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SỞ GIÁO DỤC - ĐÀO TẠO TP.HCM ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC NĂM HỌC 2012-2013
TRƯỜNG THPT PHÚ NHUẬN MÔN THI: ANH VĂN KHỐI A1, D
MÃ ĐỀ 132 Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút

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 1 to 10.
Until recently, most American entrepreneurs were men. Discrimination against women in business, the demands of caring for
families, and lack of business training had kept the number of women entrepreneurs small. Now, however, businesses owned by
women account for more than $40 billion in annual revenues, and this figure is likely to continue rising throughout the 1990s. As
Carolyn Doppelt Gray, an official of the Small Business Administration, has noted, "The 1970s was the decade of women entering
management, and the 1980s turned out to be the decade of the woman entrepreneur". What are some of the factors behind this
trend? For one thing, as more women earn advanced degrees in business and enter the corporate world, they are finding
obstacles. Women are still excluded from most executive suites. Charlotte Taylor, a management consultant, had noted, "In the
1970s women believed if they got an MBA and worked hard they could become chairman of the board. Now they've found out that
isn't going to happen, so they go out on their own".
In the past, most women entrepreneurs worked in "women's" fields: cosmetics and clothing, for example. But this is changing.
Consider ASK Computer Systems, a $22-million-a-year computer software business. It was founded in 1973 by Sandra Kurtzig,
who was then a housewife with degrees in math and engineering. When Kurtzig founded the business, her first product was
software that let weekly newspapers keep tabs on their newspaper carriers, and her office was a bedroom at home, with a
shoebox under the bed to hold the company's cash. After she succeeded with the newspaper software system, she hired several
bright computer-science graduates to develop additional programs. When these were marketed and sold, ASK began to grow. It
now has 200 employees, and Sandra Kurtzig owns $66.9 million of stock.
Of course, many women who start their own businesses fail, just as men often do. They still face hurdles in the business world,
especially problems in raising money; the banking and finance world is still dominated by men, and old attitudes die hard. Most
businesses owned by women are still quite small. But the situation is changing; there are likely to be many more Sandra Kurtzigs
in the years ahead.


A. women can't deal with money B. many women fail at large businesses
C. women are not able to borrow money easily D. women prefer a small intimate setting
Câu 10: The author's attitude about the future of women in business is __________.
A. optimistic B. negative C. frustrated D. skeptical

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 sentences 11 to 15.
Câu 11: A. impatient B. persuasive C. innocent D. potential
Câu 12: A. psychology B. experiment C. catastrophe D. agriculture
Câu 13: A. settle B. polite C. apply D. marine
Câu 14: A. advertise B. recommend C. photograph D. industry
Câu 15: A. insect B. effect C. inject D. correct

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 16 to 25.
A major revolution for the automated office is electronic mail. The customary postal system requires messages written on
paper to be transmitted physically from one location to another. With electronic mail, messages are converted into electronic
signals, transmitted anywhere in the world, and then changed back into their original written forms, all in several seconds or
minutes at most.
Through the use of video screens in company offices, a single document can be transmitted to hundreds of people in dozens of
branch offices simultaneously. Thus, electronic mail, along with data bases, can be an important asset in teleconferences.
Furthermore, the use of electronic mail in the form of the “mail box” attached to a telephone is also of great value. Since in
offices many telephone calls go uncompleted on the first attempt, with electronic mail, two-way conversion is not essential, which
reduces telephone use and saves time.
Electronic mail is far more expensive than the postal system, as it must compete for transmission space on satellite, telephone,
and cable links. But planned increases in satellite communications should lower the price and assist in the spread of electronic
mail.
(Adapted from The Heinle & Heinle TOEFL Test Assistant – Reading)
Câu 16: This passage mainly discusses __________.
A. the substitution of electronic mail for the postal system


Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction

from

26 to 30.
Câu 26: The (A) new computer made easier (B) for (C) the students to finish (D) the project.
Câu 27: People today use aspirin to relieve pain, alike (A) past generations (B), who used (C) the bark of the white
willow tree in powder (D) form.
Câu 28: Although she is so (A) pretty, she is no longer (B) young to enter (C) a beautiful (D) contest.
Câu 29: Some jellyfish make (A) daily journeys from deep (B) water to the surface and back, (C) while others migrate
horizontal. (D)
Câu 30: The first doctor had (A) said that my mother suffered from (B) asthma, but (C) the second one told that (D)
she was healthy.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that has that same meaning as the original one from

