1. BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
ĐỀ THI THỬ
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ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH ĐẠI HỌC NĂM 2013
Môn: Ngoại ngữ - TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề
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ĐỀ THI GỒM 80 CÂU (TỪ QUESTION 1 ĐẾN QUESTION 80)
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 blanks from 1 to 10.
Most ghost stories are (1) ............................ in mysterious, old houses or castles. The ghosts themselves, whose
(2) ............................ wander the earth all night, are usually the victims of some horrible crime. This is not always the case as
the following story (3) ............................ When my friend, Paul, was schoolboy, he often used to chat to Mr. Scott, an elderly
gentleman living on his own. Mr. Scott was a keen gardener. He would always be looking after his lawn or his flowers and
Paul was (4) ............................ the habit of saying a few words to him over the fence.
One summer’s evening, as Paul was on his way home from school, he saw, as (5) ............................, Mr. Scott in his
garden. The old man was busy weeding his flowers for beds. When he saw Paul, he invited him into the garden with a
(6) ............................ of his hand. Slowly, they strolled all round, admiring the various flowers. Then, to Paul’s surprise, Mr.
Scott bent down and picked a (7) ............................ of his finest dahlias. “Here boy” he said. “Give these to your mother.”
No sooner had he arrived home than he (8) ............................ the flowers to his mother. He then told her that they were
with Mr. Scott’s compliments. His mother’s face went red with anger. “You wicked boy!” she shouted. “How
(9) ............................ you say such a thing! I (10) ............................ into his daughter in the supermarket this morning. She
told me that the poor old chap had passed away in his sleep last Friday.”
Question 1:
Question 2:
Question 3:
Question 4:
Question 5:
Question 6:
Question 7:
Question 8:
Question 9:
Question 10:
A. set
B. put
C. fixed
D. programmed
A. bodied
B. minds
C. spirit
D. phantoms
A. points
B. indicates
C. states
D. shows
A. on
B. in
C. within
D. with
A. frequent
B. common
C. often
D. usual
A. rise
B. spread
C. wave
D. shake
A. carton
B. bunch
C. roll
D. packet
A. submitted
B. turned
C. presented D. demonstrated
A. should
B. dare
C. would
D. wrong
A. bumped
B. struck
C. rushed
D. knocked
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction from 11 to 15.
Question 11:
Vaslav Nijinsky achieved world recognition as both a dancer as well as a
choreographer.
A
Question
Question
Question
Question
B
C
D
12:
Airports must be located near to major population centers for the advantage of air
transportation to be retained.
A
B
C
D
13:
It is said that they Einstein felt very badly about the application of his theories to the
creation of weapons of war.
A
B
C
D
14:
The plants that they belong to the family of ferns are quite varies in their size and
structure.
A
B
C
D
15:
Despite the increase in air fares, most people still prefer to travel by plane.
A
B
C
D
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each
of the following questions from 16 to 20.
Question 16: Workers are not allowed to use the office phone for personal calls.
A. They don't let workers use the office phone.

2. B. Workers are not permitted to use the office phone for personal purpose.
C. The office phone is supposed to be used by workers only.
D. They don't allow workers to make phone calls personally.
Question 17: "If you don't apologize immediately, I'm leaving," she told him.
A. She told him not to apologize immediately.
B. She asked him to apologize immediately because she was leaving.
C. She threatened to leave unless he apologized immediately.
D. She told him she was leaving if he apologized immediately.
Question 18: Jane refused to attend his birthday party, which made him feel sad.
A. Jane’s refusal to attend his birthday party made him feel sad.
B. He felt sad not to be able to attend her birthday party.
C. Jane made him sad despite her refusal to attend his birthday party.
D. Jane refused to attend his birthday party because it made him sad.
Question 19: No sooner had we arrived than the performance began.
A. The performance had started before we arrived.
B. Hardly had we arrived when the performance began.
C. The performance started sooner than we arrived.
D. When we arrived the performance had already started.
Question 20: Few people realized the importance of his role in the company.
