Đề thi tuyển sinh Cao đẳng môn Tiếng Anh Khối A1 và D1 năm 2014 - Mã đề 513

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(Đề thi có 6 trang) 
ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH CAO ĐẲNG NĂM 2014 
Môn: TIẾNG ANH; Khối A1 và Khối D1 
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề 
 Mã đề thi 513 
Họ, tên thí sinh:.......................................................................... 
Số báo danh:............................................................................ 
ĐỀ THI GỒM 80 CÂU (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: After his operation, Tom tried to lead ______ possible. 
A. normal life as B. as normal life as C. a very normal life as D. as normal a life as 
Question 2: ______, she received a big applause. 
A. When the speaker finished B. Finished her lecture 
C. Speaking has finished D. After she finishes speaking 
Question 3: It’s been five months ______ I last went fishing. 
A. that B. since C. while D. which 
Question 4: I’d rather not ______ about it in such an unfavorable circumstance. 
A. talk B. to talk C. talking D. talked 
Question 5: Mary is a friendly girl who ______ everyone she meets. 
A. gets up B. gets over C. gets out of D. gets on with 
Question 6: Our house isn’t ______ for the children each to have a room of their own, so they have to share. 
A. too big B. so small C. very small D. big enough 
Question 7: “______ seen a play with such a strong message.” 
A. I have rarely B. I rarely C. Rarely did I D. Rarely do I 
Question 8: “______ anyone ring while I’m away, please take a message.” 
A. Would B. Will C. May D. Should 
Question 9: My father is a big football fan, but my mother has no ______ in the sport at all. 
A. interestingly B. interesting C. interested D. interest 
Question 10: Penicillin, the first antibiotic that successfully killed bacteria and cured infections, was 
discovered ______. 
A. by choice B. by accident C. by comparison D. by heart 
Question 11: Researchers are making enormous progress in understanding ______ and what causes it. 
A. a tsunami is what B. what a tsunami is C. what is a tsunami D. is what a tsunami 
Question 12: ______ the class size is our school’s immediate aim. 
A. Reduces B. Reduced C. Reducing D. Reduce 
Question 13: Linh informs her aunt about her high school graduation exam results. Select the most suitable 
response to fill in the blank. 
 Linh: "Aunty, I've passed the exam with flying colours." 
 Aunt: "______" 
A. How many colours? B. Congratulations! C. Sorry to hear that. D. That's right. 
Question 14: An old gentleman, who is not sure where to go for the summer holiday, is asking a travel agent 
for advice. Select the most suitable response to fill in the blank. 
Gentleman: ”Can you recommend any places for this summer holiday?" 
Agent: "______." 
A. No, you cannot recommend any places 
B. A package tour to the Spratly Islands would be perfect, sir 
C. Yes, please go to other agencies 
D. I don’t think you could afford a tour to Singapore, sir 
Question 15: Some animals have a remarkable ability to ______ themselves to changing environments. 
A. fit B. match C. adapt D. suit 
Question 16: The number of cars on the roads ______ increasing, so we need to build more roads. 
A. was B. are C. were D. is 
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Question 17: “If you are not satisfied ______ your purchase, we will give you a full refund.” 
A. with B. at C. of D. for 
Question 18: This moment will live in our memory for many years ______. 
A. coming B. to come C. come D. have come 
Question 19: Thang was asking Huong, his classmate, for her opinion about the novel he had lent her. Select 
the most suitable response to fill in the blank. 
 Thang: "What do you think about the novel?" 
 Huong: "______" 
A. I can't agree with you more. B. The best I've ever read! 
C. I wish I could. D. Yes, let's. 
Question 20: Our learning and teaching equipment needs ______ if further improvement is to be achieved. 
A. modernized B. modernize C. to modernize D. modernizing 
Question 21: Some English words have the same pronunciation ______. 
A. because of their difference in spelling B. though they are spelled differently 
C. or they spell differently D. unless spelled differently 
Question 22: “Don’t eat so many sweets, ______ you’ll have to visit the dentist often.” 
