Da Phuc high school/ June, 2015 Page 1 / 8 - Code: 301 MOCK TEST FOR THE UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE Student’s code:…… Time allowance: 90 minutes I. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. Question 1: A. bear B. pleasure C. weapon D. measure Question 2: A. garden B. generous C. ago D. guess II. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions. Question 3: A. research B. composer C. machine D. champion Question 4: A. supermarket B. fascinating C. photography D. separated Question 5: A. acquaintance B. profession C. supportive D. sacrifice III. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 6: They are tired. They ______for two hours. A. had been running B. were running C. had run D. have been running Question 7: Suddenly, __________________a helicopter. A. there flew over the hill B. over the hill flew C. it flew over the hill D. flew over the hill Question 8: I don’t like to ask people for help as a rule but I wonder if you could_____me a favour. A. do B. make C. find D. pick Question 9: Mary: “Can I have some more meat?” John: “______________________.” A. It’s delicious B. Enjoy your meal C. No, it’s my round D. Help yourself Question 10: You should at least _____ an effort to find the boy’s address if you don’t want to lose your last hope. A. do B. work C. put D. make Question 11: The government was finally_____down by a minor scandal. A. brought B. taken C. come D. pulled Question 12: Tom: “Thank you for your help.” Mary: “_______.” A. With all my heart B. Never mind me C. It’s my pleasure D. Wish you Question 13: Having been delayed by the heavy traffic, ______________. A. her being late was tolerable B. she was unable to arrive on time C. it was difficult for her to arrive on time D. it was impossible for her to arrive on time Question 14. They searched _______for the missing documents but they were never found. A. to and fro B. up and down C. high and low D. back to back Code: 301 Da Phuc high school/ June, 2015 Page 2 / 8 - Code: 301 Question 15: Buy me a newspaper on your way back,______? A. don’t you B. can’t you C. do you D. will you Question 16: Can you help me sort____these clothes into different sizes? A. for B. out C. with D. between Question 17: He always complains about my_____to cook. A. ability B. inability C. unable D. able Question 18: I am ____from 6a.m till midnight. A. on duty B. on work C. in duty D. for work Question 19: _____have made communication faster and easier through the use of email and Internet is widely recognized. A. It is that computers B. That computers C. Computers that D. That it is computers Question 20: ____the phone rang later that night did I remember the appointment. A. No sooner B. Not until C. Only D. Just before Question 21: Tears contain an antiseptic_____helps protect our eyes from infection. A. what B. that C. how D. where Question 22: If my feet ____so big, I wouldn’t have a problem of buying shoes. A. weren’t B. wasn’t C. hadn’t been D. wouldn’t be Question 23: It’s about time ______care of yourself. A. you took B. you take C. to taking D. you taking Question 24: _____he was sick, he still turned up for his guitar lesson. A. Because B. Since C. Although D. Despite IV. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) SIMILAR in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. Question 25: The twentieth century saw a rapid rise in life expectancy due to improvements in public health, nutrition and medicine. A. span B. anticipation C. expectation D. prospect Question 26: Ignoring something will not make it go away. A. taking an interest in B. Looking closely at C. Paying no attention to D. Studying the causes of Question 27: The holiday crowds littered the park. A. filled B. cleaned C. left D. dirtied Question 28: The initial step is often the most difficult. A. quickest B. longest C. last D. first Da Phuc high school/ June, 2015 Page 3 / 8 - Code: 301 Question 29: It is useless to flee from every danger; some risks must be taken. A. hide oneself B. run away C. protect oneself D. hesitate V. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions. Question 30: Every city in the United States has traffic problems because the amount of cars on A B C American streets and high ways is increasing every year. D Question 31: However types of raw materials are used in making paper, the process is essentially A B C the same. D Question 32: Research in the United States on acupuncture has focused on it use in pain relief and A B C D anesthesia. Question 33: The office furniture that was ordered last month have just arrived, but we are not sure A B whether the manager likes it. C D Question 34: There were too many books on the shelf that I didn’t know which one to choose. A B C D VI. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. Body Language Language is commonly believed to be a system of communication that consists of sounds and written symbols. We can also communicate in other ways by using our facial expressions, our tone of voice and even our (35)______ body. Actually, in many situations, non-verbal communication can (36)_____ more accurately what a person is feeling. Body language always speaks the truth, (37)_____ words may often be (38)_______. For successful communication both at the office and at home, an understanding of body language is important. At work, non-verbal communication is (39)______ to power. For example, people (40)______ charge tend to lean back in their chairs, fold their hands behind their heads and put their feet up on the desk or table. They often (41)_____ conversations, both talking and interrupting more than others. Those who (42)_____ orders, on the other hand, are much less relaxed and tend to sit on the (43)_____ of their chairs with their arms tightly folded. Body language plays an equally important role at home. The interesting thing is that children are particularly quick to pick up on non-verbal signals and can distinguish (44)_____ what is said and what is really meant. Question 35: A. full B. whole C. partial D. total Question 36: A. explain B. announce C. publish D. reveal Da Phuc high school/ June, 2015 Page 4 / 8 - Code: 301 Question 37: A. except B. so C. whereas D. therefore Question 38: A. misleading B. hopeless C. mistrustful D. senseless Question 39: A. associated B. related C. combined D. reserved Question 40: A. on B. in C. by D. at Question 41: A. overwhelm B. dominate C. master D. hold Question 42: A. do B. give C. lead D. follow Question 43: A. top B. limit C. edge D. border Question 44: A. between B. among C. from D. that VII. 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 below. Long before they can actually speak, babies pay special attention to the speech they hear around them. Within the first month of their lives, babies' responses to the sound of the human voice will be different from their responses to other sorts of auditory stimuli. They will stop crying when they hear a person talking, but not if they hear a bell or the sound of a rattle. At first, the sounds that an infant notices might be only those words that receive the heaviest emphasis and that often occur at the ends of utterances. By the time they are six or seven weeks old, babies can detect the difference between syllables pronounced with rising and falling inflections. Very soon, these differences in adult stress and intonation can influence babies' emotional states and behavior. Long before they develop actual language comprehension, babies can sense when an adult is playful or angry, attempting to initiate or terminate new behavior, and so on, merely on the basis of cues such as the rate, volume, and melody of adult speech. Adults make it as easy as they can for babies to pick up a language by exaggerating such cues. One researcher observed babies and their mothers in six diverse cultures and found that, in all six languages, the mothers used simplified syntax, short utterances and nonsense sounds, and transformed certain sounds into baby talk. Other investigators have noted that when mothers talk to babies who are only a few months old, they exaggerate the pitch, loudness, and intensity of their words. They also exaggerate their facial expressions, hold vowels longer, and emphasize certain words. More significant for language development than their response to general intonation is observation that tiny babies can make relatively fine distinctions between speech sounds. In other words, babies enter the world with the ability to make precisely those perceptual discriminations that are necessary if they are to acquire aural language. Babies obviously derive pleasure from sound input, too: even as young as nine months they will listen to songs or stories, although the words themselves are beyond their understanding. For babies, language is a sensory-motor delight rather than the route to prosaic meaning that it often is for adults. Question 45. What does the passage mainly discuss? A. How babies differentiate between the sound of the human voice and other sounds B. The differences between a baby's and an adult's ability to comprehend language C. How babies perceive and respond to the human voice in their earliest stages of language development D. The response of babies to sounds other than the human voice Question 46. Why does the author mention a bell and a rattle in paragraph 1? A. To contrast the reactions of babies to human and nonhuman sounds Da Phuc high school/ June, 2015 Page 5 / 8 - Code: 301 B. To give examples of sounds that will cause a baby to cry C. To explain how babies distinguish between different nonhuman sounds D. To give examples of typical toys that babies do not like Question 47. Why does the author mention syllables pronounced with rising and falling inflections in paragraph 1? A. To demonstrate how difficult it is for babies to interpret emotions B. To illustrate that a six-week-old baby can already distinguish some language differences C. To provide an example of ways adults speak to babies D. To give a reason for babies' difficulty in distinguishing one adult from another Question 48. The word "noted" in bold type is closest in meaning to_________. A. theorized B. requested C. disagreed D. observed Question 49. The word "They" in bold type refers to______ . A. mothers B. investigators C. babies D. words Question 50. The passage mentions all of the following as ways adults modify their speech when talking to babies EXCEPT _______. A. giving all words equal emphasis B. speaking with shorter sentences C. speaking more loudly than normal D. using meaningless sounds Question 51. The word "emphasize" in bold type is closest in meaning to______. A. stress B. repeat C. explain D. leave out Question 52. Which of the following can be inferred about the findings described in paragraph 2? A. Babies who are exposed to more than one language can speak earlier than babies exposed to a single language. B. Mothers from different cultures speak to their babies in similar ways. C. Babies ignore facial expressions in comprehending aural language. D. The mothers observed by the researchers were consciously teaching their babies to speak. Question 53. What point does the author make to illustrate that babies are born with the ability to acquire language? A. Babies begin to understand words in songs. B. Babies exaggerate their own sounds and expressions. C. Babies are more sensitive to sounds than are adults. D. Babies notice even minor differences between speech sounds. Question 54. According to the author, why do babies listen to songs and stories, even though they cannot understand them? A. They understand the rhythm. B. They enjoy the sound. C. They can remember them easily. Da Phuc high school/ June, 2015 Page 6 / 8 - Code: 301 D. They focus on the meaning of their parents' words. VIII. 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 below. In the mid-nineteenth century, the United States had tremendous natural resources that could be exploited in order to develop heavy industry. Most of the raw materials that are valuable in the manufacture of machinery, transportation facilities, and consumer goods lay ready to be worked into wealth. Iron, coal, and oil ― the basic ingredients of industrial growth ― were plentiful and needed only the application of technical expertise, organizational skill, and labor. One crucial development in this movement toward industrialization was the growth of the railroads. The railway network expanded rapidly until the railroad map of the United States looked like a spider's web, with the steel filaments connecting all important sources of raw materials, their places of manufacture, and their centers of distribution. The railroads contributed to the industrial growth not only by connecting these major centers, but also by themselves consuming enormous amounts of fuel, iron, and coal. Many factors influenced emerging modes of production. For example, machine tools, the tools used to make goods, were steadily improved in the latter part of the nineteenth century ― always with an eye to speedier production and lower unit costs. The products of the factories were rapidly absorbed by the growing cities that sheltered the workers and the distributors. The increased urban population was nourished by the increased farm production that, in turn, was made more productive by the use of the new farm machinery. American agricultural production kept up with the urban demand and still had surpluses for sale to the industrial centers of Europe. The labor that ran the factories and built the railways was recruited in part from American farm areas where people were being displaced by farm machinery, in part from Asia, and in part from Europe. Europe now began to send tides of immigrants from eastern and southern Europe ― most of whom were originally poor farmers but who settled in American industrial cities. The money to finance this tremendous expansion of the American economy still came from European financiers for the most part, but the Americans were approaching the day when their expansion could be financed in their own “money market”. Question 55. What does the passage mainly discuss? A. The history of railroads in the United States B. The major United States industrial centers C. Factors that affected industrialization in the United States D. The role of agriculture in the nineteenth century Question 56. Why does the author mention “a spider's web” in paragraph 2? A. To emphasize the railroad's consumption of oil and coal B. To describe the complex structure of the railway system C. To explain the problems brought on by railway expansion D. To describe the difficulties involved in the distribution of raw materials Question 57. The word “themselves” in bold type refers to______. A. sources B. centers C. railroads D. places Question 58. According to the passage, what was one effect of the improvement of machine tools? A. Lower manufacturing costs B. Better distribution of goods Da Phuc high school/ June, 2015 Page 7 / 8 - Code: 301 C. More efficient transportation of natural resources D. A reduction in industrial jobs Question 59. Which of the following is NOT true of United States farmers in the nineteenth century? A. They lost some jobs because of mechanization B. They were unable to produce sufficient food for urban areas. C. They raised their productivity by using new machinery. D. They sold food to European countries Question 60. The word “ran” in bold type is closest in meaning to______. A. operated B. hurried C. constructed D. owned Question 61. The word “ingredients” in bold type is closest in meaning to_______. A. minerals B. products C. methods D. components Question 62. According to the passage, all of the following were true of railroads in the United States in the nineteenth century EXCEPT that__________. A. they connected important industrial cities B. they were necessary to the industrialization process. C. they were expanded in a short time. D. they used relatively small quantities of natural resources. Question 63. According to the passage, who were the biggest consumers of manufactured products? A. Railway workers B. Farmers C. City dwellers D. Europeans Question 64. According to the passage, what did the United States supply to European cities? A. Machine tools B. Money C. Raw materials D. Agricultural produce. IX. Writing: A. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it. Question 65: As I get older, I want to travel less. The older_________________________________________________________________. Question 66: “I must see the manager!” he cried. He insisted________________________________________________________________. Question 67: It is said that he escaped to a neutral country. He_______________________________________________________________________. Question 68: Amanda finally managed to get a good job. Amanda finally succeeded____________________________________________________. Question 69: It was careless of you to leave the window open last night. You shouldn’t______________________________________________________________. B. In about 140 words, write a paragraph about one of your most memorable experiences. -The end- Da Phuc high school/ June, 2015 Page 8 / 8 - Code: 301 KEYS TO MOCK TEST FOR THE UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE Code: 301 1. A 11. A 21. B 31. A 41. B 51. A 61. D 2. B 12. C 22. A 32. C 42. D 52. B 62. D 3. D 13. B 23. A 33. B 43. C 53. D 63. C 4. C 14. C 24. C 34. B 44. A 54. B 64. D 5. D 15. D 25. A 35. B 45. C 55. C 6. D 16. B 26. C 36. D 46. A 56. B 7. B 17. B 27. D 37. C 47. B 57. C 8. A 18. A 28. D 38. A 48. D 58. A 9. D 19. B 29. B 39. B 49. A 59. B 10.D 20. B 30. C 40. B 50. A 60. A Writing: Part I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it. Question 65: The older I get, the less I want to travel. Question 66: He insisted on seeing the manager. Question 67: He is said to have escaped to a neutral country. Question 68: Amanda finally succeeded in getting a good job. Question 69: You shouldn’t have left the window open last night. . relaxed and tend to sit on the ( 43)_ ____ of their chairs with their arms tightly folded. Body language plays an equally important role at home. The interesting thing is that children are particularly quick. to and fro B. up and down C. high and low D. back to back Code: 301 Da Phuc high school/ June, 2015 Page 2 / 8 - Code: 301 Question 15: Buy me a newspaper on your way back,______? A. don’t you. health, nutrition and medicine. A. span B. anticipation C. expectation D. prospect Question 26: Ignoring something will not make it go away. A. taking an interest in B. Looking closely at C. Paying no attention