THI THU DH 2009-2010

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SỞ GD & ĐT HÀ NỘI K è THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC NĂM HỌC 2009-2010.

TRƯỜNG THPT QUỐC OAI Mụn: TIẾNG ANH – KHỐI D.

Thời gian làm bài: 90 phỳt.

Đề thi cú 05 trang.

Họ, tờn thớ sinh:

Lớp : 12

Exercise 1: Choose the best options to complete the following passage:

Becoming a Nurse: the interview

The reality of an interview is never as bad as your fears For some reason people imagine the

interviewer is going to jump on every tiny mistake they (1) _ In truth, the interviewer is as keen for the meeting to go well as you are It is what (2) _ his or her job enjoyable

The secret of a good interview is preparing for it What you wear is always important as it creates the

first impression So (3) _ neatly, but comfortably Make sure that you can deal with anything you are (4) _ Prepared for questions that are certain to come up, for example: Why do you want to become a nurse? What is the most important (5) _ a good nurse should have? Apart from nursing what other careers have you (6) _ ? What are your interests and hobbies?

Answer the questions fully and precisely For example, if one of your interests is reading, be prepared

to (7) _ about the sort of books you like (8) _ do not learn all your answers off by heart The

interviewer wants to meet a human (9) _ not a robot Remember, the interviewer is genuinely interested in you, so the more you relax and are yourself, the more (10) _ you are to succeed

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Exercise 2: Error recognition: choose the underlined part A,B,C or D that is incorrect.

Question 11 From the beginning of the twentieth century to the present, technology has developed too much that people begin to think that there are no limits to what we can achieve

Question 12 There was during the Industrial Revolution that the United States was able to increase

productivity through mechanization

Question 13 From bones finding in the United States, we have learned that many animals which no longer existed in the world once made there homes there

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A Have learned B Made there homes C Finding D No longer

Question 14 Although they are an inexpensive supplier of vitamins, minerals, and high quality protein, eggs contain a high level of blood cholesterol, one of the major cause of heart disease

Question 15 The environment in Vietnam is seriously affected by three main factors: rapid population grow, migration, and urbanization

Exercise 3: Choose the best answer among A,B,C or D which has closet meaning with the given sentence:

Question 16 If your electricity gets cut off, you can come and watch the Harry Porter film at my house

A Unless you come to my house, you won’t be able to watch the Harry Porter film due to the power cut

B You may visit my house to watch the Harry Porter film, should there be a power cut in yours

C If you want to see the Harry Porter film, you had better come to my house, as your electricity is cut off

D I’d invite you to see the Harry Porter film at my house, but the electricity might be cut off

Question 17 The fact that Allan hardly works at all is likely to get him fired soon

A It must be Allan’s low level of work that he is being fired for

B Allan works so little that they are thinking of firing him a short time from now

C Allan may well lose his job before long as a result of his doing almost no work

D It is known that Allan will lose his job soon, as he hasn’t been doing any work

Question 18 As soon as Kelly told him about the death of her dog, Puyi, Michael began to cry like a baby

A Crying like a baby, Kelly told Michael about the fact that her dog, Puyi, had just died

B Michael heard about the death of Kelly’s dog, Puyi, from Kelly herself, who was crying like a baby when she told him

C Puyi, Kelly’s dog, died, and soon afterwards, Kelly told Michael, who started to cry like a baby at the news

D Michael started crying as a baby does immediately after Kelly informed him that her dog, Puyi, had died

Question 19 It seemed to everyone that what Maria was trying to say was that she was no longer in love with Tyler

A As Maria was not in love with Tyler any longer, she decided that she ought to tell everyone about this

B Maria’s attempt at saying that she and Tyler were no longer in love was what made everyone aware of how she actually felt

C Everybody thought that her not being in love with Tyler anymore was the thing that Maria was attempting to express with her words

D Everyone had already guessed that Maria would attempt to tell them about her no longer being in love with Tyler, and she really did so

Question 20 Unless we are granted a visa soon, it will be too late for us to go to Belgium

A It is too late for us to go to Belgium, and anyway we still haven’t been given a visa for the country

B We must be given a visa shortly; otherwise, our chance to go to Belgium will have been lost

C If we don’t want to miss our chance to go to Belgium, we should apply for a visa soon

D We will have to delay our trip to Belgium for a short time while we can waiting for a visa

Exercise 4: Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words:

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A Date B Mayor C Favourite D Brave

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Exercise 5: Pick out the word which has stress pattern different from that of the other words:

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Exercise 6: Read the passage and then answer the questions below:

