ĐỀ THI THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC LẦN 1 - NĂM 2013
MÔN TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Đề có 6 trang, gồm 80 câu trắc nghiệm
MÃ ĐỀ 150
Họ và tên thí sinh: ………………………………………….
Số báo danh: ………………………………………………..
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.
The first question we might ask is: What can you learn in college that will help you in being an employee? The
schools teach a (1)______ many things of value to the future accountant, doctor or electrician. Do they also teach
anything of value to the future employee? Yes, they teach the one thing that it is perhaps most valuable for the future
employee to know. But very few students bother (2)______ it. This basic is the skill ability to organize and express
ideas in writing and in speaking. This means that your success as an employee will depend on your ability to
communicate with people and to (3)______ your own thoughts and ideas to them so they will (4)______ understand
what you are driving at and be persuaded.
Of course, skill in expression is not enough (5)______ itself. You must have something to say in the first place. The
effectiveness of your job depends (6)______ your ability to make other people understand your work as they do on
the quality of the work itself.
Expressing one's thoughts is one skill that the school can (7)______ teach. The foundations for skill in expression
have to be (8)______ early: an interest in and an ear (9)______ language; experience in organizing ideas and data, in
brushing aside the irrelevant, and above all the habit of verbal expression. If you do not lay these foundations
(10)______ your school years, you may never have an opportunity again.
Question 1: A. lots B. large C. far D. great
Question 2: A. learn B. with learning C. learning D. to learn
Question 3: A. give out B. present C. interpret D. transfer
Question 4: A. as well B. either C. not D. both
Question 5: A. in B. on C. for D. by
Question 6: A. much on B. most on C. on most D. on much
Question 7: A. hardly B. quite C. truly D. really
Question 8: A. lay B. laid C. lain D. lied

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.
Question 16: A. responsibility B. conversation C. trigonometry D. documentary
Question 17: A. surprise B. intelligent C. competitive D. education
Question 18: A. trouble B. alter C. ashamed D. patient
Question 19: A. preferential B. apprehension C. conventional D. calculation
Question 20: A. holiday B. attraction C. explore D. exceed
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.
Question 21: I hadn’t understood his directions. However, I asked him to repeat what he’d said.
A B C D
Question 22: The top of the mountain covered with snow during winter.
A B C D
Question 23: It’s time you went home, but I’d rather you stay here.
A B C D
Question 24: Mining over 2,000 years ago, copper is one of the earliest known metals .
A B C D
Question 25: It was suggested that he studies the material more thoroughly before attempting to pass the exam.
A B C D
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 26: The doctor insisted that his patient ___________.
A. doesn’t work too hard for three months B. taking it easy for three months
C. to take some vacations for three months D. take it easy for three months
Question 27: In a new culture, many embarrassing situations occur _________ a misunderstanding.
A. due to B. as C. for D. of
Question 28: “Would you rather go to the beach or to the mountains?” Kim: “________”
A. That’s very nice of you B. The beach definitely
C. Thanks for the mountains D. I’d love to go
Question 29: Until she was arrested last week, the young woman thought she had _______ the perfect crime.
A. charged B. got away C. committed D. escaped

