All kinds of the camel have two humps * Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank... Therfore, he talked very fast 3/ Despite his intelligence, he couldn’t so
Trang 1LUYỆN THI ANH VĂN TN- ĐH NĂM 2011 – ĐỀ 11 I/ Pronunciation:
* Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other in the same line
1/ A comprise B across C hummock D society
4/ A.feasible B season C east D great
5/ A ocean B bicycle C circle D center
6/ A plants B trees C seasons D camels
7/ A named B planted C remained D entered
8/ A desert B crest C stretch D dune
* Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the rest in each group
9/ A desert B camel C gazelle D jackal
10/ A separate B crocodile C banana D mystery
II/ Grammar:
* Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences
1/ I thought he made an expedition across the Sahara desert , I have recently heard he didn’t
A Therefore B However C So D As a result 2/ The traffic was heavy, we arrived late for the meeting
A because B so C but D as 3/ He asked her to marry him, she didn’t want to
4/ He want to go on holiday _, he did not have enough money
A However B Therefore C Despite D While 5/ Tom didn’t study hard last semester , he failed the final test
A Nevertheless B Therefore C However D Moreover 6/ Jack sold his motorbike, he could pay for a holiday
A so that B and C but D or else 7/ It was raining _, we would have taken the children to the beach
A Therefore B However C Otherwise D Whereas 8/ The desert is very hot and dry, _
A so few plants and animals live there B therefore few plants and animals live there
C however few plants and animals live there D but few plants and animals live there so 9/ He stayed up so late last night, _
A however he got up very early this morning B but he got up very early this morning
C and so he got up very early this morning D therefore he got up very early this morning 10/ John had a headache and a pain in his chest; _
A so that, he didn’t go to college yesterday C but and, he didn’t go to college yesterday
B however, he didn’t go to college yesterday D therefore, he didn’t go to college yesterday 11/ My brother had a lot of studying to do;
A so he went to a movie C but he went to a movie
B however, he went to a movie D therefore, he went to a movie 12/ To the north of Nullabor Plain _
A the Great Victoria Desert stretches C streches the Great Victoria Deserts
B does the Great Victoria Desert stretch D does stretch the Great Victoria Desert 13/ Hurry up _ you will miss the train
14/ than 25 centimetres of rain falls in a desert each year
15/ There are no clouds to keep the heat, the weather in the desert is very hot
* There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence Find the mistakes
16/ Yesterday it started to rain heavily, but he went out without a raincoat however
A B C D
17/ We were tired after a long walk; therefore so that, we went to bed early
Trang 2A B C D
18/ I admired your bravery Therefore, I didn’t agree with it
A B C D
19/ She works during the weekends, so she can earn some extra money therefore
A B C D
20/ I turned on the ceiling fan; although, it is still hot in here
A B C D
III/ Vocabulary:
1/ They spent three months the Great Victoria Desert
A settling B invading C exploring D cycling 2/ Was the desert named _ Simpson in 1929?