A. when B. whether C. while D. otherwise 
Question 23: She made a list of what to do ______ forget anything. 
A. in order to B. not to C. so as not to D. so that 
Question 24: If she let this chance slip, she ______ it for the rest of her life. 
A. would regret B. will regret C. would have regretted D. regrets 
Question 25: It has long been recognized ______ a high-fat diet can cause heart problems. 
A. which B. that C. where D. what 
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 26 to 35. 
Most of us know a little about how babies learn to talk. From the time infants are born, they hear 
language because their parents talk to them all the time. Between the ages of seven and ten months, most 
infants begin to make sounds. They repeat the same sounds over and over again. This is called babbling. 
When babies babble, they are practicing their language. 
What happens, though, to children who cannot hear? How do deaf children learn to communicate? 
Recently, doctors have learned that deaf babies babble with their hands. Laura Ann Petitto, a psychologist, 
observed three hearing infants with English-speaking parents and two deaf infants with deaf parents using 
American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate. Dr. Petitto studied the babies three times: at 10, 12, and 14 
months. During this time, children really begin to develop their language skills. 
After watching and videotaping the children for several hundred hours, the psychologist and her assistants 
made many important observations. For example, they saw that the hearing children made varied motions with 
their hands. However, there appeared to be no pattern to these motions. The deaf babies also made different 
movements with their hands, but these movements were more consistent and deliberate. The deaf babies 
seemed to make the same hand movements over and over again. During the four-month period, the deaf 
babies' hand motions started to resemble some basic hand-shapes used in ASL. The children also seemed to 
prefer certain hand-shapes. 
Hearing infants start first with simple syllable babbling, then put more syllables together to sound like real 
sentences and questions. Apparently, deaf babies follow this same pattern, too. First, they repeat simple hand-
shapes. Next, they form some simple hand signs and use these movements together to resemble ASL 
sentences. 
Linguists believe that our ability for language is innate. In other words, humans are born with the capacity 
for language: It does not matter if we are physically able to speak or not. Language can be expressed in 
different ways - for instance, by speech or by sign. Dr. Petitto believes this theory and wants to prove it. She 
plans to study hearing children who have one deaf parent and one hearing parent. She wants to see what 
happens when babies have the opportunity to learn both sign language and speech. Does the human brain 
prefer speech? Some of these studies of hearing babies who have one deaf parent and one hearing parent show 
that the babies babble equally with their hands and their voices. They also produce their first words, both 
spoken and signed, at about the same time. More studies in the future may prove that the sign system of the 
deaf is the physical equivalent of speech. 
Adapted from “Issues for Today” by Lorraine C. Smith and Nancy Nici Mare 
Question 26: According to paragraph 1, babies begin to babble ______. 
A. at their first experience of language B. at their first moment after birth 
C. when they first hear their parents talk to them D. when they are more than 6 months old 
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Question 27: The phrase “the babies” in paragraph 2 refers to ______ in the study. 
A. the hearing infants B. the disabled infants 
C. the deaf infants D. the hearing and deaf infants 
Question 28: The writer mentions “American Sign Language (ASL)” in paragraph 2 as a language ______. 
A. used by the deaf to communicate B. especially formed by infants 
C. used among psychologists D. widely used by American children 
Question 29: The word “resemble” in paragraph 3 refers to ______. 
A. studying funny movements B. making initial movements 
C. creating strange movements D. producing similar movements 
Question 30: It is stated in paragraph 3 that both the deaf and the hearing children made movements with 
their hands, but ______. 
A. the deaf children made less consistent hand movements 
B. only the hearing children made different movements 
C. the hearing children only repeated the same hand motions 
D. only the deaf children repeated the same hand motions 
Question 31: According to paragraph 4, hearing infants learn to talk first by ______. 
A. hand-shapes B. hand motions C. babbling D. eye movements 
Question 32: The word “real” in paragraph 4 mostly means ______. 