Question 41: The bomb ________ in a crowded street.
A. went off B. went out C. came off D. came out
Question 42: We still meet up for a drink and a chat once ________.
A. at a time B. in a while C. in a blue moon D. in a black mood
Question 43: ________ we’ve been having!
A. What dreadful weather B. How dreadful is the weather
C. How dreadful the weather D. What a dreadful weather
Question 44: When I told the doctor that I had had earache for nearly a month, he gave me a ________ for ear-drops.
A. prescription B. recipe C. receipt D. ticket
Question 45: The train accident _________ the other trains’ departure by a few hours.
A. called off B. delayed C. sent back D. went off
Question 46: ______ we invested in telecommunications industry, we would be rich now.
A. Would B. Had C. Should D. Were
Question 47: Today, women are increasingly involved ________ the politics.
A. of B. to C. in D. at
Question 48: John. “Do you think that we should use public transportation to protect our environment?”
Laura. “_______ ”.
A. There's no doubt about it B. Yes, it's an absurd idea
C. Well, that's very surprising D. Of course not. You bet
Question 49: My brother is intelligent but he ____common sense .
A. misses B. fails C. lacks D. wants
Question 50: The jugde _______ the murderer to a lifetime imprisonment.
A. sentenced B. prosecuted C. convicted D. accused
Question 51: I’m sorry for _______ such a fuss about the unfruitful plan.
A. taking B. paying C. doing D. making
Question 52: The Government hopes to _______ its plans for introducing cable T.V.
A. keep on B. carry on C. carry out D. turn out
Question 53: Is this the address to ………………you want the package sent?
A. which B. whom C. that D. where
Question 54: He thinks you are _________ your time looking for a job in this town. There’s not much to do here.

feelings. Alternately, the fastest way to create disease is to inhibit your emotions.
Question 61: What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Colors can help you become healthy.
B. Colorful clothes can change your mood
C. Emotions and colors are closely related to each other
D. Colors are one of the most exciting.
Question 62: Which of the following can be affected by color?
A. Your need for thrills B. Your appetite
C. Your friend's feelings D. Your mood
Question 63: Who is more influenced by colors you wear?
A. Anyone B. Your family
C. The people around you are more influenced D. You are more influenced
Question 64: According to the passage, what do color, sound, and emotion all have in common?
A. They are all forms of motion B. None is correct
C. They all affect the cells of the body D. They are all related to health
Question 65: According to this passage, what creates disease?
A. Wearing the color black B. Ignoring your emotions
C. Being open to your emotions D. Exposing yourself to bright colors
Question 66: The term "intimately" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to
A. simply B. clearly C. closely D. obviously
Question 67: The term "they" in paragraph 3 refers to
A. none of these B. colors C. people D. emotions
Question 68: Why does the author mention that color and emotions are both vibrations?
A. Because vibrations make you healthy
B. Because they both affect how we feel.
C. To prove the relationship between emotions and color.
D. To show how color can affect energy levels in the body.
Question 69: The phrase "saturated with" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to
A. covered with B. lacking in C. bored with D. in need of
Question 70: What is the purpose of the passage?

A. The stages of development of clinical nutrition as a field of study
B. The history of food preferences from the nineteenth century to the present
C. The effects of vitamins on the human body
D. Nutritional practices of the nineteenth century
Question 72: It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following discoveries was made during the first
era in the history of nutrition?
A. Certain foods were found to be harmful to good health.
B. Vitamins were synthesized from foods.
C. Effective techniques of weight loss were determined.
D. Protein was recognized as an essential component of diet.
Question 73: The word "tempting" is closest in meaning to.
A. realistic B. necessary C. correct D. attractive
Question 74: It can be inferred from the passage that medical schools began to teach concepts of nutrition in order to
A. encourage medical doctors to apply concepts of nutrition in the treatment of disease
B. support the creation of artificial vitamins
C. convince doctors to conduct experimental vitamin therapies on their patients
D. convince medical doctors to participate in research studies on nutrition
Question 75: The word "Reckless" is closest in meaning to?
A. recorded B. irresponsible C. informative D. urgent
Question 76: The word "them" refers to
A. effects B. vitamins C. claims D. therapies
Question 77: Why did vitamin therapy begin losing favor in the 1950's ?
A. Medical schools stopped teaching nutritional concepts
B. Nutritional research was of poor quality
C. The public lost interest in vitamins
D. Claims for the effectiveness of vitamin therapy were seen to be exaggerated.
Question 78: The phrase "concomitant with" is closest in meaning to
A. in dispute with B. prior to C. in conjunction with D. in regard to
Question 79: The word "skyrocketing" is closest in meaning to
A. internationally popular B. increasing rapidly