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ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH
CAO ĐẲNG NĂM 2012
Môn: TIẾNG ANH; Khối A1 và Khối D1
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ĐỀ THI GỒM 80 QUESTIONS
(TỪ
QUESTION 1 ĐẾN QUESTION 80)
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: She was angry that she could not say a word.
A. so B.
too much C. so many D.
such
Question 2: Susan, remember to apply this sun cream two hours.
A. some B.
several C.
every D.
each
Question 3: There is a good film TV
tonight. Will you watch it?
A. at B.
from C.
on D.
in
Question 4: I’d rather you to the English-speaking club with me this Sunday.
A. will come
B. came C.
come D.
to come
Question 5: That cannot be a true story. He it up.
A. can have made B. must have made
C. would have made D.
should have made
Question 6: Spain has won the championship, is not surprising.
A. that B.
how C.
which D. what
Question 7: Sarah: “Oh my God, I’ve missed
my
bus.”
Christ: “ . Another will come here in ten minutes.”
A. I hope so
B. Don’t mention it
C. Don’t worry D. Thank you
Question 8: Instead of staying around the house all day, you should be out there looking
a job.
A. for B.
after C.
into D.
at
Question 9: he was tired, he still watched the final match on TV.
A. However
B. Though C.
Because D.
Despite
Question 10: Parts of the mountain road have been washed after the floods.
A. through
B. off C.
away D.
out
Question 11: Parts of the country are suffering water after the unusually dry summer.
A. shortage
B. supply C.
thirst D. hunger
Question 12: How long ago to learn French?
A. have you started
B. were you starting C. would you start D. did you start
Question 13: The teacher said that I would be able to speak English fluently six months.
A. in B.
by C.
since D.
till
Question 14: No sooner my
car than the alarm went off.
A. the thief had touched B.
had the thief touched
C. touched the thief D.
the thief touched
Question 15: The police have begun an into the accident
which happened this afternoon.
A. investigation
B. investigatory C. investigate D.
investigating
Question 16: Nowadays, most students
use calculators
in their studies and examinations.
A. electrical
B. electronic C.
electricity D.
electric
Question 17: They are having their house by a construction company.
A. to paint
B. painting C. being painted D. painted
Question 18: This carpet really needs .
Can you do it for me, son?
A. being cleaned B. cleaned C.
clean D.
cleaning
Question 19: Jack:
“What’s wrong with you?”
Jill: “ .”
A. Thank you very much B.
I’m having a slight headache
C. No, I don’t care D.
Yes, I was tired
yesterday
Question 20: College students are becoming less dependent their teachers.
A. on B.
with C.
of D.
to
Question 21: I hope you will notice of what I am going to tell you.
A. gain B.
keep C.
get D.
take
Question 22: My teacher
reminded
me my essay
carefully before handing it in.
A. checked B.
checking C.
to have checked D. to check
Question 23: He gave his job in order to go back to university.
A. up B.
in C.
away D.
out
Question 24: Mary: “Do you mind
if I sit here?” Laura: “ ”
A. Don’t mention it.
B. My pleasure. C. No, not at
all. D. Yes, why not?
Question 25: Neither Tom
nor his brothers willing to help their mother with the
housework.
A. are B.
was C.
has been D. is
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 26: , the
less polluted the environment will be.
A. The more
polluted landfills will be
B. The
more landfills are there
C. The less landfills are
polluted D.
The fewer landfills we have
Question 27: Switch off all the lights .
A. by the time
you enter the room B.
until you enter the room
C. after you will leave the room D.
before you leave the room
Question 28: that she does not want to stay any longer.
A. A little homesick
does Beth feel B.
Beth feels such homesick
C. Homesick
though Beth may feel D.
So homesick
does Beth feel
Question 29: It is believed .
A. when Alice to become a talented ballet dancer
B. how is Alice a talented ballet
dancer
C. why is Alice such a talented ballet dancer
D. that Alice
is a talented ballet dancer
Question 30: I have two sisters, .
