1. BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH CAO ĐẲNG NĂM 2007
Môn: TIẾNG ANH; Khối D
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề
ĐỀ THI GỒM 80 CÂU (TỪ QUESTION 1 ĐẾN QUESTION 80)
I. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose main
stress is placed differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
Question 1
A. understand
B. engineer
C. comprehend
D. religion
Question 2
A.forecast
B. attract
C. suppose
D. prefer
II. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose
underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following
questions.
Question 3
A. cheap
B. change
C. check
D. chemistry
Question 4
A.stone
B. phone
C. zone
D. none

2. Question 5
A. ridden
B. given
C. widen
D. kitchen
III. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to
each of the following questions.
Question 6: After a meal in a restaurant, you ask the waiter for the ______.
A. receipt
B. bill
C. cheque
D. prescription
Question 7: John never comes to class on time and ______.
A. neither doesn't Peter
B. neither does Peter
C. so does Peter
D. so doesn't Peter
Question 8: Havy: “Thanks for your help, Judy.”
Judy: “______.”
A. It’s my pleasure
B. With all my heart
C. Never remind me
D. Wish you
Question 9: The shirt in the window was______expensive for me to buy.
A. such
B. enough
C. so
D. too
Question 10: ______, we couldn’t go out because it rained.
A. Unfortunate
B. Unfortunately
C. Fortunately
D. Fortunate
Question 11: He is going to get married ______ the end of this month.

3. A. on
B. to
C. in
D. at
Question 12:The air is not as pure as it______.
A. is used to be
B. used to be
C. was used to be
D. is used to being
Question 13:If I were in charge, I______things differently.
A. had done
B. will do
C. would do
D. would have done
Question 14: It’s said that he has______friends of his age.
A. little
B. few
C. a little
D. plenty
Question 15: The population of the earth is increasing at a tremendous rate
and______out of control.
A. why it will be
B. soon will be
C. they have become
D. are soon going to be
Question 16: The existence of many stars in the sky______us to suspect that there may
be life on another planet.
A. lead
B. leading
C. have led
D. leads
Question 17:Janet has left home and is______of her parents.
A. dependent
B. depend

4. C. independent
D. dependently
Question 18: ______he did not attend the English class, he knew the lesson quite well.
A. However
B. In spite of
C. Although
D. Despite
Question 19: Medical researchers are continually looking for ways to control, ______and
cure diseases.
A. prevented
B. be prevented
C. prevent
D. preventing
Question 20: He couldn’t get back ______ his car. He had locked himself out.
A. to
B. on
C. in
D. into
Question 21: When I last______ Jane, she ______ to find a job.
A. saw / was trying
B. see / is trying
C. saw / tried
D. have seen / tried
Question 22: He bought all the books ______are needed for the English course.
A. who
B. those
C. that
D. what
Question 23: Every member in Nataly's class admires her ______.
A. honesty
B. honest
C. dishonest
D. dishonesty

5. Question 24: "Just think, ______2 years' time, we'll be 20 both."
A. over
B. after
C. under
D. in
Question 25: The students ______to be at school at 3 p.m.
A. have told
B. told
C. were told
D. tell
Question 26: Le: "I can't understand how you missed the exit."
Tuong: "Well, it was so dark that ______."
A. hardly could we see the road signs
B. we could see hardly the road signs
C. we could hardly see the road signs
D. we could see the road signs hardly
Question 27: I wouldn't have got wet ______.
A. if I have an umbrella with me
B. if I had had an umbrella with me
C. unless I had had an umbrella with me
D. if I had an umbrella with me
Question 28:I am going to the hairdresser’s ______.
A.to cut my hair
B. for to cut me my hair
C. to have my hair cut
D. to have cut my hair
Question 29: ______, give her this map of the city.
A. When Mr. Leat’s wife arrived
B. When is Mr. Leat’s wife arriving
C. When Mr. Leat’s wife arrives
D. When Mr. Leat’s wife will arrive
Question 30: He has received several scholarships______.
A. for both his academic ability as well as his artistic

6. B. because of his academic and artistic ability
C. as resulting of his ability in the art and the academic
D. not only because of his artistic but his academic ability
IV. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase
that is closest in meaning to the original sentences in each of the following questions.
Question 31: Unlike his sister, Bob exercises every day.
A. Bob and his sister exercise every day.
B. Bob exercises every day, but his sister doesn’t.
C. Bob doesn’t like his sister to exercise.
D. Bob’s sister exercises every day, but he doesn’t.
Question 32: Barbara didn’t wear the raincoat, so she got a cold.
A. If Barbara worn the raincoat, she didn’t get a cold.
B. If Barbara had worn the raincoat, she wouldn’t have got a cold.
C. If Barbara has worn the raincoat, she won’t get a cold.
D. If Barbara wore the raincoat, she wouldn’t get a cold.
Question 33: “If I were you, I would go to see the doctor”, David said to Claudia.
A. David advised Claudia not to go to see the doctor.
B. David told Claudia to become a doctor.
C. David advised Claudia to go to see the doctor.
D. David told Claudia that he would go to see the doctor.
Question 34: The bread was too stale to eat.
A.It was stale to eat the bread.
B. We cannot eat the bread because it was burnt.
C. Eating the bread was stale.
D. The bread was not fresh enough to eat.
Question 35: John Smith is a farmer. I bought his land.
A. John Smith, whose land I bought, is a farmer.
B. John Smith, who is a farmer, whose land I bought.
C. John Smith, whom I bought his land, is a farmer.
D. John Smith, who is a farmer, bought his land.
V. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that
needs correction in each of the following questions.
Question 36: Folk artists have few (A) or no (B) formal (C) art training (D).
A