A. Not many people realized that he played an important part in the company.
B. Quite a few people realized the importance of his role in the company.
C. Many people realized his important role in the company.
D. He was realized as an important role in the company by a few people.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the words or phrases that completes the
unfinished sentences to each of the following questions from 21 to 25.
Question 21:
A. police arrested the thief
Having found that I was not at home ............................
B. my house was broken into by the thief
C. the thief broke into my house
Question 22:
A. he knew very little
The world ............................ was to be a great adventure for him.
B. that he knew very little
C. where he knew very little
Question 23:
A. Whale hunting endanger
C. I didn’t know that the thief broke into my house
D. about which he knew very little
............................ the whale species.
B. Whale hunting is in danger
C. The hunting of whale endanger
D. The hunting of whales are in danger

3. Question 24:
Do you get on with the neighbors ............................?
A. you live next door with them
B. that you live next door with them
C. with whom you live next door to
D. who live next door
Question 25:
He isn’t good enough to pass the test. He wishes ............................
A. he is good enough to pass the test
B. he were good enough to pass the test
C. he had been good enough to pass the test
D. he will be good enough to pass the test.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the
position of the main stress in each of the following questions from 26 - 30.
Question 26:
Question 27:
Question 28:
A. reservation
B. communicate
C. dictation D. occasion
A. religion
B. preserve
C. mechanic D. hospitality
A. immense
B. purity
C. accompany
A. contribute
B. production
C. patient
A. equivalent
B. permanent
C. accustomed
D.
advantage
Question 29:
Question 30:
D. luxurious
D.
experience
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions from 31 to 55
Question 31:
A. achieved
Question 32:
A. reared
Question 33:
A. across
He never expected his prophecy to be ............................
B. accomplished
C. realised
D. fulfilled
The boy was ............................ with a family in the countryside.
B. bred
C. brought up
D. grownup
Jane came ............................ a beautiful picture when she was tidying the room.
B. round
C. into
D. past
Question 34:
Until she was
had ............................ the perfect crime.
A. committed
B. escaped
Question 35:
arrested
last
C. got away
week,
the
young
woman
thought
she
D. charged
John: “Do you mind if I take a seat?”
Betty: “.........................“
A. Yes, I don’t mind
Question 36:
B. No, do as you please
A. he studied not good.
C. he was a badly student.
Question 38:
A. sprang
Question 39:
A. sight
Question 40:
A. sit
D. Yes, do as you please
............................ it not been for the intolerable heat in the hall, they would have
stayed much longer.
A. If
B. But
Question 37:
C. No I mind
C. Should
D. Had
Alex did not do very well in the class because ............................
B. he failed to study properly.
D. he was not good to study.
The ball ............................ two or three times before rolling down the road.
B. bounced
C. leap
D: hopped
The ............................ of the pagoda in the water was very clear and beautiful.
B. shadow
C. reflection
D mirror
Do you think Ms. Brown will ............................ for Parliament in the next election?
B. run
C. walk
'D. stand

4. Question 41:
A. made
Question 42:
A. sent back
Question 43:
A. promised
Question 44:
A. retribution
Question 45:
Sun.
A. three complete
Question 46:
A human being is ............................ of many, often conflicting, desires.
B. made up
C. consisted
D. created
The train accident ............................ the other trains' departure by a few hours.
B. called off
C. delayed
D. retained
All the people involved solemnly ............................ on the Bible to keep the secret.
B. cursed
C. vowed
D. swore
The little girl was full of ............................ towards her wicked stepmother.
B. resentment
C. reprisal
D. vengeance
The planet Mercury ............................ rotations during every two trips around the
B. completes three
C. the completion of three D. completing three of the
Mountaineers ................ climb Mount Everest must make reservations to do so, often up
to seven years in advance.
A. want to
B. they want to
Question 47:
C. who want
D. wanting to
Professional people expect ............................ when it is necessary to cancel an
appointment.
A. you to call them
B. that you would call them
C. your calling them
D. that you are calling them
Question 48:
John: “Do you think that we should use public transportation to protect our
environment?”
Laura: “................................”
A. Of course not. You bet!
B. There’s no doubt about it.
C. Well, that’s very surprising.
D. Yes, it’s an absurd idea.
Question 49:
A. more frequently as
Question 50:
misunderstanding.