A. original B. formal C. meaningful D. general 
Question 33: It is mentioned in the last paragraph that Dr. Petitto plans to study ______. 
A. whether all children speak and make motions with their hands at the same time 
B. the assumption that the human brain prefers sign language to speech 
C. what happens when babies have the opportunity to learn both speech and sign language 
D. whether the sign system of the deaf is the physical equivalent of speech 
Question 34: Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the last paragraph? 
A. Language cannot be expressed in different ways. 
B. Humans are innately able for language. 
C. The human brain prefers speech. 
D. Babies produce spoken words before signed ones. 
Question 35: Which of the following could best serve as the title of the passage? 
A. Education for Deaf Children B. Language: Is It Always Spoken? 
C. American Sign Language D. How do Children Master Language? 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines the 
pair of sentences given in each of the following questions. 
Question 36: Our foods contain thousands of different chemicals. However, only a few of them are absolutely 
essential to our health. 
A. To stay healthy with only a few essential chemicals, we have to eat the foods that contain thousands of 
different chemicals. 
B. Containing thousands of different chemicals, foods are absolutely essential to our health. 
C. We stay healthy absolutely thanks to eating foods with thousands of different essential chemicals. 
D. Our foods contain thousands of different chemicals, only a few of which are absolutely essential to our health. 
Question 37: The man is very old. He can’t take such a long trip. 
A. The man is young enough to take such a long trip. 
B. The trip is not too long for the man to take. 
C. The man is too old to take such a long trip. 
D. The old man has refused to take such a long trip. 
Question 38: My uncle was elected as the mayor of the city in 2001. He remained in office until 2011. 
A. Elected as the mayor of the city in 2001, my uncle held the post for ten years. 
B. Although elected as the mayor of the city, my uncle took office in 2011. 
C. Ten years after serving as the mayor of the city, my uncle resigned in 2001. 
D. My uncle was elected as the mayor of the city twice: in 2001 and 2011. 
Question 39: The local residents have protested against the plan to build a textile factory in their 
neighborhood. However, the building work will go ahead. 
A. Due to protests from the locals, the textile factory construction will not go ahead as planned. 
B. The textile factory will be built as planned despite the local residents’ protests. 
C. The construction of the textile factory has been stopped by the protests from the local residents. 
D. Protests from the local residents have prevented the construction of the textile factory. 
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Question 40: I did not dare to turn on the television. I was afraid of waking the baby up. 
A. Waking the baby up, I could not continue watching the television. 
B. I decided not to turn on the television in order to wake the baby up. 
C. I did not dare to turn on the television for fear of waking up the baby. 
D. I decided to turn the television down to avoid waking the baby up. 
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 41: Children should not expect to rescue by their parents every time they get into financial 
 A B C 
difficulty. 
 D 
Question 42: The doctor advised him to avoid eating fatty foods, having more fresh vegetables and 
 A B C 
drink much water. 
 D 
Question 43: A new school with more than 50 classrooms have just been built in our local area. 
 A B C D 
Question 44: Listening to the radio and you can stay informed about current affairs. 
 A B C D 
Question 45: I always look back on the time where I spent with my family on a farm in California. 
 A B C D 
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 46: A. activity B. intelligence C. observation D. development 
Question 47: A. impressive B. confident C. wonderful D. regular 
Question 48: A. hello B. beauty C. hotel D. bamboo 
Question 49: A. envelope B. victory C. temperature D. arrangement 
Question 50: A. attract B. demand C. marry D. connect 
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 51 to 60. 
In my experience, freshmen today are different from those I knew when I started as a counselor and 
professor 25 years ago. College has always been demanding both academically and socially. But students now 
are less mature and often not ready for the responsibility of being in college. 
It is really too easy to point the finger at parents who protect their children from life’s obstacles. Parents, 
who handle every difficulty and every other responsibility for their children from writing admission essays to 
picking college courses, certainly may contribute to their children’s lack of coping strategies. But we can look 
even more broadly to the social trends of today. 
