DE CUONG ON CAO HOC MON TIENG ANH

Parents should do their best to talk to their sons and daughters about school work and future planbut should not push them to talk if they don’t want to.. young people trying to be adult

ĐỀ CƯƠNG ÔN TẬP TUYỂN SINH CAO HỌC NĂM 2008

Môn: Tiếng Anh (Trình độ B)

(REVISION FOR POST- GRADUATE EXAM - B Level) I/

GRAMMAR FOCUS:

1 All Tenses

2 Time Clauses

3 Verb Patterns:

+ Like doing v like to do

+ Ask / tell someone to do something

+ Make / let someone do something

+ Decide / manage / try / start… to do something

4 What’s … like? / What to look like? ? How + to be + Subject? (Questions for general &specific description)

5 Must / mustn’t / Have to / Don’t have to / should / shouldn’t (strong or absence ofobligation, mild or negative obligation)

6 Can / can’t / could / able to… ( ability) / Can / Could / Do you mind / Would you mind?(permission)

7 Might and Could (A future & present possibility)

8 First / Second / Zero Conditional

9 Passive Sentences

10 Reported Speech ( Statements/ Commands/ Questions)

II/ READING TEXT FOCUS: General texts about

Science, Politics, Society, Technology, Economics, Culture, Environment, Health, Family andschool life.( About 70- 90 words)

III/ WRITING FOCUS:

1 Sentence Building

2 Sentence Structure

3 Translation : Vietnamese → English / English → Vietnamese

DẠNG THỨC ĐỀ THI (FORMAT OF THE EXAM)

( Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút)

I/PHẦN I: ĐỌC HIỂU

Bài 1: Cho trước 25 - 30 từ hoặc cụm tư (không đánh dấu ABCD) và cho sẵn 15 câu, mỗi

câu có một chỗ trống Thí sinh chọn 1 từ hoặc 1 cụm từ thích hợp cho ở trên điền vào chỗ

trống để hoàn thành câu.(15đ)

Bài 2: Gồm 4 bài đọc nội dung khác nhau, mỗi bài khoảng 70 - 90 từ Sau mỗi bài có 5 năm

câu hỏi Tổng số có 20 câu Thí sinh đọc và trả lời câu hỏi (30đ)

Bài 3: Một bài đọc khoảng 150 - 200 từ trong đó có 10 chỗ trống, thí sinh tự tìm 1 từ hoặc 1

cụm từ thích hợp điền vào chỗ trống để hoàn chỉnh bài đọc.(10đ)

PAPER 1: READING COMPREHENSION SECTION A : (15 marks)

From the list of words and phrases given, choose the most suitable one for each blank Write it in each blank Use each word or phrase ONCE ONLY.

pollutes chimney environment

a well placemoon

catch

go comfortable

a while

a seablend

invented opponent

foreign languageschildren

gets home

1 Some farmers have to dig to get water

2 Air, water, and soil are all part of our

3 Dirty water from rivers in big cities the ocean

4 A swimming pool can be a dangerous for small children

5 University students are not They are adults

6 We had to use our neighbour's telephone because ours was

7 Children usually pick up very quickly

8 Tom was of money, so he borrowed $200 from me

9 When Mary gets home she likes to listen to music for

10 Sometimes I watch TV or out with friends after dinner

11 The dictionary was and then published in a more expensive edition

12 When some animals are not fed on time they become very

13 The chess player underestimated his and lost

14 The colours of the rainbow into one another

15 I can't stand to his complaints any longer

did whom

by /on

by / at

within

on capable defer cheaters thought

possible revised out of order for which short

a while

depend opponent about whom violent came foreign languages

1 He climbed the tree and picked all the fruit reach

2 Has the committee a decision yet?

3 Do you think he is of doing the job?

4 We will have to the decision until Mr Johnson gets back from holiday

5 She has been banned driving for six months

6 There is a wide range of nutritious food in the world However, eating habitsdiffer

country country

7 I've had so many refusals Now I'm frightened applying a job

8 The chess player underestimated his and lost

9 University students are not They are adults

10 We had to use our neighbour's telephone because ours was

11 Children usually pick up very quickly

12 Tom was of money, so he borrowed $200 from me

13 When Mary gets home she likes to listen to music for

14 The dictionary was and then published in a more expensive edition

15 When some animals are not fed on time they become very

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comfortable

a while when comparedunderestimatedthunder

prevention

melts/ floodsranks

children convinceunderstoodphrase

1 They always kept on good with their next door neighbours

2 He couldn’t his father that he was telling the truth

3 Children usually foreign languages very quickly

4 with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountains do not seem high at all