7. B
C
D
Question 37: Many (A) people have complain (B) about (C) the dirt from (D) the
factory.
A
B
C
D
Question 38: A huge amount (A) of tourists (B) come to (C) this city (D) every year.
A
B
C
D
Question 39: The film was so bored (A) that all the audience (B) had gone (C) home
before it ended (D).
A
B
C
D
Question 40: She refused (A) to tell (B) us why was she (C) crying (D).
A
B
C
D
VI. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet
to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 41 to 50.
Many parents believe that their children (41)______be taught to read right after they
have learnt to walk. This is fine if the child shows a real interest but (42)______a child
could be counter-productive if she or he isn't ready. Wise parents will have a relaxed
(43)______and take the lead from their child. What they should provide is a selection of
(44)______toys, books and other activities. Nowadays there is plenty of good
(45)______available for young children, and of course, seeing plenty of books in use
about the house will also (46)______them to read.
Of course, books are no longer the only (47)______of stories and information. There is
also a huge range of videos, which can (48)______and extend the pleasure a child finds

8. in a book and are (49)______valuable in helping to increase vocabulary and
concentration. Television gets a bad press as far as children are concerned, mainly
because too many (50)______too much time watching programmes not intended for their
age group.
Question 41:
A. could not
B. must not
C. had to
D. should
Question 42:
A. making
B. insisting
C. forcing
D. starting
Question 43:
A. attitude
B. competition
C. decision
D. pastime
Question 44:
A. expensive
B. stimulating
C. bright
D. adult
Question 45:
A.produce
B. games
C. amusement
D. sense
Question 46:
A. encourage
B. provide
C. provoke
D. attract

9. Question 47:
A. search
B. basis
C. source
D. site
Question 48:
A. watch
B. assist
C. enjoy
D. reinforce
Question 49:
A. equally
B. perfectly
C. properly
D. worthily
Question 50:
A. pay
B. devote
C. save
D. spend
VII. 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 51 to 60.
A pilot cannot fly by sight alone. In many conditions, such as flying at night and
landing in dense fog, a pilot must use radar, an alternative way of navigating. Since
human eyes are not very good at determining speeds of approaching objects, radar can
show a pilot how fast nearby planes are moving. The basic principle of radar is
exemplified by what happens when one shouts in a cave. The echo of the sounds against
the walls helps a person determine the size of the cave. With radar, however, the waves
are radio waves instead of sound waves. Radio waves travel at the speed of light, about
300,000 kilometers in one second. A radar set sends out a short burst of radio waves.
Then it receives the echoes produced when the waves bounce off objects. By determining
the time it takes for the echoes to return to the radar set, a trained technician can
determine the distance between the radar set and other objects. The word “radar”, in fact,
gets its name from the term “radio detection and ranging”. “Ranging” is the term for
detection of the distance between an object and the radar set. Besides being of critical
importance to pilots, radar is essential for air traffic control, tracking ships at sea, and for
tracking weather systems and storms.

10. Question 51: What is the main topic of this passage?
A. Alternatives to radar.
B. History of radar.
C. Types of ranging.
D. The nature of radar.
Question 52: According to the passage, what can radar detect besides location of
objects?
A. Size.
B. Shape.
C. Speed
D. Weight.
Question 53: The word “exemplified” in the passage can be replaced by______.
A. “resembled”
B. “specified”
C. “justified”y
D. “illustrated”
Question 54: The word “shouts” in the passage most closely means ______.
A. “yells”
B. “whispers”
C. “exclaims”
D. “shoots”
Question 55:Which of the following words best describes the tone of this passage?
A. explanatory
B. humorous
C. argumentative
D. imaginative
Question 56: According to the passage, the distance between a radar set and an object
can be determined by______.
A. the time it takes for the radio waves to produce echoes and bounce off the object
B. the time it takes for the echoes produced by the radio waves to return to the radar set
C. the time it takes for a burst of radio waves to produce echoes when the waves bounce
off the object
D. the term “ranging” used for detection of the distance between an object and the radar
set