A. for
Frost occurs in valleys and on low grounds ............................ on adjacent hills,
B. as frequently than
C. more frequently than D. much frequently than
In a new culture, many embarrassing situations occur ............................ a
B. of
C. because of
D. because
Question 51:
Both liquids and gases flow freely from a container because
have ............................
A. not definite shape
B. none definite shape
C. nothing definite shape D. no definite shape
Question 52:
Research
in
reasons ............................
A. money beside
B. money besides
the
work
place
reveals
C. beside money
that
people
work
for
they
many
D. besides money
Question 53:
The horn of the rhinoceros consists of a cone of tight bundles of
keratin ............................ from the epidermis.
A. grow
B. grows
C. growing
D. they grow
Question 54:
Alfonso: “I had a really good time. Thanks for the lovely evening.”
Maria: “............................ ”
A. I’m glad you enjoyed it
C. Oh, that’s right
Question 55:
B. Yes, it’s really good
D. No, it’s very kind of you
The harder you try, ............................

5. A. the most you achieve. B. you achieve the more. C. the more you achieve. D. the better achieve you have.
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.
Traditionally in America, helping the poor was a matter for private charities or local governments. Arriving
immigrants depended mainly on predecessors from their homeland to help them start a new life. In the late 19th and
early 20th centuries, several European nations instituted public-welfare programs. But such a movement was slow to take
hold in the United States because the rapid pace of industrialization and the ready availability of farmland seemed to confirm
the belief that anyone who was willing to work could find a job.
Most of the programs started during the Depression era were temporary relief measures, but one of the programs Social Security - has become an American institution. Paid for by deductions from the paychecks of working people, Social
Security ensures that retired persons receive a modest monthly income and also provides unemployment insurance,
disability insurance, and other assistance to those who need it. Social Security payments to retired persons can start at age
62, but many wait until age 65, when the payments are slightly higher. Recently, there has been concern that the Social
Security fund may not have enough money to fulfill its obligations in the 21st century, when the population of
elderly Americans is expected to increase dramatically. Policy makers have proposed various ways to make up the
anticipated deficit, but a long-term solution is still being debated.
In the years since Roosevelt, other American presidents have established assistance programs. These include Medicaid
and Medicare; food stamps, certificates that people can use to purchase food; and public housing which is built at federal
expense and made available to persons on low incomes.
Needy Americans can also turn to sources other than the government for help. A broad spectrum of private charities
and voluntary organizations is available. Volunteerism is on the rise in the United States, especially among retired persons.
It is estimated that almost 50 percent of Americans over age 18 do volunteer work, and nearly 75 percent of U.S.
households contribute money to charity.
Question 56:
New immigrants to the U.S. could seek help from ............................
B. the US government agencies
D. volunteer organizations
Question 57:
It took welfare programs a long time to gain a foothold in the U.S. due to the fast
growth of ............................
A. industrialization
B. modernization
C. urbanization
D. population
Question 58:
The word “instituted” in the first paragraph mostly means ............................
A. “executed”
B. “studied”
C. “introduced”
D. “enforced”
Question 59:
The Social Security program has become possible thanks to ............................
A. deductions from wages
B. people’s willingness to work
C. donations from companies
D. enforcement laws
Question 60:
Most of the public assistance programs ............................ after the severe economic
crisis.
A. were introduced into institutions
B. did not become institutionalized
C. functioned fruitfully in institutions
D. did not work in institutions
Question 61:
That Social Security payments will be a burden comes from the concern
that ............................
A. elderly people ask for more money
B. the program discourages working people
C. the number of elderly people is growing
D. younger people do not want to work
Question 62:
Persons on low incomes can access public housing through ............................
A. low rents
B. state spending
C. donations
D. federal expenditure
Question 63:
Americans on low incomes can seek help from ............................
A. federal government
B. government agencies
C. state governments
D. non-government agencies
Question 64:
Public assistance has become more and more popular due to the ............................
A. young people’s voluntarism only
B. volunteer organizations
C. people’s growing commitment to charity
D. innovations in the tax system
Question 65:
The passage mainly discusses ............................
