ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC ĐỢT II (2008-2009)
Trường: Lương Thế Vinh – Hà Nội
Thời gian: 90 phút
Questions: 1 - 10
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet
to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.
Interpreting the feelings of other people is not always easy, as we all know, and
we (1) ………… as much on what they seem to be telling us, as on the actual words
they say. Facial (2) …………… and tone of voice are obvious ways of showing our
(3) to something, and it may well be that we unconsciously express views
that we are trying to hide. The art of being ( 4) ………… lies in picking up these
signals, realizing what the other person is trying to say, and acting so that they are not
embarrassed in any way. For example, we may understand that they are in fact (5)
…………… to answer our question, and so we stop pressing them. Body movements
in general may also indicate feelings, and interviewers often pay particular attention to
the way a candidate for a job walks into the room and sits down. However it is not
difficult to present the right kind of appearance, while what many employers want to
know relates to the candidate’s character traits, and (6) ………… stability. This raises
the awkward question of whether job candidates should be asked to complete
psychological tests, and the further problem of whether such tests actually produce (7)
…………… results. For many people, being asked to take part in such a test would
be an objectionable (8) ……………… into their private lives.
After all, a prospective employer would hardly ask a candidate to run a hundred
meters, or expect his or her family doctor to provide (9) …………… medical
information. Quite apart from this problem, can such tests predict whether a person is
likely to be a (10) ……………… employee or a values colleague?
Question 1: A. reckon B. rely C. trust D. estimate
Question 2: A. manner B. image C. expression D. looks
Question 3: A. notion B. feeling C. view D. reaction
Question 4: A. successful B. humble C. good at D. tactful
Question 5: A. hesitant B. reluctant C. tending D. used

Question 16: Doctors advise people who are deficient …………. Vitamin C to eat
more fruit and vegetables.
A. in B. of C. from D. for
Question 17: “Many happy returns!” – “ _______________!”
A. You too B. The same to you C. Thanks D. Good luck
Question 18: I suggest we ……… outside the cinema tomorrow at 8.30.
A. meet B. meeting C. met D. will meet
Question 19: Determining the mineral content of soil samples is an extracting process;
……………, experts must perform detailed tests to analyze soil
specimens.
A. so that B. afterwards C. therefore D. however
Question 20: Some animals are on the …………… of becoming extinct.
A. tip B. verge C. edge D. side
Question 21: “How kind, you really shouldn’t have bothered.” – “______________.”
A. It was nothing, really B. Don’t worry, I didn’t bother
C. Why not? I was happy D. It was a very good thing
Question 22: Down into the cave …………………
A. did the rescue party go B. the rescue party went
C. went the rescue party D. did go the rescue party
Question 23: “I thought that the tour began at 3:00.”
- “Oh, no, you’re ______________. It began at 1:30.”
A. too much late here B. too much here late
C. here too late much D. here much too late
Question 24: This ticket ………… one person to the museum.
A. admits B. permits C. enters D. allows
Question 25: The latest crisis was brought ………… by the mishandling of the
economy.
A. over B. in C. about D. down
Question 26: On leaving prison, Vic decided to turn over a new ………… and to
give up his old life of crime.

resemblance to an article he had seen published in a journal.
A. held B. contained C. carried D. bore
Question 38: Ralph Nader was the most prominent leader of the U.S consumer
protection movement.
A. aggressive B. significant C. discriminating D. promiscuous
Question 39: The choir stood in four rows according to their ……… heights.
A. respective B. respected C. respectful D. respectable
Question 40: Being quick on the ………., the student made rapid progress.
A. takeover B. intake C. take-off D. uptake
Question 41: “David seemed very angry.” – “______________.”
A. He seemed B. He had C. He was D. He did
Question 42: ………… further rioting to occur, the government would be forced to use
its emergency powers.
A. Had B. Were C. Should D. Did
Question 43: UNICEF has assumed the responsibility of aiding children in need.
A. evaded B. affected C. violated D. taken on
Question 44: He manages to get ……… his monthly salary in a couple of weeks.
A. through B. by C. round D. over
Question 45: My husband doesn’t treat me with as much consideration as he used to; I
rather feel that he takes it for ………
A. supplied B. granted C. given D. accepted
Questions 46 – 50:
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your sheet to indicate the correct and natural way
of combining of each pair of sentences given:
Question 46: We’d better leave them a note. It’s possible they’ll arrive later.
A. If they arrive late, we’d better leave them a note.
B. We’d better leave them a note as they possibly arrive later.
C. They’ll probably arrive later so that we’d better leave them a note.
D. We’d better leave them a note in case they arrive later.
Question 47: Women still cover their heads in some countries. They did so in the past.

