Đề thi tuyển sinh đại học năm 2013 môn Tiếng Anh Khối D - Mã đề 637 (Kèm đáp án)

cards are the main means of all transactions in a cashless society. 
A. cash-free B. cash-starved C. cash-strapped D. cash-in-hand 
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 4: A. hesitation B. economics C. calculation D. curriculum 
Question 5: A. constructive B. national C. essential D. commercial 
Question 6: A. cancel B. remove C. copy D. notice 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning 
to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. 
Question 7: Population growth rates vary among regions and even among countries within the same region. 
A. fluctuate B. stay unchanged C. restrain D. remain unstable 
Question 8: In some countries, the disease burden could be prevented through environmental 
improvements. 
A. something to suffer B. something sad 
C. something to entertain D. something enjoyable 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part 
differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. 
Question 9: A. invent B. tennis C. medicine D. species 
Question 10: A. particular B. superstar C. part D. harvest 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in 
meaning to the sentence given in each of the following questions. 
Question 11: “I would be grateful if you could send me further details of the job,” he said to me. 
A. He politely asked me to send him further details of the job. 
B. He thanked me for sending him further details of the job. 
C. He flattered me because I sent him further details of the job. 
D. He felt great because further details of the job had been sent to him. 
Question 12: “Why don’t we wear sunglasses?” our grandpa would say when we went out on bright sunny 
days. 
A. Our gran...arity last year. 
C. Mr. Goldman is said to have given nearly a million pounds to charity last year. 
D. Nearly a million pounds is said to be given to charity by Mr. Goldman last year. 
Question 15: I am sure he did not know that his brother graduated with flying colors. 
A. He cannot have known that his brother graduated with very high marks. 
B. He may not know that his brother is flying gradually up in a colorful balloon. 
C. That his brother graduated with flying colors must have been appreciated by him. 
D. He should not have been envious of his brother’s achievement. 
Question 16: If you had stuck to what we originally agreed on, everything would have been fine. 
A. If you had not kept to what was originally agreed on, everything would have been fine. 
B. As you fulfilled the original contract, things went wrong. 
C. Things went wrong because you violated our original agreement. 
D. If you had changed our original agreement, everything would have been fine. 
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 17 to 26. 
In “Cerealizing America”, Scott Bruce and Bill Crawford remark that the cereal industry uses 816 million 
pounds of sugar per year. Americans buy 2.7 billion packages of breakfast cereal each year. If (17)______ end 
to end, the empty cereal boxes from one year's consumption would (18)______ to the moon and back. One 
point three (1.3) million advertisements for cereal are broadcast on American television every year at a(n) 
(19)______ of $762 million for airtime. Only automobile manufacturers spend more money on television 
advertising than the makers of breakfast cereal. 
(20)______ of the boxed cereals found in supermarkets contain large amounts of sugar and some contain 
more than 50% sugar. Cereal manufacturers are very clever in their marketing, making many cereals appear 
much healthier than they really are ... expense 
Question 20: A. Most B. Mostly C. Almost D. Furthermost 
Question 21: A. charming B. lovely C. gorgeous D. beautiful 
Question 22: A. tall B. large C. high D. many 
Question 23: A. by B. from C. at D. in 
Question 24: A. are more likelier B. are much more likely 
 C. would be able D. could more or less 
Question 25: A. see through B. keep alert C. watch out D. look up 
Question 26: A. at B. from C. with D. on
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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 27 to 36. 
New surveys suggest that the technological tools we use to make our lives easier are killing our leisure 
time. We are working longer hours, taking fewer and shorter vacations (and when we do go away, we take 
our cell phones, PDAs, and laptops along). And, we are more stressed than ever as increased use of e-mail, 
voice mail, cell phones, and the Internet is destroying any idea of privacy and leisure. 
Since the Industrial Revolution, people have assumed that new labor-saving devices would free them from 
the burdens of the workplace and give them more time to grow intellectually, creatively, and socially - 
exploring the arts, keeping up with current events, spending more time with friends and family, and even just 
‘goofing off’. 
But here we are at the start of the 21st century, enjoying one of the greatest technological boom times in 
human history, and nothing could be further from the truth. The very tools that were supposed to liberate us 
have bound us to our work and study in ways that were inconceivable just a few years ago. It would seem 
that technology almost never does what we expect. 
In ‘the old days’, the lines between work and leisure time were markedly clearer. People left their offices 
at a predictable time, were often completely disconnected from and out of touch with their jobs as they 
traveled to and from work, and were