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TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN VĨNH PHÚC ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC LẦN I NĂM HỌC 2013-2014
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Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the other three words
in each question
Câu 1: A competent B compliance C computer D commuter
Câu 2: A parentheses B industrial C accidental D participant
Câu 3: A contour B conceal C consul D contraband
Câu 4: A satellite B pasteurise C malevolent D manicure
Câu 5: A maritime B material C masculine D marathon
Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct
Câu 6: I managed to talk to Carol just while she was leaving
A While B managed C leaving D to
Câu 7: The Englishman was desperate to obtain another passport because he had lost one he had and he urgently needed to go back to England
A desperate B one C another D urgently
Câu 8: May I ask who was that man who was leaving the office when we came in?
C Who was that man D may
Câu 9: Get in touch with me when you need my help You’ve got my phone number and address, have you?
A in touch B have you C when D and
Câu 10: Polio, one of a group of spinal inflammations, causes fever and paralysis often resulting in disabled and deformity
A disabled B resulting C a group D causes
Choose the best answer from the four options(A, B, C or D)
Câu 11: From the hotel there is a good… of the mountain
A view B vision C sight D picture
Câu 12: We all make mistake, no one is…
A falliable B mistaken C unmistakable D infalliable
Câu 13: The exam was much easier than we expected, in fact, it was a piece of
Câu 14: Do very young children really Foreign travel?
A benefit B evaluate C appreciate D delight
Trang 2Câu 15: During the height of the season, tourists arrive in… to see Shakespeare’s birthplace
A loads B flocks C shoals D droves
Câu 16: When he retires at sixty, he’ll get a very good…
Câu 17: Many educationalists feel that continue… is fairer than formal examinations
A assessment B judgement C assignment D cramming
Câu 18: He never had much property, and when his house was broken into by thieves,
he had … still
A few B less C a little D little
Câu 19: Jenny: “Thank you very much for your donation, Mr Robinson.”
Mr Robinson: “ ”
A Delighted I was able to help B I see
C You can say that again D You are right
Câu 20: She set… some money each month for her holiday
Câu 21: His doctor advised him to… himself to three cigarettes a day
Câu 22: She worked really hard this year so she was given a 10% pay…
A inflation B decrease C increase D extra
Câu 23: It has been conclusively… that smoking causes many diseases
A established B admitted C approved D declared
Câu 24: The… told the candidates to turn over the question paper and begin
A tester B assessor C inspector D invigilator
Câu 25: Boy: “What is your greatest phobia?”
Girl: “ _”
A Probably people who smoke B I haven't made up my mind
C Worms, definitely! D I'm afraid not
Câu 26: Some psychiatrists argue that in the final… parents are to blame for their children’s behavior
A case B experiment C collapse D analysis
Câu 27: Try something sharp-smelling under her nose, that might… if she’s still unconscious
A get her over B put her forward C bring her to D bring her about
Câu 28: “I’m having some friends over for dinner this evening Would you like to join us?” -“ _”
A Come on It’s your turn B As a matter of fact, I do
C Thanks, but I mustn’t D Can I take a rain check?
Câu 29: I’m… of her moaning about the job, if she doesn’t like it she should leave
A high and dry B sick and tired C prim and proper D clean and tidy
Câu 30: Tom: “I thought your performance last Sunday was wonderful.”
Laura: “ ”
A Don’t tell a lie I thought it was terrible
B No doubt!
Trang 3C I completely agree with you It was terrific.
