ĐỀ THI ĐẠI HỌC MÔN TIẾNG ANH KHỐI A1 NĂM 2014
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1. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
1.1. The higher the content of carbon dioxide in the air is, ______.
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1.2. We received a call from the teacher ______ charge of our course.
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1.3.Tom hasn't completed the work yet and Maria hasn't ______.
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1.4.______ was the tea that we couldn’t drink it.
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1.5.We could have caught the last train, but we ______ five minutes late.
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1.6. Do you remember ______ to help us when we were in difficulty?
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1.7. In our team, no person ______ John could finish this tough task in such a short time.
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1.8.______ he got top marks at high school, he never went to university.
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1.9.The superstar, accompanied by the other members of the band, ______ to visit our school next week.
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1.10. Be sure not to rely too ______ on your mother tongue when you are learning a foreign language.
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1.11. Communities in remote areas are extremely _____ to famine if crops fail.
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1.12. I could hear voices but I couldn’t ______ what they were saying.
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1.13. ______ always gives me real pleasure.
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1.14. ______ a few more minutes, we could have finished the task.
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1.15. The theory of relativity ______ by Einstein, who was a famous physicist.
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1.16. Mrs. Chau has managed the department ______ that she’ll be promoted next month.
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1.17. Sammy had worked in England for a year ______ moving to Scotland.
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1.18. We hoped ______ they would come and give us new lectures.
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1.19. In my apartment there are two rooms, ______ is used as the living-room.
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1.20. “It’s about time you ______ your homework, Mary.”
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1.21. The girl was used ______ birthday presents from her brothers.
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1.22. Applications _____ in after 30th April will not be considered.
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1.23. Lucy: “You look really nice in that red sweater!”
Sue: “______”
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1.24. Kay: “I wouldn’t do that if I were you.”
John: “______”
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1.25. Mary: “The hat’s so beautiful. Thanks."
Tony: “________”
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2. 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.
A radio telescope is a radio receiver that
"sees" radio waves. Unlike a normal telescope, which sees light, a radio
telescope is used primarily in the area of astronomy because it can
detect radio waves that are emitted by celestial objects.
Such objects in space, also called radio
objects, can be things such as hot gas, electrons, and wavelengths given
off by different atoms and molecules.
The first radio telescope was invented by Grote Reber in 1937. He was an
American who graduated with a degree in engineering. He went on to work
as an amateur radio operator and later decided to try to build his own
radio telescope in his backyard. Reber's first two radio receivers
failed to pick up any signals from outer space, but in 1938, his third
radio telescope successfully picked up radio waves from space.
A radio telescope consists of a large parabolic-shaped dish antenna or a
combination of two or more. The significance of the parabolic shape
allows for the incoming radio waves to be concentrated on one focal
point, allowing the signals to be picked up as strongly as possible. A larger dish means that more signals can be received and focalized.
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the largest radio telescope of the
time was invented with a seventy-six- meter telescope although larger
telescopes have been made since then. The largest current radio
telescope in the world is the RATAN-600 in Russia, whose diameter is 576
meters. It has provided valuable feedback of the sun's radio
wavelengths and atmosphere. The largest radio telescope in Europe is a
100-meter diameter telescope in Germany, and the largest radio telescope
in the United States is the Big Ear in the state of Ohio. The largest
array of telescopes is the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope in India.
Radio telescopes have provided scientists with valuable information
about our universe. One of the most important functions of radio
telescopes is their ability to allow scientists to track different space
probes, the unmanned space missions in outer space. Radio telescopes
allow for the travel of space probes into places like the surface of
Mars that are too dangerous for men to explore. Without radio wave
technology, scientists would not know much of what inhabits the universe
nor would theybe able to see it. Radio waves are our eyes and ears in outer space.
2.1. According to the passage, a radio telescope enables the detection of ______.
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2.2. According to paragraph 2, all of the following are true about Grote Reber EXCEPT that ______.
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2.3.Grote Reber’s idea to develop a radio telescope was not successful until ______.
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2.4. The verb “pick up” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.
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2.5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
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2.6. The word “current” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ______.
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2.7. The word “they” in paragraph 5 refers to ______.
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2.8. Radio waves are scientists’ eyes and ears in outer space because ______.
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2.9. The focus of discussion in the passage is ______.
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2.10. Originally, this passage was probably published in ______.
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3. Read the
following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet
to indicate the word or phrase that best fits each of the blanks.
Why is it that many teenagers have the energy to play computer games
until late at night but can't find the energy to get out of bed
(1)_______ for school? According to a new report, today's generation of
children are in danger of getting so (2)________ sleep that they are
putting their mental and physical health at (3)________. Adults can
easily survive on seven to eight hours' sleep a night, (4)________
teenagers require nine or ten hours. According to medical experts, one
in five youngsters (5)_________ anything between two and five hours'
sleep a night less than their parents did at their age.
