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ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH ĐẠI HỌC NĂM 2012 
Mụn: TIẾNG ANH; Khối D 
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phỳt, khụng kể thời gian phỏt đề 
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Họ, tờn thớ sinh:.......................................................................... 
Số bỏo 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 word or phrase that is OPPOSITE 
in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions. 
Question 1: Affluent families find it easier to support their children financially. 
A. Privileged B. Well-off C. Impoverished D. Wealthy 
Question 2: After five days on trial, the court found him innocent of the crime and he was released. 
A. innovative B. naive C. guilty D. benevolent 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the 
following questions. 
Question 3: The bad weather caused serious damage to the crop. If only it ______ warmer. 
A. has been B. was C. had been D. were 
Question 4: The restaurants on the island are expensive, so it’s worth ______ a packed lunch. 
A. take B. taken C. to take D. taking 
Question 5: Before going to bed, he wanted some tea but there was ______ left. 
A. no B. nothing C. any D. a few 
Question 6: The struggle for women’s rights began in the 18th century during a period ______ as the 
Age of Enlightenment. 
A. is knowing B. that knew C. knew D. known 
Question 7: New machinery has enhanced the company’s productivity and ______. 
A. competitor B. competitiveness C. competition D. competitive 
Question 8: It has been suggested that Mary ______ a computer course in preparation for a steady job. 
A. would have taken B. was taken C. take D. have been taken 
Question 9: The team were eager to make ______ the loss of the previous match. 
A. off with B. up with C. away with D. up for 
Question 10: You should look up the meaning of new words in the dictionary ______ misuse them. 
A. so as not to B. so not to C. so that not D. so that not to 
Question 11: It is interesting to take ______ a new hobby such as collecting stamps or going fishing. 
A. on B. in C. over D. up 
Question 12: Tom: “When are we leaving for the concert?” 
 Kyle : “______.” 
A. Straight away B. That’s right C. No problem D. Certainly 
Question 13: When Peter was a child, there ______ a cinema near his house. 
A. used to be being B. used to be C. used to have D. used to have been 
Question 14: Scientists have ______ a lot of research into renewable energy sources. 
A. solved B. made C. done D. carried 
Question 15: As a(n) ______ girl, she found it difficult to socialise with other students in the class. 
A. industrious B. dynamic C. ashamed D. reserved 
Question 16: In a formal interview, it is essential to maintain good eye ______ with the interviewers. 
A. contact B. touch C. connection D. link 
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Question 17: Mary: “Thanks a lot for your help.” 
 John: “______.” 
A. My happiness B. My pleasure C. My excitement D. My delight 
Question 18: After the car crash last night, all the injured ______ to the hospital in an ambulance. 
A. was rushing B. were rushed C. were rushing D. was rushed 
Question 19: ______ smoking is a causative factor of many diseases, there is no ban on tobacco 
advertising. 
A. Although B. However C. In spite of D. Therefore 
Question 20: He is coming ______ a cold after a night out in the rain. 
A. away from B. up with C. across with D. down with 
Question 21: My mother had to work 12 hours a day in a factory just to ______. 
A. call it a day B. break the ice C. tighten the belt D. make ends meet 
Question 22: Working as a volunteer gives her a chance to develop her interpersonal skills, promote 
friendship, and ______ her own talent. 
A. discover B. discovering C. discovered D. to discover 
Question 23: He didn’t know______ or stay until the end of the festival. 
A. to go B. if to go C. whether to go D. if that he should go 
Question 24: It was so kind of her to put me ______ while I was on a business trip in her town. 
A. in B. down C. off D. up 
Question 25: The recent heavy rains have helped to ease the water ______. 
A. abundance B. plenty C. poverty D. shortage 
Question 26: Mary: “I will never go mountaineering again.” 
 Linda: “Me ______.” 
