Đề thi thử đại học năm học 2012- 2013 Môn: Tiếng Anh Trường THPT Lý Thái Tổ pdf

Color both reflects the current state of your emotions, and is something that you can use to improve or change your emotions.. The color that you choose to wear either reflects your curr

Trường THPT Lý Thái Tổ

Đề thi thử đại học năm học 2012- 2013

Môn: Tiếng Anh Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút

(Đề thi gồm 5 trang)

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QUESTIONS 1 – 10: Read the following passage carefully and complete the sentences that follow A, B, C or D as the correct answers.

Colors and emotions

Colors are one of the most exciting experiences in life I love them, and they are just as important to me as

emotions are Have you ever wondered how the two are so intimately related?

Color directly affects your emotions Color both reflects the current state of your emotions, and is something that you can use to improve or change your emotions The color that you choose to wear either reflects your current state of being, or reflects the color or emotion that you need

The colors that you wear affect you much more than they affect the people around you Of course they also affect anyone who comes in contact with you, but you are the one saturated with the color all day! I even choose items

around me based on their color In the morning, I choose my clothes based on the color or emotion I need for the day

So you can consciously use color to control the emotions that you are exposed to, which can help you to feel better Color, sound and emotions are all vibrations Emotions are literally energy in motion; they are meant to move and flow This is the reason that real feelings are the fastest way to get your energy in motion Also, flowing energy is exactly what creates healthy cells in your body So, the fastest way to be healthy is to be open to your real feelings Alternately, the fastest way to create disease is to inhibit your emotions

1 What is the main idea of the passage?

A Emotions and colors are closely related to each other

B Colors are one of the most exciting experiences in life

C Colorful clothes can change your mood

D Colors can help you become more influenced

2 Who is more influenced by the color you wear?

A You are more influenced B The people around you are more influenced

3 Which of the following can be affected by color?

A your need for thrills B your friend’s feelings C your appetite D your mood

4 According to this passage, what creates disease?

5 According to this passage, what do color, sound and emotions all have in common?

A They are all related to health B They are all forms of motions

C They all affect the cells of the body D none of the above

6 The term intimately in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to .

7 Why does the author mention that color and emotions are both vibrations?

A Because they both affect how we feel

B To prove the relationship between emotions and color

C To show how color can affect energy levels in the body

D Because vibrations make you healthy

8 The term they in paragraph 3 refers to .

9 The phrase saturated with in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to .

10 What is the purpose of the passage?

A To give an objective account of how color affect emotions

B To prove the relationship between color and emotion

C To persuade the reader that colors influence emotions and give a person more energy

D To show that colors are important for a healthy life

QUESTIONS 11 - 35: Choose A, B, C or D as your best choice to complete each sentence.

11 Although still underwater, Loihi Seamount, the newest Hawaiian island, closer to the surface by frequent volcanic eruptions that add layers of lava to the island

A brought B to be brought C being brought D is being brought

12 Hiram Revels, the first black member of the United States Senate, served as senator for Mississippi, an office

he was elected in 1870

13 _ the Internet’s speed and efficiency in sending mail electronically rather than by transporting it has become more popular among young people than traditional mail

14 Some machines produced large numbers of interchangeable parts that efficiently with the "interchangeable parts system" of the great inventor Eli Whitney

15 In 1948, the United States Secretary of States Dean Acheson the Marshall Plan to aid the economic recovery

of Europe after the Second World War

A begin to carry out B began carrying out C beginning and carrying out D to have begun carrying out

16 The world's deepest cave, Pierre St Martin in the Pyrenees mountains, is almost three times as deep

A as the Empire State Building is B that the Empire State Building is higher

C is higher than the Empire State Building D and the Empire State Building's height

17 The purpose of phonetics is an inventory and a description of the sounds found in speech

18 Color and light, taken together, the aesthetic impact of the interior of a building

19 Do you have the time please?

A I am very sorry I am already late B I am busy right now I am afraid

C I am sorry I don’t have a watch here D Yes I have some time for you

20 Although thunder and lightning are produced at the same time, light waves travel faster so we see the lightning before we hear the thunder

A than sound waves B than sound waves do C do sound waves D sound waves

21 The United States Congress appropriates some four million dollars the upkeep of the White House grounds

22 On no account in the office be used for personal materials

23 A few animals sometimes fool their enemies to be dead

A have been appearing B to appear C by appearing D to be appearing

24 Jackie Joyner-Kersce, the world record in the heptathlon in the 1988 Olympics, also won the long jump in that year

A whose setting B which she set C whoever set D who set

25 World trade patterns are indicative of the important economic issues confront the world today

26 How much longer will you be on the phone?

A It costs me a lot talking on the phone like this B I will be off in a minute

C Yes, it is expensive to make long distance calls D The phone is out of order It may cost lots to have it fixed

