buy fewer hamburgers Câu 20: The word “precious” is closest in meaning to_________ Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correc
Trang 1ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC NĂM 2014 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH – ĐỀ SỐ 18 Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the blanks, from question 1 to question 10
Schools exams are, generally speaking, the first kind of tests we take They find out how much knowledge we have (1) _ but do they really show how intelligent we are? After all, isn’t it a fact that some people who are very successful academically don’t have any (2) _ sense?
Intelligence is the speed (3) _ which we can understand and (4) _ to new situations and it’s usually tested by logic puzzles Although scientists are now preparing (5) _ computer technology that will be able to “read” our brains, for the present tests are still the most popular ways of measuring intelligence A person’s IQ is their intelligence as it is measured by
a special test The most common IQ tests are (6) _ by Mensa, an arganization that was found in England in 1946 By 1976 it had 1,3000 members in Britain Today there are 44,000 in Britain and 100,000 worldwide, (7) _ in the US
People taking the test are judged in (8) _ to an average score of 100 and those who score over 148 are entitled to join Mensa This (9) _ at 2% of the population Anyone from the age of six can take the tests All the questions are straightforward and most people can answer them if (10) _ enough time But that’s the problem – the whole point of the tests is that they’re against the clock
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions, from question 11 to question 20:
In the world today, particularly in the two most industrialized areas, North America and Europe, recycling is 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 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 throwaway 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 store The manufacturers of the drinks collect the 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 throwaway bottles.
The third step is 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
Câu 11: What is the main topic of the passage?
A how to live sensitively to the environment B how to reduce garbage disposal
C what people often understand about the term 'recycle' D what is involved in the recycling movement
Câu 12: What does the word “sensitive” in the phrase “sensitive to the environment” mean?
Câu 13: Why is it a waste when customers buy low-quality products?
Trang 2A Because they produce less energy B Because they have to be repaired many times.
C Because customers change their ideas all the time D Because people will soon throw them away.
Câu 14: What does it mean “Customers can vote with their wallets”?
A they can choose the cheapest products B they can ask people to choose products with less packaging
C they can tell the producers which products are good for environment by buying them.
D they can cast a lot to praise a producer.
Câu 15: The word “motto”is closest in meaning to _
Câu 16: What best describes the process of reuse?
A The bottles are washed, retuned, filled again and collected.
B The bottles are collected, washed, returned and filled again
C The bottles are filled again after being returned, collected and washed.
D The bottles are collected, returned, filled again and washed.
Câu 17: The word “practice” is closest in meaning to _
Câu 18: What are the two things mentioned as examples of recycling?
A Hamburger wrappings and spent motor oil B Aluminum cans and plastic wrappings.
C Aluminum cans and spent motor oil D TV sets and aluminum cans.
Câu 19: People can do the following to reduce waste EXCEPT .
A buy simply-wrapped things B buy high-quality product C reuse cups D buy fewer hamburgers
Câu 20: The word “precious” is closest in meaning to _
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions, from question 21 to question 30:
Fiberscopes are one of the most important outcomes of the science of fiber optics Fibers made of glass and transparent acrylic plastic are capable of conveying light energy, and when thousands of these fibers are combined in what is called a fiberscope, they can transmit images The most common fiberscopes contain about 750,000 fibers, each 0.001 centimeter, or
10 microns, in diameter For certain uses, the diameter of the fiber may be as small as 5 microns
Fiberscopes have a wide range of applications In the medical field, physicians use fiberscopes to examine internal organs and as an aid in delicate surgeries Miniature probes have also been developed to view muscle fiber, skin tissue, and blood
cells Fiberscopes have also found varied uses in industry, particularly to inspect or control operations in inaccessible areas
Bundles of fiberscopes fused together in a solid plate, called a faceplate, are being used in the manufacture of television tubes and other cathode-ray tube devices
The most far-reaching applications of fiber-optic technology are in communications Optical fibers carry voice messages for telephone service The sound of the voice is electronically broken down into thousands of pulses per second, which
causes a transmitting laser to send coordinated pulses of light through the optical fibers At the receiving end, the light pulses are converted to electrical signals and the voice message is reconstructed Light-wave communication systems can handle an immensely greater number of telephone calls and television programs than the current system, and they will form
the basis of the “electronic superhighway” expected to crisscross the nation in the near future of the information age
Câu 21: How do optical fibers carry voice message?
