Đề thi tuyển sinh cao đẳng năm 2013 môn Tiếng Anh Khối A1+D1 - Mã đề 528 (Kèm đáp án)

ain tomorrow, the match will be postponed. 
A. sold off B. put off C. turned off D. taken off 
Question 4: Living in the central Australian desert has its problems, of which obtaining water is not the least. 
A. storing B. purifying C. getting D. controlling 
Question 5: If the headmaster were here, he would sign your papers immediately. 
A. right ahead B. currently C. formerly D. right away 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer in each of the 
following questions. 
Question 6: “Give me another chance, ______?” 
A. shall you B. don't you C. will you D. aren’t you 
Question 7: Mrs. Black’s son ______ in hospital ever since he fell off his bicycle last week. 
A. has been B. was being C. is D. was 
Question 8: The problem is believed ______ at the meeting two days ago. 
A. being discussed B. having been discussed 
C. to have been discussed D. to have discussed 
Question 9: The museum director was ______ when talking to the visitors. 
A. both friendly and professional B. both professional or friendly 
C. either friendly nor professional D. neither professional or friendly 
Question 10: Twenty thousand years ago, a sheet of ice a thousand meters ______ covered part of Canada. 
A. thicken B. thick C. thickly D. thickness 
Question 11: He went back to the town ______ he was born. 
A. where B. which C. what D. that 
Question 12: Woman: “Excuse me, where’s Nguyen Hue Street, please?” 
 Man: “______” 
A. I think you’re right. B. Yes, that’s correct. C. OK, so long. D. Over there, I think. 
Question 13: The price of houses ______ dramatically in recent years. 
A. has risen B. rose C. raises D. was raising 
Question 14: The student took that course ______ he could improve his English. 
A. in order to B. though C. unless D. so that 
Question 15: ______ my business trip to Hanoi last month, I was able to attend his wedding. 
A. According to B. But for C. Because D. Thanks to 
Question 16: This small town ...rth looks like a “blue planet”. 
A. Be seen B. Having seen C. Seen D. Seeing 
Question 24: “What did you do ______ last summer?” 
A. during B. at C. for D. by 
Question 25: I was about to leave when something occurred which attracted my ______. 
A. attention B. sympathy C. thought D. surprise 
Question 26: Not only you ______ I am mistaken on this point. 
A. but as well B. and C. but D. but also 
Question 27: He became famous after ______ that prize. 
A. winning B. won C. win D. have won 
Question 28: It was not until he took up fishing ______ he began to know more about fish species. 
A. what B. that C. while D. which 
Question 29: If it had not rained last night, the roads in the city ______ so slippery now. 
A. would not be B. could not have been C. must not be D. would not have been 
Question 30: You ______ brought your umbrella. We are going by taxi. 
A. need not B. would not have C. may not D. need not have 
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the 
word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 40. 
In most of the earliest books for children, illustrations were an afterthought. But in the Caldecott "toy 
books" which first (31)______ in 1878, they were almost (32)______ important as the lines of text, and 
occupied far more space in the book. One can almost read the story from the dramatic action in the pictures. 
(33)______ then, thousands of successful picture books have been published in the United States and 
around the world. In the best, the words and illustrations seem to complement each other perfectly. Often a 
single person is responsible (34)______ both writing and illustrating the book. One of (35)______, and 
certainly one of the most successful, illustrator-authors was Dr. Seuss, (36)______ real name was Theodor 
Geisel. His first children's book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, hit the market in 1937, and the 
world of children'...estion 39: A. another B. one another C. other D. each other 
Question 40: A. from B. in C. about D. at 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other 
three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions. 
Question 41: A. reduce B. product C. offer D. answer 
Question 42: A. vacant B. ancient C. central D. alive 
Question 43: A. independence B. individual C. experiment D. reputation 
Question 44: A. decision B. astronaut C. poverty D. pottery 
Question 45: A. physical B. domestic C. possible D. musical 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best joins each of 
the following pairs of sentences in each of the following questions. 
Question 46: The football match was so exciting. The spectators at the stadium cheered wildly all through it. 
A. Despite the exciting football match, not all the spectators at the stadium cheered wildly all through it. 
B. When the spectators at the stadium cheered wildly, the football match became exciting all through it. 
C. The football match was so exciting that the spectators at the stadium cheered wildly all through it. 
D. The spectators at the stadium cheered wildly to make the match exciting all through it. 
Question 47: He works in the same office with two women. They are very beautiful and tactful. 
A. The offices where he and the two very beautiful and tactful women work are the same. 
B. The two women’s beauty and tact explain why he wants to work at their office. 
C. Working in the same office with the two beautiful women makes him very tactful. 
D. He works in the same office with two women who are very beautiful and tactful. 
Question 48: I had to do my homework. I could not help my mother with the washing-up. 
A. Because I was busy doing my homework, I could not help my mother with the washing-up. 
B. I could not help my mother with the washing-up until I finished my homework. 
C