Đề thi tuyển sinh Cao đẳng môn Tiếng Anh Khối D năm 2009 - Mã đề 862

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ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH CAO ĐẲNG NĂM 2009 
Môn: TIẾNG ANH; Khối: D 
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề 
 Mã đề thi 862 
Họ, tên thí sinh:.......................................................................... 
Số báo danh:............................................................................ 
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: This factory produced ______ motorbikes in 2008 as in the year 2006. 
A. as many as twice B. as twice as many C. as twice many D. twice as many 
Question 2: Not until the end of the 19th century ______ become a scientific discipline. 
A. plant breeding had B. plant breeding has C. has plant breeding D. did plant breeding 
Question 3: - "Wow! What a nice coat you are wearing!" 
 - "______" 
A. Thanks. My mother bought it for me. B. Yes, of course. It's expensive. 
C. I like you to say that. D. Certainly. Do you like it, too? 
Question 4: Working hours will fall to under 35 hours a week, ______? 
A. will they B. won't they C. won't it D. will it 
Question 5: Whenever he had an important decision to make, he ______ a cigar to calm his nerves. 
A. would be lighting B. would have lit C. would light D. had lit 
Question 6: "How can you live in this messy room? Go and ______ it up at once." 
A. tidy B. dust C. sweep D. do 
Question 7: It is hard to get ______ him; he is such an aggressive man. 
A. on with B. by C. into D. over to 
Question 8: He runs a business, ______ he proves to have managerial skills. 
A. otherwise B. however C. despite D. and 
Question 9: The youths nowadays have many things to do in their ______ time. 
A. entertainment B. leisure C. fun D. amusement 
Question 10: - "I can't speak English well enough to apply for that post." 
 - "______." 
A. Me too B. Me either C. Me neither D. Me also 
Question 11: - "Our team has just won the last football match." 
 - "______" 
A. Yes, it's our pleasure. B. Good idea. Thanks for the news. 
C. Well, that's very surprising! D. Yes. I guess it's very good. 
Question 12: Although the exam was difficult, ______ the students passed it. 
A. none of B. a few C. a lot D. most of 
Question 13: - "Which hat do you like better?" 
 - "______" 
A. No, I haven't tried any. B. Yes, I like it best. 
C. Which one do you like? D. The one I tried on first. 
Question 14: Tears contain an antiseptic ______ helps protect our eyes from infection. 
A. what B. where C. how D. that 
Question 15: My supervisor is angry with me. I didn't do all the work I ______ last week. 
A. should have done B. need to have done C. may have done D. must have done 
Question 16: Vietnam's rice export this year will decrease ______ about 10%, compared with that of 
last year. 
A. by B. on C. with D. at 
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Question 17: He always ______ the crossword in the newspaper before breakfast. 
A. writes B. does C. works D. makes 
Question 18: Preparing for a job interview can be very ______. 
A. stress B. stressing C. stressed D. stressful 
Question 19: Mary is unhappy that she hasn't ______ for the next round in the tennis tournament. 
A. qualified B. quality C. qualifying D. qualification 
Question 20: The movie is ______ Shakespeare’s Hamlet in a number of ways. 
A. like to B. similar to C. alike with D. same as 
Question 21: In the modern world, women's ______ roles have been changing. 
A. natured B. natural C. nature D. naturally 
Question 22: She is very absent-minded: she ______ her cellphone three times! 
A. loses B. had lost C. has lost D. was losing 
Question 23: - "Would you like to join our volunteer group this summer?" 
 - "______" 
A. Yes, you're a good friend. B. I wouldn't. Thank you. 
C. Yes, I'd love to. Thanks. D. Do you think I would? 
Question 24: By ______ the housework done, my mother has more time to pursue her career. 
A. taking B. having C. ordering D. making 
Question 25: In many big cities, people have to ______ up with noise, overcrowding and bad air. 
A. catch B. keep C. put D. face 
Question 26: My brother left his job last week because he did not have any ______ to travel. 
A. location B. position C. chance D. ability 
Question 27: Had she worked harder last summer, she ______. 
A. wouldn't be sacked B. wouldn't sack 
C. wouldn't have been sacked D. wouldn't have sacked 
Question 28: Listening is the most difficult language ______ for me to master. 
A. way B. skill C. one D. job 
Question 29: Chemistry is my ______ subject at school. 
A. favourite B. liking C. wanted D. popular 
Question 30: The new director of the company seems to be an intelligent and ______ man. 
A. well-educate B. well-educated C. well-education D. well-educational 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs 
correction. 
Question 31: There are differences and similarities between Vietnamese and American culture. 
 A B C D 
Question 32: Society will be having to change radically to keep pace with the technology available. 
 A B C D 
Question 33: The woman of whom the red car is parked in front of the bank is a famous pop star. 
 A B C D 
Question 34: The better you are at English, more chance you have to get a job with international 
 A B C D 
organizations. 
Question 35: My father used to giving me some good advice whenever I had a problem. 