D You must be kidding It was not as good as I had expected
Câu 31: This clock…on two small batteries
Câu 32: After six months of convalescence in a nursing home, Simon is finally on the…
Câu 33: The new law will… effect in six months
Câu 34: … you to change your mind about handing in your notice, we would be happy for you to stay with us
Câu 35: Well done!, Sarah! You are top… the class
Read the passage then choose the best option (A,B,C or D) to complete each space
FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD
Much of pre-prepared food we eat today contains additives of one (36) _ or another (37) of these additives are harmless, some are not so harmless and some are even dangerous In Europe, permitted additives are given a number which is prefixed by an “E” Additives are used by food processing manufactured to improve taste, thicken or preserve the food
(38) are also used to make the food look more inviting Even fresh food from the greengrocer may contains residues of pesticides and other chemicals
It is often argued that adding chemicals to food somehow makes our diet less wholesome than it was in the past, before the effect of such additives was discovered
Is this really (39) _? In 1872 a pioneer in investigating adulterated food, Dr Hassal, discovered that a variety of toxic chemicals and contaminates were to be found in (40) _ foodstuffs He found, among other things, alum and chalk added to bread, and copper and lead added to other foods, to give colour Even poisons such as strychnine were used Foods consumed by the well-off, such as ice cream, were (41) as bad and were often contaminated with foreign material
E-numbered chemicals (42) _ as food additives have to be listed on the labels of processed food, so at (43) _ the consumer has a choice nowadays whether
to have the product or not The Victorians had no such choice and the poor, especially, suffered Many of the poisons (44) _ up in their bodies, causing chronic gastric irritation, food poisoning or death In 1862, it was estimated that one fifth of all meat in England and Wales came from animals that had died of disease E-numbered chemicals have received (45) _ of publicity, most of it bad The fact is, though, without them the freshness, colour and flavour of our food would suffer
Câu 36: A class B division C sort D thing
Câu 37: A various B little C some D few
Câu 38: A colourings B shades C paints D tints
Trang 4Câu 39: A exact B proper C truthful D true
Câu 40: A usual B frequent C common D general
Câu 41: A just B about C only D quite
Câu 42: A used B applied C put D made
Câu 43: A least B first C once D most
Câu 45: A much B a lot C a few D more
Read the passage then choose the best answer for each question
The Creators of Grammar
No student of a foreign language needs to be told that grammar is complex By changing word sequences and by adding a range of auxiliary verbs and suffixes, we are able to communicate tiny variations in meaning We can turn a statement into a question, state whether an action has taken place or is soon to take place, and perform many other word tricks to convey subtle differences in meaning Nor is this complexity inherent to the English language All languages, even those of so-called 'primitive' tribes have clever grammatical components The Cherokee pronoun system, for example, can distinguish between 'you and I', 'several other people and I' and 'you, another person and I' In English, all these meanings are summed up in the one, crude
pronoun 'we' Grammar is universal and plays a part in every language, no matter how widespread it is So the question which has baffled many linguists is - who
created grammar?
At first, it would appear that this question is impossible to answer To find out how grammar is created, someone needs to be present at the time of a language's creation, documenting its emergence Many historical linguists are able to trace modern complex languages back to earlier languages, but in order to answer the question of
how complex languages are actually formed, the researcher needs to observe how
languages are started from scratch Amazingly, however, this is possible.
Some of the most recent languages evolved due to the Atlantic slave trade At that time, slaves from a number of different ethnicities were forced to work together under colonizer's rule Since they had no opportunity to learn each other's languages, they
developed a make-shift language called a pidgin Pidgins are strings of words copied
from the language of the landowner They have little in the way of grammar, and in many cases it is difficult for a listener to deduce when an event happened, and who did
what to whom [1] Speakers need to use circumlocution in order to make their meaning understood [2] Interestingly, however, all it takes for a pidgin to become a
complex language is for a group of children to be exposed to it at the time when they
learn their mother tongue [3] Slave children did not simply copy the strings of words
uttered by their elders, they adapted their words to create a new, expressive
language [4] Complex grammar systems which emerge from pidgins are termed
creoles, and they are invented by children
Trang 5Further evidence of this can be seen in studying sign languages for the deaf Sign languages are not simply a series of gestures; they utilize the same grammatical machinery that is found in spoken languages Moreover, there are many different languages used worldwide The creation of one such language was documented quite recently in Nicaragua Previously, all deaf people were isolated from each other, but in
1979 a new government introduced schools for the deaf Although children were taught speech and lip reading in the classroom, in the playgrounds they began to invent their own sign system, using the gestures that they used at home It was basically a
pidgin Each child used the signs differently, and there was no consistent grammar
However, children who joined the school later, when this inventive sign system was already around, developed a quite different sign language Although it was based on the signs of the older children, the younger children's language was more fluid and compact, and it utilized a large range of grammatical devices to clarify meaning What
is more, all the children used the signs in the same way A new creole was born
Some linguists believe that many of the world's most established languages were creoles at first The English past tense - ed ending may have evolved from the verb
'do' 'It ended' may once have been 'It end-did' Therefore it would appear that even
the most widespread languages were partly created by children Children appear to have innate grammatical machinery in their brains, which springs to life when they are first trying to make sense of the world around them Their minds can serve to create logical, complex structures, even when there is no grammar present for them to copy
Câu 46: In paragraph 1, why does the writer include information about the Cherokee
language?