A By sending coordinated electrical pulses through optical fibers B By using cathode-ray tube devices.
C By converting electrical signals to light pulses D By fusing bundles of fiberscopes into a faceplate
Câu 22: The word inaccessible in line 9 means .
A extremely small B impossible to climb C hard to reach D difficult to find
Câu 23: It can be inferred from the passage that fiberscopes .
A have more uses in industry than in medicine B will play a major role in the information age
C will decrease in importance as they become more common D have reached the peak of their development
Câu 24: Approximately how many fibers does a fiberscope contain?
Câu 25: The main topic of the passage is
A The birth of the “electronic superhighway” B How fiberscopes have enhanced the field of medicine
C How sound may be transformed into light D The various applications of fiber-optic technology
Câu 26: The word they refers to .
Trang 3A fiberscopes B light-wave communication systems C television calls D television programs Câu 27: The word converted is closest in meaning to .
Câu 28: The word coordinated is closest in meaning to .
Câu 29: Fiberscopes are being used to do all of the following EXCEPT .
A convert light pulses to electrical signals B control operations in inaccessible areas
C assist in delicate surgeries D transmit images
Câu 30: The passage will most likely be followed by a discussion of .
A the structure of fiberscopes B the use of fiber optics in the electronic superhighway
C homes and businesses of the future D additional uses of fiberscope in industry
Câu 31: Joanne has only one eye, she lost _ years ago after falling on some broken glass.
Câu 32: Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part
“Please speak up a bit more, Jason You’re hardly loud enough to be heard from the back” – the teacher said
Câu 33: I must remember to put that dinner invitation in my .
Câu 34: She on her computer for more than two hours when she decided to stop for a rest.
A has worked B has been working C was working D had been working
Câu 35: Mary received 100 dollars from her sister She the computer she wanted It costs 200 dollars.
A couldn’t have bought B wouldn’t buy C hadn’t bought D didn’t buy
Câu 36: Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress
Câu 37: Choose the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part
No one knew precisely what would happen to a human being
Câu 38: Choose the underlined part that needs correction
In order to do a profit, the new leisure centre needs at least 2000 visitors a month
Câu 39: Choose the underlined part that needs correction
What I told her a few days ago were not the solutions to most of her problems
Câu 40: Choose the sentence that best joins each of the following pairs of sentences
She heard the news of the death of her mother She fainted
A On hearing the news of her dead mother, she fainted
B On hearing the news of the death of her mother, she fainted
C She fainted so she heard the news of the death of her mother
D She fainted and then she heard the news of the death of her mother
Câu 41: Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part
Most of the school – leavers are sanguine about the idea of going to work and earning money
Câu 42: Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation
Câu 43: The work is beyond the shadow of a one of the best she has ever written
Câu 44: He was speaker.
Câu 45: Choose the underlined part that needs correction
Dams are used to control flooding, provide water for irrigation and generating electricity for the surrounding area
A generating B to control flooding C surrounding area D irrigation
Câu 46: Choose the underlined part that needs correction
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Câu 47: Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress
A desperate B suggestion C definite D influence
Câu 48: Choose the sentence that best joins each of the following pairs of sentences
She received three letters this morning All of them were from Tony
A All of the letters from Tony were received by her this morning
B She received three letters this morning, all of which were from Tony
C Three of the letters she received this morning were from Tony
D All letters from Tony were received by her this morning
Câu 49: Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part
On the second thought, I believe I’ll go with you to the theatre
A After discussing with my life B For the second time C For this time only D Upon reflection
Câu 50: When another person sneezes, you say: “ ”
Câu 51: I read the contract again and again avoiding making spelling mistakes
A in terms of B by means of C with a view to D in view of
Câu 52: Albert is late, let’s begin without him
Câu 53: Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following sentence
He arrived as soon as I left the office
A Hardly did I leave when he had arrived B Hardly had I left the office when he arrived
C Hardly had I left the office than he arrived D He arrived and then I left the office
Câu 54: Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following sentence
Under no circumstances should you press both buttons at once
A Neither of the buttons shouldn’t be pressed at once under any circumstances
B Boths buttons shouldn’t be pressed at once under no circumstances
C You shouldn’t press both buttons at once under any circumstances
D Pressing both buttons at once should be performed under any circumstances
Câu 55: Nobody’s got to stay late this evening, ?
