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ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC 2013

Môn thi: Tiếng Anh

(Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút)

Họ, tên thí sinh:

Số báo danh:

I Choose the word whose stress pattern is different

parade

deliver

optimism

powerful

readable

II Choose the best answer to complete the sentence

6 Only in Japan …the high levels of western countries

A industrialization has reached B industrialization is reached

C has industrialization reached D is industrialization reached

7 Nowadays children would prefer history in more practical ways

8 Hurry up! They’ve only got………….seats left

9 ……of the students know the answer to that question

10 We decided not to travel, ………… the terrible weather forecast

11 for their strong fiber include flax and hemp

A Plants are grown B Plants grown C Plants that grow D To grow plants

12 I think you must be ………….me for someone else

A confusing B reminding C mistaking

D considering

13 ‘John won’t come tomorrow.’ ‘Did he say he ……….….next week?’

D had come

14 Pests occur in large numbers, and they can ….terrible damage, particularly to growing crops, that in some parts of the world people frequently suffer from famine

A do such B do so C make such D.

make so

15 The new magazine about maintenance ……… tomorrow

comes out

16 A:”Do you think it will rain?’ B: ‘……… ’

A I hope not B.I not hope so C I don’t hope so

D So do I hope

17 Peter is very………… for all the help you have given him

18 He couldn’t………… her to speak a word to him all the way back to her

boarding house

19 No sooner ………… the corner than its wheel came off

C the van had turned D had the van turned

20 He……… all his money, then closed the account

21 The government are doing a ………… of people’s changing habits

22 A cool drink……… him after his long hot journey

23 Although he is rich and famous, he lives in a ……… house in the village

24 I took the shoes back to the shop, but the manager……… to change them

25 Well, we did have a terrible row but we’ve………… it up now

26 I do not believe that this preposterous scheme………… of our serious

consideration

worthless

27 It was only …… he told me his surname that I realized that we had been to the

same school

28 The…… of his first novel appeared in The Times yesterday.

29 He did not share his secrets with many people but he……… in her

30 He just couldn't open the jar………hard he tried

31 If the students……… on time, they'd have enjoyed the pictures

32 Would you be……….to hold the door open?

kind

33 Mike: 'That's the 16th job interview I've failed What should I do?' Jane: ' '

tickets

35 Nga: “Thanks a lot for your nice present!” Mai: “………”

III Choose the part that needs correcting

36 In purchasing a winter coat, it is very important for trying it on with heavy

clothing underneath.( to try)

A B C D

37 What happened in that city were a reaction from city workers, including firemen and policemen who had

A B C

been laid off from their jobs ( was)

D

38 A number of novelists submitted their manuscripts under pseudonyms to conceal the fact that there were

A B C D

women ( they were)

39 Although a doctor may be able to diagnose a problem perfectly, he still may not

be able to find a drug

A B C

which the patient will respond ( to which)

D

40 Because the Red Cross accepts blood from most donors, the nurses will not let you give blood if you have

A B C

just had a cold ( Although)

D

IV Choose the sentence that is the nearest in meaning to the given one

41 Unlike the other students, Thomas does not have any ambition

A Thomas's peers, as well as him, all have some ambition

B Thomas does not like his friends because they are ambitious

C His students do not like Thomas because he has no ambition

D All the students, excluding Thomas, have some ambition

42 It’s no use reading that book

used

C That book is not worth reading D I have used the book for a long time

43 I ran into Peter, a friend of mine, on my may to work this morning

A I met Peter unexpectedly on my way to work this morning

B Peter and I ran to work this morning

C Peter had to work this morning, but I did not

D Peter ran into his friend this morning

44 I would have been on time if I hadn’t stopped at the post office

A I was on time even though I stopped at the post office

B I wasn’t on time because I stopped at the post office

C I didn’t stop at the post office, but I was late

D All of the above are correct

45 But for his father’s early retirement, Richard would not have taken over the family business

A Richard didn’t take over the family business because his father didn’t retire

B Richard only took over the family business because his father decided to retire early

C His father retire early, but he still ran the family business

D Richard’s father didn’t want him to take over the family business despite his retirement

46 Dick got to the bus station at midnight, missing his bus by two hours

A The bus left at ten o’clock at night, so Dick missed it

B The bus left at two o’clock in the afternoon

midnight

47 The onset of the disease is shown by a feeling of faintness

A A feeling of faintness signals the final stage of the disease B One feels faint

if the disease is over

C The first sign of the disease is a feeling of faintness D Faintness causes the disease

48 Were it not for the money, this job wouldn’t be worthwhile

A This job is not rewarding at all B The only thing that makes this job worthwhile is the money

C Although the salary is poor, the job is worthwhile D This job offers a poor salary

49 'Why not participate in the English Speaking Contest?'