A To prove that complex grammar structures were invented by the Cherokees
B To show how English grammar differs from Cherokee grammar
C To show how simple, traditional cultures can have complicated grammar
structures
D To demonstrate how difficult it is to learn the Cherokee language
Câu 47: What can be inferred about the slaves' pidgin language?
A It was created by the land-owners
B It contained complex grammar
C It was based on many different languages
D It was difficult to understand, even among slaves
Câu 48: All the following sentences about Nicaraguan sign language are true EXCEPT
A The language was perfected by younger children
B The language is based on speech and lip reading
C The language incorporates signs which children used at home
D The language has been created since 1979
Câu 49: In paragraph 3, where can the following sentence be placed _
It included standardized word orders and grammatical markers that existed in neither the pidgin language, nor the language of the colonizers.
Trang 6Câu 50: ' From scratch ' in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _.
A in simple cultures B by copying something else
C by using written information D from the very beginning
Câu 51: ' Make-shift ' in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _.
A extensive and diverse B simple and temporary
C private and personal D complicated and expressive
Câu 52: Which sentence is closest in meaning to the highlighted sentence?
Grammar is universal and plays a part in every language, no matter how widespread it is
A The grammar of all languages is the same, no matter where the languages
evolved
B All languages, whether they are spoken by a few people or a lot of people, contain grammar
C Languages which contain a lot of grammar are more common that languages that contain a little
D Some languages include a lot of grammar, whereas other languages contain a little
Câu 53: All of the following are features of the new Nicaraguan sign language
EXCEPT .
A All children used the same gestures to show meaning
B The meaning was clearer than the previous sign language
C The hand movements were smoother and smaller
D New gestures were created for everyday objects and activities
Câu 54: Which idea is presented in the final paragraph?
A English was probably once a creole
B The English past tense system is inaccurate
C Children say English past tenses differently from adults
D Linguists have proven that English was created by children
Câu 55: The word ' consistent ' in paragraph 4 could best be replaced
by .
A uniform B imaginable C predictable D natural
Read the passage then choose the best option (A, B,C or D) to complete each space
CHILD PRODIGIES
Occasionally a young child with very advanced (56) abilities is admitted to university These children are of course genius, or prodigies Typically, they began their (57) studies at university before they are fifteen years old After finishing their first (58) - they usually (59) it in a year or two- they continue to do (60) studies in a specialised field of medicine or science Many of these talented youngsters receive (61) from very prestigious educational institutions to help pay for their studies
Some of the older students dislike being taught in seminars with a child prodigy They find it rather annoying when someone so young (62) at the subject so easily while they (63) over their course Others, however, benefits from the experience
Trang 7of (64) their subject with a child prodigy The (65) who runs the seminars, however, generally enjoy having such gifted students
Câu 56: A theoretical B illiterate
C academic D co-educational
C comprehensive D undergraduate
Câu 58: A qualification B degree C certificate D skill
Câu 59: A set out B sail through C work out D get down
Câu 60: A apprentice B technical C practical D postgraduate
Câu 61: A licence B schedules C service D scholarship
Câu 62: A enjoys B achieves C experiences D excels
Câu 63: A agonise B study C hesitate D reflect
Câu 64: A talking B chatting C arguing D discussing
Câu 65: A trainers B tutors C examiners D markers
Read the passage then choose the best answer for each question
There are many theories about the beginning of drama in ancient Greek The one most widely accepted today is based on the assumption that drama evolved from ritual The argument for this view goes as follows In the beginning human beings viewed the natural forces of the world, even the seasonal changes, as unpredictable, and they sought, through various means, to control these unknown and feared powers Those measures which appeared to bring the desired results were then retained and repeated until they hardened into fixed rituals Eventually stories arose which explained or veiled the mysteries of the rites As time passed some rituals were abandoned, but the stories, later called myths, persisted and provided material for art and drama
