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ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH ĐẠI HỌC NĂM 2011 
Mụn: TIẾNG ANH; Khối D 
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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: He never lets anything ______ him and his weekend fishing trip. 
A. come up B. come between C. come among D. come on 
Question 2: “You’ll recognize Jenny when you see her. She ______ a red hat.” 
A. wears B. will wear C. is wearing D. will be wearing 
Question 3: Before I left for my summer camp, my mother told me to take warm clothes with me 
______ it was cold. 
A. whereas B. despite C. in case D. so that 
Question 4: This shirt is ______ that one. 
A. as much expensive as B. a bit less expensive 
C. much far expensive than D. not nearly as expensive as 
Question 5: The Second World War ______ in 1939. 
A. took out B. turned up C. broke out D. brought about 
Question 6: “Never be late for an interview, ______ you can’t get the job.” 
A. otherwise B. unless C. or so D. if not 
Question 7: The sky was cloudy and foggy. We went to the beach, ______. 
A. however B. so C. even though D. yet 
Question 8: Sue: “Can you help me with my essay?” 
 Robert: “______” 
A. Why not? B. Not completely. C. I think that, too. D. Yes, I’m afraid not. 
Question 9: Harry: “Are you ready, Kate? There’s not much time left.” 
 Kate: “Yes, just a minute. ______!” 
A. I’m coming B. I won’t finish C. I’d be OK D. No longer 
Question 10: “Why don’t you sit down and ______?” 
A. make yourself at home B. make it your own home 
C. make yourself at peace D. make yourself at rest 
Question 11: The instructor blew his whistle and ______. 
A. off the runners were running B. the runners run off 
C. off ran the runners D. off were running the runners 
Question 12: The temperature ______ takes place varies widely from material to material. 
A. at which they melt B. which melting C. at which melting D. which they melt 
Question 13: “We'd better ______ if we want to get there in time.” 
A. put down B. speed up C. take up D. turn down 
Question 14: I could not ______ the lecture at all. It was too difficult for me. 
A. get along B. make off C. hold on D. take in 
Question 15: Alfonso: “I had a really good time. Thanks for the lovely evening.” 
 Maria: “______.” 
A. No, it’s very kind of you B. Oh, that’s right 
C. I’m glad you enjoyed it D. Yes, it’s really good 
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Question 16: ______ without animals and plants? 
A. How will life on earth be like B. How would life on earth be for 
C. What would life on earth be like D. What will life on earth be like 
Question 17: “You ______ have cooked so many dishes. There are only three of us for lunch.” 
A. couldn’t B. wouldn’t C. needn’t D. oughtn’t 
Question 18: The sign “NO TRESPASSING” tells you ______. 
A. not to photograph B. not to enter C. not to smoke D. not to approach 
Question 19: “______ you treat him, he’ll help you. He’s so tolerant.” 
A. Even though B. No matter how C. As if D. In addition to 
Question 20: I did not want to believe them, but in fact, ______ was true. 
A. what they said B. which they said C. what has said D. that they were said 
Question 21: Joan: “Our friends are coming. ______, Mike? ” 
 Mike: “I’m sorry, but I can’t do it now.” 
A. Shall you make some coffee, please B. Would you mind making some coffee 
C. Why don’t we cook some coffee D. Shall I make you like some coffee 
Question 22: She built a high wall round her garden ______. 
A. so that her fruit would be stolen B. in order that her fruit not be stolen 
C. to prevent her fruit from being stolen D. to enable people not taking her fruit 
Question 23: The village was ______ visible through the dense fog. 
A. only B. barely C. hard D. mostly 
Question 24: If it ______ for the heavy storm, the accident would not have happened. 
A. hadn’t been B. weren’t C. were D. isn’t 
Question 25: Our boss would rather ______ during the working hours. 
A. us not chatting B. us not chat C. we don’t chat D. we didn’t chat 
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 26: “You shouldn’t have leaked our confidential report to the press, Frank!” said Jane. 