5 The majority of nurses are women, but in the high of the medical profession

women are in minority

6 I've had so many refusals Now I'm frightened applying a job

7 When there are lightning and during a storm, it is called an electrical storm

8 When snow in the mountains, it can cause in the lowlands

9 When Mary gets home she likes to listen to music for

10 To be a good short story writer one needs, among other things,a very

imagination

11 The dictionary was and then published in a more expensive edition

12 When some animals are not fed on time they become very

13 The chess player his opponent and lost.

14 My passport last month , so I will have to get a new one

15 People say that prevention is better than

are had being stung

so less kind appreciate take onreduce had been stung

1 The took his sheep up the mountain.

2 She got a to mend the leaking pipe

3 After forgetting his keys three days running, Adrian began to worry about how

he was getting

4 Had I known she was sick, I her.

5 For the first night ‘s performance, the had to be called to take the part, becausethe

leading actor was ill

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7 I would it if you make a booking for me I am too busy

8 It is imperative that you there in person.

9 Either we’ll have to increase overtime working or new staff

A increase B C train D employ

10 When he heard a terrible noise, he asked me what was on

A going B happening C getting D being11.The child's arm was swollen because he by a bee

1 Three weeks a long time to wait to hear from him

2 Everyone has helped in some way you

3 After years of war the nation wanted to their enemies

4 World War II in 1939 and ended in 1945 with the total defeat of Fascism

5 Had I known she was sick, I her

6 Some farmers have to a well to get water

7 Air, water, and soil are all part of our

8 Dirty water from rivers in big cities the ocean

9 A swimming pool can be a place for small children

10 University students are not children They are

11 One of the of the European Community was to agree on a single currency by 1999

12 We had to use our neighbour's telephone because ours was

13 Children usually foreign languages very quickly

14 I was of money, so Minh lent me 200,00dong

15 It was lovely weather that we spent the whole day on the beach

Parents should do their best to talk to their sons and daughters about school work and future planbut should not push them to talk if they don’t want to Parents should also watch for the danger signs: some

young people trying to be adult may experiment with sex, drugs, alcohol or smoking Parents need to watch for any sighs of unusual; behaviour which may be connected with these and get help if necessary

Questions:

1- Why do adults sometimes find teenagers difficult to talk to?

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3- What does the word “behaviour” in the passage mean?

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4- When can we expect young people to be more talkative than usual? ………

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5- How should parents deal with their teenage children? ………

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Passage 2 People have always dreamed of living forever, and although we all know this will not happen, we still want to live as long as possible Naturally, there are advantages and disadvantages to a long life In the first place, people who live longer can spend more time with their family and friends Secondly, people who have busy working lives look forward to a long; relaxing retirement when they can do all the things they have never had time for On the other hand, there are some serious disadvantages Firstly, many people become ill and consequently have to spend time in hospital or become dependent on their children and friends Many of them find this dependence annoying or embarrassing In addition to this, the older people get, the fewer friends they seem to have because old friends die or become ill and it's often difficult to make new friends To sum up, it seems that living to a very old age is worthwhile for people who stay healthy enough to remain independent and enjoy life Questions 1 What have people always dreamed of? ………

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2 What is the disadvantage of living a long life in the first place?

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3 Why do some people look forward to a long, relaxing retirement? ………

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4 What are the advantages of living a long life? ………

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Passage 3

Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland in 1847, but when he was a young man of twenty-three he moved with his parents to Canada Before the year was over, young Graham had left his family and gone to Boston Though Bell was a dreamer, he was also a practical thinker and a man of action In Boston, where he worked by day as a teacher of the deaf, he worked far into the night experimenting with the electrical transmission of sound "You can't make an owl sleep at night," he once wrote in a letter "The more I explore the wonderful subject of electricity, the more boundless seem the prospects before me."

Questions

1 When and where was Bell born?

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2 How old was he when he moved to Canada ………

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3 What kind of man was Bell?

