Đề thi tuyển sinh đại học, cao đẳng môn thi: Tiếng anh, Khối D

of the Sun will shrink and become hotter. The surface temperature will fall. The higher temperature of the center will increase the rate of thermonuclear reactions. The outer regions of the Sun will expand approximately 35 million miles, about the distance to Mercury, which is the closest planet to the Sun. The Sun will then be a red giant star. Temperatures on the Earth will become too high for life to exist. 
 Once the Sun has used up its thermonuclear energy as a red giant, it will begin to shrink. After it shrinks to the size of the Earth, it will become a white dwarf star. The Sun may throw off huge amounts of gases in violent eruptions called nova explosions as it changes from a red giant to a white dwarf. 
 After billions of years as a white dwarf, the Sun will have used up all its fuel and will have lost its heat. Such a star is called a black dwarf. After the Sun has become a black dwarf, the Earth will be dark and cold. If any atmosphere remains there, it will have frozen over the Earth’s surface. 
41: It can be inferred from the passage that the Sun ______. 
A. is approximately halfway through its life as a yellow dwarf 
B. will continue to be a yellow dwarf for another 10 billion years 
C. has been in existence for 10 billion years 	D. is rapidly changing in size and brightness 
42: What will probably be the first stage of change for the Sun to become a red giant? 
A. Its surface will become hotter and shrink. 	B. It will throw off huge amounts of gases. 
C. Its central part will grow smaller and hotter. 	D. Its core will cool off and use less fuel. 
43: When the Sun becomes a red giant, what will the atmosphere be like on the Earth? 
A. It will be enveloped in the expanding surface of the sun. B. It will become too hot for life to exist. 
C. It will be almost destroyed by nova explosions. 	D. It will freeze and become solid. 
44: When the Sun has used up its energy as a red giant, it will ______. 
A. get frozen 	B. cease to exist 	C. stop to expand 	D. become smaller 
45: Large amounts of gases may be released from the Sun at the end of its life as a ______. 
A. black dwarf 	B. white dwarf 	C. red giant 	D. yellow dwarf 
46: As a white dwarf, the Sun will be ______. 
A. the same size as the planet Mercury 	B. around 35 million miles in diameter 
C. a cool and habitable planet 	D. thousands of times smaller than it is today 
47: The Sun will become a black dwarf when ______. 
A. the Sun moves nearer to the Earth 	B. it has used up all its fuel as a white dwarf 
C. the core of the Sun becomes hotter 	D. the outer regions of the Sun expand 
48: The word “there” in the last sentence of paragraph 4 refers to ______. 
A. the planet Mercury 	B. the core of a black dwarf 	C. our own planet D. the outer surface of the Sun 
49: This passage is intended to ______. 
A. describe the changes that the Sun will go through 	B. present a theory about red giant stars 
C. alert people to the dangers posed by the Sun 	D. discuss conditions on the Earth in the far future 
50: The passage has probably been taken from ______. 
A. a scientific journal 	B. a news report 	C. a work of science fiction D. a scientific chronicle 
Đọc kỹ đoạn văn sau và chọn phương án đúng (A hoặc B, C, D) cho mỗi chỗ trống từ 51 đến 60. 
 How men first learnt to (51)______ words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a (52)______. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, (53)______ invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings, actions and things so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed (54)___ certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to represent those sounds, and which could be written down. These sounds, (55)___ spoken or written in letters, are called words. 
 Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words that (56)____ powerfully to our minds and emotions. This charming and telling use of words is what we call literary (57)___. Above all, the real poet is a master of words. He can (58)__ his meaning in words which sing like music, and which by their position and association can (59)__ men to tears. We should, therefore, learn to choose our words carefully, (60)_ _ they will make our speech silly and vulgar. 
51: A. invent 	B. create 	C. make 	D. discover 
52: A. story 	B. secret 	C. mystery 	D. legend 
53: A. whatever 	B. however 	C. somewhat 	D. somehow 
54: A. at 	B. upon 	C. with 	D. to 
55: A. if 	B. however 	 C. whether 	D. though 
56: A. interest 	B. appeal 	C. attract 	D. lure 
57: A. prose 	B. work 	C. form 	D. style 
58: A. carry 	B. convey 	C. transfer 	D. transmit 
59: A. take 	B. send 	C. break 	D. move 
60: A. or B. so 	C. although D. because 
Đọc kỹ đoạn văn sau và chọn phương án đúng (A hoặc B, C, D) cho mỗi chỗ trống từ 61 đến 70. 
