The document is an English exam with multiple choice questions testing grammar, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. It begins with fill-in-the-blank questions about pronunciation, word stress, grammar corrections, and vocabulary. Following sections include reading comprehension questions about passages discussing theories of the origins of drama in ancient Greece and problems facing the United States after the Civil War. The exam tests a wide range of English language skills over its three pages.

1. TRUNG TÂM LUYỆN THI ĐẠI HỌC
CHẤT LƯỢNG CAO QSC – 45
TỔ ANH VĂN
ĐỀ THI TH
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM
Độc lập – Tự do – Hạnh phúc
SỐ 1 –
HỐI A1& D1
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút
PART I: (1-50 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 others.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
A. language
A. reason
A. guidance
A. define
A. unsatisfactory
B. England
B. season
B. dance
B. decline
B. unreal
C. land
C. dozen
C. far
C. determine
C. unable
D. band
D. bison
D. chance
D. mine
D. united
(6-10) Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in
the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
A. property
A. prepare
A. obstacle
A. difficulty
A. involved
B. supposed
B. knowledge
B. tendency
B. opportunity
B. encounter
C. particular
C. exception
C. generous
C. occupation
C. tolerate
D. apparent
D. infer
D. attraction
D. disappoint
D. desire
PART II (11-20) Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs
correction.
11. Neither John nor his family members enjoys their life in the city.
A
B
C
D
12. Language is not regarded the private property of any nation.
A
B
C
D
13. Remember turning off the television, when you leave.
A
B
C
D
14. Helen, as well as her classmates, are studying hard for the final exams.
A
B
C
D
15. My uncle said me to leave early on my first day of work.
A
B
C
D
16. Our teacher advised to take an English speaking course.
A
B
C
D
17. This is the most interesting story I have never read.
A
B
C
D
18. Could you tell me to get to the railway station, please?
A
B
C
D
19. Jim is having his car fix at the moment.
A B
C
D
20. I don’t think this restaurant is a good place where I have dinner.
A
B
C
D
PART III (21-40) Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each
of the following questions.
21. Tom and Jerry ............................ when Mickey ............................
A. was playing / arrived
B. were playing / was arriving
C. played / was arriving
D. were playing / arrived
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2. 22. Traditional sailors ............................ many of the same dangers as their predecessors.
A. face
B. is facing
C. face is
D. are faced
23. Every student in the class ............................ a small research on culture shock
A. are required to do
B. is required to doing C. is required to do
D. are required to make
24. Many people think that the advantages of living in a city ............................ the disadvantage.
A. outweigh
B. outrun
C. outgrow
D. outnumber
25. ............................ patients should try to reduce needles office visits for colds and minor respiratory illnesses.
A. Doctors that agree That doctors agree
C. Doctors agree that D. Doctors agreeing that
26. The children have nothing ............................ That’s why they are so noisy.
A. to do
B. to make
C. to work
D. for doing
27. Mike says he ............................ his homework by 8 o’clock this evening.
A. will finish
B. is finishing
C. will have finished D. has finished
28. The music next door is very loud. I wish they ............................
A. would turn it down B. will turn it down
C. can turn down it
D. turn down it
29. Although English is very popular, English speakers ............................ by Chinese speakers.
A. outnumber
B. are outnumbered
C. outweigh
D. overmuch
30. The witness ............................ something, but changed his mind and kept silent.
A. said
B. was going to say
C. has said
D. had said
31. Let’s wait ............................ it stops raining.
A. until
B. till
C. for
D. A or B
32. The teacher, together with his pupils, ............................ to have a picnic.
A. is planning
B. are planning
C. plan
D. have planned
33. He’s already eighteen. He has ............................ childish interest like toys, and games.
A. outgrew
B. outgrow
C. outgrown
D. outlived
34. He has three children, ............................ have graduated from university.
A. neither of whom
B. both of whom
C. all of whom
D. one of whom
35. He’s not here on vacation, he came to stay in this country ............................
A. forever
B. for good
C. for bad
D. A or B
36. “How ............................ do you often drive?” – About 35 km an hour.