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4 What did he do in Boston? ………

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5 What did he write in the letter? ………

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Passage 4 The food we eat seems to have profound effects on our health Although science has made enormous steps in making food more fit to eat, it has, at the same time, made many foods unfit to eat Some research has shown that perhaps eighty percent of all human illnesses are related to diet and forty percent of cancers are related to the diet as well, especially cancer of the colon Different cultures are more prone to contract certain illnesses because of the food that is characteristic in these cultures That food related to illness is not a new discovery Questions 1 What does the food we eat have effects on? ………

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2 What are the human illnesses related to? ………

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3 How has science done a disservice to mankind? ………

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4.Why are different cultures more prone to contract certain illnesses? ………

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5.Is the food related to illness a new discovery? ………

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Passage 5 Radio waves are a mystery Though scientists assume that they are a form of electric energy, no one as yet has been able to prove it But even though scientists are not quite sure what radio waves are, they are constantly learning how to make use of them One of the first scientists to experiment with their use was an Italian named Macroni In 1897 he formed a wireless company to install wireless sets in ships at sea, in light ships, and in lighthouses along the coast of England With such equipment, he believed that a ship in danger of sinking could radio for help Two years later he was proved right A light ship, pounded and damaged by heavy seas, radioed a nearby station and got help in time to prevent loss of life Questions 1 What are the scientists learning? ………

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2 What nationality was Macroni ? ………

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3 What did he install in ships? ………

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4 Why were radio waves a mystery ?

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5 How could the light ship get help ? ………

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Passage 6 Among the more than 1.5 million species of living things that have been described and named, the human species is unique in that its members adapt to the environment primarily by a complicated form of learned behavior called culture, which is transmitted from generation to generation by the symbol system of language For all practical purposes, geographic variation in our species is now irrelevant because people adapt to the environment primarily by means of behavior, whose biological basis is in the brain and is not reflected in superficial differences in body surfaces When they first evolved, people who had dark-colored skin were better adapted to climatic conditions near the equator than those who had light-colored skins, but few human beings now live under natural conditions Also, technological advances have assured that at the present time, human beings of various races are as likely to reproduce in one environment as in another The superficial differences between existing human races are thus largely relics of the past and are not of much functional significance today Questions 1 How many species of living things have been described and named? ………

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2 Who was better adapted to climatic conditions near the equator when people first evolved? ………

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3 According to the passage , why is geographic variation in our species irrelevant now ? ………

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4 Do many human beings now live under natural conditions? ………

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5 What have the technological advances assured? ………

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Passage7 Traditionally, mental tests have been divided into two types Achievement tests are designed to measure acquired skills and knowledge, particularly those that have been explicitly taught The proficiency exams required by some states for high school graduation are achievement tests Aptitude tests are designed to measure a person’s ability to acquire new skills or knowledge For example, vocational aptitude tests can help you decide whether you would do better as a mechanic or musician However, All mental tests are in some sense achievement tests because they assume some sort of past learning or experience with certain objects, words or situations The difference between achievement and aptitude tests is one of degree and intended use Questions 1.What is the author’s main purpose in this passage? ………

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2.How many types of the mental tests are there and what are they? ………

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3 What are achievement tests designed to measure? ………

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4 What are aptitude tests designed to measure? ………

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5 What is the difference between aptitude and achievement tests? ………

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Passage 8.

During the teenage years, many young people can at times be difficult to talk to They often seem

to dislike being questioned They may seem unwilling to talk about their work in school This is a normal development at this age, though it can be very hard for parents to understand It is part of becoming independent of teenagers trying to be adult while they are still growing up Young people are usually more willing to talk if they believe that questions are asked out of real interest and not because people are trying

to check up on them

Parents should do their best to talk to their sons and daughters about school work and future plan but should not push them to talk if they don’t want to Parents should also watch for the danger signs : some young people trying to be adult may experiment with sex, drugs, alcohol or smoking Parents need to watch for any sighs of unusual, behaviour which may be connected with these and get help if necessary

Questions :

1.Why do adults sometimes find teenagers difficult to talk to?

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2.Why do some teenagers experiment with drinking and smoking? ………

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3.What does the word “behaviour” in the passage mean?

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4.When can we expect young people to be more talkative than usual? ………

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5.How should parents deal with their teenage children? ………

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Passage 9.

