Đề thi tuyển sinh Đại học môn Tiếng Anh Khối D năm 2014 - Mã đề 236

BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO 
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC 
(Đề thi có 6 trang) 
ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH ĐẠI HỌC NĂM 2014 
Môn: TIẾNG ANH; Khối D 
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề 
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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: In no circumstances ______ on campus. 
A. should allow smoking B. should smoking be allowed 
C. we should allow smoking D. smoking should be allowed 
Question 2: The carefully nurtured gardens with a wide ______ of flowers and fruit trees have added elegance 
to this place and made it a major tourist attraction. 
A. amount B. number C. species D. variety 
Question 3: Visitors to the local museum are mostly attracted by ______ rocking chair. 
A. an old wooden European beautiful B. an old beautiful wooden European 
C. a wooden old beautiful European D. a beautiful old European wooden 
Question 4: The bank has more than 100 branches, ______ in a major urban area. 
A. each locating B. the location of which C. each located D. and are located 
Question 5: We need to talk more about ______ for the summer vacation before July. 
A. when to use B. where to go C. how to make D. why to choose 
Question 6: In my opinion, ______ new technology who will finally decide which ideas take off. 
A. it is the development of B. that the user of 
C. it is the user of D. that the development of 
Question 7: They got lost in the forest, and ______ made matters worse was that night began to fall. 
A. which B. what C. it D. that 
Question 8: Jane had difficulty carrying her suitcase upstairs, and Mike, her friend, offered to help. Select the 
most suitable response to fill in the blank. 
 Mike: “Need a hand with your suitcase, Jane?” 
 Jane: “______” 
A. Not a chance. B. That’s very kind of you. 
C. Well done! D. I don’t believe it. 
Question 9: Jessica looks very tired. She ______ have stayed up late to finish her assignment last night. 
A. should B. will C. would D. must 
Question 10: Minh, a student from Hai Phong, is going to take the college entrance exam in Hanoi next week. 
His father is seeing him off at the railway station. Select the most suitable response to fill in the blank. 
Dad: “Good luck with the exam, Minh!” 
Minh: “______, Dad.” 
A. By no means B. Thank you C. I wish so D. Never mind 
Question 11: In the last match, Sabella changed his formation at half-time, introducing Fernando Gago in 
midfield and Higuain in attack, but in the end it was Messi’s magic that ______ the difference. 
A. made B. gave C. took D. did 
Question 12: “My secretary will book you an afternoon flight and have you ______ at the airport.” 
A. pick up B. picking up C. to pick up D. picked up 
Question 13: While I was looking through my old albums the other day, I ______ this photograph of my 
parents' wedding. 
A. took after B. turned down C. came across D. made up 
Question 14: We’ve already bought the house but won’t ______ it until May, when the present occupants 
have moved out. 
A. take possession of B. keep track of C. catch sight of D. gain recognition of 
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Question 15: The cinema is no longer as popular as it was in the 1930's and 1940's, but it is still an 
important ______ of entertainment. 
A. origin B. prospect C. status D. source 
Question 16: China’s placement of its oil rig in Vietnam’s East Sea EEZ has been denounced by ASEAN and 
Western politicians and professionals as the violation of Vietnam’s ______ waters. 
A. farmed B. territorial C. fresh D. inland 
Question 17: “Could you turn off the stove? The potatoes ______ for at least thirty minutes.” 
A. are boiling B. were boiling C. have been boiling D. boiled 
Question 18: ______, she continued to carry out her duties. 
A. Despite her good health B. No matter how poor her health 
C. Although she is in good health D. Although in poor health 
Question 19: Carbon dioxide ______ as one of the main contributors to the greenhouse effect. 
A. has been identified B. has identified C. had identified D. had been identified 
Question 20: ______ my mother’s encouragement, I wouldn’t have made such a daring decision. 
A. In spite B. Providing C. But for D. Until 
Question 21: The young lady sat still in the afternoon breeze, with her hair ______ her back. 
A. streaming down B. fallen against C. flowed down D. running over 
Question 22: Students are encouraged to develop critical thinking ______ accepting opinions without 
questioning them. 
