Đề thi thử Đại học năm học 2013-2014 môn tiếng Anh – Đề số 90

sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
 Question 33. During the earthquake, a lot of buildings collapsed, which killed thousands of people.
	A. fell down unexpectedly	 B. went off accidentally C. erupted violently	D. exploded suddenly
 Question 34. From an airplane, the grasslands of the western prairie appear almost as uniform as a placid sea.
	A. noisy	B. calm	C. seedy	D. fake
 Question 35. Many plant and animal species will be in danger if we don't take any actions to protect them.
	A. in advance	B. at stake	C. on purpose	D. at ease
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 36. It was such a sunny day that none of us wanted to do any work.
	A. We wouldn't do any work if it was such a sunny day.
	B. None of us refused to do our work although it was a sunny day.
	C. We didn't work when it was sunny. D. None of us felt like doing any work because it was such a sunny day.
 Question 37. Lydia's reason for going to London was that she wanted to brush up her English.
	A. Lydia could hardly see any point in going to London to brush up her English.
	B. Lydia went to London so that she could improve her English.
	C. Not brushing up her English, Lydia had difficulty communicating when she went to London.
	D. Lydia went to London with a view to brush up her English.
 Question 38. "You didn't lock the door this morning as I found the keys on the table when I got home!" the woman told her son.
A. The woman criticized her son for not locking the door that morning, adding that she saw the keys on the table.
B. The woman reproached her son of not locking the door that morning, emphasizing that she saw the keys on the table.
	C. The woman scolded her son with unlocking the door that morning as she found the key on the table.
	D. The woman blamed her son for not unlocking the door that morning as she found the key on the table.
 Question 39. I travel by bus only when I have no alternative.
	A. I resort to travel by bus only when I had no alternative. B. It's my only alternative to travel by bus.
	C. Traveling by bus is my only alternative.	D. I travel by bus only as a last resort.
 Question 40. Joe doesn't like it when people treat him like a child.
	A. Joe resents his treating like a child.	B. Joe resents to be treated like a child.
	C. Joe resents being treated like a child.	D. Joe resents of being treated like a child.
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.
	Very few people in the modern world obtain their food supply by hunting and gathering in the natural environment surrounding their homes. This method of harvesting from nature's provision is the oldest known subsistence strategy and has been practised for at least the last two million years. It was, indeed, the only way to obtain food until rudimentary farming and the domestication of wild animals were introduced about 10,000 years ago. 
	Because hunter-gatherers have fared poorly in comparison with their agricultural cousins, their numbers have dwindled, and they have been forced to live in marginal environments, such as deserts and arctic wastelands. In higher latitudes, the shorter growing seasons have restricted the availability of plant life. Such conditions have caused a greater dependence on hunting, and on fishing along the coasts and waterways. The abundance of vegetation in the lower latitudes of the tropics, on the other hand, has provided a greater opportunity for gathering a variety of plants. In short, the environmental differences have restricted the diet and have limited possibilities for the development of subsistence societies. 
	Contemporary hunter-gatherers may help us understand our prehistoric ancestors. We know from the observation of modern hunter-gatherers in both Africa and Alaska that a society based on hunting and gathering must be very mobile. While the entire community camps in a central location, a smaller party harvests the food within a reasonable distance from the camp. When the food in the area has become exhausted, the community moves on to exploit another site. We also notice seasonal migration patterns evolving for most hunter-gatherers, along with a strict division of labor between the sexes. These patterns of behavior may be similar to those practised by mankind during the Paleolithic Period. 
Question 41. A typical feature of both modern and prehistoric hunter-gatherers is that ____________.
	A. they don't have a healthy and balanced diet	B. they live in the forests for all their life
	C. they don't have a strong sense of community	D. they often change their living places
 Question 42. The word "marginal" in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ____________. 
	A. suburban	B. disadvantaged	C. forgotten	D. abandoned
 Question 43. According to the passage, studies of contemporary subsistence societies can provide a _________.
