It was written for children C - VOCABULARY: I/ Choose the best answer for each sentence below.. 64 However urgent it is, I’m not going to stay here all night to finish it.. It is urgent
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ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC NĂM HỌC 2011
MÔN TIẾNG ANH (LẦN 1)
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút
A - PHONETICS:
A dictation
B action
C foundation
D question
A bank
B function
C monk
D monster
A chic
B chick
C chief
D chill
A trays
B says
C bays
D days
A naked
B wicked
C beloved
D confused
A birth
B with
C myth
D fifth
A school
B Scot
C science
D scared
A nature
B natural
C patient
D feature
B - GRAMMAR:
I/ Choose the best answer for each numbered blank in the following paragraph:
I do not think it possible for many people at the age of six to be able to predict their future with 9) _ accuracy However, at that age I felt confident enough to inform my mother that I intended 10) _ my own zoo and moreover,
I added, I would give her a cottage in the grounds to live 11) If my mother 12) an American parent, she would probably have rushed me to the nearest psychiatrist; however, being fairly phlegmatic, she merely said she thought that it 13) lovely and promptly forgot 14) _ She should have been warned since, from the age of two, I 15) _ matchboxes and my pockets with a wide variety of the smaller fauna that I came 16) _, so the progress from a matchbox to a zoo could 17) _ predicted It is nice to record though that, before she died, I had fulfilled my promise and 18) _ her to live in my zoo, not in a cottage but in a manor house
10) A on having B that I would have C to have D having
13) A would be B was going to be C had been D was to be
15) A have filled B had been filling C was filling D filled
II/ Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences:
19) Anyone to come with us is welcome
20) The librarian told the students to find the book
21) Staying in a hotel costs renting a room in a dormitory for a week
A twice more than B as much twice as C twice as much as D as much as twice
E two as much time as
22) No matter , Mozart was an accomplished composer while still a child
A how remarkable it seems B how seems it remarkable
C how it seems remarkable D how it remarkable seems
23) No sooner had we started the picnic the rain began pouring down!
24) Let’s begin our discussion now, ?
25) He works hard he can support his family
26) The Prime Minister will be leaving Bangkok on Thursday
27) having a well-paid job, she never has any money
28) The old palace we stayed during our honeymoon last year has been burnt
29) Travellers their reservations well in advance if they want to fly during the Christmas holidays
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A had better to get B had better gets C had to get better D had better got E had better get
30) It costs about fifty dollars to have a tooth
31) He drink whisky, but he does now
A wasn’t used to B hadn’t use to C didn’t use to D isn’t used to E used to
32) Jim care of himself He left home when he was 16 and has been on his own since
A is used to take B is used to taking C was using to take D used to taking E used to take
33) , “Alice in the Wonderland” appeals to many adult readers too
A Though it written for children B Though for children written
C Though written for children D It was written for children
C - VOCABULARY:
I/ Choose the best answer for each sentence below
34) Time and the boxer aimed devastating blows at his opponent
35) It looked there wasn’t anyone in the building
36) In the examination the use of dictionaries is
37) You can get wonderful views of the waterfall It’s a well-known beauty
38) Give me a thin of that cake
39) Another word for quiet is
40) A story from the past somehow like a legend is called a
41) Safe is an adjective, and its related noun is
42) We call a group of bananas
43) We can count Jack He will certainly help us
44) The former President a speech in Parliament on Monday
45) He caught the ball in spite of the fog
A because of B therefore C regardless of D however E despite of
46) Although he had intended to return to France, he never did
47) If you give me a hand, then I shall be able to finish more quickly
A do me a favour B help me C take my fingers D pick me up E A & B
48) I shouldn’t go outside without a raincoat because it’s raining cats and dogs
A it just started to rain B it’s going to rain E cats and dogs are going down
C it’s raining heavily D it’s raining a little
49) Library cards will expire when they are not used
A cost more money B cease to be effective E have more time to spend
C be mailed to the holder’s address D be continued automatically
50) If a client insists upon being stubborn, lawyers have to take claims to court
51) Professor Baker is a co-worker of Professor Ayers
52) Although he is recognised as one of the most brilliant scientists in his field, Professor White cannot seem to make his idea understood in class
C summarise his ideas D get his ideas across
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53) The street lights in most American cities adjust automatically at dusk
A in the middle of the night B in the middle of the day E just before lunch
C in the evening just before dark D in the morning just before light
II/ Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word:
Men have been 54) _ in the stars ever since they first looked 55) into the sky Some of these stars may have their 56) _ planets If 57) is so, we can suppose that intelligent life may 58) on one of them The problem is that the nearest star is four light years 59) In other words, light from it has been travelling for four years when it finally 60) _ us Probably 61) _ from the Earth will ever visit that star 62) it would take a 63) a hundred thousand years to reach it
D - WRITING: Which is the best transformation of the given sentence?
