Đề thi tuyển sinh cao đẳng năm 2014 môn: tiếng Anh; khối A1 và khối D1 - Mã đề thi 628

to be achieved. 
A. to modernize B. modernize C. modernized D. modernizing 
Question 35: Researchers are making enormous progress in understanding ______ and what causes it. 
A. what a tsunami is B. what is a tsunami C. is what a tsunami D. a tsunami is what 
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Question 36: ______, she received a big applause. 
A. Finished her lecture B. When the speaker finished 
C. Speaking has finished D. After she finishes speaking 
Question 37: An old gentleman, who is not sure where to go for the summer holiday, is asking a travel agent for 
advice. Select the most suitable response to fill in the blank. 
Gentleman: ”Can you recommend any places for this summer holiday?" 
Agent: "______." 
A. No, you cannot recommend any places 
B. I don’t think you could afford a tour to Singapore, sir 
C. A package tour to the Spratly Islands would be perfect, sir 
D. Yes, please go to other agencies 
Question 38: This moment will live in our memory for many years ______. 
A. come B. have come C. coming D. to come 
Question 39: “Don’t eat so many sweets, ______ you’ll have to visit the dentist often.” 
A. while B. otherwise C. when D. whether 
Question 40: My father is a big football fan, but my mother has no ______ in the sport at all. 
A. interested B. interesting C. interest D. interestingly 
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 41: People think the Samba is the most popular dance in Brazil. 
A. In Brazil, the Samba is thought to be one of the most popular dances. 
B. It is thought that the Samba was the most popular dance in Brazil. 
C. It is thought that the Samba is among the most popular dances in Brazil. 
D. The Samba is thought to be the most popular dance in Brazil. 
Question 42: “I will certainly show you around when you visit my town, Megan,” said George. 
A. George requested that Megan show him around when she visited his town. 
B. George promised to show Megan around when she visited his town. 
C. George suggested Megan’s showing him around when she visited his town. 
D. George refused to show Megan around when she visited his town. 
Question 43: “I didn’t break my word,” Jim said. 
A. Jim didn’t break his word. B. Jim admitted breaking his word. 
C. Jim refused to break his promise. D. Jim denied breaking his promise. 
Question 44: The traditional phone is far from convenient compared to the smart one. 
A. The traditional phone is as convenient as the smart one. 
B. The traditional phone is far more convenient than the smart one. 
C. Smart phones are much more convenient than traditional ones. 
D. Smart phones are almost as convenient as traditional ones. 
Question 45: When she received the exam results, she immediately phoned her mom. 
A. She immediately phoned her mom that she would receive the exam results. 
B. No sooner had she received the exam results than she phoned her mom. 
C. She received the exam results immediately after she phoned her mom. 
D. No sooner had she phoned her mom than she received the exam results. 
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 46 to 55. 
Rural America is diverse in many ways. (46)______ we have seen, no one industry dominates the rural 
economy, no single pattern of population decline or (47)______ exists for all rural areas, and no statement 
about improvements and gaps in well-being holds true for all rural people. 
Many of these differences are regional in nature. That is, rural areas within a particular geographic region of the 
country often tend to be similar (48)______ each other and different from areas in (49)______ region. Some 
industries, for example, are (50)______ with different regions – logging and sawmills in the Pacific Northwest and 
New England, manufacturing in the Southeast and Midwest, and farming in the Great Plains. Persistent poverty also 
has a regional pattern, concentrated primarily in the Southeast. Other differences follow no regional pattern. Areas 
that rely heavily (51)______ the services industry are located throughout rural America, as are rural areas that have 
(52)______ access to advanced telecommunications services. Many of these differences, regional and non-regional, 
are the result of a (53)______ of factors including the availability of natural (54)______; distance from and access to 
major metropolitan areas and the information and services found there; transportation and shipping facilities; political 
history and structure; and the racial, ethnic, and (55)______ makeup of the population. 