	A. deeper insight into the dry-land farming	B. further understanding of modern subsistence societies
	C. broader vision of prehistoric natural environments	D. further understanding of prehistoric times
 Question 44. According to the passage, subsistence societies depend mainly on ____________.
	A. agricultural products	B. nature's provision	C. farming methods	D. hunter-gatherers' tools
 Question 45. According to the author, most contemporary and prehistoric hunter-gatherers share ___________. 
	A. only the way of duty division	B. some restricted daily rules
	C. some methods of production	D. some patterns of behavior
 Question 46. Which of the following would serve as the best title of the passage?
	A. Hunter-gatherers: Always on the Move	B. Evolution of Humans' Farming Methods
	C. Hunter-gatherers and Subsistence Societies	D. A Brief History of Subsistence Farming
 Question 47. In the lower latitudes of the tropics, hunter- gatherers ____________.
	A. have better food gathering from nature	B. live along the coasts and waterways for fishing
	C. harvest shorter seasonal crops	D. can free themselves from hunting
 Question 48. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT mentioned?
	A. The environmental differences produce no effect on subsistence societies.
	B. Hunting or fishing develops where there are no or short growing seasons.
	C. The number of hunter-gatherers decreases where farming is convenient.
	D. Harvesting from the natural environment had existed long before farming was taken up.
 Question 49. The word "conditions" in the second paragraph refers to ____________.
	A. the situations in which hunter-gatherers hardly find anything to eat 
	B. the places where plenty of animals and fish can be found
	C. the environments where it is not favorable for vegetation to grow
	D. the situations in which hunter-gatherers can grow some crops
 Question 50. The word "domestication" in the first paragraph mostly means ____________. 
	A. making wild animals used to living with and working for humans
	B. adapting animals to suit a new working environment
	C. hatching and raising new species of wild animals in the home 
	D. teaching animals to do a particular job or activity in the home
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 51. A. fertile	B. extinct	C. enact	D. survive
 Question 52. A. approximately B. environmental	C. considerable	D. conservatively
 Question 53. A. objectively	B. humanism	C. philosophy	D. forgettable
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 54. Names of people in the book were changed to preserve anonymity.
	A. conserve	B. reveal	C. presume	D. cover
 Question 55. Fruit and vegetables grew in abundance on the island. The islanders even exported the surplus.
	A. excess	B. large quantity	C. small quantity	D. sufficiency
 Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the blanks.	Why read books?
 	Is it worth reading books, (56)_____ nowadays there are so many other forms of entertainment? Some people say that even (57)_____ books are expensive, and not everyone can borrow books from a library. They might add that television is more exciting and that viewers can relax as they watch their favourite (58)_____ . All that may be true, but books are still very popular. They encourage the reader to use his or her (59)_____ for a start. You can read a chapter of a book, or just a few pages and then stop. Of course, it may be so (60)_____ that you can't stop! There are many different kinds of books, so you can choose a crime (61)____ or an autobiography, or a book which gives you interesting (62)____ . If you find it hard to choose, you can read (63)____ , or ask friends for ideas. Personally, I can't (64)____ without books, but I can (65)____ up television easily enough. You can't watch a television at a bus stop!
Question 56. A. since	B. why	C. or	D. in
 Question 57. A. paperback	B. so	C. the	D. when
 Question 58. A. episodes	B. ones	C. cereals	D. programmes
 Question 59. A. index	B. imagination	C. author	D. amusement
 Question 60. A. gripping	B. imagined	C. current	D. interest
 Question 61. A. poetry	B. history	C. novel	D. booklet
 Question 62. A. advise	B. information	C. idea	D. fact
 Question 63. A. reviews	B. prefaces	C. gossip	D. announcements
 Question 64. A. make	B. take	C. have	D. do
 Question 65. A. turn	B. pick	C. give	D. look
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