Đề thi tuyển sinh cao đẳng năm 2012 môn Tiếng Anh Khối A1+D1 - Mã đề 137 (Kèm đáp án)

 C. come D. to come 
Question 5: That cannot be a true story. He ______ it up. 
A. can have made B. must have made C. would have made D. should have made 
Question 6: Spain has won the championship, ______ is not surprising. 
A. that B. how C. which D. what 
Question 7: Sarah: “Oh my God, I’ve missed my bus.” 
 Christ: “______. Another will come here in ten minutes.” 
A. I hope so B. Don’t mention it C. Don’t worry D. Thank you 
Question 8: Instead of staying around the house all day, you should be out there looking ______ a job. 
A. for B. after C. into D. at 
Question 9: ______ he was tired, he still watched the final match on TV. 
A. However B. Though C. Because D. Despite 
Question 10: Parts of the mountain road have been washed ______ after the floods. 
A. through B. off C. away D. out 
Question 11: Parts of the country are suffering water ______ after the unusually dry summer. 
A. shortage B. supply C. thirst D. hunger 
Question 12: How long ago ______ to learn French? 
A. have you started B. were you starting C. would you start D. did you start 
Question 13: The teacher said that I would be able to speak English fluently ______ six months. 
A. in B. by C. since D. till 
Question 14: No sooner ______ my car than the alarm went off. 
A. the thief had touched B. had the thief touched 
C. touched the thief D. the thief touched 
Question 15: The police have begun an ______ into the accident which happened this afternoon. 
A. investigation B. investigatory C. investigate D. investigating 
Question 16: Nowadays, most students use ______ calculators in their studies and examinations. 
A. electrical B. electronic C. electricity D. electric 
Question 17: They are having their house ______ by a construction company. 
A. to paint B. painting C. being painted D. painted 
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Question 18: This carpet really needs ______. Can you do it for me, son? 
A. being cleaned B. cleaned C. clean D. cleaning 
Question 19: Jack: “...owing questions. 
Question 26: ______, the less polluted the environment will be. 
A. The more polluted landfills will be B. The more landfills are there 
C. The less landfills are polluted D. The fewer landfills we have 
Question 27: Switch off all the lights ______. 
A. by the time you enter the room B. until you enter the room 
C. after you will leave the room D. before you leave the room 
Question 28: ______ that she does not want to stay any longer. 
A. A little homesick does Beth feel B. Beth feels such homesick 
C. Homesick though Beth may feel D. So homesick does Beth feel 
Question 29: It is believed ______. 
A. when Alice to become a talented ballet dancer 
B. how is Alice a talented ballet dancer 
C. why is Alice such a talented ballet dancer 
D. that Alice is a talented ballet dancer 
Question 30: I have two sisters, ______. 
A. both of whom are nurses B. most of whom are nurses 
C. one of them are nurses D. most of them are nurses 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase CLOSEST in 
meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions. 
Question 31: A special exhibition of Indian art will be opened at the National Museum next month. 
A. painting B. programme C. music D. show 
Question 32: Traffic began to flow normally again after the accident. 
A. with the same speed B. in the usual or ordinary way 
C. strangely and irregularly D. repeatedly in different modes 
Question 33: Don’t be concerned about your mother’s illness; she’ll recover soon. 
A. surprised at B. worried about C. embarrassed at D. angry with 
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase OPPOSITE in 
meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions. 
Question 34: His boss has had enough of his impudence, and doesn't want to hire him any more. 
A. respect B. rudeness C. obedience D. agreement 
Question 35: She was unhappy t...f rabbits. In 1950, there were 
100,000 television sets in North American homes; one year later there were more than a million. 
Today, it’s not unusual for a home to have three or more television sets, each with cable access to 
perhaps over a hundred channels. News is the subject of many of those channels, and on several of 
them it runs 24 hours a day. 
What’s more, after the traumatic events of September 11, 2001, live newscasts were paired with 
perennial text crawls across the bottom of the screen – so that viewers could stay abreast of every 
story all the time. 
Needless to say, the news that is reported to us is not good news, but rather disturbing images and 
sound bytes alluding to disaster (natural and man-made), upheaval, crime, scandal, war, and the like. 
Compounding the problem is that when actual breaking news is scarce, most broadcasts fill in with 
scare stories about things that possibly might threaten our health, safety, finances, relationships, 
waistline, hairline, or very existence in the future. This variety of story tends to treat with equal alarm 
a potentially lethal flu outbreak and the bogus claims of a wrinkle cream that overpromises smooth 
skin. 
Are humans meant to be able to process so much trauma – not to mention so much overblown 
anticipation of potential trauma – at once? The human brain, remember, is programmed to slip into 
alarm mode when danger looms. Danger looms for someone, somewhere at every moment. Exposing 
ourselves to such input without respite and without perspective cannot be anything other than a 
source of chronic stress. 
 (Extracted from The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Beating Stress by Arlene Matthews Uhl - Penguin Group 2006) 
Question 36: According to the passage, which of the following has contributed to the intense nature of 
twenty-first-century stress? 
A. The degree to which stress affects our life B. Our inability to control ourselves 
C. An overabundance of special news D. Our c