Đề thi tuyển sinh Cao đẳng môn Tiếng Anh Khối D năm 2010 - Mã đề 372

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ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH CAO ĐẲNG NĂM 2010 
Môn: TIẾNG ANH; Khối D 
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề 
 Mã đề thi 372 
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 sentence that is closest in 
meaning to each of the following questions. 
Question 1: Their chances of success are small. 
A. They will certainly be successful. B. It’s possible that they will achieve success. 
C. It’s not very likely that they will succeed. D. They have no chances of being successful. 
Question 2: “Be careful! Don't do that again,” he said. 
A. He encouraged me to do that again. 
B. He told me to be careful, so I didn't do that again. 
C. He advised me to be careful and do that again. 
D. He warned me not to do that again. 
Question 3: I found myself at a loss to understand my closest friend’s words. 
A. I understood my closest friend’s words completely. 
B. I found my closest friend's words quite incomprehensible. 
C. I lost heart and didn't understand my closest friend's words. 
D. I found my closest friend's words easy to understand. 
Question 4: The way to get the best out of me is to make me work very hard. 
A. My work is under consideration, so I do my best. 
B. Don't make me work hard or I can’t make the best out of me. 
C. I work best when I am under pressure. 
D. If you make me work hard, I can't get the best. 
Question 5: It is a basic requirement in the modern world to be able to deal with figures. 
A. Being able to deal with figures is a basic requirement in the modern world. 
B. Dealing with the modern world requires a basic knowledge of figures. 
C. Dealing with figures requires a basic knowledge of the modern world. 
D. The world requires us to have a basic understanding of figures. 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the 
rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions. 
Question 6: A. expectation B. residential C. competition D. traditional 
Question 7: A. discovery B. difficulty C. commodity D. simplicity 
Question 8: A. leisure B. command C. secure D. pretend 
Question 9: A. industry B. attractive C. marvellous D. family 
Question 10: A. into B. tennis C. country D. between 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs 
correction. 
Question 11: Being that he was a good swimmer, John managed to rescue the child. 
 A B C D 
Question 12: Each of the beautiful cars in the shop was quickly sold to their owner. 
 A B C D 
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Question 13: It was a six-hours journey; we were completely exhausted when we arrived. 
 A B C D 
Question 14: Professor Jones said that a good way to improve your language are learning to practise 
 A B C D 
 it frequently. 
Question 15: I’d like to see him in my office the moment he will arrive. 
 A B C D 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of 
the following questions. 
Question 16: We didn’t go to the zoo yesterday ______ the heavy rain. 
A. in spite of B. because of C. so D. because 
Question 17: Don’t touch that wire or you’ll get an electric ______. 
A. current B. fire C. charge D. shock 
Question 18: - “Is it all right if I use your bike?” 
 - “______” 
A. Sure, go ahead. B. I accept it. C. Oh, forget it. D. I don’t care. 
Question 19: There were some rainy days, but it was a nice holiday ______. 
A. in general B. by all means C. by no means D. in particular 
Question 20: - “Today’s my 20th birthday.” 
 - “______” 
A. I don’t understand. B. Take care! 
C. Have a good time! D. Many happy returns! 
Question 21: The car had a(n) ______ tyre, so we had to change the wheel. 
A. bent B. injured C. cracked D. flat 
Question 22: I ______ hurry. It’s nearly 8.00, and my first class starts at 8.15. 
A. can’t help B. had better C. would rather D. would prefer 
Question 23: You need more exercise - you should ______ jogging. 
A. hold up B. take up C. try on D. carry out 
Question 24: Why is everybody ______ him all the time? 
A. criticizing B. criticism C. critical D. criticize 
Question 25: - “Would you like beer or wine?” 
 - “______” 
A. I'd prefer beer, please. B. No, I've no choice. 
C. I couldn’t agree more. D. Yes, I'd love to. 
Question 26: I'm really looking forward ______ to university. 
A. going B. go C. to going D. to go 
Question 27: All of us won't go camping ______ the weather stays fine. 
A. so B. but C. however D. unless 
Question 28: There’s little ______ of foreign news in today’s paper. 
A. coverage B. column C. information D. article 
Question 29: If you don’t know when that important football match takes place, look it ______ in the 
World Cup timetable. 
A. out B. up C. after D. into 
Question 30: The manager ______ him for a minor mistake. 
A. complained B. charged C. accused D. blamed 
Question 31: ______ stamps, my brother collects coins. 
A. Except B. Besides C. Near D. Beside 
Question 32: “Can you ______ me a favor, Bill?” Peter said. 
A. put B. make C. do D. get 
Question 33: ______ entering the hall, he found everyone waiting for him. 
A. Of B. With C. At D. On 
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Question 34: Thanks to my friends’ ______ remarks, my essays have been improved. 
A. construction B. constructor C. constructive D. construct 
Question 35: That pipe ______ for ages - we must get it mended. 
A. is leaking B. had been leaking C. has been leaking D. leaks 
Question 36: He managed to keep his job ______ the manager had threatened to sack him. 
