Đề thi tuyển sinh cao đẳng năm 2014 môn Tiếng Anh Khối A1+D1 - Mã đề 426 (Kèm đáp án)

D. in order to 
Question 3: Penicillin, the first antibiotic that successfully killed bacteria and cured infections, was 
discovered ______. 
A. by choice B. by comparison C. by accident D. by heart 
Question 4: “If you are not satisfied ______ your purchase, we will give you a full refund.” 
A. at B. for C. of D. with 
Question 5: After his operation, Tom tried to lead ______ possible. 
A. a very normal life as B. as normal a life as C. as normal life as D. normal life as 
Question 6: If she let this chance slip, she ______ it for the rest of her life. 
A. would regret B. regrets C. will regret D. would have regretted 
Question 7: ______, she received a big applause. 
A. Speaking has finished B. Finished her lecture 
C. When the speaker finished D. After she finishes speaking 
Question 8: “______ seen a play with such a strong message.” 
A. Rarely do I B. I have rarely C. Rarely did I D. I rarely 
Question 9: An old gentleman, who is not sure where to go for the summer holiday, is asking a travel agent 
for advice. Select the most suitable response to fill in the blank. 
Gentleman: ”Can you recommend any places for this summer holiday?" 
Agent: "______." 
A. Yes, please go to other agencies 
B. A package tour to the Spratly Islands would be perfect, sir 
C. I don’t think you could afford a tour to Singapore, sir 
D. No, you cannot recommend any places 
Question 10: “Don’t eat so many sweets, ______ you’ll have to visit the dentist often.” 
A. while B. when C. whether D. otherwise 
Question 11: The number of cars on the roads ______ increasing, so we need to build more roads. 
A. was B. is C. are D. were 
Question 12: Linh informs her aunt about her high school graduation exam results. Select the most suitable 
response to fill in the blank. 
 Linh: "Aunty, I've passed the exam with flying colours." 
 Aunt: "______" 
A. Sorry to hear that. B. That's right. C. Congratulations! D. How many colours? 
Question 13: Some English words have ...to come D. coming 
Question 20: It’s been five months ______ I last went fishing. 
A. that B. since C. while D. which 
Question 21: I’d rather not ______ about it in such an unfavorable circumstance. 
A. talking B. talked C. to talk D. talk 
Question 22: My father is a big football fan, but my mother has no ______ in the sport at all. 
A. interesting B. interest C. interestingly D. interested 
Question 23: Some animals have a remarkable ability to ______ themselves to changing environments. 
A. fit B. adapt C. match D. suit 
Question 24: “______ anyone ring while I’m away, please take a message.” 
A. Should B. May C. Will D. Would 
Question 25: Researchers are making enormous progress in understanding ______ and what causes it. 
A. what is a tsunami B. a tsunami is what C. what a tsunami is D. is what a tsunami 
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the 
correct answer to each of the questions from 26 to 35. 
Most of us know a little about how babies learn to talk. From the time infants are born, they hear 
language because their parents talk to them all the time. Between the ages of seven and ten months, most 
infants begin to make sounds. They repeat the same sounds over and over again. This is called babbling. 
When babies babble, they are practicing their language. 
What happens, though, to children who cannot hear? How do deaf children learn to communicate? 
Recently, doctors have learned that deaf babies babble with their hands. Laura Ann Petitto, a psychologist, 
observed three hearing infants with English-speaking parents and two deaf infants with deaf parents using 
American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate. Dr. Petitto studied the babies three times: at 10, 12, and 14 
months. During this time, children really begin to develop their language skills. 
After watching and videotaping the children for several hundred hours, the psychologist and her assistants 
made many importan...ge: It does not matter if we are physically able to speak or not. Language can be expressed in 
different ways - for instance, by speech or by sign. Dr. Petitto believes this theory and wants to prove it. She 
plans to study hearing children who have one deaf parent and one hearing parent. She wants to see what 
happens when babies have the opportunity to learn both sign language and speech. Does the human brain 
prefer speech? Some of these studies of hearing babies who have one deaf parent and one hearing parent show 
that the babies babble equally with their hands and their voices. They also produce their first words, both 
spoken and signed, at about the same time. More studies in the future may prove that the sign system of the 
deaf is the physical equivalent of speech. 
Adapted from “Issues for Today” by Lorraine C. Smith and Nancy Nici Mare 
Question 26: According to paragraph 1, babies begin to babble ______. 
A. at their first moment after birth B. when they are more than 6 months old 
C. at their first experience of language D. when they first hear their parents talk to them 
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Question 27: The phrase “the babies” in paragraph 2 refers to ______ in the study. 
A. the deaf infants B. the hearing infants 
C. the hearing and deaf infants D. the disabled infants 
Question 28: The writer mentions “American Sign Language (ASL)” in paragraph 2 as a language ______. 
A. used by the deaf to communicate B. used among psychologists 
C. especially formed by infants D. widely used by American children 
Question 29: The word “resemble” in paragraph 3 refers to ______. 
A. studying funny movements B. producing similar movements 
C. making initial movements D. creating strange movements 
Question 30: It is stated in paragraph 3 that both the deaf and the hearing children made movements with 
their hands, but ______. 
A. only the hearing children made different movements 
B. the hearing children only repeated the same hand mot