more water C is more water lost

B the loss of more water D more water is lost

58 When wood, natural gas, oil , or any other fuel burns , with

oxygen in the air to produce heat

A combining substances in the fuel C a combination of substances in the fuel

B substances in the fuel that combine D substances in the fuel combine

59 _we went swimming

A So hot was the day C Being a hot day

B It was a hot day D Due to a hot day

60 Any critic, teacher, librarian, or poet who hopes to broaden poetry’s audience

faces the difficult challenge of persuading skeptical readers _

A to be important poetry today C poetry that is important today

B that poetry is important today D for poetry to be important today

Gap fills

Why did you decide to read this, and will you keep reading to the end? Do you expect to understand every single part of it and will you remember anything about it in a fortnight’s (61) _? Common sense (62) _ that the answers to these questions depend on “readability”- whether the (63) matter is interesting, the argument clear and the (64) _ attractive But psychologists are trying to (65) why people read - and often don’t read certain things, for example technical information They also have examined so much the writing as the readers

Even the most technically confident people often (66) instructions for video or home computer in favor of hands - on experience And people frequently take little notice of consumer information, whether on nutritional labels or in the small print of contracts Psychologists researching reading (67) to assume that both beginners and competent readers read everything put in front of them from start to finish There are (68) among them about the roles of eyes, memory and brain during the process Some people believe that fluent readers take in very letter or word they see; others (69) _ that readers rely on memory or context to carry them from one phrase to another But they have always assumed that the reading process is the same: reading starts, comprehension(70) , then reading stops

68 A arguments B objections C separations D contests

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You can usually tell when your friends are happy or angry by the looks on their faces or by their actions This is useful because reading their emotional expressions helps you to know

how to respond to them Emotions have evolved to help us respond to important situations

and to convey our intentions to others But does raising the eyebrows and rounding the mouth say the same thing in Minneapolis as it does in Madagascar? Much research on emotional expressions has centered on such questions

According to Paul Ekman, the leading researcher in this area, people speak and understand substantially the same “facial language” Studies by Ekman’s group have demonstrated that humans share a set of universal emotional expressions that testify to the common biological heritage of the human species Smiles, for example, signal happiness and frowns indicate sadness on the faces of people in such far- flung places as Argentina, Japan, Spain, Hungary, Poland , Sumatra ,the United States, Vietnam, the jungles of New Guinea , and the Eskimo villages north of Artic Circle Ekman and his colleagues claim that people everywhere can recognize at least seven basic emotions: sadness, fear, anger, disgust, contempt, happiness, and surprise There are, however, huge differences across cultures in both the context and intensity of emotional displays – the so called display rules In many Asian cultures, for example, children are taught to control emotional responses – especially negative ones- while many American children are encouraged to express their feelings more openly Regardless of culture, however, emotions usually show themselves, to some degree ,

in people’s behavior From their first days of life, babies produce facial expressions that communicate their feelings

The ability to read facial expressions develops early, too Very young children pay close attention to facial expressions, and by age five, they nearly equal adults in their skill at

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reading emotions on people’s faces This evidence all points to a biological underpinning for

our abilities to express and interpret a basic set of human emotions Moreover, as Charles Darwin pointed out over a century ago, some emotional expressions seem to appear across species boundaries Cross - cultural psychologists tell us that certain emotional responses carry different meanings in different cultures For example, what emotion do you suppose might be conveyed by sticking out your tongue? For Americans, this might indicate disgust, while in China it can signify surprise Likewise, a grin on an American face may indicate joy, while on a Japanese face it may just as easily mean embarrassment Clearly, culture influences emotional expressions

71: According to the passage, we respond to others by

A observing their looks C watching their actions

B observing their emotional expressions D looking at their faces 72: Many studies on emotional expressions try to answer the question whether

_

A different cultures have similar emotional expressions

B eyebrow raising means the same in Minneapolis and Madagascar

C raising the eyebrows has similar meaning to rounding the mouth

D rounding the mouth has the same meaning in Minneapolis and Madagascar

73: The word “ evolved” in line 3 is closest in meaning to

A reduced B increased C simplified D developed 74: Paul Ekman is mentioned in the passage as an example of

A lacked many main ingredients

B researchers on universal language

C researchers who can speak and understand many languages

D investigators on universal emotional expressions 75: Smiles and frowns

A are universal expressions across cultures

B do not convey the same emotions in various cultures

C are not popular everywhere

D have different meanings in different cultures 76: The biggest difference lies in

A how long negative emotions are displayed

B how intensive emotions are expressed

C how emotional responses are controlled

D how often positive emotions are shown 77: Unlike American children, Asian children are encouraged to

A control their emotions C display their emotions openly

B conceal their positive emotions D change their behaviour 78: Young children

A spend a long time learning to read others’ emotions

B are sensitive towards others’ emotions

C make amazing progress in controlling their emotions

D take time to control their facial expressions 79: The phrase “ this evidence” in line 24 refers to .

