Đề thi thử đại học môn Tiếng Anh năm 2012

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Only in the last few days ... to repair the swimming pool
A. anything has been done	B. has done anything
C. has anything been done	D. has there anything been done
The problem ________never occurred .
A. I had expected it 	B. who I had expected .
C. that I had expected it 	D. I had expected .
If you hadn’t watched that late movie last night, you ________ sleepy now.
 A. wouldn’t have been	B. might not have been
 C. wouldn’t be	D. wouldn’t have been being
My old friend and colleague, John, __________ married.
A. have just got	B. has just got	C. just have got	D. just has got
I suggest that the doctor _________ up his mind without delay.
A. makes	B. make	C. made	D. is to make
The whole village was wiped out in the bombing raids.
A. changed completely	B. cleaned well
C. destroyed completely	D. removed quickly
where he tried to hide his favourite jacket, Mogie’s brother always managed to find it.
A. Much as 	B. However 	C. Even though 	D. No matter
No sooner _________the news than she fainted.
A. she heard 	B. had she heard 	C. as she heard 	D. she had heard
The doctor gave the patient _______ examination to discover the cause of his collapse.
A. a thorough	B. an exact	C. a universal	D. a whole
Nowadays children would prefer history _______ in more practical ways.
A. teach	B. to be taught	C. be taught	D. to teach
John has a monthly bank _______ sent to him so that he knows how much there is his account.
A. cheque	B. balance	C. statement	D. overdraft
Many political radicals advocated that women should not be discriminated on the basic of their sex.
A. openly criticized	B. rightly claimed	C. publicly said	D. publicly supported
His brother refuses to even listen to anyone else's point of view. He is very_______ .
A. kind - hearted	B. narrow- minded	C. open - minded	D. absent - minded
The success of the party was mainly due to the presence of several_______ .
A. celebrations	B. celebrities	C. celebrates	D. celebrated
George wouldn't have met Mary_______ to his brother's graduation party.
A. if he shouldn't have gone	B. had he not gone
C. if he has not gone	D. hadn't he gone
On _______ he had won, he jumped for joy.
A. having	B. he was told	C. being told	D. telling
I should very much like to have gone to that party of theirs, but _______ .
A. I'm not invited	B. I have not been invited
C. I was not invited	D. I will not be invited
Jane wasn't in when I arrived. I suppose she _______ I was coming.
A. can't have forgotten	B. must forget	C. may forget	D. must have forgotten
Choose from four alternatives (A, B, C, or D) which you think that is closest meaning to the sentence above.
. Rather than disturb the meeting, I left without saying goodbye.
A. I would rather disturb the meeting than leave without saying goodbye.
B. I left without saying goodbye as I didn’t want to disturb the meeting.
C. I disturbed the meeting because I said goodbye
D. The meeting was disturbed as I left saying goodbye.
Wealthy as they were, they were far from happy.
A. They were not happy as they were wealthy	
B. Although they were wealthy, they were not happy.
C. They were as wealthy as they were happy.	
D. Even if they were wealthy, they were not happy.
When I arrived, they were having lunch.
A. I came to their invitation to lunch.	
B. They ate their lunch as soon as I arrived.
C. I came in the middle of their lunch.	
D. When they start having their lunch, I arrived.
. “Would you like something to drink?” he asked.
A. He asked me would like something to drink.	
B. He wanted to invite me for something to drink.
C. He asked me if I wanted something to drink.	
D. He offered me something to drink.
Their chances of success are small.
A. It’s very likely that they will succeed	
B. They will definitely be successful
C. It’s not very likely that they will succeed	
D. They won’t have any chances of being successful
Identify the underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be corrected
(A)It’s thirty years (B)since this(C) thirty-storeys building (D)was built.
He was seen (A)enter the house (B)at midnight, so he (C)shouldn’t say he didn’t (D)do it.
. (A)Never before(B) I have seen a man who (C)enjoyed being (D)lied to.
We insist on (A)you (B)leaving the meeting( C)before any( D)further outbursts take place .
Nora (A)hardly never misses( B)an opportunity(C) to play (D)in the tennis tournaments 
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the numbered blanks.
