Đề thi thử đại học môn Tiếng Anh khối D,A1 năm 2014 trường THPT Lý Tự Trọng - Bình Định

ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC MÔN TIẾNG ANH KHỐI D,A1 NĂM 2014 TRƯỜNG THPT LÝ TỰ TRỌNG BÌNH ĐỊNH

I/. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress.

II/. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

6. Ken asked Barbara ___________ she would like to go to the cinema.

A. unless                          B. in case                      C. regarding         D. whether

7. The boy ___________  is my cousin.

A. talks to the lady over there                             

B. is talking to the lady over there

C. was talking to the lady over there                   

D. talking to the lady over there

8. Dogs are good traveling companions. They will go ___________  you take them.

A. whichever                 B. wherever                   C. whatever         D. however

9. He talked as if he ___________  where she was.

A. knew                  B. had known                C. would know      D. were knowing

10. My brother asked me ___________  of the football match.

A. what do you think      B. what I think              

C. what did you think     D. what I thought

11. My brother often says that he won't get married until she ___________  30 year old.

A. is                               B. will be           C. w ill have been          D. has been

12. It is raining outside, and David brought his umbrella with him ___________  he wouldn't get wet.

A. so as to                     B. in order                     C so that               D. in order to

13. ___________  the old man spoke very slowly and clearly, I couldn't understand him at all.

A. If                               B. Because                     C. Since              D. Although

14. The manager did not offer her the job because of her untidy ___________  .

A. sight                B. view                           C. presence         D. appearance

15. Dr. Fields is a person ___________  I don't have much confidence.

A. whom                         B. in whom                   C. in that                       D. that

16. The old manager has just retired, so Tom takes ___________  his position.

A. in                              B . on                             C . up                 D. out

17. I'll introduce to you the man ___________  support is necessary for your project.

A. who                           B. whom                         C. that                   D. whose

18. His grandfather died ___________  the age of 90.

A. in                              B . of                              C . on                             D. at

19. All the guests got dressed in ___________  costume.

A. nation                       B. national                     C. nationally          D. nationalize

20. Don't make noise. My mother ___________  with her friends.

A. is talking                   B. was talking                C. talks               D. talked

21. They ___________  all day swimming and sunbathing at the beach.

A. passed                         B. used              C. spent              D. occupied

22. Let your name ___________  in the sheet of paper.

A. to be written              B. be written                  C. write                D. being written

23. He arrived at the hotel with only ___________  luggage.

A. a little                       B. a few                          C. few              D. little

24. ___________  quarreled with her boy friend yesterday, she doesn't want to answer his phone call.

A. Having                        B. Because having         

C. Because hadn't           D. Having not

25. We didn't ___________  to the station in time to catch the last train.

A. reach                          B. get                             C. arrive                D. come

26. "How's Joe after the accident?"                                -"                      ."

A. Thanks                        B. He seems to be OK                

C. Not at all                  D. You're very nice

27. "The ceiling in this room doesn't look very safe, does it?"         -"                   ."

A. Yes, it is                   B. No, it isn't                    

C. No, it is going to fall down     D. Yes, it doesn't fall down

28. "It's a fine day. Let's go fishing,                    ?"

A. shall we                    B. do they             C. isn't it                      D. will us

29. "Does your sister intend to study German?"     -"                   ."

A. Sure                                     B. That's a good idea           

C. Yes, she intends to                 D. She will

30. "What do you think of the book?"      -"                     ."

A. That's right                          B. No, it not                 

C. It's right                              D. Oh, excellent

31. My supervisor is angry with me. I didn't do all the work that I _______ last week.

A. must have done          B. can have done           

C. may have done          D. should have done

32. _______you, I'd think twice about that decision. I could be a bad move.

A. Were I                        B. Should I be              

C. If I am                        D. If I had been

33. - Do you like pop music or jazz?           - I don't like _______of them. I prefer classical music.

A. any                            B. both                C. either                     D. neither

34. By 1820, there were over sixty steamboats on the Mississippi river, _______ were quite luxurious.

A. which many              B. many of them            C. many of which       D. many that

35. _______saying was so important that I asked everyone to stop talking and listen.

A. What the woman was                                     B. That the woman was

C. The woman was                                            D. What was the woman

III/. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to show the underlined part that needs correction.

36. Woman were denied the right to own property and participate in public life.

A                              B                               C                          D

37. Thank to the help from UNICEF, many families in remote villages are able to live in sanitary conditions.

A                      B                                                            C                 D

38. Books with good stories are often described like food for thought.

A                      B                  C         D

39. Bill is often late for class, which makes his teachers angrily.

A                 B             C                                    D

40. In the end of the party, Mary found herself washing the dishes alone again, as usual.

A                                                    B           C                                            D

IV/. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.