A. Jane accused Frank of having cheated the press with their confidential report. 
B. Jane suspected that Frank had leaked their confidential report to the press. 
C. Jane blamed Frank for having flattered the press with their confidential report. 
D. Jane criticized Frank for having disclosed their confidential report to the press. 
Question 27: “Mum, please don’t tell dad about my mistake,” the boy said. 
A. The boy begged his mother not to tell his father about his mistake. 
B. The boy requested his mother not to talk about his mistake any more. 
C. The boy earnestly insisted that his mother tell his father about his mistake. 
D. The mother was forced to keep her son’s mistake as a secret when he insisted. 
Question 28: “Don’t forget to tidy up the final draft before submission,” the team leader told us. 
A. The team leader simply wanted us to tidy up the final draft before submission. 
B. The team leader ordered us to tidy up the final draft before submission. 
C. The team leader asked us to tidy up the final draft before submission. 
D. The team leader reminded us to tidy up the final draft before submission. 
Question 29: “If you don’t pay the ransom, we’ll kill your boy,” the kidnappers told us. 
A. The kidnappers pledged to kill our boy if we did not pay the ransom. 
B. The kidnappers threatened to kill our boy if we refused to pay the ransom. 
C. The kidnappers promised to kill our boy if we refused to pay the ransom. 
D. The kidnappers ordered to kill our boy if we did not pay the ransom. 
Question 30: “My company makes a large profit every year. Why don’t you invest more money in 
it?” my friend said to me. 
A. I was asked to invest more money in my friend’s company. 
B. My friend persuaded me to invest more money in his company. 
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C. My friend instructed me how to put more money into his company. 
D. My friend suggested his investing more money in his company. 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is closest in 
meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions. 
Question 31: We have lived there for years and grown fond of the surroundings. That is why we do 
not want to leave. 
A. planted many trees in the surroundings B. haunted by the surroundings 
C. loved the surroundings D. possessed by the surroundings 
Question 32: His new work has enjoyed a very good review from critics and readers. 
A. regard B. opinion C. viewing D. look 
Question 33: Such problems as haste and inexperience are a universal feature of youth. 
A. separated B. shared C. hidden D. marked 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is 
OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions. 
Question 34: There is growing concern about the way man has destroyed the environment. 
A. consideration B. ease C. speculation D. attraction 
Question 35: Fruit and vegetables grew in abundance on the island. The islanders even exported the 
surplus. 
A. excess B. small quantity C. large quantity D. sufficiency 
Read the following passage adapted from A. Briggs’ article on culture, Microsoftđ Student 2008, 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. 
Culture is a word in common use with complex meanings, and is derived, like the term 
broadcasting, from the treatment and care of the soil and of what grows on it. It is directly related to 
cultivation and the adjectives cultural and cultured are part of the same verbal complex. A person of 
culture has identifiable attributes, among them a knowledge of and interest in the arts, literature, and 
music. Yet the word culture does not refer solely to such knowledge and interest nor, indeed, to 
education. At least from the 19th century onwards, under the influence of anthropologists and 
sociologists, the word culture has come to be used generally both in the singular and the plural 
(cultures) to refer to a whole way of life of people, including their customs, laws, conventions, and 
values. 
Distinctions have consequently been drawn between primitive and advanced culture and cultures, 
between elite and popular culture, between popular and mass culture, and most recently between 
national and global cultures. Distinctions have been drawn too between culture and civilization; the 
latter is a word derived not, like culture or agriculture, from the soil, but from the city. The two words 
are sometimes treated as synonymous. Yet this is misleading. While civilization and barbarism are 
pitted against each other in what seems to be a perpetual behavioural pattern, the use of the word 
culture has been strongly influenced by conceptions of evolution in the 19th century and of 
development in the 20th century. Cultures evolve or develop. They are not static. They have twists 
and turns. Styles change. So do fashions. There are cultural processes. What, for example, the word 
cultured means has changed substantially since the study of classical (that is, Greek and Roman) 
literature, philosophy, and history ceased in the 20th century to be central to school and university 
education. No single alternative focus emerged, although with computers has come electronic culture, 
affecting kinds of study, and most recently digital culture. As cultures express themselves in new 
forms not everything gets better or more civilized. 