11. Question 57: Which type of waves does radar use?
A. heat
B. tidal
C. sound
D. radio
Question 58: The word “tracking” in the passage most closely means ______.
A. ranging
B. searching for
C. repairing
D. sending
Question 59: Which of the following would most likely be the topic of the next
paragraph?
A. Other uses of radar.
B. A history of flying.
C.The technology used by pilots.
D. Uses of some technology.
Question 60: What might be inferred about radar?
A. It has improved navigational safety.
B. It was developed from a study of sound waves.
C. It takes the place of a radio.
D. It gave birth to the invention of the airplane.
VIII. 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 61 to 70.
Because writing has become so important in our culture, we sometimes think of it as
more real than speech. A little thought, however, will show why speech is primary and
writing secondary to language. Human beings have been writing (as far as we can tell
from surviving evidence) for at least 5000 years; but they have been talking for much
longer, doubtless ever since there have been human beings.
When writing did develop, it was derived from and represented speech, although
imperfectly. Even today there are spoken languages that have no written form.
Furthermore, we all learn to talk well before we learn to write; any human child who is
not severely handicapped physically or mentally will learn to talk: a normal human being
cannot be prevented from doing so. On the other hand, it takes a special effort to learn to
write. In the past many intelligent and useful members of society did not acquire the skill,
and even today many who speak languages with writing systems never learn to read or
write, while some who learn the rudiments of those skills do so only imperfectly.

12. To affirm the primacy of speech over writing is not, however, to disparage the latter.
One advantage writing has over speech is that it is more permanent and makes possible
the records that any civilization must have. Thus, if speaking makes us human, writing
makes us civilized.
Question 61: We sometimes think of writing as more real than speech because______.
A. writing is secondary to language
B. human beings have been writing for at least 5000 years
C. it has become very important in our culture
D. people have been writing since there have been human beings
Question 62: The author of the passage argues that ______.
A. everyone who learns to speak must learn to write
B. speech is more basic to language than writing
C. writing has become too important in today’s society
D. all languages should have a written form
Question 63: Normal human beings______.
A. learn to write and to talk at the same time
B. learn to talk before learning to write
C. learn to write before learning to talk
D. learn to talk after learning to write
Question 64: According to the passage, writing ______.
A. developed from imperfect speech
B. represents speech, but not perfectly
C. is imperfect, but less so than speech
D. is represented perfectly by speech
Question 65: Learning to write is _______.
A. not easy
B. too difficult
C. easy
D. very easy
Question 66: In order to show that learning to write requires effort, the author gives the
example of _______.
A. people who learn the rudiments of speech
B. severely handicapped children
C. people who speak many languages

13. D. intelligent people who couldn’t write
Question 67: In the author’s judgment,_______.
A. speech is essential but writing has important benefits
B. writing is more real than speech
C. writing has more advantages than speech
D. speech conveys ideas less accurately than writing does
Question 68: According to the author, one mark of any civilized society is that it
_______.
A. teaches its children to speak perfectly
B. keeps written records
C. affirms the primacy of speech over writing
D. affirms the primacy of writing over speech
Question 69: Which of the following is NOT true?
A. It is easy to acquire the writing skill.
B. Writing represents speech, but not perfectly.
C. Writing has become so important in our culture.
D. Speech is essential but writing has important benefits.
Question 70: The word “advantage” in the last paragraph most closely means _____.
A. “domination”
B. “skill”
C. “rudiments”
D. “benefit”
IX. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet
to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 71 to 80.
Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father was an
expert in phonetics. (71)_______a boy, Alexander became interested in sounds and
speech. In 1870, the Bells decided to (72)_______to America. They lived in Boston,
(73)_______ Alexander taught in a school for the deaf. There he began experimenting
with a machine (74)_______help the deaf hear. While experimenting with this machine,
Bell had an idea, “Why do not use electricity to (75)_______the human voice from one
place to another?” He began to work on a new (76)_______. For years, Bell and his
assistant, Thomas Watson, worked day (77)_______night. They rented rooms in a
boarding house. Bell was on one floor, and Watson was on (78)_______. They tried to
send (79)_______through a wire. Finally, on March 19, 1876, Watson heard these words
very clearly: “Mr. Watson, come here. I want you.” Watson rushed upstairs, ran
(80)_______ Bell’s room, and shouted, “I heard you!”

14. Question 71:
A. Be
B. During
C. As
D. Despite
Question 72:
A. leave
B. move
C. take
D. return
Question 73:
A. when
B. where
C. which
D. why
Question 74:
A. in order
B. for
C. to
D. so that
Question 75:
A.send
B. get
C. change
D. go
Question 76:
A. inventive
B. inventor
C. invent
D. invention
Question 77:
A. and
B. or

15. C. by
D. after
Question 78:
A. others
B. the others
C. other
D. another
Question 79:
A. speaking
B. letters
C. telegram
D. speech
Question 80:
A. onto
B. in
C. into
D. to
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