BIRD FLU

There has been a(n) (41) ___________ of avian influenza, better known as bird flu in Asia recently. The first  (42) ___________  died

two weeks ago in Vietnam and there have been cases reported since in Thailand, and there are some suspected cases in Cambodia (43) ___________.

Wild birds are affected by a large number of flu viruses, just as humans and other animals (44) ___________, but they are normally exclusive to birds. If the viruses manage to mutate, they can jump the species barrier and infect human beings. The first case (45) ___________  someone died was in Hong Kong in 1997.

There are several different forms of bird flu, raging from mild to very (46) ___________  infections, which spread rapidly and kill many of the birds they infect. It is spread by (47) ___________  birds-ducks, in particular - which carry the virus, but aren't killed by it. They can spread the virus to farm birds through (48) ___________  contact or by contaminating water supplies.

World Health Organization officials have attributed the spread of bird flu to human contact with the droppings of infected birds and (49) ___________  sanitation. There was no evidence at first that the virus spread from person to person, though there has been a (50) ___________  of this happening being investigated by scientists.

41/.

A. break-up                   B. outburst                    C. outbreak              D. breakout

42/.       

A. victims                     B. casualties                   C. sufferers         D. infector

43/.

A. also                            B. too                             C. either            D. as well

44/.

A. do                              B. are                             C. will                   D. does

45/.            

A. where                         B. when                          C. which                   D. in which

46/.       

A. strict                         B. severe                          C. serious               D. heavy

47/.            

A. natural                      B. wild                        C. untamed               D. untrained

48/.       

A. direct                        B. straight                     C. immediate          D. square

49/.            

A. awful                          B. bad                             C. terrible               D. poor

50/.            

A. circumstance             B. situation                    C. case                    D. form

V/. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer

ACID DUST

Calcite-containing dust particles blow into the air and combine with nitric acid in polluted air from factories to form an entirely new particle-calcium nitrate. These nitrates have optical and chemical properties that are completely different from those of the originally dry dust particles. Due to this, climate models need to be updated to reflect this chemistry. Calcite dust is common in arid areas such as Israel, where this past winter scientists collected particles for analysis.

Working from a mountaintop, the team collected dust that had blown in from the northern shores of Egypt, Sinai, and southern Israel. The particles had combined with air containing pollutants that came from Cairo. They analyzed nearly 2,000 individual particles and observed the physical and chemical changes at the W.R Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory.

An important change in the properties of the newly formed nitrate particles is that they absorb water and retain moisture. These particles can scatter and absorb sunlight-presenting climate modelers, who need to know where the energy is going, a new wild card to deal with. Other studies of dust samples from the Sahara and the Saudi Arabian coast and loess from China show that the higher the calcium in the mineral, the more reactive they are with nitric acid. In fact, once the particle is changed, it stays that way.

 51. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. There is a new particle called calcium nitrate

B. Factories are polluting the environment.

C. Climate models have to be updated because of the new particle calcium nitrate. D. Calcium nitrate has chemical properties different from other dust particles.

A. The new particles can absorb water and retain moisture.

B. The new particles can scatter and absorb sunlight.

C. to stop acid dust

D. The new particles can absorb water, retain moisture , scatter and absorb sunlight.

53. Do the particles react with nitric acid?

54. Which of the following may be a result of these particles?

A. The chance of an ice age is increased.

C. The greenhouses effects are increased.

B. We may see more rainbows.

D. We may see an increase in carbon dioxide

55. Why does the passage begin with a description of the properties of calcium nitrate?

A. to give background information so the reader can understand the topic better

B. Because calcium nitrate is the main idea.

C. to show how elements combine to create calcium nitrate

D. to prove the existence of calcium nitrate

56. The word "those" in paragraph 1 refers to:

A. nitrates                     B. properties                  C. particles           D. models

57. In the scientists' research, where did the pollutants come from originally?

A. arid areas                B. the Saudi Coast          C. Cairo       D. the Sahara desert

58. It can be inferred that "retain" in the paragraph 3 is closet in meaning to:

A. hold                           B. lose                            C. increase             D. need

59. What is the purpose of the passage?

A. to convince the reader that calcium nitrate is bad

B. to inform the reader of a new problem in climate modeling

C. to show how calcium nitrate was created

D. to show where calcium nitrate was first discovered

60. In the third paragraph, what does the term "wild card" mean?

A. an unknown card in the card game                              

B. an unknown item in the scientists' calculation

C. a large amount of acid dust                                        

D. none of the above

VI/. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer.

Aging is the process of growing old. It occurs eventually in every living thing provided, of course, that an illness or

accident does not kill it prematurely. The most familiar outward signs of aging may be seen in old people, such as the graying of the hair and the wrinkling of the skin. Signs of aging in a pet dog or cat include loss of playfulness and energy, a

decline in hearing and eyesight, or even a slight graying of the coat. Plants age too, but the signs are much harder to detect.