A. for instance B. because of C. instead of D. in addition 
Question 23: “Take a spare tyre ______ you have a puncture on the way to the beach.” 
A. in case B. if C. so that D. unless 
Question 24: Phuong Thao is a student in Ms Lan’s writing class. She is asking for Ms Lan’s comments on her 
last essay. Select the most suitable response to fill in the blank. 
 Phuong Thao: “You must have found reading my essay very tiring.” 
 Ms Lan: “______. I enjoyed it.” 
A. You are welcome B. Just in case C. At all costs D. Not in the least 
Question 25: He applied for a teaching ______ at Bales University with great confidence. 
A. career B. post C. work D. employment 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to 
the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. 
Question 26: Those children who stay longer hours at school than at home tend to spend their formative 
years in the company of others with similar aims and interests. 
A. being together with friends B. forming a new business company 
C. enjoying the care of parents D. being separated from peers 
Question 27: Many parents may fail to recognize and respond to their children’s needs until frustration 
explodes into difficult or uncooperative behavior. 
A. remains at an unchanged level B. slowly reaches the boiling point 
C. stays under pressure D. suddenly becomes uncontrollable 
Question 28: “A friend in need is a friend indeed”: Our friends have voiced their strong criticism of China’s 
escalation of tension on our continental shelf. 
A. facing the reality B. worsening the situation 
C. improving the condition D. easing the tension 
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 29 to 38. 
We live in a world of tired, sleep deprived people. In his book Counting Sheep, Paul Martin - a behavioural 
biologist - describes a society which is just too busy to sleep and which does not give sleeping the importance it 
deserves. 
Modern society has invented reasons not to sleep. We are now a 24/7 society where shops and services 
must be available all hours. We spend longer hours at work than we used to, and more time getting to work. 
Mobile phones and email allow us to stay in touch round the clock and late-night TV and the Internet tempt 
us away from our beds. When we need more time for work or pleasure, the easy solution is to sleep less. The 
average adult sleeps only 6.2 hours a night during the week, whereas research shows that most people need 
eight or even eight and a half hours' sleep to feel at their best. Nowadays, many people have got used to 
sleeping less than they need and they live in an almost permanent state of 'sleep debt'. 
Until the invention of the electric light in 1879 our daily cycle of sleep used to depend on the hours of 
daylight. People would get up with the sun and go to bed at nightfall. But nowadays our hours of sleep are 
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mainly determined by our working hours (or our social life) and most people are woken up artificially by an 
alarm clock. During the day caffeine, the world's most popular drug, helps to keep us awake. 75% of the 
world's population habitually consume caffeine, which up to a point masks the symptoms of sleep deprivation. 
What does a chronic lack of sleep do to us? As well as making us irritable and unhappy as humans, it also 
reduces our motivation and ability to work. This has serious implications for society in general. Doctors, for 
example, are often chronically sleep deprived, especially when they are on 'night call', and may get less than 
three hours' sleep. Lack of sleep can seriously impair their mood, judgment, and ability to take decisions. Tired 
engineers, in the early hours of the morning, made a series of mistakes with catastrophic results. On our 
roads and motorways lack of sleep kills thousands of people every year. Tests show that a tired driver can be 
just as dangerous as a drunken driver. However, driving when drunk is against the law but driving when 
exhausted isn't. As Paul Martin says, it is very ironic that we admire people who function on very little sleep 
instead of criticizing them for being irresponsible. Our world would be a much safer, happier place if everyone, 
whatever their job, slept eight hours a night. 
 New English File Upper-intermediate by Clive Oxenden and Christina Latham-Koenig, OUP 
Question 29: According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE about Paul Martin? 
A. He describes the modern world as a place without insomnia. 
B. He gives an interesting account of a sleepless society. 
C. He is a scientist who is chronically deprived of sleep. 
D. He shows his concern for sleep deprivation in modern society. 
Question 30: The phrase “round the clock” in the second paragraph is similar in meaning to ______. 
A. surrounded with clocks B. having a round clock 
C. all day and night D. during the daytime 
Question 31: The writer mentions the Internet in the passage as ______. 