A. public assistance in America
B. immigration into America
C. funding agencies in America
D. ways of fund-raising in America
A. the people who came earlier
C. only charity organizations
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct

6. answer to each of the questions from 66 to 75.
A number of factors related to the voice reveal the personality of the speaker.
The first is the broad area of communication, which includes imparting information by use of language, communicating
with a group or an individual and specialized communication through performance. A person conveys thoughts and ideas
through choice of words, by a tone of voice that is pleasant or unpleasant, gentle or harsh, by the rhythm that is inherent
within the language itself, and by speech rhythms that are flowing and regular or uneven and hesitant, and finally, by the
pitch and melody of the utterance. When speaking before a group, a person's tone may indicate uncertainty or fright,
confidence or calm. At interpersonal levels, the tone may reflect ideas and feelings over and above the words chosen, or may
belie them. Here the participant’s tone can consciously or unconsciously reflect intuitive sympathy or antipathy, lack of
concern or interest, fatigue, anxiety, enthusiasm or excitement, all of which are .usually discernible by the acute listener.
Public performance is a manner of communication that is highly specialized with its own techniques for obtaining effects by
voice and / or gesture. The motivation derived from the text, and in the case of singing, the music, in combination with the
performer's skills, personality, and ability to create empathy will determine the success of artistic, political, or pedagogic
communication.
Second, the voice gives psychological clues to a person's self-image, perception of others, and emotional health. Selfimage can be indicated by a tone of voice that is confident, pretentious, shy, aggressive, outgoing, or exuberant, to name only
a few personality traits. Also the sound may give a clue to the facade or mask of that person, for example, a shy person
hiding behind an overconfident front. How a speaker perceives the listener's receptiveness, interest, or sympathy in any
given conversation can drastically alter the tone of presentation, by encouraging or discouraging the speaker. Emotional
health is evidenced in the voice by free and melodic sounds of the happy, by constricted and harsh sound of the angry, and
by dull and lethargic qualities of the depressed.
Question 66:
What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The function of the voice in performance
B. Communication styles
C. The connection between voice and personality
D. The production of speech
Question 67:
What does the author mean by staring that, "At interpersonal levels, tone may reflect
ideas and feelings over and above the words chosen" in lines 8- 9?
A. Feelings are expressed with different words than ideas are.
B. The tone of voice can carry information beyond the meaning of words.
C. A high tone of voice reflects an emotional communication.
D. Feelings are more difficult to express than ideas.
Question 68:
The word "Here" in line 9 refers to……………
A. interpersonal interactions
B. the tone
C. ideas and feelings
D. words chosen
Question 69:
The word "derived" in line 13 is closest in meaning to ............................
A. discussed
B. prepared
C. registered
D. obtained
Question 70:
Why does the author mention "artistic, political, or pedagogic communication" in
line 14-15?
A. As examples of public performance
B. As examples of basic styles of communication
C. To contrast them to singing
D. To introduce the idea of self-image
Question 71:
According to the passage, an exuberant tone of voice may be an indication of a
person's………
A. personality
B. general physical health
C. ability to communicate
D. vocal quality
Question 72:
According to the passage, an overconfident front may hide…………
A. hostility
B. shyness
C. friendliness
D. strength
Question 73:
The word "drastically" in line 21 is closest in meaning to……………
A. frequently
B. exactly
C. severely
D. easily
Question 74:
The word "evidenced" in line 22 is closest in meaning to……………
A. questioned
B. repeated
C. indicated
D. exaggerated
Question 75:
According to the passage, what does a constricted and harsh voice indicate?
A. Lethargy
B. Depression
C. Boredom
D. Anger
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest words of the
pronunciation each of the following questions from 76 - 80.
Question 76:
Question 77:
A. friendly
B. simply
C. imply
D. specialty
A. dogged
B. raised
C. naked
D. concluded

7. Question 78:
Question 79:
Question 80:
A. house
B. brochure
C. mould
D. focus
A. mathematics
B. language
C. algebra
D. major
A. obtain
B. obstacle
C. advance D. absorb
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