Adapted from “Understanding Rural America”, InfoUSA 
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 Question 46: A. As B. Because C. Like D. Since 
Question 47: A. growing B. grown C. growth D. grow 
Question 48: A. with B. to C. of D. from 
Question 49: A. another B. the other C. others D. other 
Question 50: A. related B. added C. compared D. associated 
Question 51: A. in B. for C. on D. at 
Question 52: A. little B. small C. many D. lots 
Question 53: A. link B. cooperation C. combination D. connection 
Question 54: A. habitats B. resources C. sources D. materials 
Question 55: A. culturally B. culture C. cultured D. cultural 
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 from 56 to 65. 
Most of us know a little about how babies learn to talk. From the time infants are born, they hear 
language because their parents talk to them all the time. Between the ages of seven and ten months, most 
infants begin to make sounds. They repeat the same sounds over and over again. This is called babbling. 
When babies babble, they are practicing their language. 
What happens, though, to children who cannot hear? How do deaf children learn to communicate? 
Recently, doctors have learned that deaf babies babble with their hands. Laura Ann Petitto, a psychologist, 
observed three hearing infants with English-speaking parents and two deaf infants with deaf parents using 
American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate. Dr. Petitto studied the babies three times: at 10, 12, and 14 
months. During this time, children really begin to develop their language skills. 
After watching and videotaping the children for several hundred hours, the psychologist and her assistants 
made many important observations. For example, they saw that the hearing children made varied motions with 
their hands. However, there appeared to be no pattern to these motions. The deaf babies also made different 
movements with their hands, but these movements were more consistent and deliberate. The deaf babies 
seemed to make the same hand movements over and over again. During the four-month period, the deaf 
babies' hand motions started to resemble some basic hand-shapes used in ASL. The children also seemed to 
prefer certain hand-shapes. 
Hearing infants start first with simple syllable babbling, then put more syllables together to sound like real 
sentences and questions. Apparently, deaf babies follow this same pattern, too. First, they repeat simple hand-
shapes. Next, they form some simple hand signs and use these movements together to resemble ASL 
sentences. 
Linguists believe that our ability for language is innate. In other words, humans are born with the capacity 
for language: It does not matter if we are physically able to speak or not. Language can be expressed in 
different ways - for instance, by speech or by sign. Dr. Petitto believes this theory and wants to prove it. She 
plans to study hearing children who have one deaf parent and one hearing parent. She wants to see what 
happens when babies have the opportunity to learn both sign language and speech. Does the human brain 
prefer speech? Some of these studies of hearing babies who have one deaf parent and one hearing parent show 
that the babies babble equally with their hands and their voices. They also produce their first words, both 
spoken and signed, at about the same time. More studies in the future may prove that the sign system of the 
deaf is the physical equivalent of speech. 
Adapted from “Issues for Today” by Lorraine C. Smith and Nancy Nici Mare 
Question 56: According to paragraph 1, babies begin to babble ______. 
A. at their first moment after birth B. when they are more than 6 months old 
C. when they first hear their parents talk to them D. at their first experience of language 
Question 57: The phrase “the babies” in paragraph 2 refers to ______ in the study. 
A. the deaf infants B. the hearing infants 
C. the hearing and deaf infants D. the disabled infants 
Question 58: The writer mentions “American Sign Language (ASL)” in paragraph 2 as a language ______. 
A. used by the deaf to communicate B. used among psychologists 
C. widely used by American children D. especially formed by infants 
Question 59: The word “resemble” in paragraph 3 refers to ______. 
A. producing similar movements B. creating strange movements 
C. studying funny movements D. making initial movements 
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Question 60: It is stated in paragraph 3 that both the deaf and the hearing children made movements with their 
hands, but ______. 
A. the deaf children made less consistent hand movements 
B. the hearing children only repeated the same hand motions 
C. only the hearing children made different movements 
D. only the deaf children repeated the same hand motions 
Question 61: According to paragraph 4, hearing infants learn to talk first by ______. 
A. hand-shapes B. hand motions C. eye movements D. babbling 
Question 62: The word “real” in paragraph 4 mostly means ______. 
A. formal B. original C. meaningful D. general 
Question 63: It is mentioned in th