This (6)_________ serious questions about
whether lack of sleep is affecting children's ability to concentrate at
school. The connection between sleep deprivation and lapses in memory,
impaired reaction time and poor concentration is well (7)_________.
Research has shown that losing as little as half an hour's sleep a night
can have profound effects (8)________ how children perform the next
day. A good night's sleep is also crucial for teenagers because it is
while they are asleep (9)________ they release a hormone that is
essential for their 'growth spurt' (the period during teenage years when
the body grows at a rapid rate). It's true that they can, to some
(10)________, catch up on sleep at weekends, but that won't help them
when they are dropping off to sleep in class on a Friday afternoon.
3.1. Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word for (1)
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3.2. Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word for (2)
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3.3. Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word for (3)
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3.4. Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word for (4)
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3.5. Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word for (5)
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3.6. Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word for (6)
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3.7. Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word for (7)
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3.8. Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word for (8)
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3.9. Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word for (9)
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3.10. Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word for (10)
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4.
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.
4.1.Even though the mountain was very steep and the climb was hazardous , several adventurous tourists managed to reach the top.
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4.2. Thanks to the invention of the microscope, biologists can now gain insights into the nature of the human cell.
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4.3. Just like hearing infants
who start first with simple syllable babbling, then put more syllables
together to sound like real sentences and questions, deaf babies follow
the same pattern.
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4.4. Dozens of applicants showed up for the vacant position, but only a handful of them were shortlisted for the interview.
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4.5. Now many people who shop at a health food store instead of a local supermarket are much more likely to find a healthy, sugar-free beverage.
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5.
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.
The ability to conduct electricity is one
of the key properties of a metal. Other solid materials such as silicon
can conduct electricity but only effectively at certain temperatures.
Also, some substances such as salt (sodium chloride) can conduct when
molten or when dissolved in water. The ability of metals to conduct
electricity is due to how their atoms bond together. In order to bond
together the metal atoms lose at least one of their outermost electrons.
This leaves the metal atoms with a positive charge and they are now
strictly ions. The lost electrons are free to move in what is known as a
sea of electrons. Since the electrons are negatively charged they
attract the ions and this is what keeps the structure together.
An electric current is a flow of charge and
since the electrons in the sea of electrons are free to move they can
be made to flow in one direction when a source of electrical energy such
as a battery is connected to the metal. Hence we have an electric
current flowing through the wire, and this is what makes metals such
good conductors of electricity. The only other common solid conducting
material that pencil users are likely to encounter is graphite (what the
‘lead’ of a pencil is made from). Graphite is a form of carbon and
again the carbon atoms bond in such a way that there is a sea of
electrons that can be made to flow as an electric current. Likewise, if
we have an ionic substance like salt we can make the electrically
charged ions flow to create a current but only when those ions are free
to move, either when the substance is a liquid or dissolved in water. In
its solid state an ionic substance like salt cannot conduct electricity
as its charged ions cannot flow.
Electrical insulators are substances that cannot conduct electricity
well either, because they contain no charged particles or any charged
particles they might contain do not flow easily. Water itself is a
poor conductor of electricity as it does not contain a significant
amount of fully charged particles (the ends of a water molecule are
partly charged but overall the molecule is neutral). However, most water
we encounter does contain dissolved charged particles, so it will be
more conductive than pure water. Many of the problems that occur when
touching electrical devices with wet hands result from the ever-present
salt that is left on our skin through perspiration and it dissolves in
the water to make it more conductive.
5.1. Electrical conductivity is ______.
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5.2. According to the passage, a metal can conduct electricity due to ______.
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5.3. The word “outermost” in paragraph 1 mostly means ______.
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5.4. The atoms of a metal can bond together because ______.
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5.5. Salt in its solid state is not able to conduct electricity because ______.
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5.6. The word “they” in paragraph 3 refers to ______.
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5.7. Water is a poor conductor because it contains ______.
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5.8. We can have problems when touching electrical devices with wet hands because ______.
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5.9. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
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5.10. Which of the following could best serve as the title of the passage?
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6. Mark the letter
A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs
from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of
the following questions.
6.1. Mark the
letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that
differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in
each of the following questions.
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6.2. Mark the
letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that
differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in
each of the following questions.
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6.3. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your
answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in
the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.
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6.4. Mark the
letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that
differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in
each of the following questions.
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6.5. Mark the
letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that
differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in
each of the following questions.
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7. 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.
7.1. After our discussion , we decided to take a later flight and so that we could spend more time with the clients.
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7.2. As the old one, this new copier can perform its functions in half the time.
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7.3. The assumption that smoking has bad effects on our health have been proved.
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7.4. Our astronauts chosen for fly spacecraft were selected from military test pilots.
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7.5. These exercises look easy, but they are very relatively difficult for us.
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8. I had two job offers upon graduation, neither of which was appropriate for my qualifications.