A. so B. either C. neither D. too 
Question 27: Television can make things memorable for the reason that it presents information 
______ an effective way. 
A. in B. on C. over D. with 
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 28: It is such a prestigious university that only excellent students are entitled to a full 
scholarship each year. 
A. have the right to refuse B. have the obligation to 
C. are refused the right to D. are given the right to 
Question 29: The repeated commercials on TV distract many viewers from watching their favourite 
films. 
A. businesses B. advertisements C. economics D. contests 
Question 30: As tourism is more developed, people worry about the damage to the flora and fauna of 
the island. 
A. mountains and forests B. fruits and vegetables 
C. plants and animals D. flowers and trees 
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 31: They drove fifteen miles off the main road. Also, they had nothing to eat for the day. 
A. Driving fifteen miles off the main road, they eventually had something to eat for the day. 
B. Not only did they drive fifteen miles off the main road, they also had nothing to eat for the day. 
C. They drove fifteen miles off the main road until they had something to eat for the day. 
D. They neither drove fifteen miles off the main road nor had anything to eat for the day. 
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Question 32: Mike graduated with a good degree. However, he joined the ranks of the unemployed. 
A. Mike joined the ranks of the unemployed because he graduated with a good degree. 
B. That Mike graduated with a good degree helped him join the ranks of the unemployed. 
C. Although Mike graduated with a good degree, he joined the ranks of the unemployed. 
D. If Mike graduated with a good degree, he would join the ranks of the unemployed. 
Question 33: Ann always keeps up with the latest fashions. She works for a famous fashion house. 
A. Not working for a famous fashion house, Ann always keeps up with the latest fashions. 
B. Ann works for a famous fashion house, so she always keeps up with the latest fashions. 
C. Despite working for a famous fashion house, Ann hardly keeps up with the latest fashions. 
D. Ann always keeps up with the latest fashions so as not to work for a famous fashion house. 
Question 34: Put your coat on. You will get cold. 
A. It is not until you put your coat on that you will get cold. 
B. You not only put your coat on but also get cold. 
C. You will not get cold unless you put your coat on. 
D. Put your coat on, otherwise you will get cold. 
Question 35: Everyone was watching the little dog. They were greatly amused at it. 
A. The little dog was greatly amused by the way everyone was watching it. 
B. The little dog was watching everyone with great amusement. 
C. Everyone was greatly amused at the little dog they were watching. 
D. Everyone felt great and amused when the little dog was watching them. 
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 36: “We lost the last game because of the referee,” said the team captain. 
A. The team captain blamed the referee for their loss in the last game. 
B. The team captain said that without the referee, they might have lost the last game. 
C. The team captain refused to tell the referee about their loss in the last game. 
D. The team captain admitted to the referee that they had lost the last game. 
Question 37: Martin missed his flight because he had not been informed of the change in flight schedule. 
A. Martin missed his flight, though he had been informed of the change in flight schedule. 
B. Martin had been informed of his flight delay, which was due to the change in flight schedule. 
C. Not having missed his flight, Martin was informed of the change in flight schedule. 
D. Not having been informed of the change in flight schedule, Martin missed his flight. 
Question 38: I was astonished that he knew a lot about Vietnamese food. 
A. It surprised me that Vietnamese food was what he liked most. 
B. That he knew a lot about Vietnamese food amazed me. 
C. I was astonished at his poor knowledge of Vietnamese food. 
D. I knew very little about Vietnamese food, which astonished him. 
Question 39: “If I were you, I would not choose to write about such a sensitive topic,” the teacher said. 
A. The teacher advised me against writing about such a sensitive topic. 
B. The teacher advised me on writing about such a sensitive topic. 
C. I was blamed for writing about such a sensitive topic by the teacher. 
D. I was ordered by the teacher not to write about such a sensitive topic. 
Question 40: The man wore gloves in order not to leave any fingerprints. 
A. His fingerprints would not be left unless the man wore gloves. 
B. The man wore gloves so that he would not leave any fingerprints. 
C. The man wore gloves in order that his fingerprints would be taken. 
D. In order to leave some fingerprints the man took off his gloves. 
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Read the following passage on native Americans, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer 
sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks from 41 to 50 . 