A. fast
B. long
C. fastly
D. far
37. In Singapore, English is spoken as a ............................
A. first language
B. second language
C. foreign language
D. mother tongue
38. His dog ............................ a lot of noise but t doesn’t ............................ you any harm.
A. makes / do
B. makes / make
C. does / do
D. does / make
39. Almost ............................ in the school came to enjoy the dinner party.
A. every students
B. the students
C. of the students
D. students
40. While he ............................ the car, he ............................ a big case in the boot.
A. is washing / discovers
B. was washing / discovered
C. washed / discovered
D. washed / was discovering
PART IV: (41-50) 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 following questions from.
There are many theories about the beginning of drama in ancient Greece. The one most widely accepted today
is based on the assumption that drama evolved from ritual. The argument for this view goes as follows. In the
beginning, human beings viewed the natural forces of the world, even the seasonal changes, as unpredictable,
and they sought, through various means, to control these unknown and feared powers. Those measures which
appeared to bring the desired results were then retained and repeated until they hardened into fixed rituals.
Eventually stories arose which explained or veiled the mysteries of the rites. As time passed some rituals were
abandoned, but the stories, later called myths, persisted and provided material for art and drama.
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3. Those who believe that drama evolved out of ritual also argue that those rites contained the seed of theater
because music, dance, masks, and costumes were almost always used. Furthermore, a suitable site had to be
provided for performances, and when the entire community did not participate, a clear division was usually made
between the "acting area" and the "auditorium". In addition, there were performers, and, since considerable
importance was attached to avoiding mistakes in the enactment of rites, religious leaders usually assumed that
task. Wearing masks and costumes, they often impersonated other people, animals, or supernatural beings, and
mimed the desired effect --- success in hunt or battle, the coming rain, the revival of the Sun --- as an actor
might. Eventually such dramatic representations were separated from religious activities.
Another theory traces the theater's origin from the human interest in storytelling. According to this view, tales
(about the hunt, war, or other feats) are gradually elaborated, at first through the use of impersonation, action,
and dialogue by a narrator and then through the assumption of each of the roles by a different person. A closely
related theory traces theater to those dances that are primarily rhythmical and gymnastic or that are imitations of
animal movements and sounds.
41. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The origins of theater
B. The role of ritual in modern dance
C. The importance of storytelling
D. The variety of early religious activities
42. The word "they" in line 4 refers to
A. seasonal changes
B. natural forces
C. theories
D. human beings
43. What aspect of drama does the author discuss in the first paragraph?
A. The reason drama is often unpredictable
B. The seasons in which dramas were performed
C. The importance of costumes in early drama
D. The connection between myths and dramatic plots
44. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a common element of theater and ritual?
A. Magic
B. Costumes
C. Music
D. Dance
45. The word "considerable" in line 11 is closest in meaning to ............................
A. thoughtful
B. substantial
C. relational
D. ceremonial
46. The word "enactment" in line 12 is closest in meaning to ............................
A. establishment
B. authorization
C. performance
D. season
47. The word "they" in line 13 refers to ............................
A. mistakes
B. costumes
C. animals
D. performers
48. According to the passage, what is the main difference between ritual and drama?
A. Ritual uses music whereas drama does not.
B. Ritual is shorter than drama.
C. Ritual requires fewer performers than drama.
D. Ritual has a religious purpose and drama does not.
49. The passage supports which of the following statements?
A. No one really knows how the theater began.
B. Myths are no longer represented dramatically.
C. Storytelling is an important part of dance.
D. Dramatic activities require the use of costumes.
50. Where in the passage does the author discuss the separation of the stage and the audience?
A. Lines 6-7
B. Lines 9-11
C. Lines 14-15
D. Lines 18-20
PART V (51-60) Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the sentence which is closest
in meaning to the given one.