31
to 35.
Câu 31: Tom told his girlfriend, “Let me tell him if you can’t.”
A. Tom volunteered to tell him if his girlfriend couldn’t. B. Tom advised his girlfriend to tell him if she couldn’t.
C. Tom suggested that he tell him if his girlfriend can’t. D. Tom asked his girlfriend to tell him if he couldn’t.
Câu 32: This is the first time I’ve made such a stupid mistake.
A. The first mistake I made was a stupid one B. I had never made a stupid mistake.
C. Never before have I made such a stupid mistake. D. I first made a stupid mistake.
Câu 33: The newspaper reports that James was awarded the first prize.
A. It is reported that James wins the first prize. B. It is reported that James to be awarded the first prize.
C. The first prize is reported to award to James. D. James is reported to have been awarded the first prize.
Câu 34: I only called the police as a last resort.
A. I only called the police when it was special.

Câu 43: A. shape B. size C. same D. form
Câu 44: A. leave B. beat C. chase D. run
Câu 45: A. athletics B. athlete C. athletes D. athletic

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best way to complete each of the sentence from 46 to 50.
Câu 46: On being told about her sack, __________.
A. Mary’s face turned pale B. her boss was angry
C. her boss felt sorry for Mary D. Mary was shocked
Câu 47: __________, he failed his job interview last week.
A. So confident as he B. Confident as was he C. Although confident D. confident although he was
Câu 48: __________, there will be no more jobs for anyone in the future.
A. Unless we use too many robots B. We should use too many robots
C. If should we use too many robots D. Should we use too many robots
Câu 49: To be a successful business woman is __________.
A. what my little daughter really wants B. the person my little daughter really wants
C. the thing what my little daughter really wants D. who my little daughter really wants
Câu 50: __________, but she didn’t and now regretted for it.
A. She might go to the doctor sooner B. She must have gone to the doctor sooner
C. She must go to the doctor sooner D. She should have gone to the doctor sooner

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 51 to 80.
Câu 51: The government decided to __________ down on income tax evasion.
A. press B. crack C. push D. snap
Câu 52: Her enthusiasm __________ her lack of experience.
A. makes up for B. makes off C. makes out at D. makes up
Câu 53: People who are unemployed can receive the __________.
A. pension B. dole C. scholarship D. allowance
Câu 54: The accused man was proved innocent and was ________.
A. liberated B. excused C. interned D. acquitted
Câu 55: He passed the test by the skin of his teeth.

Câu 69: Sean: “__________ make a phone call here?” - Kate: “Sure. Go ahead.”
A. Would you mind if I B. Will I C. Is it OK if I D. Would I Câu 70: Mike: “I had an A for my physics test last week.” - Mr. Bush: “___________.”
A. I know. You are very good at it. B. I’m glad you like it
C. So, what’s the matter with it? D. Good job, son
Câu 71: I have never seen __________ before.
A. so good film B. such good film C. so good a film D. such good a film
Câu 72: I __________ my best suit – everyone else was very casually dressed.
A. mustn’t have worn B. needn’t wear C. needn’t have worn D. mustn’t wear
Câu 73: Are you sure you told me? I don’t recall __________ about it.
A. having been told B. to have been told C. having told D. to have told
Câu 74: Last year, Matt earned __________ his brother, who has a better position.
A. twice as much as B. twice as more as C. twice as many as D. twice more than
Câu 75: He ran as though he __________ a ghost.
A. would see B. would have seen C. had seen D. saw
Câu 76: If you don’t like Bill, why __________ him?
A. won’t you invite B. would you have invited C. did you invite D. would you invite
Câu 77: Talking to him is __________ talking to a brick wall!
A. like B. as C. alike D. same
Câu 78: Thousands of __________ make their way to the Eiffel Tower in Paris every year.
A. spectators B. onlookers C. observers D. sightseers
Câu 79: She jammed her finger in the __________.
A. car’s door B. cars’ door C. door car D. car door
Câu 80: However good Schoenberg __________ have been, I still find his modern music very difficult to appreciate.
A. should B. may C. would D. could

HẾT


29. D
30. D
31. A
32. C
33. D
34. C
35. B
36. D
37. A
38. D
39. B
40. C
41. B
42. D
43. B
44. A
45. C
46. D
47. C
48. D
49. A
50. D
51. B
52. A
53. B
54. D
55. C
56. C
57. A
58. A