The multiplicity of meanings attached to the word made and will make it difficult to define. There 
is no single, unproblematic definition, although many attempts have been made to establish one. The 
only non-problematic definitions go back to agricultural meaning (for example, cereal culture or 
strawberry culture) and medical meaning (for example, bacterial culture or penicillin culture). Since 
in anthropology and sociology we also acknowledge culture clashes, culture shock, and counter-
culture, the range of reference is extremely wide. 
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Question 36: According to the passage, the word culture ______. 
A. is related to the preparation and use of land for farming 
B. derives from the same root as civilization does 
C. comes from a source that has not been identified 
D. develops from Greek and Roman literature and history 
Question 37: It is stated in paragraph 1 that a cultured person ______. 
A. has a job related to cultivation B. does a job relevant to education 
C. takes care of the soil and what grows on it D. has knowledge of arts, literature, and music 
Question 38: The author remarks that culture and civilization are the two words that ______. 
A. are both related to agriculture and cultivation 
B. have nearly the same meaning 
C. share the same word formation pattern 
D. do not develop from the same meaning 
Question 39: It can be inferred from the passage that since the 20th century ______. 
A. classical literature, philosophy, and history have not been taught as compulsory subjects 
B. all schools and universities have taught classical literature, philosophy, and history 
C. schools and universities have not taught classical literature, philosophy, and history 
D. classical literature, philosophy, and history have been considered as core subjects 
Question 40: The word “attributes” in paragraph 1 most likely means ______. 
A. aspects B. fields C. skills D. qualities 
Question 41: The word “static” in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by “______”. 
A. unchanged B. regular C. balanced D. dense 
Question 42: Which of the following is NOT stated in the passage? 
A. The use of the word culture has been changed since the 19th century. 
B. The word culture can be used to refer to a whole way of life of people. 
C. Anthropology and sociology have tried to limit the references to culture. 
D. Distinctions have been drawn between culture and civilization. 
Question 43: It is difficult to give the definitions of the word culture EXCEPT for its ______. 
A. philosophical and historical meanings B. sociological and anthropological meanings 
C. historical and figurative meanings D. agricultural and medical meanings 
Question 44: Which of the following is NOT true about the word culture? 
A. It evolves from agriculture. B. It differs from the word civilization. 
C. It is a word that cannot be defined. D. Its use has been considerably changed. 
Question 45: The passage mainly discusses ______. 
A. the distinction between culture and civilization 
B. the derivatives of the word culture 
C. the figurative meanings of the word culture 
D. the multiplicity of meanings of the word culture 
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 46: A. popular B. romantic C. financial D. reduction 
Question 47: A. prospect B. guidance C. involve D. future 
Question 48: A. facilitate B. participate C. hydrology D. intimacy 
Question 49: A. continent B. permanent C. represent D. sentiment 
Question 50: A. accuracy B. optimist C. immediate D. fabulous 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each 
pair of sentences in the following questions. 
Question 51: Crazianna is a big country. Unfortunately, it has never received respect from its 
neighbours. 
A. Crazianna has never received respect from its neighbours because it is a big country. 
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B. It is Crazianna, a big country, that has never received respect from its neighbours. 
C. Though Crazianna is a big country, it has never received respect from its neighbours. 
D. Crazianna is such a big country that it has never received respect from its neighbours. 
Question 52: He cannot lend me the book now. He has not finished reading it yet. 
A. Having finished reading the book, he cannot lend it to me. 
B. Not having finished reading the book, he will lend it to me. 
C. As long as he cannot finish reading the book, he will lend it to me. 
D. He cannot lend me the book until he has finished reading it. 
Question 53: He behaved in a very strange way. That surprised me a lot. 