A. an easy solution to sleep deprivation B. a temptation that prevents us from sleeping 
C. a factor that is not related to sleep deprivation D. an ineffective means of communication 
Question 32: According to the third paragraph, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE? 
A. Our social life has no influence on our hours of sleep. 
B. The electric light was invented in the 19th century. 
C. The sun obviously determined our daily routines. 
D. The electric light has changed our daily cycle of sleep. 
Question 33: The word “which” in the third paragraph refers to ______. 
A. masking the symptoms B. reaching a point 
C. caffeine consumption D. the world's population 
Question 34: Which of the following is TRUE, according to the last paragraph? 
A. Doctors ‘on night call’ do not need more than three hours of sleep a day. 
B. Sleep deprivation has negative effects on both individuals and society. 
C. Thousands of people are killed every day by drunken drivers. 
D. Our motivation decreases with the bigger number of hours we sleep. 
Question 35: The word “catastrophic” in the last paragraph probably means ______. 
A. likely to become worthless B. causing serious damage or loss 
C. bound to bring satisfaction D. becoming more noticeable 
Question 36: Which of the following would the writer of the passage approve of? 
A. Both drunken drivers and sleep-deprived people should be criticized. 
B. We certainly can function well even when we hardly sleep. 
C. There is no point in criticizing irresponsible people in our society. 
D. Our world would be a much safer place without drinkers. 
Question 37: All of the following are mentioned as those whose performance is affected by ‘sleep debt’ 
EXCEPT ______. 
A. biologists B. drivers C. doctors D. engineers 
Question 38: Which of the following could best serve as the title of the passage? 
A. Sleep Deprivation: Causes and Effects B. A Society of Sleepless People 
C. A Well-known Biologist D. Accident Prevention: Urgent! 
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 39: Since January this year, Joe has suffered two injuries, one to his ankle and the other in New York. 
 A B C D 
Question 40: Women in many parts of the world have had lower status than men, which the extent 
 A B 
of the gap between genders varies across cultures and times. 
 C D 
Question 41: As seeing from the mountain top, the area looks like a picturesque harbour town. 
 A B C D 
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Question 42: All of the students in this course will be assessed according to their attendance, performance, 
 A B C 
and they work hard. 
 D 
Question 43: Most of the students are queuing in lines waiting to enter the classroom. 
 A B C D 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to 
the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. 
Question 44: Any student who neglects his or her homework is unlikely to do well at school. 
A. looks for B. puts off C. attends to D. approves of 
Question 45: We run a very tight ship here, and we expect all our employees to be at their desks by eight 
o'clock and take good care of their own business. 
A. manage an inflexible system B. run faster than others 
C. have a good voyage D. organize things inefficiently 
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 46: “Why don't you join us for our next class reunion?” Mary said to me. 
A. Mary cordially invited me to join them for the next class reunion. 
B. Mary insisted on my joining them for the next class reunion. 
C. Mary advised me not to join them for the next class reunion. 
D. Mary strongly urged me to join them for the next class reunion. 
Question 47: The president placed his car at my disposal as a bonus for my good work. 
A. To show his appreciation for my good work, the president allowed me to use his car whenever I liked. 
B. In order to praise me as a good worker, the president took me home in his own car. 
C. To get rid of the car, the president decided to sell it to me, his good worker, at a bonus price. 
D. I was willing to drive the president’s car as a compliment for my good performance at work. 
Question 48: “Send this urgent document immediately!” the officer told the soldier. 
A. The officer advised the soldier to send the urgent document right away. 
B. The officer ordered the soldier to deliver the urgent document instantly. 
C. The officer recommended the soldier leave right away because of the urgent document. 
D. The officer requested that the soldier rush out due to the document’s urgency. 
Question 49: “Believe me. It’s no use reading that book,” Janet told her boyfriend. 
A. Janet opposed her boyfriend’s idea that reading the book was not useful. 
B. Janet suggested to her boyfriend that reading the book was useful. 
C. Janet tried to convince her boyfriend that the book was not worth reading. 
D. Janet managed to persuade her boyfriend that reading the book was worthwhile. 
Question 50: The early failure of the Spanish squad in the 2014 World Cup deeply disappointed their fans. 
