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SỞ GD & ĐT ĐỒNG THÁP
TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN
NGUYỄN QUANG DIÊU
(Thí sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu)

ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC LẦN 4 NĂM 2014
Môn: Tiếng Anh (Gồm 80 câu trắc nghiệm)
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút

Họ, tên thí sinh: Số báo danh: ………

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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 1. My aunt decided to give up her job for the ________ of her children.
A. care B. sake C. reason D. concern
Question 2. The Times is a newspaper with a ________ of over three million.
A. sales B. coverage C. distribution D. circulation
Question 3. Tom made a lot of mistakes because he was _________.
A. inattentive B. attentive C. unattended D. attended
Question 4. By general admission, education is a subject that the whole society cares about ________.
A. depth B. deep C. deeply D. deeper
Question 5. That man was rather _________ me. He just said “No”.
A. tactless B. short with C. rude with D. crude to
Question 6 .You need a _________ to carry out your investment.
A. registrar B. permission C. agreement D. permit
Question 7. He will take part in a marathon race, a running race of about 42 km – the _____ 26 miles.
A. equal to B. equal of C. equivalent of D. equivalent from
Question 8. I ________ my friends and I could not find the way to get there yesterday.

A. can’t hear B. haven’t heard
C. couldn’t have heard D. had not heard
Question 20. My boss ________ a dinner for the company staff at the end of this week.
A. will hosting B. to host C. host D. will be hosting
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Question 21. _________of transportation has given someone the idea for a new type of toy.
A. Mostly forms B. Almost every form C. Almost forms D. Most every form
Question 22. Peter: “Do you know how old I am?” Lyly: “_________.”
A. I haven’t a clue B. Happy birthday C. Don’t mention it D. I couldn’t help it
Question 23. - “No sugar for me, thanks. I am on diet.” - “_______”
A. Don’t mention it.
B. Perhaps you should try to lose weight.
C. Would you like some more?
D. Perhaps you would like some milk instead?
Question 24. - “__________?” - “He had a headache.”
A. What wrong with him?
B. What is the trouble with him
C. What is happening with him
D. What was the matter with him
Question 25. - “How much longer will you be on the phone?” - “________”
A. I will be off in a minute.
B. Yes, it is expensive to make long distance calls.
C. It costs me a lot talking on the phone like this.
D. The phone is out of order. It may cost lots to have it fixed.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase which is CLOSEST in
meaning to the underlined word or phrase.
Question 26. My mother never bought me anything new, from text books to clothes – she just gave me
hand-me-downs from my sister.
A. pieces of clothing of an older sister are passed to a younger sister

Many of the world’s cities lie under a permanent blanket of smog. People are concerned about global
warming, and fuel prices just keep going up and up. It’s no surprise therefore, that in recent years, car
manufacturers have been put under pressure to invent a vehicle that is both cheaper to run and better for the
environment. Finally, after much trial and error, it seems as though they might be making progress, and the
future of the car industry is beginning to look a little “greener”.
One of the first ideas which car manufacturers tried was to replace engines which run on fossil fuels
with electric motors. Unfortunately, these vehicles had several drawbacks and they didn’t sell very well. The
problems were that the batteries of these electric cars ran out very quickly and took a long time to recharge.
Also, the replacement energy parts were very expensive.
However, the idea of electric cars has not been scrapped altogether. Car manufacturers have improved
the concept so that environmentally friendly cars can now be efficient and economical as well. This is where the
hybrid car, which has both an electric motor and a traditional petrol engine, comes in. The electric motor never
needs to be recharged and it is much better for the planet than a traditional car.
In a hybrid car, the engine is controlled by a computer which determines whether the car runs on petrol,
electricity, or both. When the car needs maximum power, for example, if it is accelerating or climbing a steep
hill, it uses all of its resources, whereas at steady speeds it runs only on petrol. When slowing down or braking,
the electric motor recharges its batteries.
Hybrid cars are better for the environment because the electric motor can help out whenever it is needed
and they have a much smaller engine than a traditional car. Also, hybrid cars on the market are made using
materials such as aluminium and carbon fibre, which makes them extremely light. Both of these factors mean
that they use far less petrol than normal cars, so they produce less pollution.
Of course, hybrid cars aren’t perfect; they still run on fossil fuel and so pollute the environment to some
extent. However, they may be the first step along the road to cleaner, “greener” cars. Car manufacturers are
already working on vehicles which run on hydrogen. The only emission from these cars is harmless water
vapour. These are still some way in the future, though, as designers need to think of cheap and safe ways of
producing, transporting and storing hydrogen, but at last, it looks like we might be heading in the right
direction.
Question 36. Car manufacturers are trying to invent a new vehicle because ______.
A. today’s cars use too much fuel B. today’s cars produce too much poisonous gas
C. the car industry is in trouble D. it is difficult to drive in cities