Sex – trait stereotypes may be defines as a set of psychological attributes
that characterize men more frequently than women. Thus, males are often
described as ambitious, unemotional, and independent and, on the other
hand,
Line selfish, unrefined, and insensitive. Females are described as emotional,
(5) irrational, high-strung, and tentative. In spite of the egalitarian movement,
recent studies have demonstrated that sex-trait stereotypes remain common
among young adults today. In fact, such stereotyping has proved to be the
psychological justification for social beliefs concerning the appropriateness of
various activities for men and women that further perpetuate the different sex
(10) roles traditionally ascribed to men and women.
The awareness of sex – trait stereotypes in the United States developes a
linear fashion between the ages of four and ten. Generally, knowledge of male
stereotypical characteristics develops earlier, whereas knowledge of female
characteristics increases more rapidly between the ages of four and seven.
(15) While the reasons for this learning are not fully understood, evidence suggests
that at the preschool level children’s literature and television programs provide
powerful models and reinforcement for stereotyped views.
Studies designed to compare sex-trait stereotypes cross – nationally show a
high degree of correspondence in the characteristics ascribed to men and
(20) women. As finding have been obtained in the other countries, two hypotheses
have been advanced to explain the commonalities in sex trait stereotyping. One
states that pancultural similarities play a role in the psychological
characteristics attributed to men and women, and the second states that the
general picture is one of cultural relativism.
Question 51: The passage is probably an excerpt from an article on
A. sociology B. demographics C. psychotherapy D. sociobiology
Question 52: Which of the following statements is supported in the passage?
A. The beliefs of young adults are more common among the old.
B. The beliefs of young adults have shown little change.

D. A Unilateral Approach to Sex – Trait Stereotyping
Questions 61 – 65
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your sheet to indicate the word that differs from
the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions:
Question 61: A. futurologist B. deforestation C. humanitarian D. entrepreneurial
Question 62: A. evacuate B. originate C. sanitary D. certificate
Question 63: A. industrial B. infrequent C. initial D. integrate
Question 64: A. neglect B. digest C. decent D. defend
Question 65: A. personal B. semester C. eternal D. opponent
Questions 66 – 75:
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet
to indicate the correct answer for each of the questions
Every drop of water in the ocean, even in the deepest parts, responds to
the forces that create the tides. No other force that affects the sea is so
strong. Compared with the tides, the waves created by the wind are surface
Line movements felt no more than a hundred fathoms below the surface. The
(5) currents also seldom involve more than the upper several hundred fathoms
despite their impressive sweep.
The tides are a response of the waters of the ocean to the pull of the
Moon and the more distant Sun. In theory, there is a gravitational attraction
between the water and even the outermost star of the universe. In reality,
(10) however, the pull of remote stars is so slight as to be obliterated by the
control of the Moon and, to a lesser extent, the Sun. Just as the Moon rises
later each day by fifty minutes, on the average, so, in most places, the time
of high tide is correspondingly later each day. And as the Moon waxes and
wanes in its monthly cycle, so the height of the tide varies. The tidal
(15) movements are strongest when the Moon is a sliver in the sky, and when it
is full. These are the highest flood tides and the lowest ebb tides of the
lunar month and are called the spring tides. At these times, the Sun, Moon,
and Earth are nearly in line and the pull of the two heavenly bodies is added

Question 73: What is the main point of the first paragraph?
A. The tides are the most powerful force to affect the movement of ocean
water
B. Despite the strength of the wind, it only moves surface water
C. The waves created by ocean currents are very large
D. Deep ocean water is seldom affected by forces that move water
Question 74: According to the passage, all of the following statements about tides are
true EXCEPT:
A. Neap tides are more moderate than spring tides
B. The time of high tide is later each day
C. The strongest tides occur at the quarters of the Moon
D. Tides have a greater effect on the sea than waves do
Question 75: It can be inferred from the passage that the most important factor in
determining how much gravitational effect one object in space has on the
tides is
A. temperature B. distance C. size D. density
Questions 76 – 80:
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer
which completes each of the following sentences:
Question 76: The knee is ____________ most other joints in the body because it
cannot twist without injury.
A. to be damaged more than likely
B. more likely to be damaged than
C. likely to be more than damaged
D. more than likely to be damaged
Question 77: Written to be performed on a ____________, Thornton Wilder’s play
Our Town depics life in a small New England community.
A. stage scenery of bare
B. scenery bare of stage
C. stage bare of scenery