A. He behaved very strangely, which surprised me very much. 
B. What almost surprised me was the strange way he behaved. 
C. His behaviour was a very strange thing, that surprised me most. 
D. I was almost not surprised by his strange behaviour. 
Question 54: His academic record at high school was poor. He failed to apply to that prestigious 
institution. 
A. Failing to apply to that prestigious institution, his academic record at high school was poor. 
B. His academic record at high school was poor; as a result, he failed to apply to that prestigious 
institution. 
C. His academic record at high school was poor as a result of his failure to apply to that 
prestigious institution. 
D. His academic record at high school was poor because he didn’t apply to that prestigious 
institution. 
Question 55: Smoking is an extremely harmful habit. You should give it up immediately. 
A. Stop your smoking immediately so it will become one of your extremely harmful habits. 
B. When you give up smoking immediately, you will affect your health with this harmful habit. 
C. As smoking is an extremely harmful habit, you should give it up immediately. 
D. You should give up smoking immediately and you will fall into an extremely harmful habit. 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs 
correction in each of the following questions. 
Question 56: Hardly did he enter the room when all the lights went out. 
 A B C D 
Question 57: During our tour of the refinery, it was seen that both propane and gasoline 
 A B C 
were produced in large volumes. 
 D 
Question 58: The first important requirements for you to become a mountain climber are your 
 A B C 
strong passion and you have good health. 
 D 
Question 59: A professor of economy and history at our university developed a new theory of 
 A B 
the relationship between historical events and financial crises. 
 C D 
Question 60: Publishing in the UK, the book has won a number of awards in recent regional book fairs. 
 A B C D 
Read the following passage adapted from Understanding Rural America - InfoUSA and mark the 
letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 
61 to 70. 
The well-being of America's rural people and places depends upon many things - the availability 
of good-paying jobs; (61)______ to critical services such as education, health care, and 
communication; strong communities; and a healthy natural environment. And, (62)______ urban 
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America is equally dependent upon these things, the challenges to well-being look very different in 
rural areas than in urban areas. Small-scale, low-density settlement (63)______ make it more costly 
for communities and businesses to provide critical services. Declining jobs and income in the natural 
resource-based industries that many rural areas depend on (64)______ workers in those industries to 
find new ways to make a living. Low-skill, low-wage rural manufacturing industries must find new 
ways to challenge the increasing number of (65)______ competitors. Distance and remoteness 
impede many rural areas from being connected to the urban centers of economic activity. Finally, 
changes in the availability and use of natural resources located in rural areas (66)______ the people 
who earn a living from those resources and those who (67)______ recreational and other benefits 
from them. 
Some rural areas have met these challenges successfully, achieved some level of prosperity, and 
are ready (68)______ the challenges of the future. Others have neither met the current challenges nor 
positioned themselves for the future. Thus, concern for rural America is real. And, while rural 
America is a producer of critical goods and services, the (69)______ goes beyond economics. Rural 
America is also home to a fifth of the Nation's people, keeper of natural amenities and national 
treasures, and safeguard of a/an (70)______ part of American culture, tradition, and history. 
Question 61: A. access B. challenge C. advantage D. key 
Question 62: A. because B. while C. since D. when 
Question 63: A. tools B. patterns C. styles D. means 
Question 64: A. force B. offer C. turn D. make 
Question 65: A. lateral B. rural C. abroad D. foreign 
Question 66: A. encourage B. affect C. stimulate D. effect 
Question 67: A. evolve B. derive C. involve D. bring 
Question 68: A. in B. with C. of D. for 
Question 69: A. impatience B. research C. concern D. stimulus 
Question 70: A. simple B. unique C. incredible D. abnormal 
Read the following passage adapted from Cultural Guide - OALD, 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. 
The issue of equality for women in British society first attracted national attention in the early 20th 
century, when the suffragettes won for women