How many people do you know who are on medication to prevent anxiety or depression? The number of 
students who arrive at college already medicated for unwanted emotions has increased dramatically in the past 10 
years. We, as a society, don’t want to “feel” anything unpleasant and we certainly don’t want our children to “suffer”. 
The resulting problem is that by not experiencing negative emotions, one does not learn the necessary skills 
to tolerate and negotiate adversity. As a psychologist, I am well aware of the fact that some individuals suffer 
from depression and anxiety and can benefit from treatment, but I question the growing number of medicated 
adolescents today. 
Our world is more stressful in general because of the current economic and political realities, but I don’t 
believe that the college experience itself is more intense today than that of the past 10 years. What I do think 
is that many students are often not prepared to be young “adults” with all the responsibilities of life. 
What does this mean for college faculty and staff? We are required to assist in the basic parenting of these 
students - the student who complains that her professor didn’t remind her of the due date for an assignment 
that was clearly listed on the syllabus and the student who cheats on an assignment in spite of careful 
instructions about plagiarism. 
As college professors, we have to explain what it means to be an independent college student before we can 
even begin to teach. As parents and teachers we should expect young people to meet challenges. To encourage 
them in this direction, we have to step back and let them fail and pick themselves up and move forward. This 
approach needs to begin at an early age so that college can actually be a passage to independent adulthood. 
Adapted from “Students are different now” by Linda Bips. New York Times, October 11, 2010 
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Question 51: According to the writer, students today are different from those she knew in that they are ______. 
A. not as mature B. not so academic 
C. too ready for college D. responsible for their work 
Question 52: The word “handle” in paragraph 2 mostly means ______. 
A. point at B. lend a hand to C. deal with D. gain benefits from 
Question 53: According to the writer, students’ difficulties to cope with college life are partly due to ______. 
A. the absence of parents' protection B. the lack of parental support 
C. the lack of financial support D. the over-parenting from parents 
Question 54: The phrase "on medication" in paragraph 3 is similar in meaning to ______. 
A. receiving medical treatment B. doing medical research 
C. studying medicine at college D. suffering anxiety or depression 
Question 55: The word "intense" in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to ______. 
A. demanding big efforts B. not interesting 
C. not serious D. needing much experience 
Question 56: Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage? 
A. College faculty and staff are required to help in the parenting of problematic students. 
B. The college experience itself is more intense today than that of the past 10 years. 
C. Our world is more stressful because of the current economic and political situation. 
D. Our society certainly doesn't want our children to experience unpleasant things. 
Question 57: The word "them" in the last paragraph refers to ______. 
A. young people B. teachers C. college professors D. parents 
Question 58: Students who are not well-prepared to be young “adults” with all the responsibilities of life will 
need ______. 
A. to be encouraged to meet challenges B. to be given more social responsibilities 
C. to be assigned more housework from adults D. daily coaching from their teachers 
Question 59: According to the writer, failure in life and less support from parents will ______. 
A. discourage students and let them down forever 
B. defeat students from the very beginning 
C. help students to learn to stand on their own feet 
D. allow students to learn the first lesson in their lives 
Question 60: What is probably the writer's attitude in the passage? 
A. Humorous B. Praising C. Critical D. Indifferent 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in 
meaning to the sentence given in each of the following questions. 
Question 61: People think the Samba is the most popular dance in Brazil. 
A. It is thought that the Samba is among the most popular dances in Brazil. 
B. In Brazil, the Samba is thought to be one of the most popular dances. 
C. The Samba is thought to be the most popular dance in Brazil. 
D. It is thought that the Samba was the most popular dance in Brazil. 
Question 62: The traditional phone is far from convenient compared to the smart one. 
A. Smart phones are almost as convenient as traditional ones. 
B. The traditional phone is far more convenient than the smart one. 
C. The traditional phone is as convenient as the smart one. 
D. Smart phones are much more convenient than traditional ones. 
Question 63: “I will certainly show you around when you visit my town, Megan,” said George. 
A. Ge