Câu 56: If I were to leave my country, I disappointed
A would have been B would be C wouldn’t have made D probably be
Câu 57: Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following sentence
I only called the police when I had tried everything else
A Because I had tried everything else, I called the police B I didn’t call the police because I had tried everything else
C I only called the police after I have tried everything else D I only called the police as a last resort
Câu 58: Florida, the Sunshine State, attracts many tourists every year.
A that is known as B is C is known as D known as
Câu 59: Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following sentence
Until I saw her for myself, I didn’t think that Naomi had been badly wounded
A As soon as I saw Naomi, I knew that her injuries were very serious
B Naomi hadn’t been hurt very badly, and I became aware of that at the time that I saw her
C Before I had seen Naomi’s wounds, I had supposed that they were extremely bad
D It was only when I saw Naomi that I realized how seriouly she had been injured
Câu 60: Having been served lunch, .
A the problem was discussed by the members of the committee
B a discussion of the problem was made by the members of the committee
C the committee members discussed the problem D it was discussed by the committee members the problem Câu 61: It’s essential .
A for Nam knowing what to do in the event of fire B that Nam know what to do when there is a fire
C that Nam to know what to do when there is a fire D for Nam who knows what to do in the event of fire
Câu 62: electricity you use, your bill will be
Trang 5A The more / the higher B The more / the high C More / higher D The most / the higher
Câu 63: Don’t let anyone you into buying a new car There’s nothing wrong with your present one.
Câu 64: Choose the underlined part that needs correction
She asked why did Mathew look so embarrassed when he saw Carole
Câu 65: “ I’m having some friends over for dinner today Would you like to join us?” “ ”
A As a matter of fact, I do B Come on It’s your turn
C Can I take a rain check? D Thanks, but I don’t
Câu 66: There was evidence to bring charges against the man.
Câu 67: The evening with my old school friends brought a lot of happy memories.
Câu 68: “It’s really cold today!” – “Yes, I didn’t want to get out of bed, go outside”
Câu 69: Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress
Câu 70: “Oh, I’m really sorry” “ ”
A Thanks B It was a pleasure C That’s all right D Yes, why
Câu 71: Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following sentence
“That’s a lovely new dress, Lan” – said her mother
A Lan’s mother complimented her on the lovely new dress B Lan’s mother said she liked her dress
C Lan’s mother told her to buy that lovely new dress D Lan’s mother wanted to buy a lovely new dress
Câu 72: Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following sentence
Impressed as we were by the new cinema, we found it rather expensive
A We were not impressed by the new cinema at all because it looked rather expensive
B We were impressed by the new cinema, but found it rather expensive
C We weren’t as much impressed by the new cinema’s look as its cost
D The new cinema was more expensive than we expected
Câu 73: Neither the mother nor the children aware of the danger
Câu 74: I’d rather you your business.
Câu 75: Dinosaurs are believed millions of years ago
A died out B to have died out C having died out D to die out
Câu 76: We were shocked to hear the news of your .
A having been fired B to be fired C having fired D to have been fired
Câu 77: Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation
Câu 78: Choose the sentence that best joins each of the following pairs of sentences
The man wanted to get some fresh air in the room He opened the window
A The man got some fresh air in the room even though he opened the window
B The man opened the window in order to get some fresh air in the room
C Having opened, the room could get some fresh air
D The man wanted to get some fresh air in the room because he opened the window
Câu 79: Choose the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part
A knee injury forced her to withdraw from the competition
Câu 80: Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following sentence
I might have taken French last semester if I’d known it was offered
A I took French the last semester it was offered B Someone offered to teach me French last semester
C I knew French was not offered last semester D I didn’t take French last semester as I didn’t know it was offered
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