3/ Hummock grasses in loose sand on the crest
4/ There are different types of _ in the Simpson Desert
5/ The hottest daytime temperatures have _ 58oC in Australia’s Simpson Desert
A raised B increased C reached D come 6/ In the _ in the deserts, grass, trees, food, and other things can be grown and people can set up permanent homes
A islands B oases C cities D sand dunes 7/ It’s necessary to bring a _ along on expeditions across the deserts
A cell phone B computer C compass D camers 8/ Because of the arid land and dry climate not many kinds of trees and animals in a desert
9 Making _ across a big desert is both risky and dangerous
A a voyage B.a pinic C an expedition D an excursion
10 Some deserts are while the others are rocky or snowy
IV/ Reading:
* Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question
The camel can go without water for a long time Some people think it stores water in its hump This is not true It stores food in its hump The camel’s body changes the food into fat Then it stores the fat in its hump It cannot store the fat all over its body Fat all over an animal’s body keeps the animal warm Camels live in the desert They do not want to be warm during the day
The desert is very hot The camel gets hotter and hotter during tha day It stores this heat in its body
because the nights are cool
The Arabian camel has one hump The Bactrian camel of Central Asia has two humps It also has long, thick hair because the winters are cold in Central Asia
There is a lot of sand in the desert The camel has long eyelashes Then sand cannot go into the camel’s eyes Arabic has about 150 words to describe a camel Arabs need all these words because the camel is very important to them
1/ The camel can go without for a long time
2/ The camel stores _ in its humps
3/ Long keep sand out of the camel’s eyes
A eyelashes B thick hair C humps D ears 4/ The Bactrian camel has long thick hair because _
A it lives in a hot desert B it stores fat in its hump
C winters are cold in Central Asia D the sand gets in its eyes 5/ Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A Fat keeps the animal warm B it is cool in the desert during the night
C There is a lot of sand in the desert D All kinds of the camel have two humps
* Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank
Trang 3The Sahara is the world’s largest hot desert and the world’s second largest desert _(6) Antarctica At over 9,000,000 square kilometres, it (7) _ most parts of Northern Africa; an area stretching from the Red Sea, _(8) _parts of the Mediterranean coasts, to the outskirts of the Atlantic Ocean To the south, it is delimited (9) the Sahel, a belt of semi-arid tropical savanna separating _(10) _ Sahara from Sub-Saharan Africa
7/ A.includes B.covers C.occupies D.gains
8/ A including B to include C includes D included
V/ Writing:
* Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one
1/ In spite of doing well in the contest, Jane didn’t win
A Jane did well in the contest, but she didn’t win
B B Jane didn’t win because she did well in the contest
C Jane did well in the contest.Therefore, she didn’t win
D.Jane did well in the contest However, she didn’t win
2/ He talked ver fast I couldn’t understand him
A He talked very fast, so I couldn’t understand him
B A He talked very fast However, I couldn’t understand him
C He couldn’t understand him, but he talked very fast
D I couldn’t understand him Therfore, he talked very fast
3/ Despite his intelligence, he couldn’t solve the math puzzle
A He couldn’t solve the math puzzle, so he was intelligent
B He was intelligent, but he couldn’t solve the math puzzle
C He couldn’t solve the math puzzle However, he was intelligent
D He was intelligent Therefore, he couldn’t solve the math puzzle
4/ Mary got wet because she didn’t have an umbrella
A Mary didn’t have an umbrella However, she got wet
B Although Mary got wet, so she didn’t have an umbrella
C Mary didn’t have an umbrella Therefore, she got wet
D Mary got wet, but didn’t have an umbrella
5/ Although I told the truth, no one believed me
A No one believed me, so I told the truth
B Despite I told the truth, but no one believed me
C Though I told the truth; therefore, no one believed me
D I told the truth; however, one one believed me
* Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that means the same as the sentence printed before it
6/ “Don’t forget to tell me about the Sahara Desert,” she told me
→ She reminded me _
7/ This is his first visit to the Simpson Desert in Australia
→ He is _
8/ He rang her as soon as he returned from the excursion to the Sahara Desert
→ No sooner had
9/ The man was not able to go on an expedition to the Middle East because of his age
→The man was too
10/ “Why don’t you report to the class what you have read about deserts?” the teacher asked Nam
→The teachet wanted to know why _
Trang 4HỌC THUỘC LÒNG TỪ VỰNG VÀ NGỮ PHÁP
Expedition(n) /ekspe’diSn/ Cuộc, đoàn thám hiểm
- take (took/taken) camels across the desert: vượt sa mạc bằng lạc đà
- travel along the border of: đi dọc theo biên giới
- lie between: nằm ở giữa
Ta có thể thay: But = yet, still
Or = otherwise
Both……… and (cả hai………….và) Not only ……… but also (không những………… mà còn) Either……….or (hoặc……… hoặc)
Neither……….nor (hoặc không……… hoặc không)