27 Experiments related to the sense of smell are more easily than those related to perception of color

28 Medical research at the cellular level, research on the immune system, has been made possible through twentieth-century advances in techniques of genetic research

29 Architects involved in big projects must study about the outside world before conceiving of an idea

A clients think B whether clients thoughts C how their clients think D thoughts that clients

30 The Olympic marathon distance in the ancient times to honor a messenger who ran from Marathon to Athens

to deliver vital news and then died

A established B was established C establishing D which established

31 Not only much bigger than any other planets, but unlike the planets, it consists completely of gaseous material

A the Sun is B the Sun, which is C is the Sun D that the Sun

32 Jupiter, the closest of the giant planets to Earth, has solid surface and is surrounded by zones of intense radiation

A not B nor C no D neither

33 No sugar for me, thanks I am on diet

A Perhaps you would like some milk instead? B Perhaps you should try to lose weight

34 The letter of Abigail Adams to her husband and future President, John, during the American Revolution, conveyed a vivid picture of the times

35 Laser eye surgeries, once considered risky and dangerous, that 90 percent of recipients can see very well after the operation

A which are now so successful B is now so successful

C they are now so successful D are now so successful

QUESTIONS 36 – 41: Choose one option A, B, C or D corresponding to the sentence which has the same meaning

as the original one.

36 The robber made the bank clerk to hand over the money.

A The bank clerk was pleased to hand over the money to the robber

B The bank clerk was made to hand over the money to the robber

C The bank clerk was ready to hand over the money to the robber

D The bank clerk was pleased to give money over his hand to the robber

37 I don't suppose you have change for pound, do you?

C Do you happen to have change for a pound? D Have you changed a pound?

38 "I don't think John will come", said Bill.

A Bill doubted whether John would come B Bill said he doesn't think John will come

C Bill said he don't think John would come D Bill said he didn't think John will come

39 Maria says she'd like to have been put in a higher class.

A Maria wishes she will be put in a higher class B Maria wishes she is put in a higher class

C Maria wishes she were put in a higher class D Maria wishes that she had been put in a higher class

40 My sister didn't leave the car key, so I couldn't pick her up at the airport.

A If my sister left the car key, I would pick her up at the airport

B If my sister had left the car key, I would have picked her up at the airport

C If my sister have left the car key, I would have picked her up at the airport

D If my sister had left the car key, I could pick her up at the airport

41 "I'm sorry, I was rude to you yesterday." I said to Tom.

A I apologized of being rude to you yesterday B I apologized to Tom as I was rude to you the day before

C I apologized for my rude to you yesterday D I apologized to Tom for having been rude to him the day before.

QUESTIONS 42 - 51: Read the following passage carefully and then choose best option A, B, C or C to fit each space.

Man cannot go on increasing numbers at the present rate In the next 30 years, man will face a period of crisis (42) _ experts believe that there will be a widespread food (43) _ Other experts think this is too pessimistic, and that man can prevent things from getting worse than they are now But (44) _ that two-thirds of the people in the world are undernourished or starving now

One thing that man can do is to limit (45) _ of babies born The need (46) _ this is obvious, but it is not easy to achieve People have to be persuaded to limit their families In the country of the population (47) _, many people like big families The parents think that brings a bigger income for the family and ensures there will be someone in the family who will look after them in old age

Several governments have (48) _ birth control policies in recent years (49) _ them are Japan, China, India and Egypt In some (50) _ the results have not been succeeded Japan has been an exception The Japanese adopted a birth control policy in 1948 People (51) _ to limit their families The birth rate fell from 34.3 per thousand per year

to about 17.0 per thousand per year at present

QUESTIONS 52 – 61: Read the passage then circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete the following questions or statements.

Since the dawn of time, people have found ways to communicate with one another Smoke signals and tribal drums were some of the earliest forms of communication Letters, carried by birds or by humans on foot or on horseback, made it possible for people to communicate larger amounts of information between two places The telegram and telephone set the stage for more modern means of communication With the invention of the cellular phone, communication itself has become mobile

For you, a cell phone is probably just a device that you and your friends use to keep in touch with family and friends, take pictures, play games, or send text message The definition of a cell phone is more specific: it is a hand- held wireless communication device that sends and receives signals by way of small special areas called cells

Walkie-talkies, telephones and cell phones are duplex communication devices: They make it possible for two

people to talk to each other Cell phones and walkie-talkies are different from regular phones because they can be used

in many different locations A walkie-talkie is sometimes called a half-duplex communication device because only one person can talk at a time A cell phone is a full- duplex device because it uses both frequencies at the same time A walkie-talkie has only one channel A cell phone has more than a thousand channels A walkie-talkie can transmit and receive signals across a distance of about a mile A cell phone can transmit and receive signals over hundreds of miles

