Đề thi tuyển sinh cao đẳng năm 2014 môn: tiếng Anh; khối A1 và khối D1 - Mã đề thi 852

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Question 16: “Believe me. It’s no use reading that book,” Janet told her boyfriend. 
A. Janet tried to convince her boyfriend that the book was not worth reading. 
B. Janet managed to persuade her boyfriend that reading the book was worthwhile. 
C. Janet opposed her boyfriend’s idea that reading the book was not useful. 
D. Janet suggested to her boyfriend that reading the book was useful. 
Question 17: “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. 
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. 
Question 18: A. commit B. index C. preview D. open 
Question 19: A. enrichment B. advantage C. sovereignty D. edition 
Question 20: A. habitat B. candidate C. wilderness D. attendance 
Question 21: A. economic B. considerate C. continental D. territorial 
Question 22: A. interact B. specify C. illustrate D. fertilize 
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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 23: All of the students in this course will be assessed according to their attendance, performance, 
 A B C 
and they work hard. 
 D 
Question 24: As seeing from the mountain top, the area looks like a picturesque harbour town. 
 A B C D 
Question 25: 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 26: Since January this year, Joe has suffered two injuries, one to his ankle and the other in New York. 
 A B C D 
Question 27: 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 sentence that best combines the 
pair of sentences given in each of the following questions. 
Question 28: Nam defeated the former champion in three sets. He finally won the inter-school table tennis 
championship. 
A. Having defeated the former champion in the inter-school table tennis, Nam did not hold the title of 
champion. 
B. Although Nam defeated the former champion in three sets, he did not win the title of inter-school table 
tennis champion. 
C. Having defeated the former champion in three sets, Nam won the inter-school table tennis championship. 
D. Being defeated by the former champion, Nam lost the chance to play the final game of inter-school table 
tennis championship. 
Question 29: Most scientists know him well. However, very few ordinary people have heard of him. 
A. He is the only scientist that is not known to the general public. 
B. Not only scientists but also the general public know him as a big name. 
C. Although he is well known to scientists, he is little known to the general public. 
D. Many ordinary people know him better than most scientists do. 
Question 30: I do my homework and schoolwork in separate books. I don't get muddled up. 
A. Having two separate books at home and at work helps me avoid getting muddled up. 
B. I do my homework and schoolwork in separate books so that I don't get muddled up. 
C. I do not get muddled up due to the separation between homework and schoolwork. 
D. I would get muddled up if I did not separate homework from schoolwork. 
Question 31: She looked through the hotel advertisements. She stopped only when taking a fancy to one piece. 
A. She found the hotel advertisements so interesting that she could hardly turn away from them. 
B. She stopped looking through the hotel advertisements only when she had found another piece. 
C. She stopped reading the hotel advertisements only when one of them caught her fancy. 
D. She took so great a fancy to the hotel advertisements that she could not stop reading them. 
Question 32: She wrote the text. She selected the illustration as well. 
A. She not only wrote the text but also selected the illustration. 
B. The text she wrote was not as good as the illustration she selected. 
C. In order to select the illustration, she had to write the text. 
D. If she had written the text, she would have selected the illustration. 
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 numbered blanks from 33 to 42. 
Postsecondary institutions and private schools are corporations under U.S. law. They are approved to 
operate as non-profit, for-profit, or public corporations (33)______ education and training. Increasingly, state 
authorities are requiring approved educational providers to apply (34)______ and receive accreditation as a 
condition of final and continued approval. 
As corporate entities, U.S. institutions are internally self-governing and are (35)______ to make property, 
facilities, equipment, and utilities transactions; make their own personnel decisions; decide whom to admit to 
study and to graduate; (36)______ their own funds from outside sources; enter into contracts and compete for 
grants; and do most of the other things that corporations do. Institutions compete (37)______ one another for 
students, research funding, faculty, and other benefits. Public institutions may compete within the same state 
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or territory for budget appropriations. It is the corporate nature of institutions and the competition within the 
system that (38)_____ Americans to refer to the concept of the educational or academic marketplace - an 
important distinctive element of the way U.S. education is organized. 
Some institutions are governed (39)______ under multi-campus arrangements. These include most local 
public schools (governed by school districts) and many state community college and university systems. 
Whether single- or multi-campus, institutional corporations (40)______ by boards of citizens, both alumni and 
non-alumni, who are ultimately responsible for all operations. They appoint senior (41)______, such as 
principals, headmasters, presidents, and deans; and approve the actions taken (42)______ their name. 
From A Diverse Educational System: Structure, standards, and challenges. InfoUSA (CD version) 
Question 33: A. provided B. provision C. provide D. providing 
Question 34: A. to B. with C. for D. on 
Question 35: A. capable B. probable C. possible D. able 
Question 36: A. call B. rise C. lend D. raise 
Question 37: A. at B. for C. to D. with 
Question 38: A. makes B. prevents C. lets D. causes 
Question 39: A. collection B. collect C. collectively D. collective 
Question 40: A. being controlled B. controlled C. are controlling D. are controlled 
Question 41: A. leaders B. trainees C. judges D. assistants 
Question 42: A. above B. on C. in D. at 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the 
following questions. 
Question 43: In no circumstances ______ on campus. 
A. smoking should be allowed B. should allow smoking 
C. we should allow smoking D. should smoking be allowed 
Question 44: 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. did B. made C. took D. gave 
Question 45: “My secretary will book you an afternoon flight and have you ______ at the airport.” 
A. to pick up B. picked up C. pick up D. picking up 
Question 46: Visitors to the local museum are mostly attracted by ______ rocking chair. 
A. a wooden old beautiful European B. a beautiful old European wooden 
C. an old beautiful wooden European D. an old wooden European beautiful 
Question 47: The young lady sat still in the afternoon breeze, with her hair ______ her back. 
A. fallen against B. running over C. flowed down D. streaming down 
Question 48: We need to talk more about ______ for the summer vacation before July. 
A. why to choose B. when to use C. how to make D. where to go 
Question 49: ______ my mother’s encouragement, I wouldn’t have made such a daring decision. 
A. Until B. In spite C. But for D. Providing 
Question 50: 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. I wish so C. Thank you D. Never mind 
Question 51: 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 52: ______, she continued to carry out her duties. 
A. No matter how poor her health B. Despite her good health 
C. Although in poor health D. Although she is in good health 
Question 53: 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. inland B. farmed C. territorial D. fresh 
Question 54: The bank has more than 100 branches, ______ in a major urban area. 
A. each located B. each locating C. and are located D. the location of which 
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Question 55: In my opinion, ______ new technology who will finally decide which ideas take off. 
A. it is the user of B. that the development of 
C. that the user of D. it is the development of 
Question 56: While I was looking through my old albums the other day, I ______ this photograph of my 
parents'