Everybody has heard about the Internet, do you know what an “intranet” is? It is this: just as the Internet connects people around the world, intranets connect people within a (51) _______ company. In fact, intranets make use of the same software programs as the Internet to (52) _______ computers and people. This (53) _______ that you do not have to buy a lot of additional programs to set up an intranet service. If your intranet is working properly, it can link together a huge amount of (54) _______ which is stored in different places in the company. In this way, people can get the information they need, regardless (55) _______ where it comes from. A company intranet can, of course, be used for unimportant information like office memos or canteen menus. But an intranet should (56) _______ important information which people need to make decision about new products, costs and so on. The intranet is (57) _______ to share their information with other people. (58) _______, many departments don’t want to share their specialist knowledge with others. Another problem which often occurs is (59) _______ top managers like to use the intranet to “communicate down” rather than to “communicate across”. That is, they use the intranet to give orders, not to (60) _______ information between themselves and others working in the same organization.
A. branch	B. jointed	C. single	D. large
A. contact	B. compare	C. distinguish	D. introduce
A. indicates	B. is	C. means	D. is said
A. information	B. properties	C. elements	D. parts
A. to	B. on	C. with	D. of
 A. provide	B. take	C. give	D. bring
 A. going	B. willing	C. likely	D. happened
A. However	B. Luckily	C. Unfortunately	D. Consequently
A. which	B. it	C. what	D. that
 A. enjoy	B. provide	C. share	D. divide
Read the passage carefully, then choose the correct answer.
Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which is primarily a result of mankind's burning of fuels, is thought to act like the glass of a greenhouse. It absorbs heat radiation from the earth and its atmosphere, heats that otherwise would dissipate into space. The possibility that the greenhouse effect could alter the earth's temperature has been debated for many years. Scientists have agreed that carbon dioxide is increasing but there has been uncertainty about whether temperatures are also increasing. The major difficulty in accepting the greenhouse effect has been the absence of observed warming coincident with the historic carbon dioxide increase.
: What does the scientific community think about the greenhouse effect?
A. It regards it as an established scientific fact.
B. It considers it a promising scientific issue.
C. It finds it an important mechanism for removing carbon dioxide from greenhouse.
D. It sees it as a useful agricultural technique.
One thing that all atmospheric scientists apparently agree about is that _______ .
A. global temperatures are continually rising.
B. greenhouse affects the earth's temperature significantly.
C. the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is increasing.
D. the glass of greenhouses has reduced the need to burn fuel.
The carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is believed to produce the greenhouse effect by _______ .
A. preventing heat radiation from escaping the earth's atmosphere.
B. dissipation into outer space.
C. being burned on the ground.
D. being widely used for agricultural purposes in greenhouse.
Doubts about the greenhouse effect seem to center on the fact that_______ .
A. past increase in carbon dioxide volume and global temperatures have often not corresponded.
B. it is difficult to locate and identify carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
C. growing produce in greenhouses has been only marginally profitable.
D. the earth is steadily cooling down.
The principal consequence of the greenhouse effect is assumed to be an increase in _______ .
A. the building of fossil fuels.	B. the sun's radiation reaching earth.
C. global temperatures.	D. the building of greenhouse. 
Read the passage carefully, then choose the correct answer.
Telecommunicating is a form of computer communication between employees’ homes and offices. For employees whose jobs involve sitting at a terminal or word processor entering data or typing reports, the location of the computer is of no consequence. If the machine can communicate over telephone lines, when the work is completed, employees can dial the office computer from a distant site and transmit the material to their employers. A recent survey in USA Today estimates that there are appoximately 8.7 million telecommuters. But although the numbers are rising annually, the trend does not appear to be as significant as predicted when Business Week published "The Portable Executive" as its cover story a few years ago. Why hasn't telecommuting become more popular?
Clearly, change simply takes time. But in addition, there has been active resistance on the part of many managers. These executives claim that supervising the telecommuters in a large work force scattered across the country would be too difficult, or, at least, systems for managing them are not yet developed, thereby complicating the manager's responsibilities.
It is also true that employees who are given the option of telecommuting are often reluctant to accept the opportunity. Most people feel that they need regular interaction with a group, and many are concerned that they will