Đề thi thử đại học năm 2013 - Đợt I môn: tiếng Anh (khối d + a1)

d to take ________ at my comments on her work.
A. annoyance       	B. insult          	C. offence         	D. indignation
Question 31: _______, we tried our best to complete it.
A. Difficult as the homework was               	B. Thanks to the difficult homework
C. As though the homework was difficult        	D. Despite the homework was difficult
Question 32: She listened so attentively that not a word______
A. she had missed	B. she missed            	C. she didn’t            	D. did she miss
Question 33: On hearing the news she fainted and it was half an hour  before she came____again.
A. round                 	B. up                         	C. over             	D. forward.
Question 34: The policeman _____ him to appear as a witness.
A. let                   	B. discouraged    	C. made          	D. compelled
Question 35: His new yacht is certainly an ostentatious display of his wealth.
A. showy         	B. expensive        	C. large     	D. ossified
Part III: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction. 
Question 36: The reason he wants to take a leaving of absence is that he needs a complete rest.
 A B C D
Question 37: His boss has asked him to respond immediately this fax.
 	 A B C D
Question 38: It is the writing English that causes difficulties to foreigners.
 	 A B C D
Question 39: The diameter of the Sun is more than one hundred times greater than the Earth.
 	 A B C D
Question 40: Foreign students who are doing a decision about which school to attend may not know
 A B C
 exactly where the choices are located.
 D
Part IV: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the sentence which is closest  in meaning to the given one. 
Question 41: Diana ran into her former teacher on the way to the stadium yesterday.
A. Diana caused an accident to her teacher while she was going to the stadium.
B.  Diana’s car ran over her teacher on the way to the stadium.
C. Diana happened to meet her teacher while she was going to the stadium.
D. Diana’s teacher got run over whole she was going to the stadium.  
Question 42: You should have persuaded him to change his mind.                                                       
A. It was essential to persuade him to change his mind but you didn’t. 
B. You didn’t persuade him to change because of his mind.    
C. You should persuade him to change his mind.    
D. You persuaded him to change his mind but he didn’t listen.
Question 43: When the unemployment rate is high, the crime rate is usually also high.
A. The unemployment rate and the crime rate are both higher.
B. The higher the unemployment rate is, the higher the crime rate is.
C. The unemployment rate is as high as the crime rate.
D. The high rate of unemployment depends on the high rate of crime.
Question 44: I wish you hadn’t said that.
A. I wish you not to say that                      B. If only you didn’t say that
C. I hope you will not say that                     D. It would be nice if you hadn’t said that. 
Question 45: "You’re always making terrible mistakes", said the teacher.
A.     The teacher asked his students why they always made terrible mistakes.
B.     The teacher realized that his students always made terrible mistakes.
C.    The teacher complained about his student making terrible mistakes.
D.    The teacher made his students not always make terrible mistakes 
Part V: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the one that best completes each sentence.
Question 46: My English is progressing______.
A. odds and ends     B. leaps and bounds     C. bounds and leaps   D. ends and odds
Question 47: Many of the current international problems we are now facing________
A. linguistic incompetencies
B. are the result of misunderstandings
C.  are the result of not understanding themselves
D.  lack of the intelligent capabilities of understanding each other      
Question 48: We got on well when we shared a flat,_______
A.  in spite of the different in our old	
B. although the difference in our age       
C. in spite that fact that I was much older than her
D. despite her being much older than me
Question 49: Having been selected to present the Association of American Engineers at the International Convention, ________
A. the members applauded him             	B. a speech had to be given by him
C. the members congratulated him         	D. he gave a short acceptance speech
Question 50: When you do something, you should _________.
A. get through to                                	B. turn over a new leaf
C. weigh up the pros and cons          	D. go down well with
Part VI: 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 following questions from 56 to 65. 
"The economic history of the United States", one scholar has written, "is the history of the rise and development of the capitalistic system". The colonists of the eighteenth century pushed forward what those of the seventeenth century have begun: the expansion and elaboration of an economy born in the great age of capitalist expansion.
Our excellent natural resources paved the way for the development of abundant capital to increase our growth. Capital includes the tools – such as: machines, vehicles, and buildings – that makes the outputs of labor and resources more valuable. But it also includes the funds necessary to buy those tools. If a society had to consume everything it produced just to stay alive, nothing could be put aside to increase future productions. But if a farmer can grow more corn than his family needs to eat, he can use the surplus as seed to increase the next crop, or to feed workers who build tractors. This process of capital accumulation was aided in the American economy by our cultural heritage. Saving played an important role in the European tradition. It contributed to American’s motivation to put something aside today for the tools to buy tomorrow.
The great bulk of the accumulated wealth of America, as distinguished from what was consumed, was derived either directly or indirectly from trade. Though some manufacturing existed, its role in the accumulation of capital was negligible. A merchant class of opulent proportions was already visible in the seaboard cities, its wealth as the obvious consequence of shrewd and resourceful management of the carrying trade. Even the rich planters of tidewater Virginia and the rice coast of South Carolina finally depended for their genteel way of life upon the ships and merchants who sold their tobacco and rice in the markets of Europe. As colonial production rose and trade expanded, a business community emerged in the colonies, linking the provinces by lines of trade and identity of interest.
Question 51: With what subject is this passage mainly concerned?
A. Geography	B.     Finance	C. Economics	D.    Culture              
Question 52: The phrase "paved the way" in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ....
A. paid for                 	B. supported   	C. accumulated            D. resembled
Question 53: It can be inferred from the passage that the European ancestors of early Americans ...
A. sent many tools to America               	B. taught their skills to their offspring
C. were accustomed to saving                  	D. were good farmers
Question 54: The word "funds" in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ...
A. money         	B. resource         	C. labour       	D. capital
Question 55: According to the passage, which of the following would lead to accumulating capital?
A. Training workers who produce goods.         B. Studying the culture history of the country
C. Consuming what is produced                	D. Planting more of a crop than what is needed
Question 56: The word "it" in the third sentence of paragraph 2 refers to.....
A. growth      	B. resource         	C. labour       	D. capital
Question 57: According to the passage, capital includes all of the following EXCEPT...
A. factories         	B. tractors         	C. money       	D. workers
Question 58: According to the passage, the emergence of a business community in the colonies was a result of ...
A. efficient saving         	B. the immigration         
C. the success of production and trade       	D. the existence of manufacturing
Question 59: The word "negligible" in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to.....
A. very important         	B. not very important        
C. necessary to be neglected      	D. able to be neglected
Question 60: The phrase "put aside" in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to....
A. hidden         	B. saved         	C. reviewed       	D. consumed
Part VII: 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 following question from 61 to 70.
Although  they are an inexpensive supplier of vitamins, minerals, and high-quality protein, eggs also contain a high level of blood cholesterol, one of the major causes of heart diseases. One egg yolk, in fact, contains a little more than two-thirds of the suggested daily cholesterol limit. This knowledge has driven egg sales to plummet in recent years, which in turn has brought about the development of several alternatives to eating regular eggs. One alternative is to eat substitute eggs. These egg substitutes are not really eggs, but they look somewhat like eggs when they are cooked. They have the advantage of having low cholesterol rates, and they can be scrambled or used in baking. One disadvantage, however, is that they are not good for frying, poaching, or boiling. A second alternative to regular eggs is a new type of egg, sometimes called ‘designer’ eggs. These eggs are produced by hens that are fed low-flat diets consisting of ingredients such as canola oil, flax, and rice bran. In spite of thei