A He asked me to take part in the English Speaking Contest

B He suggested taking part in the English Speaking Contest

C He offered us to take part in the English Speaking Contest

D He told me not to participate in the English Speaking Contest

50.'Don't be so disappointed Jane You can take the driving test again,' said Helen

A Helen told Jane not to be disappointed and take the driving test again

B Helen asked Jane not to be disappointed and offered her another driving test

C Helen warned Jane not to be disappointed' in order to take the driving test again

D Helen encouraged Jane to take the driving test again

V Read the passages and decide which answer A,B,C or D best fit each space.

Do you ever wish you were more optimistic, someone who always (51)

to be successful? Having someone around who always fears the worst isn't really a lot of (52) … - we all know someone who sees a single cloud on a sunny day and says, 'It looks like rain.' But if you catch yourself thinking such things, it's important to do something about it

You can change your view of life, according to psychologist It only takes a little…(53)… , and you'll find life more rewarding as a (54) Optimism, they say, is partly about self-respect and confidence but it's also a more positive way of looking at life and all it has to (55) ………… Optimists are more (56) to start new projects and are generally more prepared to take risks Upbringing is obviously very important in forming your (57) ……… to the world Some people are brought up to depend too much on others and grow up forever blaming other people when anything (58)…… wrong Most optimists, on the (59) ……… hand, have been brought up not to (60.) …… failure as the end

of the world - they just get on with their lives

D waited

D fun

D effect

product

D propose

D welcome

D position

D turns

D far

VI.Read the passage and answer the question that follow

Accustomed though we are to speaking of the films made before 1927 as

"silent," the film has never been, in the full sense of the word, silent From the very beginning, music was regarded as an indispensable accompaniment ; when the Lumiere films were shown at the first public film exhibition in the Unites States in February 1896, they were accompanied by piano improvisations on popular tunes

At first, the music played bore no special relationship to the films ; an accompaniment of any kind was sufficient

Within a very short time, however, the incongruity of playing lively music to a

solemn film became apparent, and film pianists began to take some care in

matching their pieces to the mood of the film

As movie theaters grew in number and importance, a violinist, and perhaps a cellist, would be added to the pianist in certain cases, and in the larger movie theaters small orchestras were formed For a number of years the selection of music for each film program rested entirely in the hands of the conductor or leader of the orchestra, and very often the principal qualification for holding such a position was not skill or taste

so much as the ownership of a large personal library of musical pieces Since the conductor seldom saw the films until the night before they were to be shown (if,

indeed, the conductor was lucky enough to see them then), the musical arrangement

was normally improvised in the greatest hurry

of publishing suggestions for musical accompaniments In 1909, for example, the Edison Company began issuing with their films such indications of mood as

"pleasant," "sad," "lively." The suggestions became more explicit, and so emerged the musical cue sheet containing indications of mood, the titles of suitable pieces of music, and precise directions to show where one piece led into the next

Certain films had music especially composed for them The most famous of these

early special scores was that composed and arranged for D.W Griffith's film Birth

of a Nation, which was released in 1915

61 The passage mainly discusses music that was

silent films

C specifically composed for certain movie theaters D recorded during film exhibitions

62 What can be inferred from the passage about the majority of films made after

1927 ?

A They were truly "silent." B They were accompanied by symphonic orchestras

C They incorporated the sound of the actors' voices D They corresponded to specific musical compositions

63 The word "solemn" is closest in meaning to

D silent

64 It can be inferred that orchestra conductors who worked in movie theaters needed to

voices

compose original music

65 The word "them" refers to

66 According to the passage, what kind of business was the Edison Company?

films

instruments

67 It may be inferred from the passage that the first musical cue sheets appeared around

68 Which of the following notations is most likely to have been included on a musical cue sheet of the early 1900's?

A "Calm, peaceful" B "Piano, violin"

69 The word "scores" is closest in meaning to

groups of musicians

70 The passage probably continues with a discussion of

A famous composers of the early twentieth century B other films directed by D.W Griffith

