Đề thi tuyển sinh đại học năm 2012 môn Tiếng Anh Khối D - Mã đề 475 (Kèm đáp án)

t is important to use language that includes 
 A B C 
both men and women equally the same. 
 D 
Question 5: It was disappointing that almost of the guests left the wedding too early. 
 A B C D 
Read the following passage on commuting, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet 
to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 6 to 15. 
Commuting is the practice of travelling a long distance to a town or city to work each day, and then 
travelling home again in the evening. The word commuting comes from commutation ticket, a US rail 
ticket for repeated journeys, called a season ticket in Britain. Regular travellers are called 
commuters. 
The US has many commuters. A few, mostly on the East Coast, commute by train or subway, but 
most depend on the car. Some leave home very early to avoid the traffic jams, and sleep in their cars 
until their office opens. Many people accept a long trip to work so that they can live in quiet bedroom 
communities away from the city, but another reason is ‘white flight’. In the 1960s most cities began 
to desegregate their schools, so that there were no longer separate schools for white and black 
children. Many white families did not want to send their children to desegregated schools, so they 
moved to the suburbs, which have their own schools, and where, for various reasons, few black 
people live. 
Millions of people in Britain commute by car or train. Some spend two or three hours a day 
travelling, so that they and their families can live in suburbia or in the countryside. Cities are 
surrounded by commuter belts. Part of the commuter belt around London is called the stockbroker 
belt because it contains houses where rich business people live. Some places are becoming dormitory 
towns, because people sleep there but take little part in local activities. 
Most commuters travel to and from work at the same time, causing the morning and evening rush 
hours, when buses and trains are...om which buses take drivers into the centre. 
(Extracted from Oxford Guide to British and American Culture, Oxford University Press, 2000) 
Question 6: Which of the following definitions of commuting would the author of this passage most 
probably agree with? 
A. Travelling to work and then home again in a day within a rural district. 
B. Travelling for hours from a town or city to work in the countryside every day. 
C. Regularly travelling a long distance between one’s place of work and one’s home. 
D. Using a commutation ticket for special journeys in all seasons of the year. 
Question 7: The word “repeated” in paragraph 1 most probably means ______. 
A. buying a season ticket again B. happening again and again 
C. saying something again D. doing something once again 
Question 8: The passage mentions that many Americans are willing to travel a long distance to work 
in order to be able to live in ______. 
A. quiet neighbourhoods B. comfortable bedrooms 
C. city centres D. noisy communities 
Question 9: Which of the following is true according to the passage? 
A. The US has considerably more commuters than Britain. 
B. Commuting helps people in the US and Britain save a lot of time. 
C. Britain has considerably more commuters than the US. 
D. Both the US and Britain have a great number of commuters. 
Question 10: Which of the following is NOT true about the London commuter belt? 
A. It surrounds London. B. It is in central London. 
C. It is home to some wealthy business people. D. It is like “bedroom communities” in the US. 
Question 11: It can be inferred from the passage that dormitory towns in Britain are places where 
people ______. 
A. stay for the night B. contribute to the local community 
C. are employed locally D. take part in local activities 
Question 12: As mentioned in the passage, commuters usually ______. 
A. talk to each other during train journeys B. go to work at different hours 
C. go home from work at different hours...C. carried D. done 
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Question 18: When Peter was a child, there ______ a cinema near his house. 
A. used to be being B. used to have been C. used to have D. used to be 
Question 19: He didn’t know______ or stay until the end of the festival. 
A. if to go B. if that he should go C. to go D. whether to go 
Question 20: The team were eager to make ______ the loss of the previous match. 
A. away with B. off with C. up for D. up with 
Question 21: You should look up the meaning of new words in the dictionary ______ misuse them. 
A. so that not to B. so not to C. so as not to D. so that not 
Question 22: My mother had to work 12 hours a day in a factory just to ______. 
A. make ends meet B. call it a day C. tighten the belt D. break the ice 
Question 23: As a(n) ______ girl, she found it difficult to socialise with other students in the class. 
A. reserved B. industrious C. ashamed D. dynamic 
Question 24: ______ smoking is a causative factor of many diseases, there is no ban on tobacco 
advertising. 
A. However B. Although C. In spite of D. Therefore 
Question 25: Working as a volunteer gives her a chance to develop her interpersonal skills, promote 
friendship, and ______ her own talent. 
A. discovering B. to discover C. discover D. discovered 
Question 26: The bad weather caused serious damage to the crop. If only it ______ warmer. 
A. has been B. had been C. was D. were 
Question 27: He is coming ______ a cold after a night out in the rain. 
A. away from B. down with C. across with D. up with 
Question 28: New machinery has enhanced the company’s productivity and ______. 
A. competitor B. competition C. competitive D. competitiveness 
Question 29: In a formal interview, it is essential to maintain good eye ______ with the interviewers. 
A. contact B. touch C. link D. connection 
Question 30: The restaurants on the island are expensive, so it’s worth ______ a packed lunch. 
A. taken B. taking C. to take D. take