B. Hybrid cars have some disadvantages; however, they are much cheaper than other kinds of car.
C. Manufacturing environmentally friendly cars is the trend for the inventors to pursue.
D. Car manufacturers are under pressure to invent cars that must be economical to use and friendly to
consumers.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
word or phrase for each of the blanks.
THE BOOK IN THE 21
ST
CENTURY
How many times in the last hundred years (46) ________ have people talked of the imminent death of
the book? Films (47) _______ an early threat, because they were so effective (48) _______ telling stories in a
visual way. Next there was radio, which swept into the mid-twentieth century and provided such (49) _______
to books as drama, documentaries and discussions. When television arrived, many people believed that it would
finish the book off. Nowadays, besides the threat by TV, the book is thought to be (50) _______ by computers
and the Internet, and by other technological attractions like the CD and the video game, too.
Surely there are now enough reasons (51) _______ the book ought to be dead, or at least very badly
injured. If so, why does it not show proper respect for these (52) _______ less literate times and die out? There
is clearly more than a single answer to this question. Firstly, we have more leisure time than we used to, and
people are generally living longer, which means there is more time to do more (including reading books). As
(53) ______ as this, there is the strength of the book as a tradition. We are all too dismissive of traditions in our
modern world, but they can have a very strong (54) _______ on us. Added to this, the book is such a practical
tool: it doesn’t cost too much, it is usually small enough to carry around, and it can easily be revisited. We will
never go without books, because they (55) _______ us so well for so long.
Question 46.
A. sharp
B. nearly
C. approximately
D. or so
Question 47.
A. placed

B. far
C. long
D. well
Question 54.
A. reputation
B. pull
C. push
D. impact
Question 55. A. serve
B. are serving
C. have served
D. had served
Choose the sentence that has the same meaning as the given one.
Question 56. Because the evidence was withheld, the prisoner was found guilty.
A. If the evidence was withheld, the prisoner would be found guilty.
B. Had the evidence been presented, the prisoner would have been acquitted.
C. If the prisoner was found guilty, the evidence would be withheld.
D. If the evidence was withheld, the prisoner had been acquitted.
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Question 57. As the traffic is so heavy it will take us at least an hour to get there.
A. Since the roads are so busy, we won’t be able to get there in under an hour.
B. Let’s wait an hour before we go as there is so much traffic on the roads.
C. Since the roads are full of traffic at this hour we won’t go now.
D. There are so many cars on the roads that we can’t get there for hours.
Question 58. As there was a great deal of rain in the spring, we are expecting a good fruit harvest this year.
A. This year we can expect a better fruit harvest even though we didn’t have a wet spring.
B. It rained so heavily all through the springtime that fruit harvest will certainly be affected.
C. There should be an abundance of fruit this year as it rained so much in the spring.
D. Though it rained often this spring, the fruit trees are yielding plenty of fruit.

C. is an evidence of us wanting to know more of our solar system.
D. is pointing to evidence of our attention to know a lot more about what is called our solar system.

Mark the letter A,B, C, or d on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each
of the following questions.
Question 66. If the water level had raised any higher, the hydroelectric dam would probably have broken.
A B C D
Question 67. Commercials on the educational television network are generally shorted comparing those on
A B C D
other networks.
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Question 68. To survive, most birds must eat at least half their own weigh in food every day.
A B C D
Question 69. Formally, when he lived in his country, he was a university professor, but now he is working
A B C D
toward a higher degree at an American university.

Question 70. When I asked the students to help me move the chairs, some girls volunteered to carry one each
A B
for me and some boys offered to take the others, but Mark refused me to help at all.
C D
Mark the letter A, B, c, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions in
the following passage
WORLD POPULATION and CLIMATE CHANGE
In many ways, the increasingly rapid pace of climate change is a direct result of the growth of the
human population. [1] In the last hundred years, the world population has more the tripled, from just below two
billion at the beginning of the century to nearly seven billion today. [2] In addition, the average person uses
more energy and natural resources than the average person one hundred years ago, meaning that the rates of
consumption are actually much higher than just the increase in population would imply. [3] For example, it

D. Food production requires that the forests be cleared to create farmland
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Question 75. The word “others” in the passage refers to _______.
A. examples of the environmental consequences of population growth
B. problems of global warming in the modern world
C. ways in which our usage of oil will affect the world climate
D. the reasons why trees are essential in controlling global warming
Question 76. According to the passage, how does the standard of living affect global warming?
A. Higher standards of living are better for the environment.
B. The use of natural resources is directly related to the standard of living.
C. High standards of living lead to increases in world population.
D. First world nations create less population than developing nations.
Question 77. Why does the author discuss China, Japan, and the United States?
A. To explain why the world’s use of energy will need to double soon
B. To compare the standards of their citizens
C. To explain why China will not be able to become a first world nation
D. To better illustrate the effects of an increase in standards of living
Question 78. Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the italicized sentence in
the passage? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.
A. When China attains a first world lifestyle, the amount of energy and natural resources used by other
nations to keep their current standard of living will double.
B. If China becomes a first world nation and all other nations keep their current standard of living, the
usage of energy and natural resources will double.
C. If China doubles its usage of natural resources, it will attain a better standard of living, but other
nations will have to remain as they are today.
D. Even if the standard of living in every other nation on Earth remains as it is today, China will still try
to attain a first world standard of living.
Question 79. Look at the 4 squares [ ] that indicate where the sentence below could be added to the passage.
Obviously, this has meant that the world has needed to produce three times as much food, energy, and other