Nation

VII Read the passage and answer the question that follow

Marianne Moore (1887-1972) once said that her writing could be called poetry only because there was no other name for it Indeed her poems appear to be extremely compressed essays that happen to be printed in jagged lines on the page Her subject were varied: animals, laborers, artists, and the craft of poetry From her general reading came quotations that she found striking or insightful She included these in her poems, scrupulously enclosed in quotation marks, and sometimes identified in footnotes Of this practice, she wrote, " 'Why many quotation marks?' I am asked When a thing has been so well that it could not be said better, why paraphrase it? Hence, my writing is, if not a cabinet of fossils, a

kind of collection of flies in amber." Close observation and concentration on detail

and the methods of her poetry

Marianne Moore grew up in Kirkwood, Missouri, near St Lois After graduation from Bryn Mawr College in 1909, she taught commercial subjects at the Indian School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania Later she became a librarian in New York City During the 1920’s she was editor of The Dial, an important literary magazine

of the period She lived quietly all her life, mostly in Brooklyn, New York She

spent a lot of time at the Bronx Zoo, fascinated by animals Her admiration of the Brooklyn Dodgers-before the teammoved to Los Angeles-was widely known

Her first book of poems was published in London in 1921 by a group of friends associated with the Imagist movement From that time on her poetry has been read

with interest by succeeding generations of poets and readers In 1952 she was

awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her Collected Poems She wrote that she did not write

poetry "for money or fame To earn a living is needful, but it can be done in routine

ways One writes because one has a burning desire to objectify what it is

71 What is the passage mainly about?

A The influence of the imagists on Marianne Moore B Essayists and

poets of the 1920's

and work

72.Which of the following can be inferred about Moore's poems?

A They are better known in Europe than the United States B They do not use traditional verse forms

abstract

73 According to the passage Moore wrote about all of the following EXCEPT

D workers

74.What does Moore refer to as "flies in amber" (line 9)?

in the twentieth-century

within her poetry

75 The author mentions all of the following as jobs held by Moore EXCEPT

D librarian

76 The word "period" is closest in meaning to

time

77 Where did Moore spend most of her adult life?

Los Angeles D In Carlisle

78 The word "succeeding" in line 19 is closest to

D later

79 The word "it" in line 22 refers to

attracting readers

80 It can be inferred from the passage that Moore wrote because she

Bronx Zoo

KEY

51B 52D 53B 54A 55C 56B 57B 58A 59C 60A

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2012-LẦN I Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian: 90 phút (Không kể thời gian giao nhận

đề)

Họ và tên thí sinh:

Phòng thi:

Số báo danh:

Mã đề: 252

I Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is closest

in meaning to the underlined

part in each of the following sentences

1 I will communicate with you as soon as I have any news

connection

2 He is an honest man You can rely on him to do a good job

with

3 We’ll have to use the restrooms on the next floor because the ones on this floor are not in working condition

4 “Please speak up a bit more, Jason You’re hardly loud enough to be heard from the back”, the teacher said

5 I couldn’t see what she was doing It was so dark down there

from

II Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

In the world today, particular in the two most industrialized areas, North America and Europe, recycling is the big news People are talking about it,

practicing it, and discovering new ways to be sensitive to the environment.

Recycling means finding ways to use products a second time The motto of the

recycling movement is “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”

The first step is to reduce garbage In stores, a shopper has to buy products in blister packs, boxes and expensive plastic wrappings A hamburger from a fast food restaurant comes in lots of packaging: usually paper, a box and a bag All that packaging is wasted resources People should try to buy things that are wrapped simply, and to reuse cups and utensils Another way to reduce waste is to buy high-quality products When low-high-quality appliances break, many customers throw them away and buy new ones - a loss of more resources and more energy For example, if

a customer buys a high-quality appliance that can be easily repaired, the manufacturer receives an important message In the same way, if a customer chooses a product with less packaging, that customer sends an important message to the manufacturers To reduce garbage, the throw-away must stop

The second step is to reuse It is better to buy juices and soft drinks in returnable bottles After customers empty the bottles, they return them to the stores The manufacturers of the drinks collect bottles, wash them, and then fill them again The energy that is necessary to make new bottles is saved In some parts of the world,

returning bottles for money is a common practice In those places, the garbage

dumps have relatively little glass and plastic from throw-away bottles

The third step being environmentally sensitive is to recycle Spent motor oil can

be cleaned and used again Aluminum cans are expensive to make It takes the same amount of energy to make one aluminum can as it does to run a color TV set for three hours When people collect and recycle aluminum (for new cans), they help save one of the world’s

precious resources

6 It is a waste when customers buy low-quality products because _

times

7 The word “motto” is closest in meaning to _

8 People can do the following to reduce waste EXCEPT _

cups

9 What is the topic of the passage?

environment

people understand the term “recycle”

10 Which area is considered one of the most industrialized?

11 The word “practice” is closest in meaning to _

12 What does the word “sensitive” means?