The Stone Age was a period of history which began in approximately 2 million B.C and lasted until 3,000 B.C It’s name derived from the stone tools and weapons that modern scientists found This period was divided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic Ages During the first period (2 million to 8,000 B.C), the first hatchet and use of fire for heating and cooking were developed As a result of the Ice Age, which involved about 1 million years into the Paleolithic Age, people were forced to seek shelter in caves, wear clothing, and develop new tools

During the Mesolithic Age (8,000 to 6,000 B.C), people made crude pottery and the first fish hooks, took dogs hunting, and developed the bow and arrow, which were used until the fourteenth century A.D

The Neolithic Age (6,000 to 3,000 B.C) saw humankind domesticating sheep, goats, pigs, and cattle, being less nomadic than in previous eras, establishing permanent settlements, and creating governments

Question 31 Which of the following best describes the Mesolithic Age?

C People were warriors D People stayed indoors all the time

Question 32 The Stone Age was divided into ………periods

Question 33 Which of the following developments is NOT related to the conditions of the Ice Age?

Question 34 Which of the following was developed earliest?

Question 35 According to the text, the Stone Age was so named because………

A The people lived in stone caves B It was very durable like stone

C There was little vegetation D The tools and weapons were made of stone

Exercise 7: Choose the word/phrase that best completes each sentence or that best keeps the meaning of the original sentence if it is substituted for the underlined part.

Question 36 The US National Park system has about 200 protested areas with ……… wildlife habitats

A Signifying B Signified C Significant D Significance

Question 37 Which breed of………produces the finest wool?

Question 38 ………… ,the temperature of a body rises when it receives heat

A It be a rule B The rule may be C As a rule D Being a rule

Question 39 The cat had caught a mouse and was holding it in its…………

Question 40 I wish you would never ………… stories like that

Question 41 In addition to being useful, furniture is attractively designed……….

A To make our surroundings more pleasant B In making our surroundings pleasanter

C To make our surroundings more pleasantly D And makes our surroundings more pleasantly Question 42 Better eats than never, ………….?

Question 43 Their situations are now ……….as employee has become employer

Question 44 In only a century the holiday has changed ………… recognition

Question 45 We had to make ourselves ……… by using sign language when we were in Russia

A Understood B Understanding C To understand D Understand

Question 46 I wonder if many friends …… will come to the party

Question 47 The ………surprises of all the scientists at the conference

Question 48 The blind ………….unable to see anything around …………

Question 49 To speak effectively before a group of people, you need to know something about them

A You need to speak effectively before a group of people before getting to know them

B To speak effectively before a group of people is something you need to know

C To speak before a group of people is necessary if you want to know them effectively

D You need to know something about the group of people in order to speak effectively before them Question 50 ……….we can make laws to protect certain animals, we are frequently unable to control the environment

Question 51 Judging by her letter, she looks the best person for the job

Question 52 Those ……….have to be eliminated

Question 53 They toured Italy by coach

Question 54 Arod made of carbon steel is called ………

A Steel rod carbon B Rod carbon steel C Carbon steel rod D Steeling carbon rod

Question 55 Ancient ………were simple

A Message systems B Message – systems C Messages – systems D Message systems

Question 56 You were mad to drive here on these slippery roads You ………….an accident

A Must have had B Ought to have C Could have had D Should have had

Question 57 The infection was probably caused ………

A In contaminated water by swimming B By swimming in contaminated water

C By swimming in water contaminated D In water contaminated by swimming

Question 58 ……… is before a water shortage

A Being the best time to practice water conservation

B When the best time to practice water conservation

C The best time practice water conservation

D The best time to practice water conservation

Question 59 Cable television delivers signals to home ………… through cables

A Television set B TV machines C Television machine D TV sets

Question 60 Although it is now limited to Africa and South America, yellow fever is still …………

Exercise 8: Choose the best options to complete the following passage:

Almost a hundred thousand people were killed and half a million homes destroyed as a result of an earthquake in Tokyo in 1923 The earthquake began a minute before noon when the inhabitants of Tokyo (61) _ their midday meals Thousand of stoves were overturned as soon as the earth (62) _ to shake As

a result, small fires (63) _ everywhere and quickly spread The fire engines were prevented (64) _ to help because many of the roads (65) _ open It was impossible to use fire fighting equipment as most of the water pipes (66) _ Consequently, over ninety per cent of the damage (67) _ by fire rather than by the collapse of buildings Most of those (68) _ were not killed in the earthquake itself but in the fires which followed If the earthquake had occurred at night while people (69) _ , far fewer (70) _

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A Have broken out B Were breaking out C Would brake out D Broke out

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