A. both of whom are nurses B. most of whom are nurses
C. one of them are nurses D. most of them are nurses
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet
to indicate the word or phrase CLOSEST
in meaning to the underlined
part in each of the following questions.
Question 31: A special
exhibition of Indian art will be opened at the National Museum next
month.
A. painting B.
programme C. music D.
show
Question 32: Traffic began to flow normally
again after the accident.
A. with the same speed B.
in the usual or ordinary
way
C. strangely and irregularly D.
repeatedly in different modes
Question 33: Don’t be
concerned about your mother’s
illness; she’ll recover soon.
A. surprised
at B.
worried about C. embarrassed at D. angry with
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase OPPOSITE
in meaning to the underlined
part in each of the following questions.
Question
34: His boss has had
enough of his impudence, and doesn't want
to hire him any more.
A. respect B.
rudeness C. obedience D.
agreement
Question 35: She was unhappy
that she lost contact with
a lot of her old friends when she went abroad to study.
A. made room for B. lost control of C. put in charge of D. got in touch with
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 36 to 45.
One of the factors contributing to the intense nature of twenty-first-century stress is
our continual exposure to media – particularly
to an overabundance of news. If you feel
stressed out by the news, you are far from
alone. Yet somehow many of us seem unable to prevent ourselves
from tuning in to an extreme degree.
The further back we go in human history,
the longer news took to travel from place to place, and the
less news we had of distant
people and lands altogether. The printing press obviously changed all that, as did every subsequent development
in transportation and
telecommunication.
When television came along,
it proliferated like a population of rabbits. In 1950, there were
100,000 television sets in
North American homes; one
year later there were more than a million.
Today, it’s not unusual for a home to
have three or more television sets,
each with cable access to perhaps over a hundred channels. News is the subject of many of those
channels, and on several of them
it runs 24 hours a day.
What’s
more, after the
traumatic events of September 11, 2001, live newscasts
were paired with perennial text crawls across
the bottom of the screen
– so that viewers could stay abreast of every
story all the time.
Needless to say, the news that is reported to us
is not good news, but rather disturbing images and sound bytes alluding to disaster
(natural and man-made), upheaval, crime, scandal, war,
and the like. Compounding the problem
is that when actual breaking news is scarce, most broadcasts fill in with scare stories about things
that possibly might threaten our
health, safety, finances,
relationships, waistline, hairline,
or very existence in the future. This variety of story tends to treat with equal alarm a potentially lethal flu outbreak and the bogus claims of a wrinkle cream
that overpromises smooth skin.
Are humans meant
to be able to process so much trauma – not to mention so much overblown anticipation of potential trauma – at once? The human brain, remember, is programmed to slip into
alarm mode when danger looms. Danger looms for someone, somewhere at every moment. Exposing
ourselves to such input without
respite and without perspective cannot be anything
other than a source of chronic stress.
(Extracted from
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Beating Stress
by Arlene
Matthews Uhl - Penguin Group 2006)
Question 36: According to the passage, which of the following
has contributed to the intense nature of twenty-first-century stress?
A. The degree to which stress affects our
life B. Our inability to control ourselves
C. An overabundance of special news D.
Our continual exposure to
the media
Question
37: In the past, we had
less news of distant people and lands because .
A. printing, transportation, and telecommunications were not developed
B. means of communication and transportation
were not yet invented
C. most people lived in
distant towns and villages
D. the printing press changed the situation
too slowly
Question
38: The pronoun “them” in paragraph 3 refers to .
A. TV channels B. TV news C.
television sets D. cable access
Question
39: The word “traumatic” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to .
A. fascinating B. upsetting C.
exciting D.
boring
Question 40: According
to the passage, when there is not enough actual
breaking news, broadcasts
.
A.
are full of dangerous
diseases such as flu
B.
send out live newscasts
paired with text across the screen
C.
are forced to publicise
an alarming increase in crime
D.
send out frightening
stories about potential dangers
Question
41: As stated in the passage, a flu outbreak and the bogus claims of a wrinkle cream
tend to
.
A.
be scarce breaking
news B.
involve natural and man-made disasters
C.
be treated with equal
alarm D.
be warmly
welcomed by the public
Question 42: Which of the
following is NOT true, according to the passage?