The first American immigrants, beginning more than 20,000 years ago, were intercontinental 
wanderers: hunters and their families following animal (41)______ from Asia to America, across a 
land bridge where the Bering Strait is today. (42)______ Spain’s Christopher Columbus “discovered” 
the New World in 1492, about 1.5 million Native Americans lived in what is now the continental 
United States, although estimates of the number (43)______ greatly. Mistaking the place where he 
landed – San Salvador in the Bahamas – (44)______ the Indies, Columbus called the Native 
Americans “Indians.” 
During the next 200 years, people from several European countries followed Columbus across the 
Atlantic Ocean to explore America and (45)______ up trading posts and colonies. Native Americans 
suffered (46)______ from the influx of Europeans. The transfer of land from Indian to European – 
and later American – hands (47)______ accomplished through treaties, wars, and coercion, with 
Indians constantly giving (48)______ as the newcomers moved west. In the 19th century, the 
government’s preferred solution to the Indian “problem” was to force tribes to inhabit specific plots 
of land called reservations. Some tribes fought to keep from (49)______ land they had traditionally 
used. In many cases the reservation land was (50)______ poor quality, and Indians came to depend 
on government assistance. Poverty and joblessness among Native Americans still exist today. 
(Extracted from InfoUSA – CD Version) 
Question 41: A. flocks B. bunches C. packs D. herds 
Question 42: A. Not until B. During C. When D. Meanwhile 
Question 43: A. vary B. modify C. adjust D. adapt 
Question 44: A. to B. for C. with D. like 
Question 45: A. set B. bring C. go D. make 
Question 46: A. vaguely B. greatly C. marginally D. deliberately 
Question 47: A. was B. had been C. have been D. were 
Question 48: A. signal B. direction C. road D. way 
Question 49: A. coming about B. staying up C. giving up D. breaking down 
Question 50: A. in B. of C. with D. under 
Read the following passage on learning by Mazur, James E, 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. 
Learning means acquiring knowledge or developing the ability to perform new behaviors. It is 
common to think of learning as something that takes place in school, but much of human learning 
occurs outside the classroom, and people continue to learn throughout their lives. 
Even before they enter school, young children learn to walk, to talk, and to use their hands to 
manipulate toys, food, and other objects. They use all of their senses to learn about the sights, sounds, 
tastes, and smells in their environments. They learn how to interact with their parents, siblings, 
friends, and other people important to their world. When they enter school, children learn basic 
academic subjects such as reading, writing, and mathematics. They also continue to learn a great deal 
outside the classroom. They learn which behaviors are likely to be rewarded and which are likely to 
be punished. They learn social skills for interacting with other children. After they finish school, 
people must learn to adapt to the many major changes that affect their lives, such as getting married, 
raising children, and finding and keeping a job. 
Because learning continues throughout our lives and affects almost everything we do, the study of 
learning is important in many different fields. Teachers need to understand the best ways to educate 
children. Psychologists, social workers, criminologists, and other human-service workers need to 
understand how certain experiences change people’s behaviors. Employers, politicians, and 
advertisers make use of the principles of learning to influence the behavior of workers, voters, and 
consumers. 
Learning is closely related to memory, which is the storage of information in the brain. 
Psychologists who study memory are interested in how the brain stores knowledge, where this storage 
takes place, and how the brain later retrieves knowledge when we need it. In contrast, psychologists 
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who study learning are more interested in behavior and how behavior changes as a result of a 
person’s experiences. 
There are many forms of learning, ranging from simple to complex. Simple forms of learning 
involve a single stimulus. A stimulus is anything perceptible to the senses, such as a sight, sound, 
smell, touch, or taste. In a form of learning known as classical conditioning, people learn to associate 
two stimuli that occur in sequence, such as lightning followed by thunder. In operant conditioning, 
people learn by forming an association between a behavior and its consequences (reward or 
punishment). People and animals can also learn by observation - that is, by watching others perform 
behaviors. More complex forms of learning include learning languages, concepts, and motor skills. 