64) However urgent it is, I’m not going to stay here all night to finish it
A It is urgent; however, I’m going to stay here all night to finish it
B No matter how urgent it is, I’m not going to stay here all night to finish it
C It is, however, so urgent that I’m going to stay here all night to finish it
D It is, however, so urgent that I’m not going to stay here all night to finish it
65) No sooner had she drunk the coffee than she began to feel drowsy
A She had drunk the coffee so soon that she began to feel drowsy
B She drank the coffee immediately because she began to feel drowsy
C Immediately she had just drunk the coffee she began to feel drowsy
D She had drunk so much coffee that she began to feel drowsy
66) Passengers unable to show a ticket must pat an immediate fine of $10
A If you are travelling without a ticket, we may fine you $10
B A $10 fine will be payable later if you travel without a ticket
C If you lose your ticket, a new one will cost you $10
D You are fined $10 at once if you can’t show us your ticket
67) The news of their divorce caused us a big surprise
A We knew they had got divorced but we were a little surprised
B We were greatly surprised when we heard they had got divorced
C They got divorced, which was surprising news
D We were little surprised at the news of their divorce
68) We regret we cannot accept payment by credit cards for sales of under $10
A If you spend more than $10, you must pay by credit card
B We make a charge if you pay by credit card
C If you spend less than $10, you cannot pay by credit card
D We prefer cash payment for large sales
E - WORD FORMATION:
69) He felt very when he learnt that he had failed his exam again
70) Some people consider mountain climbing a dangerous
71) This tin opener is Throw it away
72) To people, money is all that they want
73) Generally , learning a foreign language is interesting, but not easy
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74) She is in asking for bigger salary She’s worked hard
A reason B unreasonable C reasonable D unreasonably
75) We can enjoy live programmes through satellites
A communicate B communication C communicative D communicable
76) Learning English has become a in our country
77) This office equipment needs
A moderning B modernisation C to modernise D modernising
78) At last, we could draw the
F - READING COMPREHENSION:
I/ Read the passage carefully and then choose the correct answer:
The Earth has got warmer since the 1990s This will have serious effect on agriculture In warmer areas, it will be too dry The amount of water could decrease by 50% This could cause a large decrease in agricultural production World temperatures could increase two degrees centigrade by the year 2040 This could cause the ice sheets to melt and raise the level of the oceans by one or two metres Many coastal cities would be under water
Why is this happening? There is too much carbon dioxide in the air When oil gas and coal burn, they create large amounts of carbon dioxide This carbon dioxide lets sunlight enter the Earth’s atmosphere and heat the Earth However,
it does not let as much heat leave the atmosphere and enter space It is like a blanket The heat can pass through the blanket to warm the Earth The heat stays there and cannot get through the blanket again Scientists call it the Greenhouse Effect A greenhouse is a building for growing plants It is made of glass and clear plastic
These scientists say that we must start planning now We need to do research so we can predict what will happen
We much conserve coal, oil and gas
However other scientists disagree They say there is no reason to worry because we have at least twenty years to plan and the Greenhouse Effect will not be very serious They believe that there is no way for the world to slow it down
or stop it We must just prepare for a high-temperature world
Meanwhile all the scientists agree that we must continue measuring the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and observing its effects
79) What is the topic of the paragraph?
A Carbon dioxide B The atmosphere C The Greenhouse Effect D The temperature
80) How has the Earth’s climate been since 1900s?
A Drought has happened all over the world B The Earth has been warmer
C The Earth has been colder D It is as cool as it used to be
81) Which causes the Greenhouse Effect?
82) Which sentence is not TRUE?
A All scientists agree that the Greenhouse Effect is very serious
B Carbon dioxide lets sunlight enter the Earth’s atmosphere but does not let as much heat leave the atmosphere and enter the space
C A greenhouse is made of glass and clear plastic
D Coal, oil and gas must be conserved
83) What is the common idea of all scientists?
A We must start planning now B The Greenhouse Effect is not very serious
C The Greenhouse Effect is very serious
D They keep on measuring the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and observing its effects
II/ Read the passage carefully and then choose the best answer:
Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 – 1910), the United States’ famous humourist and the author of popular and outstanding autobiographical works, travel books, and novel The first thirsty-six years of Clemens’ life gave him experiences – as a boy in a little town in Missouri, as a steamboat pilot, as a reporter on the far western frontier, and as a traveler abroad – which he thereafter used as materials for his best and most successful writings
He was born on November 30th, 1835 Hannibal was the town of Clemens’ boyhood, destined to figure importantly
in several of his finest books The steamboats which Clemens and his gangs of boyhood friends watched wheeling past
or docking at the wharf were endlessly fascinating So, too, were the steamboat men and the townspeople, many of
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whom were prototypes of characters in Mark Twain’s books The river and the woods around the town were wonderful places for the boys to play In the summer, Samuel ordinarily paid a vacation visit to the farm of his uncle John Quarles, near Florida Some of his happiest and most vivid memories were to be of his play around Hannibal and of his visit to the farm
The Adventure of Tom Sawyer (1876) was one of Twain’s best books, certainly his best for juvenile audience The
setting was St Petersburg The characters were the grownups and the children of the town in the 1830s The happy endings endear the book to children; the lifelike picture of the boy, Tom Sawyer, and his friends is enjoyed by many people, both young and old
84) Mark Twain’s real name was
86) Twain’s early life was
87) Twain based most of his successful writings on
C facts that he learnt from school D facts that he got from his parents
88) Many people, young and old, enjoy The Adventures of Tom Sawyer because of
A its thrill B its happy endings and the lifelike picture of the characters
G - ERROR IDENTIFICATION:
89) Since erect in 1886, the Statue of Liberty has served as a symbol of freedom
A B C D
90) Compared to those of animals, the fossil record for plants is quite sketchy
A B C D
91) Dolphins, whales and many other sea creatures use high sophisticated navigation systems
A B C D
92) Dogs that are trained to lead a blind must be loyal, intelligent and calm
A B C D
93) However type of raw materials are used in making paper, the process is essentially the same
A B C D
94) Labour Day is always celebrated on first Monday in September
A B C D
95) Natural predators, disturbing from tourists, and public have all contributed to the decline of the California’s condor
A B C D
96) Pele scored more as 1,280 goals during his career, gaining a reputation as the best soccer player of all time
A B C D
97) Physicists is a fascinating course of study to follow
A B C D
98) A baby elephant sucks its trunk alike a human baby sucks its thumb
A B C D
99) When a patient’s blood pressure is much higher than it should be, a doctor usually insists that he will not smoke
A B C D
100) In the novel, everyone they encounter try to thwart their efforts
A B C D