A the fact that children are good at recognizing others’ emotions

B human facial expressions

C a biological underpinning for humans to express emotions

D the fact that children can control their feelings 80: The best title for the passage is

A Cultural universals in emotional expressions

B Ways to control emotional expressions

C A review of research on emotional expressions

D Human habit of displaying emotions

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ĐỀ THI KHẢO SÁT CHẤT LƯỢNG LỚP 12, LẦN 1 NĂM 2012

Môn thi: Tiếng Anh

Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút (80 câu trắc nghiệm)

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ĐỀ THI GỒM 80 CÂU (TỪ CÂU 1 ĐẾN CÂU 80) DÀNH CHO TẤT CẢ THÍ SINH.

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 1: I can’t stand people who treat animals cruelly.

Question 2: Names of people in the book were changed to preserve anonymity.

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 3: A magnificent B appliances C potentially D preservation

Question 4: A architect B electric C mineral D luxury

Question 5: A photochemical B trigonometry C dramatically D alphabetical

Question 6: A imagine B horizon C property D computer

Question 7: A assassinate B contributor C agriculture D arithmetic

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

Question 8: My father is in charge when Mr Smith is He took over from him on June 1st.

Question 9: It is a biological fact that children their parents.

Question 10: I can’t who it is He is too far away.

Question 11: Looking down at the coral reef, we saw of tiny, multi-coloured fish.

Question 12: bacteria in foods are killed, as they are during baking or stewing, decay is slowed

down

Question 13: - "Well, cats are very good at catching mice around the house."

- “ .”

A Nothing more to say B You can say that again

Question 14: A bridge must be strong enough to support its own weight _ the weight of the

people and vehicles that use it

Question 15: I must take this watch to be repaired as it over 20 minutes a day.

Question 16: The hall was very crowded with over a hundred people into it.

Question 17: The operating principles of the telephone are they were in the nineteenth century.

A the same today B the same as today C the same today as D today what the same

Question 18: - “Shall we go for a swim?”

- “ ”

A Yes, please B Yes, we shall C Yes, we will D Yes, let’s, shall we? Question 19: - "Can I get you something to drink?"

- “ ”

A I'd like some Coke, thanks B Thank you You're welcome.

Question 20: The move to a different environment brought about a significant in my cousin’s

state of mind

Question 21: - “Can I carry these suitcases into the room for you?”

- “ ”

A Can you? That’s very kind B You can’t, I think!

Question 22: Although the new library service has been very successful, its future is certain.

A by all means B by no means C at any rate D by any chance

Question 23: It was with a heart that she said goodbye to all her classmates.

Question 24: The forecast predicted weather with snow, sunshine, wind and thunder and that is

just what we have had

Question 25: Most of archaeologists know about prehistoric cultures is based on studies of

material remains

Question 26: - “Mrs Brown passed away yesterday.”

- “David has told me that .”

A By God B God rest her C God save the Queen D God bless

Question 27: My mother me against staying late night after night to prepare for exams.

Question 28: That's a nice coat, and the colour you well.

Question 29: The man who was driving the truck would not admit that he had been at fault, and .

A neither had the other driver B neither would the other driver

C neither the other driver D the other driver neither

Question 30: We walk in streets where the noise of traffic is almost .

Question 31: All members of my family are aware of the need to obey the family rules.

Question 32: The number of homeless people after the flood dramatically.

A are increasing B has increased C increase D had increased

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 33: Dissemination of information is frequently carried out via satellite - through local or national

TV networks

Question 34: Trees have to be pruned seasonally or annually to ensure that they continue to bear fruit.

Question 35: In rural Midwestern towns of the USA, the decisions that affect most residents are made at

general assemblies in schools and churches

A concerts B public libraries C gatherings D prayer services

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 36 to 45.

Easter

Easter is a holiday in late March or early April, the first Sunday after the first full moon after 21 March Many people (36) it with their family or have a short holiday/ vacation It is also an important Christian (37) Easter Sunday, the day of the Resurrection, is the end of Lent (38) the most important date in the Christian year Many people who do not go to church at other times go on Easter Sunday It was once (39) for people to wear new clothes to church on this day Women

(40) new hats, called Easter bonnets Today, people sometimes make elaborately decorated Easter bonnets for fun A few people send Easter (41) with religious symbols on them or pictures of small chickens, lambs, rabbits and spring flowers, all traditionally associated (42) Easter

The Friday before Easter Sunday is called Good Friday and is (43) as the day Christ was crucified (= hanged on a cross to die) On Good Friday many people eat hot cross buns (= fruit buns decorated with a simple cross) The Monday after Easter is called Easter Monday In Britain, Good Friday and Easter Monday are both (44) holidays In the US, each company decides for itself (45)

to close or remain open on those days

Question 39: A familiar B ordinary C common D regular

Question 41: A letters B envelopes C cards D notes

Question 43: A missed B recalled C reminded D remembered

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.