 The heart has long been considered to be (61)______ feelings of love dwell. In love songs throughout the ages, love almost always goes together (62)______ the heart. The heart has continuously been viewed (63)______ the place where love begins and develops. Even the Bible gives (64)______ to love and the heart. 
 The role of the heart in love must come from what happens to it when a person feels strongly (65)______ to someone. The strong feelings (66)______ the other person, especially in the early stages of a relationship, have the results that the heart starts beating faster and breathing starts speeding (67)______. 
 According to psychologists, a love relationship is a situation that (68)______ a lot of stress and the body reacts to this by getting ready to face the unknown. This has been called the "fight or flight" (69)____, meeting danger by fighting it or running away. So with love, the heart accelerates and (70)____ becomes quick. 
61: A. when 	B. where 	C. that 	D. what 
62: A. to 	B. from 	C. with 	D. at 
63: A. like 	B. as though 	C. as 	D. as if 
64: A. reference 	B. citation 	C. preference 	D. quote 
65: A. attracting 	B. attractive 	C. attract 	D. attracted 
66: A. of 	B. for 	C. to 	D. with 
67: A. up 	B. forward 	C. on 	D. upon 
68: A. comprises 	B. arouses 	 C. involves 	D. includes 
69: A. reactionary 	B. reactor 	C. reaction 	D. reacting 
70: A. exhaling 	B. breathing 	C. inhaling 	D. sweating 
Chọn phương án đúng (A hoặc B, C, D) để hoàn thành mỗi câu sau. 
71: ______, he would have learned how to read. 
A. If he has been able to go school as a child 	B. If he could go to school as a child 
C. Were he able to go to school as a child 	D. Had he been able to go to school as a child 
72: ______, he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain. 
A. He felt very tired though 	B. As he might feel tired 	C. Tired as it was 	D. Tired as he might feel 
73: Having been delayed by heavy traffic, ______. 
A. it was difficult for her to arrive on time 	B. her being late was intolerable 
C. it was impossible for her to arrive on time 	D. she was unable to arrive on time 
74: She regretfully told him that ______. 
A. she would leave the tickets at home 	B. she left the tickets at home 
C. she had left the tickets at home 	D. she would have left the tickets at home 
75: The robbers attacked the owner of the house ______. 
A. so that they would appear with the expensive painting 	B. and disappeared with the expensive painting 
C. but they appeared with the expensive painting 	D. so they disappeared with the expensive painting 
Chọn phương án (A hoặc B, C, D) ứng với từ/cụm từ có gạch chân cần phải sửa để các câu sau trở thành câu đúng. 
76: Helen likes to listen to music, to go to the cinema, to chat on the phone and going shopping. 
77: Both Mr. and Mrs. Smith are explaining the children the rules of the game. 
78: You can enjoy a sport without joining in a club or belonging to a team. 
79: Unlike many writings of her time, she was not preoccupied with morality. 
80: A child of noble birth, his name was famous among the children in that school. 
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ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH ĐẠI HỌC, CAO ĐẲNG NĂM 2008
Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH, khối D
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút. 
Đọc kỹ đoạn văn sau và chọn phương án đúng (A hoặc B, C, D) cho mỗi câu từ 1 đến 10. 
 Reading to oneself is a modern activity which was almost unknown to the scholars of the classical and medieval worlds, while during the fifteenth century the term “reading” undoubtedly meant reading aloud. Only during the nineteenth century did silent reading become commonplace. 
 One should be wary, however, of assuming that silent reading came about simply because reading aloud was a distraction to others. Examinations of factors related to the historical development of silent reading have revealed that it became the usual mode of reading for most adults mainly because the tasks themselves changed in character. 
 The last century saw a steady gradual increase in literacy and thus in the number of readers. As the number of readers increased, the number of potential listeners declined and thus there was some reduction in the need to read aloud. As reading for the benefit of listeners grew less common, so came the flourishing of reading as a private activity in such public places as libraries, railway carriages and offices, where reading aloud would cause distraction to other readers. 
 Towards the end of the century, there was still considerable argument over whether books should be used for information or treated respectfully and over whether the reading of materials such as newspapers was in some way mentally weakening. Indeed, this argument remains with us still in education. However, whatever its virtues, the old shared literacy culture had gone and was replaced by the printed mass media on the one hand and by books and periodicals for a specialised readership on the other. 
 By the end of the twentieth century, students were being recommended to adopt attitudes to books and to use reading skills which were inap