Those who believed that drama evolved out of ritual also argue that those rites contained the seed of theatre because music, dance, masks, and costumes were almost always used Furthermore, a suitable site had to be provided for performances, and when the entire community did not participate, a clear division was usually made between the
“ acting area” and “ auditorium” In addition, there were performers, and since considerable importance was attached to avoiding mistakes in the enactment of rites Religious leaders usually assumed that task Wearing masks and costumes, they often impersonated other people, animals, or supernatural beings, and mimed the desired effect- success in hunt or battle, the coming rain, the revival of the Sun-as an actor might Eventually such dramatic representations were separated from religious activities
Another theory traces the theatre’s origin from the human interest in storytelling According to this view, tales (about the hunt, war, or other feats) are gradually elaborated, at first through the use of impersonation, action, and dialogue by a narrator and then through the assumption of each of the roles by a different person A closely related theory traces theatre to those dances that are primarily rhythmical and gymnastic or that are imitations of animal movements and sound
Trang 8Câu 66: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A The variety of early religious activities
B The importance of storytelling
C the role of ritual in modern dance
D The origins of theatre
Câu 67: The word “they” in line 4 refers to
A Seasonal changes B theories
C human beings D natural forces
Câu 68: What aspect of drama does the author discuss in the first paragraph?
A The reason drama is often unpredictable
B The connection between myths and dramatic plots
C The seasons in which dramas were performed
D The importance of costumes in early drama
Câu 69: Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a common element of theatre and ritual?
A magic B costumes C dance D music
Câu 70: The word “considerable” in line 15 is closest in meaning to
A ceremonial B thoughtful C substantial D relational
Câu 71: The word “enactment” in line 15 is closest in meaning to
A performance B season C authorization D establishment
Câu 72: The word “they” in line 16 refers to
A mistakes B performers C animals D costumes
Câu 73: According to the passage, what is the main difference between ritual and drama?
A Ritual use music whereas drama does not
B Ritual has a religious purpose and drama does not
C Ritual is shorter than drama
D Ritual requires fewer performers than drama
Câu 74: The passage supports which of the following statements?
A Dramatic activities require the use of costume
B Storytelling is an important part of dance
C No one really knows how the theatre began
D Myths are longer represented dramatically
Câu 75: Where in the passage does the author discuss the separation of the stage and the audience?
A Line 12-14 B line 19-20 C line 8-9 D Line 22-24
Choose the sentence that has similar meaning to the original one
Câu 76: My cousin is extremely tight-fisted
A He likes wearing tight clothes B He doesn’t want to spend his money
C He is very thin D He is very strong
Câu 77: Most people would be pleased if they got a windfall
A Most people like a windy day in autumn
Trang 9C Most people are happy to receive a wind in autumn
D most people are happy to get an amount of money unexpectedly
Choose the sentence that indicates different meaning to the original one
Câu 78: It would be a good idea if you went and asked her yourself
A I suggest you go and ask her yourself
B I advise you to go and ask her yourself
C You went and asked her yourself and that was good
D Why don’t you go and ask her yourself?
Câu 79: For fear of waking up the child, Tom tiptoed upstairs
A Tom tiptoed upstairs so as not to wake the child up
B The child feared when Tom tiptoed upstairs
C Tom tiptoed upstairs lest the child should be woken up
D Tom tiptoed upstairs because he didn’t want to wake the child up
Câu 80: I am sure it was by mistake that he took your calculator
A It is certain he didn’t take your calculator on purpose
B He must have taken your calculator by mistake
C I am sure he didn’t take your calculator deliberately
D It is a mistake that he took your calculator
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