A. Living up to their fans’ expectation, the Spanish squad left the 2014 World Cup so early. 
B. That their squad left the 2014 World Cup so early was very disappointing for the Spanish sportsmen. 
C. The Spanish squad was terribly disappointed that their fans had to leave the 2014 World Cup so early. 
D. To the disappointment of their fans, the Spanish squad had to leave the 2014 World Cup too early. 
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. 
Centuries ago, man discovered that removing moisture from food helped to preserve it, and that the easiest 
way to do this was to expose the food to sun and wind. In this way the North American Indians produced 
pemmican (dried meat ground into powder and made into cakes), the Scandinavians made stockfish and the 
Arabs dried dates and apricots. 
All foods contain water - cabbage and other leaf vegetables contain as much as 93% water, potatoes and 
other root vegetables 80%, lean meat 75% and fish anything from 80% to 60% depending on how fatty it is. If 
this water is removed, the activity of the bacteria which cause food to go bad is checked. 
Fruit is sun-dried in Asia Minor, Greece, Spain and other Mediterranean countries, and also in California, 
South Africa and Australia. The methods used vary, but in general the fruit is spread out on trays in drying 
yards in the hot sun. In order to prevent darkening, pears, peaches and apricots are exposed to the fumes of 
burning sulphur before drying. Plums for making prunes, and certain varieties of grapes for making raisins and 
currants, are dipped in an alkaline solution in order to crack the skins of the fruit slightly and remove their wax 
coating, so increasing the rate of drying. 
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Nowadays most foods are dried mechanically; the conventional method of such dehydration is to put food in 
chambers through which hot air is blown at temperatures of about 110°C at entry to about 45°C at exit. This is 
the usual method for drying such things as vegetables, minced meat, and fish. 
Liquids such as milk, coffee, tea, soups and eggs may be dried by pouring them over a heated horizontal 
steel cylinder or by spraying them into a chamber through which a current of hot air passes. In the first case, 
the dried material is scraped off the roller as a thin film which is then broken up into small, though still relatively 
coarse flakes. In the second process it falls to the bottom of the chamber as a fine powder. Where recognizable 
pieces of meat and vegetables are required, as in soup, the ingredients are dried separately and then mixed. 
Dried foods take up less room and weigh less than the same food packed in cans or frozen, and they do not 
need to be stored in special conditions. For these reasons they are invaluable to climbers, explorers and soldiers 
in battle, who have little storage space. They are also popular with housewives because it takes so little time to 
cook them. 
From Practical Faster Reading by Gerald Mosback and Vivien Mosback. CUP 
Question 51: What is the main idea of the passage? 
A. Advantages of dried foods. B. Water: the main component of food. 
C. Different methods of drying foods. D. Mechanization of drying foods. 
Question 52: The phrase “do this” in the first paragraph mostly means ______. 
A. moisten foods B. remove moisture from foods 
C. produce pemmican D. expose foods to sun and wind 
Question 53: The word “checked” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ______. 
A. motivated to develop B. reduced considerably C. examined carefully D. put a tick 
Question 54: In the process of drying certain kinds of fruits, sulphur fumes help ______. 
A. crack their skin B. remove their wax coating 
C. maintain their color D. kill off bacteria 
Question 55: Nowadays the common method for drying vegetables and minced meat is ______. 
A. spreading them out on trays in drying yards 
B. pouring them over a heated horizontal steel cylinder 
C. dipping them in an alkaline solution 
D. putting them in chambers and blowing hot air through 
Question 56: What does the word “which” in the fourth paragraph refer to? 
A. Chambers B. Foods C. Things D. Vegetables 
Question 57: The final product of the process of drying liquids that uses the first method will be ______. 
A. fine powder B. dried soup C. recognizable pieces D. small flakes 
Question 58: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage? 
A. Liquids are not dried in the same way as fruits and vegetables. 
B. Fruit is usually dried by being laid out o