(Extracted from Microsoftđ Student 2009 – DVD Version) 
Question 51: According to the passage, which of the following is learning in broad view comprised of? 
A. Acquisition of academic knowledge 
B. Knowledge acquisition and ability development 
C. Knowledge acquisition outside the classroom 
D. Acquisition of social and behavioural skills 
Question 52: According to the passage, what are children NOT usually taught outside the classroom? 
A. literacy and calculation B. right from wrong 
C. life skills D. interpersonal communication 
Question 53: Getting married, raising children, and finding and keeping a job are mentioned in 
paragraph 2 as examples of ______. 
A. the ways people’s lives are influenced by education 
B. the changes to which people have to orient themselves 
C. the areas of learning which affect people’s lives 
D. the situations in which people cannot teach themselves 
Question 54: Which of the following can be inferred about the learning process from the passage? 
A. It becomes less challenging and complicated when people grow older. 
B. It is more interesting and effective in school than that in life. 
C. It takes place more frequently in real life than in academic institutions. 
D. It plays a crucial part in improving the learner’s motivation in school. 
Question 55: According to the passage, the study of learning is important in many fields due to ______. 
A. the great influence of the on-going learning process 
B. the influence of various behaviours in the learning process 
C. the exploration of the best teaching methods 
D. the need for certain experiences in various areas 
Question 56: It can be inferred from the passage that social workers, employers, and politicians 
concern themselves with the study of learning because they need to ______. 
A. understand how a stimulus relates to the senses of the objects of their interest 
B. thoroughly understand the behaviours of the objects of their interest 
C. make the objects of their interest more aware of the importance of learning 
D. change the behaviours of the objects of their interest towards learning 
Question 57: The word “retrieves ” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _______. 
A. generates B. gains C. creates D. recovers 
Question 58: Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage? 
A. Psychologists are all interested in memory as much as behaviours. 
B. Psychologists studying memory are concerned with the brain’s storage of knowledge. 
C. Psychologists studying memory are concerned with how the stored knowledge is used. 
D. Psychologists studying learning are interested in human behaviours. 
Question 59: According to the passage, the stimulus in simple forms of learning ______. 
A. is created by the senses B. bears relation to perception 
C. is associated with natural phenomena D. makes associations between behaviours 
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Question 60: The passage mainly discusses ______. 
A. general principles of learning 
B. practical examples of learning inside the classroom 
C. application of learning principles to formal education 
D. simple forms of learning 
Read the following passage on commuting, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet 
to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 61 to 70. 
Commuting is the practice of travelling a long distance to a town or city to work each day, and then 
travelling home again in the evening. The word commuting comes from commutation ticket, a US rail 
ticket for repeated journeys, called a season ticket in Britain. Regular travellers are called 
commuters. 
The US has many commuters. A few, mostly on the East Coast, commute by train or subway, but 
most depend on the car. Some leave home very early to avoid the traffic jams, and sleep in their cars 
until their office opens. Many people accept a long trip to work so that they can live in quiet bedroom 
communities away from the city, but another reason is ‘white flight’. In the 1960s most cities began 
to desegregate their schools, so that there were no longer separate schools for white and black 
children. Many white families did not want to send their children to desegregated schools, so they 
moved to the suburbs, which have their own schools, and where, for various reasons, few black 
people live. 
Millions of people in Britain commute by car or train. Some spend two or three hours a day 
travelling, so that they and their families can live in suburbia or in the countryside. Cities are 
surrounded by commuter belts. Part of the commuter belt around London is called the stockbroker 
belt because it contains houses where rich business people live. Some places are becoming dormitory 
towns, because people sleep there but take little part in local activities. 
Most commuters travel to and from work