Đề thi tuyển sinh cao đẳng năm 2011 môn Tiếng Anh Khối D - Mã đề 739 (Kèm đáp án)

zed the hope, prosperity, and confidence of America at that time. 
Mantle was a fast and powerful player, a “switch-hitter” who could bat both right-handed and 
left-handed. He won game after game, one World Series championship after another, for his team. 
He was a wonderful athlete, but this alone cannot explain America’s fascination with him. 
Perhaps it was because he was a handsome, red-haired country boy, the son of a poor miner 
from Oklahoma. His career, from the lead mines of the West to the heights of success and fame, 
was a fairy-tale version of the American dream. Or perhaps it was because America always loves a 
“natural”: a person who wins without seeming to try, whose talent appears to come from an inner 
grace. That was Mickey Mantle. 
But like many celebrities, Mickey Mantle had a private life that was full of problems. He played 
without complaint despite constant pain from injuries. He lived to fulfill his father’s dreams and drank 
to forget his father’s early death. 
It was a terrible addiction that finally destroyed his body. It gave him cirrhosis of the liver and 
accelerated the advance of liver cancer. Even when Mickey Mantle had turned away from his old life 
and warned young people not to follow his example, the destructive process could not be stopped. 
Despite a liver transplant operation that had all those who loved and admired him hoping for a 
recovery, Mickey Mantle died of cancer at the age of 63. 
Question 1: What is the main idea of the passage? 
A. Mickey Mantle as the greatest baseball player of all time 
B. Mickey Mantle and his career as a baseball player 
C. Mickey Mantle’s success and private life full of problems 
D. Mickey Mantle and the history of baseball 
Question 2: It can be inferred from paragraph 1 that Mantle ______. 
A. played for New York Yankees all his life B. earned a lot of money from baseball 
C. introduced baseball into the US D. had to try hard to be a professional player 
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C. explain how Mantle got into trouble 
D. give an example of the trouble in Mantle’s private life 
Question 7: The word “fulfill” in paragraph 4 mostly means ______. 
A. achieve what is hoped for, wished for, or expected 
B. do something in the way that you have been told 
C. do what you have promised or agreed to do 
D. get closer to something that you are chasing 
Question 8: The word “accelerated” in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to ______. 
A. worsened B. bettered C. delayed D. quickened 
Question 9: We can see from paragraph 5 that after his father’s death, Mantle ______. 
A. suffered a lot of pain B. forgot his father’s dream 
C. led a happier life D. played even better 
Question 10: Which of the following is mentioned as the main cause of the destruction of Mantle’s 
body? 
A. His loneliness B. His way of life 
C. His liver transplant operation D. His own dream 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of 
the following questions. 
Question 11: Bill managed to get to the train station himself ______ his leg was broken. 
A. because of B. although C. in spite of D. because 
Question 12: Bottles of medicine must have childproof caps ______ children think medicine is 
candy and poison themselves. 
A. even though B. in case C. so that D. if so 
Question 13: This is ______ the most difficult job I’ve ever had to do. 
A. by chance B. by far C. by heart D. by myself 
Question 14: “Don’t worry about your necklace. Give it to me and I promise to ______ great care of 
it.” 
A. take B. make C. bring D. keep 
Question 15: George: “______.” 
 Michelle: “Thank you for your compliment.” 
A. You’ve done your work B. You look pretty in this dress 
C. I’m glad that you’re well again D. This is a present for you 
Question 16: Hurry up, or they ______ serving meals by the time we get to the restaurant. 
A. will have stopped B. stopped C. are stopping D. would stop 
Question 1...ional C. traditionalism D. traditionally 
Question 24: During the Enlightenment, the powers and uses of reason ______. 
A. were stressing B. had stressed C. stressed D. were stressed 
Question 25: Before you start cooking, you should gather together all the necessary ______. 
A. substances B. elements C. ingredients D. factors 
Question 26: My favourite team ______ 15 games so far this season, and will probably win the 
championship. 
A. won B. will win C. are winning D. have won 
Question 27: He wondered ______ his sister looked like, because they hadn’t seen each other for a 
long time. 
A. how B. why C. which D. what 
Question 28: Had they arrived at the shop earlier, they ______ a better selection of clothes. 
A. will find B. would be finding C. would have found D. will have found 
Question 29: Generally, the South of England is as ______ as the North. 
A. the flattest B. less flat C. flatter D. flat 
Question 30: That style of dress ______ have been designed by Titian, because it wasn’t worn till 
after his death. 
A. wouldn’t B. shan’t C. oughtn’t D. can’t 
Question 31: You should have ______ your composition carefully before you handed it in. 
A. looked in B. seen through C. thought of D. gone over 
Question 32: I can’t ______ this noise any longer. I’m going to write a letter of complaint to the local 
authority about this problem. 
A. get back to B. take away from C. make out of D. put up with 
Question 33: Helen is traveling to Germany tomorrow on her first working trip and she is very 
excited ______ it. 
A. against B. for C. with D. about 
Question 34: He is a typical ______, always looking on the bright side of everything. 
A. introvert B. pessimist C. extrovert D. optimist 
Question 35: Does Mr. Ba bring his farm ______ to the local market every day? 
A. produce B. product C. productivity D. production 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is 
closest in meaning to the und