A D Question 10 mong the world’s 44 richest countries, there has been not war since 1945.
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ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC NĂM 2011 MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH
Ngày thi: 26/03/2011, Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút. Họ và tên:………
Số báo danh:………..
Find the word that has its underlined part pronounced differently from the other three words in each question.
1. A. nervous B. worry C. birthday D. third
2. A. character B. chemistry C. scholar D. chapter
3. A. recipe B. slice C. strip D. bribe
4. A. brush B. rush C. push D. crush
5. A. famous B. favourite C. favour D. familiar
Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the other three words in each question
6. A. economics B. material C. delicious D. unpopular
7. A. calculator B. intelligent C. impossible D. American
8. A. inference B. reference C. inferior D. redundancy
9. A. pastime B. teenager C. orchestra D. rehearse
10. A. mechanic B. memorial C. machine D. mechanism
Choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D) from four alternatives
11. There are no obvious reasons why certain frog _______ are disappearing from some rainforests.
A. species B. ones C. breeds D. animals
12. _______ are that you have not seen a lion for some time.
A. Possibilities B. Chances C. Opportunities D. Occasions
13. I _______ my hand to draw her attention but she took no _______ of me.
A. waved/ notice B. shook/ noticed C. waved/ attention D. shook/ attention
14. You’d better take his proposal _______ before _______ your final decision.
A. by surprise/ making B. by surprise/ doing
C. into account/ making D. into account/ doing
15. It’s high time we _______ something abut the pollution.
A. did B. had done C. made D. had made
16. These days everybody is aware _______ the danger of smoking.
A. up B. of C. on D. with
17. The development of wildlife habitat reserves is a good conservation measure _______ (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});
A. to prevent endangered species B. to feed endangered species
C. to benefit from endangered species D. to save endangered species 18. I can’t speak English, _______
A. neither can she B. she can’t either C. she can’t too D. A& B are correct 19. A mystery is something that _______.
A. must explain B. mustn’t explain C. can be explained D. can’t be explained
20. We try to help our mother _______ household chores.
A. make B. take C. build D. do
21. Manchester United _______ an easy victory _______ Chelsea in yesterday’s match.
A. earned/ over B. gained/ over C. earned/ at D. gained/ at
22. Spectators are reminded that it is _______ to take photos during the match.
A. prevented B. restricted C. forbidden D. banned
23. He repeated the conversation that he had heard word _______ word.
A. for B. by C. after D. to
24. We are a very close- __________ family.
A. love B. knit C. good D. modern
25. Gestures such as waving and handshaking are forms of_________ communication
A. direct B. regular C. verbal D. non – verbal
26. Whenever he picks up a book, he reads bits here and there or in other words he _______
A. digests B. tastes C. chews D. swallows
27. The conference was organized for all of the _______ in the city .
A . history teachers B. historical teachers
28. ________my personal qualities, I have experience of working in a multi-national company for three years.
A. Beside B. In addition C. Instead of D. Apart from 29. Traditional celebrations are a________ of great pleasure and interest.
A. source B. resource C. origin D. starting point
30. When young Americans first go to university, many of them join a fraternity or Sorority, social organizations for male and female students________
A. respectively B. certainly C. orderly D. consequently
31. ________ my complaint to the manager, the waiter was sacked.
A. Thanks to B. Despite C. Without D. Because of
32. My arm hurts so much I felt sure I________ it.
A. should have broken B. must have broken
C. was breaking D. have broken (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});
33. Sally is so successful because she has complete confidence ________ herself
A. at B. of C. in D. for
34. She ________ for her parents’ support during her university education, but she preferred to work part-time and support herself.
A. should have asked B. could have asked
C. must have asked D. ought to ask
35. She asked for a second ________ as it tasted so good.
A. plate B. course C. dish D. helping
36. “Where is my bag?”. - “________”
A. There it is B. There is it C. Here you are D. Here are you
37. According to a study, women blink almost twice ________ men.
A. more than B. as much as C. many more D. so much that
38. Neither of them will be treated preferentially, ________ ?
A. won’t they B. will they C. won’t them D. will them
39. Wildlife ________ are concerned about the environment.
A. scientists B. activists C. members D. protectors
40. During our stay in Venice, we bought a ________ bottle.
A. glass lovely perfume B. lovely glass perfume
C. lovely perfume glass D. glass perfume lovely
Read the passages and the questions. Then choose A, B, C, or D that you think fits best
The modern comic strip started out as ammunition in a newspaper war between giants of the American press in the late nineteenth century. The first full-color comic strip appeared January 1894 in the New York World, owned by Joseph Pulitzer. The first regular weekly full-color comic supplement, similar to today’s
Sunday funnies, appeared two years later, in William Randolph Hearst’s rival New York paper, the Morning Journal.
Both were immensely popular and publishers realized that supplementing the news with comic relief boosted the sale of papers. The Morning Journal started another feature in 1896, the “Yellow Kid”, the first continuous comic character in the United States, whose creator, Richard Outcault, had been lured away from
the World by the ambitious Hearst. The “Yellow Kid” was in many ways a pioneer. Its comic dialogue was the strictly urban farce that came to characterize later strips, and it introduced the speech balloon inside the strip, usually placed above the characters’ heads.
The first strip to incorporate all the elements of later comics was Rudolph Dirks’s “Katzenjammer Kids”, based on Wilhelm Busch’s Max and Moritz, a European satire of the nineteenth century. The “Kids” strip, first published in 1897, served as the prototype for future American strips. It contained not only speech balloons, but a continuous cast of characters, and was divided into small regular panels that did away with the larger panoramic scenes of earlier comics.
Newspaper syndication played a major role in spreading the popularity of comic strips throughout the country. Though weekly colored comics came first, daily black-and-white strips were not far behind. The first appeared in the Chicago American in 1904. It was followed by many imitators, and by 1915 black-and-white comic strips had become a staple of daily newspapers around the country.
41. What does the passage mainly discuss? A. A comparison of two popular comic strips.
B. The differences between early and modern comic strips. C. The effects of newspapers on comic strip stories.
D. Features of early comic strips in the United States.
42. Why does the author mention Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst? A. They established New York’s first newspaper.
B. They published comic strips about the newspaper war. C. Their comic strips are still published today. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});
D. They owned major competitive newspapers.
43. The passage suggests that comic strips were popular for which of the following reasons? A. They provided a break from serious news stories.
C. Readers could identify with the characters. D. They were about real-life situations.
44. To say that Richard Outcault had been “lured away from” the World by Hearst means which of the following?
A. Hearst convinced Outcault to leave the World. B. Hearst fired Outcault from the World.
C. Hearst warned Outcault not to leave the World. D. Hearst wanted Outcault to work for the World. 45. The word “it” refers to ____________.
A. the “Yellow Kid” B. dialogue C. farce D. balloon
46. According to the passage, the “Yellow Kid” was the first comic strip to do all of the following EXCEPT____________.
A. feature the same character in each episode B. include dialogue inside a balloon
C. appear in a Chicago newspaper
D. characterize city life in a humorous way
47. The word “incorporate” is closest in meaning to __________ .
A. affect B. create C. combine D. mention
48. The word “prototype” is closest in meaning to ___________.
A. story B. humor C. drawing D. model
49. The word “staple” is closest in meaning to __________.
A. regular feature B. popular edition C. new version D. huge success
50. In what order does the author discuss various comic strips in the passage? A. In alphabetical order by title.
B. In the order in which they were created.
C. According to the newspaper in which they appeared. D. From most popular to least popular.