To be successful, a business traveler must be able to maintain contact with the office, no matter what the time or place Negotiations often involve decisions based on the latest figures New telecommunications products and services now on the market make staying in touch easier than ever before

The most widespread device is the cellular telephone, the price of which has dropped from several

thousand dollars to a few hundred, including installation There are over two million mobile cellular phones

in use today, including both car phones and cordless transportable units Car phones have proven

indispensable for road emergencies as well as routine business transactions Phone service is also available

on airplanes and on the rails

Recently introduced pocket- side organizers help business travelers with heavy schedules keep track of clients These are tiny computers that can store all kinds of information They can serve as phone and address directories, calendars, electronic memo pads, and calculators, among other uses

Another invaluable telecommunications tool is smaller, lighter fax machines that plug into any standard electrical outlet and phone line The devices allow instantaneous transmission of hard copy to any location having a compatible fax machine It is expected that faxing will soon become the primary means of sending and receiving short documents requiring prompt attentions

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4 According to the passage, why so business travelers need to keep in touch with the office? ………

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5.Pocket-sized computers are especially useful for businessmen who…

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Passage 10 Health Effects Of Tea A recent international meeting held in Washington explored the health effects of drinking tea Researchers from the United States, Japan, China, Britain and the Netherlands presented the latest studies about the effects of tea on health Scientists say tea contains natural chemicals.These chemicals block the action of some substances produced in the body that cause cancer.They say tea contains the same substances in fruits and vegetables which are now being studied for possible use in fighting cancer This means that drinking tea could protect people’s health Our scientists at the meeting presented a study that was done in Beijing, China A professor at the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine studied 59 people with growths in their mouth which were expected to become cancers About 30 received 6 months of treatment with a mix of green tea and black tea The others received a neutral substance The area of cell growth was reduced 38% in the treated patients The area of cell growth was reduced 10% in the patients who were not treated with tea Questions: 1 What did the international meeting in Washington mention? ………

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4 How many patients were treated by a professor at the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine? ………

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Fill in each of the numbered blanks in the following passage Use ONLY ONE word in each space

He was born in a very poor part of London His father was a comedian and his mother worked (1) a dancer and a singer Neither of them were very successful, however, and the family had very (2) money; at one time they were so poor that he and his brother had only one pair of shoes (3) them and they had to take turn wearing them The first time he himself earned any money, (4) dancing and singing, he was only five years old He did many kinds of jobs, but what he lovedmost was working in the theatre

(5) he was about 15 he joined a traveling theatre company and went on trips to America

On one such tour he was offered a part in a film, so he went to Hollywood, where he eventually becameboth an actor and a film director He was known to be a perfectionist, and sometimes made the other actorsrepeat a scene many times (6) he was finally satisfied with it

Many people found (7) difficult and some accused him of being mean, but it was reallyhis early experiences of poverty (8) made him careful with his money

He died in Switzerland in 1977, (9) the age of 88 (10) is now a statue of him in Leicester Square, London, the city of his birth and early upbringing His name was Charlie Chaplin

2.SECTION C

Fill in each of the numbered blanks in the following passage Use ONLY ONE word in each space

The ecosystems of the Earth provide an array of free public services that are

………(1) for the support of civilizations (2) maintain the quality of the

atmosphere, provide food from the sea, manufacture (3) replenish soils, recycle wastes and nutrients, control the overwhelming majority of crop pests and disease vectors, (4) so on Peoplehave no idea (5) to take over these activities satisfactorily They do know, however, that the theory once advanced in the nineteenth (6) – that the productivity of the land can be infinitely increased (7) the application of capital, labour, and science- is wrong History has (8) that once the natural life-support systems of a civilization have been sufficiently damaged, they cannot usually (9) repaired The ancient deforestation or overgrazing of the Mediterranean region is a famous example And today, a global civilization is……… ( 10) the global environment

3.SECTION C

Fill in each of the numbered blanks in the following passage Use ONLY ONE word in each space

There is really no such thing as “London is such a huge _(1), and so many people live therethat the life of the city is made _(2) of many different elements There are small villagecommunities, working _(3) communities, “trendy” areas such as Chelsea and Fulham, quietresidential districts-all _(4) of ways of live are encompassed by the great metropolis Let’sstart _(5) life in the city Just _(6) half a million people commute into the city of London each _(7) to work in this great financial centre This is famous “rush _(8).”

On the 07.25 train from Warlinghani or Bromley, or perhaps _(9) Brighton on the south coast

is the familiar sight _(10) the “citygent” on his _(11) to work, regular as clockwork Dressed

in bowler hat, white-collar shirt and dark, sometimes pin-striped suit, he silently _(12) the pinkFinancial Time, occasionally nodding _(13) some regular fellow travelers Some older members ofbowler-hat bridage even _(14) on their special seats, on the train, perhaps occupied _(15)twenty five years

4.SECTION C

Fill in each of the numbered blanks in the following passage Use ONLY ONE word in each space

My mother and my father are very _ (1) Mum is always very _(2), notexactly _(3), because she does take everything seriously sometimes, but she doesn’t get excited