In 1973, an electronic company called Motorola hired Martin Cooper to work on wireless communication Motorola and Bell Laboratories ( now AT & T) were in a race to invent the first portable communication device Martin Cooper won the race and became the inventor of the cell phone On April 3, 1973, Cooper made the first cell phone call to his

opponent at AT & T while walking down the streets of New York city People on the sidewalks gazed at cooper in

amazement Cooper's phone was called A Motorola Dyna-Tac It weighed a whopping 2.5 pounds (as compared to today's cell phones that weigh as little as 3 or 4 ounces)

After the invention of his cell phone, Cooper began thinking of ways to make the cell phone available to the general public After a decade, Motorola introduced the first cell phone for commercial use The early cell phone and its service were both expensive The cell phone itself cost about $ 3, 500 In 1977, AT & T constructed a cell phone

system and tried it out in Chicago with over 2, 000 customers In 1981, a second cellular phone system was started in

the Washington, D.C and Baltimore area It took nearly 37 years for cell phones to become available for general public use Today, there are more than sixty million cell phone customers with cell phones producing over thirty billion dollars per year

52 What is the main idea of the passage?

A The increasing number of people using cell phone B The difference between cell phones and telephones

C The history of a cell phone D How Cooper competed with AT& T

53 What definition is true of a cell phone?

A The first product of two famous corporation B A hand-held wireless communication device

C Something we use just for playing games D A version of walkie-talkie

54 What is wrong about a walkie-talkie?

C It can be used within a distance of a mile D Only one person can talk at a time

55 The word" duplex" is closest meaning to

56 To whom did Cooper make his first cell phone call?

57 How heavy is the first cell phone compared to today's cell phones?

58 When did Motorola introduce the first cell phones for commercial use?

A in 1981 C in the same years when he first made a cell-phone call

B in 1983 D in the same year when AT & T constructed a cell phone system

59 When did AT & T widely start their cellular phone system?

A in 2001 B in 1977 C in 1981 D 37 years after their first design

60 What does the word" gazed" mean?

A looked with admiration B angrily looked C glanced D started conversation

61 The phrase " tried it out" refers to

A made effort to sell the cell-phone B reported on AT& T

C tested the cell-phone system D introduced the cell-phone system

QUESTIONS 62 – 68: Each of the following sentences has four underlined words or phrases marked A, B, C, and

D Choose the word or phrase which must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

62 Dr Marti Luther King, clergyman and civil rights leader, won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for his work toward

racially equality in the United States

D

63 Douglas was driving along the dirt road when his car broke down in the middle of the road

A B C D

64 The librarian said to her that the book she was looking for should be returned the previous day

65 A lot of information on the Internet are not reliable

A B C D

66 The midnight sun is a phenomenon in which the Sun visible remains in the sky for twenty-four hours or longer

67 Lawrence Robert Klein received the 1980 Nobel Prize in economics for pioneering the useful of computers to

forecast economic activities

D

68 Jay, together with his parents, have visited California twice before

A B C D

QUESTIONS 69 – 75: Choose one option A, B, C or D corresponding to the best sentence which is made up from

the given words.

69 anxious / find / good school / my wife / children / attend

A To be anxious about good school my wife's children find to attend

B My wife finds good school to attend for anxious children

C Anxious children find to attend good school of my wife

D My wife is anxious to find a good school for our children to attend

70 remember / lock / door / go out

A You remember to lock the door before you go out B Remember locking the door before going out

C Remember to lock the door before going out D Remember to lock the door before you going out

71 always / he / spend / more / he / earn / so / he / often / debt

A Always, he spend more than he earn so he is often debt

B He always spend more than he earns so he is often debt

C He always spends more than he earns so he is often in debt

D He always spends more than he earn so he is often in debt

72 Einstein / can / not / speak / until / he / eight

A Einstein cannot speak until he was eight B Not until Einstein was eight he can speak

C Not until Einstein was eight can he speak D Einstein could not speak until he was eight

73 like / sit / next / he / whenever / window / plane / he

A He likes sitting next to the window whenever he is on the plane

B He likes to sit next to the window whenever he is on the plane

C He likes sit next to the window whenever he is on the plane

D He likes to sit next to the window whenever he is out the plane

74 computer / run / ten time I fast / this / old one

A This computer runs fast ten times than the old one B This computer runs ten times faster than the old one

C This ten times computer runs faster than the old one D This computer runs faster ten times than the old one

75 book, / that / very thick, / belong / younger sister / my

A That book, what is very thick, belongs to my younger sister

B That book, that is very thick, belongs to my younger sister

C That book, is very thick, belongs to my younger sister

D That book, which is very thick, belongs to my younger sister

QUESTIONS 76 - 80: Choose one option A, B, C or D corresponding to the word whose main stress is on the

syllable in the position which is different from that of the others.

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