 A B C D 
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. 
 If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a 
disaster. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes 
which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect, 
and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children. 
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 However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are 
ambitious in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well – especially if the parents are 
very supportive of their child. 
 Michael Collins is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by 
taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 
50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Michael’s mother knows very little about music, but his 
father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music 
competitions if he is unwilling. 
 Winston Smith, Michael’s friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his parents are successful 
musicians, and they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as 
they are and so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he 
does not win. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems 
quiet and unhappy. 
Question 36: One of the serious mistakes parents can make is to ______. 
A. push their child into trying too much B. help their child to become a genius 
C. neglect their child’s education D. make their child become a musician 
Question 37: Parents’ ambition for their children is not wrong if they ______. 
A. force their children into achieving success B. arrange private lessons for their children 
C. themselves have been very successful D. understand and help their children sensibly 
Question 38: Who have criticized the methods of some ambitious parents? 
A. Educational psychologists. B. Unrealistic parents. 
C. Successful musicians. D. Their children. 
Question 39: Michael Collins is fortunate in that ______. 
A. his parents help him in a sensible way B. his mother knows little about music 
C. his father is a musician D. his parents are quite rich 
Question 40: The phrase "crazy about" in the passage mostly means ______. 
A. "extremely interested in" B. "surprised at" 
C. "completely unaware of" D. "confused about" 
Question 41: Winston’s parents push their son so much and he ______. 
A. has won a lot of piano competitions B. is afraid to disappoint them 
C. has become a good musician D. cannot learn much music from them 
Question 42: The word "They" in the passage refers to ______. 
A. violin lessons B. concerts C. Michael’s parents D. parents in general 
Question 43: All of the following people are musical EXCEPT _____. 
A. Michael’s father B. Michael’s mother C. Winston’s father D. Winston’s mother 
Question 44: The word "unwilling" in the passage mostly means ______. 
A. "eager to do something" B. "getting ready to do something" 
C. "not wanting to do something" D. "not objecting to doing anything" 
Question 45: The two examples given in the passage illustrate the principle that ______. 
A. successful parents often have unsuccessful children 
B. parents should let the child develop in the way he wants 
C. parents should spend more money on the child’s education 
D. successful parents always have intelligent children 
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 46: A. educate B. strange C. ancient D. address 
Question 47: A. mounting B. account C. astound D. country 
Question 48: A. exist B. expand C. explorer D. extinct 
Question 49: A. desert B. reserve C. conserve D. observant 
Question 50: A. eliminate B. eternal C. energy D. eradicate 
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of 
the following questions. 
Question 51: Hillary changed her major from linguistics to business, ______. 
A. with the hope for being able finding a better job 
B. with hopes to be able easier to get employment 
C. hoping she can easier get a job 
D. hoping to find a job more easily 
Question 52: ______, many animals can still survive and thrive there. 
A. Being severe weather conditions in the desert 
B. Although the weather conditions in the desert are severe 
C. Even though the weather conditions in the desert severe 
D. The weather conditions in the desert to be severe 
Question 53: An excellent hairstylist can make a man seem to have more hair ______. 
A. as is it actually B. than he actually has 
C. than it actually is D. as has actually he 
Question 54: The Vietnamese students have to take an entrance exam ______. 
A. for going to a college and university 
B. so that they can go to a college or university 
C. so as go to a college or university 
D. in order that they should go to a college or university 
Question 55: Successful salespeople know their products thoroughly ______. 
A. understanding the needs of the market 
B. and understand the needs of the market properly 
C. but the needs of the market are understood properly 
D. and the needs of the market understood 
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate 
the correct word(s) for each of the blanks from 56 to 65. 
 In the United States and Canada, it is very important to (56)______ a person directly in the 
eyes when you are having a conversation (57)______ him or her. If you look down or to the side 
when the (58)______ person is talking, that person will think that you are not interested in 
(59)______ he or she is saying. This, (60)______, is not polite. If you look down or to the side when 
you are talking, it might (61)______ that you are not honest. 
 However, people who are speaking will sometimes look away for (62)______ seconds when 
they are thinking or (63)______ to find the right word. But they always turn immediately (64)______ 
to look the listener directly in the eyes. These social "rules" are (65)______ for two men, two women, 
a man and a woman, or an adult and a child. 
Question 56: A. talk B. get C. notice D. look 
Question 57: A. with B. for C. to D. about 
Question 58: A. another B. others C. other D. one 
Question 59: A. where B. that C. which D. what 
Question 60: A. although B. in addition C. yet D. of course 
Question 61: A. come B. become C. seem D. turn 
Question 62: A. a few B. little C. few D. a little 
Question 63: A. looking B. managing C. trying D. achieving 
Question 64: A. up B. down C. over D. back 
Question 65: A. likely B. the same C. like D. such as 
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 66 to 75. 