Most body parts grow bigger and stronger, and function more efficiently during childhood. They reach their peak at the time of maturity, or early adulthood. After that, they begin to decline. Bones, for example, gradually become lighter and more brittle. In the aged, the joints between the bones also become rigid and more inflexible. This can make moving very painful.

All the major organs of the body show signs of aging. The brain, for example, works less efficiently, and even gets smaller in size. Thinking processes of all sorts are slowed down. Old people often have trouble in remembering recent events.

One of the most serious changes of old age occurs in the arteries, the blood vessels that lead from the heart. They become thickened and constricted, allowing less blood to flow to the rest of body. This condition accounts, directly or indirectly, for many of the diseases of the aged. It may, for example, result in heart attack.

Aging is not a uniform process. Different parts of the body wear out at different rates. There are great differences among people in their rate of aging. Even the cells of the body differ in the way they age. The majority of cells are capable of reproducing themselves many times during the course of a lifetime. Nerve cells and muscle fibers can never be replaced once they wear out.

Gerontologists - scientists who study the process of aging-believe this wearing out of the body is controlled by a built-in biological time-clock. They are trying to discover how this clock works so that they can slow down the process. This could give man a longer life and a great number of productive years.

61/. What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

A. Signs of aging are easier to detect in animals than in plants.

B. Aging occurs in every living thing after it has reached maturity.

C. Not all signs of aging are visible.

D. The outward signs of aging may be seen in old people.

62/. What does the word "it" in line 2 refer to?

A. aging                          B. a living thing           C. an illness          D. an accident

63/. All of the followings may be the outward signs of aging EXCEPT ___________ .

A. the graying of the hair                                    B. the wrinkling of the skin

C. the decline in hearing and eyesight                   D. the loss of appetite

64/. When does the human body begin to lose vigor and the ability to function efficiently?

A. Soon after reaching adulthood                         B. During childhood

C. Early adulthood                                             D. Past middle age

A. It works less.             B. It becomes forgetful.              C. It declines.                D. It slows down.

A. Not all living things age.

B. Not all people age at the same age

C. Not all people have signs of aging

D. Aging doesn't occur in all people

67/. The word "brittle" as used in the second paragraph means ___________ .

A. soft and easily bent

C. hard but easily broken

B. hard and endurable

D. rigid and inflexible

A. the arteries have become thickened and constricted.      

B. the blood vessels lead from the heart.

C. the brain gets smaller in size.                                               

D. bones become lighter and brittle

69/. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A. Gerontologists have controlled the process of aging.

B. Gerontologists are working hard to help people live longer and more healthily.

C. Gerontologists are trying to give people an eternal life.

D. Gerontologists are now able to slow down the process of aging.

70/. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A. All living things grow old.

B. Aging is unavoidable in any living things.

C. Plants show less signs of aging than any other living things.

D. Most body parts wear out during the course of a lifetime.

VII/. Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C, or D which has the same meaning as the given one.

71. I'd prefer you not to drink tea at night.

A. Tea is not good for your health, especially at night.      

C. I'd sooner you hadn't drunk tea last night.

B. You can drink tea whenever you like but not at night.

D. I'd rather you didn't drink tea at night.

 72. I used to live in London.

73. Although his leg hurt, Amada finished the race.

A. In spited of a pain in his leg, Amada finished the race.

B. Amada may have hurt his leg, but he finished the race.

74. My brother quickly adapted to his new job at the bank.

A. My brother was used to adapting to new jobs at the bank quickly.

B. My brother's new job at the bank was easy for him to adapt to.

C. My brother quickly got used to his new job at the bank.

D. My brother's new job at the bank could be adapted to immediately

75. I hate the way you treat my mother.

A. I wish you wouldn't treat my mother as you did to anyone else.

B. I wish you wouldn't treat my mother like that.

C. I wish you wouldn't treat anyone as you did to my mother.

D. I wish you hadn't treated my mother like that.

76. It was to be another twenty-five years before Michael returned to his home town.

A. It is twenty-five years since Michael returned to his home town.

B. Michael returned to his home town nearly twenty-five years ago.

C. People in Michael's home town have been waiting for him to return for twenty-five years.

D. Not until twenty-five years later did Michael return to his home town.

77. There is no point in your phoning Caroline-she's away.

A. It would be a waste of time phoning Caroline-she's away.

B. You will waste your time if you insist on phoning Caroline- she's away.

C. Don't spend your valuable time phoning Caroline- she's away.

D. Caroline is very difficult to phone- she's always away.

78. He seems not to care about anything.

C. Nothing is of any importance to him.

D. He pretends to care about nothing.

79. The barber has cut my hair.

A. My hair has already been cut now.

B. I've got to have the barber cut my hair

C. My hair has become shorter and shorter.

D. I've had my hair cut.

80. It was too cold for anyone to work.

A. It was very cold and no one wanted to cook.

B. The weather was too cold for workers.