A. unless B. despite C. therefore D. although 
Question 37: She ______ me a very charming compliment on my painting. 
A. paid B. made C. took D. showed 
Question 38: - “You look nervous! ______” 
 - “This thunder scares me to death.” 
A. Why’s that? B. Come on! C. What’s wrong? D. How are you? 
Question 39: You should make a(n) ______ to overcome this problem. 
A. apology B. trial C. effort D. impression 
Question 40: You shouldn't have criticized him in front of the class. It was extremely ______ of you. 
A. insensible B. insensitive C. sensitive D. sensible 
Question 41: You look tired. Why don't we ______ and have a good rest? 
A. call it a day B. call its name C. call on D. call off 
Question 42: My brother ______ his driving test when he was 18. 
A. was passing B. passes C. has passed D. passed 
Question 43: - “______” 
 - “He's tall and thin with blue eyes.” 
A. What does John like? B. Who does John look like? 
C. How is John? D. What does John look like? 
Question 44: I clearly remember ______ you about this before. 
A. to tell B. telling C. tell D. told 
Question 45: Car crashes are almost always accidental, but on rare occasions they may be ______. 
A. aware B. determined C. deliberate D. meant 
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 46 to 55. 
For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming back to an 
empty house. Some deal with the situation by watching TV. Some may hide. But all of them have 
something in common. They spend part of each day alone. They are called “latchkey children”. 
They are children who look after themselves while their parents work. And their bad condition has 
become a subject of concern. 
Lynette Long was once the principal of an elementary school. She said, “We had a school rule 
against wearing jewelry. A lot of kids had chains around their necks with keys attached. I was 
constantly telling them to put the keys inside shirts. There were so many keys; it never came to my 
mind what they meant.” Slowly, she learned that they were house keys. 
She and her husband began talking to the children who had keys. They learned of the effect 
working couples and single parents were having on their children. Fear was the biggest problem 
faced by children at home alone. One in three latchkey children the Longs talked to reported being 
frightened. Many had nightmares and were worried about their own safety. 
The most common way latchkey children deal with their fears is by hiding. They may hide in a 
shower stall, under a bed or in a closet. The second is TV. They often turn the volume up. It’s hard to 
get statistics on latchkey children, the Longs have learned. Most parents are slow to admit that they 
leave their children alone. 
Question 46: The phrase “an empty house” in the passage mostly means ______. 
A. a house with no furniture B. a house with nothing inside 
C. a house with no people inside D. a house with too much space 
Question 47: One thing that the children in the passage share is that ______. 
A. they are from single-parent families B. they spend part of each day alone 
C. they all wear jewelry D. they all watch TV 
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Question 48: The phrase “latchkey children” in the passage means children who ______. 
A. close doors with keys and watch TV by themselves 
B. look after themselves while their parents are not at home 
C. like to carry latches and keys with them everywhere 
D. are locked inside houses with latches and keys 
Question 49: The main problem of latchkey children is that they ______. 
A. are also found in middle-class families B. watch too much television during the day 
C. are growing in numbers D. suffer a lot from being left alone 
Question 50: What is the main idea of the first paragraph? 
A. How kids spend free time. B. Why kids hate going home. 
C. Bad condition of latchkey children. D. Children’s activities at home. 
Question 51: Why did a lot of kids have chains around their necks with keys attached? 
A. They were fully grown and had become independent. 
B. They had to use the keys to open school doors. 
C. Schools didn’t allow them to wear jewelry, so they wore keys instead. 
D. They would use the keys to enter their houses when they came home. 
Question 52: What do latchkey children suffer most from when they are at home alone? 
A. Tiredness. B. Loneliness. C. Boredom. D. Fear. 
Question 53: Lynette Long learned of latchkey children’s problems by ______. 
A. interviewing their parents B. visiting their homes 
C. talking to them D. delivering questionnaires 
Question 54: What is the most common way for latchkey children to deal with fears? 
A. Having a shower. B. Hiding somewhere. 
C. Lying under a TV. D. Talking to the Longs. 
Question 55: It’s difficult to find out the number of latchkey children because ______. 
A. most parents are reluctant to admit that they leave their children alone 
B. they do not give information about themselves for safety reasons 
C. they hide themselves in shower stalls or under beds 
D. there are too many of them in the whole country 
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 56 to 65. 
It is commonly believed that school is where people go to get an education. Nevertheless, it has 
been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The difference between 
schooling and education implied by this remark is important. 
Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. Education knows no 
limits. It can take place anywhere, whether in the shower or on the job, whether in the kitchen or on a 
tractor. It includes both the formal learning that takes place in school and the whole universe of 
informal learning. The agent (doer) of education can vary from respected grandparents to the people 
arguing about politics on the radio, from a child to a famous scientist. Whereas schooling has a 
certain predictability, education quite often produces surprises. A chance conversation with a 
stranger may lead a person to discover how little is known of other religions. People receive 
education from infancy on. Education, then, is a very broad, inclusive term; it is a lifelong process, a 
process that starts long before the start of school, and one that should be a necessary part of one’s 
entire life. 
Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose general pattern varies little 
from one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at about the same time, 
take the assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, 
and so on. The pieces of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an 
understanding of the workings of governments, have been limited by the subjects being taught. For 
example, high school students know that they are not likely to find out in their classes the truth about 
political problems in their society or what the newest filmmakers are experimenting with. There are 
clear and undoubted conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling. 
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Question 56: This passage is mainly aimed at ______. 
A. telling the difference between the meaning of two related words 
B. listing and discussing several educational problems 
C. giving examples of different schools 
D. telling a story about excellent teachers 
Question 57: In the passage, the expression “children interrupt their education to go to school” 
mostly implies that ______. 
A. all of life is an education 
B. schooling takes place everywhere 
C. schooling prevents people discovering things 
D. education is totally ruined by schooling 
Question 58: The word “all-inclusive” in the passage mostly means ______. 
A. involving many school subjects B. including everything or everyone 
C. allowing no exceptions D. going in many directions 
Question 59: According to the passage, the doers of education are ______. 
A. only respected grandparents B. mainly politicians 
C. almost all people D. mostly famous scientists 
Question 60: What does the writer mean by saying “education quite often produces surprises”? 
A. Educators often produce surprises. 
B. Informal learning often brings about unexpected results. 
C. Success of informal learning is predictable. 
D. It’s surprising that we know little about other religions. 
Question 61: Which of the following would the writer support? 
A. Without formal education, people won’t be able to read and write. 
B. Going to school is only part of how people become educated. 
C. Our education system needs to be changed as soon as possible. 
D. Schooling is of no use because students do similar things every day. 
Question 62: The word "they" in the last paragraph refers to ______. 
A. newest filmmakers B. high school students 
C. political problems D. workings of governments 
Question 63: Because the general pattern of schooling varies little from one setting to the next, 
school children throughout the country ______. 
A. are taught by the same teachers B. have similar study conditions 
C. have the same abilities D. do similar things 
Question 64: From the passage, we can infer that a high school teacher ______. 
A. is not allowed to teach political issues B. is free to choose anything to teach 
C. is bound to teach programmed subjects D. has to teach social issues to all classes 
Question 65: Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? 
A. Education and schooling are quite different experience. 
B. The more years students go to school, the better their education is. 
C. The best schools teach a variety of subjects. 
D. Students benefit from schools, which require long hours and homework. 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of 
the following questions. 
Question 66: ______ but he also proved himself a good athlete. 
A. He did not show himself only a good student 
B. Not only he showed himself a good student 
C. A good student not only showed him 
D. Not only did he show himself a good student 
Question 67: Yesterday my mother bought ______. 
A. some hats beautiful Italian cotton B. Italian some beautiful cotton hats 
C. some beautiful Italian cotton hats D. beautiful Italian some cotton hats 
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Question 68: When reaching the top of the hill, ______. 
A. the sea came into view B. we extended the sea below us 
C. we suddenly caught sight of the sea D. it was the sea that extended below us 
Question 69: The new manager explained ______ new procedures to save time and money. 
A. to the staff that he hoped to establish B. with the staff that he hopes to establish 
C. with the staff that he hoped to establish D. to the staff that he hopes to establish 
Question 70: He climbed the tree ______ before the wind blew them off. 
A. in order that to pick the apples B. in order for the apples to pick 
C. so that to pick the apples D. so as to pick the apples 
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 71 to 80. 
The warming of the Pacific Ocean has created weather patterns (71)______ strongly affect the 
world. When the water is warm, the (72)______ of rainfall in Indonesia and the surrounding regions 
decreases. Australia could (73)______ experience a drought in many parts. On (74)______ hand, 
Chile (which borders the Pacific Ocean) is preparing for (75)______ rainstorms. In Pakistan and 
northwestern India, the weather pattern makes the rainy season weaker and makes the area much 
drier. 
This happening is called El Nino and is used (76)______ weather forecasters to make long-range 
weather predictions. They also know that El Nino will (77)______ unusually heavy rains to the 
southwestern part of the United States and make the central part of the country drier at the same 
time. 
According to research, weather forecasters (78)______ know about the coming weather with 
certainty. Now everything has become completely different. 
El Nino itself used to be (79)______. It would occur every two to seven years. But now, this 
weather pattern is becoming more frequent. We cannot say when and how often tornadoes or 
cyclones occur. Scientists are unsure of the reason for this (80)______ on a global scale either. 
Question 71: A. whether B. when C. that D. what 
Question 72: A. figure B. amount C. deal D. number 
Question 73: A. however B. ever C. nevertheless D. even 
Question 74: A. another B. the other C. others D. other 
Question 75: A. severe B. cruel C. angry D. strict 
Question 76: A. at B. on C. to D. by 
Question 77: A. take B. fetch C. bring D. carry 
Question 78: A. used to B. used to be C. are used to D. get used to 
Question 79: A. incredible B. predictable C. notable D. remarkable 
Question 80: A. transfer B. shift C. change D. transformation 
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