Đề thi tuyển sinh đại học năm 2010 môn Tiếng Anh Khối D - Mã đề 857 (Kèm đáp án)

estion 4: Ben: "______" 
 Jane: "Never mind." 
A. Thank you for being honest with me. 
B. Congratulations! How wonderful! 
C. Would you mind going to dinner next Sunday? 
D. Sorry for staining your carpet. Let me have it cleaned. 
Question 5: Not having written about the required topic, ______ a low mark. 
A. the teacher gave me B. my presentation was given 
C. I was given D. the teacher gave 
Question 6: Laura had a blazing ______ with Eddie and stormed out of the house. 
A. chat B. gossip C. row D. word 
Question 7: Neil Armstrong was the first man ______ on the moon. 
A. to walk B. walking C. has walked D. walked 
Question 8: They’re staying with us ______ the time being until they can afford a house. 
A. in B. for C. at D. during 
Question 9: We ______with a swim in the lake. 
A. took up B. gave in C. cooled off D. got out 
Question 10: Margaret: "Could you open the window, please?" 
 Henry: " ______." 
A. I feel sorry B. Yes, I can C. I am, of course D. Yes, with pleasure 
Question 11: Our industrial output______ from $2 million in 2002 to $4 million this year. 
A. rises B. has risen C. rose D. was rising 
Question 12: ______I might, I couldn’t open the door. 
A. As try B. Try as C. However hard D. No matter 
Question 13: “You can go to the party tonight______ you are sober when you come home.” 
A. as far as B. as long as C. as well as D. as soon as 
Question 14: The captain as well as all the passengers ______ very frightened by the strange noise. 
A. is B. were C. was D. have been 
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Question 15: Even if you are rich, you should save some money for a ______ day. 
A. foggy B. snowy C. windy D. rainy 
Question 16: As the drug took ______, the boy became quieter. 
A. effect B. influence C. action D. force 
Question 17: The Internet has enabled people to ______ with each other more quickly. 
A. interlink B. interact C. interconnect D. intervene 
Question 18: If everyone ______, how would we control the ...She had to borrow her sister’s car because hers was ______. 
A. out of order B. out of work C. off work D. off chance 
Question 27: I’ve warned you many times ______the front door unlocked. 
A. not leaving B. won’t leave C. don’t leave D. not to leave 
Question 28: All students should be ______ and literate when they leave school. 
A. numerate B. numeric C. numerous D. numeral 
Question 29: Liz: “Thanks for the nice gift you brought to us!” 
 Jennifer: “______” 
A. Actually speaking, I myself don’t like it. B. Welcome! It’s very nice of you. 
C. Not at all. Don’t mention it. D. All right. Do you know how much it costs? 
Question 30: Martha, Julia and Mark are 17, 19 and 20 years old ______. 
A. separately B. independently C. respectively D. respectfully 
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 31 to 40. 
It’s often said that we learn things at the wrong time. University students frequently do the 
minimum of work because they’re crazy about a good social life instead. Children often scream 
before their piano practice because it’s so boring. They have to be given gold stars and medals to be 
persuaded to swim, or have to be bribed to take exams. But the story is different when you’re older. 
Over the years, I’ve done my share of adult learning. At 30, I went to a college and did courses in 
History and English. It was an amazing experience. For starters, I was paying, so there was no 
reason to be late – I was the one frowning and drumming my fingers if the tutor was late, not the 
other way round. Indeed, if I could persuade him to linger for an extra five minutes, it was a bonus, 
not a nuisance. I wasn’t frightened to ask questions, and homework was a pleasure not a pain. When I 
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passed an exam, I had passed it for me and me alone, not for my parents or my teachers. The 
satisfaction I got was entirely person...ing back to it, with a teacher 
who could explain why certain exercises were useful and with musical concepts that, at the age of ten, 
I could never grasp, was magical. Initially, I did feel a bit strange, thumping out a piece that I’d 
played for my school exams, with just as little comprehension of what the composer intended as I’d 
had all those years before. But soon, complex emotions that I never knew poured out from my 
fingers, and suddenly I could understand why practice makes perfect. 
Question 31: It is implied in paragraph 1 that ______. 
A. young learners are usually lazy in their class 
B. parents should encourage young learners to study more 
C. teachers should give young learners less homework 
D. young learners often lack a good motivation for learning 
Question 32: The writer’s main point in paragraph 2 is to show that as people grow up, ______. 
A. they cannot learn as well as younger learners 
B. they have a more positive attitude towards learning 
C. they get more impatient with their teachers 
D. they tend to learn less as they are discouraged 
Question 33: The phrase “For starters” in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by “______”. 
A. At the starting point B. First and foremost 
C. At the beginning D. For beginners 
Question 34: While doing some adult learning courses at a college, the writer was surprised ______. 
A. to have more time to learn B. to feel learning more enjoyable 
C. to be able to learn more quickly D. to get on better with the tutor 
Question 35: In paragraph 3, the word “rusty” means ______. 
A. not as good as it used to be through lack of practice 
B. impatient because of having nothing to do 
C. staying alive and becoming more active 
D. covered with rust and not as good as it used to be 
Question 36: The phrase “get there” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to “______”. 
A. arrive at an intended place with difficulty B. receive a school or college degree 
C. achieve your aim with hard work D