A.
The only source of stress
in our modern life is the media. B. Many TV channels supply the public with
breaking news. C. Many people are under stress caused by the media.
D.
The news that is reported
to us is not good news.
Question 43: The word “slip”
in paragraph 6 is closest in meaning
to .
A.
fail B.
bring C.
release D.
fall
Question 44: According
to the passage, our continual
exposure to bad news without perspective is obviously .
A.
the result of an
overabundance of good news
B.
the result of human brain’s
switch to alarm mode
C.
a source of defects in human brain
D.
a source of chronic
stress
Question 45: What is probably the best title for this
passage?
A.
Developments in Telecommunications B. The Media – A Major Cause of Stress
C.
More Modern Life – More
Stress D.
Effective Ways to Beat
Stress
Read the following passage
and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct word or phrase for each of
the blanks from 46 to 55.
The popular image of student life
is of
young people with few responsibilities enjoying
themselves and (46) very
little work. This is often not
true. Many older people now study at college or university, sometimes (47) a part-time basis while having a job and looking
after a family. These students are often (48) motivated and work very hard.
Younger students
are often thought
to be lazy and careless
about money but this (49) is
changing. In Britain reduced government support
for higher education
means that students can no
longer rely on having their expenses
(50)
for them. Formerly, students
received a grant
towards their living expenses. Now most can only get a loan (51) has to be paid back. Since
1999 they have paid over £1 000 towards tuition (52) and this amount will increase up to a
maximum of £3 000. In the US students
already (53) pay for tuition and room and board. Many get a financial
aid package which may (54) grants, scholarships and loans. The fear of having
large debts places (55) pressure on students and many take part-time jobs during the term
and work full-time
in the vacations.
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(Extracted
from Oxford Guide to British and American Culture – Oxford
Advanced Learner’s Compass)
Question 54: A.
include
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B. consist
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C. compose
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D. belong
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Question 55: A.
large
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B. generous
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C. considerate
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D. considerable
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your
answer sheet to indicate the word
that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest in each of the following
questions.
Mark
the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.
Question 61: In spite of the heavy rain, all
we enjoyed the excursion.
A B C D
Question 62: A
dolphin can communicate with other by making
distinctive sounds.
A B C D Question
63: The children wish
that they have more free time to play football.
A B C D
Question 64: Opened the letter from her boyfriend, she felt extremely excited.
A B C D
Question 65: Wood is
an excellent resource for heating homes,
cooking food, and build houses.
A B 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 66: I have never used a more fascinating MP3 player than this one.
A.
This is the most
fascinating MP3 player I have ever used. B.
Like the other MP3
players, this one is fascinating to me. C. This MP3 player does not fascinate me much.
D.
I am very fascinated by the MP3 player I am using.
Question 67: “Trust me!
Do not invest all your money in one
company,” said my friend.
A.
My friend ordered me to invest all my money in one company.
B. My friend persuaded me not to invest all my money in one company. C. My friend offered to help me
to invest all my money
in one company. D.
My friend encouraged me to
invest all my money in one company.
Question 68: Take this
route and you will get to the
village.
A.
There is no doubt that
this route will never lead you to the village. B. Although this route may lead you to the village, you cannot take it. C.
Certainly, you will get to the village if you take this route.
D.
Unless you take this route, you will get to the
village.
Question 69: I think it is more enjoyable to play
a sport than to watch it on TV.
A.
In my view, playing a sport is as enjoyable as watching it on TV.
B.
As far as I know, more people watch a sport on TV than they
play it.
C.
In my opinion, to play a
sport is more enjoyable than to
watch it on TV.
D.
I think watching a sport
on TV is more enjoyable than playing
it.
Question 70: “May I see your passport, Mrs Scott?”
said the customs officer.
A.
The customs officer asked to see Mrs Scott’s passport.
B.
The customs officer suggested seeing Mrs Scott’s passport.
C.
The customs officer asked Mrs Scott to see his passport.
D.