 Today we take electricity for granted and perhaps we do not realize just how useful this 
discovery has been. Steam was the first invention that replaced wind power. It was used to drive 
engines and was passed through pipes and radiators to warm rooms. Petrol mixed with air was the 
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next invention that provided power. Exploded in a cylinder, it drove a motor engine. Beyond these 
simple and direct uses, those forms have not much adaptability. 
 On the other hand, we make use of electricity in thousands of ways. From the powerful 
voltages that drive our electric trains to the tiny current needed to work a simple calculator, and from 
the huge electric magnet in steel works that can lift 10 tons to the tiny electric magnet in a doorbell, 
all are powered by electricity. An electric current can be made with equal ease to heat a huge mass 
of molten metal in a furnace, or to boil a jug for a cup of coffee. 
 Other than atomic energy, which has not as yet been harnessed to the full, electricity is the 
greatest power in the world. It is flexible, and so adaptable for any task for which it is wanted. It 
travels so easily and with incredible speed along wires or conductors that it can be supplied instantly 
over vast distances. 
 To generate electricity, huge turbines or generators must be turned. In Australia they use coal 
or water to drive this machinery. When dams are built, falling water is used to drive the turbines 
without polluting the atmosphere with smoke from coal. 
 Atomic power is used in several countries but there is always the fear of an accident. A 
tragedy once occurred at Chernobyl, in Ukraine, at an atomic power plant used to make electricity. 
The reactor leaked, which caused many deaths through radiation. 
 Now scientists are examining new ways of creating electricity without harmful effects to the 
environment. They may harness the tides as they flow in and out of bays. Most importantly, they 
hope to trap sunlight more efficiently. We do use solar heaters for swimming pools but as yet 
improvement in the capacity of the solar cells to create more current is necessary. When this 
happens, electric cars will be viable and the world will rid itself of the toxic gases given off by trucks 
and cars that burn fossil fuels. 
Question 66: The author mentions the sources of energy such as wind, steam, petrol in the first 
paragraph to ______. 
A. emphasize the usefulness and adaptability of electricity 
B. imply that electricity is not the only useful source of energy 
C. suggest that electricity should be alternated with safer sources of energy 
D. discuss which source of energy can be a suitable alternative to electricity 
Question 67: Before electricity, what was sometimes passed through pipes to heat rooms? 
A. Gas. B. Petrol. C. Hot wind. D. Steam. 
Question 68: What does the author mean by saying that electricity is flexible? 
A. It is used to drive motor engines. B. It can be made with ease. 
C. It can be adapted to various uses. D. It is cheap and easy to use. 
Question 69: What do we call machines that make electricity? 
A. Voltages. B. Electric magnets. 
C. Pipes and radiators. D. Generators or turbines. 
Question 70: The main forms of power used to generate electricity in Australia are ______. 
A. sunlight and wind power B. wind and gas 
C. water and coal D. atomic power and water 
Question 71: The word "they" in the last paragraph refers to ______. 
A. the tides B. scientists C. new ways D. harmful effects 
Question 72: Electric magnets are used in steel works to ______. 
A. test the steel for strength B. heat the molten steel 
C. boil a jug of water D. lift heavy weights up to ten tons 
Question 73: The advantage of harnessing the power of the tides and of sunlight to generate 
electricity is that they ______. 
A. do not require attention B. do not pollute the environment 
C. are more reliable D. are more adaptable 
Question 74: Which of the following power sources causes pollution by emitting harmful gases? 
A. Petrol. B. Sunlight. C. Wind. D. Water. 
Question 75: The best title for this passage could be ______. 
A. “Why Electricity Is So Remarkable” B. “How to Produce Electricity” 
C. “Electricity: Harmful Effects on Our Life” D. “Types of Power Plants” 
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Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in 
meaning to the original sentence in each of the following questions. 
Question 76: She knows a lot more about it than I do. 
A. I know as much about it as she does. 
B. She does not know so much about it as I do. 
C. I do not know as much about it as she does. 
D. I know much more about it than she does. 
Question 77: Is it essential to meet your aunt at the station? 
A. Does your aunt have to meet at the station? 
B. Does your aunt have to be met at the station? 
C. Was your aunt met at the station? 
D. Did your aunt have to be met at the station? 
Question 78: Conan said to me, "If I were you, I would read different types of books in different 
ways." 
A. Conan ordered me to read different types of books in different ways. 
B. I said to Conan to read different types of books in different ways to me. 
C. Conan advised me to read different types of books in different ways. 
D. I read different types of books in different ways to Conan as he told me. 
Question 79: The boy was not allowed to have any friends, so he felt lonely. 
A. Not having friends, they made the boy feel lonely. 
B. Deprived of friends, the boy felt lonely. 
C. Having a lot of friends, the boy felt lonely. 
D. Having no friends, the boy felt so lonely. 
Question 80: Unless someone has a key, we cannot get into the house. 
A. We could not get into the house if someone had a key. 
B. If someone did not have a key, we could not get into the house. 
C. If someone does not have a key, we can only get into the house. 
D. We can only get into the house if someone has a key. 
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