Question 46: The basic elements of public-opinion research are interviewers, questionnaires,

A B

tabulating equipment, and to sample population

C D

Question 47: The twins have the same identical birthmarks on their backs

A B C D

Question 48: Beaten by Holyfield, his position was not highly appreciated in world boxing

A B C D

Question 49: Abraham Lincoln's boyhood home resembled that of many other mid-western pioneers,

A B

with its dirt floor, sleeping loft, and crude fireplace

C D

Question 50: Members of a nation's foreign service represent that country's interests abroad and

A B

report on the conditions, trends, and policies of the country which they are stationed

C D

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 51 to 60.

At 7pm on a dark, cold November evening, thousands of people are making their way across a vast car park They're not here to see a film, or the ballet, or even the circus They are all here for what is, bizarrely, a global phenomenon: they are here to see Holiday on Ice Given that most people don't seem

to be acquainted with anyone who's ever been, the show's statistics are extraordinary: nearly 300 million people have seen Holiday on Ice since it began in 1943; it is the most popular live entertainment in the world

But what does the production involve? And why are so many people prepared to spend their lives travelling round Europe in caravans in order to appear in it? It can't be glamorous, and it's undoubtedly hard work The backstage atmosphere is an odd mix of gym class and workplace A curtained-off section

at the back of the arena is laughably referred to as the girls' dressing room, but is more accurately described as a corridor, with beige, cracked walls and cheap temporary tables set up along the length of

it Each girl has a small area littered with pots of orange make-up, tubes of mascara and long false eyelashes

As a place to work, it must rank pretty low down the scale: the area round the ice-rink is grey and

mucky with rows of dirty blue and brown plastic seating and red carpet tiles It's an unimpressive picture, but the show itself is an unquestionably vast, polished global enterprise: the lights come from a firm in

Texas, the people who make the audio system are in California, but Montreal supplies the smoke effects; former British Olympic skater Robin Cousins is now creative director for the company and conducts a vast master class to make sure they're ready for the show's next performance

The next day, as the music blares out from the sound system, the cast start to go through their routines under Cousins' direction Cousins says, The aim is to make sure they're all still getting to exactly the right place on the ice at the right time - largely because the banks of lights in the ceiling are set to those places, and if the skaters are all half a metre out they'll be illuminating empty ice Our challenge,' he continues, 'is to produce something they can sell in a number of countries at the same time My theory is that you take those things that people want to see and you give it to them, but not in the way they expect

to see it You try to twist it And you have to find music that is challenging to the skaters, because they have to do it every night.'

It may be a job which he took to pay the rent, but you can't doubt his enthusiasm 'The only place you'll

see certain skating moves is an ice show,' he says, 'because you're not allowed to do them in

competition It's not in the rules So the ice show world has things to offer which the competitive world just doesn't.' Cousins knows what he's talking about because he skated for the show himself when he stopped

competing - he was financially unable to retire He learnt the hard way that you can't put on an Olympic

performance every night 'I'd be thinking, these people have paid their money, now do your stuff, and I suddenly thought, "I really can't cope I'm not enjoying it".' The solution, he realised, was to give 75 per cent every night, rather than striving for the sort of twice-a-year excellence which won him medals

To be honest, for those of us whose only experience of ice-skating is watching top-class Olympic skaters, some of the movements can look a bit amateurish, but then, who are we to judge? Equally, it's impossible not to be swept up in the whole thing; well, you'd have to try pretty hard not to enjoy it

Question 51: According to paragraph 1 the writer is surprised to see that although Holiday on Ice is

popular

A people often prefer other types of show

B people prefer to see a film, the ballet, or the circus

C most people consider it as a holiday

D few people know someone who has seen it

Question 52: From the phrase "it must rank pretty low down the scale" in paragraph 3 we can infer

that

A Holiday on Ice has rather poor working condition B Holiday on Ice has a very dirty place to work

C skaters do not enjoy working in this place D skaters do not earn much money from the job Question 53: Which of the following adjectives can be used to describe the backstage area?

Question 54: It is mentioned in paragraph 3 that .

A many companies are involved in the production B it is difficult to find suitable equipment

C the show needs financial support D the show has been staged in many places Question 55: For Robin Cousins, the aim of the rehearsal is .

A to keep in time with the music B to adjust the spotlights

C to be acquainted with the stage D to position the skaters on the ice

Question 56: Cousins's theory on how to produce shows for different audiences is that .

A he adapts movements to suit everyone B he selects suitable music

C he presents performances in an unexpected way D he varies the routines every night

Question 57: It is suggested in paragraph 5 that skating in shows .

A enables skaters to visit a variety of places B is as competitive as other forms of skating

C can be particularly well paid D allows skaters to try out original skating moves Question 58: The pronoun "them" in paragraph 5 refers to .

A certain skating moves B some famous skaters

C some live performances D certain ice shows

Question 59: The phrase "the hard way" in paragraph 5 most likely means .

A by working very hard B by having expectations of others

C through personal experience D through doing things again and again

Question 60: Which of the following is the writer's conclusion of Holiday on Ice?

A Olympic ice-skating is more enjoyable than Holiday on Ice.

B Everyone should enjoy watching Holiday on Ice.

C Holiday on Ice requires more skills than Olympic ice-skating.

D It is hard to know who really enjoys Holiday on Ice.