The customs officer promised to show Mrs Scott his passport.
Read the following passage on climate change, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer
sheet to indicate the correct answer to each
of the questions from 71 to 80.
Experts in climatology and other scientists are becoming extremely concerned
about the changes to our climate which are taking place. Admittedly,
climate changes have occurred on our planet
before. For example, there have been several ice ages or glacial periods.
These
climatic changes,
however, were different from the modern ones in that they occurred gradually and, as far as we know,
naturally. The changes currently being monitored
are said to be the result not of natural causes,
but of human activity.
Furthermore, the rate
of change is becoming
alarmingly rapid.
The major problem
is that the planet appears to be warming up. According
to some experts, this
warming process, known as global warming, is occurring at a rate unprecedented in
the last 10,000 years. The
implications for the planet are very
serious.
Rising global temperatures could give rise
to such ecological disasters
as extremely high increases
in the incidence of flooding
and of droughts. These in turn could have a harmful effect on agriculture.
It is thought that this unusual warming
of the Earth has been caused by so-called greenhouse gases, such as carbon
dioxide, being emitted into the atmosphere by car engines and modern industrial processes, for example. Such gases not only add to the
pollution of the atmosphere, but also create a greenhouse
effect, by which the heat of the sun
is trapped. This leads to the warming up of the planet.
Politicians are also concerned about climate change and there are now regular summits
on the subject, attended
by representatives from around 180 of
the world's industrialized countries. Of these summits, the most important took place in Kyoto in Japan in 1997.
There it was agreed that the most
industrialized countries would try to reduce the volume of greenhouse gas emissions and were given
targets for this reduction of emissions.
It was also suggested that more forests should be planted
to create so-called
sinks to absorb greenhouse gases. At least part of the problem of rapid climate change has been caused by too drastic deforestation.
Sadly, the targets are not being met. Even more
sadly, global warnings about climate
changes are often still being regarded
as scaremongering.
(From Read
and Understand
2 by Betty Kirkpatrick & Rebecca Mok - Learners
Publishing Pte Ltd 2005)
Question 71: According to the passage, in what way did the climate changes in the ice ages differ from
the modern ones?
A.
They occurred naturally
over a long period of time.
B.
They were fully monitored
by humans.
C.
They were wholly the
result of human activity.
D.
They were partly
intended.
Question 72: The word “alarmingly” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to .
A.
disapprovingly B. worryingly C.
surprisingly D. disappointingly
Question 73: According to the passage, agriculture
could .
A.
give rise to many ecological disasters
B. make the global warming more serious
C.
be indirectly affected by the global temperature rises
D.
be directly damaged by the rises in global temperature
Question 74: Greenhouse gases cause the warming up of the Earth because they .
A.
are emitted by car engines B.
trap heat from the sun
C.
do not add to atmosphere pollution D.
are unusual gases
Question 75: According to the passage, 1997 witnessed .
A.
the largest number of
summits on the subject of climate
change
B.
the highest attendance by
representatives from 180 industrialised countries C. the most
important summit on climate change taking place in Kyoto, Japan D. widespread concern about climate change
Question 76: It can be inferred
from the passage that the countries which are mainly responsible for global
warming are
.
A. developed countries B.
the most industrialised countries
C. countries with the warmest climate D.
developing countries
Question 77: The word “There” in paragraph 5
refers to .
A. regular summits
on climate change B.
the 1997 summit in Kyoto,
Japan
C. the world’s industrialised countries D.
the most
industrialised countries
Question 78: Which of the
following is NOT true, according to the passage?
A. The so-called sinks created by forests can absorb greenhouse gases.
B. Politicians
are among those who are concerned
about climate change.
C. The problem of rapid climate
change has been caused mainly by
deforestation.
D. Carbon dioxide is one of the gases that may
cause the so-called greenhouse effect.
Question 79: The word “drastic” in paragraph 6 is closest
in meaning to .
A. severe B.
hard C.
obvious D. widespread
Question 80: What is probably the writer’s attitude toward global warming?
A. Optimistic B.
Neutral C.
Positive D.
Pessimistic
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