ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC KHỐI D Môn : Tiếng Anh - Mã đề 372 pdf

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ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC KHỐI D

Môn : Tiếng Anh

Mã đề 372

Thời gian làm bài 90 phút

I READING COMPREHENSION

Read the passage and choose the best answer

An old man was walking to the market He had two baskets of straw hats which he

wanted to sell It was very hot and soon he grew tired He put down his baskets and sat

down under a tree Before long he fell asleep

At the same time, an old monkey brought a troop of small monkeys out to play It saw

the old man asleep against the tree It crept softly up to him, picked up a straw hat and put

in on When the small monkeys saw this, they copied what the old one had done Then

they all climbed up the tree and screamed and laughed till they woke the old man up with

their noise The old man opened his eyes Good gracious! Where had his hats gone? He

jumped to his feet and hunted high and low The naughty monkeys found this very funny

and burst out laughing The old man looked up and saw the monkeys wearing his hats

"You mischievous monkeys! Give me back my hats at once!" the old man shouted

angrily

When the monkeys saw how cross he was, they screamed even louder The old man

shook his fists and stamped his feet at the monkeys They imitated him but did not give

him back the hats

The old man did not know what to do next He took off his hat and scratched his head

The monkeys copied him again

"I know! I know!" the old man thought He threw his hat on the ground as hard as he

could and said "Ah! This is really too much!"

When the monkeys saw this, they all threw down their hats from the top of the tree

The old man quickly picked up the hats He put them into his baskets and immediately

went on his way to the market, this time without stopping to rest

01 What did the old man want to sell?

02 What happened on his way?

a His baskets fell off his shoulders b He put his hats round a tree

c He felt tired and sat down to rest d An old monkey stole all his hats

03 Why did the old man fall asleep very soon?

hungry

04 Why did the old monkey bring the small monkeys out?

a To creep near the old man and annoy him b To play among the trees

05 The monkeys burst out laughing because

with their hats

c they liked to play among the trees d they liked to see the old man

running around

II VOCABULARY

1 Choose the best answer

06 I was just _ to go out when you telephoned

07 You will become ill you stop working harder

08 When he heard the noise he asked me what was on

09 I don't think that red dress her

10 The three friends all for the same job

11 The dentist told him to open his mouth

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12 His parents never allowed him

13 Do you my turning the television on now?

14 Paris lies the river Seine

15 I'll have to to you, otherwise he will hear

2 Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase

Athens and Sparta were the two most advanced Greek cities of the Hellenic period (750-338 B.C) Both had a city-state type of (16) , and both took slaves from the peoples they (17) However, the differences outweigh the (18) in these two ancient civilizations Sparta was hostile, warlike (constantly fighting the neighboring cities), and military, while Athens (19) more towards the democratic and cultural (20) of life The latter city left its mark in the (21) of art, literature,

philosophy, and science, while the (22) passed on its totalitarianism and superior military traditions

The present (23) of a well-rounded education followed in the United States is (24) on the ancient Athenian idea The Spartan system, on the other hand, was concerned only with military (25)

18 a coincidence b similarities c differences d identities

III GRAMMAR

Choose the best answer,

26 My teacher arrived after I for her for ten minutes

a waiting b was waiting c had waited d have waited

27 Nobody is ready to go ?

28 Those books cost more than these

29 I think this bus leaves before that one

30 If you are selfish, you the lives of many people

endangered

31 Did the rest of the spectators at the mistake?

32 There appears a mistake; I will have the matter deal with immediately

been

33 I should prefer if you don't mind

a to be not going c to not have gone b not to be go d not to go

34 Why was Peter absent yesterday? He _ a bad cold

35 Ten miles a long hike for a hot day

36 I hope you're not getting with listening to my story

37 My grandfather is to walk without stick

38 The Prime Minister to Paris several times

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39 I never smoke while I a car

40 Mr Goldsmith in his office when somebody threw a stone through the window

working

41 I very fast when the accident happened

driven

42 I felt asleep when I television

correct

43 I'm learning English I started learning English in December I since December

learned

44 It is raining now It began raining two hours ago It for two hours

rained

45 When I arrived, everyone was sitting round the table with their mouths full They

been eating

IV STRUCTURES

Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the given one

46 I didn't listen to him, and I didn't succeed

a If I listened to him, I would succeed

b If I had listened to him, I would succeed

c If I listened to him, I would have succeed

d If I had listened to him, I would have succeeded

47 Though he tried hard, he didn't succeed

a However hard he tried, he didn't succeed b However he tried hard, he didn't succeed

c However he didn't succeed, he tried hard d However he tried hard, but he didn't succeed

48 I like to play tennis in the summer

a I am very interested on playing tennis in the summer

b I am very keen in playing tennis in the summer

c I am very interested to playing tennis in the summer

d I am very fond of playing tennis in the summer

49 They usually have quite a big meal at lunch time

a They are used to having a big meal at lunch time

b They are used to have a big meal at lunch time

c They used to have a big meal at lunch time

d They used to having a big meal at lunch time

50 Despite feeling cold we kept walking

a Although we felt cold, but we kept walking b Although we felt cold, we kept walking

c However cold we felt, but we kept walking d However we felt cold, we kept walking

51 "I'm sorry I have to leave so early," he said

leave early

c He apologized that he has to leave early d He apologized to have left early

52 He got over his illness in three months

a It took to get over his illness in three months

b It took three months to him to get over his illness

c It took him three months to get over his illness

d It took three months for his illness to get over

53 She was so busy that she couldn't answer the phone

a She was very busy that she couldn't answer the phone

b She was too busy to answer the phone

c She was too busy not to answer the phone

d She was very busy so that couldn't answer the phone

54 Our newspaper reporter in Paris sent this report

a This report was sent by our newspaper reporter in Paris

b This report was sent to Paris by our newspaper reporter

c This report was sent for Paris by our newspaper reporter

d This report was sent to our newspaper reporter in Paris

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55 The train driver's strike made it hard for us to get to work

a We were impossible to get to work because of the train driver's strike

b We found it impossible to get to work because the train driver's

c We couldn't get to work because of the train driver's strike

d We couldn't get to work because the train driver's strike

V USE OF ENGLISH

Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting

56 When you come after class this afternoon, we discussed the possibility of your

writing a research paper,

a b c d

57 Monrovian conducted the orchestra gracefully and with style to the delight of his appreciative audience,

a b c

d

58 Having finished his term paper before the deadline, it was delivered to the professor before the class

a b c

d

59 After learning all the details about the project, the contractor told us them at the

planning meeting

a b c

d

60 The new student's progress advanced forward with such speed that all his teachers were amazed

a b c

d

61 After Mr Peabody had died, the money from his estate reversed back to the company which

a b

c

he had served as president for ten years

d

62 In the distance could be seen the sleepy little village with their closely clustered

adobe houses and

a b c d

red, clay-tile roofs

63 Although the weather was not perfect, a bunch of people turned out of for the annual parade

a b c d

64 After she had dressed and ate breakfast, Lucy rushed off to her office for a meeting with her

a b c d accountant

65 After the rain had let out, the Mitchell continued their hike up the mountain

a b c d

VI PHONETICS

1 Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group

2 Pick out the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest