ĐỀ THI GỒM 80 CÂU (TỪ QUESTION 1 ĐẾN QUESTION 80) DÀNH CHO TẤT CẢ THÍ SINH. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 1: After seeing the film Gone with the wind, _____________________ A. the book was read by many people. B. the book made many people want to see it. C. many people want to read the book. D. the reading of the book interested people. Question 2: “Did you stay home last night?” “Yes, but I ___________ dancing.” A. would rather go B. would rather have gone C. would go D. would rather be going Question 3: The newsreader reported the ________ information about the election. A. last B. late C. latest D. newest Question 4: No sooner had we left the house, _______ it started snowing. A. then B. than C. when D. that Question 5: Remember to come at eight, _______ you? A. haven’t B. don’t C. aren’t D. won’t Question 6: Several cars, _______ owners had parked them under the trees, were damaged. A. their B. of which C. whom D. whose Question 7: “Have you decided which you like best the round table or the square table?” “Of the two, the round one is ____________.” A. the nicest B. the nicer C. nicer D. a nice one
TRUNG TÂM BDVH KN TÂM TRÍ ĐỨC (Đề thi có 06 trang) ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC NĂM 2014 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH, khối D mã đề A201 Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút không kể thời gian phát đề Họ, tên thí sinh: Số báo danh ĐỀ THI GỒM 80 CÂU (TỪ QUESTION ĐẾN QUESTION 80) DÀNH CHO TẤT CẢ THÍ SINH Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions Question 1: After seeing the film Gone with the wind, _ A the book was read by many people B the book made many people want to see it C many people want to read the book D the reading of the book interested people Question 2: “Did you stay home last night?” “Yes, but I _ dancing.” A would rather go B would rather have gone C would go D would rather be going Question 3: The newsreader reported the information about the election A last B late C latest D newest Question 4: No sooner had we left the house, _ it started snowing A then B than C when D that Question 5: Remember to come at eight, _ you? A haven’t B don’t C aren’t D won’t Question 6: Several cars, _ owners had parked them under the trees, were damaged A their B of which C whom D whose Question 7:- “Have you decided which you like best- the round table or the square table?” - “Of the two, the round one is .” A the nicest B the nicer C nicer D a nice one Question 8: Ann: “Make yourself at home!” John: “……….” A Thanks Same to you B That’s very kind Thank you C Not at all Don’t mention it D Yes, Can I help you? Question 9: It was important that they before the curtain went up last night A arrive B have arrived C must arrive D had arrived Question 10: Sea levels are expected to considerably in the next few decades A rise B raise C arise D lift Question 11: - “ detective stories?” - “In my opinion, they are very good for teenagers.” A What you think about B Are you fond of C How about D What people feel about Question 12: In multiple-choice exercise, it is sometimes easier to the wrong answer before choosing the right one A eliminate B exclude C give D omit Question 13: _ you should first is to make a list of all the things you have to A That B What C As D If Question 14: That’s precisely what I meant You’ve hit the on the head A idea B point C pin D nail Question 15: I would rather you just at the moment A leave B didn’t leave C leaving D to leave Question 16: Havy: “Thanks for your help, Judy.” Judy: “ .” A With all my heart B Never remind me C It’s my pleasure D Wish you Question 17: _ its busy nightlife, Amsterdam also offers great shops and many interesting museums A As well B More than C Apart D In addition to Trang1/6- Mã đề thi 468 Question 18: World War II _ millions of were killed ended in 1945 A when B in which C during that D which Question 19: Anne persisted her search for the truth about what had happened A at B about C on D in Question 20: If she sick, she would have gone out with me to the party A wasn’t B hadn’t been C hasn’t been D weren’t Question 21: - “Would you mind lending me your bike?” - “ ” A Yes Here it is B Not at all C Great D Yes, let’s Question 22: They have just had their room A clean B cleans C cleaned D very clean Question 23: Don’t worry He’ll the job as _ as possible A economizing B economic C uneconomically D economically Question 24: entering the hall, he found everyone waiting for him A With B On C At D During Question 25: - “Has an announcement been made about the eight o’clock flight to Paris?” - “ _.” A Not yet B Yes, it was C I don’t think that D Sorry, I don’t Question 26: “What are you going to with your old typewriter?” “I don’t know yet, but _ away seems wasteful.” A throw B throwing it C thrown D throw it Question 27: I find the times of English meals very strange – I’m not used _ dinner at 6pm A balance B to have C to having D have Question 28: Staying in a hotel costs _renting a room in a dormitory for a week A twice more than B twice as much as C as much twice as D as much as twice Question 29: One difference between math and language is that math is precise _ A while language is not B but language not C language is not D while is language Question 30 Out of sight, out of .” Do you remember this proverb? A memory B mind C heart D head Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blank Did you know that on (31) _ we take home 150 plastic bags annually? In other words, that means a global figure of one million plastic bags taken home every minute We are sure that you’ll agree this is a truly shocking statistic Plastic bags cannot be simply (32) _ of along with your domestic rubbish- they can blow off landfill sites and become highly (33) _ litter which can remain in the environment for a number of years They are not only an eyesore but they are a (34) _ to the environment, too For example, plastics bags almost dammed the Buriganga river in Bangladesh, and they are widely (35) _ responsible for causing devastating flood there on two separate (36) _ They also (37) _ a particular threat to wildlife More and more (38) _ dead turtles and whales are discovered washed up on beaches, killed by swallowing plastic bags To marine life, a plastic bag closely (39) _ a jellyfish These are the (40) _why you should reuse plastic bags you already have or take a small rucksack on trips to the supermarket Why not take (41) _ now and show how much you care about the environment by taking this small step Question 31: A example B normal C average D ratio Question 32: A thrown B disposed C finished D used Question 33: A evident B observable C marked D visible Question 34: A risk B difficulty C danger D problem Question 35: A held B shown C made D taken Question 36: A activities B occasions C incidents D episodes Trang2/6- Mã đề thi 468 Question 37: A Question 38: A Question 39: A Question 40: A Question 41: A pose repeatedly equates motives actions B set B frequently B reminds B causes B advantages C model C usually C resembles C sources C against D generate D generally D appears D reasons D account 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 Line 10 15 20 Native Americans from the southeastern part of what is now the United States believed that the universe in which they lived was made up of three separate, but related, worlds, the Upper World, the Lower World, and This World In the last there lived humans, most animals, and all plants This World, a round island resting on the surface of waters, was suspended from the sky by four cords attached to the island at the four cardinal 'points of the compass Lines drawn to connect the opposite points of the compass, from north to south and from east to west, intersected This World to divide it into four wedge - shaped segments Thus a symbolic representation of the human world was a cross within a circle, the cross representing the intersecting lines and the circle the shape of This World Each segment of This World was identified by its own color According to Cherokee doctrine, east was associated with the color red because it was the direction of the Sun, the greatest deity of all Red was also the color of fire, believed to be directly connected with the Sun, with blood, and therefore with life Finally, red was the color of success The west was the Moon segment; it provided no warmth and was not life - giving as the Sun was So its color was black North was the direction of cold, and so its color was blue sometimes purple, and it represented trouble and defeat South was the direction of warmth, its color, white, was associated with peace and happiness The southeastern Native Americans' universe was one in which opposites were constantly at war with each other, red against black, blue against white This World hovered somewhere between the perfect order and predictability of the Upper World and the total disorder and instability of the Lower World The goal was to find some kind of halfway path, or balance, between those other worlds Question 42 Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A One Civilization's View of the Universe B The Changing of the Seasons in the Southeast C The Painting of Territorial Maps by Southeastern Native Americans D The War Between Two Native American Civilizations Question 43 In line 3, the phrase "the last" refers to A all plants B This World C the universe D the Upper World Question 44 The author implies that This World was located A inside the Upper World B inside the Lower World C above the Upper World D between the Upper World and Lower World Question 45 According to the passage, southeastern Native Americans compared This World to A waters B the sky C an animal D an island Question 46 According to the passage, lines divided This World into how many segments? A Two B Three C Four D Five Question 47 According to the passage, southeastern Native Americans associated red with all of the following EXCEPT A fire B trouble C blood D success Question 48 According to the passage, which of the following colors represented the west for southeastern Native Americans? A Blue B White C Black D Purple Trang3/6- Mã đề thi 468 Question 49 The shape of This World is closest to that of which of the following? A A circle B A triangle C A square D A cube Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction Question 50: Publishing in the U.K, the book has won a number of awards in the recent regional book fairs A B C D Question 51: Below are some pieces of advice that can help you reduce the feeling of pressure and creating a A B C good impression on your interview D Question 52: According to The World Health Organization, the deadly measles outbreak in Vietnam could A B C have been prevented through a more effectively vaccination program D Question 53: Anti-smoking measures have saved eight millions American lives since 1964, but cigarette A B C smoking still kills about 443,000 Americans every year D Question 54: VTV has licensed all rights of production, exploitations and use of the images of World Cup A B 2014 in TV and radio systems of Vietnam territory C D Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions Question 55: Wealthy as they were, they were far from happy A They were not happy as they were wealthy B Although they were wealthy, they were not happy C Even if they were wealthy, they were not unhappy D They were as wealthy as they were happy Question 56: Elton John is so successful a musician that he has had a career spanning five decades, in which he has solved over 250 million records worldwide A For five decades, Elton John, who has sold over 250 million records worldwide, has been the most successful a musician in the world B Having sold more than a quarter of billion records in five decades all over the world, Elton John is a very successful musician C Elton John, the successful a musician, has sold more than a quarter of billion records since he turned fifty years old D With the quarter of a billion records that he has sold in five decades all over the world, Elton John can be considered a very successful a musician Question 57: What you need to most is to organize your study time, which would prevent you from panicking before exams A More than anything else, you ought to study according to a system, so as not to get terrified prior to tests B You can only avoid panicking before exams by finding a way to study in a systematic manner C Organizing your hours of study would probably help you not to panic when there is an exam approaching D Your biggest problem is that you not study and, as a result, you are frightened of exam, which is entirely preventable Question 58: David drove so fast; it was very dangerous A David drove so fast, which was very dangerous B David drove so fast and was very dangerous C David drove so fast, then was very dangerous D David drove so fast that was very dangerous Question 59: If you added a little pepper to it, I am sure the rice would taste better Trang4/6- Mã đề thi 468 A Putting a bit of pepper on the rice would almost certainly give it a better flavor B Had you put a little pepper on the rice, it would certainly not taste so bad C If you wish, you could add some pepper to the rice in order to make it taste better D I am certain that all this rice needs to make it taste great is a little bit of pepper added 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 Lin e 10 15 20 Music can bring us to tears or to our feet, drive us into battle or lull us to sleep Music is indeed remarkable in its power over all humankind, and perhaps for that very reason, no human culture on earth has ever lived without it From discoveries made in France and Slovenia even Neanderthal man, as long as 53,000 years ago, had developed surprisingly sophisticated, sweet-sounding flutes carved from animal bones It is perhaps then, no accident that music should strike such a chord with the limbic system – an ancient part of our brain, evolutionarily speaking, and one that we share with much of the animal kingdom Some researchers even propose that music came into this world long before the human race ever did For example, the fact that whale and human music have so much in common even though our evolutionary paths have not intersected for nearly 60 million years suggests that music may predate humans They assert that rather than being the inventors of music, we are latecomers to the musical scene Humpback whale composers employ many of the same tricks that human songwriters In addition to using similar rhythms, humpbacks keep musical phrases to a few seconds, creating themes out of several phrases before singing the next one Whale songs in general are no longer than symphony movements, perhaps because they have a similar attention span Even though they can sing over a range of seven octaves, the whales typically sing in key, spreading adjacent notes no farther apart than a scale They mix percussive and pure tones in pretty much the same ratios as human composers – and follow their ABA form, in which a theme is presented, elaborated on and then revisited in a slightly modified form Perhaps most amazing, humpback whale songs include repeating refrains that rhyme It has been suggested that whales might use rhymes for exactly the same reasons that we do: as devices to help them remember Whale songs can also be rather catchy When a few humpbacks from the Indian Ocean strayed into the Pacific, some of the whales they met there quickly changed their tunes – singing the new whales’ songs within three short years Some scientists are even tempted to speculate that a universal music awaits discovery 25 Question 60 Why did the author write the passage? A.To describe the music for some animals, including humans B To illustrate the importance of music to whales C To show that music is not a human or even modern invention D To suggest that music is independent of life forms that use it Question 61 The word “sophisticated” in line is closest in meaning to A complex B intricate C well-developed D entangled Question 62 The word “one” in line can be replaced by A the chord B the left brain C the right brain D the limbic system Question 63 According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE of humpback whales A their tunes are distinctively different from human tunes B they can sing over a range of seven octaves C they not use rhyme, unlike humans D whale songs of a particular group cannot be learned by other whales Question 64 The word “they” in line 18 refers to A human composers B whole songs Trang5/6- Mã đề thi 468 C octaves D whales Question 65 Which of the following is NOT true about humpback whale music? A It uses similar patterns to human songs B It’s comparative in length to symphony movements C It’s easy to learn by other whales D It’s in a form of creating a theme, elaborating and revisiting in rhyming refrains Question 66 The word “refrains” in line 22 is closest in meaning to A tunes B notes C musical phrases D sounds Question 67 Which of the following can be inferred from the passage? A The earliest human beings came from France and Slovenia B Music helped to shape the whale brain C Humpback whales imitate the way human composers in creating their own music D The research of musical brain will lead to a discovery of a universal music Question 68 Where in the passage does the author first mention whales? A Lines 5-9 B Lines 10-14 C Lines 15-19 D Lines 20-24 Question 69 The word ‘their’ in line 24 refers to A Indian Ocean humpbacks B Pacific Ocean humpbacks C all whales D whale songs Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions Question 70 At fifty- five, he began his life again, determined with his pen to wipe out the debt A rub out B pay off C bump off D give up Question 71 The National Institute of Mental Health is conducting far-reaching research to determine the psychological effects of using drugs A Refined B extensive C prevalent D tentative Question 72 His new yacht is certainly an ostentatious display of his health A showy B expensive C large D ossified Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions Question 73 The shop assistant have to break off the conversation to serve a customer A interrupt B hurry C continue D begin Question 74 Mr Smith’s new neighbors appear to be very friendly A futile B amicable C inapplicable D hostile Question 75 Names of people in the book were changed to preserve anonymity A conserve B reveal C cover D presume Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions Question 76: A challenge B manage C natural D human Question 77: A cloth B clothe C with D without Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions Question 78: A harvest B circumstances C produce D ceremony Question 79: A research B ability C companion D understand Question 80: A primitive B particular C continuous D connected THE END Trang6/6- Mã đề thi 468 RA ĐỀ & ĐÁP ÁN: Cô Dương Hồng Ánh (GV Khoa quốc tế học trường ĐHQG HN) KEY 1C, 2B, 3C, 4B, 5D, 6D, 7B, 8B, 9A, 10A, 11A, 12A, 13B, 14D, 15B, 16C, 17D, 18B, 19D, 20B, 21B, 22C, 23D, 24B, 25A, 26B, 27C, 28B, 29A, 30B, 31C, 32B, 33D, 34C, 35A, 36B, 37A, 38B, 39C, 40D, 41A, 42A, 43B, 44D, 45D, 46C, 47B, 48C, 49A, 50A, 51C, 52D, 53B, 54B, 55B, 56B, 57A, 58A, 59A, 60A, 61C, 62D, 63B, 64D, 65D, 66C, 67B, 68A, 69B, 70B, 71B, 72A, 73C, 74D, 75B, 76D, 77D, 78C, 79D, 80A Trang7/6- Mã đề thi 468