51. Nothing but the whole story would satisfy Tim.
A. Tim wouldn’t be satisfied with anything.
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4. 52.
53.
54.
55.
56.
57.
58.
59.
60.
B. Tim wanted to know just the end of the story.
C. On the whole, Tim was satisfied with the story.
D. Tim insisted on being told the complete story.
He survived the operation thanks to skillful surgery.
A. He survived because he was a skillful surgeon.
B. Without skillful surgery, he wouldn’t have survived the operation.
C. There was no skillful surgery, so he died.
D. In spite of the surgery, he didn’t survive.
I’ve yet to meet a more exasperating person than my brother-in-law.
A. My brother-in-law is the most exasperating person I’ve ever met.
B. My brother-in-law is more exasperating than I am.
C. I’ve never met a more exasperating than my brother-in-law.
D. A and C.
With six children on her hands, she’s extremely busy.
A. She’s very busy because she always carries her six children.
B. Her six children’s hands always make her busy.
C. With six children to look after, she’s extremely busy.
D. She’s too busy to look after her six children.
Were it not for the money, this job wouldn’t be worthwhile.
A. This is not rewarding at all.
B. This job offers a poor salary.
C. Although the salary is poor, the job is worthwhile.
D. The only thing that makes this job worthwhile is the money.
At no time did the two sides look likely to reach an agreement.
A. The two sides had no time to reach an agreement.
B. The two sides never looked likely to reach an agreement.
C. If the two sides had had time, they would have reached an agreement.
D. The two sides never look like each other.
It won’t be long before her husband comes back.
A. Her husband will be returning quite soon.
B. Her husband will come back later than planned.
C. There is likelihood that her husband won’t return soon.
D. Possibly, her husband won’t come back as soon as he wants.
Impressed as we were by the new cinema, we found it rather expensive.
A. We were very impressed by the new cinema, but found it rather expensive.
B. We were not impressed by the new cinema at all because it looked rather expensive.
C. We weren’t as much impressed by the new cinema’s look as its cost.
D. The new cinema was more expensive than expected.
Hardly are appealed allowed against the council’s decision.
A. The council always allows appeals against its decisions.
B. It’s too hard for the council to allow appeals against its decisions.
C. Allowing appeals against its decisions is not good.
D. The council rarely allows appeals against its decisions.
There was not much resemblance between the final version and the final draft.
A. The final version is very similar to the initial draft.
B. The final version is quite different from the initial draft.
C. The final version and the initial draft resemble in many ways.
D. the initial draft is exactly the same as the final version
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5. PART VI: (61-70) 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 following questions.
Staggering tasks confronted the people of the United States, North and South, when the Civil War ended.
About a million and a half soldiers from both sides had to be demobilized, readjusted to civilian life, and
reabsorbed by the devastated economy. Civil government also had to be put back on a peacetime basis and
interference from the military had to be stopped.
The desperate plight of the South has eclipsed the fact that reconstruction had to be undertaken also in the
North, though less spectacularly. Industries had to adjust to peacetime conditions: factories had to be retooled for
civilian needs.
Financial problems loomed large in both the North and the South. The national debt had shot up from a
modest $65 million in 1861, the year the war started, to nearly $3 billion in 1865, the year the war ended. This
was a colossal sum for those days but one that a prudent government could pay. At the same time, war taxes had
to be reduced to less burdensome levels.
Physical devastation caused by invading armies, chiefly in the South and border states, had to be repaired.
This herculean task was ultimately completed, but with discouraging slowness.
Other important questions needed answering. What would be the future of the four million Black people who
were freed from slavery? On what basis were the Southern states to be brought back into the Union?
What of the Southern leaders, all of whom were liable to charges of treason? One of these leaders, Jefferson
Davis, president of the Southern Confederacy, was the subject of an insulting popular Northern song, “Hang Jeff
Davis from a Sour Apple Tree", and even children sang it. Davis was temporarily chained in his prison cell
during the early days of his two-year imprisonment. But he and the other Southern leaders were finally released,
partly because it was unlikely that a jury from Virginia, a Southern Confederate state, would convict them. All
the leaders were finally pardoned by President Johnson in 1868 in an effort to help reconstruction efforts proceed
with as little bitterness as possible.
61. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Wartime expenditures
B. Methods of repairing the damage caused by the war
C. Problems facing the United States after the war
D. The results of government efforts to revive the economy
62. The word "Staggering" in line 1 is closest in meaning to ............................
A. specialized
B. confusing
C. various
D. overwhelming
63. The word "devastated" in line 3 is closest in meaning to
A. developing
B. ruined
C. complicated
D. fragile
64. According to the passage, which of the following statements about the damage in the South is correct?
A. It was worse than in the North.
B. The cost was less than expected.
C. It was centered in the border states.
D. It was remedied rather quickly.
65. The passage refers to all of the following as necessary steps following the Civil War EXCEPT
A. helping soldiers readjust
B. restructuring industry
C. returning government to normal
D. increasing taxes
66. The word "task" in line 12 refers to ............................
A. raising the tax level
B. sensible financial choices
C. wise decisions about former slaves
D. reconstruction of damaged areas
67. Why does the author mention a popular song in lines 16-17?
A. To give an example of a Northern attitude towards the South
B. To illustrate the Northern love of music
C. To emphasize the cultural differences between the North and the South
D. To compare the Northern and Southern presidents
68. The word "them" in line 19 refers to ............................
A. charges
B. leaders
C. days
D. irons
69. Which of the following can be inferred from the phrase "... it was unlikely that a jury from Virginia, a
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6. Southern Confederate state, would convict them" (lines 18-19)?
A. Virginians felt betrayed by Jefferson Davis.
B. A popular song insulted Virginia.
C. Virginians were loyal to their leaders.
D. All of the Virginia military leaders had been put in chains.
70. It can be inferred from the passage that President Johnson pardoned the Southern leaders in order to
A. raise money for the North
B. repair the physical damage in the South
C. help the nation recover from the war
D. prevent Northern leaders from punishing more Southerners
PART VII: (71-80) 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.
By the end of the first quarter of the nineteenth century a (71) ............................ of our Eastern institutions
– Harvard, Yale, Columbia and Pennsylvania – had some of the necessary ingredients of a university, but hardly
yet the point of view.
They were little clusters of school and institutes. (72) ............................, after the revolution, the schools of
Pennsylvania and Harvard had assumed the (73) ............................ pretentious title of university, and shortly
after, the university of Virginia was (74) ............................ under the guidance of Thomas Jefferson.
In the South, Georgia and later North Carolina began to (75) ............................ The substance in all these
was (76) ............................ lacking though the title was honored. There were (77) ............................
Feeble law, medical and divinity schools, somewhat loosely (78) ............................ to these colleges. It has
been commonly recognized, (79) ............................ that the first decade after the close of the Civil War, that is,
(80) ............................ about 1866 to 1876, was the great early flowering of the university in America.
71.
A. whole
B. number
C. account
D. part
72.
A. Furthermore
B. Indeed
C. Nevertheless
D. Moreover
73.
A. somehow
B. whatever
C. however
D. somewhat
74.
A. found
B. recognized
C. founded
D. built
75.
A. raise
B. grow
C. rise
D. develop
76.
A. mainly
B. extremely
C. rarely
D. generally
77.
A. rather
B. major
C. less
D. little
78.
A. reached
B. attached
C. referred
D. brought
79.
A. however
B. and
C. thus
D. yet
80.
A. by
B. with
C. for
D. from
THE END OF THE TEST
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7. TRUNG TÂM LUYỆN THI ĐẠI HỌC
Chất Lượng Cao QSC – 45
TỔ ANH VĂN
CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM
Độc lập – Tự do – Hạnh phúc
ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI TH
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
NGÀY
SỐ 1 –
HỐI A1& D1
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút
IỂM TRA: 15/12/2013
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